Looking for Dreamspinner recs

[the_deep_magic]

Query: does anyone have any recommendations for novels on Dreamspinner?  They're 20% off until tomorrow (novellas are 20% off March 21-27 -- don't worry, you'll be getting a friendly reminder).  I read Caught Running by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux off a rec from Smart Bitches, and I liked it alright -- not life-changing, but pretty good.  Anyway, there are so many eBooks and authors on Dreamspinner, I don't even know where to start, so I was wondering whether you all could recommend any.  I'm open to pretty much any genre as long as there's a happy ending (or it's written by Bell Ellis, whoever she is ;o)).

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[marlee813.livejournal.com]

Omg I would love it if people commented here about the stories on there. There is so much to sort through and I've been looking for some good novellas to read on there :D.

Haha Bell Ellis :D.

[shutterbitch.livejournal.com]

The Cut & Run series by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux is good. Starts with Cut & Run, then goes to Sticks & Stones, Fish & Chips, and Divide & Conquer.

I've also read some by Amy Lane there. I really liked The Locker Room and A Solid Core of Alpha. But I will warn you, The Locker Room is schmoopy at times.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

Awesome, thanks!

[theofenraven.livejournal.com]

I agree with Shutterbitch: A Solid Core of Alpha was terrific. SF.

[daffodelias.livejournal.com]

I cannot recommend Hot Head by Damon Suede enough. Firefighters who start doing gay porn to make the rent! Come on, how can you say no? And it's written by (gasp) a real-life gay dude!

Personally, I'm almost always underwhelmed by Dreamspinner's books; I'm more of a Harlequin girl. Harlequin's Carina Press has some m/m, and they do big discounts pretty regularly. Loose ID and Samhain are two bigger ebook publishers who toss out a good amount of m/m. Check out Rainbow eBooks, because they stock pretty much everything put out by m/m publishers, and they have sales all the time.

For Dreamspinner specifically, Dear Author and Smexy Books' Dreamspinner tags would be a good jumping off point (their m/m romance tags are also helpful, for finding good stuff in the other presses). There's also a HUGE m/m romance group on Goodreads, and I've found Goodreads lists in general to be very good at pointing me in the right direction for authors.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

And it's written by (gasp) a real-life gay dude!

Whoa, that's a thing? What wonders will I learn of next?

Thanks for the info. My knowledge of M/M ebook publishers is lacking, and what I do know... Well, I always steered clear of Samhain because of the eye-meltingly hideous cover art. I'm looking just at Dreamspinner for the next, oh, 2 hours until the sale runs out, but after that, I'll definitely check out the other sites.

Thanks!

[40-miles.livejournal.com]

Late to this party but I just wanted to rec Kate Sherwood's novels. If you like angst and satisfyingly long reads, her stuff is really excellent even without a discount code.

I just found your Pinto fics via a link on twitter. So much yum! Thanks for writing.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, and thanks for the rec!