As I Am by Melissa Collins Release Blitz

Chase Hansen. Broke. College drop out. Male stripper.

My life wasn't at all what I imagined it would be. I should have been finishing up college, interning with a well-respected business, partying with my friends. But instead, I was raising my seventeen year old brother, struggling to make ends meet. Love wasn't even on my radar. Besides, what did I have to offer? A few crumpled singles pulled from my G-string? Defeated and exhausted, I knew I had zero chance of finding someone to love me just as I am.

Noah Carpenter. Angry. Betrayed. Doctor.

Just when I thought my life was going exactly as it should, everything turned upside down. With my final rotation in medical school complete, I finally achieved my lifelong dream of becoming a doctor. What I never expected was to catch the man of my dreams in our bed with the man of his. Beyond infuriated, I struggled to piece together the remnants of my life. Just when I'd decided to give up on love altogether, I found a man who loved me just as I am.

Author’s Note: This is the extended version of the short story which originally appeared in the Drunk in Love Anthology.

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Sarah – ☆☆☆☆
This is the story of an unlikely romance between a male stripper and a young doctor. It starts with the death of Chase’s parents and Noah’s first big mistake as a doctor. There is instant attraction between Chase and Noah when a bachelorette party first brings them together, but Chase’s grief and new responsibilities leave little room for a relationship.

Chase’s grief feels terribly real in this story. His changed circumstances feel almost impossibly unfair. I loved his grit, his resilience, and the way he cares for his brother. He isn’t ready for a relationship when he meets Noah, but he needs the connection he finds with Noah.

Noah’s world is very different but the emotional and physical strain of his job also feels very real. As a new doctor, he struggles to meet the superhuman expectations he has for himself. The relationship between Noah and Chase develops slowly. Noah’s stress and Chase’s grief don’t always allow them to communicate effectively and some of their arguments feel contrived and a little bit childish. Despite Noah’s age, this book often feels like a new adult romance.

This story isn’t always plausible – there is one scene at the end that I still can’t quite wrap my head around – but it is an engaging and emotional read. I liked and felt for both Noah and Chase.


Angie – ☆☆☆☆
This was a sweet love story involving Chase and Noah, both having some issues they need to overcome before they can fully trust and love each other. Chase has struggled most of his life but is doing his damnedest for his brother, Benny, since their parents died. Noah was trying to make his crappy relationship with Rob work until he walked into his worst nightmare. A hot, chance meeting at a strip club changed Noah and Chase’s lives. While the sex was first and sooo hot, it took a while for these two to trust each other. I liked the buildup of the story and I liked how Benny was part of the entire story and didn't get pushed to the wayside. I'll admit I cried a few times. It was a good story!

Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it’s been a dream.

Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.

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Unsteady by Melissa Collins Release Blitz

Micah Hudson and Jude MacMillian were both lonely teenagers. One the new kid and one the target of relentless bullying, they quickly became friends. But when friendship grew into more, the relationship was too much for either to handle. As their tenuous bond was tested, everything tumbled down, leaving them lonely once again.

A decade later, Micah is on the brink of losing his will to live. Beyond exhausted from lying to everyone, including himself, Micah thinks of the one person who knows his deepest secret. Desperate and alone, Micah makes the only decision he feels he has: he must leave. But his need for closure depends on one thing.

Can Jude make room in his Unsteady life for Micah once again?

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Sarah – ☆☆☆☆
3.5 stars

Angst. Steamy, weepy, heartbreaking angst. The world is against Jude and Micah from the moment Micah meets Jude in a high school locker room. They only manage to share a few fumbling, tender moments before fate intervenes and separates them for more than a decade. This is the story of their reunion, but a series of disjointed flashbacks allows readers to understand their journeys back to each other.

As an adult, Micah is a war vet, an amputee, and somehow, he has also become a husband and a father. His responsibilities are overwhelming and as much as he just wants to escape everything to be with Jude, he can’t leave his son behind. Jude is still tied to his past. He still lives in the same town and he still cares for his alcoholic father. Life in the closet is lonely, but he fears losing his job if he comes out.

There are so many barriers between Micah and Jude and only readers who thrive on angst will really appreciate the full-on emotional drama in this book. Both men are constantly remembering and reflecting. Neither man shares secrets, emotions, or thoughts easily, so there is a whole world of miscommunication brewing between these two. Personally, the melodrama was a little over-the-top – even before the gunfight, the car crash, and the lawsuit.

I struggle with heteronormative white-picket-fence plotlines in gay romance. Here, the sweet domesticity at the end of this story feels slightly emasculating and it changes the tone of the whole book – it didn’t quite work for me. I also felt that too much was concluded too quickly at the end of this story. Jude and Micah go from hopeless to happily ever after in a few pages with an epilogue offering a quick summary of the happily ever after. I needed a little bit more to fully believe in their life together.


Angie – ☆☆☆☆
I really liked this story except for one thing. It took way too long for Micah to tell Jude his secret. This book flashes back and forth from past to present and from Jude and Micah's points of view. The reader falls in love with them and wants them to get their happily ever after. Like I said, Micah waits way too long to tell his secret and then when he does, everything is wrapped up pretty fast and with a bow on top. I would have liked to see it told sooner and dealt with more, but I did enjoy reading their journey.


Shannan – ☆☆☆☆
Unsteady is a second chance romance story and can be read as a standalone.

Micah and Jude met in high school. Jude put on weight between middle school and high school, the friends he thought he had turned on him. He became the butt of the joke until the new kid stuck up for him, became his friend, and helped get him back in shape. Having a common bond over dad issues and working out, Jude never expected Micah to feel the same way about him.

Micah didn't plan on falling in love with his best friend, but when it happened it was the best thing in his life until Jude's rejection of him. Micah's life turned upside down and he tried living a lie, but couldn't do it. When Micah finally can't take it anymore, he jumps in the car with his therapy dog and heads toward Texas and the only place/person he didn't have to hide from.

Jude's shocked to see Micah after ten years. So much has changed, but can things be like they were? Is there enough between them to get past the secrets of the past?

Unsteady is such a good read. I love the emotion that Ms. Collins puts into the characters. She writes some of the best m/m I've ever read.

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Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it’s been a dream.

Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.

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On Higher Ground by Melissa Collins Blog Tour

When there’s no peace after war…
When there’s no solace after death…
When there’s only pain and suffering…
Anxiety and loss…
All you can hope to find is something more…
Something that makes you whole and complete
Something that puts you
On Higher Ground

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Shannan – ☆☆☆☆
On Higher Ground is a continuation of Dax and Beck's story. I highly recommend reading On Solid Ground. There are a bunch of references to things that happen in that book that aren't completely explained. It's not impossible to read it as a standalone, but a much better experience to read it as the series was written.

Dax and Beck are continuing on with their lives as a family. They are facing ups and downs like any normal couple, but with little or no communication and Dax's nightmares popping back up, things seem to escalate pretty quickly. Assumptions are made, things are questioned.

I enjoyed seeing how the story played out. Ms. Collins can write a steamy sex scene (or a dozen) so very well. The fire that burns between Dax and Beck is always burning hot. I love seeing Tonka's part in Dax's recovery. PTSD is no joke and Ms. Collins talks about it beautifully. The ending was as emotional as it was sweet. Love this couple.

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Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it’s been a dream.

Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of On Higher Ground (On Solid Ground #2) by Melissa Collins to read and review for this tour.

Repaired by Melissa Collins Blog Tour

Liam Davis is a man without a past. That’s what he wants everyone to believe, anyway. Hell-bent on erasing any memories of his previous life, he knows that starting over is all he can do. Hiding who he is, where he’s from, why he’s running, and especially who he’s left behind, Liam has run away from everything he’s ever known. His plan works perfectly until one day when Parker Ryan threatens to expose his carefully concealed world.

Parker Ryan is a man without a future. Sure, he’s a partner in one of New York’s most prestigious law firms, but he’ll never be more than a failure in the eyes of his boss, his father. Rather than break away from his father’s standards, he finds himself mindlessly pursuing them, in turn sacrificing anything that would actually make him happy.

When Liam’s and Parker’s lives collide, the ugly truth about who they really are, and who they hope to become reveals itself when they least expect it. As both of their lives become wrecked beyond all belief, they’ll learn how to rely on each other in their journey to become Repaired.

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Walking over to us with a full tray of shots, she winked at Annie. “To the birthday girl.”

We each took a glass, clinking them together before downing the clear liquid. “Shit, that reminds me of college.” Coughing, I dropped the glass back onto the tray as the 151 burned a path down my throat.

Liam had no such issues, easily swallowing his shot and the spare one that Annie hadn’t taken. Assuming the reason for her refusal was also the reason for the shocked look on Drea’s face, Annie quickly excused Paulie and herself to go and greet other guests. Drea trailed behind them like a lost puppy.

When I turned to look at Liam, a similar look of shock was on his face. His jaw was locked tight, so tight it looked like he might crack a tooth. “So,” I dragged out the word, wondering why the hell Liam was so pissed off.

Liam gave me no response, walking away from me and toward the bar. By the time I caught up to him, he’d already ordered another round of shots. Figuring the night was only getting started, I joined him in one more shot. I declined the next round, but watched on in amazement as he downed his fifth shot within a matter of ten minutes.

“You better slow down.” Liam was a grown man and could make his own decisions and maybe he had a high tolerance, but, in my experience, being as angry as he seemed to be and drinking was never a good combination.

Without moving his body an inch, he graced me with a rather seething look. “What the hell is your problem?” I snapped.

“Nothing,” he grumbled. Shifting his position, he rested his elbows on the bar top and cradled his head in his hands. “Look, it’s nothing, okay.” Finally turning his head to me, his tone softened. There was so much pain in his eyes it bordered on anguish. My gut told me a man like Liam wouldn’t deal well with pity, so instead of pushing the issue, I tipped my chin to the bartender, who was starting to become overwhelmed with the growing crowd.

After she handed me the round I’d ordered, Liam’s eyes widened in shock. “Calm down. I didn’t get these for you.” In quick succession, I downed the two shots. Slowly, and with determined purpose, I dragged the back of my hand across my lips. Liam’s tongue darted out of his mouth, licking his own lips, almost as if he was subconsciously reacting to my own movements. Angling my head out to the dance floor, I reached down for his hand. “Let’s go.” Even if he’d thought I was asking—which I wasn’t—he didn’t answer.

With his feet glued firmly to the spot, he closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose with his free hand. “Look, you don’t have–”

Stroking my thumb over the soft skin of his wrist, I interrupted him. “I know I don’t have to do anything, but right now, I want to dance. So unless you have some kind of objection to my body moving up against yours, or to other people seeing us out there, then you have no choice.”

Liam’s full lips quirked into a lazy grin, perhaps as a result of the alcohol, but I’d like to think it had more to do with me. “I don’t care who sees us,” he said with a carefree honesty.

“Good. Then let’s give them a show.”

For the briefest of seconds, I worried that maybe Liam didn’t dance, and that we were about to make terrible, drunken fools of ourselves, but that concern was all resolved when he started swaying his hips to the music. Shocked into staying still, I watched from his side, more than admiring the way his body swayed and popped. “Those are some mighty fine moves you’ve got there.” His joke was barely audible over the loud bass of the band, playing a cover of a rock song I’d heard once or twice. But his smile. Fuck, even in the dim, near-black nothingness of the bar, his smile lit up the room and it made it impossible not to fall in line behind him.

My hands fell to his hips, pulling his back right up against my front. With his ear right next to my mouth, I said, “I couldn’t get my brain, my feet, and my dick”—I pressed up against him as I pulled him back toward me to let him feel exactly what I’d meant—“to work all at the same time. Clearly, my body can only control two at a time.” Liam’s hands covered mine on his hips, his body gracefully undulating to the pulsing beat of the next, much slower, song.

Spinning to face me, he dropped his arms around my neck. Speaking just loud enough to be heard, he pressed his lips against my ear, sending an endless river of excitement coursing against my skin. “I like the way your body works.”

My hands found their way into his back pockets, squeezing the hard muscle of his ass. “Your body works pretty well, too.” Pressing my thigh in between his, I felt the hard heat of his erection. Almost as if there was nothing between us, I could feel his pulse beating along what I imagined was a thick vein running from his sac to his tip. My mouth watered at the thought of feeling it beat against my tongue. He adjusted his stance, allowing his dick to press up against mine and I barely concealed my pleasure, groaning into his ear. If the song had lasted a minute longer than it did, I would have come in my pants like some lust-ridden teenager jerking off for the first time.

Liam pulled back from me, angling his face in a way that caught the yellow-white glow of the lights he’d strung up earlier. Not for the first time, I was struck by how attractive he was. Everything about him was the definition of male beauty. From the naturally tanned skin and amber-brown eyes, to the day-old scruff dusting his jawline, to the rock hard muscles moving against mine; Liam was everything I wanted in a man.

And just as that thought barreled through my brain like a train inches away from derailing, he smiled at me—a gorgeously lopsided grin that somehow settled something in my brain and my body.

When I tried to make sense of it all, the band shifted gears once again, belting out the words to what was apparently Annie’s favorite song. The crowd quite literally went wild, filling what little space was left on the dance floor. We all moved together, laughing and having a genuinely good time.

Honestly, it was the most fun I had in recent memory. Watching Liam dance with his friends, getting lost in the music myself, it was as if I found a piece of myself I’d always been looking for. Or, to be more accurate, it was as if I found a part of myself I used to possess, but had somehow lost long ago.

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Shannan – ☆☆☆☆
"All we'd ever wanted was to be loved for our broken pieces, not despite them.
All we'd ever wanted was to feel Repaired enough to find happiness in the simplest moments of life."

I had no expectations when I went into this read. What I was left with was a little romance and a whole bunch of tears.

I liked that Liam and Parker were so completely different. Their backgrounds were absolutely nothing alike. Liam was a run away. Doing what he needed to do to survive, until Paulie catches him stealing parts from his shop. Parker was the son of a celebrity divorce lawyer. He never wanted for anything growing up, except his father's love and approval. Can two people so different find each other make it work? Can they be looking for the same things without even knowing it?

I enjoyed this read. I liked the chemistry between Liam and Parker. The ending regarding Liam's past was unexpected and brought me to tears. I loved the emotion of it. I did at times throughout the read find myself somewhat bored. I found myself skimming at certain points until a dialogue within a scene.

Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it’s been a dream.

Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.

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Cover Reveal – Repaired by Melissa Collins

Liam Davis is a man without a past. That’s what he wants everyone to believe, anyway. Hell-bent on erasing any memories of his previous life, he knows that starting over is all he can do. Hiding who he is, where he’s from, why he’s running, and especially who he’s left behind, Liam has run away from everything he’s ever known. His plan works perfectly until one day when Parker Ryan threatens to expose his carefully concealed world.

Parker Ryan is a man without a future. Sure, he’s a partner in one of New York’s most prestigious law firms, but he’ll never be more than a failure in the eyes of his boss, his father. Rather than break away from his father’s standards, he finds himself mindlessly pursuing them, in turn sacrificing anything that would actually make him happy.

When Liam’s and Parker’s lives collide, the ugly truth about who they really are, and who they hope to become reveals itself when they least expect it. As both of their lives become wrecked beyond all belief, they’ll learn how to rely on each other in their journey to become Repaired.

Releases June 23^rd

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Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it’s been a dream.

Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.

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On Solid Ground by Melissa Collins Review Tour

When Jacob "Dax" Daxton returns home from war, he has to fight a new battle – the one to find his place in the world. The man who normally has a clear path to victory surrounded by brothers in combat is suddenly lost and alone. After meeting Beckett Ridge, a bearded tattoo artist, Dax’s journey begins winding down an unexpected path.

Still reeling from events that shook his foundation, Beck has never been part of anything meaningful. Now faced with responsibilities foreign and daunting, Dax’s broken spirit mends Beck in ways he never even knew he was destroyed.

As both struggle to find balance, they are healed by the comfort they find in one other. On the other side of chaos, they hope to find themselves On Solid Ground.

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Angie – ☆☆☆☆☆
This was the second book I have read by Melissa Collins and I can tell you it will not be the last. I love her writing style and the way she makes you feel every emotion the characters in the book are feeling. This story is about Dax and Beck. Dax is home from serving in the military, he has PTSD and he is gay but no one knows that except his best friend Chloe. Beck is part owner of a tattoo shop, openly gay and is dealing with issues from a crappy childhood and his sister is in rehab. When Dax moves away to find out whom he is and what he wants out of life he ends up literally running into Beck on the street. Each of these men has so much passion in them but they also have equal amounts of pain. Their journey together to find happiness made me laugh, cry and burst with love.

Characters: The characters were well written and believable.
Sex: Oh yeah
Religious: No
Would I recommend to others: Yes
More than one book in the series: No
Genre: M/M/Romance
Would I read more by this author: Yes


Mary Jo – ☆☆☆☆
Once I started this book, I couldn't put it down. Ms. Collins has crafted a story that had me hooked from the first page. She did an excellent job of portraying the symptoms of PTSD and how hard it is for soldiers to ask for, and accept, help for something that has no physical wounds.

Dax is hurting, a soldier who has seen battle and lost friends. He's home, physically whole, but mentally damaged in a way he doesn't believe he can heal from. Underneath the problems he brings home from the war, he still hasn't had the courage to come out to his parents.

Dax meets Beck at the tattoo shop that Beck co-owns. With each wary of starting something new, they take both try to stay away from the other, but fate keeps bringing them back into each other’s orbit. When their relationship starts to settle down, life throws a curveball at them they aren't able to deflect.

Fortunately, stubborn men can learn and grab happiness with both hands.


Veronica – ☆☆☆☆☆
I loved Dax and Beck's story which is dual point of view. Dax is dealing with life after the military and having issues adjusting to life and dealing with the fact that his family doesn't know he is gay. Beck's sister is in rehab leaving him to look after his young niece. It is not smooth sailing for this couple and I enjoyed experiencing their troubles and their good times.

On Solid Ground is a wonderful, perfectly paced, M/M love story. It is emotional and romantic without being overly sentimental. The author got the balance exactly right. This is a great read I highly recommend.


Shannan – ☆☆☆☆☆
This was my first Melissa Collins read and can I just say I am hooked. I loved the writing on this one, the emotion, the depth of the characters is so real.

Jacob "Dax" Daxton comes home from fighting in the war, he's a different person, he's a broken man. He found part of himself while he was there but he also lost what mattered most to him. He needs to find a way to deal with that and being at his parents’ house in his home town is not that best option. When his best friend, Chloe, suggests he move to California with her, he knows it's the new start he needs.

“Some scars never leave you – and not all of them are tattoos.”

When he decides the best idea is to memorialize his love with a tattoo. He's not ready for the spark that flies when he meets Beck for the first time. Beck has baggage of his own, it's not the best time for these two to get together or is it exactly what they need to get through what lies ahead?

“When you were gone, I was damaged in some way. Without you I'm not whole.”

This was such an emotional read. It was heartbreaking and frustratingly wonderful. So many tears were shed while reading this, so many words were read through the tears. So many swoon worthy moments. Great read.

Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it’s been a dream.

Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of On Solid Ground by Melissa Collins to read and review for this tour.