Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: The Boy Next Door (2nd Edition) Author: Kate McMurray Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 200 Pages Category: Contemporary At a Glance: All in all, this book didn’t do it for me. Reviewed By: Taz Blurb: Life is full of surprises and, with luck, second chances. After his father’s death, Lowell leaves the big city to... Continue Reading →
What’s In a Name? When I first heard about the Dreamspun Desires line of category romances, my first thought was mostly just, “I want to write one!” I had no particular ideas. I had only a deep love of the form. I’ve been reading Harlequin Presents and similar lines since I was in middle school... Continue Reading →
Title: Across the East River Bridge (2nd Edition) Author: Kate McMurray Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 239 Pages At a Glance: Across the East River Bridge, in its second go-round, is every bit as good now as it was in its original release. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: When historian Christopher Finnegan walks into a new museum... Continue Reading →
Title: Across the East River Bridge (2nd Edition) Author: Kate McMurray Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 239 Pages At a Glance: Across the East River Bridge, in its second go-round, is every bit as good now as it was in its original release. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: When historian Christopher Finnegan walks into a new museum... Continue Reading →
Baseball and the Rainbow League By Kate McMurray It’s public knowledge that I’m a baseball fan, right? I figure sports fandom is one of those things that knows no gender. At least not in my house growing up. My dad watches all of the sports. All of them. Even golf. And Sunday was for watching... Continue Reading →
Title: The Silence of the Stars Author: Kate McMurray Narrator: Michael Ferraiuolo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours At a glance: I really enjoyed this book, but the narrator didn't make much of an impression. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: Sandy Sullivan has gotten so good at covering up his emotions, he’s waiting for someone... Continue Reading →
Title: The Windup (The Rainbow League: Book One) Author: Kate McMurray Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 214 Pages At a Glance: This first offering in the Rainbow League series was excellent. Reviewed By: Janet Blurb: Ian ran screaming from New York City upon graduating from high school. A job offer too good to turn down... Continue Reading →
Character Interview with Ty from The Windup By Kate McMurray I thought, in honor of the release of the first book in my Rainbow League series, The Windup, it might be fun to sit down for an interview with Ty, one of the heroes of the book. The book is out now for your reading... Continue Reading →
Title: When the Planets Align Author: Kate McMurray Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Best friends Michael Reeves and Simon Newell always lived within ten minutes of each other, but somehow they’re never in the same place at the same time. Brash, outgoing Michael’s unwavering confidence that he and Simon... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Kate, welcome back to The Novel Approach. I’m so pleased to have you here with us today. Why don’t we start with the basics? Tell us a little bit about yourself, please. Kate: I am so pleased to be here! About me: I am the author of ten novels and a handful of... Continue Reading →
“You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.” ― Michael Connelly Title: The Silence of the Stars Author: Kate McMurray Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Sandy Sullivan has gotten so good at covering up his emotions, he’s waiting for someone to hand him an Oscar. On the outside,... Continue Reading →
“You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.” ― Michael Connelly Title: The Silence of the Stars Author: Kate McMurray Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Sandy Sullivan has gotten so good at covering up his emotions, he’s waiting for someone to hand him an Oscar. On the outside,... Continue Reading →
Since it’s Thursday, I thought it might be fun to revisit the past. So let’s take a trip in the Wayback Machine to the late-1980s, when a cute 9-year-old picked up a violin for the first time. I was blessed to grow up in a lower-middle class New Jersey suburb that somehow had one of... Continue Reading →
Since it’s Thursday, I thought it might be fun to revisit the past. So let’s take a trip in the Wayback Machine to the late-1980s, when a cute 9-year-old picked up a violin for the first time. I was blessed to grow up in a lower-middle class New Jersey suburb that somehow had one of... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, I hope you've all had an outstanding week! We’ve got another busy and fun filled week coming up, with more great guests, giveaways, GRL Celebration fun, and, of course, more reviews. Here's what's on tap for the week ahead. Monday – Skylar M. Cates kicks off the week on her The Only Guy... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, I hope you've all had an outstanding week! We’ve got another busy and fun filled week coming up, with more great guests, giveaways, GRL Celebration fun, and, of course, more reviews. Here's what's on tap for the week ahead. Monday – Skylar M. Cates kicks off the week on her The Only Guy... Continue Reading →
Okay, as I’ve said before, I’ve always loved baseball, it’s in my blood, but I have to say that what really made me fall in love with it forever was by watching Little League games. I was never very good at sports myself. I was the girl picking flowers in the field at the soccer... Continue Reading →
Okay, as I’ve said before, I’ve always loved baseball, it’s in my blood, but I have to say that what really made me fall in love with it forever was by watching Little League games. I was never very good at sports myself. I was the girl picking flowers in the field at the soccer... Continue Reading →
“The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.” – Julia Child I have loved the lion’s share of Kate McMurray’s previous work. With one exception, they have all been four or five star rated by me. That’s why when I got the opportunity to review... Continue Reading →
“The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.” – Julia Child I have loved the lion’s share of Kate McMurray’s previous work. With one exception, they have all been four or five star rated by me. That’s why when I got the opportunity to review... Continue Reading →
“Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.” – Voltaire Brooklyn, New York, 1878—it was an exceedingly dangerous time to be a gay man. In fact, for Theodore Cummings Brill and George Washington Cutler it was downright deadly. A crime that held all the earmarks of a double homicide was dismissed... Continue Reading →
“Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.” – Voltaire Brooklyn, New York, 1878—it was an exceedingly dangerous time to be a gay man. In fact, for Theodore Cummings Brill and George Washington Cutler it was downright deadly. A crime that held all the earmarks of a double homicide was dismissed... Continue Reading →
After reading Joshua Martino’s Fontana, the outstanding fictional tale of a professional baseball player who is outed by a journalist and then falls victim to the aftermath of that invasion of his privacy, I was both hesitant and tempted to read Kate McMurray’s Out in the Field. Where Fontana does absolutely nothing to romanticize the... Continue Reading →
After reading Joshua Martino’s Fontana, the outstanding fictional tale of a professional baseball player who is outed by a journalist and then falls victim to the aftermath of that invasion of his privacy, I was both hesitant and tempted to read Kate McMurray’s Out in the Field. Where Fontana does absolutely nothing to romanticize the... Continue Reading →
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