Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: What’s His Passion? Author: Anthology Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 367 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Overall Blurb: Explore our contemporary collection of men and their passions. We all have our passions—whether they’re simple pleasures like fine wine and good music, or more ambitious like climbing mountains or jumping out of airplanes. It might even... Continue Reading →
Title: What’s His Passion? Author: Anthology Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 367 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Overall Blurb: Explore our contemporary collection of men and their passions. We all have our passions—whether they’re simple pleasures like fine wine and good music, or more ambitious like climbing mountains or jumping out of airplanes. It might even... Continue Reading →
Title: Heart Author: Garrett Leigh Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 204 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Cornish pastry chef Seb Wright dreads the summer tourist season. The cash injection to his artisan fudge pantry is more than welcome, the extra work, less so. Then one summer, a shadowy Good Samaritan catches his eye. Irish Traveller... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Ines Johnson back today with an e-book giveaway of The Pleasure Hound (Part Two). Enjoy the spicy little tease she's offered, then leave a comment below to enter for a chance to win. THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED Blurb: Jian and Chanyn's unexpected feelings for one another put everyone they care about... Continue Reading →
TNA: Welcome back to The Novel Approach, Lane, it’s lovely to have you with us today. Let’s start off with a tough question: Love his books or hate them, there’s no doubt Stephen King has been successful at the business of writing and selling a few books. One of his top 20 tips for writers... Continue Reading →
Title: Blake’s Home Author: Cheryl Dragon Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 110 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Plenty of men have tried to get ranch hand Blake Louis to The Love Shack but none succeed. At the White family ranch, Blake has found friends and a home. He desperately wants to stay. Yet he must... Continue Reading →
Title: Blake’s Home Author: Cheryl Dragon Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 110 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Plenty of men have tried to get ranch hand Blake Louis to The Love Shack but none succeed. At the White family ranch, Blake has found friends and a home. He desperately wants to stay. Yet he must... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach is happy to have Rob Rosen here today on the Men of the Manor blog tour. I asked Rob to tell us what prompted him to put his own erotic twist on the historical romance genre, and this is what he had to say. As a fan of both Downton Abbey and... Continue Reading →
Title: Holding the Edge Author: Keira Andrews Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 88 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Gay figure skaters keep their relationship secret--and end up on thin ice. Misha Reznikov has an Olympic gold—and a secret lover who just happens to be the silver medalist. Now that their competitive days are over, Misha and... Continue Reading →
Title: Criss Cross (PsyCop: Book Two) Author: Jordan Castillo Price Narrator:: Gomez Pugh Publisher: JCP Books Run Time: 4 Hours, 9 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Criss Cross finds the ghosts surrounding Victor getting awfully pushy. The medications that Victor usually takes to control his abilities are threatening to destroy his liver, and his new... Continue Reading →
Hello Lisa, hi TNA, I’m so grateful you found a spot for me to talk about my latest project, M/M audiobooks. I’ve only begun producing audiobooks this year, but I’ve already had the first three books in the PsyCop made into audios. While audiobooks have been around for a long time, they’re fairly new to... Continue Reading →
Titles: Xmas Cake: A Modern Fairy Tale, Coming in from the Cold, and The Bard and His Boyfriend Authors: Raine O’Tierney, Ava Penn, Kathleen Hayes Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing – Boughs of Evergreen Anthology benefitting The Trevor Project Pages/Word Count: 43 Pages/52 Pages/35 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Overall Blurbs: Xmas Cake: Once upon a snowy... Continue Reading →
Title: Turkey in the Snow Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Gomez Pugh Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 2 Hours, 32 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Since Hank Calder's four-year-old niece Josie came to live with him, his life has been plenty dramatic, thank you, and the last thing he needs is a swishy, flaming twinkie to... Continue Reading →
Title: Among the Living (PsyCop: Book One) Author: Jordan Castillo Price Narrator:: Gomez Pugh Publisher: JCP Books Run Time: 2 Hours, 59 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Victor Bayne, the psychic half a PsyCop team, is a gay medium who's more concerned with flying under the radar than in making waves. He hooks up with... Continue Reading →
Happy (almost) New Year, everyone! We’re bringing 2014 to an auspicious close, with some great reviews and guests dropping by to help us ring in a brand new year. Before I get to the schedule, though, I want to do a quick recap of our Best Books of 2014 selections, and offer a congratulations—not to... Continue Reading →
Title: Finally Fallen (The Dark Angels: Book Three) Author: Z. Allora Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books Pages/Word Count: 267 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: What’s the use of being a rock legend if you have no one to share the fame and fortune with? Not that Dusty Davis is looking. He’s content taking care of himself,... Continue Reading →
Title: It's Christmas Everywhere But Here Author: Liam Grey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 96 Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Christmas brings dreams of peace, love, and family time for most. Sadly, Russell Moore isn’t so blessed. Since his coming out and marriage prompted a less-than-joyful reaction from his religious parents, Russ has kept his distance... Continue Reading →
Title: It's Christmas Everywhere But Here Author: Liam Grey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 96 Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Christmas brings dreams of peace, love, and family time for most. Sadly, Russell Moore isn’t so blessed. Since his coming out and marriage prompted a less-than-joyful reaction from his religious parents, Russ has kept his distance... Continue Reading →
Title: Hell & High Water Author: Charlie Cochet Narrator: Mark Westfield Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 10 hours 6 minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When homicide detective Dexter J. Daley’s testimony helps send his partner away for murder, the consequences—and the media frenzy—aren’t far behind. He soon finds himself sans boyfriend, sans friends, and, after... Continue Reading →
Title: Hell & High Water Author: Charlie Cochet Narrator: Mark Westfield Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 10 hours 6 minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When homicide detective Dexter J. Daley’s testimony helps send his partner away for murder, the consequences—and the media frenzy—aren’t far behind. He soon finds himself sans boyfriend, sans friends, and, after... Continue Reading →
We have reached the end of our journey, folks, the final choices for our Top Reads of 2014. In case you've missed the others, check out Sammy's and Tina's selections HERE; Jackie's, Lana's, and Jules' HERE; Lynn's and Chris's HERE; and Kim's and Kathie's HERE. Rena and I are the last to go, and I... Continue Reading →
Thanks so much to Lisa and the Novel Approach crew for this opportunity to introduce my Werecat series to your visitors! This is a really exciting time for me with the release of a special edition paperback Werecat: The Trilogy. It’s the first bound book in the e-novelette series and includes the first three installments:... Continue Reading →
Title: Blue Days Author: Mary Calmes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 98 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Falling for a coworker is rarely a good idea, especially for a man getting a last chance at salvaging his career. But from the moment Dwyer Knolls sees the beautiful but socially awkward Takeo Hiroyuki, he seems destined... Continue Reading →
Title: The Sensualist & the Untouched Author: Susan Laine Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Page/Word Count: 324 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Being over thirty is not an issue for Corey Paige. Being frigid and a virgin, however, is a huge problem for the only son of a newspaper magnate. No matter the risk, Corey’s intent on... Continue Reading →
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