Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Life, at best, is bittersweet.” – Jack Kirby Title: Stung: Winter Special Author: K.A. Merikan Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 9000 Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: It's been a few months since Crunch and his comrades liberated the mob-run prison camp HoneyHill. But content as he is, Crunch can't forget Victor, the beautiful prisoner with whom he... Continue Reading →
“Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri Title: Love and Salvage: Loving Emmett Author: Matthew Ortiz Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 154 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Tatesville was a quiet little town just east of Atlanta, home to the Gaither clan. Emmett Gaither loved his family and his life. It was perfect. Being... Continue Reading →
“Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri Title: Love and Salvage: Loving Emmett Author: Matthew Ortiz Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 154 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Tatesville was a quiet little town just east of Atlanta, home to the Gaither clan. Emmett Gaither loved his family and his life. It was perfect. Being... Continue Reading →
“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.” ― Mary Anne Radmacher Title: Sorting Out Author: Silvia Violet Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 222 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Jack, Gray, and Mason have accepted that loves comes in many flavors and... Continue Reading →
“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.” ― Mary Anne Radmacher Title: Sorting Out Author: Silvia Violet Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 222 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Jack, Gray, and Mason have accepted that loves comes in many flavors and... Continue Reading →
“We become that which we love.” ― Saint Bridget Title: Pretty Poison Author: Kari Gregg Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 147 Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Deadly poison…or exquisite cure? Noah fell from an eighth story balcony as a toddler, cracking open his skull and shattering his body. The accident would’ve killed a human, but even shifter... Continue Reading →
“We become that which we love.” ― Saint Bridget Title: Pretty Poison Author: Kari Gregg Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 147 Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Deadly poison…or exquisite cure? Noah fell from an eighth story balcony as a toddler, cracking open his skull and shattering his body. The accident would’ve killed a human, but even shifter... Continue Reading →
“Once old things were broken off, amazingly beautiful things could grow in their place.” ― Denise Hildreth Jones Title: Second Chances Author: Arianna Page Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 48 Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Richard Forrest is your average working stiff just going through the motions. Childhood baggage keeps him "in line" but away from some... Continue Reading →
“Once old things were broken off, amazingly beautiful things could grow in their place.” ― Denise Hildreth Jones Title: Second Chances Author: Arianna Page Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 48 Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Richard Forrest is your average working stiff just going through the motions. Childhood baggage keeps him "in line" but away from some... Continue Reading →
“Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it’s time for them to be hurt.”-- Haruki Murakami Title: The Backup Boyfriend (The Boyfriend Chronicles #1) Author: River Jaymes Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 225 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Professionally, Dr. Alec Johnson has almost reached his goals. As this year’s recipient of a... Continue Reading →
“Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it’s time for them to be hurt.”-- Haruki Murakami Title: The Backup Boyfriend (The Boyfriend Chronicles #1) Author: River Jaymes Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 225 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Professionally, Dr. Alec Johnson has almost reached his goals. As this year’s recipient of a... Continue Reading →
“Only the really insane feel no fear.” – Sam A. McAuley Title: Suffocation (Breathers #1) Author: Sam A. McAuley Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 260 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Survival isn't always the best option... Five years after the electromagnetic pulse that fried every piece of electronic equipment in the United States, Detroit hasn’t changed all... Continue Reading →
“Only the really insane feel no fear.” – Sam A. McAuley Title: Suffocation (Breathers #1) Author: Sam A. McAuley Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 260 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Survival isn't always the best option... Five years after the electromagnetic pulse that fried every piece of electronic equipment in the United States, Detroit hasn’t changed all... Continue Reading →
“Fire burns but it also illuminates. Floods destroy but they also purify. Roads to nowhere are also roads to somewhere.” – Phillip MacKenzie Jr. Title: Bite the Pillow: Six on Sex Author: Phillip MacKenzie Jr. Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 70 Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Desire and fulfillment collide in these six erotically driven stories, beginning... Continue Reading →
“Fire burns but it also illuminates. Floods destroy but they also purify. Roads to nowhere are also roads to somewhere.” – Phillip MacKenzie Jr. Title: Bite the Pillow: Six on Sex Author: Phillip MacKenzie Jr. Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 70 Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Desire and fulfillment collide in these six erotically driven stories, beginning... Continue Reading →
TNA: Today we have the pleasure of welcoming Phillip MacKenzie Jr. to The Novel Approach to discuss his new collection of short stories, Bite the Pillow: Six on Sex. Thanks so much for being here with us today, Phillip. Why don’t we start off by having you tell us a little bit about yourself: hobbies,... Continue Reading →
TNA: Today we have the pleasure of welcoming Phillip MacKenzie Jr. to The Novel Approach to discuss his new collection of short stories, Bite the Pillow: Six on Sex. Thanks so much for being here with us today, Phillip. Why don’t we start off by having you tell us a little bit about yourself: hobbies,... Continue Reading →
“Even the best fall down sometimes, even the wrong words seem to rhyme, out of the doubt that fills my mind, I somehow find you and I collide.” – Howie Day Title: Collide (Blackcreek #1) Author: Riley Hart Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 332 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: At ten years old, Noah Jameson and Cooper... Continue Reading →
“Even the best fall down sometimes, even the wrong words seem to rhyme, out of the doubt that fills my mind, I somehow find you and I collide.” – Howie Day Title: Collide (Blackcreek #1) Author: Riley Hart Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 332 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: At ten years old, Noah Jameson and Cooper... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Leta, welcome to The Novel Approach. We’re thrilled to have you here with us today. Why don’t we start out by having you tell us a little bit about yourself: hobbies, interests, things that make you, you. Leta: Thanks for having me, Lisa! As for what makes me, me, I think the motto... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Leta, welcome to The Novel Approach. We’re thrilled to have you here with us today. Why don’t we start out by having you tell us a little bit about yourself: hobbies, interests, things that make you, you. Leta: Thanks for having me, Lisa! As for what makes me, me, I think the motto... Continue Reading →
“Unhappy the land that has no heroes? No. Unhappy the land that needs heroes.” – Bertolt Brecht Title: The Lodestar of Ys Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: The Goodreads M/M Romance Group Pages/Word Count: 138 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Sjurd is convinced that Celyn of Ys is the most irritating man alive. It’s a good... Continue Reading →
“Unhappy the land that has no heroes? No. Unhappy the land that needs heroes.” – Bertolt Brecht Title: The Lodestar of Ys Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: The Goodreads M/M Romance Group Pages/Word Count: 138 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Sjurd is convinced that Celyn of Ys is the most irritating man alive. It’s a good... Continue Reading →
“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.” ― Libba Bray Blurb: Aislin was surrounded by his extensive, but close-knit, family his whole life. He was the younger brother or the cousin they needed to protect and the kid’s favorite uncle, but he was never just Aislin. His... Continue Reading →
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