Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Coming of Age Author: Venona Keyes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 32 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Akiyoshi ‘Aero’ Kurokuma, author of the wildly popular manga, Ecos, lost his assistant when his best friend retired. After Aero collapses from exhaustion four years later, he is forced to run a contest for an assistant. Placing... Continue Reading →
Title: What Father Christmas Left Author: Felicitas Ivey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 45 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Ex-Pat American Jacob Moore is looking forward to hosting his traditional Christmas Eve party with his partner, Errol. They love the quiet night of friends and food at their house in London, and the break before... Continue Reading →
Title: Fish and Ghosts Author: Rhys Ford Narrator:: Tristan James Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 8 Hours, 16 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When his Uncle Mortimer died and left him Hoxne Grange, the family's Gilded Age mansion, Tristan Pryce became the second generation of Pryces to serve as a caretaker for the estate, a... Continue Reading →
Greetings, everyone! The Best of the Best continues today in our selections for top reads of 2014. Just in case you missed them, Sammy's and Tina's choices can be found HERE, Jackie's, Lana's and Jules' choices can be found HERE, and just like those, we're giving one lucky reader the chance to win e-copies of... Continue Reading →
OMG, Christmas is nearly here and I’ve done nothing. Nothing! It started out so well. My daughter and I bought each other tickets to see the comedian Dave Gorman in early November. Only that failed because I went to a funeral instead. Now I’m getting a frying pan. I ordered a new game for my... Continue Reading →
One of the most joyful experiences as an author (for me, at least) is knowing my book has the perfect cover. It’s not as easy as you might think. I’m not an artist and I generally have a difficult time conveying my vision to the cover artist. So I was absolutely delighted to discover this... Continue Reading →
Title: All’s Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing Author: Alana Ankh Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 117 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: For Killian Marsden, werewolf romance is overrated. After all, he should know, since he’s a half-werewolf and an editor for a romance-publishing house. He’s tired of reading mate bond fairytales, because real life... Continue Reading →
Title: All’s Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing Author: Alana Ankh Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 117 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: For Killian Marsden, werewolf romance is overrated. After all, he should know, since he’s a half-werewolf and an editor for a romance-publishing house. He’s tired of reading mate bond fairytales, because real life... Continue Reading →
Title: Secrets and Charms Author: Lou Harper Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 191 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Out and proud from a tender age, Olly Blackwood is content with life in LA, working at a Hollywood gourmet grocery. There’s only one thing missing: romance. He’s had his fill of casual hook-ups. He wants a... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, we're back again with the second round of our Best of the Best (be sure to check out Sammy's and Tina's lists HERE), and another chance for you to win e-copies of THREE of the titles selected by Jackie, Lana, and Jules, winner's choice! THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED Good luck! And now, here... Continue Reading →
The End Hello, I'm Chris T. Kat, visiting The Novel Approach again. :) I'm here to talk about my new release, Swordplay (A Jeff Woods Mystery). Swordplay is the third and last book in the Jeff Woods Mysteries series, and was published by Dreamspinner Press on December 22nd. The release was like an early Christmas... Continue Reading →
Title: Heat Author: RJ Scott and Chris Quinton Publisher: Love Lane Books Pages/Word Count: 141 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Serving up passion, family, love and hate, with a side order of arson. Lewis has lost nearly everything, and now it seems that Devon is here to take the last thing he has left -... Continue Reading →
It's hard to believe we find ourselves at the end of another year. Time flies when your nose is buried in a book, doesn't it? But what and where would The Novel Approach be without our love of reading? Each year at this time, we work hard to compile our lists of favorite books to... Continue Reading →
Title: When the Planets Align Author: Kate McMurray Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Best friends Michael Reeves and Simon Newell always lived within ten minutes of each other, but somehow they’re never in the same place at the same time. Brash, outgoing Michael’s unwavering confidence that he and Simon... Continue Reading →
GENRE TALK with Carole Cummings Hey, all! Lisa went and left the door unlocked again, so here I am! And I've dragged fellow DSPP author A.J. Marcus with me to leave cigar burns in Lisa's furniture and drink all her beer talk about Mystery! (As in: who left cigar burns in Lisa's couch and drank... Continue Reading →
Title: Never too Early: The Beginning Author: Chris Owen & Tory Temple Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Firefighters Chancellor Shanahan and Tucker McBride have been together for years. They've been through the rough patches and come out the other side, although shift work, misunderstandings, and stubborn personalities can make things interesting.... Continue Reading →
Title: King of Me Author: R.A. Kaitland Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 33 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Cast out of his clan of shifters and with no family of his own, Anton Cedwell wants nothing more than to be accepted by his partner Sean’s family when the two of them visit over Christmas. But... Continue Reading →
Title: Saint Martin’s Day Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 31 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Five years ago, Neno Kovač fled California, graduate school, and his lover, Toby Cowan, to return to his native Croatia. Since then, he’s led a quiet life as a librarian—until one November afternoon when Toby, who has... Continue Reading →
Title: Saint Martin’s Day Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 31 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Five years ago, Neno Kovač fled California, graduate school, and his lover, Toby Cowan, to return to his native Croatia. Since then, he’s led a quiet life as a librarian—until one November afternoon when Toby, who has... Continue Reading →
Title: Desert Foxe (Skyler Foxe Mysteries: Book Five) Author: Haley Walsh Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 232 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Skyler and his friends go to Palm Springs for the annual White Party and find murder! Out and proud high school English teacher Skyler Foxe and his posse of friends go to the... Continue Reading →
Happy Holidays to all of you, and many thanks for stopping by to see what we have coming up in the week ahead. I got a fantastic response to my call for reviewers earlier this week, better than I could have ever imagined, so I’d like to take the opportunity to introduce the newest members... Continue Reading →
Happy Holidays to all of you, and many thanks for stopping by to see what we have coming up in the week ahead. I got a fantastic response to my call for reviewers earlier this week, better than I could have ever imagined, so I’d like to take the opportunity to introduce the newest members... Continue Reading →
Title: Angel in a Book Shop Author: RJ Scott Publisher: Love Lane Books Pages/Word Count: 108 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: What happens when a broken man has to trust in the impossible? Chapter One is an antique book shop and is the last tangible thing Josh and his mom have left of his dad.... Continue Reading →
Title: Scales and a Tail Author: Stormy Glenn Narrator:: Johnny East Publisher: Siren Publishing Run Time: 4 Hours, 32 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: The paranormal world is in chaos. The elders are tired of their younger people playing the field, causing trouble, and fighting with each other. Everyone who attends the UPAC Conference now... Continue Reading →
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