Traci Recommends Giving Mary Calmes's "Acrobat" A Good Listening To

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ― Joseph Campbell Title: Acrobat Author: Mary Calmes Narrator: Sean Crisden Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 6 hours, 34 minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Forty-five-year-old English professor Nathan Qells is very good at... Continue Reading →

Traci Recommends Giving Mary Calmes’s “Acrobat” A Good Listening To

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ― Joseph Campbell Title: Acrobat Author: Mary Calmes Narrator: Sean Crisden Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 6 hours, 34 minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Forty-five-year-old English professor Nathan Qells is very good at... Continue Reading →

Jon De'Lisle's "The Dantone Project" Doesn't Hit Its Stride

“You’re the one who has to live with your choice, everyone else will get over it, move on, no matter what you decide. But you never will.” – Veronica Roth Title: The Dantone Project Author: Jon De’Lisle Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 332 Pages Rating: 1 Star Blurb: James Warner is on the verge of a... Continue Reading →

Jon De’Lisle’s “The Dantone Project” Doesn’t Hit Its Stride

“You’re the one who has to live with your choice, everyone else will get over it, move on, no matter what you decide. But you never will.” – Veronica Roth Title: The Dantone Project Author: Jon De’Lisle Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 332 Pages Rating: 1 Star Blurb: James Warner is on the verge of a... Continue Reading →

Anais Morgan Brings You "Bite of the Recluse" And A Giveaway

The thing about co-writing is there isn’t a wrong or right way to do it. It just is. For Azalea Moone and myself, we decided that each of us was going to write in one of the main character’s point of view (POV). I got Tristan and she took Damon. I think it was my... Continue Reading →

Anais Morgan Brings You “Bite of the Recluse” And A Giveaway

The thing about co-writing is there isn’t a wrong or right way to do it. It just is. For Azalea Moone and myself, we decided that each of us was going to write in one of the main character’s point of view (POV). I got Tristan and she took Damon. I think it was my... Continue Reading →

Two Men Skate Through Life in Teegan Loy's "Picks & Pucks" – Reviewed by Lynn

“You carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow.” ― Lauren Oliver Title: Picks & Pucks Author: Teegan Loy Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 254 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Rising men’s figure skating star, Justin Corrin, is coming home to train for the upcoming season and face his demons. The... Continue Reading →

Two Men Skate Through Life in Teegan Loy’s “Picks & Pucks” – Reviewed by Lynn

“You carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow.” ― Lauren Oliver Title: Picks & Pucks Author: Teegan Loy Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 254 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Rising men’s figure skating star, Justin Corrin, is coming home to train for the upcoming season and face his demons. The... Continue Reading →

"Spirit" by John Inman – It Makes You Laugh, Cry And Believe That Love Never Dies – Reviewed by Sammy

“The past will always come back to haunt you…” - Unknown Title: Spirit Author: John Inman Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 214 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Jason Day, brilliant designer of video games, is not only a confirmed bachelor, but he’s as gay as a maypole. One wouldn’t think being saddled with his precocious... Continue Reading →

“Spirit” by John Inman – It Makes You Laugh, Cry And Believe That Love Never Dies – Reviewed by Sammy

“The past will always come back to haunt you…” - Unknown Title: Spirit Author: John Inman Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 214 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Jason Day, brilliant designer of video games, is not only a confirmed bachelor, but he’s as gay as a maypole. One wouldn’t think being saddled with his precocious... Continue Reading →

Danger Follows Whyborne & Griffin Halfway Around The World In "Necropolis"

“These are the times that try men's souls.” ― Thomas Paine Title: Necropolis (Whyborne & Griffin #4) Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Pubbed Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Introverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has spent the last few months watching his lover, Griffin Flaherty, come to terms with the rejection of his... Continue Reading →

Danger Follows Whyborne & Griffin Halfway Around The World In “Necropolis”

“These are the times that try men's souls.” ― Thomas Paine Title: Necropolis (Whyborne & Griffin #4) Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Pubbed Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Introverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has spent the last few months watching his lover, Griffin Flaherty, come to terms with the rejection of his... Continue Reading →

Hayden Thorne Stops By Today To Talk "Wollstone" And A Giveaway

So the Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her. Bitter, bitter was the pain, and wilder and wilder grew her song, for she sang of the Love that is perfected by Death, of the Love that dies not in the tomb.... Continue Reading →

Hayden Thorne Stops By Today To Talk “Wollstone” And A Giveaway

So the Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her. Bitter, bitter was the pain, and wilder and wilder grew her song, for she sang of the Love that is perfected by Death, of the Love that dies not in the tomb.... Continue Reading →

A Young Man Is Gone But Not "Forgotten" – Reviewed by Kim

“Now I know what a ghost is. Unfinished business, that's what.” ― Salman Rushdie Title: Forgotten Author: Rider Jacobs Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Some houses come with secrets, and some secrets should never be forgotten. After eight years together, Peter and Rhys have finally achieved success: good jobs that keep... Continue Reading →

A Young Man Is Gone But Not “Forgotten” – Reviewed by Kim

“Now I know what a ghost is. Unfinished business, that's what.” ― Salman Rushdie Title: Forgotten Author: Rider Jacobs Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Some houses come with secrets, and some secrets should never be forgotten. After eight years together, Peter and Rhys have finally achieved success: good jobs that keep... Continue Reading →

And Here We Grow Again!

I'm just chuffed to bits to introduce the newest member of our review team to you today and hope you'll take a moment to welcome Traci to The Novel Approach. I'm anxious to put her to work (it looks like the historical romances are still mine, all mine!), so let's get the formalities underway, and... Continue Reading →

Bey Deckard's "Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas" Just Might Steal Your Heart

“Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Title: Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas (Baal’s Heart #1) Author: Bey Deckard Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 356 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Sheltered... Continue Reading →

Bey Deckard’s “Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas” Just Might Steal Your Heart

“Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Title: Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas (Baal’s Heart #1) Author: Bey Deckard Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 356 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Sheltered... Continue Reading →

It's Con Season! A Guest Article by Kris Jacen

Yay! We’ll all get to see our friends again, we’ll also make new ones, and that’s the whole point…right? Or maybe not? Socializing and having fun are certainly important. Without a doubt, they are often the high points of the events we attend. However, there are a few very important items that we need to... Continue Reading →

It’s Con Season! A Guest Article by Kris Jacen

Yay! We’ll all get to see our friends again, we’ll also make new ones, and that’s the whole point…right? Or maybe not? Socializing and having fun are certainly important. Without a doubt, they are often the high points of the events we attend. However, there are a few very important items that we need to... Continue Reading →

It’s Not Hearsay – Taylor V. Donovan’s Here With A Giveaway

STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK   DERRICK SWAIN, Petitioner and Believer in The Fairy Tale,   -against- ROMAN BRADFORD, Respondent and Prince in Distress.   OPENING STATEMENT FROM:     TAYLOR V. DONOVAN TO:         ALL READERS OF GAY ROMANCE,         LOVERS OF MEN IN SUITS AND         ANYONE WITH LAWYER FANTASIES     ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2013, an explosion... Continue Reading →

A Man's Dream Is Challenged In Andrew Grey's "A Courageous Ride" – Reviewed by Jackie

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” ― John Lennon Title: A Courageous Ride (The Bullriders: Book Three) Author: Andrew Grey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 204 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Aspiring orchestra conductor Marshall is exhausted after months of auditions without a single job... Continue Reading →

A Man’s Dream Is Challenged In Andrew Grey’s “A Courageous Ride” – Reviewed by Jackie

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” ― John Lennon Title: A Courageous Ride (The Bullriders: Book Three) Author: Andrew Grey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 204 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Aspiring orchestra conductor Marshall is exhausted after months of auditions without a single job... Continue Reading →

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