Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Title: Flare (North Star: Book Three) Author: Posy Roberts Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 330 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Hugo Thorson and Kevin Magnus are learning to live again after the... Continue Reading →
“The bottom line is that people are never perfect, but love can be…” ― Tom Robbins Title: The Rainbow Connection II: Sex, Lies, and DVD Fines Author: BJ Shephard Publisher: Smashwords Pages/Word Count: 11,630 words Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: The course of true love never did run smooth for eccentric journalist Liam Adams.. After the... Continue Reading →
“The bottom line is that people are never perfect, but love can be…” ― Tom Robbins Title: The Rainbow Connection II: Sex, Lies, and DVD Fines Author: BJ Shephard Publisher: Smashwords Pages/Word Count: 11,630 words Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: The course of true love never did run smooth for eccentric journalist Liam Adams.. After the... Continue Reading →
“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get” ― W.P. Kinsella Title: Peanut Butter and Jelly For Two Author: Jackie Nacht Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 14000 Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The sexy chipmunk shifter isn't afraid of the dentist; he's in love with him. Phillip has the best job... Continue Reading →
“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get” ― W.P. Kinsella Title: Peanut Butter and Jelly For Two Author: Jackie Nacht Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 14000 Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The sexy chipmunk shifter isn't afraid of the dentist; he's in love with him. Phillip has the best job... Continue Reading →
“O, swear not by the moon, the fickle moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb...” —William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet “Cold-hearted orb that rules the night Removes the colors from our sight Red is grey and yellow white But we decide which is right And which is an illusion?” —Moody Blues,... Continue Reading →
“He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.” – Niccolo Machiavelli Title: Pony (Guards of Folsom: Book Three) Author: SJD Peterson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Grant Maxwell, aka Max, wakes to find his coffeepot has died in the night. Not one who can start his day... Continue Reading →
“He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.” – Niccolo Machiavelli Title: Pony (Guards of Folsom: Book Three) Author: SJD Peterson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Grant Maxwell, aka Max, wakes to find his coffeepot has died in the night. Not one who can start his day... Continue Reading →
“You could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!” ― J.K. Rowling Title: None So Blind Author: Meg Leigh Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 65000 Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When a dyed-in-the-wool skeptic meets a starry-eyed psychic, sparks are sure to fly.... Continue Reading →
“You could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!” ― J.K. Rowling Title: None So Blind Author: Meg Leigh Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 65000 Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When a dyed-in-the-wool skeptic meets a starry-eyed psychic, sparks are sure to fly.... Continue Reading →
“Life, at best, is bittersweet.” – Jack Kirby Title: Stung: Winter Special Author: K.A. Merikan Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 9000 Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: It's been a few months since Crunch and his comrades liberated the mob-run prison camp HoneyHill. But content as he is, Crunch can't forget Victor, the beautiful prisoner with whom he... Continue Reading →
“Life, at best, is bittersweet.” – Jack Kirby Title: Stung: Winter Special Author: K.A. Merikan Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 9000 Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: It's been a few months since Crunch and his comrades liberated the mob-run prison camp HoneyHill. But content as he is, Crunch can't forget Victor, the beautiful prisoner with whom he... Continue Reading →
When I started out writing gay romance I opted for the Regency period, and one of the first forays into writing a novel was with Chasing the Dragon, about Sebastian Long, the son of a wealthy Earl being kidnapped at his own wedding by a mystery gang linked to the Chinese mafia in Shanghai. He... Continue Reading →
“Everyone’s got secrets. It’s what makes people interesting.” ― Cat Clarke Title: Coloring Outside the Lines (Different Paths to Love #2) Author: Diana DeRicci Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 112 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Different Paths to Love: Book Two Photographer Ralph Haraldsson’s birthday celebration starts to turn disastrous when he runs into his... Continue Reading →
“Everyone’s got secrets. It’s what makes people interesting.” ― Cat Clarke Title: Coloring Outside the Lines (Different Paths to Love #2) Author: Diana DeRicci Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 112 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Different Paths to Love: Book Two Photographer Ralph Haraldsson’s birthday celebration starts to turn disastrous when he runs into his... Continue Reading →
"The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven." - Martin Luther King Jr. Title: Serpentine Walls Author: CJane Elliott Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 290 Pages Rating: 3 Stars **Review Contains What May Be Considered Minor Spoilers** Blurb: Reeling from the news... Continue Reading →
“The quick pain of the truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost. That's a running sore.” ― John Steinbeck Title: Breaking Point (Turning Point #2) Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 238 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: A fight for what’s right becomes a fight for... Continue Reading →
“The quick pain of the truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost. That's a running sore.” ― John Steinbeck Title: Breaking Point (Turning Point #2) Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 238 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: A fight for what’s right becomes a fight for... Continue Reading →
I’m happy to be here today to share my novel, Serpentine Walls. Serpentine Walls is a contemporary coming-of-age romance set at the University of Virginia. I got the title both from the actual serpentine walls that enclose the gardens at the University of Virginia: and from the serpentine paths that matters of the heart often... Continue Reading →
I’m happy to be here today to share my novel, Serpentine Walls. Serpentine Walls is a contemporary coming-of-age romance set at the University of Virginia. I got the title both from the actual serpentine walls that enclose the gardens at the University of Virginia: and from the serpentine paths that matters of the heart often... Continue Reading →
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”-- Kahlil Gibran Title: Zombie Boyz: Ghoul’s Gym Author: Eric Arvin and TJ Klune Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars **Warning: Review Contains Minor Spoilers** Blurb: Board up the windows, push an old dresser against the door... Continue Reading →
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”-- Kahlil Gibran Title: Zombie Boyz: Ghoul’s Gym Author: Eric Arvin and TJ Klune Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars **Warning: Review Contains Minor Spoilers** Blurb: Board up the windows, push an old dresser against the door... Continue Reading →
“Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri Title: Love and Salvage: Loving Emmett Author: Matthew Ortiz Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 154 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Tatesville was a quiet little town just east of Atlanta, home to the Gaither clan. Emmett Gaither loved his family and his life. It was perfect. Being... Continue Reading →
“Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri Title: Love and Salvage: Loving Emmett Author: Matthew Ortiz Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 154 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Tatesville was a quiet little town just east of Atlanta, home to the Gaither clan. Emmett Gaither loved his family and his life. It was perfect. Being... Continue Reading →
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