Where Fiction and Reality Meet
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 →
Title: By Blood Author: Sasha Kay Riley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 172 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Anderson Stables: Book Two When Vincent Anderson returns from eight months in Florida helping his dad train racehorses, he expects a peaceful homecoming. But the initial happiness over the reunion with his boyfriend Dustin doesn't last long.... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone! We are thisclose to the end of our best of the best selections for this year. In case you missed the earlier selections, Sammy's and Tina's can be found HERE, Jackie's, Lana's, and Jules' can be found HERE, and Lynn's and Chris's HERE. Since Kim and Kathie are the audio connoisseurs in our... Continue Reading →
Hi, I'm so happy to be here! Thanks for having me. I've decided to take this opportunity to talk about Sol's Solstice and why I wrote it. First, I want to share the tagline: Sol finds that light can indeed shine in his world. Sol's Solstice is a contemporary romance, but it is not all... Continue Reading →
Hi, I'm so happy to be here! Thanks for having me. I've decided to take this opportunity to talk about Sol's Solstice and why I wrote it. First, I want to share the tagline: Sol finds that light can indeed shine in his world. Sol's Solstice is a contemporary romance, but it is not all... Continue Reading →
Title: Lion’s Hero Author: Alexis Woods Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing Pages/Word Count: 82 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: A story from Boughs of Evergreen: A Holiday Anthology (proceeds go to The Trevor Project). Eight nights to fall in love. Ari has a mission: meet and fall in love with a man chosen for him by... Continue Reading →
Title: Lion’s Hero Author: Alexis Woods Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing Pages/Word Count: 82 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: A story from Boughs of Evergreen: A Holiday Anthology (proceeds go to The Trevor Project). Eight nights to fall in love. Ari has a mission: meet and fall in love with a man chosen for him by... Continue Reading →
Title: Unicorns and Rainbow Poop Author: Sam Kadence Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 260 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Ex-boyband member Dane Karlson is struggling to overcome an eating disorder and a body dismorphic disorder. His fall through a glass table puts him in rehab and on the road to recovery. Then a friend... Continue Reading →
Title: One Nightstand (Boughs of Evergreen Anthology) Author: Rick Bettencourt Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing Pages/Word Count: 37 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Doug's not good with one-night stands, yet in the early hours of Christmas Eve, he returns home with Kirk - a good-looking guy he met at the club. Nestled together in the kitchen... Continue Reading →
May your day be filled with all the joy of the season. May your blessings be abundant and your troubles few. And may there always be a good book within arm's reach! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings from our family to yours, Tina, Jackie, Lynn, Lana, Kim, Sammy, Jules, Kathie, Taz, Rena, Chris, Angel,... Continue Reading →
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 →
Well, we’re in the full clutches of the holiday season. Does that sound bah humbugish? I confess, that’s the way I feel. I am a product of a mother whose favorite holiday was Christmas and each year, she went all out. Dad handled the present purchasing and my mother did the rest. Oh, I... Continue Reading →
The Mediator was one of my very first books with Totally Bound, and for me, it was an agonizing love song to the sport. I was a boxing writer, moving into the world of erotic romance writing, and I knew, with each word I wrote of this book that I was leaving pieces of me... 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 →
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