Review: Being True by Jacob Z. Flores

Title: Being True Author: Jacob Z. Flores Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 258 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Truman L. Cobbler has not had an easy life. It’s bad enough people say he looks like Donkey from Shrek, but he’s also suffered the death of his policeman father and his mother’s remarriage to a professional... Continue Reading →

Review: Embracing His Syn by A.E. Via

Title: Embracing His Syn Author: A.E. Via Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 310 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Sergeant Corbin 'Syn' Sydney transferred from the Philadelphia Police Department as soon as he'd heard there was going to be an opening on Lieutenant Cashel Godfrey and Lieutenant Leonidis Day's Atlanta Narcotics Task Force. Syn’s primary goal in... Continue Reading →

Review: The Men From the Boys by William J. Mann

Title: The Men From the Boys Author: William J. Mann Publisher: Open Road Media Pages/Word Count: 352 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: This stunning slice of gay life at the turn of the millennium introduces thirtysomething Jeff O’Brien. After six years, his lover, Lloyd, has just announced that the passion between them has died. Terrified... Continue Reading →

Review: Beneath the Stain (Part Five) by Amy Lane

Title: Beneath the Stain (Part Five) Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 95 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Mackey is great at taking a leap of faith into a crowd—but taking one into a relationship and a future is a totally different animal. When he and Trav decide to take a risk that... Continue Reading →

Review: Consent (Power Exchange #3) by A.J. Rose

Title: Consent (Power Exchange #3) Author: AJ Rose Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Former detective Gavin DeGrassi likes his new life and his job as a university professor, molding the minds of the next generation of law enforcement. It keeps him in the field he loves, but out of the... Continue Reading →

Review: Blue Collar by Sean Michael

Title: Blue Collar Author: Sean Michael Publisher: Amber Quill Press Pages/Word Count: 156 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Kendall Webber is deep in the closet. Between working as a mechanic in a garage, having served in the army during the era of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and being raised by a fundamentalist-preacher stepfather who sent... Continue Reading →

Review: Touch Me by Chris Scully

Title: Touch Me Author: Chris Scully Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 73 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Massage therapist Erik Morgan offers a very special after-hours service to a handful of select clients. From a young man anxious to explore his sexuality, to a stroke patient who fears he’ll never be a man again, Erik touches... Continue Reading →

Interview: Countdown to Coastal Magic Convention With Tere Michaels

Lynn: Hi, Tere, thanks so much for being here with us today to help in the Countdown to Coastal Magic Convention. Let’s start with an easy question: What got you interested in writing? Tere: I started reading very early (thank you Sesame Street!) and so my mother got me a subscription to a Disney magazine.... Continue Reading →

Review: Half a Man by Scarlet Blackwell

Title: Half a Man Author: Scarlet Blackwell Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 27000 Words Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: In a world torn apart by war, solace is hard to find... It is 1919, less than a year after the end of the First World War and a recovering Britain is in the grip of the... Continue Reading →

Review: Diventando: The Vessel by JC Wallace

Title: Diventando: The Vessel Author: JC Wallace Publisher: Amber Allure Pages/Word Count: 214 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Owen McIntyre is no stranger to the Grim Reaper. Diagnosed with leukemia at the age of fifteen, he’s spent the last ten years slowly dying. With only two weeks until his next checkup, Owen’s body is already... Continue Reading →

Review: In the Presence of Mine Enemy by Helena Maeve

Title: In the Presence of Mine Enemy Author: Helena Maeve Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 89 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: A game of spy against spy leaves little room for second chances. Freshly retired from Section ranks, Hailey is glad to be out of the tangle of spy games that cost him both family... Continue Reading →

Review: Phoenix Rising by Kimberly Gardner

Title: Phoenix Rising Author: Kimberly Gardner Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 277 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Two dozen roses, one dozen balloons and a night with a sexy, young stripper. It’s the perfect birthday present for the man who has everything. Or is it? Because the gift Jimmy really wants can't be bought at... Continue Reading →

Winners!

With just a matter of days until the official kick-off of GayRomLit 2014, we've brought a close to our Virtual Gift Basket Giveaways. On behalf of all of us here at The Novel Approach, I want to take just a moment to offer our warmest regards and gratitude to all the authors who so generously... Continue Reading →

Review: Love and the Real Boy by J.K. Hogan

Title: Love and the Real Boy (Coming About: Book Two) Author: JK Hogan Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 196 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: How much heartache can one man take before he breaks? Rich Langston asks himself that question every day. A Seattle advertising exec who uses his designer suit and showy car... Continue Reading →

Here's A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week

Hi, everyone, I hope you’ve all had a fantastic weekend. We’re gearing up for a great week ahead here at The Novel Approach. In case you’ve missed them, we still have two outstanding giveaways open to close out our Countdown to GRL Celebrations: Sherrie Henry, Gift Basket Seven, and our Grand Prize giveaway, so be... Continue Reading →

Here’s A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week

Hi, everyone, I hope you’ve all had a fantastic weekend. We’re gearing up for a great week ahead here at The Novel Approach. In case you’ve missed them, we still have two outstanding giveaways open to close out our Countdown to GRL Celebrations: Sherrie Henry, Gift Basket Seven, and our Grand Prize giveaway, so be... Continue Reading →

Review: Just Playing and The Road Taken by Ingela Bohm

Title: Just Playing/The Road Taken Author: Ingela Bohn Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 315 Pages/272 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Michael and Jamie seem fated to make music together. But the thrill of playing soon turns into something more, something neither of the young men can handle. Unable to just stay friends, their only option may... Continue Reading →

Review: Sin by Kol Anderson

Title: Sin Author: Kol Anderson Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 85 Pages Rating: 5 Stars 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 love. But as a prostitute working... Continue Reading →

Review: Hunter and Hunted by Tricia Owens

Title: Hunter and Hunted Author: Tricia Owens Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 123 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Hunter's a professional hit man trying to get out of the life. One last job, and if he doesn't get sloppy, he's done for good. Then he can have a normal life with friends, a lover, maybe... Continue Reading →

Review: Wave Goodbye to Charlie by Eric Arvin

Title: Wave Goodbye to Charlie Author: Eric Arvin Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 196 Pages (.pdf) Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: My name’s Charlie. I’m many things, though none of them having to do with any real talent. I’m a runaway, a hustler when I need to be, a ghost when I have to scare... Continue Reading →

Review and Giveaway: The Half of Us by Cardeno C.

Title: The Half of Us (A Book in the Family Series) Author: Cardeno C. Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 194 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Short-tempered, arrogant heart surgeon Jason Garcia grew up wanting a close-knit family, but believes he ruined those dreams when he broke up his marriage. The benefit of divorce is having... Continue Reading →

Countdown to GRL Excerpt and Giveaway: Two Red Leaves by Sherrie Henry

The Novel Approach is pleased to welcome author Sherrie Henry today, as our final guest in the Countdown to GayRomLit Celebration. To bring things to a close, Sherrie is offering the chance for one lucky reader to win an e-copy of her new book Two Red Leaves, the sequel to last year's Last of the... Continue Reading →

Countdown to GRL Grand Prize Giveaway

Listen up attending readers, because we've got a giveaway especially for you! Although she told me not to give her credit for this, I'm going to anyway because I can since I'm the typer here. It's because of the generosity of our very own Jackie that The Novel Approach is able to offer you, one... Continue Reading →

Review: The Bucket List by Douglas Black

Title: The Bucket List Author: Douglas Black Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 108 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When Kade Doherty gets dumped, he expects sympathy from his friends. Instead, he gets a bucket list. His friends want to help him enjoy life again, but Kade isn’t convinced a list of outlandish leisure pursuits will... Continue Reading →

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