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Breaking the Ice (Portland Evergreens #4) by Beth Bolden (audiobook) – Narrated by Darcy Stark – Caz's Reading Room
Coach Gavin Blackburn has been through hell. Three years ago, he was on top of the world, courted by the best teams in the NHL to coach their players. His wife’s unexpected death destroyed him, and sent him running from hockey. He thought he’d left the sport behind forever, but when his ex-player shows up…
Changes on Ice (Changes #3) by Kaje Harper – Caz's Reading Room
Rusty Dolan tries to think of himself as lucky. When his folks declared him dead to them for being gay, he'd already turned eighteen, his hockey gear was in his truck, and NHL star player Scott Edison lived a dozen miles down the road. Which meant instead of crashing his life, Rusty had a place…
The Last Grift (Subtle Deceptions #1) by Elle Keaton (audiobook) – Narrated by Christian Leatherman – Caz's Reading Room
Jaded confidence man Gabriel Karne is on the run. A literal snarling, slobbering guard dog nips at his heels. If he makes it over the chain-link fence, he vows to skip town for friendlier climes. Somewhere no one knows his name. It will be fine. Everything will be fine. Less than twenty-four hours on the…
Ilya by Barbara Elsborg – Caz's Reading Room
Two desperate men, one stolen necklace and a daring escape—what could possibly go wrong? Ilya hadn’t imagined that attending his sister’s wedding would mean being imprisoned in the family home. For the last month, he’s been put through conversion therapy by a ruthless bastard, employed by his father, who’s determined to beat the gay out…
Mr Collins in Love by Lee Welch – Caz's Reading Room
The year is 1811 and the new rector of Hunsford, Mr William Collins, must be above reproach. He must be respectable, pious, good at losing at quadrille, and disapproving of popular novels. Above all, he must obey his terrifying patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. When William’s boyhood friend Jem arrives, looking for safe harbour from…
Hudson River Homicides (Memento Mori #4) by C.S. Poe – Caz's Reading Room
The Cold Case Squad has a problem: someone won’t stop taunting Detective Everett Larkin. He’s been able to apprehend some of the worst criminals to ever stalk the streets of New York City, thanks in great part to forensic artist and boyfriend, Ira Doyle, but after their last case, events have taken a turn for…
Always Murder (The Last Picks #9) by Gregory Ashe – Caz's Reading Room
The only thing worse than murder is…no murder? It’s Christmastime, and Dashiell Dawson Dane (just Dash) is looking forward to a quiet holiday season—no unexpected visitors, no relationship drama, and absolutely no murders. But when his friend Millie asks for help, Dash says yes. Because that’s what friends do. Millie’s brother, he learns, has been…
The Grip of Death (Arcane Hearts #8) by Nazri Noor (audiobook) – Narrated by Zachary Johnson – Caz's Reading Room
Wedding Bells. Death Knells. Jackson Pryde and Xander Wright are hard at work preparing for their upcoming wedding. Good thing they have everything they need right in the Black Market, whether it’s an enormous cake or the perfect wedding rings. Jack is working on an incredible project, too: an arcane engine inspired by his parents’…
On Thin Ice (Portland Evergreens #3) by Beth Bolden (audiobook) – Narrated by Darcy Stark – Caz's Reading Room
Finn has lived with the pressure of hockey’s expectations since he was old enough to understand his father was one of the greatest the sport had ever known. He’s changed positions. Changed plans. Changed colleges. But he’s never managed to outrun the pressure. When it starts ruining his performance on the ice, he knows he…
With One Kiss (Paris Tales #2) by H.L. Day – Caz's Reading Room
A fake relationship with his frenemy’s straight little brother? Definitely not on Laurent’s bingo card. But destiny has other plans. Laurent is doing just fine, thank you very much. He doesn’t need matchmaking, and there’s no gaping hole in his life. Work, friends, and dealing with his alcoholic father keep him busy enough. Enter Cormac…
The Lost Zone (Dark Water #3) by Xanthe Walter – Caz's Reading Room
Dark Water. Deadly Secrets. Dangerous Love. London, 2095. Sixty years after rising seas drowned the old world, a corrupt system of servitude keeps the new one afloat. As Alex Lytton unravels the mysteries of Belvedere, he learns the skills he needs to survive. But his greatest test awaits on his return to Ghost Eye City,…
To Sketch a Scandal (Lucky Lovers of London #4) by Jess Everlee – Caz's Reading Room
Forbidden love is an art all its own London, 1886 Barkeep Warren Bakshi is happy with the secrets that he keeps—those of the patrons he serves at underground queer club The Curious Fox, and his own. But when Warren’s long-lost brother returns, bringing unexpected wealth to the Bakshi family, his elevated status requires more dignified…
Walking on Broken Paths by Amy Aislin – Caz's Reading Room
Desperate to escape the pain of his brother’s death, Jesse Melnik ran—but he couldn’t outrun the grief, no matter how much distance he put between himself and his past. Now, after fifteen years of trying, he’s finally ready to face his hometown of Charlottetown again. He expects the memories of his brother to hover in…
TBR Challenge: The Curtain Rises (Warrender Saga #4) by Mary Burchell – Caz's Reading Room
London, 1960s Nicola Denby’s life couldn’t be more perfect. She has met the love of her life, an orchestra musician called Brian Coverdale, and is looking forward to their future. But her world comes crashing down when she receives the news that Brian has suddenly died whilst on tour in Canada. And so the future…
Look Before You Leap (Miss Prentice’s Protegées #2) by Virginia Heath – Caz's Reading Room
Nine years ago, Lord Guy Harrowby was publicly humiliated by a failed romantic gesture. Now, with the clock ticking on a promise he made to his mother to make her a grandmother by his thirtieth birthday, Guy is horrified to see his incorrigible mother taking matters into her own hands: she's organised a week-long house…
Pucked Up (Punk as Puck #2) by E.M Lindsey – Caz's Reading Room
Sometimes what happens anonymously in a dingy, pay by the hour motel room shows up a month later to reveal himself as your new coach… I have rules. Very important rules. No real names, no strings, no seeing each other again. It’s always worked out well for me, and it’s the only thing that keeps…
Crash Test by Amy James – Caz's Reading Room
Twenty-four-year-old Formula 1 driver Travis Keeping is halfway through an incredible racing season, with the championship well within his sights. But when a massive crash in Formula 2 leaves driver Jacob Nichols in critical condition, Travis’s world is flipped upside down. No one knows, but he and Jacob have been dating for almost a year.…
One Time Shot (Smithson Bears #1) by Lane Hayes (audiobook) – narrated by Kirt Graves – Caz's Reading Room
The jock, the geek, and the hockey project... Jett My pro hockey dreams are hanging by a thread. I need to have a great season and that means no partying, no distractions, no fun. The grad student pestering me for science-y help on his thesis is the definition of no fun, so… okay. Pros and…
Stirring Spurs (Rainbow Ranch #1) by M.A. Wardell – Caz's Reading Room
What if he didn't have to quit you? In the heart of Oklahoma’s sprawling Rainbow Ranch, Boone Adams thrives as the vibrant soul behind the kitchen, tirelessly whipping up meals that warm both body and spirit. As the younger twin to the brooding Beau, Boone embraces his role as the ultimate caretaker, pouring his heart…
Viscounts & Villainy (Roaring Twenties Magic #3) by Allie Therin – Caz's Reading Room
Love redeemed them, but the past isn’t done with them yet. New York, 1925 For jaded Lord Fine—Wesley, to the friends he’s surprised he now has—falling into his lover Sebastian’s world of magic and intrigue has changed everything. But when a plot to destroy magic is linked to Wesley’s own aristocratic world, he’s determined to…
A Kiss to Stop a Wedding by Sarah Mallory – Caz's Reading Room
He must speak now… Or she'll be bound to another for ever! Engaged to a viscount, Flora is the envy of every debutante. But her husband-to-be has a cruel streak that makes him anything but desirable. When Flora meets Matt Talacre, the dashing owner of Bellemonte Pleasure Gardens, she discovers what desire truly feels like…after…
A Kiss to Stop a Wedding by Sarah Mallory – Caz's Reading Room
He must speak now… Or she'll be bound to another for ever! Engaged to a viscount, Flora is the envy of every debutante. But her husband-to-be has a cruel streak that makes him anything but desirable. When Flora meets Matt Talacre, the dashing owner of Bellemonte Pleasure Gardens, she discovers what desire truly feels like…after…
Ghost Eye (Dark Water #2) by Xanthe Walter – Caz's Reading Room
He thought he knew everything about his husband's murder. He was wrong. Detective Josiah Raine witnessed his husband's brutal murder seven years ago. He was there that blood-soaked night, and he knows what happened. The murderer is long-since dead. The case closed. But now, Josiah is about to discover a devastating revelation that will drag…
Cold Truth (Cold Justice: Most Wanted #6) by Toni Anderson – Caz's Reading Room
Librarian and amateur sleuth Rowena Smith never expected her search for her biological father to end in murder. But when her research leads her to a bloody crime scene and the card of FBI Supervisory Special Agent Kurt Montana, she makes a desperate call for help. Kurt, a hardened FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader, is…
Paternal Instincts (Valor & Doyle #8) by Nicky James – Caz's Reading Room
At the heart of a missing child case, Quaid and Aslan learn the true nature of fatherhood. With their baby due any day, Quaid ends up tangled in a case on the last day of work before his parental leave begins. Between eerie ransom notes and family secrets, unanswered questions pile up, twisting the case…
To Defend a Damaged Duke (Regency Rossingley #2) by Fearne Hill – Caz's Reading Room
Benedict Fitzsimmons, the reclusive fourteenth Duke of Ashington, nurses a secret desire for his own sex he’d much prefer nobody ever found out about. Indeed, having only ever given in to his urges as a youth—and with disastrous consequences—he never imagined they would. Preferring the company of his racehorses to people, Benedict spends most of…
TBR Challenge: Peter Cabot Gets Lost (The Cabots #1) by Cat Sebastian – Caz's Reading Room
Summer 1960: After years of scraping by, Caleb Murphy has graduated from college and is finally getting to start a new life. Except he suddenly has no way to get from Boston to Los Angeles. Then, to add to his misery, there’s perfect, privileged Peter Cabot offering to drive him. Caleb can’t refuse, even though…
The Blame Game (Relationship Goals #5) by Brigham Vaughn – Caz's Reading Room
Fiery Rescue: Fisher Cats Player Heating Up the Sheets with Handsome Stranger? Fourth line center, Dominic Olson, was spotted with an unidentified man following a fire at the High Park Towers building in Liberty Village late last night. The fire was contained to the fifth floor where—according to firefighters from Toronto Fire Station 346—it began…
Quickie Reviews #12 – Caz's Reading Room
Soul Eater (Monstrous #1) by Lily Mayne (audiobook) - Narrated by Michael Lesley Twenty years ago, monsters rose on earth and began a new age of civilization. One where humans live in military-controlled, cramped and dirty cities along the coasts, and the majority of the United States is known as the Wastes. A lawless, desolate…
Crocodile Tears (Dark Water #1) by Xanthe Walter – Caz's Reading Room
London, 2095. Sixty years after rising seas drowned the old world, a corrupt system of servitude keeps the new one afloat. Josiah leads a double life. At work, he tracks down killers with ruthless efficiency. At home, he's falling apart as he talks to his dead husband. His frozen existence is turned upside down when a…
Body Check (Scoring Chances #2) by Brigham Vaughn – Caz's Reading Room
The last thing Gavin Racine needs is more heartbreak... Following an ugly public divorce, all Gavin wants is a little stress relief in the bedroom and to put together a winning roster. Unfortunately, his busy and chaotic schedule as the Boston Harrier’s general manager and president of hockey operations means he cancels more hookups than…
He’s to Die For by Erin Dunn – Caz's Reading Room
ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND MURDER . . . At twenty-nine, Detective Rav Trivedi is the youngest member of the NYPD’s homicide squad, and his future looks bright. With his Ivy League education, British charm and penchant for designer suits, he may be a bit of an outsider in the department – but his meteoric…
Copper Script by KJ Charles – Caz's Reading Room
Detective Sergeant Aaron Fowler of the Metropolitan Police doesn’t count himself a gullible man. When he encounters a graphologist who deduces people’s lives and personalities from their handwriting with impossible accuracy, he needs to find out how the trick is done. Even if that involves spending more time with the intriguing, flirtatious Joel Wildsmith than…
Cowboy Dreams by Kaje Harper – Caz's Reading Room
The right man for a longtime cowboy might be a city slicker. Joe I've been going into Max's Place for twenty years, but tonight's different. There's a stranger at the bar with city-fancy clothes, wide shoulders, and the face of a fallen angel. I'm just an ordinary cowhand. Being gay's the most noteworthy thing about…
Puck Love (Elmwood Stories #6) by Lane Hayes (audiobook) – Narrated by Nick J. Russo – Caz's Reading Room
Two rivals, one secret, and a shot at forever.... Jake: Favorite things and peeps: hockey, family, friends. Least favorite person in the entire history of the universe: Mason Trinsky. I have my reasons, but since you’re curious, Trinsky is a showboat and a loudmouth. Sure, he’s a great athlete. Good for him. I accept that…
Quickie Reviews #11 – Caz's Reading Room
The Royal Curse by Eliot Grayson (Twilight Mages #1) by Eliot Grayson (audiobook) - Narrated by Kirt Graves Dawn mage. Twilight mage. Cursed, useless, damaged, dangerous… His birth magic leaves Prince Nikola with nothing but bad choices: live as another man’s possession, subject to his whims and his desires, or remain dependent on a potion that…
Zero Pucks (Punk as Puck #1) by E.M. Lindsey – Caz's Reading Room
Sometimes what happens in Vegas shows up at your door two weeks later to tell you that he’s the guy you married while you were blackout drunk. Tucker: Waking up alone in a strange hotel room, missing my prosthetic legs, and no memory of what happened the night before is not how I wanted to…
TBR Challenge: The Rebuilding Year by Kaje Harper (audiobook) – Narrated by Gomez Pugh – Caz's Reading Room
It took losing nearly everything to discover what they can't live without. A few excruciating minutes pinned under a burning beam cost Ryan Ward his job as a firefighter, the easy camaraderie of his coworkers, his current girlfriend, and damn near cost him his left leg. Giving up, though, wasn't an option. He fought and…
Overexposed by K. Evan Coles – Caz's Reading Room
An unexpected chapter in a vampire’s guide to staying alive. As the only vampire employed by the NYPD, forensic photographer Noah Green isn’t exactly popular. He’s worked alongside humans for decades and avoids attachments with the bleeders around him … but hasn’t done much to avoid a certain West Village baker, who has no idea…
Want You Back (Second Chance Ranch #1) by Annabeth Albert – Caz's Reading Room
When Maverick Lovelorn left town, it almost broke me. I’m determined to not let his return do the same. Then In high school, Maverick and I were best friends. Inseparable. We shared everything from video games to camping adventures to a first kiss that shattered everything I knew about myself. Our first love was sweet…