Title: Wedding Favors (Bluewater Bay: Book Seven) Author: Anne Tenino Narrator Nick J. Russo Publisher: Riptide Publishing Run Time: 8 hours and 14 minutes Category: Contemporary At a Glance: I had forgotten how much I enjoy Anne Tenino’s writing. The dialogue and the characters and the setting pulled me into this story, immediately. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Guest Post and Giveaway: For a Good Time, Call by Anne Tenino and E.J. Russell
Welcome to the For a Good Time, Call Blog Tour! We’re delighted to have you stop by, so please, make yourself comfortable. Can we offer you a virtual beverage? As part of this blog tour, Anne and E.J. are giving away a $50 Riptide Publishing Gift Certificate to one lucky winner! *confetti* To enter the... Continue Reading →
Audio Review: Good Boy by Anne Tenino – Narrated by Nick J. Russo
Title: Good Boy (Theta Alpha Gamma: Book Four) Author: Anne Tenino Narrator: Nick J. Russo Publisher: Riptide Publishing Run Time: 1 hour and 55 minutes Category: Contemporary At a Glance: Nick J. Russo is a talented narrator and he did a great job here. Totally nailed Brad and Sebastian’s voices. Reviewed By: Queue Blurb: Brad... Continue Reading →
Audio Review: Lights, Camera, Cupid! A Bluewater Bay Valentine’s Day Anthology – Narrated by Nick J. Russo and Dorian Bane
Title: Lights, Camera, Cupid!: A Bluewater Bay Valentine's Day Anthology Authors: SE Jakes , Amy Lane , Z.A. Maxfield , Anne Tenino , L.A. Witt Narrators: Nick J. Russo, Dorian Bane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Run Time: 6 hours and 22 minutes Category: Anthology, Contemporary, Show Business, Romance At a Glance: A lovely little anthology that... Continue Reading →
Audio Review: Love, Hypothetically by Anne Tenino – Narrated by Nick J. Russo
Title: Love, Hypothetically (Theta Alpha Gamma: Book Two) Author: Anne Tenino Narrator: Nick J. Russo Publisher: Riptide Publishing Run Time: 3 hours and 2 minutes Category: Contemporary At a Glance: Nick J. Russo did an excellent job of narrating Love, Hypothetically. His performance brought Paul and Trevor to life, and I love how these two... Continue Reading →
Audio Review: Too Stupid to Live by Anne Tenino – Narrated by Tobias Silversmith
Title: Too Stupid to Live (Romancelandia: Book One) Author: Anne Tenino Narrator: Tobias Silversmith Publisher: Riptide Publishing Run Time: 7 hours and 19 minutes Category: Contemporary At a Glance: I definitely recommended this book for anyone in the mood for cute Highlanders, humor and romance. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: It isn't true love until someone... Continue Reading →
Review: Wedding Favors by Anne Tenino
Title: Wedding Favors (A Bluewater Bay Novel) Author: Anne Tenino Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 318 Pages At a Glance: This is a great journey back to the world of Bluewater Bay – the more I read of this small town the more I want to visit someday! Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Lucas Wilder’s best... Continue Reading →
Excerpt and Giveaway: Wedding Favors by Anne Tenino
Welcome to Anne Tenino on the Wedding Favors (A Bluewater Bay Novel) blog tour. Anne's teasing us today with an exclusive excerpt from the book and on behalf of Riptide Publishing, is also offering the chance for one lucky reader to comment-to-win a $15 Riptide Gift Card! (Tour Wide) Entries close at midnight, Eastern time,... Continue Reading →
Review: Lights, Camera, Cupid! An Anthology From Riptide Publishing
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 →
Review: Billionaire with Benefits by Anne Tenino
Title: Billionaire with Benefits Author: Anne Tenino Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 443 Pages At a Glance: Fell just a bit short of the quality work I am used to reading by this author Blurb: It’s just a friend thing. Before confessing his gayness to his best friend, Tierney Terrebonne’s sex life is strictly restroom.... Continue Reading →
Guest Post: Billionaire With Benefits by Anne Tenino
Hello, and welcome to the Billionaire with Benefits Blog Tour! *fanfare, etc* You might have noticed this book took me a while to write . . . or maybe you didn’t notice, but take my word for it, it did. That might be why it ended up longer than it needed it to be. Ultimately... Continue Reading →
Here’s A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week
Hi, everyone, and welcome back to see what we have in store for you in the coming week here at The Novel Approach. It was a whirlwind weekend at GRL—lots of fun, lots of friends, and very little sleep—and I hope to see many of you next year in San Diego for GayRomLit 2015! A... Continue Reading →
Here's A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week
Hi, everyone, and welcome back to see what we have in store for you in the coming week here at The Novel Approach. It was a whirlwind weekend at GRL—lots of fun, lots of friends, and very little sleep—and I hope to see many of you next year in San Diego for GayRomLit 2015! A... Continue Reading →
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 –... Continue Reading →
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 –... Continue Reading →
Anne Tenino’s “Poster Boy” Takes Love To The Country Of Romance – Reviewed by Tina
“Anticipation. In love and travel, getting there is half the fun. The lustful impatience, the passionate daydreams, the nerve-wracking waiting... lovers and travelers are all alike when they find themselves on the brink of a new adventure.” – Vivian Swift Title: Poster Boy (A Theta Alpha Gamma Novel) Author: Anne Tenino Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word... Continue Reading →
Anne Tenino's "Poster Boy" Takes Love To The Country Of Romance – Reviewed by Tina
“Anticipation. In love and travel, getting there is half the fun. The lustful impatience, the passionate daydreams, the nerve-wracking waiting... lovers and travelers are all alike when they find themselves on the brink of a new adventure.” – Vivian Swift Title: Poster Boy (A Theta Alpha Gamma Novel) Author: Anne Tenino Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word... Continue Reading →
Be A “Good Boy” (Or Girl) And Grab This Installment In The Theta Alpha Gamma Series
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton Oh, it is always a treat to revisit one of your favorite couples in a series and Sebastian and Brad have to be one of my favorite couples in the M/M genre. In Frat Boy and Toppy, Brad... Continue Reading →
Be A "Good Boy" (Or Girl) And Grab This Installment In The Theta Alpha Gamma Series
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton Oh, it is always a treat to revisit one of your favorite couples in a series and Sebastian and Brad have to be one of my favorite couples in the M/M genre. In Frat Boy and Toppy, Brad... Continue Reading →
Well, It's That Time Again – Anne Tenino Blog Tour Time!! Woooot!!
This tour is in celebration of my July 22 release from Riptide, Sweet Young Thang. This book is the third (but not the last) in my Theta Alpha Gamma series. As is usual for the blog tour, I’ll be giving something away, but what’s unusual (for me) is that this year, what I’m giving away... Continue Reading →
Well, It’s That Time Again – Anne Tenino Blog Tour Time!! Woooot!!
This tour is in celebration of my July 22 release from Riptide, Sweet Young Thang. This book is the third (but not the last) in my Theta Alpha Gamma series. As is usual for the blog tour, I’ll be giving something away, but what’s unusual (for me) is that this year, what I’m giving away... Continue Reading →
Tina's Kinda Sweet On Anne Tenino's "Sweet Young Thang (Theta Gamma Alpha, Book #3)"
“There’s things that happen in a person’s life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there’s no forgetting them.”--John Boyne Sweet Young Thang is the third and best (so far) in the Theta Alpha Gamma series. Collin Montes’s father died when he was young. His Uncle Monty stepped in... Continue Reading →
Tina’s Kinda Sweet On Anne Tenino’s “Sweet Young Thang (Theta Gamma Alpha, Book #3)”
“There’s things that happen in a person’s life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there’s no forgetting them.”--John Boyne Sweet Young Thang is the third and best (so far) in the Theta Alpha Gamma series. Collin Montes’s father died when he was young. His Uncle Monty stepped in... Continue Reading →
We've Got A Couple Of Fun Things Coming Up This Week, But Boy Oh Boy, Just Wait Until August!
As you may or may not have heard, Jay of Joyfully Jay Reviews and I have cooked up something special for readers this year in our Joyful Approach Countdown To GRL 2013. When we first began discussing the project and whether it was something we could pull off successfully, we never imagined that we'd get... Continue Reading →

