Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Practice Makes Perfect (Housemates: Book Three) Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-Published Length: 54k Words Category: Contemporary Romance At a Glance: Practice Makes Perfect is another thoroughly charming addition to the Housemates series. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Getting experience with the guy next door seems like a great idea—until the lines blur. Dev, a geeky... Continue Reading →
Title: Imperfect Harmony Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Jaybird Press Pages/Word Count: 189 Pages At a Glance: This is a rather sweet story of love, loss, letting go and second chances in unexpected places. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: Imperfect harmony can still be beautiful… John Fletcher, a former musician, is stuck in limbo after losing his... Continue Reading →
Title: The Law of Attraction Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Jaybird Press Pages/Word Count: 173 Pages At a Glance: I loved this book! Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: When a professional relationship turns personal, it’s impossible to resist the law of attraction. Alec Rowland is a high-flying lawyer in a London firm whose career is his life.... Continue Reading →
Title: Passing Through Author: Jay Northcote Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 3 hours and 58 minutes At a Glance: A well written and narrated story. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: Leo is a lonely workaholic with no time for romance in his life. His job in London takes all his energy and... Continue Reading →
Title: What Happens at Christmas Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 113 Pages At a Glance: Jay Northcote has another holiday winner here. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: When two friends pose as boyfriends, could what happens at Christmas turn into something more? Justin is recently and unhappily single. Christmas is coming, and he doesn’t want... Continue Reading →
Title: All Man Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-published Pages/Word Count: 44 Pages At a Glance: Another cute and flirty story of an opposites attract variety, with enough surprises thrown in to keep us guessing. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: “You’re the sleek little sports car to my Land Rover.” From the moment Gareth walks through the... Continue Reading →
Title: Like a Lover (Housemates: Book Two) Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 143 Pages At a Glance: Like a Lover is a sweet and sexy addition to the Housemates series. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Josh has a plan: get through uni with a good degree and no debts. Focused on his goals, he’s... Continue Reading →
Title: Top Me Maybe? (BFP: The Secrets Collection) Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-published Pages/Word Count: 33 Pages At a Glance: Cute short story that has characters acting against type, and loving it. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: Duncan has a secret fantasy, but is Tyler the right man for the job? Tyler’s new policeman boyfriend, Duncan,... Continue Reading →
Title: Nothing Ventured Author: Jay Northcote Narrator:: Matthew Lloyd Davies Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 4 Hours and 39 Minutes At a Glance: This was a great audiobook and I really enjoyed listening to it. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: When Aiden agrees to run the Mad Mucker—a twelve-mile muddy slog over an obstacle course—he’s expecting... Continue Reading →
Title: Helping Hand Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 97 Pages At a Glance: Charming characters who earn our empathy in their struggle to understand the questions that arise between them, coupled with a plot that eases the reader along through hardship to happiness, makes Helping Hand a lovely way to spend a few... Continue Reading →
Title: The Little Things Author: Jay Northcote Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours and 31 Minutes At a Glance: Davies narration was INCREDIBLE. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: There are lots of things that brighten Joel’s life. His three-year-old daughter, Evie, is one. His close relationship with her mother, his best... Continue Reading →
Title: Not Just Friends Author: Jaye Northcote Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 6 Hours and 47 Minutes At a Glance: A coming of age story that doesn’t break any new ground but is an enjoyable story of self-discovery. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: Leaving home to go to university is an exciting... Continue Reading →
Title: The Dating Game Author: Jay Northcote Narrator:: Matthew Lloyd Davies Publisher: Jaybird Press Run Time: 3 Hours and 6 Minutes At a Glance: A sweet, zero-angst, simple little story about two guys figuring out that getting to know someone before hopping in the sack is all it’s cracked up to be. Reviewed By: Jules... Continue Reading →
Title: The Marrying Kind Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 105 Pages At a Glance: The Marrying Kind is a nice way to see what’s happened to two lovely men who have discovered their future in each other. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Nathan wants to put a ring on it, but is Owen the... Continue Reading →
Today we welcome author Jay Northcote with an exclusive excerpt from her latest book The Marrying Kind, sequel to The Dating Game and the continuation of Owen and Nathan's story. Jay is also giving one reader the chance to win an e-copy of The Dating Game. Just click on the Rafflecopter widget below to enter.... Continue Reading →
Title: Nothing Serious Author: Jay Northcote Narrator:: Michael Pauley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 4 Hours, 3 Minutes At a Glance: My heart was just racing, right along with Mark and Jamie! Reviewed By: Kathie Blurb: Mark O'Brien is finally being honest with himself. His relationship with Rachel is over, and he's moving out of... Continue Reading →
Title: Passing Through Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 121 Pages At a Glance: I would definitely recommend giving Passing Through a read. Reviewed By: Jackie Blurb: Leo is a lonely workaholic with no time for romance in his life. His job in London takes all his energy and commitment. When he goes to... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach is pleased to welcome author Jay Northcote today on the Passing Through blog tour. Enjoy Jay's guest post, then be sure to leave a comment right here for the chance to win any e-title from her backlist, reader's choice. THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED The challenge of writing British English for a global... Continue Reading →
Title: Nothing Ventured Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 142 Pages At a Glance: An unfortunate miss Blurb: When Aiden agrees to run the Mad Mucker—a twelve-mile muddy slog over an obstacle course—he’s expecting it to be a bit of a laugh. The training will be tough, but Aiden could use the motivation... Continue Reading →
Title: Cold Feet Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 107 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Best friends snowed in together. When the heat rises, will they get cold feet? Getting snowed in at a remote cottage in Wales with someone he’d fancied for ages isn’t exactly how Sam expected to spend Christmas. His feelings... Continue Reading →
Title: Nothing Special Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 187 pages Rating: 4 stars Blurb: Noah thinks he’s nothing special. Average height, a bit on the skinny side, and cute but rather geeky, he’s relentlessly ordinary. He certainly doesn’t expect to be noticed by Sol, the gorgeous dark-haired stranger Noah sees on his... Continue Reading →
TNA: Thanks so much for joining us today, Jay. Why don’t we start by having you tell us a little bit about yourself? Jay: Hi, Lisa! Thank you for having me. I’m not sure what to tell you, because most of it is in my author bio at the bottom. But as well as writing... Continue Reading →
Greetings, everyone, and welcome back to a look at what we’ve got coming up in the week ahead, but first I’d love your feedback. You may have missed it, but earlier this week I wrote a blog post about ratings. For two days, the review team here at TNA and I had long conversations about... Continue Reading →
Title: The Dating Game Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 103 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Five sex-free dates—how hard can it be? When they were at uni, Owen always had a bit of a crush on Nathan. But Nathan was apparently straight, and Owen was too busy with other guys to take his... Continue Reading →
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