Tuesday 16 July 2013

Pricks and Pragmatism by Jl Merrow


Pricks and Pragmatism by JL Merrow
First published 21st September 2010 by Samhain Publishing
iBook, 56 pages
Contemporary Romance, m/m

Easy come, easy go...until the heart gets involved. English student and aspiring journalist Luke Corbin should be studying. Instead he's facing homelessness, thanks to the lover who's just kicking him out of their posh digs. It's not his first rejection-his father tossed him out at age sixteen-but Luke has no problem trading his favors for a home and security. Especially with rich, powerful, handsome men. Except now, with finals bearing down, there's no time to be choosy. He needs a roof over his head and he needs it now. Even if it means settling temporarily for a geeky, less-than-well-off chemical engineer called Russell. Luke's fully prepared to put out for the guy-because after all, in this world no one gets something for nothing. But Russell isn't just a nerd; he's an honourable nerd who wants to save himself for someone special. At first Luke is annoyed, but the more time he spends with Russell, the closer he comes to a devastating realization. He wants to be that someone special. Except he's fallen for the one man he can't seem to charm...

            Here’s what I thought

Stuck in Your Head # 57

I’m going to give you the line from the books I’ve read that make my mind crave the rest like chocolate & Coke.

 
“well, fuck. He’d walked into a money-grubbing, drunk-filled cult. And he was just desperate enough to stick around.”
Page 23, iBook

 
Rock Bottom by Celia Kyle
First Published 21th December 2009 by Liquid Silver Books
Contemporary Romance


Sometimes life gets in the way of love and then heartache gets in the way of life. In the middle of the maelstrom, Jeremy finds that alcohol numbs the pain and keeps any pleasure at bay. For pleasure can overpower the pain and force him to forget the one he loved, the one he killed. Sometimes it takes hitting rock bottom to force a man to climb back to the top.