Daisy Harris

City Slicker at the Horny Goat Ranch is the charming story of Keith Kelley a goat rancher who lives at home with his mother, and helps run the ranch. One day real estate developer Max Levin shows up and infuses much life into Keith’s humdrum world. The story is told in third person from both Keith’s and Max’s pov.



This is a totally charming book and just what I was looking for. The story was light, with characters with distinct voices, although somewhat confusing which I’ll explain in a bit. They had issues to work through, but not so angst-ridden that I didn’t want to read it, a perfect balance. The plot moved along nicely and I was never bored. Now that I’ve got that all out of the way, I’ll give details.

Keith first meets Max when Max’s car slid off the road and Max is standing on his car trying to get cell phone reception, which is practically non-existent in the area. Keith tows Max’s car to the shop and finds out that he’s the new neighbor who’s going to develop the land next to their Horny Goat Ranch. Keith’s voice in the story sounds like he’s in his late twenties or early thirties, older than his age. Later in the book, we find out that he’s actually twenty-two which surprised me. When Keith picks up Max, Max does refers to Keith as ‘kid.’ But Max himself sounded like he was the one who was in his early twenties. He was a developer and architect, plus he'd probably been in the business a few years, so I’m guessing he couldn’t have been older than twenty-seven. I’m surprised he referred to Keith as a kid unless I’m mistaken and guys around the same age bracket do call each other that. So this is where the mannerisms, speech patterns and age confused me in the story because both characters sounded like the age referred to the other MC.

Keith and Max couldn't be more different. Keith was in the closet, fearful of what his parents would think of him, especially his mother whom he lived with. He really had no reference of men who were out in his small town, so he had no other belief other than to think he’d be ostracized. His parents were divorced and his father was abusive, so Keith also felt insecure about who he was. Nothing changed in his world and he saw no way out until Max entered it. Around Max, Keith started to bloom. Max was out and confident, he didn’t care if someone knew he was gay, but Keith asked him not to let people know, especially his mother. Max didn’t like it, but agreed not to tell unless they directly asked him.

Keith and Max went from neighbors, to fuck-buddies, to more than that as they each struggled with something they wanted. Keith to accept himself as gay and find someone who wanted to make a home with him and love him for himself. He liked living in Pookataw Valley. Max struggled with settling down. All his life he moved from place to place without attachments, but now he met Keith. Max had to face his past habits of escaping to settling down in a tiny town with someone he cared about.

There was a bit of conflict added into the story having to do with Keith’s dad and large amounts of land. The land issue wasn’t very clear in the story and I wish the author had given a bit more background with maybe Max explaining what was going to happen to Keith, because I was confused. I had to take a half star off for the lack of clarity about this subplot.

The other issue was there were quite a few noticeable grammar issues. Sometimes enough to make the sentence confusing so I had to re-read it to decipher what was being said. I deleted another half star for the SPAG mistakes.

I enjoyed this story and looked forward to Keith’s and Max’s interactions. I can see myself re-reading this and I don’t normally read books a second time. City Slicker at the Horny Goat Ranch is a fast and light read, despite some family and introspective issues. There was character growth, mostly on Keith’s part and some hot sex between the MC’s. I give this story a solid 4 Stars.





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Chris Fischer knew that coming to Holsum College would mean new experiences - he was miles from home and knew no one when he first arrived. And it didn't take long: he had a completely new experience with Peter Cohen during his orientation weekend (nothing sexual, and it surely didn't make him gay). Other things in his life allowed him to forget about it until he found himself moving in next door to the guy he barely knew. The wall between them being paper-thin, Chris quickly learned he was going to get to know Peter better than he had expected - and would get to know more about himself than he ever imagined.

The novella is a relatively quick and easy read, flowing very well from chapter to chapter. I had no trouble connecting with the characters - the situations, dialogue, and storytelling helped make them very easy to relate to. Avoiding some of the cliches of M/M stories set in college, I found College Boys to be unique, intriguing, and one of the best gay erotica I've read in some time.

(eGalley provided by Siren Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.)… (more)

When Jesse's apartment burns down, he's at a loss. As a busy college student working his way through school and a dog to care for, he has nowhere to turn. But Tomas, one of the firemen who responded to the scene, offers him a place to stay. Tomas is definitely one of those sexy firemen you might see in a calendar, but Jesse figures that doesn't matter much since Tomas is clearly straight and only making the offer because he's a decent guy. But once Jesse moves in,with Tomas's family literally in their backyard, he finds there might be more to Tomas than he saw at first--and he just might learn some things about himself, too.

This was such a ridiculously cute story, I don't even know where to begin. I know on its face the concept could come across a bit cliche, but it didn't read that way at all to me as I was turning the pages (and honestly I did have a hard time putting this one down). As a Seattle-ite, it was great to see the way Daisy Harris was able to capture the spirit of the city as the backdrop to this story which drew me even further into the world of Tomas and Jesse.

I can't wait to pick up the next installment in this series!… (more)

I really enjoyed the first book in this series and like the second - but the third is probably the best yet. Daisy Harris is a brilliant author (I've liked everything of hers I've read to date).

Gabe has pegged one of his classmates, Nick, as gay even though Nick insists that he's not. But Gabe can't believe that after he sees the way Nick looks at one of his high school friends. And as Gabe and Nick start spending time together, Gabe starts to be even more convinced until he finds himself wondering if he's just wishing for things he can't help himself...

The characters (main and secondary) are very well-written and dynamic, the character development is believable and sound, and I just fell absolutely in love with this story. I highly recommend this book.… (more)