Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Macarons at Midnight Author: M.J. O’Shea and Anna Martin Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 214 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Tristan Green left his small English town for Manhattan and a job at a high profile ad agency, but can’t seem to find his bearings. He spends a lot of time working late at... Continue Reading →
Title: Hot Off The Press Pages: 324 Buy Links: Dreamspinner | Amazon Blurb: Words hold the power to hurt as well as heal, and choosing them is a complicated and delicate process. No one knows this better than the men who work with them every day. Authors, reporters, reviewers, and publishers struggle to balance truth, art,... Continue Reading →
Title: Falling for Ramos Author: Sue Brown Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 226 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: A glimpse of a group of businessmen in a newspaper tells Colin Hess his old love, Alejandro Ramos, is back in London a decade after they split up. They met by chance as students, when Colin was... Continue Reading →
Title: Trapped in Oz (Tales From Kansas: Book Three) Author: Andrew Grey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Martin Long has plans and dreams, but they are derailed when his parents move and must sell their house. In need of a place to stay, fast, he answers an ad for a roommate,... Continue Reading →
I’ve never been particularly comfortable with the random parts of life. Like my character Caleb Jorde, in Random Acts, I would prefer to know what’s coming in life and to be afforded with plenty of opportunity to structure my world into clear emotional categories in order to prepare. That way I’d be ready for any... Continue Reading →
My apologies for the delay. We had a bit of an incident in the canteen this morning. Welcome to the THIRDS. I’m Sloane Brodie, Team Leader for Destructive Delta. I appreciate you taking the time to be here. What’s that? I don’t sound very convincing? I agree. I was told to say that. Let’s get... Continue Reading →
My apologies for the delay. We had a bit of an incident in the canteen this morning. Welcome to the THIRDS. I’m Sloane Brodie, Team Leader for Destructive Delta. I appreciate you taking the time to be here. What’s that? I don’t sound very convincing? I agree. I was told to say that. Let’s get... Continue Reading →
Title: Shaking the Sugar Tree Author: Nick Wilgus Narrator:: Wayne Messmer Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 8 hours, 52 minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Wise-cracking Wiley Cantrell is loud and roaringly outrageous—and he needs to be to keep his deeply religious neighbors and family in the Deep South at bay. A failed writer on food... Continue Reading →
Many thanks to The Novel Approach for hosting my Cutting Out blog tour. This is the fourth novel in the Cutting Cords series and a direct sequel to Cleave. I’m going to be sharing excerpts in a serial fashion. You can expect to read something different at each stop as I move forward in the... Continue Reading →
Title: Death Gets a Boyfriend Author: Sophie Bonaste Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 139 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Death is in a lonely business. Since the beginning of time he’s been reaping souls then returning home to his little condo in the sky. It’s not a bad job. There are perks. But Death would... Continue Reading →
Title: A Taste of Honey Author: Anthology Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 340 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: In the mood to try something sweet? How about a collection of stories about bears and the special men in their lives? Guys don’t have to be in their twenties, perfectly sculpted, and hairless to be hot.... Continue Reading →
Have you experienced bullying and how did you cope? Hello, and thank you so much for hosting me on your blog! I appreciate it! I was a cute, slightly built child growing up in Australia. Seriously, you have to ask? The short answer to that is that when I was younger, I fought back. I... Continue Reading →
Title: Aidan’s Journey (The Serpentine: Book Two) Author: CJane Elliott Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 326 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: The star of the University of Virginia theater department, Aidan Emery is lusted after and admired for living out and proud. He uses his talent and good looks to his advantage and never sleeps... Continue Reading →
Title: Aidan’s Journey (The Serpentine: Book Two) Author: CJane Elliott Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 326 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: The star of the University of Virginia theater department, Aidan Emery is lusted after and admired for living out and proud. He uses his talent and good looks to his advantage and never sleeps... Continue Reading →
Title: All Kinds of Tied Down Author: Mary Calmes Narrator:: Tristan James Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 9 hours, 1 minute Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Deputy US Marshal Miro Jones has a reputation for being calm and collected under fire. These traits serve him well with his hotshot partner, Ian Doyle, the kind of guy... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Garrett, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start out with you telling us a little bit about yourself? Garrett: Erm, let’s see…I write porn and keep chickens. I have lots of ink and bake my own bread. I’m a kinda hybrid gal, really. :) TNA: How would... Continue Reading →
Title: DMZ Author: Andrea Speed Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 28 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Carlo Langlois joined the diplomatic corps to help people, but when his helicopter is shot down in a war torn country, he’s the one who needs assistance. None other than his old secret crush from university, Ky Kinnaird, turns... Continue Reading →
Title: Beneath the Stain: Parts Six and Seven Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages (Full Series) Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: In a town as small as Tyson, CA, everybody knew the four brothers with the four different fathers—and their penchant for making good music when they weren't getting into trouble. For... Continue Reading →
Title: Patchwork Heaven Author: Jaime Samms Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 344 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Singer Coby Kennedy and his drummer twin, Bruce, have a band called Patchwork Heaven. They have been rising steadily up the country music charts, but unfortunately, that rise has attracted unwanted attention. Faced with anonymous letters, sinister gifts,... Continue Reading →
A door opens and two men enter the room. One has inquisitive green eyes and calico hair, an unusual color on Earth, but common on his home planet of Trygos. Taz: My, Reed, why have those two sent us out again? I do not understand. Reed: Time for another book, that's why. *looks at Julie... Continue Reading →
Title: When Love Comes to Town Author: Jacob Z. Flores Narrator:: TJ Jamesin Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 hours, 32 minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Brody O'Shea isn't looking for much, just a hot guy with a decent job, who is sane and doesn't have kids. The son of a former rock star, Brody... Continue Reading →
Title: The Shearing Gun Author: Renae Kaye Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 214 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: At twenty-five, Hank owns a small parcel of land in Australia’s rural southwest where he supplements his income from the property with seasonal shearing. Hank is a “shearing gun”—an ace shearer able to shear large numbers of... Continue Reading →
Title: The Luckiest (Lucky Moon: Book Two) Author: M.J. O’Shea and Piper Vaughn Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 280 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Rock star Nick Ventura has finally hit rock bottom. Jealous of his brother’s new love, he overindulges in his usual vices and winds up crashing his car into a department store... Continue Reading →
Title: The Luckiest (Lucky Moon: Book Two) Author: M.J. O’Shea and Piper Vaughn Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 280 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Rock star Nick Ventura has finally hit rock bottom. Jealous of his brother’s new love, he overindulges in his usual vices and winds up crashing his car into a department store... Continue Reading →
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