Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Hi! I’m J.A. Rock, and I’m so happy to be visiting The Novel Approach today to talk a little about TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME, which is now available from Loose Id. TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME is about growing up. And screwing up. And family. And…farmer’s markets.And low level kidnapping fetishes. It’s about a... Continue Reading →
Title: Winter Hearts Author: Fyn Alexander Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 231 Pages At a Glance: A strong historical romance with sweet, lonely men in a small town on the prairie Blurb: Luke Chandler says he wants nothing more than a quiet life on his land-claim in Dakota Territory. But what he also wants is a partner.... Continue Reading →
Title: In His Arena 1: Slave Eternal Author: Nasia Maksima Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 248 Pages At a Glance: This book had everything I could have wanted and more Blurb: When novice gladiator Lucan is stolen from his patron house and enslaved by the wicked Stratos to be a pawn in a dark scheme, he finds himself... Continue Reading →
Title: Hitting Black Ice Author: Heloise West Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 240 Pages At a Glance: Don’t miss out on this one! Blurb: ER physician's assistant Hunter guards his heart carefully, but that doesn't stop him from falling for Shawn, the front desk clerk. He keeps his distance from relationships for a reason, but... Continue Reading →
Title: Blake’s Home Author: Cheryl Dragon Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 110 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Plenty of men have tried to get ranch hand Blake Louis to The Love Shack but none succeed. At the White family ranch, Blake has found friends and a home. He desperately wants to stay. Yet he must... Continue Reading →
Title: Blake’s Home Author: Cheryl Dragon Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 110 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Plenty of men have tried to get ranch hand Blake Louis to The Love Shack but none succeed. At the White family ranch, Blake has found friends and a home. He desperately wants to stay. Yet he must... Continue Reading →
Title: A Walk Through Fire Author: Felice Stevens Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 239 pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Years after running away from an abusive foster family, Asher Davis still struggles with the guilt of leaving his foster brothers behind. He’s climbed to unimaginable heights as a ruthless, high-powered attorney, creating a life of... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Felice, I’m so glad to have you here with us today. Let’s start by having you tell us a little bit about yourself. Felice: Ok! I live in NYC with my husband, a daughter who is graduating college this year and a son who is graduating high school. I work full time as... Continue Reading →
Hi, we’re Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock, and we’re riding our magical smut sleigh around the Internet to pimp our holiday release. It’s a kinky m/m/m ménage novella called FALL ON YOUR KNEES, and it’s part of Loose Id’s RATED: XXXMAS ANTHOLOGY, which also features SHEPHERD, WISE MAN, AND THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY by E.F.... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Lisa and J.A., I’m chuffed to bits to have you both with us today. Why don’t we start out by having you both tell us a little bit about yourselves? Lisa: Thanks for having us! Um...about me. I live in Townsville, the most unimaginatively named city in the world. It’s in north Queensland,... Continue Reading →
Title: Hunter’s Claim (A Pack of His Own: Book One) Author: Emily Carrington Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 247 Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Luis Delgado, psychic vampire, is in lust with a half werewolf who thinks Luis is a monster. Luis can deal with lust. That’s one of the fun parts of being a psychic... Continue Reading →
Title: Hunter’s Claim (A Pack of His Own: Book One) Author: Emily Carrington Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 247 Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Luis Delgado, psychic vampire, is in lust with a half werewolf who thinks Luis is a monster. Luis can deal with lust. That’s one of the fun parts of being a psychic... Continue Reading →
I’m so delighted to share the cover for my new holiday novella Holding the Edge. Thanks to Dar Albert for the wonderful artwork. Holding the Edge is the sequel to Cold War, my figure skating romance from earlier this year. Dev and Misha are back and trying to make their secret relationship work in the... Continue Reading →
Title: One Indulgence Author: Lydia Gastrell Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 252 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When Henry Cortland, the Earl of Brenleigh, comes to London to fulfill his duty and take a wife, he also decides to first fulfill his most secret and suppressed desires. He wants to spend just one night with... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Whitley, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start by having you tell us a little bit about yourself? Whitley: Hello. I’m Whitley Gray. I write M/M contemporary romance. When I’m not writing, I work in the medical field, which provides a lot of interesting material for characters... Continue Reading →
Q.) Hi, Belinda, and welcome to you. We’re glad to have you here with us today. What do you find most creatively satisfying about writing Alt U/Fantasy/Paranormal/Sci-fi rather than a contemporary romance? A.) I think I fell in love with speculative fiction way back when I was a kid. The first books I read were... Continue Reading →
Title: Phoenix Rising Author: Kimberly Gardner Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 277 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Two dozen roses, one dozen balloons and a night with a sexy, young stripper. It’s the perfect birthday present for the man who has everything. Or is it? Because the gift Jimmy really wants can't be bought at... Continue Reading →
Title: Hunter and Hunted Author: Tricia Owens Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 123 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Hunter's a professional hit man trying to get out of the life. One last job, and if he doesn't get sloppy, he's done for good. Then he can have a normal life with friends, a lover, maybe... Continue Reading →
Title: The Bucket List Author: Douglas Black Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 108 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When Kade Doherty gets dumped, he expects sympathy from his friends. Instead, he gets a bucket list. His friends want to help him enjoy life again, but Kade isn’t convinced a list of outlandish leisure pursuits will... Continue Reading →
You would think that when I was writing this story I would have been watching as many cowboy movies I could get my hands on, or at least I would have watched Brokeback Mountain. But alas, I did not. But now that I think of it, I really should have, because Cowboy movies are the... Continue Reading →
Title: Changeling (Middle Hill: Book One) Author: Barbara Geiger Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 326 Pages Rating: 2 Stars Blurb: Matt sells sex because he has to take care of his little brother, Sam. While it sucks, it’s not that much different from the abuse he endured when he was a teenager. He’s exhausting himself... Continue Reading →
This will be my first GRL, and I’m stoked. I’ve seen the pictures. I’ve heard the stories. I’m ready to be initiated. I’m still not exactly sure what to expect. If I go by the GRL website and schedule, GRL looks like an opportunity to meet my favorite authors and learn more about the world... Continue Reading →
Title: Brokedown Hearts (Foster Siblings: Book Three) Author: Cameron Dane Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 332 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Ex-con David Joyner returns home knowing he must atone for his past sins. Working at an animal shelter, David keeps his head down, desperate to prove to a hostile town he’s a new man.... Continue Reading →
Title: Saving Kane Author: Michele M. Rakes Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 260 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Kane Abel can’t help falling for his caregiver, the handsome paramedic who saves his life, but he’s resistant. The one time Kane threw caution to the wind, he was left with a wired jaw and a tracheostomy.... Continue Reading →
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