Bossy and The Brat by Daisy Harris (Men of Holsum College #6)

Available: Now Amazon/B&N

Type: Gay Romance

Publisher: Siren

My Copy: Sent

Calvin Beaumont is supposed to marry Nicole. He’s a biology major, lab tech, and resident advisor—everything everyone expects him to be. There’s only one problem. He likes boys. In particular, a flirty dance major who was a freshman on his hall.

It’s sizzling summer at Holsum College, and Tyler Burk isn’t a freshman anymore. When he notices his hardworking resident advisor has same-sex feelings, he goads, teases, and tempts Mr. Bossy into dating on the sly. Cal may not be out, but he’s domineeringly hot, and Tyler doesn’t mind keeping things quiet…for a while.

But Calvin has wanted Tyler all year, and their sexting and secret rendezvous soon blossom into something neither one of them can control. Can Cal control his secret, as well as his sexy little brat? Or will he be man enough to admit he’s not the man everyone thought he was.

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I wasn’t overly excited by the end of Bossy and The Brat. I have resisted writing this review for over a week because I just wasn’t sure how I felt. On one hand that says good things about the author because I needed to process my thoughts. On the other hand what does it say that I’m not sure if I liked it or am simply annoyed?  By this point in a series I want to be invested, I want to crave the next book but I think I may be done with this one. I am finding the characters to be one dimensional and that annoys me.

Now I am not a gay man…I know, shocker, but even in a college setting where sex flows freely if I am to believe all my friends that actually went, I find it hard to envision a bunch of gay young men in only two roles…the dominant/confident and the sluts. With these books it seems to be either one of the other. In Bossy and The Brat the sex starved Tyler has no qualms about giving a great BJ to get the attention he craves and it seems as though it doesn’t really matter whose on the receiving end as long as they can deal with his incredibly low self esteem. I really just felt sorry for him…and annoyed that once again the stereotype of gay men being promiscuous was thrown at me. Sure it’s college…sure it’s probably the norm even with those with vaginas but an author shouldn’t fall into the trap of painting everyone the same. I want different. I want unique. I don’t feel like I’m getting that anymore.

Since Cal isn’t “out” his relationship with Tyler has to stay private, at least until he can work up the courage to tell everyone, most importantly his parents who think he is marrying his high school sweetheart…who you know, has a vagina. I thought it was incredibly selfish of him, knowing Tyler insecurities to keep him on the back burner until he figured out his own set of problems. I found their text conversations to be well wrote, as sexting goes anyway.

The length of these makes it hard for a slow build up transition in relationships so you kind of have to get over that need quickly. One minute they are fighting their feelings and the next fluids are being exchanged. They usually get over their need to come out fairly quickly as well. I’m sure that alone takes YEARS sometimes so it’s not believable to me to have a character go from “eh, I kinda like my girlfriend but in a dark corner of my mind I wish she had a penis” to “hey mom and dad I’m gay” in several chapters. Cal does exactly that and I feel it downplays the process many gay men go through in their attempt to feel okay in their own skin. I would much rather they all be out then to have their emotions change so quickly.

I’ve had a tumultuous relationship from the beginning with these books, but I think my annoyance says it all. It’s time for me to take a step back from this series.

I give Bossy and The Brat by Daisy Harris 2.75 stars

Player and The Prude by Daisy Harris (The Men of Holsum College #4)

Available: Now Amazon/B&N

Type: Gay Romance

Publisher: Siren

My Copy: Sent

Brooks Price loves a challenge. So when a frenemy dares him to sleep with a dorky, over-tall film major, Brooks amps up his considerable charm.

Matt Porter can’t guess why Brooks is flirting with him. Raised religious, Matt doesn’t believe in sex before relationships. Unfortunately, Brooks is all about sex, and Matt doubts Brooks is interested in anything else.

Slowly, Brooks chips away at Matt’s armor—taking him on dates, asking for kisses, holding hands—baby steps, none of which Matt can resist or refuse. However, when Brooks pushes too far, Matt freaks out.

Despite his stoic exterior, Matt’s painfully conflicted over his sexuality—scared of his darker desires, worried about hurting Brooks. The pair explores boundaries, but when things turn rough and Matt unleashes his inner wants, he doesn’t know if he can overcome his shame about sex in order to be with the man he’s growing to love.

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I have a tumultuous relationship with this series. I absolutely adored book one, College Boys, but felt after that one things steadily went down hill. I liked book two, Diva and The Frat Boy, but I wasn’t wowed by it. Book three, Townie and The Twink, came right on its heels and I wasn’t feeling that one at all. At the end of book three I wasn’t sure I would continue with the series. In the past Harris has always redeemed herself with follow up books so I made myself a promise to check out book four and then if two in a row didn’t work for me, I’d call it quits. I’m glad I made that promise to myself because I really liked Player and The Prude!

I instantly liked Matt and his awkward sense of self. I found him to be believable which is a quality I think the last few books were lacking. Matt, being raised by a religious family was torn between his life as a gay young man and his biblical upbringing. He found a semi happy medium with holding on to the one aspect of his religion he had some control over, his virginity. He seemed at times to be at odds with himself. The opinions of his fanatical parents and those like them seemed to leak into his brain unannounced. I liked his internal struggle and thought that in the end, staying true to himself, was exactly what he needed.

Brooks was a bit of a harder sell for me. He’s your typical frat boy, jock type with his over the top personality. I wanted to dislike him on principle alone. I hated guys like him. Brooks grew on me because he was all bark and no bite. He acted like he did in a attempt to fit in with the a particular crowd of guys. Mainly the rich ones. Underneath it all his feelings and desires were just like every one else. Sure his bet that he could bag Matt was a touch “She’s All That” but still, it made for a good plot. Brooks took the time to show Matt that he could let go of his past and move forward with the future he was meant to have.

Brooks and Matt are wonderful together. I enjoyed their slow warm up and thought it worked much better then the typical fast moving gay couples I read about. It annoys me to read of gay men being all so promiscuous. I don’t have a ton of knowledge in the area but I assume it works just like heterosexual couples. There are sluts and there are traditional. I tire of reading about the sluts. The gay that seem to bang anything with the correct parts. I want the same emotional connection I read of other books and while I don’t think I totally got it in this book I will say it was a step in the right direction.

I look forward to book number five, which is already in my TBR pile!

I give Player and The Prude by Daisy Harris 4 stars! 

Townie And The Twink by Daisy Harris (Men Of Holsum College #3)

Available: Now Amazon/B&N/Siren

Type: Gay Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Siren

My Copy: Sent

Insightful to a fault, Gabe Ashton knows Nick Flynn’s gay even if Nick doesn’t. And after seeing how the townie looks at his “buddy,” Gabe knows Nick is in love with a guy who’ll never love him back. So Gabe invites Nick to campus parties and to hang out with new people. But soon their friendship turns physical, and Gabe wonders if he’s in just as much denial as Nick is.

Nick’s straight—or so he’s always assumed. But he can’t deny that the things he’s doing with Gabe are hot. More than that, he likes Gabe in a way he’s never liked anyone else. Well, anyone else except his high school friend, John.

The hardest thing to give up is a fantasy, and the hardest thing to face is the truth. But if Nick wants the man standing in front of him, he’ll have to give up the one he never had.

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I hate to say this..I really do….but I just didn’t like this one. Daisy Harris has continually won me over with her strong writing and her ability to make me care about her characters in a short amount of time. I’ve come to enjoy her gay romance novellas and have found that I don’t generally like that sub genre.

I think my main problem with Townie And The Twink was Nick’s completely delusional  take on his sexuality. Nick spends a good chunk of the book saying things and then doing the complete opposite. Like he keeps saying he’s straight and then engaging in completely un-straight activities like….oral sex with Gabe. Cuddling with Gabe. Showering with Gabe. Touching Gabe. I could go on and on. It’s one thing to be first coming into your sexuality and realizing you’re gay. It’s a complete other to refuse to admit it even as you’re doing a dude. Had Nick not been participating in these activities I could have seen how he was trying to talk himself out of it. Not wanting to be different. Since in this novella he was an active participant it just made me not like him.

Gabe acted like Nick’s doormat for much of the book and that rubbed me the wrong way too. He knew Nick was gay even if Nick didn’t know it and he took it upon himself to try to get him to come out. It’s like he was asking to get hurt. Especially since Nick kept saying he wasn’t gay at all and guys routinely whack off together. Um no…Nick….just no. Gabe basically let himself be used as Nick experiment and I wanted him to balk at that idea. I wanted Gabe to stand up for himself as a proud gay man and not let himself be used like that. It just didn’t happen. There is a point in the book where Nick leaves Gabe sitting at a table to go hang with his straight friend John (who Nick is secretly in love with). Instead of Gabe standing up and bold declaring he won’t be treated like Nick’s bitch…he quietly took it and instead had tears in his eyes at the subtle betrayal. Tears are fine….but I wanted him to be strong too…and I didn’t get that.

I just didn’t connect with either character in Townie And The Twink. This one needed to be longer to delve more solidly into the transformation Nick goes through to embrace his sexuality and learning to love Gabe. It felt way to surface emotion for me and progressed way to quickly in light of Nick’s hedging and insistence that every guy does things with other guys…

I did enjoy returning back to the campus and hearing about past characters and what they are up to now. Even though I didn’t really get into this one it did keep me reading, maybe for the wrong reasons but still…and I will continue to read Harris’ work because to date she’s the only author to make me pick up a gay romance and not want to put it right back down.

Unfortunately I have to give Townie And The Twink by Daisy Harris 2.75 stars

Diva and The Frat Boy by Daisy Harris (Men of Holsum College #2)

Available: Now Siren’s Website

Type: Gay Romance

Publisher: Siren

My Copy: Sent

Nathaniel Reece is savvy and fierce and wouldn’t give boring-ass Greg Sanders the time of day, except Greg is the president of a fraternity Nathaniel wants to join. But once Nathaniel gets a taste of the ferocity under Greg’s cool exterior, he can’t stop himself from trying to lure the uptight frat brother out of his shell.

The face of gay life on campus and a crusader heading off to law school, Greg doesn’t see any problem with seducing the flamboyant and exciting Nathaniel. But that’s before he finds out his fraternity brothers are refusing Nathaniel’s pledge bid. Greg’s athletic and masculine and has never had to deal with the censure of his friends or the odd looks of strangers, but if he’s going to be what Nathaniel needs, he’ll have to be comfortable not just being out, but also standing out.

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Loved this novella! After reading College Boys I knew right away I wanted the secondary character, Nathaniel, to get his own story. He is a walking stereotypical gay male. Flamboyantly “out” and everyone within 5 miles knows it. He says “girl” and “honey” alot and can sashay with the best of the drag queens. I wanted Daisy to write him a story so badly…and I was a bit vocal about it. She didn’t let me down.

Nat knew early on he was gay. He didn’t act, talk or walk like the other boys and so he figured why not just embrace what was already glaringly obvious. Though he was used to the stares and the derogatory words people muttered under their breath that didn’t mean it hurt any less. After a bad relationship Nat basically  shut down his emotions. No one saw what was pinging around inside of this guy that appeared so in control of himself. The vulnerability he kept tightly leashed in fear of being hurt by another man who wasn’t prepared to deal with his personality. When he sets his sights on the President of the colleges only gay fraternity, Greg, he’s only thinking short term. A up and coming successful gay man like Greg, who can easily pass for straight, would have no need for a boyfriend that screams homosexual. Greg though has been watching Nat from afar not completely understanding his own attraction to the flamboyant fraternity pledge. He knows he wants him, but in what context? Though Greg doesn’t want to jeopardize Nat rush to become a pledge so he keeps himself at a distance making Nat believe he has no interest.

I loved the dynamics between these two. It’s a twist on opposites attract I suppose.  Each with their own insecurities they bring to the table that no one can see on the surface. Both being so different and yet still so alike. Also delving into the subculture of gay men and the instances of racism and judging even by their own. Since Greg can pass for straight he’s never really had to stand up to someone while Nat has had to deal with it his entire life.

As a couple I think Nat and Greg worked well. They played off each other and Daisy does a excellent job and making them fit together despite the canyon between their personalities. Once Nat lowers his shields a bit and let Greg see his true emotions, they just clicked. I enjoyed the times when they were just together. No racism. No problems with the fraternity. Just two men who were looking for something more, and they found it in the last place they expected. Each other. They reminded me of Jack and Will from the show Will and Grace. They too were both incredible different, but who we all rooted for to get together.

There was one thing that I just didn’t get. The fraternity basically calls Nat “to gay” to be a pledge thinking that reinforcing the stereotypical gay male image is a bad thing.  It bugged me that Greg never really said anything to the other brothers about their views on their own community (he does stand up to a random guy in a bar but still, not the same because he didn’t know him). It bugged me even more that even after they reconsidered their opinion that Nat would agree to pledge anyway. I felt it didn’t fit his character to continue to pledge and that he should have told them to stick their pledge where the sun doesn’t shine. Why would he even want to be a part of a fraternity that didn’t want him until he got a bit of notoriety from a news article he happened to be quoted in?

Great novella! I got a little teary eyed at the racism and the effect it has even on those that may not show it on the surface. I don’t read a ton of gay romance, but this series is the best of the best for me and I hope we get more on this diverse college campus.

I give 4 stars to Diva and The Frat Boy by Daisy Harris! 

College Boys by Daisy Harris

Available: Now Amazon/B&N/Bookstrand

Type: Gay Romance

Publisher: Bookstrand

My Copy: Sent

When soccer star Chris Fischer moves next door to an openly gay classmate, he doesn’t realize the wall between their rooms will be so thin he’ll hear his neighbor’s every move. But soon he and Peter become friends, and Chris is intrigued—imagining what happens on the other side of the wall.

Active on the Queer Student Council, Peter Cohen wishes he wasn’t so damn hot for his straight neighbor. He can’t tell if Chris is flirting or in denial or what, but Chris’s innocent overtures lure Peter into flirtation that throws his world into chaos. Peter doesn’t want to date a closet case, but he desperately, passionately wants Chris.

Soon Chris must choose whether to run away from his new feelings or embrace a relationship with the guy he loves. And Peter must decide if he can give his heart to a guy who hasn’t yet figured it all out.

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With the death of his mother in the forefront of his mind, Chris knows e needs a change. Moving into a single dorm room seems like a great idea to help clear his mind. Until he finds out that his new neighbor is the all gay all the time, Peter, who Chris can’t seem to stop thinking about.

Peter has always wondered if Chris was gay but if the boy wasn’t out of the closet on his own Peter sure wasn’t going to out him. The last thing Peter needs is a hot neighbor that throws off the gay vibe but refuses to acknowledge it.

As Chris deal with new found feelings for Peter he will have to decide how far he is willing to go in order to finally feel like he fits in. Can the love of one man be enough to heal all the hurt that Chris has felt for so long?

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College Boys is a wonderfully sexy and poignantly emotional read that I enjoyed from start to finish. It’s a coming out story a long time in the making for Chris who hasn’t quite figured out that he is gay…except for the one time spooning with the openly gay Peter in a tent at a college orientation. After the death of his mother Chris is left afloat in a sea of conflicting emotions. In order to clear his head he moves out of the room he shared with his friends and into a single on the other side of campus. His new neighbor? Peter.

As Chris spends more time with Peter he is slowly starting to realize that the reason he felt he never fit in was because he didn’t. There are a few steamy scenes I never saw coming. Like the “through the wall” masturbation scene. Holy hotness. With Chris slowly becoming used to his feelings the rendezvous start taking place closer and closer together until they find each other actually together. Poor Peter put up with some BS as Chris adjusted to his gayness and the idea that he needed to come out. The thing I liked the most about the sex scenes is that they were more emotional than physical. More about exploring new sensations and feelings then pounding into each other in a rabid manner.

I do believe this is the best yet from Daisy Harris! She combines vivid characters with real life situations in a flawless way that is sure to make you keep reading. If you’ve ever wondered what happens after those Abercrombie models grace the covers of their ads…well, I think College Boys is the answer. And even if I felt just a bit like a dirty old woman reading about the hot college boys, I enjoyed every dirty little word!

I give College Boys by Daisy Harris 4 stars! 

Jaime’s Merman by Daisy Harris (Urban Merman #1)

Available: Now Amazon/Siren

Type: Gay Erotic Short

Publisher: Siren

My Copy: Sent

When a Seattle bartender finds a horny merman in Lake Washington, he tries to be kind and let him down easy. Jamie’s sick of taking home strays, and the needy merman pushes all his buttons. But when Jamie gets rejected by a longtime crush, he falls prey to the merman’s wide-eyed adoration and killer body. 

But the selkie, Marin, has ulterior motives. He wants Jamie to help him impregnate his fertile wife, and soon Jamie’s dragged into a situation he hadn’t bargained for. Can Jamie get over his need to take care of every charity case that crosses his path? And can Marin man up and be the lover Jamie needs? Find out in Jamie’s Merman!

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What Jaime needs is a boyfriend that isn’t down on his luck. No more of these guys who take all his money, his heart, and then leave. The last thing he needs is a merman who isn’t even out of the closet. Marin may be good looking but he’s got a whole bag full of issues and no where to lay them down at.

Marin just wants to be who he is at heart. Though never having been with a man before makes him incredibly needy and Jaime isn’t sure the killer body is worth all the hassle it presents. Jaime and Marin will have to find a middle oasis if they are ever truly to have a shot.

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Jaime’s Merman is a erotic m/m romance from Daisy Harris featuring a horny merman who just wants a little lovin. Bow chicka wow wow! Ok, seriously, I’m not sure I can take this seriously. Jaime’s Merman was so over the top, so out there that I found myself shaking my head during the 90 min it took me to read it. I can get down with some m/m romance. I can even enjoy mermen/mermaids because I love the other mere series Daisy has. I’m not sure if it was the length that bothered me, the lack of relationships, or just a bit of everything.

This was just a bit to short for my tastes. Because of the length there was no real relationship build up between Jaime and Marin. Within five minutes of Marin swimming up to Jaime’s boat in the middle of the bay, Jaime is allowing Marin to get himself off while he watches. I mean, whaaaaa? Jaime doesn’t even know him. He’s a merman for God’s sakes.Something Jaime had never even knew existed. But hey when you need to pleasure yourself, you just need to I guess. Jaime spends a lot of time ogling Marin’s body which I found funny because when they first meet he basically thinks he’s ugly. He then goes back and forth with himself about what he wants, when he wants it and even if he likes Marin or just the sex.

Marin just wants to be gay. Punishable by death in his society he is supposed to mate with a pre-picked female to produce offspring. Problem is he can’t because he wants something she just can’t give *wink wink nudge nudge*…..and she apparently wants a human. So what does she do? Sleep with Jaime’s human and straight room mate within maybe five seconds of meeting! These are just some horny fish.

So way too short, no believable relationship buildup, off the wall horniness and a human that is constantly changing his mind. This just didn’t work for me.

I give Jaime’s Merman by Daisy Harris 2.75 stars

One Night Steined by Daisy Harris (Love Bot #4)

Available: Now Ellora’s Cave/ Allromance

Type: Paranormal Romance

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

My Copy: Sent

Kuriko Mai is a stein with an issue. She never remembers sex. Nor does she recall meeting the men she finds in her bed. Cursed with flawed programming, she’s all but given up hope of having a normal life. However, after years of watching her suffer, her boss Frank can’t stand it anymore, and he’s determined to make her remember any way he can.

Frank has always loved Kuri. And when he finds himself in a heated embrace with her, he can’t walk away—even knowing she may not remember him in the morning. But when it’s obvious Kuri recalls moments of the passion they shared, the two decide to become lovers in hopes Frank holds the key to ending her malfunctioning programming. Their plan backfires when their erotic experience opens a floodgate of memories so painful, Kuri breaks down.

In order to move forward, Kuri has to face her past. She just doesn’t know if she can risk the pain loving Frank could cause.

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Frank and Kuri have managed to work together for years without Frank confessing his feelings for her. Kuri has no idea that he has longed to get his hands on her but knowing her vulnerability, has refrained. Now that Kuri is once again glitching into her original prostitute ways, Frank knows he needs to convince her of a full hard drive re-set to finally allow her to live a normal life but convincing her of that is an entirely different set of problems. Especially when while glitching they come together in a firestorm of pent up passion and aggression that she has no memory of the following morning.

When a horrific memory from her past does surface Kuri does the only thing she knows how to do. Run. Will the connection she has managed to forge with Frank be able to withstand the test of the distance she has put between them?

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One Night Steined is Daisy Harris’ fourth love bots novella based on re-animated humans that are part zombie, part super computer. Each “stein” being at the mercy of whatever programming their maker installs into their hard drives. These steins can learn to do anything with the right programming, but on the flip side you can also stunt them dramatically.

Kuri was re-animated to be a prostitute and so even though she had been re-programmed many times, she glitched back into that persona every so often. Waking up and not remembering why there was a man in her bed or what she did the previous night was obviously hard on her. Though I had a hard time connecting with her. I’m not sure if Daisy just didn’t get the feelings across to me effectively or if I just had an overall problem with her character. I liked her on a fundamental level and up until towards the end (which I will get to in a minute) I really didn’t have any major issues with her.

I adored Frank! Even though he was completely possessive and treated the other steins working for him as children most of the time, I thought his heart was in the right place.  Yeah he got a bit moody and yeah it was his way or no way but he was still this formidable alpha male that had a fractured past that I wanted to know more about. I didn’t even mind his body which was made up of different people all of which were not the same skin color as whatever he originally was. He was stoic but he had this fragile side that stemmed from him wanting someone in his life and not being able to ask for it. He seemed to want to fix everyone and so I felt for his loneliness.

My main issue with this book was about 3/4 of the way in Kuri all of a sudden did a personality flip that left me reeling. She did this on her own, not by being reprogrammed. I think had she been reprogrammed I might have actually been okay with it. Kuri recovers a traumatic experience from her past after a hot and sweaty night with Frank and she runs from him. Simply can’t deal. Then she takes charge of her own life in another city, gets a job, a car, ect  and decides she misses Frank but can’t work with him. All understandable. However from a person that I didn’t have much time to get to know (novella) and from the same character that has let someone else run her life for so long, such a dramatic 180 was surreal to me. I didn’t believe it.

There is a bit of an epilogue at the end but honestly it just made me feel weird. We see Kuri in her new role in life and it just reinstated my weirded out feelings at her sudden assertiveness. I find that in each series there is usually at least one that I don’t connect with. And even though I found Franks humpability was off my charts, I just didn’t like Kuri. I wanted more of a transition (which can be hard to pull off in a novella) and less of a dramatic change.

I give One Night Steined by Daisy Harris 3 stars

Winner- Daisy Harris Giveaway!

Winner for the e-copy of Studenstein by Daisy Harris is…..

ALLIE SANDERS!!!!!

*Winner picked by random.org and has 48 hrs to get back to me on being a winner or I will have to pick someone else*

Studenstein by Daisy Harris (Love Bots #2)

 

Available: NOW Amazon/B&N/Elloras Cave

Type: Erotic Novella

Publisher: Elloras Cave

My Copy: Sent

A man built for sex… A woman who wants more… Freedom fighter Shani Brown is determined to drag the ungrateful Royce back to her team in Seattle. Despite his denial of mistreatment, she wants to give him a chance at a better life. Due to her horrific past as an unlicensed love-bot, Shani never plans to have sex again. But Royce’s makers punish him remotely with crippling pain. His only escape is to orgasm. Never one to turn her back on a job, Shani soon finds herself servicing him—and soon after, caring for him. Love-bot Royce Harden wasn’t looking to be rescued, especially not from the San Francisco BDSM club where he was having a perfectly good time. But rescued he was—by a hellcat bent on delivering him to her people. As Royce starts to trust Shani, he begins to dream of freedom. But freedom comes with a price. Royce must face his vanity, his makers, and even the loss of his sexual upgrades if he’s going to be the man Shani deserves.

 

Studenstein is the exciting sequel to Daisy Harris’ new undead series, Love-Bots. I eagerly gobbled this book up in less then two hours and loved very dirty second of it!

Royce loves being a love bot. Why wouldn’t he? I mean he gets to do naughty naughty things with all kinds of like minded dirty people. That’s why he was built. He’s happy. Until Shani, his golden skinned Goddess walks into the bar and catches his eye. Oh, he’s not ready to be free but he certainly wants to get horizontal…and vertical….and every which way but loose with this stubborn stein.

Shani isn’t there to get down…although it has crossed her mind. Her past in similar to Royce’s although she never liked what she was made to do in those dirty hotel rooms. Now, sex-shy she only wants to show Royce he can be free, but the dumb stein keeps resisting her! When Royces maker activates his debilitating software Shani is left with no choice but to tend to his “needs”.

Studenstein is an awesome edition to the erotic novella world that Elloaras Cave has become infamous for! It’s incredibly fast paced and sexy and full of wow! Royce is hard (heh yes, I know I know) and tough and even though he doesn’t quite understand everything going on around him, highly intelligent. I love how Daisy portrays the steins as programmed but they seem to evolve on their own over time. They learn and grow in intelligence quickly even though they were never meant to. They have feelings.

I highly enjoyed Shani and her ability to overcome her abusive past. I felt bad for the perversity of the humans that were building men and women for the sole purpose of sexual release. I mean, seriously, how desperate for sex are these people? Shani had been used and abused so of course she was skittish with the emotions Royce was awakening in her. I liked her snarky and hard ass attitude that concealed her vulnerability around him. Her quick wit comebacks had me chuckling constantly. Together Royce and Shani are two undead sex bots on a mission – Get Royce off before his programming puts him on the sidelines. Using some, uh, inventive positions they get the job done and Shani slowly opens up to her own sexuality again.

I love Daisy and her sex scenes! Her knowledge of medical conditions and hours of watching porn (heh) for ideas definitely show in each work she produces. She comes up with some crazy stuff. Stuff that sends me straight to Google going “whaaaa? Is that possible?” Every book I read of hers just gets better. I know I’ve said it before, but Daisy is my go-to erotic author. I’ve never been disappointed with her novellas. Someday I hope she will write a full length as I’d love to see what she would do with more time. More evolvement. More action. And of course…MORE SEX!

I give Studenstein by Daisy Harris 4.25 stars!

 

 

Daisy Harris Guest Post and GIVEAWAY

Erotic Research: STUDENSTEIN!

Hi Nikki! (Hey Daisy! *Muah*) Thanks for having me on the blog again to celebrate the release of my latest novella, STUDENSTEIN! (And yes, I always write STUDENTSTEIN! in all-caps with an exclamation point at the end. My hero Royce deserves at least that much.)

So, I’ve decided to talk a little today about research. I have no qualms whatsoever admitting that I have not done all the acts I write about in my books. In fact, as my bio makes clear, I haven’t done any of them.

Yes, it’s true. I’m a virgin. (I’m dying with laughter over here, can you hear me all the way across the country?)  And this is why research is so important for me as an erotic romance writer. I mean, how can I know what happens behind closed doors if I don’t troll the interwebz for copious amounts of porn? I’d be lost entirely. And my books would be a lot less interesting. (I troll for mass amounts of porn as well, but I can’t really say it’s for research per say – well yes, I can, I need to look at it because how else am I supposed to know if authors got it right? Yes, that’s it.)

And STUDENSTEIN! Required more than the average amount of study. Because it includes a scene not commonly found in erotic romance novels. Something “top shelf” as my husband likes to call it—because you have to ask the guy at the video store to retrieve it off a shelf reserved for customers with “special tastes.”

Of course, there’s the go-to spot for “top shelf” porn: kink.com. And if any of you have never been there, I highly recommend you visit. But alas, I’m a good girl—I don’t pay for porn. And there’s only so much one can glean from the pieced-together snippets one can get for free.

I figured, there MUST be some couple out there who videoed themselves doing this act and posted it on YouTube. Or wherever it is that kind of perv posts videos of themselves doing disgusting acts. I’m here to tell you—I searched for a long, long while. I read discussion boards, skulked around Fetlife. Finally, I found a clip of a husband and wife doing what I was looking for. And… Well, it wasn’t all that different from how I’d imagined.

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A man built for sex… A woman who wants more…

Free­dom fighter Shani Brown is deter­mined to drag the ungrate­ful Royce back to her team in Seat­tle. Despite his denial of mis­treat­ment, she wants to give him a chance at a bet­ter life. Due to her hor­rific past as an unli­censed love-bot, Shani never plans to have sex again. But Royce’s mak­ers pun­ish him remotely with crip­pling pain. His only escape is to orgasm. Never one to turn her back on a job, Shani soon finds her­self ser­vic­ing him—and soon after, car­ing for him.

Love-bot Royce Harden wasn’t look­ing to be res­cued, espe­cially not from the San Fran­cisco BDSM club where he was hav­ing a per­fectly good time. But res­cued he was—by a hell­cat bent on deliv­er­ing him to her peo­ple. As Royce starts to trust Shani, he begins to dream of free­dom. But free­dom comes with a price. Royce must face his van­ity, his mak­ers, and even the loss of his sex­ual upgrades if he’s going to be the man Shani deserves.

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BIO:

Birkenstock-wearing glamour girl and mother of two by immaculate conception, Daisy Harris still isn’t sure if she writes erotica. Her paranormal romances start out innocently enough. However, her characters behave like complete sluts. Much to Miss Harris’s dismay, the sex tends to get completely out of hand.

She writes about trampy mermaids, sexy dragons, and snuff-y shark-shifters. Her work also features zombie ingenues, horny gods, and some holiday characters like you’ve never seen them before. And there’s almost always a mad scientist in there somewhere.

If you like science-y subplots, fantastical creatures, and red-hot chemistry, you’ll love Daisy Harris. You can find her on Twitter, Facebook and at www.thedaisyharris.com