Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Addicted Author: Laura Baumbach Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 27 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Vampires are impervious to human ailments and blood-borne disease. But what happens when one gets a taste of a new, powerful designer drug made from an element vampires have never encountered before? Vampire Gideon Borg dines occasionally from the... Continue Reading →
I’m KC Burn and I’m so looking forward to being at Coastal Magic in February! I wasn’t able to go this year, as I ended up moving from Florida to California, but the previous year, in St. Augustine, was such a fantastic time. I discovered that, despite being horribly uncomfortable speaking in public, panels were... Continue Reading →
I’m KC Burn and I’m so looking forward to being at Coastal Magic in February! I wasn’t able to go this year, as I ended up moving from Florida to California, but the previous year, in St. Augustine, was such a fantastic time. I discovered that, despite being horribly uncomfortable speaking in public, panels were... Continue Reading →
Title: Sin Author: Kol Anderson Publishers: Self-Published Length: 85 Pages Publication Date: October 1, 2014 Available for Pre-Order at: Amazon Blurb: Samuel “Sin” Taylor doesn’t know the difference between sex and intimacy, but maybe that’s not his fault. He grew up in a world where it was easier to get physical pleasure than to find... Continue Reading →
Title: Brokedown Hearts (Foster Siblings: Book Three) Author: Cameron Dane Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 332 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Ex-con David Joyner returns home knowing he must atone for his past sins. Working at an animal shelter, David keeps his head down, desperate to prove to a hostile town he’s a new man.... Continue Reading →
Title: Red Rose (Blood) Author: Michael Kudo Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: “I don’t like to be called an Assassin, I prefer the term problem solver.” My name’s Alex. I’m an average guy. I kill people for a living. But don’t judge me. I don’t take jobs on just anybody... Continue Reading →
I (Thunderstorm) New York. I know, I know. You’re supposed to <3 New York. Screw that. New York has never been my favorite city. It’s crowded and busy and people coming at you in every direction and, yes, I’m the guy standing still blinking while four hundred New Yorkers stream around me trying to get... Continue Reading →
At this point when I make my writing collage, I go find a stock photo, because when the cover artist asks for my models, I can send them something they might actually be able to use. I worried at first I’d be limited to stock polished, boring specimens, but to my happiness, this is not... Continue Reading →
Title: Who Knows the Storm Author: Tere Michaels Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Genre: Futuristic/Dystopian/Mystery/Thriller Release Date: October 17, 2014 Blurb: Who Knows the Storm In a dystopian near future, New York City has become the epicenter of decadence—gambling, the flesh trade, a playground for the wealthy. And underneath? Crime, fueled by “Dead Bolt” a destructive designer... Continue Reading →
Title: Who Knows the Storm Author: Tere Michaels Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Genre: Futuristic/Dystopian/Mystery/Thriller Release Date: October 17, 2014 Blurb: Who Knows the Storm In a dystopian near future, New York City has become the epicenter of decadence—gambling, the flesh trade, a playground for the wealthy. And underneath? Crime, fueled by “Dead Bolt” a destructive designer... Continue Reading →
Title: The Pillar Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: During his youth, orphaned thief Faris was flogged at the pillar in the town square and left to die. But a kind old man saved him, gave him a home, and taught him a profession. Now Faris is the herbalist... Continue Reading →
Title: With Wings (The Dark Angels: Book One) Author: Z. Allora Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books Pages/Word Count: 251 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The lights go down and stage lights up. The Dark Angels have arrived. With his come-hither voice and body made for sin, lead singer Angel Luv draws lovers like a magnet. And... Continue Reading →
Let me start by saying that anyone who thinks writing a love scene is fun is greatly mistaken. It’s work and for the most part, technical. A writer has to make sure that the positions we put our characters in are possible and doesn’t end up making them out to be contortionists. Badly written, you... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes SJD Peterson on the Splintered blog tour. THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED Blurb: A string of murders targeting effeminate gay men has the GLBTQ community of Chicago on alert, but budget cuts have left many precincts understaffed and overworked. Not to mention, homophobia is alive and well within the law enforcement community... Continue Reading →
Author: Lillian McKinnon Publication Date: Early October 2014 Genre: Young Adult Blurb: Bike rides, days at the pool, karate class... the more some things stay the same, the more they change. Now, there’s boys. My best friend Amy pointed out that everybody but us has a boyfriend, and sure enough, even my awkward older brother... Continue Reading →
Title: Red Dirt Heart 2 Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 250 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Up until Travis arrived on his doorstep, Charlie had lived a very solitary life. He had surrounded himself with isolation; a couple million acres of red dirt, scorching sun and loneliness. Six months on, winter has settled... Continue Reading →
Title: Love and Punishment Author: Susan Mac Nicol Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group Pages/Word Count: 245 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: FROM DARKNESS AND LIGHT Someone is leaving a trail of bodies throughout London, and Detective Anthony Parglietto is determined to end the violence. Then he’ll return to the man he loves. Tough, street-savvy, and used... Continue Reading →
Title: Going Under (Keep Swimming: Book Two) Author: Kade Boehme Publisher: Self Published Pages/Word Count: 106 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Ex Coast Guardian Kyle Bevins is a joker, a friend, and unlucky in love. His friends know he’s a good guy to turn to if for nothing other than a much needed laugh, but... Continue Reading →
Sex Underwater A big thank you to The Novel Approach for having me! I'm Chris T. Kat and Dreamspinner Press will publish my new release, Tidal Change, on September 17th. Tidal Change is a shape-shifter story but it also has fantasy/fairy tale elements because the main character, Marty, is a merman. Given that Marty is... Continue Reading →
Title: Pearls in the Darkness Author: S.E. Connor Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 39 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. When Tanner goes on vacation to get away from school and work, he learns this the hard way. Though he hates water, Tanner agrees to join his older brother and friends... Continue Reading →
Title: November Rain Author: Daisy Harris Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 140 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: A single bullet could take them both down. Fire and Rain, Book 4 Detective Joe Klamath is used to guys falling on their backs at the arch of his commanding eyebrow. Yet he can’t seem to get a... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone , and welcome back. Thanks so much for stopping by to see what we have in store for the week ahead. We have the pleasure of not only bringing you more reviews, but we’ve also got cover reveals, blog tours, interviews, and giveaways coming up just for you. Here’s what’s coming up! Monday... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone , and welcome back. Thanks so much for stopping by to see what we have in store for the week ahead. We have the pleasure of not only bringing you more reviews, but we’ve also got cover reveals, blog tours, interviews, and giveaways coming up just for you. Here’s what’s coming up! Monday... Continue Reading →
When I mentioned to a friend months ago that I was writing a romance between two Amish men, she was interested—but wrinkled up her nose a bit and said, “Those beards just aren’t attractive to me.” I have to agree, which is one reason Isaac and David, the young lovers of A Forbidden Rumspringa, haven’t... Continue Reading →
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