Where Fiction and Reality Meet
We at The Novel Approach are so pleased to have been able to play a role in the Queer Romance Month celebration. Today we bring you the one and only Amy Lane. Enjoy! This mini-interview with Amy Lane is brought to you in support of Queer Romance Month. QRM runs throughout October, celebrating love stories... Continue Reading →
Title: Bitter Taffy (A Candy Man Book) Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 192 Pages At a Glance: The happy-ever-after we are given was well worth the wait. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Rico Gonzalves-Macias didn't expect to fall in love during his internship in New York—and he didn’t expect the boss’s son to... Continue Reading →
Title: The Deep of the Sound (A Bluewater Bay Novel) Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 308 Pages At a Glance: Simply put, this is a gorgeous story. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Cal McCorkle has lived in Bluewater Bay his whole life. He works two jobs to support a brother with a laundry... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Amy Lane today on her The Deep of the Sound blog tour. Enjoy Amy's guest post, then be sure to check out the tour-wide giveaway information below. Good luck! Amy’s Adventures in the Pacific Northwest—Part 3 A Little Closer to Home ~ By Amy Lane My last two posts here and... Continue Reading →
Title: Blackbird Knitting in a Bunny’s Lair Author: Amy Lane Narrator: Philip Alces Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 8 Hours and 30 Minutes At a Glance: Philip Alces is a new narrator to me. He did an outstanding job of telling the story and defining the characters. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: After three years of... Continue Reading →
Title: Forever Promised Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Paul Morey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 12 Hours and 6 Minutes At a Glance: The audio version of Forever Promised is twelve hours and six minutes of pure joy Reviewed By: Kathie Blurb: Crick has been home from Iraq for five years, Jeff and Collin are finally... Continue Reading →
Title: Beneath the Stain Author: Amy Lane Narrator: Nick J. Russo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 16 hours and 36 minutes At a Glance: Unfortunately, this narrator paired with this book just wasn’t for me, but in the end I was glad I listened to it, if for no other reason than my love of... Continue Reading →
Blood in the Forest -- What I Know of Fairy Tales When I was a kid, my parents used to ship me off to my grandparents for the summer. We didn’t have a lot of money—or a lot of space—so I was allowed to bring two books. Books were bad. If I brought books I... Continue Reading →
Title: Immortal Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages At a Glance: Immortal is a gorgeous novel, eloquent in its joy and sorrow, hopeful in its promise of forever, meaningful in the way of fairy tales that teach us we are each the crucibles of love, and love is the conqueror of... Continue Reading →
Title: Food for Thought Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 92 Pages At a Glance: If you want a quick read that will leave you smiling, Food For Thought is the novella for you. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Emmett Gant was planning to tell his father something really important one Sunday morning—but his... Continue Reading →
Title: Black John Author: Amy Lane Narrator: Gomez Pugh Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 10 Hours, 39 Minutes At a glance: Amy Lane weaves a tapestry, a multicolored masterpiece where there is hope for the damaged. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: John Carey is just out of rehab and dying inside when he gets word that... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Amy Lane today, on the Vulnerable blog tour to celebrate the re-release of the Little Goddess series with DSP Publications. There's also a chance for you to win an e-copy of the book, so be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below after you read why Ms. Lane believes you... Continue Reading →
Title: Vulnerable (Little Goddess: Book One) Author: Amy Lane Publisher: DSP Publications Pages/Word Count: 306 Pages At a Glance: I strongly recommend you read this book, as I would hope it would please you as much as it did me. Reviewed By: Janet Blurb: Working graveyards in a gas station seems a small price for... Continue Reading →
Title: Lights, Camera, Cupid! Author: L.A. Witt, Amy Lane, SE Jakes, Anne Tenino, Z.A. Maxfield Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 226 Pages At a Glance: Instant gratification in five satisfying pieces Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Cupid is visiting Bluewater Bay, and he’s leaving chaos in his wake. Nothing’s been the same in this sleepy little... Continue Reading →
Title: Black John (Johnnies: Book Four) Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 280 Pages At a Glance: A book that is so rich in detail we can easily visualise each moment on the page Blurb: John Carey is just out of rehab and dying inside when he gets word that Tory, the guy... Continue Reading →
Title: Shiny! Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Tyler Stevens Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 6 Hours, 15 Minutes At a Glance: Shiny! kept me engaged throughout Blurb: Will Lafferty and Kenny Scalia are both having sort of a day. Will gets fired for letting fifth graders read Harry Potter, and Kenny finds his boyfriend and his... Continue Reading →
Title: Candy Man Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 136 Pages At a Glance: Highly recommended Blurb: Adam Macias has been thrown a few curve balls in his life, but losing his VA grant because his car broke down and he missed a class was the one that struck him out. One relative... Continue Reading →
Title: Turkey in the Snow Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Gomez Pugh Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 2 Hours, 32 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Since Hank Calder's four-year-old niece Josie came to live with him, his life has been plenty dramatic, thank you, and the last thing he needs is a swishy, flaming twinkie to... Continue Reading →
In the ongoing countdown to Coastal Magic Convention in February, our very own Lynn interviews Amy Lane. Take it away, Lynn! Lynn: Amy, when did you first start writing? Amy: I was five and in the house alone. I ranged my stuffed animals around me in a semi-circle and set about telling them the story... Continue Reading →
Title: The Bells of Times Square Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 236 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Every New Year’s Eve since 1946, Nate Meyer has ventured alone to Times Square to listen for the ghostly church bells he and his long-lost wartime lover vowed to hear together. This year, however, his... Continue Reading →
Hi, and welcome to the blog tour for The Bells of Times Square! This book is close to my heart -- if you read the extra front and back matter in the story, you will see that I drew inspiration from my grandparents and their roles in WWII. There was a lot of research involved here... Continue Reading →
Title: Beneath the Stain: Parts Six and Seven Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages (Full Series) Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: In a town as small as Tyson, CA, everybody knew the four brothers with the four different fathers—and their penchant for making good music when they weren't getting into trouble. For... Continue Reading →
Title: Beneath the Stain (Part Five) Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 95 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Mackey is great at taking a leap of faith into a crowd—but taking one into a relationship and a future is a totally different animal. When he and Trav decide to take a risk that... Continue Reading →
Title: Beneath the Stain: Parts 3 and 4 Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Serial Novel Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: In a town as small as Tyson, CA, everybody knew the four brothers with the four different fathers-- and their penchant for making good music when they weren't getting into trouble. For Mackey... Continue Reading →
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