Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Just What the Truth Is Author: Cardeno C. Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 248 Pages At a Glance: Now I’m going to go get the rest of the series so I can meet all the other guys! Reviewed By: Karen Blurb: People-pleaser Ben Forman has been in the closet so long he has almost convinced... Continue Reading →
Title: Alchemy Ever After Author: Raine & Siôn O’Tierney Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 56 Pages At a Glance: Short story with a sweet, innocent apprentice, a grumpy alchemist, and a sculpture come to life. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: The city of New Alexandria is filled with powerful magicians-in-training and mechanical follies, the world’s largest... Continue Reading →
Title: Alchemy Ever After Author: Raine & Siôn O’Tierney Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 56 Pages At a Glance: Short story with a sweet, innocent apprentice, a grumpy alchemist, and a sculpture come to life. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: The city of New Alexandria is filled with powerful magicians-in-training and mechanical follies, the world’s largest... Continue Reading →
Title: Trust the Focus Author: Megan Erickson Publisher: Penguin/InterMix Pages/Word Count: 219 Pages At a Glance: Justin and Landry together truly were perfection. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: With his college graduation gown expertly pitched into the trash, Justin Akron is ready for the road trip he planned with his best friend Landry— and ready for... Continue Reading →
Title: Lessons for Suspicious Minds (A Cambridge Fellows Mystery) Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 258 Pages At a Glance: I highly recommend this book and will buy and read the next in the series to see what mystery the author has for us next. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: 1909 In the innocent... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes author J.R. Gray today, with a shared excerpt and giveaway of their latest novel, Veil of Scars, just released by Evernight Publishing. Enjoy the tease, then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below to enter for a chance to win an e-copy of the book. Good luck! Hello, Thank... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Charlie Cochrane on the Lessons for Suspicious Minds blog tour. Enjoy Charlie's interview, then be sure to leave a comment right here for the chance to win a title from Charlie Cochrane's backlist (excluding Lessons for Survivors). Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on April 25, 2015. Contest is NOT restricted... Continue Reading →
Title: Rack & Ruin (THIRDS: Book Three) Author: Charlie Cochet Narrator: Mark Westfield Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours, 6 minutes At a glance: This Audiobook and narrator are without a doubt the best I have listened to in some time. Putting this incredible author and narrator together is a pairing made in heaven.... Continue Reading →
Title: Rack & Ruin (THIRDS: Book Three) Author: Charlie Cochet Narrator: Mark Westfield Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours, 6 minutes At a glance: This Audiobook and narrator are without a doubt the best I have listened to in some time. Putting this incredible author and narrator together is a pairing made in heaven.... Continue Reading →
Title: For A Rainy Afternoon Author: RJ Scott Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 66 Pages At a Glance: An enjoyably short, sweet romance with a little mystery thrown in. Reviewed By: Angel Blurb: Robbie MacIntyre manages a small post office in the old Station House on the outskirts of sleepy Barton Hartshourn northwest of London.... Continue Reading →
Title: But I look Terrible in Green Author: Jackie Nacht Publisher: eXtasy Books Pages/Word Count: 31 Pages At a Glance: Another sweet and romantic story in this series that always leaves me with a smile. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: Since the beginning of his senior year in college, Jimmy has lived above the very popular... Continue Reading →
Rare Author: Garrett Leigh Narrator:: Michael Lesley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours, 49 Minutes At a Glance: I highly recommend listening to Rare if you love to be read to by a very talented narrator. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Paramedic Pete Adams lived through the year from hell watching his lover, Ash, fall... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes author Vanessa Sims on the Freeing His Mercenary blog tour. If you'd like the chance to win an e-copy of all three books in the Mercenary In Love series, just click on the Rafflecopter widget below to enter. Good luck! Blurb: What would you do if the man you loved woke... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes author EE Montgomery on the Just the Way You Are blog tour. EE chats a bit about the title of the book and series, and is also offering the chance for one reader to win e-copies of each of the first three books in the Just Life series. Just click on... Continue Reading →
Title: Channeling Morpheus for Scary Mary (Books 1-5), A Bitter Taste of Sweet Oblivion (Books 6-10), Channeling Morpheus for Scary Mary (Audiobook), and Canine (A Channeling Morpheus Short) Author: Jordan Castillo Price Narrator: Gomez Pugh Publisher: JCP Books Pages/Word Count: 193 Pages (Channeling Morpheus), 272 Pages (Sweet Oblivion), 7 Hours, 44 Minutes (Audio), and 28... Continue Reading →
Title: Food for Thought Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 92 Pages At a Glance: If you want a quick read that will leave you smiling, Food For Thought is the novella for you. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Emmett Gant was planning to tell his father something really important one Sunday morning—but his... Continue Reading →
Title: Yogi and the Bear Author: Nix Knox Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 315 Pages At a Glance: A flipped relationship that blew me out of the water. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: If the fall is inevitable, might as well enjoy the tumble. Months after a scaffolding accident leaves him in chronic agony, construction worker Ryan Powell... Continue Reading →
Title: Hoarfrost (Whyborne & Griffin: Book Six) Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 232 Pages (paperback) At a Glance: Yet another outstanding addition to the Whyborne & Griffin series. Reviewed By: Jules & Lisa Blurb: Sorcerer Percival Endicott Whyborne and his husband Griffin Flaherty have enjoyed an unprecedented stretch of peace and quiet.... Continue Reading →
I'm so pleased to welcome Carole Cummings to The Novel Approach today, not as an interviewer for DSP Publications' Genre Talk, but to chat about a subject near and dear to my heart--symbolism--in a series that's near and dear to my heart--Wolf's-own. Enjoy Carole's article, then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below... Continue Reading →
I'm so pleased to welcome Carole Cummings to The Novel Approach today, not as an interviewer for DSP Publications' Genre Talk, but to chat about a subject near and dear to my heart--symbolism--in a series that's near and dear to my heart--Wolf's-own. Enjoy Carole's article, then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes author Alina Popescu today on her Craving Stains blog tour. Enjoy Alina's guest article, then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below for the chance to win a $20 Gift Card from Wayward Ink Press (one winner), or one of three e-copies of the book. Good luck! Titles and... Continue Reading →
Title: Here Without You Author: Mia Kerick Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Page/Word Count: 216 Pages At a Glance: While I did struggle a little with how I felt about Here Without You, I would also absolutely recommend the series to anyone. I’m looking forward with hope to more of my favorite throuple. Reviewed By: Karen Blurb: ... Continue Reading →
Title: Small Claims Author: Ethan Stone Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: Novella Length (22k Words) At a Glance: This novella is a quick and easy read, offering a great variety of characters. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Judge Shawn Rosen is about to take on the toughest case of his life. Small claims judge Shawn Rosen... Continue Reading →
Title: Chaos Station Author: Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen Publisher: Carina Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages At a Glance: A fantastic start to a promising sci-fi series, with tortured heroes and awesome aliens. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: "You're not real. Felix Ingesson is dead." The war with the alien stin is over, but Felix Ingesson has given... Continue Reading →
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