THE BUCKET LIST by RJ Scott

Love Lane Books

January 26, 2015

ASIN#: B00STKB21Y

Contemporary MM Holiday Romance

E-Book

Reviewed by Dawn (love2read28@gmail.com)

Obtained by Author

4 Hearts

Jason Craig is grieving for his brother, Andrew, when he finds his brother left him his bucket list to do for him. Jason is determined to scratch all the items off the list in memory of his brother as he works through his grief.

Mark Wesley, soap opera actor who is shocked to see Jason on his doorstep. Finding out Andrew is gone leaves Mark devastated. But as Jason and Mark team up to do the items on Andrew’s bucket list, they grow close and as sparks fly, can love be in the air between Jason and Mark? Was this Andrew’s way to bring Jason and Mark together beyond the grave?

RJ Scott pens a wonderful heartfelt story that will leave you breathless as the last page is read. THE BUCKET LIST is sweet, and you cannot help but feel for Jason and Mark as they try to work through their grief over Andrew’s passing. The story flows smoothly and the reader gets a sense of who Jason, Andrew and Mark are and as Jason and Mark deal with their grief and do Andrew’s bucket list items, the reader is rooting for these two to fall for one another and find happiness with each other. I love this author’s work and THE BUCKET LIST does not disappoint. With her trademark writing style, the author delivers a story that touches the heart and delivers a satisfying romance that will leave you clamoring for more from this author.

Meet Jason and Mark. Jason’s brother was terminally ill and made a bucket list for Jason to do for himself and Andrew’s son, Harry. What Jason finds is more than even he imagined as he touches base with Mark Wesley left me on the edge my seat as sparks fly fast between these two men. The author delivers a set of main characters that even as one is not physically in the story, Andrew figures prominently throughout the entire book in some shape or form. The characters are well written, and I enjoyed reading about Jason and Mark a lot.

Secrets, chemistry and more are abounded in THE BUCKET LIST and I love how the author delivers on so many things within the story. If you enjoy a heartfelt story that will steal your heart right off the bat, then you need to get this book. Be prepared to cry a few tears and smile a lot as you root for Jason and Mark to be together. I love RJ’s writing style and look forward to seeing where this author goes next.

This is an objective review and not an endorsement.

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THE FITZWARREN INHERITANCE by Chris Quinton, RJ Scott & Sue Brown

Publisher: Love Lane Books
Date published: As single stories, 2011. In one volume November 2015.
ISBN: 978-1-78564-027-8
MM Paranormal
E-book
Reviewed by Helen
Weblink: https://www.lovelanebooks.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15&products_id=95
Obtained via publisher
Rating: 4



Book 1 begins with Mark, a gay psychic whose grandmother insists he investigate a potent curse from the past. While doing so he meets and falls for Jack, a sexy archaeologist.
Book 2 introduces a troubled wounded soldier, Daniel, and the relationship he develops with the local doctor, Sean. Daniel’s personal struggle is complicated by the curse.
Book 3 is Phil’s story. He’s lonely, jealous and frustrated by the curse, until Lee bounces into his life and takes him in several new directions.


It was a good idea to put the three books together in an anthology so that readers can go straight from one story to the next. The curse involves three steps and it’s logical to have a separate book for each step. The three authors did well to work together so closely with their characters and plot. I noticed only one small continuity glitch, and it didn’t affect the plot at all.

“The Psychic's Tale” by Chris Quinton was spotlessly clean and very well written. Ms. Quinton provided a fast paced romance, with an intriguing plot, and seamless interweaving of past and present. There was a hot romantic emotional sex scene, and excellent building of the relationship between the heroes.

“The Soldier's Tale” by RJ Scott was a good second part of the trilogy. There was a fair bit of information and back story added very early in the book, I assume because the books were originally released separately. I felt a few paragraphs of that could have been edited out for this release. Of course it would have been even better had the backstory been interwoven better into the action and dialogue originally. There were a handful minor typos and grammatical errors, but nothing major. Daniel was an excellent character, dealt with sympathetically, but with his flaws and good points clearly visible. Sean was a good foil for him.

“The Lord's Tale” by Sue Brown. I liked this author’s light hand of humor. Even her dedication made me smile. Lee was perfect for Phil, outwitting him at every turn. This book also had by far the highest percentage of hot sex per word count, although Ms. Brown still managed to wrap up the story very believably and with a few twists. Unfortunately this book also had the highest amount of typos and grammatical errors of the three and the minor continuity error. It wasn’t messy but the faults were more obvious when the first book was completely clean.
All three books had the heroes smirking. Authors and editors need to check the definition of smirk. Heroes never smirk. Save it for the villains.
All in all it was a good read, well linked together, with heroes made for each other, a good storyline and a problem to solve. The minor characters flowed through the series coherently and believably, too.


This is an objective review and not an endorsement of this book.