Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Happy Sunday, everyone, and a grateful welcome to you if you're here to take a wee peek at what we have in store for all of you in the coming week. Before we get to that business, though, I want to say a big congratulations to Shirley Ann, who won the $25 Dreamspinner Press store... Continue Reading →
Title: Lollipop (Candy Man: Book Three) Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 250 Pages At a Glance: If you are a fan of this series, you will love this latest installment. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Ezra Kellerman flew across country to see if he had another chance with the man he let slip... Continue Reading →
Title: Food for Thought (A Tale of the Curious Cookbook) Author: Amy Lane Narrator: Philip Alces Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 2 hours and 50 minutes At a Glance: I enjoyed how Food for Thought played out, but it just wasn’t my favorite narration. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Emmett Gant was planning to tell his... Continue Reading →
Title: Bitter Taffy (A Candy Man Book) Author: Amy Lane Narrator: Philip Alces Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 6 hours and 48 minutes At a Glance: Amy Lane and Philip Alces are perfect together. I hope the relationship lasts a long time. Reviewed By: Kathie Blurb: Rico Gonzalves-Macias didn't expect to fall in love during... Continue Reading →
Title: Under the Rushes Author: Amy Lane Narrator: Nick J. Russo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 11 hours and 52 minutes At a Glance: Amy Lane…you take my breath away. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: Ten years after Dorjan trusted a boy’s word over his superior officer’s, he and his best friend, Areau, are still living... Continue Reading →
Title: Wounded: Volume Two Author: Amy Lane Publisher: DSP Publications Pages/Word Count: 250 Pages At a Glance: I have a weakness for paranormal stories, and this one seemed too good to pass up. I wasn’t disappointed. Reviewed By: Taz Blurb: Green and Bracken’s beloved survived their enemy's worst—with help from unexpected vampiric help. But survival... Continue Reading →
Title: Candy Man Author: Amy Lane Narrator: Philip Alces Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 4 hrs and 6 mins At a Glance: The narration of this story is spot on. Philip Alces is a consummate professional. Reviewed By: Kathie Blurb: Adam Macias has been thrown a few curve balls in his life, but losing... Continue Reading →
Title: Winter Ball Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages At a Glance: I could do schmoopy Amy Lane every single day. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Through a miserable adolescence and a lonely adulthood, Skipper Keith has dreamed of nothing but family. The closest he gets is the rec league soccer team... Continue Reading →
Title: Truth in the Dark Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Nick J. Russo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 4 Hours and 40 Minutes At a Glance: Truth in the Dark is a fantastic fairy tale, and I loved how this one ended. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: "I am not beautiful..." Knife's entire existence has been as... Continue Reading →
We at The Novel Approach are so pleased to have been able to play a role in the Queer Romance Month celebration. Today we bring you the one and only Amy Lane. Enjoy! This mini-interview with Amy Lane is brought to you in support of Queer Romance Month. QRM runs throughout October, celebrating love stories... Continue Reading →
Greetings from somewhere over the US, everyone! :) I’m flying home from San Diego right now—I’m sure GRL was a lot of laughs. Just a guess since I’m typing this before I’ve even left home, but let's just go with it, shall we? Thanks so much for dropping in to see what we have in... Continue Reading →
Title: Bitter Taffy (A Candy Man Book) Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 192 Pages At a Glance: The happy-ever-after we are given was well worth the wait. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Rico Gonzalves-Macias didn't expect to fall in love during his internship in New York—and he didn’t expect the boss’s son to... Continue Reading →
Title: The Deep of the Sound (A Bluewater Bay Novel) Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 308 Pages At a Glance: Simply put, this is a gorgeous story. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Cal McCorkle has lived in Bluewater Bay his whole life. He works two jobs to support a brother with a laundry... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Amy Lane today on her The Deep of the Sound blog tour. Enjoy Amy's guest post, then be sure to check out the tour-wide giveaway information below. Good luck! Amy’s Adventures in the Pacific Northwest—Part 3 A Little Closer to Home ~ By Amy Lane My last two posts here and... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and many thanks for stopping by to see what we have coming up at The Novel Approach in the coming week. The bottom line is: LOTS. We've got a really great roster of guests to bring you in the next six days, so here's a look at what's on tap. Monday – Author... Continue Reading →
Title: Blackbird Knitting in a Bunny’s Lair Author: Amy Lane Narrator: Philip Alces Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 8 Hours and 30 Minutes At a Glance: Philip Alces is a new narrator to me. He did an outstanding job of telling the story and defining the characters. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: After three years of... Continue Reading →
Title: Forever Promised Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Paul Morey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 12 Hours and 6 Minutes At a Glance: The audio version of Forever Promised is twelve hours and six minutes of pure joy Reviewed By: Kathie Blurb: Crick has been home from Iraq for five years, Jeff and Collin are finally... Continue Reading →
Title: Beneath the Stain Author: Amy Lane Narrator: Nick J. Russo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 16 hours and 36 minutes At a Glance: Unfortunately, this narrator paired with this book just wasn’t for me, but in the end I was glad I listened to it, if for no other reason than my love of... Continue Reading →
Blood in the Forest -- What I Know of Fairy Tales When I was a kid, my parents used to ship me off to my grandparents for the summer. We didn’t have a lot of money—or a lot of space—so I was allowed to bring two books. Books were bad. If I brought books I... Continue Reading →
Title: Immortal Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages At a Glance: Immortal is a gorgeous novel, eloquent in its joy and sorrow, hopeful in its promise of forever, meaningful in the way of fairy tales that teach us we are each the crucibles of love, and love is the conqueror of... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and welcome! I'm so excited to share who and what we have coming up for you in the week ahead. We've got a fantastic lineup of authors and giveaways, a couple of cover reveals, and, of course, lots of reviews to share. Here's what's on tap! Monday – Marie Sexton kicks off our... Continue Reading →
Title: Food for Thought Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 92 Pages At a Glance: If you want a quick read that will leave you smiling, Food For Thought is the novella for you. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Emmett Gant was planning to tell his father something really important one Sunday morning—but his... Continue Reading →
Title: Black John Author: Amy Lane Narrator: Gomez Pugh Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 10 Hours, 39 Minutes At a glance: Amy Lane weaves a tapestry, a multicolored masterpiece where there is hope for the damaged. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: John Carey is just out of rehab and dying inside when he gets word that... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Amy Lane today, on the Vulnerable blog tour to celebrate the re-release of the Little Goddess series with DSP Publications. There's also a chance for you to win an e-copy of the book, so be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below after you read why Ms. Lane believes you... Continue Reading →
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