Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt Title: Curious Sustenance Author: Charley Descoteaux Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 150 Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Ross Jenson is looking forward to a little midmorning delight... Continue Reading →
I'm a Christmas baby, kinda. Kinda a New Year's baby, too. I was born on December 29th, and like many holiday babies, this caused issues in the gift department. Not that I could blame anyone in the family. Insult to injury, my oldest sister decided to get married on December 27th! How was that fair?... Continue Reading →
I'm a Christmas baby, kinda. Kinda a New Year's baby, too. I was born on December 29th, and like many holiday babies, this caused issues in the gift department. Not that I could blame anyone in the family. Insult to injury, my oldest sister decided to get married on December 27th! How was that fair?... Continue Reading →
“Some secrets can be trusted to people with nothing to lose.” – Reesa Herberth Title: In Discretion (A Ylendrian Empire Novella) Author: Reesa Herberth Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 114 Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Thanson Nez thought his career as a Discretionary would take him to the stars, not strand him on a space station... Continue Reading →
“Some secrets can be trusted to people with nothing to lose.” – Reesa Herberth Title: In Discretion (A Ylendrian Empire Novella) Author: Reesa Herberth Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 114 Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Thanson Nez thought his career as a Discretionary would take him to the stars, not strand him on a space station... Continue Reading →
“Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?” – Hunter S. Thompson Title: The Little Things Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 214 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: There are lots of things that brighten Joel’s... Continue Reading →
“Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?” – Hunter S. Thompson Title: The Little Things Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 214 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: There are lots of things that brighten Joel’s... Continue Reading →
In 2010, I was approached by a press I had never heard of to write a gay furry story. They paid me in advance, and I desperately needed the money. So, I went for it, even though I'd never written furries before. Songs for Guitar and French Harp, mixing furries, dieselpunk and depression era carnivals,... Continue Reading →
“I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever.” ― Robert Browning Title: Love Rising Author: Piper Vaughn Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 42 Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: An Isla Sagrario Story In the 1700s on the island of Sagrario, men who love other men find safe... Continue Reading →
“I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever.” ― Robert Browning Title: Love Rising Author: Piper Vaughn Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 42 Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: An Isla Sagrario Story In the 1700s on the island of Sagrario, men who love other men find safe... Continue Reading →
“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.” --- Fydor Dostoevsky Title: Going Up Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 94 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Every dreary day, Zach Driscoll takes the elevator from the... Continue Reading →
“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.” --- Fydor Dostoevsky Title: Going Up Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 94 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Every dreary day, Zach Driscoll takes the elevator from the... Continue Reading →
“I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me.” ― Emily Brontë Title: Gingerbread Palace Author: EM Lynley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 130 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: A week before Christmas, Alex Bancroft’s bakery goes up in flames. When he runs back inside after... Continue Reading →
“I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me.” ― Emily Brontë Title: Gingerbread Palace Author: EM Lynley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 130 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: A week before Christmas, Alex Bancroft’s bakery goes up in flames. When he runs back inside after... Continue Reading →
Hi, I'm Reesa Herberth, and I'm so happy to be here with you on to talk about my newest book, In Discretion. I'm running a trivia contest; I've got an excerpt- it's just a big party up in here! I'd like to thank the bloggers (and readers!) of The Novel Approach for letting me join... Continue Reading →
Hi, I'm Reesa Herberth, and I'm so happy to be here with you on to talk about my newest book, In Discretion. I'm running a trivia contest; I've got an excerpt- it's just a big party up in here! I'd like to thank the bloggers (and readers!) of The Novel Approach for letting me join... Continue Reading →
“True love is like a metal tested in a fire. Fires of adversity surround us daily. Are we to love only when it is merely convenient? Like gold or silver, which very hot fire must heat to purge them of impurities, love must be thrust into the fire from time to time to make it... Continue Reading →
“True love is like a metal tested in a fire. Fires of adversity surround us daily. Are we to love only when it is merely convenient? Like gold or silver, which very hot fire must heat to purge them of impurities, love must be thrust into the fire from time to time to make it... Continue Reading →
“Family is everything. Family comes first. It's not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is.” ― Madonna Title: Holiday Hootenanny Author: Ari McKay Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 80 Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Clint Barker wants to take his relationship with boyfriend Joshua Cash to the next level, and that means meeting... Continue Reading →
“Family is everything. Family comes first. It's not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is.” ― Madonna Title: Holiday Hootenanny Author: Ari McKay Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 80 Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Clint Barker wants to take his relationship with boyfriend Joshua Cash to the next level, and that means meeting... Continue Reading →
”Today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love." – Khalil Gibran Title: Where You Lead Author: Mary Calmes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 82 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: ATF agent Peter Lomax isn’t a hearts and flowers kind of guy, but he can be possessive, and it caused problems until... Continue Reading →
”Today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love." – Khalil Gibran Title: Where You Lead Author: Mary Calmes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 82 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: ATF agent Peter Lomax isn’t a hearts and flowers kind of guy, but he can be possessive, and it caused problems until... Continue Reading →
“Unhappy the land that has no heroes? No. Unhappy the land that needs heroes.” – Bertolt Brecht Title: The Lodestar of Ys Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: The Goodreads M/M Romance Group Pages/Word Count: 138 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Sjurd is convinced that Celyn of Ys is the most irritating man alive. It’s a good... Continue Reading →
“Unhappy the land that has no heroes? No. Unhappy the land that needs heroes.” – Bertolt Brecht Title: The Lodestar of Ys Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: The Goodreads M/M Romance Group Pages/Word Count: 138 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Sjurd is convinced that Celyn of Ys is the most irritating man alive. It’s a good... Continue Reading →
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