But when his world collides again with his first love and first boyfriend stuntman and cancer survivor Memphis Haines, the doctor’s resolve seems to falter.

No wonder I’m addicted.After a number of failed relationships, Doctor Tyler Hall decided to stick to one simple mandate that is NEVER TO DATE ex-boyfriends. Hot sex, hot guys and an HEA in both cases. Two really good authors, writing strong characters and really cool plot lines that were more about angst than outside interferences. If these two books are anything like book one, they will be real scorchers. And then, oh damn, I saw that another book was also due for release in this series, also in November, so I clicked that too. I just did a search on Amazon for the author and found she has the second book in the series about Max, who you meet in book 1, on pre-order, so yes, I one-clicked it. For one thing it was really hot, and secondly, you got to learn a lot more about the characters during those scenes – so while there was a lot of it, it was almost all relevant. There was a lot of sex in this book, but that wasn’t a problem. But Joseph was, originally almost too sweet, but as the story progressed you could tell he had a real backbone, and the strength to stay true to himself. In the beginning I hated Gage – I thought he was an arrogant, manipulative s**t, and those were his good points. I hadn’t read anything from Christa Tomlinson before, so her book, “ Bad Boys Need Love Too,” was a real surprise. Another good book by the same author is “Brad’s Bachelor Party”, which is listed as one of my favorites. Now I am waiting for book 3 which will be about Noah who features as a strong secondary character in both books 1 and 2. I read the whole book in one sitting and loved it. But as the story progressed I could see that wasn’t true at all.

As for Memphis, well I didn’t like him at first. I adored Tyler – he was so buttoned up and his control…was awe inspiring. In this new book, “ The Boyfriend Mandate” the story is based on Tyler – Alec’s ex. I had already read his book “The Backup Boyfriend” and I fell in love with Dylan and Alec. The first one is a recent release from River Jaymes.

Okay, I know I said this blog was mainly about paranormal MM romances, but in the last two days I have read two really powerful books – I suppose you would call them contemporary – but they were both magnificently rugged love stories.

The Backup Boyfriend by River Jaymes