It's that time again, the time for a visit from our friend Brita Addams, who has created a webpage on Facebook dedicated to the act of promoting the books and authors we love. As a site dedicate to doing that very thing, we very much approve! Thanks, Brita, now take it a way. I am... Continue Reading →
It’s Time For Random Acts Of Promotional Kindness
It's that time again, the time for a visit from our friend Brita Addams, who has created a webpage on Facebook dedicated to the act of promoting the books and authors we love. As a site dedicate to doing that very thing, we very much approve! Thanks, Brita, now take it a way. I am... Continue Reading →
When Happily-Ever-After Takes On New Meaning – His Heart to Reap by Erin Lark
Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion. – Dylan Thomas Some people are blessed to pass from this mortal coil with the knowledge that their lives have been lived with purpose and can be celebrated without regrets when the end comes. But sometimes the journey from this world to... Continue Reading →
When Happily-Ever-After Takes On New Meaning – His Heart to Reap by Erin Lark
Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion. – Dylan Thomas Some people are blessed to pass from this mortal coil with the knowledge that their lives have been lived with purpose and can be celebrated without regrets when the end comes. But sometimes the journey from this world to... Continue Reading →
R.I.P., Puppyboy – You Lived A Life Most People Only Dream Of
Back in September of 2010, a book was submitted to me by an unknown author, a memoir, which is not usually the sort of book submitted to a site that's dedicated primarily to romantic fiction. The first thing I worried about, as a doer of whatever it is that I do, was the case of... Continue Reading →
Sometimes Half The Battle Is Believing You Can – The Unlikely Hero by Beau Schemery
Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with. – Brodi Ashton Renwald Mallorian wants nothing more than to be a Hero. He’s read all the books, after all, so what more could he need? Oh, right. He needs someone to hire him so he can get practical experience;... Continue Reading →
Sometimes Half The Battle Is Believing You Can – The Unlikely Hero by Beau Schemery
Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with. – Brodi Ashton Renwald Mallorian wants nothing more than to be a Hero. He’s read all the books, after all, so what more could he need? Oh, right. He needs someone to hire him so he can get practical experience;... Continue Reading →
Part Angel, Part Little Devil, And He's Here With A Giveaway – Please Welcome Jacob Z. Flores!
Our special guest here at The Novel Approach today is none other than Dreamspinner Press author Jacob Z. Flores, who has been hopping around the internet recently to promote his newest novel, The Gifted One. Not only has Jacob agreed to answer a few questions about the book, but he’s also giving one lucky reader... Continue Reading →
Part Angel, Part Little Devil, And He’s Here With A Giveaway – Please Welcome Jacob Z. Flores!
Our special guest here at The Novel Approach today is none other than Dreamspinner Press author Jacob Z. Flores, who has been hopping around the internet recently to promote his newest novel, The Gifted One. Not only has Jacob agreed to answer a few questions about the book, but he’s also giving one lucky reader... Continue Reading →
Dirty Deeds Tattoo Winner Announced!
Wooot! Who’s up for round two in Down and Dirty???
The winner of the Dirty Deeds tattoo contest at The Novel Approach is….
Cole Riann!
He will be featured in a scene in the next Cole McGinnis novel getting inked with the tattoo of his choice!
For those of you who did not win, there will be another chance to be inked in the future! There will be another contest held for you to be included in Bobby’s book, Down and Dirty.
So don’t throw out your tattoo ideas just yet!
And Congrats Cole! Wooooot!
A New Lyric In The Ballad Of Robin Hood – Lord of the Forest by Kay Berrisford
Never archer there as he so good And people called him Robin Hood Such outlaws as him and his men Will England never see again – Thomas Gale, Dean of York Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men rob from the rich and give to the poor; or so the legend goes, of the... Continue Reading →
A New Lyric In The Ballad Of Robin Hood – Lord of the Forest by Kay Berrisford
Never archer there as he so good And people called him Robin Hood Such outlaws as him and his men Will England never see again – Thomas Gale, Dean of York Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men rob from the rich and give to the poor; or so the legend goes, of the... Continue Reading →
Booty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex. – Billy Joel I don’t talk about sex a lot, not unless it's the entire point of a book. To me, the sexual content of a book is tertiary to the plot and the development... Continue Reading →
Dangerous Liaisons And Dangerous Submission by Lori Toland
Sex without pain is like food without taste. ― Marquis de Sade The boys from SOCA, the Serious Organized Crime Agency, are back in Lori Toland’s Dangerous Submission (Dangerous Affairs, Book 2), but this time the story focuses not on Nathaniel Bradley and Tony Terranova, the lovers from The Long Con, but on Agent Drake... Continue Reading →
Dangerous Liaisons And Dangerous Submission by Lori Toland
Sex without pain is like food without taste. ― Marquis de Sade The boys from SOCA, the Serious Organized Crime Agency, are back in Lori Toland’s Dangerous Submission (Dangerous Affairs, Book 2), but this time the story focuses not on Nathaniel Bradley and Tony Terranova, the lovers from The Long Con, but on Agent Drake... Continue Reading →
Pup by SJD Peterson – It's Like A Trip To Disneyland, Only Sexier
Of course it hurts, it’s a spanking. How else would it work? ― Breanna Hayse ("The Game Plan") Now as a gay man, I must admit that I have played “dress up” in leather and even have dabbled with “role play” on occasion with my sexy husband. I view these times as visits to Disneyland... Continue Reading →
Pup by SJD Peterson – It’s Like A Trip To Disneyland, Only Sexier
Of course it hurts, it’s a spanking. How else would it work? ― Breanna Hayse ("The Game Plan") Now as a gay man, I must admit that I have played “dress up” in leather and even have dabbled with “role play” on occasion with my sexy husband. I view these times as visits to Disneyland... Continue Reading →
Brita Addams' Internal Soundtrack
On my Tarnished Gold blog tour, I met some wonderful people, hopefully gained some new readers, and learned much about the love and support people have for authors. I smiled when I saw the same people at each stop, leaving encouraging comments, and worming their way into my heart by their presence. One lady commented... Continue Reading →
Brita Addams’ Internal Soundtrack
On my Tarnished Gold blog tour, I met some wonderful people, hopefully gained some new readers, and learned much about the love and support people have for authors. I smiled when I saw the same people at each stop, leaving encouraging comments, and worming their way into my heart by their presence. One lady commented... Continue Reading →
A Star Emerges In the Golden Age Of Hollywood – Tarnished Gold by Brita Addams
Hollywood has always been a cage... a cage to catch our dreams. - John Huston The handsome Jack Abadie is an aspiring actor who leaves his home and family in rural Louisiana and strikes out for the promise of an emerging Hollywood to make a name for himself. As a gay man who knows nothing... Continue Reading →
A Star Emerges In the Golden Age Of Hollywood – Tarnished Gold by Brita Addams
Hollywood has always been a cage... a cage to catch our dreams. - John Huston The handsome Jack Abadie is an aspiring actor who leaves his home and family in rural Louisiana and strikes out for the promise of an emerging Hollywood to make a name for himself. As a gay man who knows nothing... Continue Reading →
Of Tattoos And A Contest And Some Dirty Laundry From Rhys Ford
You can sacrifice and not love. But you cannot love and not sacrifice. ― Kris Vallotton If you’ve been following Cole McGinnis and Kim Jae-Min from their first dirty kisses to their short-list of dirty secrets, you know by now that dirty laundry was bound to surface somewhere along the way. The real question was... Continue Reading →
Of Tattoos And A Contest And Some Dirty Laundry From Rhys Ford
You can sacrifice and not love. But you cannot love and not sacrifice. ― Kris Vallotton If you’ve been following Cole McGinnis and Kim Jae-Min from their first dirty kisses to their short-list of dirty secrets, you know by now that dirty laundry was bound to surface somewhere along the way. The real question was... Continue Reading →
And We Are The Dreamers Of Dreams… Dreamcatcher by Iyana Jenna
Trapped in a hellish dream Spinning past worlds unseen and frightfully vanishing Into the dark eternal night – Dream Theater Jordan Sullivan is the harbinger of a legacy passed down through generations of his family, an inheritance from his ancestors that will long go dormant over the course of decades but will find a resurrection... Continue Reading →

