Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Until we meet again on the other side of the rainbow. We all woke up to the terrible news on Sunday 12th June, 2016, of the horrific attack in Orlando, and not only did it affect the LGBT community, it also outraged the world. So many of us felt powerless as we watched the horror... Continue Reading →
Title: A King and a Pawn (Leader Murders: Book Three) Author: Liv Olteano Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 234 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Liv Olteano has given readers a complex and diverse paranormal shifter world. Reviewed By: Angel Blurb: Bert Cooper’s life used to be great, until his sister turned out to... Continue Reading →
Title: Dark Blood (Dark Blood Saga: Book One) Author: Caleb James Publisher: DSP Publications Length: 294 Pages Category: Paranormal, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Dark Blood is gruesome, fast paced, and has a lot of tension-filled moments, with some very intriguing twists and turns. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Handsome, brilliant, and surrounded by good friends, twenty-three-year-old... Continue Reading →
Title: Locked (Telluric Realm: Book One) Author: Anyta Sunday Publisher: Self-Published Length: 330 Pages Category: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy At a Glance: While Locked was a rare miss for me from this author, Locked takes place in an well-detailed and magical world. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: A curse threatens the Winter Kingdom. A brother is turned... Continue Reading →
In the world of Being(s) in Love, magical creatures like fairies and werewolves live alongside humans—although like many other groups, they have mostly been scorned by mainstream society. Magical creatures don’t abide by human rules. They love who they love, and they don’t understand why humans would deny things that feel right. Fairies in particular... Continue Reading →
“Oh yeah, I bought Aaron, it’s on my Kindle! But, uhm… I’m afraid to read it.” I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard that sentiment. People afraid to read Aaron because of his pain. They fear his trauma and his darkness. They want to read it, to witness his recovery—to watch him fall... Continue Reading →
Title: Tales of Amaranth: The Boxed Set Author: Thom Lane Publisher: Loose Id Length: 536 Pages Category: Fantasy, BDSM At a Glance: I loved this series as a whole. The world building was excellent, as were the characterizations. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: In Amaranth, there are two kinds of men: slaves and the men who own them.... Continue Reading →
Title: The Paranaturalist Author: Ki Brightly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages: 340 Pages Category: Paranormal At a Glance: All in all, an entertaining story; a little frustrating in parts, but enjoyable. Reviewed By: Lindsey Blurb: As a kid, Joseph Appleyard saw things hidden from others. Now he is The Paranaturalist, an investigator and cohost of a... Continue Reading →
Title: Dark Horse Bundle (Dark Horse, Out of the Darkness, Of Dark and Bright) Author: Kate Sherwood Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 838 Pages Category: Contemporary, M/M/M Romance At a Glance: The well-built and likeable characters make these books worth reading...and re-reading. PLUS HORSIES! Reviewed By: Cassie Blurb: Dan Wheeler thought he’d found lasting love and... Continue Reading →
Title: Throwing Stones Author: Robin Reardon Publisher: Self-Published Length: 406 Pages Category: New Adult, Contemporary, Paranormal At a Glance: This is a good book. A great book. One that had me crying for practically the whole last quarter of it. Reviewed By: Taz Blurb: In this paranormal romance, something is drawing seventeen-year-old Jesse Bryce toward... Continue Reading →
Hey y’all. I’m BA Tortuga – writer of rednecks and cowboys and the occasional movie star. This is an excerpt from my new four-story anthology, Mud, Movies, Bullets and Bulls. This exclusive bit is from Just Like In the Movies, a story about an action adventure hero and the horse wrangler that loves him. I... Continue Reading →
Today we're so pleased to welcome the authors from the new Dreamspinner Press anthology, A More Perfect Union, a new collection of stories about same sex marriage and marriage equality by four gay, married men. Together, they have a combined 21 years of marriage, and 88 years together as couples. The four of them answered the... Continue Reading →
Title: Crash & Burn (Cut & Run: Book Nine) Author: Abigail Roux Narrator: J.F. Harding Publisher: Riptide Publishing Run Time: 10 hours and 44 minutes At a Glance: J.F. Harding did a great job narrating—it’s not his fault I didn’t like how this series ended. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: It’s been five years since Special... Continue Reading →
Title: A Dandelion for Tulip (Beings in Love: Book Six) Author: R. Cooper Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 200 Pages Category: Fantasy, Fairy Tale At a Glance: Highly recommended for fans of a slow building story between two damaged guys who are both afraid that they can’t really have what they want. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb:... Continue Reading →
Title: Against the Rules (Boundaries: Book Two) Author: A.R. Barley Publisher: Carina Press Length: 169 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance, BDSM At a Glance: While this book might work on every level for some readers, it failed to deliver for me. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Kelly O'Connor's out of control. An RA at Halton University, he... Continue Reading →
Hello! I'm R.D. Hero, the author of Wet Heat, a book about werewolf menopause, nefarious alphas, and party-boy omegas. I'd like to thank the blogs hosting this tour. Follow along to read more about the world and characters of Wet Heat! Name the Five Biggest Distractions From Your Writing Life: Yanno, bills. Doctor's appointments.... Continue Reading →
Hello, everybody. I'm Marie Sexton, and I'm here today to talk about my writing stages. To date, I've published approximately thirty works of various lengths. Now, when it comes to co-written projects like Roped In, the pattern changes. That's one of the fun things about co-writing. But for my solo titles, the vast majority of... Continue Reading →
Title: A Taste of Honey Author: Ari McKay Publisher: Torquere Press Length: 105 Pages Category: M/M Romance, Contemporary Romance At a Glance: A Taste of Honey was another fun read from this writing team. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Boone Phillips needs a girlfriend and fast! His family reunion is approaching, and if he shows up... Continue Reading →
Title: Forgive and Forget Author: Charlie Cochet Narrator: John Solo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press/Dreamspun Desires Run Time: 5 hours and 3 minutes Category: Contemporary Romance At a Glance: I love me a good amnesia story. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: He's hot. He's dangerous. And he can't remember anything. As the owner of Apple’n Pies, Joe Applin... Continue Reading →
Title: The Stolen Suitor Author: Eli Easton Narrator: Rusty Topsfield Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 hours and 35 minutes Category: Contemporary Romance, Western At a Glance: I really enjoyed this Dreamspun Desires genre story, but the accents threw me a bit in the narration. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: His future was set until a... Continue Reading →
Magic in Casto As every reader of fantasy knows, there has to be some magic involved in the story. Fantasy and magic go together like – well, like two things that really fit. (I don’t want to abuse any analogies here.) The question, however, is to decide how much magic there should be in a... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Lane Hayes today on the tour for her latest novel, A Kind of Romance. Enjoy Lane's guest post, and then be sure to check out the Rafflecopter giveaway below where you can enter for the chance to win a $25 Gift Card to your Ebook retailer of choice (DSP, Amazon,... Continue Reading →
Title: Dawn Over Dayfield Author: Karenna Colcroft Publisher: DSP Publications Length: 200 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Dawn Over Dayfield is well written, with suspense and tension filled moments, and there were quite a few characters that made the story creepy. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: After the death of his adoptive mother, Andy Forrest... Continue Reading →
Title: The Prince’s Psalm Author: Eric Shaw Quinn Publisher: DSP Publications Length: 480 Pages Category: Historical, Spiritual At a Glance: This is a rather special work. I recommend it for the story, for the style, and for the ability of both of those things together to take the reader to another place and time. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
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