Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Leading Me Home (Harrington Hills: Book One) Author: Megan Linden Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 103 Pages At a Glance: Couldn’t put this one down. Reviewed By: Taz Blurb: Pretending to date the guy he has a crush on? Kevin’s sure he’s heading for a disaster. A broken heart, at least. Kevin has been... Continue Reading →
Title: Café Eisenhower Author: Richard Natale Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Pages/Word Count: 264 pages At a Glance: An amazing book with two stories: one set in the 1990s, the other told through notebooks from pre/post WWII. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: In the early 1990s, soon after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Matthew Robins, who is grieving... Continue Reading →
Title: Country Soul Author: Remmy Duchene Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 120 Pages At a Glance: Country Soul is an easy, enjoyable read. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: When Jackson Rawlings comes out of the closet, he loses everything: from his record label to the self-confidence he needs to perform on stage. Jackson feels as if... Continue Reading →
FIRE & FANTASY The Fire King is the third in the Evolin series, beginning with Fireheart and The Fallen. Originally, Fireheart was intended as a one off. When Sully and Tylan went off into their happy ever after at the end, I thought that was it. But, the boys had other ideas and back they... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Jaime Samms today, on the tour for her new novel How the Cookie Crumbles. Enjoy Jaime's guest post, and then be sure to check out the giveaway details below. Now, here's Jaime 1.) “This thing has about as much aerodynamics as a toaster.” 2) "Maybe little Timmy always wanted... Continue Reading →
Please join us in welcoming author Lane Swift to The Novel Approach today, with a guest post and giveaway of her new novel, Dormant Heart. To enter for the chance to win an e-copy of the book, just click on the Rafflecopter widget below. Good luck! And now, here's Lane Stuck On the Downs Hi!... Continue Reading →
Title: Submitting to the Clan Author: Caitlin Ricci Publisher: eXtasy Books Pages/Word Count: 43 Pages At a Glance: In a short forty-three pages, Submitting To His Clan still manages to be packed full of emotion. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Cast out from his clan, ice dragon Avery is searching for a new home when he... Continue Reading →
Title: Dancer of Death (SPECTR Series 2: Book 2) Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 106 Pages At a Glance: So badass. I’ll just leave it at that. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Revenge. Murder. Ballet? Vampire spirit Gray wants to hunt demons. Unfortunately, the foolish mortals at SPECTR have put his host, Caleb,... Continue Reading →
My Love of Valentine's Day in Romantic Fiction I’m so excited to be here today, so thank you so much for hosting me. And thanks to everyone for taking the time to read. I’ve never been that big on Valentine’s Day. When I was a kid and we had to bring in those adorable cards... Continue Reading →
Redundant - characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas. I’ve witnessed a great deal of bad grammar throughout this writing journey of mine, and marvel when I hear the same errors in everyday speech. A particular pet peeve is the piling on of intensifiers that turn a simple word into a poorly thought... Continue Reading →
Please joining us in welcoming author Rick R. Reed today on the tour for his novel Mute Witness. Enjoy Rick's guest post, and then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below for the chance to win an e-copy of his paranormal thriller Third Eye. Good luck! A Day in the Life Sometimes my... Continue Reading →
Title: Closing the Loop Author: Jane Davitt Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 150 Pages At a Glance: An okay story of a ship board romance that was a near miss for me. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: A week on a tropical gay cruise is just what Lee needs after a bad breakup and a Canadian... Continue Reading →
Title: Play On (A Glasgow Lads Novella) Author: Avery Cockburn Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 140 Pages At a Glance: This sweet and slightly angsty start to the Glasgow Lads series is a must-read for fans of Avery Cockburn’s boys. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Duncan Harris is on the edge. Scandal has shredded his LGBT soccer... Continue Reading →
Title: Love and the Exorcism Author: Melanie Hansen Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Page/Word Count: 47 Pages At a Glance: The chemistry between Tom and Mario is hot and sweet and gave me all kinds of good feels. Reviewed By: Karen Blurb: Tom Hannity is not boring, despite what his ex-boyfriend says. He loves his circle of... Continue Reading →
Title: The Lone Rancher Author: Andrew Grey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press/Dreamspun Desires Pages/Word Count: 192 Pages At a Glance: The Lone Rancher is a well written and easy read that leaves you with a HEA. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: He'll do anything to save the ranch, including baring it all. Aubrey Klein is in real trouble—he... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Suki Fleet, with an exclusive excerpt from her new novel, Foxes, a book that our very own Sammy reviewed and loved. Enjoy! Blurb: When Dashiel’s body is found dumped on an East London wasteland, his best friend Danny sets out to find the killer. But Danny finds interaction difficult and must keep his... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome Joe Cosentino to TNA today, with a character interview he conducted with Ben the bear from his latest novel The Naked Prince. Joe's also offering a giveaway. Here's what you need to do to enter, and what you could win: Post a comment below about why you love fairy tales.... Continue Reading →
Lisa: I’m so pleased to welcome author Avery Cockburn to The Novel Approach today to chat a bit about the Glasgow Lads series, a series that I personally happen to adore, along with the men and women who make up the Woodstoun Warriors LGBT football team. And, of course, the men who love the men... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and Happy Valentine's Day to you! Wow, have we got a fun-filled week coming up for you, packed full of great guests and giveaways galore, as well as lots more reviews, of course, and I can’t wait to share every bit of it with you. Here’s what we have in store just for... Continue Reading →
Thank you so much for hosting me and my Valentine’s Day story Table for One today. Oilton, Alberta, Canada, the setting for Table for One, is much like Calgary, where I live. The restaurant scenes are loosely based on my own experience of waiting tables in my early twenties. The places I worked were nowhere... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome the writing team of K.A. Merikan today, on the tour for their latest novel in the Sex & Mayhem series, His Favorite Color Is Blood. Enjoy their guest post, and then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below to enter for the chance to win an e-copy of... Continue Reading →
Title: Unquiet (Resilient Love: Book Three) Author: Melanie Hansen Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Page/Word Count: 296 Pages At a Glance: This book is amazing, though I’m really not sure that word even does it justice. Reviewed By: Karen Blurb: Loren Smith has been in love with Eliot Devlin almost his entire life. During their turbulent childhood... Continue Reading →
Title: Oasis of Night (Heartache Café: Books One and Two) Author: J.S. Cook Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 304 Pages At a Glance: Both of these stories are fast paced and filled with so many twist and turns that you can’t even begin to guess how Jack’s saga will end. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: The... Continue Reading →
Title: Glitterland (Spires: Book One) Author: Alexis Hall Narrator: Nicholas Boulton Publisher: Riptide Publishing Run Time: 6 hours and 42 minutes At a Glance: Nicholas Boulton’s voice is like butter. The timbre and the cadence are almost hypnotic. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Ash Winters is barely holding on, near drowning in his own darkness and... Continue Reading →
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