Title: Brute Author: Kim Fielding Narrator:: K.C. Kelly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 11 Hours, 14 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Brute leads a lonely life in a world where magic is commonplace. He is seven and a half feet of ugly, and of disreputable descent. No one, including Brute, expects him to be more…
Month: September 2014
Review: My Haunted Blender's Gay Love Affair, and Other Twisted Tales Anthology
Title: My Haunted Blender’s Gay Love Affair, and Other Twisted Tales Authors: Abigail Roux, Andrea Speed, and Anne Tenino Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 340 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: A collection of not-so-chilling tales of love and laughter from three of the genre’s masters of pulp. In The Bone Orchard by Abigail Roux –…
Review: My Haunted Blender’s Gay Love Affair, and Other Twisted Tales Anthology
Title: My Haunted Blender’s Gay Love Affair, and Other Twisted Tales Authors: Abigail Roux, Andrea Speed, and Anne Tenino Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 340 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: A collection of not-so-chilling tales of love and laughter from three of the genre’s masters of pulp. In The Bone Orchard by Abigail Roux –…
Guest Post – Sara York: Authors Gone Wild
HomoErotiCon, the conference featured in Authors Gone Wild, is a place where anything could happen. This little book, okay it’s a huge book, is filled with fantasy meet-ups where fun is the focus. Authors, readers, publisher, and industry professionals are out to have a good time, and they really are into having a good time….
Countdown to GRL: Death Gets a Boyfriend by Sophie Bonaste
Hello everyone! My name is Sophie Bonaste and I am guest posting today as part of the GRL Blog Tour. But before I begin I want to send a big thanks to Lisa Horan and all of the great bloggers helping to promote all of us authors attending this year’s conference. As I write this,…
GayRomLit Virtual Gift Basket Giveaway: Basket One
It’s been in the planning for weeks, and the time is finally here! With less than three weeks until the official first day of GayRomLit 2014, The Novel Approach and our team of Featured and Supporting Authors have put together Seven Virtual Gift Baskets to give away. Helping us kick things off with Basket One…
Review: Masks: Ordinary Champions by Hayden Thorne
Title: Masks: Ordinary Champions Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: Queerteen Press Pages/Word Count: 189 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Book 3 of the Masks series follows Eric’s adventures as a newly-transformed supervillain sidekick. Taking advantage of Eric’s relationship with Peter, the Devil’s Trill uses him for a shield against the superheroes. In the meantime, new villains…
Review: Sweetwater by Lisa Henry
Title: Sweetwater Author: Lisa Henry Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 240 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Wyoming Territory, 1870. Elijah Carter is afflicted. Most of the townsfolk of South Pass City treat him as a simpleton because he’s deaf, but that’s not his only problem. Something in Elijah runs contrary to nature and to God….
Guest Post, Excerpt, and Giveaway: Lexi Ander Talks About Wait? I Made That Rule?
I would like to thank The Novel Approach for hosting me today. I’m taking you behind the scenes to the making of Twin Flames with today’s topic of “world rules.” When I’m writing by the seat of my pants, creating the characters and the world as I go along, I have to very careful. Nowadays,…
Free Ficlet and Giveaway: Wet Paint by Will Parkinson
Blurb:Transitions: Book Two Although Addy’s heart and body bear the scars from his life before he was adopted by the Deans, he’s ached for something he thought he would never find. Until he met Benny. He isn’t sure how anyone can care for someone as broken as he is, even though he wants it desperately….
Review: Ransom by Lee Rowan
Title: Ransom Author: Lee Rowan Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 276 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: An officer, a gentleman… and a sodomite. The first two earn him honor and respect, the third may cost him his life. David Archer realizes how hopeless his attraction to his fellow midshipman is from the moment a newly-arrived…
Here's A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week
Happy Sunday, everyone, I hope you’ve had a great weekend so far! We have an outstanding week ahead for you here at The Novel Approach, including the kickoff of our GayRomLit Virtual Gift Basket Giveaways–Gift Cards and E-books Galore. We’ll have three baskets to give away this week, and four next week, so be sure…
Here’s A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week
Happy Sunday, everyone, I hope you’ve had a great weekend so far! We have an outstanding week ahead for you here at The Novel Approach, including the kickoff of our GayRomLit Virtual Gift Basket Giveaways–Gift Cards and E-books Galore. We’ll have three baskets to give away this week, and four next week, so be sure…
Guest Post and Giveaway: Creature Feature 2 – Vampyres In Detroit by Poppy Dennison
The Novel Approach is thrilled to welcome Poppy Dennison to the blog today, one half of the dynamic writing duo of Poppy and Rhys Ford, and their newest release Creature Feature 2. Poppy’s sizzling and sexy Rise of Revenants and Rhys’s creatively inspired Legacy of Blood and Death are stories chock full of everything great…
Guest Post and Giveaway: Partners by Brigham Vaughn
Title: Partners (Equals Book 2) Author: Brigham Vaughn Previous Book: Equals Cover Artist: Brigham Vaughn Blurb: After a rocky first few months, Stephen Parker and Russ Bishop’s relationship is at a crossroads when the death of Stephen’s father forces them to visit Stephen’s hometown in southern Georgia. Estranged from his family, Stephen must find a…
Review: The Bible Boys by Dan Skinner
Title: The Bible Boys Author: Dan Skinner Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 125 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: A Sin. An Abomination. Teenagers Caleb and Matthew had been told by the radical fundamentalist church that dominated their families’ lives that a love like theirs—between two boys—was unnatural and forbidden. That it would damn them forever. The…
Review: Isle of Illusions by A.L. Wilson
Title: Isle of Illusions Author: A.L. Wilson Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 30000 Words Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: The year is 1954 and this marks 10 rocky years that Cyrus has spent with his human companion, Dr. Lorenz Meissner. The two unlikely lovers, after some heated debate, decide to cross the Mediterranean and go on holiday…
Guest Post and Giveaway: A Taste of Copper by Elin Gregory
Knights & Squires Hi, I’m Elin. Many thanks to The Novel Approach for allowing me to post here today in celebration of my new release. A Taste of Copper is a historicalish story with a medievalish setting. The story concerns the troubled relationship between a loyal squire and his master, a grumpy and unappreciative knight,…
Guest Post and Giveaway: More Than Anything by T.T. Kove
Writing About Illnesses Jørgen has always suffered from panic attacks, but back when his first character came to me (like, ten years ago, would you believe it?) I was young and didn’t know much about mental illnesses. But last year, when he came back, I knew exactly what was wrong with him: Jørgen suffers from…
Review: Changeling (Middle Hill: Book One) by Barbara Geiger
Title: Changeling (Middle Hill: Book One) Author: Barbara Geiger Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 326 Pages Rating: 2 Stars Blurb: Matt sells sex because he has to take care of his little brother, Sam. While it sucks, it’s not that much different from the abuse he endured when he was a teenager. He’s exhausting himself…