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Hearts from the Ashes

Hearts from the Ashes
By Ally Blue, Willa Okati, J. L. Langley

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In the city of Asheville, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, six men discover lasting love from the ashes of heartache. In Eros Rising by Ally Blue, Scott and Keegan have both been hurt by love. Can they overcome their painful pasts and build a future with each other? There's nothing better than a cup of coffee and your one true love. Gray's in for the surprise of his life when he gets not two, but three for one in Cafe Noctem by Willa Okati. When werewolves Devlin and Laine meet in With Love by J.L. Langley, it's instant attraction. However, the pack Alpha is determined to take Laine for himself. Can Devlin protect his newfound mateand keep them both alive? Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, violence and hot nekkid man-love.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #216891 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-01-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 308 pages

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About the Author

Willa Okati has a hundred and one different stories to tell, and she's getting there one book at a time. Permanently glued to her computer chair in front of a laptop, she can be found pounding the keys from before dawn until after dusk. She's delighted to have found a home at Samhain, where she can write her Appalachian-with-a-twist paranormal stories. Coffee is her best friend and her lifesaver; cats are her muses; her bookshelves are groaning under the weight of a tremendous collection.

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Great, but...4
All three stories were nice reads overall, but only Willa Okati's story seemed complete with a definite ending. The other two stories gave the impression of catching a movie a half-hour in and leaving a half-hour before it ended. To call any of these stories a "novella" is stretching things a bit. That being said, my favorite story was by JL Langley. After all the heaviness in the first two stories, the ditzy antics of Langley's Omega character, Laine, was a welcomed change.

I do have one warning for any potential buyers of this book: Don't buy the book based on the book's description. It's a bit misleading and makes the stories seem deeper than what they actually are. Basically the description says each story is a photo album when they're really just a snapshot. Worth buying, but I wouldn't pay more than ten dollars for it.

Fantastic Anthology!5
I picked up this book because I'm a big fan of Ally Blue and Willa Okati; I didn't expect my favorite story to be JL Langley's "With Love!" Her story of two werewolves had a fresh take--an alpha and an omega fall in love. It was touching with a good bit of adventure. Her writing was so good, I immediately ordered her novel "The Tin Star" (also excellent!)

"Eros Rising" by Ally Blue was also enjoyable. Scott is hanging onto a dysfunctional relationship with Logan--until he sees "Eros" stripping at a club. But, Eros has horrors in his own past. Will they get their happy ending? (of course!)

My least favorite story was Willa Okati's. It WAS very well-written with detailed Native American mythology woven into it. Gray is hanging onto the memory of his dead lover Jimmy, despite being involved with Nicholas. I didn't like the story because I spent most of it feeling sorry for Nicholas. Gray was so insensitive, I had trouble liking the character. At one point, he even calls Nicholas "Jimmy" while making love. Since this was a short story, there wasn't as much sex, so having it ruined like that was a let down. With a little magic, Jimmy shows Gray and Nicholas how special their love is, but it was too little too late for me. Willa Okati is a very good author, I just didn't care for this offering. I highly recommend this anthology to fans of M/M romance.

My 3 favorite M/M romance writers in one collection!5
All three are my "must read" M/M romance writers and it is terrific to have this collaboration in print.
I enjoy all three stories and it is hard to pick a favorite as each is distinct from the other. However if I have to pick it would be "Eros Rising" by Ally. Ally is in top form in this deeply emotionally charged story about two wounded souls finding each other. Her characters are beautifully flushed out and it is so easy to like Keegan, the stripper. The sex here is sizzling and intimately hot and I have to say the best among the 3 stories. It is amazing this writer could inject so much emotional depth into a just under 100 pages story.

Cafe Noctem is deeply moving as it explores one man's insecurity and pain as he struggles to fill a dead man's shoes and another man's coming to terms with a dead lover. Willa is a prolific writer. Most of her M/M romance has a fantasy element in it and Cafe Noctem with its backgound of Cherokee folklore and the undead is no exception.

"With Love" by Langley is the second of her "With and Without" werewolves series. This novella is well written and filled with engaging characters. There are some humorous moments and Langley has created 2 sexy men in her Alpha werewolf and his Omega. Their shifting in the midst of sex is quite erotic.

It is most heartening to have more M/M romance in print and this latest release from Samhain is a keeper. If you enjoy these 3 talented ladies' stories, their e-books are available from Loose-id, Samhain Publishing, Torquere Press (for Willa) and Changeling Press (for Willa).