Release Blitz and Review: Love for all Seasons: A Charity Anthology by V.L. Locey, C. M. Valencourt, DJ Jamison, Cathy Brockman, Annabelle Jacobs, EJ Smyth, Chris McHart, RJ Scott

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

A great collection of stories!

Love for all Seasons: A Charity Anthology By V.L. Locey, C. M. Valencourt, DJ Jamison, Cathy Brockman, Annabelle Jacobs, EJ Smyth, Chris McHart, & RJ Scott

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: April 19, 2018

Publisher: Love Lane Books

Synopsis

Brioche For Two – V.L Locey

Seasons of Bryant – Spring

Four Seasons. Two Men. One Love.

For struggling film student Isamu Taylor, life’s refrain is about to change from boring documentary about a passionless delivery boy to a blazing and wildly erotic love story.

After spending weeks admiring handsome but older Manhattan executive Brian Gilles while delivering brioche to him in Bryant Park, the man of his lusty dreams has just expressed a desire to get to know Isamu better. A night on the town is just the beginning of a whirlwind romance that will span not only four seasons but countless years.

Amid the beauty and charm of Bryant Park, New York City, two men are about to discover that love knows no age or economic boundaries. This is the first of four short stories in what will be the ‘Tales of Bryant’ collection starring these two amazing men, their one sublime love, and the Park where it all started.

Sweeter than Honey – C.M. Valencourt

Wyatt is a beekeeper, excited for the beginning of his town’s annual farmers market, where he expects to sell his wares and get some hot guys’ phone numbers. But these plans start to unravel when sets up shop next to a sexy vegan baker named Grayson.

Grayson believes that keeping bees is akin to owning a slaughterhouse, and he’ll do anything to run Wyatt out of business. Can Wyatt win him over with his sweet honey and even sweeter smile?

Special Nights – DJ Jamison

Sam’s insomnia drives him out of his apartment in the wee hours of the night. He ends up at a diner, where he meets an intriguing waiter named Hunter. As the seasons go by, Sam and Hunter court over BLTs and OJ, slowly falling in love.

Winters Chill – Cathy Brockman

The ice storm of a century hits Missouri.

Winter savvy Lane Jennings is the only one prepared, thanks to a decade in North Dakota. Too shy to approach his drool-worthy neighbor, he’s left fantasizing about him at night. That is until the storm, when a branch breaks free, trapping him beneath. Now it’s up to Lane to save him from his icy peril and care for him throughout the storm.

It was a near death experience for stunned Jeffrey Nichols. Never had he seen anything as beautifully terrifying as the weather and his neighbor. One threatened his life and the other his secret. He wasn’t sure which was more dangerous, but when Lane gives him a warm shelter through the storm, he quickly realizes he will find out.

Can an ice storm thaw two frozen hearts?

Beach Boys – Annabelle Jacobs

Sea, sand, and hopefully sun, are all Russ expects to find on his week away in Cornwall.

Surfing with his two best mates is all Blake has planned for his short break. With the long drive to get to Penzance, there’s no time for anything else.

With help from Bailey the dog, Russ and Blake discover they might have more in common than they first thought.

Who Do You Love, My Valentine – EJ Smyth

Immortal Nox is subcontracted to love god Eros during the Valentine rush. After he gets distracted by his long-time human crush Matt, his arrows go astray. The second missile finds a pretty young woman who instantly falls in love with Matt. Which would be great, except that Matt is gay. Nox must prevent the unsuitable match before the Gods find out. Yet doing his job may very well break his heart…

Read this steamy, romantic short story by EJ Smyth to get you into the mood for the perfect Valentine’s night.

Favorite Flowers – Chris McHart

Gabe runs a flower shop. He always makes bouquets for everyone, but nobody has ever brought him flowers. His love-life is non-existent. Until Jason walks in and sparks fly.

Jason in the middle of a nasty divorce and the last thing he needs is getting into another relationship. But he can’t resist the shop-owner.

But even if Jason comes back for flower every week, one of them has to make the first step. And even if one does, can favorite flowers lead to anything?

The Last Chance – RJ Scott

It’s the last year of college and Luke can’t forget the captain of the hockey team, or the kiss they shared as freshman.

Justin has to decide if hockey outweighs his attraction to Luke, because this might be the last chance he’ll have of making things right.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

A great collection of stories!

The stories in this collection all are great. Most of them are fairly short, and some will leave you wanting more, but there isn’t even one of them that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy,

Brioche for Two by V.L. Locey

This is a great age gap story. While the age difference between Isamu Taylor and Brian Gilles is only 12 years, there is a significant difference in their social standing. Isamu is still in college while Brian is a successful businessman.

The connection between these two is pretty hot and the film they made for Isamu’s school project – WOW! The story ends with an HFN (happy for now) but the author indicates that this is the first of four stories about Isamu and Brian; I can’t wait to read the others.

Sweeter than Honey by C.M. Valencourt

I really enjoyed this short story about Wyatt, a bee keeper, and Grayson, a vegan. They meet at a farmers’ market where both of them are selling their wares. Wyatt sells honey harvested from the bees he keeps and Grayson sells vegan desserts. Grayson thinks that taking the honey from bees is cruel and sets out on a campaign to keep Wyatt from selling at the market.

When Wyatt invites Grayson to come see his bee keeping operation Grayson begins to see things in a different light.

Special Nights by DJ Jamison

This is one of the longer stories in the anthology and I really loved it. Hunter works the night shift at a diner so he can be home during the day to take care of his mother who suffers from Alzheimer’s; his sister cares for her while Hunter works.

This was a nice slow burn story. Sam meets Hunter when he can’t sleep and he ends up in the diner where Hunter works. Their relationship develops slowly over several months. When they finally end up in bed the sparks really fly. I loved the ending.

Winter’s Chill by Cathy Brockman

This story is told in first person POV alternating between Jeffrey and Lane. Lane takes Jeffrey in after he finds him pinned under a tree that fell down in a storm. The storm also took out the electricity but Lane has a generator and plenty of food for the two of them.

Lane is out and Jeffrey isn’t but Jeffrey wants to continue their relationship after the storm is over. This story was also a bit of a slow burn one but once Lane and Jeffrey get together – wow! The story has an HFN but I hope there will be more coming for these two.

Beach Boys by Annabelle Jacobs

This is a nice short story about Russ and Blake who meet at the beach. There’s a spark between the two but Blake is leaving soon. There was only enough time for them to know that they want to meet again and the discovery that they don’t live too far from each other has them planning to meet after Russ returns from his holiday. A nice sweet story with a cute dog. ?

Who Do You Love, My Valentine by EJ Smyth
OMG is this story ever hot! Nox his helping his father, Eros, god of love, but accidentally shoots his arrow at the wrong persons (a straight female and a gay male) and he has to try and fix his mistake.

Matt doesn’t know what’s come over him – why in the world did he ask a woman out on a date? Nox has been crushing on Matt for 2 years and he’s incredibly jealous that Matt wants to hang out with the woman his arrow hit by mistake.

Wow, the heat between Nox and Matt nearly burned up my ereader. My only complaint was that this story ended too soon and I want to read more about Nox and Matt!

Favorite Flowers by Chris McHart
This was a very sweet story about one man who says he’ll never date again because of his cheating ex and another man who is getting divorced because his wife doesn’t believe a pan-sexual man can be faithful to one person.

I really like it a lot. Jason and Gabe’s relationship developed very slowly over a fairly long period of months. While there was no sex in this story the connection between the two of them could be felt and the anticipation was delicious.

The Last Chance by RJ Scott
I don’t follow hockey – or any sport for that matter – but RJ Scott has captivated me with the hockey stories she’s been writing with V.L. Locey. And now she’s captivated me again with this short story about two college guys – one a math geek and the other a hockey star. It contains the perfect amount of angst, conflict and sexual tension.

Luke and Justin had an encounter when they first met at college but then Justin acted like Luke didn’t even exist. Now that they are both getting ready to graduate, Justin is finally ready to admit he’s gay and that he wants to be with Luke. Justin has to work hard to get Luke to take him seriously. I loved that we got to see a glimpse of Luke and Justin a few months down the road.

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In conclusion, there’s not a single bad story in this collection. Add in the fact that the proceeds are going to charity and I’d call this a perfect way to spend a few dollars.

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O Factor: Spicy to Scorcher

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About the Authors

V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, a flock of assorted domestic fowl, and two Jersey steers.

When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in hand. She can also be found online on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and GoodReads.

About new author, C.M. Valencourt

C.M. Valencourt is a new m/m and queer romance author. Their first book From the Ashes, an ex-friends-to-lovers road trip novel featuring slam poetry, pink hair dye, and a chase scene through a theme park, will be released in the first half of 2018. They like figure skating, ghost hunting shows, and Carly Rae Jepsen. You can get updates about From the Ashes and more of their forthcoming work by following @cmvalencourt on Twitter.

DJ Jamison is the author of more than a dozen m/m romances, including the Ashe Sentinel series and the Hearts and Health series. She writes a variety of queer characters, from gay to bisexual to asexual, with a focus on telling love stories that are more about common ground than lust at first sight.

DJ grew up in the Midwest in a working-class family, and those influences can be found in her writing through characters coping with real-life problems: money troubles, workplace drama, family conflicts and, of course, falling in love.

DJ spent more than a decade in the newspaper industry before chasing her first dream to write fiction. She spent a lifetime reading before that, and continues to avidly devour her fellow authors’ books each night. She lives in Kansas with her husband, two sons, two fish and, regrettably, one snake.

About new author, Cathy Brockman.

Cathy loves her grandkids, cats, cooking and working to make her patio an outdoor haven.

When she’s not writing stories with sexy cowboys, strong women, and the small towns they live in she’s probably working on expanding her doll collection, crafting, reading, or listening to audio books.

For updates on stories, snippets, contests, games, polls and more fun join my reader group – Cat’s Romance A-Holics .

If you like recipes, stories about food or flops, writing, teasers and more you can find that on my Website/Blog Cathy Writes Romance .

Thanks for reading and watch for more Lane and Jeffrey.

You can find me on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads and Google+.

Annabelle Jacobs lives in the South West of England with three rowdy children, and two cats. An avid reader of fantasy herself for many years, Annabelle now spends her days writing her own stories. They’re usually either fantasy or paranormal fiction, because she loves building worlds filled with magical creatures, and creating stories full of action and adventure. Her characters may have a tough time of it—fighting enemies and adversity—but they always find love in the end.

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About new author, EJ Smyth

Hi there! My name is EJ Smyth, I live in Frankfurt, Germany and I’m passionate about romance with other elements mixed in. Paranormal romance, romantic thrillers, gay romance, if it’s got two difficult characters finding each other, I’m on board!

I’m currently working on a series of short stories Keith is Awesome about a young man exploring his sexuality. Not something I’ve ever written before but the research alone was quite a bit of fun. I love to talk to my readers, online and offline, so please feel free to drop me a line!

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About Chris McHart

I’m a writer of M/M romance and M/M erotic romance from Germany.

I’ve always had stories in my head, but a while ago I allowed them to get out and on paper. Looks like it has been a good decision, although the more stories I write, the more I have in my head. Maybe I’ll have all of them out someday, and there’ll be nothing more to write, but for the next years, I don’t see that coming.

When I’m not writing, I spend time with my family (I have the best husband EVER) and try to keep all my animals happy. I also enjoy gardening and cooking, although I’m still looking for someone to clean up afterwards. And, of course, I love reading, whenever I have a quiet moment.

Writing and reading is my break from everyday stress and I hope you join me!

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RJ Scott’s goal is to write stories with a heart of romance, a troubled road to reach happiness, and most importantly, that hint of a happily ever after.

RJ Scott is the bestselling author of over one hundred romance books. She writes emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, millionaire, princes, and the men who get mixed up in their lives. RJ is known for writing books that always end with a happy ever after. She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn’t with family either reading or writing.

The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn’t like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.

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