Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Love Comes to Light (Senses: Book Six) Author: Andrew Grey Narrator: Greg Tremblay Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 6 hours and 4 minutes Category: Contemporary At a Glance: I have my misgivings about the story at points, but the narration makes it wonderful. Reviewed By: Mike Blurb: Artist Arik Bosler is terrified he might... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author S.C. Wynne today, on the tour for her new novel, Starting New. Be sure to check out the giveaway details below to enter for the chance to win a $30 Riptide Publishing store credit. Enjoy and good luck! My Favorite Scene From Starting New I loved writing the scene... Continue Reading →
Title: Confessions (Reno PD Case Files: Book One) Author: Ethan Stone Publisher: DSP Publications Length: 216 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: If you enjoy a good mystery and don’t mind a little insta-love, this series may just be for you. Reviewed By: Lindsey Blurb: A serial killer known as the Confessor is kidnapping and... Continue Reading →
Title: Essence of the Challenge (Love and Rivalry: Book One) Author: SJD Peterson Publisher: Pride Publishing Length: 165 Pages Category: Contemporary, Multiple Partners, M/F/M, M/F, some M/M At a Glance: Shallow, uninteresting characters combined with not much of a storyline made this a rough read for me, but there is room for redemption in the... Continue Reading →
Title: Not According to Plan Author: J.M. Snyder Publisher: JMS Books Pages/Word Count: 43 Pages At a Glance: The writing in this book is good, but it reads like the first half of something rather than a fully developed story. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: Jonathan Banks and Peter Giles have worked together for five years,... Continue Reading →
I did not expect to ever be in a civil marriage, something I have written about before. However, I did think that people would become more casual about sexuality by now. I had assumed that progress about being part of the LGBTQ community, led by popular culture, would open the doors of every closet sometime... Continue Reading →
Please join us in welcoming author Ethan Stone today, on the tour for Confessions, the first book in the new Reno PD Case File series. Enjoy! Forgiveness & Redemption At the time I’m writing this I’ve been in the small town in Nevada I moved from three or so years ago for a couple weeks. There were... Continue Reading →
Title: Triad Blood Author: ‘Nathan Burgoine Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Length: 240 Pages Category: Paranormal, Urban Fantasy At a Glance: The start to an amazing paranormal series. I’ve already reread this book! Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: The law of three is unbroken: three vampires form a coterie, three demons make a pack, and three wizards are... Continue Reading →
Title: The Losing Game Author: Lane Swift Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 230 Pages Category: BDSM, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: In spite of some significant-to-me niggles, I liked the romance between Lane Swift’s MCs. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Winchester Crown Court, October 2035: Richard Shaw leaves, a free man. Grief-stricken and angry, Lucas Green is hell-bent... Continue Reading →
Title: Best in Show Author: Kelly Jensen Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 87 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Shifters At a Glance: Sweet and magical, I just wish it had been longer. Reviewed By: Angel Blurb: Solitary mystery writer Julian Wilkes doesn’t want a pet, but his sister persuades him to visit Lingwood Animal Rescue, where he... Continue Reading →
Please join us in welcoming author Tia Fielding to The Novel Approach today, on the tour for One Step Forward. Welcome, Tia! Age and How We Perceive It Age is just numbers, right? Well yes. And no. Sometimes it’s definitely nothing but numbers, sometimes it’s this huge chasm between two people. Sometimes two years is... Continue Reading →
Hi, fellow readers! Welcome to the first of our Countdown to GayRomLit 2016 guests this week, Featured Author P.D. Singer. Enjoy! Book Readings and Other Public Exhibitionism One of the unique experiences GayRomLit brought into my life was the book reading. Oh sure, I’d been down to the Tattered Cover to hear Tony Hillerman read... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, I hope it’s been a lovely weekend for all of you! Thanks for stopping by to see what we have coming up in the week ahead here at The Novel Approach. As we head further into August, and on through September, the Countdown to GayRomLit 2016 kicks into high gear. We’ve got two... Continue Reading →
Title: Flight or Fight Author: Dirk Greyson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 200 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense, Western At a Glance: Dirk Greyson brings us a well plotted murder mystery with non-stop suspense and action. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Life in the big city wasn’t what Mackenzie "Mack" Redford expected, and now he’s come home to Hartwick... Continue Reading →
Title: Out of Nowhere (Middle of Somewhere: Book Two) Author: Roan Parrish Narrator: Spencer Goss Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 10 hours and 33 minutes Category: Contemporary At a Glance: Spencer Goss’ narration adds to the depth of the book and is a nice bit of voice work that pays attention to the emotions of... Continue Reading →
Title: Fallow (Whyborne & Griffin: Book Eight) Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 197 Pages (Kindle) Category: Paranormal, Historical Romance At a Glance: Yet again, this author proves that she knows how to write one hell of a climactic action sequence, easily some of the best I’ve ever read whether in this series or... Continue Reading →
How to Write a Sequel My first book, Out of Order, turned out to be more than I could ever have asked for in a first book. It’s gotten good reviews, people other than my immediate family have bought it, and it was even nominated in two categories of the Bisexual Book Awards. So when... Continue Reading →
Please join us in welcoming author Keira Andrews today, on the tour for her latest release, Fight the Tide. Keira's calling out some of her favorite romantic reads and is also giving one lucky reader the chance to win an e-book from her own backlist, so be sure to check out the Rafflecopter giveaway below.... Continue Reading →
Title: Butt Villains on Vacation Authors: Kage Alan, Ally Blue, T.C. Blue, Kiernan Kelly Publisher: Wilde City Press Length: 260 Pages Category: Comedy, Contemporary Romance, Superheroes/Villains At a Glance: A fun and funny mix of stories from the Butt-Thology authors. Reviewed By: Angel Blurb: Heroes are boring. Seriously, how much effort does it take to... Continue Reading →
Title: Illuminate the Shadows (Shatterproof Bonds: Book One) Author: Isobel Starling Publisher: Self-Published Length: 161 Pages (Kindle) Category: Contemporary Romance, Comedy At a Glance: I must say that there were times when the story leapt forward a bit too fast for me; however, Illuminate the Shadows kept me enthralled. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: After the... Continue Reading →
Title: Spring Cleaning (Seasons of Murder: Book One, David Lloyd Investigations: Book 4.5) Author: Liz Strange Publisher: MLR Press, LLC Length: 74 Pages Category: Contemporary, Mystery At a Glance: A great little mystery to pass the time. Reviewed By: Lindsey Blurb: David may have caught his toughest case yet - solving a fifty-year-old murder. David... Continue Reading →
Title: Tasting Notes Author: Cate Ashwood Narrator: Michael Pauley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 6 hours and 12 minutes Category: Contemporary Romance At a Glance: There is a lot of good story here, but the narration weighs it down unfairly. Reviewed By: Mike Blurb: There’s nothing that can’t be solved over a glass of excellent... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to keep the GRL 2016 Countdown Celebration going today with Featured Author Anna Zabo. Enjoy Anna's guest post, and then be sure to leave a comment below to enter for the chance to win an e-copy of Due Diligence. Comments must be time/date stamped by 11:59pm Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 9,... Continue Reading →
Title: In His Defense Author: Shane Keleher Publisher: Loose Id Length: 148 Pages Category: Contemporary, Mystery At a Glance: A lot of people who read the genre will enjoy this book. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of them. Reviewed By: Lindsey Blurb: Aidan Hill, a shrewd lawyer, has success written all over him. He has worked... Continue Reading →
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