Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“What can an eternity of damnation matter to someone who has felt, if only for a second, the infinity of delight?” ― Charles Baudelaire What is Greenwode? Let me tell you, that’s likely the easiest of all the questions to answer among the many loose threads left unwoven into the tapestry of this series at... Continue Reading →
“…Florida laughed, a low, dirty laugh that did something melty to Carson’s insides, … He did not have this reaction to men, oh no he did not. Women made him melty, men made him humpty.” – Amy Lane I have no idea where Amy Lane pulls these ideas from. She must have so many people... Continue Reading →
“Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.” ― Emily Dickinson This was a story inside a story inside a story. Grayson Burrows and James Pearson are both doctors. They both went to medical school, they both treat patients and... Continue Reading →
“Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.” ― Emily Dickinson This was a story inside a story inside a story. Grayson Burrows and James Pearson are both doctors. They both went to medical school, they both treat patients and... Continue Reading →
“Fall in love… that is fine, but just make sure you fall deep enough to stay there forever.” ― Ram Mohan I've read so many books by Andrew Grey and enjoyed each of his stories, so I was really excited to read this one. Kendall Monroe is a Broadway star. Kendall's partner of ten years... Continue Reading →
“Fall in love… that is fine, but just make sure you fall deep enough to stay there forever.” ― Ram Mohan I've read so many books by Andrew Grey and enjoyed each of his stories, so I was really excited to read this one. Kendall Monroe is a Broadway star. Kendall's partner of ten years... Continue Reading →
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” ― C.G. Jung This is a very humorous look at two very different men. I have never seen two people have so many problems just trying to hook up. It all starts with Zane... Continue Reading →
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” ― C.G. Jung This is a very humorous look at two very different men. I have never seen two people have so many problems just trying to hook up. It all starts with Zane... Continue Reading →
“So he rolled on down and rolled on down where the mermaids sang while their lovers drowned…” – K.Z. Snow If you can, picture a realm where steampunk meets a real-world industrial revolution, a place where those who wear the brand of Mongrel on their person are segregated in the village of Taintwell, a place... Continue Reading →
“So he rolled on down and rolled on down where the mermaids sang while their lovers drowned…” – K.Z. Snow If you can, picture a realm where steampunk meets a real-world industrial revolution, a place where those who wear the brand of Mongrel on their person are segregated in the village of Taintwell, a place... Continue Reading →
“Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life” ― Lynette Gould Billy’s Bones was the first book by Jamie Fessenden I had read. I saw the disclaimers about it maybe bringing up painful memories of childhood sexual abuse, of which I am... Continue Reading →
“Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life” ― Lynette Gould Billy’s Bones was the first book by Jamie Fessenden I had read. I saw the disclaimers about it maybe bringing up painful memories of childhood sexual abuse, of which I am... Continue Reading →
We’re pleased as rum punch to have Carole Cummings as our guest today at The Novel Approach! She’s here to talk a little bit about her newest novel The Queen’s Librarian, as well as offer the chance for one lucky reader to win an E-copy of the book. Make sure to check out the contest... Continue Reading →
Books may well be the only true magic. ― Alice Hoffman In our own world, perhaps, yes. But in Lucas Tripp’s world… Well, in Lucas’s world true magic is not confined entirely to the books for which he has a special love, the books for which, as his queen’s librarian, he is solely responsible. In... Continue Reading →
Books may well be the only true magic. ― Alice Hoffman In our own world, perhaps, yes. But in Lucas Tripp’s world… Well, in Lucas’s world true magic is not confined entirely to the books for which he has a special love, the books for which, as his queen’s librarian, he is solely responsible. In... Continue Reading →
“Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.” ― Bryce Courtenay Dear Diary: Pride is the sequel to Dear Diary and picks right up where the first one left off. We last saw Josh and Chris as they were going to the prom.... Continue Reading →
“Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.” ― Bryce Courtenay Dear Diary: Pride is the sequel to Dear Diary and picks right up where the first one left off. We last saw Josh and Chris as they were going to the prom.... Continue Reading →
“Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi In Love, Like Water, Rowan Speedwell introduces us to Elian Kelly and Joshua Chastain. Joshua has been an FBI agent deep undercover within a drug cartel for three years. He was forced to kill or be killed... Continue Reading →
“Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi In Love, Like Water, Rowan Speedwell introduces us to Elian Kelly and Joshua Chastain. Joshua has been an FBI agent deep undercover within a drug cartel for three years. He was forced to kill or be killed... Continue Reading →
“The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.” – G.K. Chesterton I have to start out by saying that I loved the first two books in the Delectable series, Brand New Flavor and Lighting the Way Home. I found it hard to dive into this one like I did the... Continue Reading →
“The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.” – G.K. Chesterton I have to start out by saying that I loved the first two books in the Delectable series, Brand New Flavor and Lighting the Way Home. I found it hard to dive into this one like I did the... Continue Reading →
“Wisdom comes with winters.” ― Oscar Wilde I have always liked reading Lavinia Lewis' books in the past, so when I saw this title I scooped it up. This is a short but very sweet story of two men in the prime of their lives. First we meet 48 yr. old Reece Watkins. Reece grew... Continue Reading →
“Wisdom comes with winters.” ― Oscar Wilde I have always liked reading Lavinia Lewis' books in the past, so when I saw this title I scooped it up. This is a short but very sweet story of two men in the prime of their lives. First we meet 48 yr. old Reece Watkins. Reece grew... Continue Reading →
Sometimes you have to start over to have a happy ending. – Sonya Parker It is hard to believe this is Tempeste O'Riley's first published book. The characters of Seth and James were very well rounded and believable. James has lived through so much hell in his life that I am amazed he was still... Continue Reading →
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