Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Hello, and welcome to the Billionaire with Benefits Blog Tour! *fanfare, etc* You might have noticed this book took me a while to write . . . or maybe you didn’t notice, but take my word for it, it did. That might be why it ended up longer than it needed it to be. Ultimately... Continue Reading →
Blurb: Brit Blaise – Storm Out An Army Ranger suffering from PTSD finds coming out the biggest storm he's ever faced…until he needs to save his grandfather’s life. A gay stranger in a deadly snowstorm brings suspense and danger. Can Cowboy Kale keep his family safe while coming to terms with his sexuality? Buy Links:... Continue Reading →
Title: Campus Cravings Author: Anthology Publisher: C-Squared Publishing Pages/Word Count: 392 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Welcome to Cathia University, where school is in session! Nine of today's hottest gay romance authors have crafted brand-new interrelated novellas celebrating everything wonderful about college, including sophisticated professors, sexy teaching assistants, ambitious grad students, and spirited undergraduates, all... Continue Reading →
Title: Pulling Leather (Pickup Men #3) Author: LC Chase Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 177 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: The toughest ride of his life is all in his head. Bull rider Scott Gillard has a reputation for quick fists and harsh words. What no one knows is where that anger comes from. After... Continue Reading →
You remember the old children’s story with the mouse from the country and the mouse from the city? It’s one of those fables with a moral and whatnot. Bruised is a country mouse, city mouse kind of story, only without the moral ;) There’s the country mouse – Billy, who comes from a small town... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Suki, welcome back to The Novel Approach. I’m so pleased to have you back to discuss your new novel Wild Summer. Your young heroes meet and fall in love as teenagers, go their separate ways, only to find each other again years later. Do you believe in the idea that in real... Continue Reading →
While I’ve had the cover for my upcoming release, Thornhill’s Dilemma, for a few weeks, I wanted to save the cover reveal for my favorite site and second home online, The Novel Approach. So, without further ado, I unveil the beautiful cover. Thank you to Kelly Shorten at Musa Publishing for working with me to... Continue Reading →
While I’ve had the cover for my upcoming release, Thornhill’s Dilemma, for a few weeks, I wanted to save the cover reveal for my favorite site and second home online, The Novel Approach. So, without further ado, I unveil the beautiful cover. Thank you to Kelly Shorten at Musa Publishing for working with me to... Continue Reading →
Title: Then the Stars Fall Author: Brandon Witt Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: The death of his wife four years earlier left Travis Bennett a shell of the man he used to be.With his dog by his side, Travis raises his three children, manages his business, and works as... Continue Reading →
Writing a superhero origin/love story is about forty odd years in the making – I have loved the superhero mythology in many forms since I was a toddler, entranced by dudes in masks with really, really complicated lives. How do I resist heroic angst and bad decision making, all wrapped into one glorious mess? Answer:... Continue Reading →
Good morning! Historical m/m is a hard sell to traditional romance readers. Historical fiction has its own set of parameters. It’s judged on historical accuracy as well as the usual romance standards. So you really can’t completely disregard the fact that -- although we all know that there is nothing new to homosexuality-- two men... Continue Reading →
Title: Kiss Yesterday Goodbye Author: Cassidy Ryan Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 73 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: For their future, he must let go of his past. Aidan has a huge crush on Jon, but not only is Jon his boss, albeit temporarily, he is also recovering from a bad break-up. On his final... Continue Reading →
Title: The Lord Won’t Mind Author: Gordon Merrick Publisher: Open Road Media Pages/Word Count: 256 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Charlie Mills always played the role of the good grandson, and his grandmother rewarded him for it handsomely in the form of all the gifts, money, and attention a boy could want. Entering college in... Continue Reading →
Title: The Lord Won’t Mind Author: Gordon Merrick Publisher: Open Road Media Pages/Word Count: 256 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Charlie Mills always played the role of the good grandson, and his grandmother rewarded him for it handsomely in the form of all the gifts, money, and attention a boy could want. Entering college in... Continue Reading →
When my co-writer Racheline Maltese and I started writing the first draft of Starling over a year ago, we discussed whether we should write it in past or present tense. While Starling was a first novel for both of us, we’d both written a lot, in multiple genres and styles, before we decided to write... Continue Reading →
Q: Erica, which characters do you find more enjoyable to write, the good boys or the bad boys? What makes one more fun to write than the other? A: My characters are never black or white, so they’re never either good or bad. The good boys have their flaws, and the bad boys have their... Continue Reading →
Title: Grand Adventure Author: Anthology Narrator:: Various Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 15 Hours, 33 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: On September 1, 2011, TJ Klune wrote, "...it's not about the ending, it's about the journey..." in a review of Eric Arvin's Woke Up in a Strange Place. With those words, two men began a... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, and welcome back to see what we have in store for you in the coming week here at The Novel Approach. It was a whirlwind weekend at GRL—lots of fun, lots of friends, and very little sleep—and I hope to see many of you next year in San Diego for GayRomLit 2015! A... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, and welcome back to see what we have in store for you in the coming week here at The Novel Approach. It was a whirlwind weekend at GRL—lots of fun, lots of friends, and very little sleep—and I hope to see many of you next year in San Diego for GayRomLit 2015! A... Continue Reading →
Title: A Matter of When Author: Eden Winters Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 236 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Wealth. Fame. Gold record. Hookers and Cocaine front man Henri Lafontaine has it all…including a control freak manager, band members who smile as they sharpen blades for his back, and last but damn well not least,... Continue Reading →
Title: A Most Personal Property Author: Darrah Glass Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 460 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: In the heat of August 1900, Henry Blackwell—rich, handsome, and painfully shy—anticipates the purchase of his companion slave, that most personal of properties, with equal parts excitement and dread. There are limits to what a gentleman might... Continue Reading →
Title: Bloodline (Whyborne & Griffin: Book Five) Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 236 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Between his bullying father and dissolute brother, Percival Endicott Whyborne has quite enough problematic family members to deal with. So when his sister returns to Widdershins asking for help solving the mystery of a... Continue Reading →
Title: Bloodline (Whyborne & Griffin: Book Five) Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 236 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Between his bullying father and dissolute brother, Percival Endicott Whyborne has quite enough problematic family members to deal with. So when his sister returns to Widdershins asking for help solving the mystery of a... Continue Reading →
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 →
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