Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Love is the absence of judgement.” – Dalai Lama Title: Caught! (The Shamwell Tales: Book One) Author: JL Merrow Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 276 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: You can run from the past…but the past runs faster. Behind Robert’s cheerfully eccentric exterior lies a young heart battered and bruised by his past.... Continue Reading →
“Love is the absence of judgement.” – Dalai Lama Title: Caught! (The Shamwell Tales: Book One) Author: JL Merrow Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 276 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: You can run from the past…but the past runs faster. Behind Robert’s cheerfully eccentric exterior lies a young heart battered and bruised by his past.... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, everyone! Thanks for dropping by to see what we have in store for you in the coming week. We’ve got some pretty amazing guests, featured posts and interviews, a cover reveal, giveaways, and a little GRL celebrating to do, on top of a week full of reviews. Speaking of GayRomLit, on Saturday, August... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, everyone! Thanks for dropping by to see what we have in store for you in the coming week. We’ve got some pretty amazing guests, featured posts and interviews, a cover reveal, giveaways, and a little GRL celebrating to do, on top of a week full of reviews. Speaking of GayRomLit, on Saturday, August... Continue Reading →
“This thing about you that you think is your flaw – it’s the reason I’m falling in love with you.” – Colleen Hoover Title: Raising the Rent Author: JL Merrow Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 88 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Rent boy rule number one: Never fall in love with a customer. Life as... Continue Reading →
“This thing about you that you think is your flaw – it’s the reason I’m falling in love with you.” – Colleen Hoover Title: Raising the Rent Author: JL Merrow Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 88 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Rent boy rule number one: Never fall in love with a customer. Life as... Continue Reading →
Ever Decreasing Circles Hi, I’m JL Merrow, and I’m delighted to be here today as part of the Relief Valve blog tour. Giveaway: I’m offering a free signed paperback copy of 2013 Rainbow Award winning romantic comedy Slam! (I’m happy to ship internationally) to a randomly chosen commenter on the tour, plus a $10 Amazon... Continue Reading →
Ever Decreasing Circles Hi, I’m JL Merrow, and I’m delighted to be here today as part of the Relief Valve blog tour. Giveaway: I’m offering a free signed paperback copy of 2013 Rainbow Award winning romantic comedy Slam! (I’m happy to ship internationally) to a randomly chosen commenter on the tour, plus a $10 Amazon... Continue Reading →
“The sweetest smiles hold the darkest secrets...” ― Sara Shepard Title: Relief Valve (The Plumber’s Mate: Book Two) Author: JL Merrow Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 357 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: If you dig up the past, be prepared to get dirty. It hasn't been all smooth sailing since plumber Tom Paretski and P.I.... Continue Reading →
“The sweetest smiles hold the darkest secrets...” ― Sara Shepard Title: Relief Valve (The Plumber’s Mate: Book Two) Author: JL Merrow Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 357 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: If you dig up the past, be prepared to get dirty. It hasn't been all smooth sailing since plumber Tom Paretski and P.I.... Continue Reading →
Greetings, everyone, we hope you've had a quiet and relaxing weekend. We've got another great week ahead, filled with author visits, interviews, giveaways, and reviews, so go ahead and take a gander at what's on tap! Monday - Abigail Roux is our guest today on the Ball & Chain Blog Tour. She’s answered a few... Continue Reading →
Greetings, everyone, we hope you've had a quiet and relaxing weekend. We've got another great week ahead, filled with author visits, interviews, giveaways, and reviews, so go ahead and take a gander at what's on tap! Monday - Abigail Roux is our guest today on the Ball & Chain Blog Tour. She’s answered a few... Continue Reading →
Hi, I’m JL (Jamie) Merrow, and I’m here today as part of the It’s All Geek to Me blog tour. Thanks for having me here on The Novel Approach. :-) Giveaway: all commenters on the blog tour will be entered into a draw to win an ebook of their choice from my backlist, plus a... Continue Reading →
Hi, I’m JL (Jamie) Merrow, and I’m here today as part of the It’s All Geek to Me blog tour. Thanks for having me here on The Novel Approach. :-) Giveaway: all commenters on the blog tour will be entered into a draw to win an ebook of their choice from my backlist, plus a... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, everyone, I hope you've had a fantastic week. We've got lots of great guests, giveaways, and reviews coming up in the week ahead and hope you'll all stop in to see what each of our special guests has in store. Here's what's on deck in the week ahead! Monday - JL Merrow drops... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, everyone, I hope you've had a fantastic week. We've got lots of great guests, giveaways, and reviews coming up in the week ahead and hope you'll all stop in to see what each of our special guests has in store. Here's what's on deck in the week ahead! Monday - JL Merrow drops... Continue Reading →
“You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant?” ― Dr. Seuss Title: It’s All Geek to Me Author: JL Merrow Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 57 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Jez is on a mission of mercy: to replace a tragically deceased comic book for his injured best mate, Tel. Venturing into the Hidden Asteroid... Continue Reading →
In the immortal words from Grease, with a little tweak: “Summer loving had me a blast Summer loving happened so fast I met a boy crazy for me Met a boy cute as can be Summer days drifting away To, oh, oh, the summer nights” This Summer Lovin’ is truly a blast! A hot and... Continue Reading →
In the immortal words from Grease, with a little tweak: “Summer loving had me a blast Summer loving happened so fast I met a boy crazy for me Met a boy cute as can be Summer days drifting away To, oh, oh, the summer nights” This Summer Lovin’ is truly a blast! A hot and... Continue Reading →
“There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.” ― Marie Antoinette Some people have things in their past they’re happy to remember. Some people have things in their past they’d prefer to forget. If you’re Dr. Paul Ansell, there are things in your past you can’t remember. If you’re Dr. Paul Ansell, the forgetting... Continue Reading →
“There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.” ― Marie Antoinette Some people have things in their past they’re happy to remember. Some people have things in their past they’d prefer to forget. If you’re Dr. Paul Ansell, there are things in your past you can’t remember. If you’re Dr. Paul Ansell, the forgetting... Continue Reading →
The path to paradise begins in Hell. ― Dante Alighieri It’s difficult being a detective with the Paranormal Enforcement Agency when your only claim to anything even remotely magical is that your mother happens to be a Valkyrie, which means you happen to be half immortal. At least, it’s a bit of a thorn in... Continue Reading →
The path to paradise begins in Hell. ― Dante Alighieri It’s difficult being a detective with the Paranormal Enforcement Agency when your only claim to anything even remotely magical is that your mother happens to be a Valkyrie, which means you happen to be half immortal. At least, it’s a bit of a thorn in... Continue Reading →
Hello and welcome to the virtual book tour for Damned If You Do! I’m JL Merrow, and our lovely host has been kind enough to interview me today. I made sure to bring along a giveaway—leave a comment below by 11:59pm on 6/28/13 and you’ll be entered in a week-long contest to win a $10... Continue Reading →
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