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I just read about this on Rhys Ford’s blog and thought I’d share. Woot! Birthday giveaway! :-)
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Fugitive Color by Z.A. Maxfield
Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair. - Friedrich Schiller Someone has robbed Max Lancaster of his Muse, in a most brutal and permanent way. Young Elena Genovese, ballerina and the inspiration for some of Max’s most brilliant and celebrated... Continue Reading →
In Which I Shout, "Forsooth! Mead For Everyone!" And Then I Google Mead… And Then I Welcome Jordan L. Hawk, With A New Release & A Give-Away!
Hi Jordan! Let’s start things off with a quick “Jordan L. Hawk for Dummies” tutorial. Tell us a bit about yourself and your background and the meaning of life. (You can skip that last part if you want to. :-D) A. I live just outside of Charlotte, NC, with my husband and several very dumb... Continue Reading →
In Which I Shout, “Forsooth! Mead For Everyone!” And Then I Google Mead… And Then I Welcome Jordan L. Hawk, With A New Release & A Give-Away!
Hi Jordan! Let’s start things off with a quick “Jordan L. Hawk for Dummies” tutorial. Tell us a bit about yourself and your background and the meaning of life. (You can skip that last part if you want to. :-D) A. I live just outside of Charlotte, NC, with my husband and several very dumb... Continue Reading →
Review: Hunter of Demons by Jordan L. Hawk
Title: Hunter of Demons Series: SPECTR: Book 1.1 Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: JordanLHawk.com Length: 108 Pages Category: Paranormal Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. Well, color me cuckoo because here we are again, with another... Continue Reading →
ePistols at Dawn by Z.A. Maxfield
If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things. – Confucius This book took me to my happy place, a book that’s the perfect amalgamation of a knotty romance and characters I fell immediately in lurve with, characters with charm, warmth, personality, faults and foibles, and Kelly Mackay…... Continue Reading →
Drawn Together by Z.A. Maxfield
A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes. – Mark Twain Rory Delaplaines fell in love with an ideal. He fell in love with an artist’s work, and by association, convinced himself it was his Destiny to swoop in like a valiant knight on noble steed—rust-bucket car works... Continue Reading →
Small Gems – Light the Fire by JL Merrow
Happiness is a warm puppy. – Charles M. Schulz Though for Kurt, that puppy is about as welcome as a raging case of jock itch when Matt, an overly enthusiastic guy at the gym—who can’t seem to take the hint that Kurt is intensely(!) uninterested in the attention—comes along and makes Kurt begin to think... Continue Reading →
In Which I say, "Ew!" And, "Blech!" But In A Good Way! – Hainted by Jordan L. Hawk
Something coming back from the dead was almost always bad news. – David Wong Understatement. Well, if I didn’t know it before, I know it now. Jordan L. Hawk has definitely taught me that dead things just need to go ahead and stay dead, dammit. This book made me channel my inner Haley Joel Osment,... Continue Reading →
In Which I say, “Ew!” And, “Blech!” But In A Good Way! – Hainted by Jordan L. Hawk
Something coming back from the dead was almost always bad news. – David Wong Understatement. Well, if I didn’t know it before, I know it now. Jordan L. Hawk has definitely taught me that dead things just need to go ahead and stay dead, dammit. This book made me channel my inner Haley Joel Osment,... Continue Reading →
Bomber's Moon by Paul Alan Fahey
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.” – Winston Churchill World War II London was a place of suffering and sacrifice, a place where the strength and character... Continue Reading →
Bomber’s Moon by Paul Alan Fahey
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.” – Winston Churchill World War II London was a place of suffering and sacrifice, a place where the strength and character... Continue Reading →
Review: Widdershins (Whyborne & Griffin, Book #1) by Jordan L. Hawk
ACK! And GAH! I’m really feeling a psychotically unhealthy kind of love for this book, peeps. Widdershins (Whyborne & Griffin, Book #1 ) is part Historical, part Horror, part Egyptian Mythology, part Fantasy, part Alchemy, part Thriller, part Arcane Grimoire paying homage to an ancient and evil Magick. And it’s one-hundred-percent romantic too; if, that... Continue Reading →
In Which I Fangirl-Squee Like This Book Is Made Of Biebs – Widdershins (Whyborne & Griffin, Book #1) by Jordan L. Hawk
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. – Friedrich Nietzsche ACK! And GAH! I’m really feeling a psychotically unhealthy kind of love for this book, peeps. Widdershins (Whyborne & Griffin, Book #1 ) is part Historical, part Horror, part Egyptian Mythology, part Fantasy, part Alchemy, part Thriller, part... Continue Reading →
Moonstruck (Lucky Moon #3) by Piper Vaughn and M.J. O'Shea
The road to true love is awash in the tears of the brokenhearted. – Unknown Aw. Just…aw. If you’ve been following the Lucky Moon series, at all, then you’re pretty familiar with the formula: a healthy dose of lust plus a dash of conflict equals the recipe for true love. It’s a formula that’s worked... Continue Reading →
Moonstruck (Lucky Moon #3) by Piper Vaughn and M.J. O’Shea
The road to true love is awash in the tears of the brokenhearted. – Unknown Aw. Just…aw. If you’ve been following the Lucky Moon series, at all, then you’re pretty familiar with the formula: a healthy dose of lust plus a dash of conflict equals the recipe for true love. It’s a formula that’s worked... Continue Reading →
Quintessential by J.M. Snyder
A computer is like an Old Testament god, with lots of rules and no mercy. – Joseph Campbell Jerry is an old dog, and Quin is the guy who’s going to try to teach him some new tricks in J.M. Snyder’s Quintessential, a story in which the porn’s the thing that will capture the conscience... Continue Reading →
Farewell Jake Fisher by F. Gordon Scott
The world needs more love at first sight – Maggie Stiefvater Jack Fisher is singlehandedly upping the love-at-first-site quota in Farewell Jake Fisher, the story of a man whose life changes for the better after a series of coincidental encounters at his local Meijer Superstore finds him longing for a man with a physical affliction... Continue Reading →
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N.R. Walker's new release, Blind Faith is due January 26th from Silver Press. I've been giving this one the hairy eyeball of intense interest, let me tell you! I've never read anything by this author before, but I'm a sucker for a romance with a character who has a disability, because really, what is sweeter... Continue Reading →
In Which The Flippity-Floppity Makes Me Ask, "What The Hell?" – The Rise of Alec Caldwell: Volume Three by Casey K. Cox
I’m not confused, I’m just well mixed. – Robert Frost No, I’m confused, and clearly, so is Alec Caldwell. Seriously flummoxed. A person has to be to use the word flummoxed, right? I was going to go with the whole discombobulated thing too, but I didn’t want to get too carried away. But, come on!... Continue Reading →
In Which The Flippity-Floppity Makes Me Ask, “What The Hell?” – The Rise of Alec Caldwell: Volume Three by Casey K. Cox
I’m not confused, I’m just well mixed. – Robert Frost No, I’m confused, and clearly, so is Alec Caldwell. Seriously flummoxed. A person has to be to use the word flummoxed, right? I was going to go with the whole discombobulated thing too, but I didn’t want to get too carried away. But, come on!... Continue Reading →
Who, Me?
Oh my gosh! The Novel Approach was nominated by author Cardeno C. for a Very Inspiring Blogger Award! Cardeno is a self-described "hopeless romantic who wants to add a little happiness and a few 'awwws' into a reader's day. Writing is a nice break from real life as a corporate type and volunteer work with... Continue Reading →
In Which Someone is Going The Right Way For A Smacked Bottom – The Rise of Alec Caldwell: Volume Two by Casey K. Cox
Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences. – Robert Louis Stevenson Do you remember in the movie Jurassic Park, when Dr. Ian Malcolm is talking to Dr. Alan Grant about Chaos Theory? In science, chaos means something only slightly different than the typical utter confusion, madness, and mayhem we mean when... Continue Reading →
Please Welcome Guest Reviewer And Author Brita Addams – Purgatory: A Novel of the Civil War by Jeff Mann
Purgatory: A Novel of the Civil War, is an extraordinarily well written gay romance, set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Told in first person, present tense, it flows beautifully, with emotion, drama, villains, heroes, and good friends. This rest was pure poetry. So lyrically told, the story of loving a man during... Continue Reading →
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