Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Fever Pitch Author: Heidi Cullinan Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 339 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Sometimes you have to play love by ear. Love Lessons, Book 2 Aaron Seavers is a pathetic mess, and he knows it. He lives in terror of incurring his father’s wrath and disappointing his mother, and he can’t... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the Belonging ’Verse re-release blog tour with Aleksandr Voinov and Rachel Haimowitz! We’re very excited to be bringing you edited second editions of our Belonging stories, Anchored and Counterpunch (in the case of Anchored, very edited, with over ten thousand new words and a completely different beginning and ending!), which are finally under... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Rachel, thanks so much for being here with us today. Let's begin by having you tell us a little bit about yourself. Rachel: I’m from South Carolina. I live in South Carolina with my son Matt, daughter-in-law Brittany, who does my book covers, and my orange tabby cat Little Hoss. I’m a huge... Continue Reading →
Title: The Last Thing He Needs Author: J.H. Knight Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Tommy O’Shea is raising his seven younger brothers and sisters without any help from his drug abusing father and stepmother. Since he was fifteen years old, he's managed to keep the children fed and out... Continue Reading →
Title: A Twist and Two Balls (With a Kick #1) Author: Clare London Publisher: Jocular Press Pages/Word Count: 66 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Eduardo Mancini is going to be a star of the London stage and screen. Or that was the plan. His alter ego Eddy March hasn't got further than the chorus and... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, EM, thanks so much for joining us at The Novel Approach today. Why don’t we start things off by having you tell us a bit about yourself? EM: Thanks for having me back here yet again. This is one of those questions you get in job interviews or first dates, and never know... Continue Reading →
Hello TNA peeps and many thanks to Mistress Lisa for allowing me access to all of you today! She will very likely wanna smack me for that whole BDSM-ish sounding Mistress Lisa bit, but she can’t really do so without offering evidence that I may be right! ‘Insert evil-genius laugh here.’ In preparation for the... Continue Reading →
Title: The Knife of Narcissus (Parts One and Two) Author: Carolyne Chand Publisher: dik-dik books Pages/Word Count: 123 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Lucius Sentius, along with most people in the city of Rome, assumes that the debauched days of Nero are behind them now that Rome has settled down under a sober new ruler,... Continue Reading →
Title: Spaghetti Western Author: EM Lynley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: A Novel in the Delectable Series Cordon-Blue trained pastry chef Riley Emerson arrives in Aspen, Colorado for a summer season at the best restaurant in town, only to discover his jerk of a boyfriend has dumped him, leaving... Continue Reading →
Title: Addicted Author: Laura Baumbach Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 27 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Vampires are impervious to human ailments and blood-borne disease. But what happens when one gets a taste of a new, powerful designer drug made from an element vampires have never encountered before? Vampire Gideon Borg dines occasionally from the... Continue Reading →
Title: Sin Author: Kol Anderson Publishers: Self-Published Length: 85 Pages Publication Date: October 1, 2014 Available for Pre-Order at: Amazon Blurb: Samuel “Sin” Taylor doesn’t know the difference between sex and intimacy, but maybe that’s not his fault. He grew up in a world where it was easier to get physical pleasure than to find... 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: Red Rose (Blood) Author: Michael Kudo Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: “I don’t like to be called an Assassin, I prefer the term problem solver.” My name’s Alex. I’m an average guy. I kill people for a living. But don’t judge me. I don’t take jobs on just anybody... Continue Reading →
I (Thunderstorm) New York. I know, I know. You’re supposed to <3 New York. Screw that. New York has never been my favorite city. It’s crowded and busy and people coming at you in every direction and, yes, I’m the guy standing still blinking while four hundred New Yorkers stream around me trying to get... Continue Reading →
At this point when I make my writing collage, I go find a stock photo, because when the cover artist asks for my models, I can send them something they might actually be able to use. I worried at first I’d be limited to stock polished, boring specimens, but to my happiness, this is not... Continue Reading →
Title: Who Knows the Storm Author: Tere Michaels Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Genre: Futuristic/Dystopian/Mystery/Thriller Release Date: October 17, 2014 Blurb: Who Knows the Storm In a dystopian near future, New York City has become the epicenter of decadence—gambling, the flesh trade, a playground for the wealthy. And underneath? Crime, fueled by “Dead Bolt” a destructive designer... Continue Reading →
Title: Who Knows the Storm Author: Tere Michaels Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Genre: Futuristic/Dystopian/Mystery/Thriller Release Date: October 17, 2014 Blurb: Who Knows the Storm In a dystopian near future, New York City has become the epicenter of decadence—gambling, the flesh trade, a playground for the wealthy. And underneath? Crime, fueled by “Dead Bolt” a destructive designer... Continue Reading →
Title: The Pillar Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: During his youth, orphaned thief Faris was flogged at the pillar in the town square and left to die. But a kind old man saved him, gave him a home, and taught him a profession. Now Faris is the herbalist... Continue Reading →
Title: With Wings (The Dark Angels: Book One) Author: Z. Allora Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books Pages/Word Count: 251 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The lights go down and stage lights up. The Dark Angels have arrived. With his come-hither voice and body made for sin, lead singer Angel Luv draws lovers like a magnet. And... Continue Reading →
Let me start by saying that anyone who thinks writing a love scene is fun is greatly mistaken. It’s work and for the most part, technical. A writer has to make sure that the positions we put our characters in are possible and doesn’t end up making them out to be contortionists. Badly written, you... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes SJD Peterson on the Splintered blog tour. THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED Blurb: A string of murders targeting effeminate gay men has the GLBTQ community of Chicago on alert, but budget cuts have left many precincts understaffed and overworked. Not to mention, homophobia is alive and well within the law enforcement community... Continue Reading →
Author: Lillian McKinnon Publication Date: Early October 2014 Genre: Young Adult Blurb: Bike rides, days at the pool, karate class... the more some things stay the same, the more they change. Now, there’s boys. My best friend Amy pointed out that everybody but us has a boyfriend, and sure enough, even my awkward older brother... Continue Reading →
Title: Red Dirt Heart 2 Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 250 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Up until Travis arrived on his doorstep, Charlie had lived a very solitary life. He had surrounded himself with isolation; a couple million acres of red dirt, scorching sun and loneliness. Six months on, winter has settled... Continue Reading →
Title: Love and Punishment Author: Susan Mac Nicol Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group Pages/Word Count: 245 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: FROM DARKNESS AND LIGHT Someone is leaving a trail of bodies throughout London, and Detective Anthony Parglietto is determined to end the violence. Then he’ll return to the man he loves. Tough, street-savvy, and used... Continue Reading →
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