Working Stiffs

I love reading and I love a great cause. Stuck in isolation with a bunch of vampires is no hardship when they are Working Stiffs the new anthology which includes stories by: Roberta Blablanski, Tanya Chris, K. Evan Coles, H.L. Day, Lyra Evans, Mel Gough, Crystel Greene, Elliott Griffen, Sadie Jay, Edie Montreaux, Megs Pritchard, A.J. Sherwood, and R.J. Sorrento.

As always, I started this anthology with a swipe of the screen. Luckily for me, I landed on one of my new favorite authors Crystel Greene and Graveyard Cops. Lico sounds yummy and not just to bite. Greene has created a character with a sense of humor, honor, and a physique to drool over. He is the opposite of Ice Cop Vampire Jesse and it reads fabulously. There is action, drama, blood, and romance. Greene promises more of this dynamic cop duo in the future and I cannot wait.

Mel Gough gives us a cisgender firefighter who rescues a young man whose home just burnt to the ground in Fire and Ice Cold Skin. Stereotypes and tropes work for a reason because Gough gives us a hero we can sink our teeth into (laugh) - pun intended. Gough then puts an interesting twist on the story with Drake's character and I love it. I am a huge proponent of this area so I always think it is great when I see it with a positive aspect in a story. Lust and a hero? Gough continues this story elsewhere and makes you want to follow the blood drippings....

Woo-whee! Tanya Chris writes a steamy romance. Long Haul may be a short story, but Chris packs a whole lotta heat in it. Damn. I do not know how this paragraph is going to do with the sensors for public reviews (laugh). This is one story you want to have bookmarked to read on repeat. Long-haul trucker Vlad may not have much to say, especially when you compare it to young Silver who he just picked up, but he does not have to say anything when he drops his draws. (laugh) Seriously you cannot take me anywhere because I always get stuck on the sex in a review. Chris writes a really good story too!

I received an ARC of this book and I am writing a review without prejudice and voluntarily.