Houseboy Rules by Daryl Banner Review

Title:   HOUSEBOY RULES (TheBrazen Boys, #7)

Author:  Daryl Banner

Cover & Interior Design:  Daryl Banner

Cover Model:  Nick Duffy

Photographer:  Simon Barnes

Genre:  M/M Contemporary

Release Date:  September 21, 2015

*** Each novella in The Brazen Boys series is a standalone M/M romance. They can be read in any order. ***



THE BRAZEN BOYS SERIES: 


#1 : "Dorm Game (The Brazen Boys)" 


#2 : "On The Edge (The Brazen Boys)"


#3 : "Owned By The Freshman (The Brazen Boys)"


#4 : "Dog Tags (The Brazen Boys)"


#5 : "All Yours Tonight (The Brazen Boys)"


#6 : "Straight Up (The Brazen Boys)"


#7 : "Houseboy Rules (The Brazen Boys)"



Liam Hightower has a lot of money and seven different houseboys he can play sexy games with at his leisure. But when he hires eighteen-year-old Evan fresh out of high school, Liam discovers what his life was missing. The smart forbidden fruit called Evan is not like the other boys. When Liam’s sexual appetite crosses a line, Evan flips the rules on his boss, teaching him a hard lesson on what it means to obey the houseboy rules.



***Contains: M/M sexuality and adult language.

DORM GAME

Andrew is the muscular dream boy from Intro to Psych. Michael is the lonely kid desperate for a new roommate. When a class project - and one very reckless decision - forces them together, an unstoppable game of teasing, torment, and pleasure begins.

Michael will soon learn that Andrew’s sexual interests are far from ordinary ...

ON THE EDGE

It is Derek's birthday and there's nothing he wants more than the mysterious, musclebound boy from the website who goes by the name Edge. When an accidental keystroke brings the dream boy to Derek's house - in the flesh - Derek soon learns he's in for a lot more than he would ever bargain for in a surprise birthday gift ...

Owned by the Freshman

Thomas Kozlowski, the not-so-easily impressed acting professor, can’t get his hot new college freshman Justin Brady out of his head. Sexy bod, killer smile and a taste for taking charge, this cocky nineteen-year-old is Thom’s forbidden fantasy.

The professor wants a lesson in getting owned, and the strapping young freshman is all too eager to give it.

DOG TAGS

Growing up, Jesse was lonely, bullied, and misunderstood. Brandon was the scary, messed-up boy next door.

When Jesse hears that Brandon is home on leave from the military, he discovers his childhood neighbor’s Army training has turned him into a hard-bodied beast. Jesse can’t keep his eyes off of him.

They are no longer children. They have different needs. The summer just became full of possibilities.

ALL YOURS TONIGHT

Wes is an expert at healing the world one paying customer at a time. Being a male escort, he is used to keeping emotional distance between him and his clients. But when Bradley, the ever-adorable good-boy-gone-bad, crosses his path, his life takes an unexpected turn for the crazy. His rules are broken. His boundaries, destroyed. Everything Wes thought he knew about men and the intimacy they crave is about to fall apart.

STRAIGHT UP

“Straight” small-town boy Benny has a secret: he is miserably in love with his punk roommate and childhood best friend Trent. When Benny goes on a date with the town’s “sure thing” girl, his night is wrecked by the ever-flamboyant Charlie, who doesn’t seem to buy that Benny is just another straight boy. Love, longing, and secrets torment Benny, and when a night of drunken partying goes too far, his crush on Trent might become more than just a fantasy ...

BOOKS BY DARYL BANNER

The Beautiful Dead Trilogy:

The Beautiful Dead (Book 1)

Dead of Winter (Book 2)

Almost Alive (Book 3)

The OUTLIER Series:

The Slum Queen:  an Outlier prequel novella

Outlier:  Rebellion (Book 1)

Outlier:  Legacy (Book 2)

Outlier:  Reign of Madness (Book 3)

Outlier:  Beyond Oblivion (Book 4)

Outlier:  Five Kings (Book 5)

The Brazen Boys:

A series of standalone M/M romance novellas

Dorm Game (Book 1)

On the Edge (Book 2)

Owed by the Freshman (Book 3)

Dog Tags (Book 4)

All Yours Tonight (Book 5)

Straight Up (Book 6)

Houseboy Rules (Book 7)

Other Books by Daryl Banner:

super psycho future killers

Psychology of Want

Love and Other Bad Ideas (a collection of seven short plays)

Daryl Banner is a writer and composer who graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in Theatre and Psychology.

He does not write in any single genre, as his stories tend to span several. He is most inspired by the smart and unlikely hero, but urges you (the reader) not to fall in love with them; they may deceive you with their innocence. He is thrilled by putting his characters in terrible situations where they must face choices and challenges that seem impossible to overcome.

Daryl Banner writes contemporary fiction, sci-fi/fantasy (both in medieval and futuristic senses), unique takes on the apocalypse and paranormal romance genre, as well as magic realism. He cannot wait to hear what you think about his stories and welcomes (and responds to!) all feedback.

Interesting tidbits: Daryl is also an obsessive piano player, video game enthusiast, and occasional actor. He's been remixing video game music for over fifteen years, and is a passionate Final Fantasy fan. You can feed your ears with many of his remixes (as well as his original music) on his YouTube page "www.youtube.com/DarylBanner". Also, he personally answers all emails he receives, so if you have some strange desire to write him, he may enjoy it. He currently resides in Texas.

Houseboy Rules by Daryl Banner

The great thing about this series is that the storylines are always sexy and there's always a message. This installment is about a man who has everything he could ever want at the touch of his fingertips except real relationships. He's bought his way through everything and everyone his whole life. His soul is hungry for an actual connection.

Liam has a mansion full of houseboys at his beck and call. One day he hires a new boy who totally changes the rules to the game. If you're into role playing stories, this may be the book for you.

***copy given in exchange for an honest review***

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ROCK REDEMPTION by Nalini Singh Blog Tour Review

Blurb

Kit Devigny could have loved rock guitarist Noah St. John. Their friendship burned with the promise of intense passion and searing tenderness…until the night Noah deliberately shattered her heart.

Noah knows he destroyed something precious the night he chose to betray Kit, but he’d rather she hate him than learn his darkest secret. All he has left is his music. It’s his saving grace, but it doesn’t silence the voices that keep him up at night. Chasing oblivion through endless one-night-stands, he earns a few hours’ sleep and his bad boy reputation.

When a media error sees Noah and Kit dubbed the new “it” couple, Kit discovers her chance at the role of a lifetime hinges on riding the media wave. Wanting—needing—to give Kit this, even if he can’t give her everything, Noah agrees to play the adoring boyfriend. Only the illusion is suddenly too real, too painful, too beautiful…and it may be too late for the redemption of Noah St. John.

Kit and Noah’s rock star romance is finally here in the newest addition to Nalini Singh’s Rock Kiss Series!!  

NOW AVAILABLE

Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1hP7G54

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1XBZsOB

Nook:http://bit.ly/1VIYkH2

iBooks: http://apple.co/1ITi0i7

Kobo: http://bit.ly/1VIYoXo

Excerpt from ROCK REDEMPTION by

Nalini Singh

Kit groaned at the sound of her phone. Reaching out blindly toward the nightstand, she hurled mental curses upon herself for forgetting to turn it off so she could catch some uninterrupted sleep before her four-a.m. makeup call.

It’d be fun and great for her career, her agent had said when recommending Kit take the superhero flick. Coming off two serious and emotionally wrenching projects, Kit had taken Harper’s advice and jumped on board the high-budget, high-octane venture. Unfortunately, Harper had forgotten to mention the four hours it would take to put her into the head-to-toe makeup required for the role. Daily.

“What?” she snarled into the phone without checking to see who it was.

“Hey, Katie.”

Every cell in her body snapped wide awake. Lifting her eyelids, she just stared at the ceiling through gritty eyes. Her heart thumped, her throat moving convulsively as she swallowed. She hated that he could still do this to her, hated it, but her visceral response to Noah wasn’t something she could stop. She knew because she’d tried for the past two years and three months.

“Noah,” she said flatly. “Do you know what time it is?”

“Two fifteen,” he answered.

Kit should’ve hung up. God, he’d hurt her. So much. But there was something in his voice that had her sitting up. “Are you drunk?” One thing she knew about Noah: no matter his bad-boy rep, he was never wasted. He might give a good indication of it, but look closely and those dark gray eyes were always sober.

“Probably.” A silence, followed by, “I just wanted to hear your voice. Sorry for waking you.”

“Wait,” she said when he would’ve hung up. “Where are you?”

“Some dive.” He took a deep breath, released it in a harsh exhale. “I’m sorry for being an asshole. I wanted to tell you that. I don’t want to go without saying that.”

“Noah,” she said, a horrible feeling in her stomach. “Where exactly are you?”

“The Blue Flamingo Inn off Hollywood Boulevard. Far, far, far off.” He laughed, and it held no humor. “It has a neon sign of a blue—surprise!—flamingo that’s flashing right through my window. Looks like someone stole the curtains.”

Having already grabbed her laptop, which she’d left beside the bed after answering some e-mails before sleep claimed her, she found the Blue Flamingo Inn. But Noah was already gone, having said, “I love your voice, Kit,” in an oddly raw tone before hanging up.

He didn’t pick up when she called back.

“Damn it! Damn it!” She shoved aside the blanket under which she’d been buried, having turned the AC to ice-cold as she usually did at night. Shivering, she tugged on a pair of jeans and an old sweatshirt over the panties and tank top in which she’d gone to sleep.

Pulling her black hair into a rough ponytail to keep it out of her eyes, she ran through the house, phone in one pocket, credit card and driver’s license in the other. In the kitchen, she grabbed her keys off the counter and shoved her feet into the tennis shoes by the door that led to the garage.

She was in her car and on the way to the motel three minutes after Noah had hung up, mouth dry and an ugliness in her gut. “Please be okay, please be okay, please be okay,” she kept saying, the mantra doing nothing to calm her down, but at least it kept her mind focused.

She wanted to call Molly and Fox, or the others in the band, but no one was currently in the city. Schoolboy Choir had completed the final show in the band’s hugely successful tour just over two weeks earlier. Day after that, they’d all gone their separate ways to recharge and regroup.

“Much as I love these guys,” David had said with a grin that reached the dark gold of his eyes, “I’ve been looking at their ugly mugs daily for months. We need to go blow off some steam separately before we start snarling at each other.”

At the time, Kit had nodded in understanding, having had that same experience while working on location for long periods. Tonight, however, she wished the others were all here, not scattered across the country, because something was very wrong with Noah.

“Noah doesn’t do drugs,” she told herself as she drove as fast as she dared, not wanting to risk getting pulled over and further delayed. “He isn’t the kind to—” She couldn’t say it, couldn’t even think of Noah ending his life. “No,” she said firmly, her hands white-knuckled on the steering wheel. “Noah isn’t like that.”

If you’d like to read the rest of this chapter, as well as the next, click this link: http://nalinisingh.com/books/rock-kiss-series/rock-redemption/

The Rock Kiss Reading Order

Rock Addiction (Book One) Rock Kiss Series
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/WqA2rj
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1G9piir
Nook: http://bit.ly/1t5T7Zt
iTunes:  http://bit.ly/1ng9zE9
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1lPqB19

Rock Courtship (Book 1.5) A Rock Kiss Novel: 
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/XXjjxG
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1G9pmhZ
iBooks: http://bit.ly/1lzgNIi
Nook: http://bit.ly/1COgaC6
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1pEeCy6

• 
  Rock Hard (Book Two) Rock Kiss Series
  Amazon US:  http://amzn.to/1BXhHWB
  Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1G9oslz
  iBooks:  http://bit.ly/1utQDee
  Nook: http://bit.ly/1KEyBIx
  Kobo: http://bit.ly/1APyqnU

• Rock Redemption (Book Three) Rock Kiss Series
  Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1hP7G54
  Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1XBZsOB
  Nook:http://bit.ly/1VIYkH2
  iBooks: http://apple.co/1ITi0i7
  Kobo: http://bit.ly/1VIYoXo

Author Information

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling, Guild Hunter, and Rock Kiss series Nalini Singh usually writes about hot shapeshifters and dangerous angels. This time around, she decided to write about a beautiful, charismatic guitarist with a dark past. If you’re seeing a theme here, you’re not wrong.

Nalini lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing. If you’d like to explore her other books, you can find lots of excerpts on her website. Slave to Sensation is the first book in the Psy-Changeling series, while Angels’ Blood is the first book in the Guild Hunter series. Also, don't forget to swing by the site to check out the special behind-the-scenes page for the Rock Kiss series, complete with photos of many of the locations used in the books.

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REVIEW

Rock Redemption by Nalini Singh

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this book. It has drama with a measure of maturity. I haven't read the others in the series so I didn't go into Rock Redemption with preconceived opinions of the characters. I can only speak for their behavior in this book. I was worried because I knew he was a male whore, and she was in love with him. As a woman, I don't feel slighted after reading it. The female lead knows her worth. She even has a line about how she will not be an emotional punching bag. The male lead has major issues from his past that affect him currently, but after committing to a romantic relationship with her, he thinks before he acts. There aren't any misunderstandings that take half a book to work out. They actually discuss the problems. Communication, it's a lovely inclusion. I appreciate all of this so much.

Kit is a great girl, the kind of friend everyone would love to have. Noah's childhood wrecked me. The story was very well written and made me want to read the others in the series. I love the way the friends all rally around one another despite whatever past mistakes and trials surface. I enjoyed this novel, and I recommend it.

***copy given in exchange for an honest review***


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