Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Cheers, everyone, and welcome back to a look at what we have coming up in the week ahead! Here in the US, we're celebrating Mother's Day today, so before I move along to all the great things we have in store for the week ahead, I just want to say one thing. It takes far... Continue Reading →
Title: Boy Meets Boy Author: David Levithan Narrator:: Nicholas Robideau and the Full Cast Family Publisher: Full Cast Audio Run Time: 5 Hours, 56 Minutes At a Glance: I’ve never heard an audiobook performance like this, and don’t know that I’ll ever hear another like it again. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: What if you went... Continue Reading →
Title: The Last Grand Master Author: Andrew Q. Gordon Publisher: DSP Publications Pages/Word Count: 40 Pages and 350 Pages At a Glance: The short prequel was cute, and the novel was good, but there were parts that dragged on in the middle after an explosive beginning. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: In a war that shook... Continue Reading →
Title: Walk With Me (Home Series: Book Seven) Author: Cardeno C. Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 288 Pages At a Glance: A great ending to the Home series. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: When Eli Block steps into his parents’ living room and sees his childhood crush sitting on the couch, he starts a shameless campaign to... Continue Reading →
Title: Beneath the Palisade: Justice Author: Joel Skelton Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 298 Pages At a Glance: Joel Skelton has once again done a wonderful job of showing how mutual attraction can become love. Reviewed By: Jackie Blurb: Despite a spirited inner debate pitting right against wrong, Owen Grady is lured off a forest... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Eden Winters today, on the Butt Riders on the Range blog tour. Enjoy Eden's guest post, then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below for the chance to win an e-copy of one of the previously published Butt-Thologies (titles and links can be found in Eden's article). Good luck!... Continue Reading →
Title: Straight from the Heart: Exception to the Rule 3 Author: Kimberly Gardner Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 208 Pages At a Glance: An engaging story of an athlete and a dancer who help each other out, and, on the way to being friends, become something more, with the predictable accompanying sturm und drang. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: Fire and Water (Carlisle Cops: Book One) Author: Andrew Grey Narrator:: Randy Fuller Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 6 Hours, 33 Minutes At a Glance: Fire and Water was a very good book, and I thought the narration by Randy Fuller was also very good. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Officer Red Markham knows about... Continue Reading →
Title: Shifting Cargo (Shifting Paradigm: Book Three) Author: Tina Blenke Publisher: eXtasy Books Pages/Word Count: 75 Pages At a Glance: This story is seventy-nine pages of sweetness and love, or is it? Blenke is an intelligent author, and it shows in her writing. Reviewed By: Kathie Blurb: Ramey’s world is shattered when his brother dies... Continue Reading →
Title: Down Author: Ally Blue Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 380 Pages At a Glance: Not for the faint of heart but a thoroughly enjoyable novel, with horror, suspense, and the deep. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Seven thousand meters below the ocean’s surface, the crew of the BathyTech 3 mineral mining facility has found something... Continue Reading →
Blood in the Forest -- What I Know of Fairy Tales When I was a kid, my parents used to ship me off to my grandparents for the summer. We didn’t have a lot of money—or a lot of space—so I was allowed to bring two books. Books were bad. If I brought books I... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Kate Sherwood today on the Sacrati blog tour. Kate's here to chat a bit about the "what ifs" of speculative fiction, and there's also a tour-wide giveaway from Riptide Publishing of a $15 Gift Card to use in their bookshop. To enter, just leave a comment below. Entries close at midnight,... Continue Reading →
Title: Miller’s Creek Author: R.G. Green Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages At a Glance: The story has an easy flow to it and had my attention from the start. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Seventy-five years ago in the rural town of Miller's Creek, Jacob Palmer massacred his family. Sixty years later, thirteen-year-old Jesse... Continue Reading →
Title: Pieces of Jack Author: BJ Sheppard Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 305 Pages At a Glance: The mystery element in Pieces Of Jack is center stage and riveting. The action is swift and pulls you along, the terror and fear palpable. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: …the price of silence just went up. 14 years ago,... Continue Reading →
Title: The Vendetta Author: A.J. Llewellyn Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 58 Pages At a Glance: If you need some hot men and a light, easy read for an afternoon, this is the book for you. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: 3rd Edition Devastated after his home is ransacked, Garrick Cross’s heart breaks further when he... Continue Reading →
Title: Nobody’s Hero Author: J. Leigh Bailey Publisher: Carina Press Pages/Word Count: 205 Pages At a Glance: This is a very sweet romance, with a lovely group of characters that you’ll wish were your neighbors. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Bradley Greene's family all but discarded him when his brother caught him fooling around with another... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes co-authors Debbie McGowan and Raine O'Tierney today on the Leaving Flowers blog tour. Not only are they chatting a bit about the collaborative process, but they're also offering the chance for one lucky reader to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card, so be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below.... Continue Reading →
About the Author: Heidi Belleau was born and raised in small town New Brunswick, Canada. She now lives in the rugged oil-patch frontier of Northern BC with her husband, an Irish ex-pat whose long work hours in the trades leave her plenty of quiet time to write. She has a degree in history from Simon... Continue Reading →
Title: Immortal Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages At a Glance: Immortal is a gorgeous novel, eloquent in its joy and sorrow, hopeful in its promise of forever, meaningful in the way of fairy tales that teach us we are each the crucibles of love, and love is the conqueror of... Continue Reading →
Title: Escaping from Him Author: Liam Livings Publisher: Manifold Press Pages/Word Count: 148 Pages At a Glance: A story of liberation and transformation that had me cheering on Ford and his family of choice. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: Darryl’s on the run – from controlling boyfriend Chris, an air-conditioner called Dave (deceased), an intolerable, claustrophobic... Continue Reading →
Title: Cupcakes Author: Sean Michael Narrator: Jeff Gelder Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 4 Hours, 52 Minutes At a Glance: Both the story and the narration of Cupcakes were disappointing. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: Allen Jameson had it all—the perfect house, the perfect partner, the perfect life—until his partner, Gary, died suddenly, leaving him alone... Continue Reading →
Title: Defined by Deceit Author: A.E. Via Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 333 Pages At a Glance: Out of all the books I've read by Ms. Via, Defined by Deceit is by far the best! Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Life isn't always fair, and that’s something that Llewellyn Gardner knows about first hand. His life was... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach is please to welcome back Rick R. Reed on the Dinner at Fiorello's blog tour. Rick came up with a playlist that fits the setting of the book, and might even make you want to mangia Italiano for dinner! Be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below, as well, for the... Continue Reading →
The last installment of Karen Stivali’s Moments in Time series, Moment of Clarity, has just been released. At the same time, the paperback Moments in Time that contains all three novellas in the series has also been published! Title: Moment of Clarity Author: Karen Stivali Length: novella Genre: gay romance, contemporary, new adult, college. Publisher:... Continue Reading →
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