Title: Something Wicked This Way Comes Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: Self-Published Length: 343 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance, Paranormal, Horror At a Glance: There’s a lovely romance in this story that finds its own way amidst the trauma and turmoil of the horror, and the author conducts each chapter and verse of Something Wicked This…
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Review: A Distant Drum by Amy Rae Durreson
Title: A Distant Drum Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: Self-Published Length: 89 Pages Category: Paranormal, Holiday Romance At a Glance: This was absolutely my kind of Christmas tale—chilling, suspenseful and spooky with just the right amount of sweet to keep me turning pages. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Christmas is coming… but Alex is running away….
Review: The Holly Groweth Green by Amy Rae Durreson
Title: The Holly Groweth Green Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: Self-Published (2nd Edition) Length: 60 Pages Category: Historical, Holiday Romance At a Glance: The Holly Groweth Green is such a lovely, fanciful, and touching story about finding purpose, forging friendships, and, most important of all, true love finding a way. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: It’s…
Review: Grandad’s Cup of Tea by Amy Rae Durreson
Title: Grandad’s Cup of Tea Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: Self-Published Length: 12k Words Category: Contemporary At a Glance: Amy Rae Durreson tells such a lovely and uncomplicated story of hope and happiness in these pages. No extremes of emotion, no dramatic episodes or simmering angst, just a sincere and heartfelt story of two men…
Review: The Holly Groweth Green by Amy Rae Durreson
Title: The Holly Groweth Green Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 55 Pages Category: High Fantasy, Holiday At a Glance: With gentle and endearing characters, a simple, sweet story, and a lovely ending, this story will be just the ticket for those who allow their imaginations to soar. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: When…
DSP Publications Presents: Genre Talk with Elizabeth Noble and Amy Rae Durreson
Hello, I’m Elizabeth Noble and thank you for joining us today on for joining Genre Talk here on The Novel Approach Reviews. Let’s all give a big, warm howdy to DSP Publications author Amy Rae Durreson who’s here to talk about her epic fantasy release Recovery. First, let’s get a look at what the book’s…
Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Coming Week
Cheers, everyone, and welcome to a look at what we have coming up for you in the week ahead. We’ve got some great guests and giveaways in store for you, as well as lots more reviews to share, so stay tuned. Here’s what’s on tap! Monday – Kicking off our week, we have author Vanessa…
Review: Recovery by Amy Rae Durreson
Title: Recovery (Reawakening: Book Three) Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: DSP Publications Length: 370 Pages Category: Fantasy At a Glance: The world building in these novels is gorgeous and detailed, without ever becoming cumbersome, and the romantic elements are pure and forthright yet complex as well. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Resistance, exile, plague. Raif has…
Review: Spindrift by Amy Rae Durreson
Title: Spindrift Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 200 Pages Category: Paranormal, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: While Spindrift took a little more time to hook me than is usual for this author, all was well that ended well, and I couldn’t help but love the way both of the romantic storylines resolved. Reviewed…
On Ghost Stories: A Guest Post by Author Amy Rae Durreson
Please join us in welcoming author Amy Rae Durreson today, on the tour for her new novel, Spindrift, a contemporary story with a historical twist. And ghosts. Let’s not forget the ghosts. Enjoy! I love writing ghost stories. In particular, I love the kind of ghost story that slowly builds its tension through hints and…
Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Coming Week
Cheers, everyone, I hope it’s been a lovely weekend for all of you! Thanks for stopping by to see what we have coming up in the week ahead here at The Novel Approach. As we head further into August, and on through September, the Countdown to GayRomLit 2016 kicks into high gear. We’ve got two…
Release Day Review: A Frost of Cares by Amy Rae Durreson
Title: A Frost of Cares Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 138 Pages At a Glance: Amy Rae Durreson packs a lot of love story into this chilling and poignant paranormal novel. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Military historian Luke Alcott leaps at the chance to live in the seventeenth-century country mansion of…
Simply the Best 2015 and a Giveaway: Sammy’s, Sadonna’s, and Lisa’s Top Reads
Happy New Year’s Eve, friends! We’re ready to ring out the old and welcome in a whole new year of reading and reviewing at The Novel Approach, so let’s say farewell to 2015 with our final “Best Ofs” from Sammy, Sadonna, and yours truly. Of course, you can enter to win a few e-titles from…
Release Day Review: Resistance by Amy Rae Durreson
Title: Resistance (Reawakening: Book Two) Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: DSP Publications Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages At a Glance: The plot of this book is every bit as robust and gorgeous as that of Reawakening. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Overthrowing the Shadow that ruled Tiallat was only the first step. For rebel leader Iskandir, rebuilding…
DSP Publications Presents: Genre Talk with Carole Cummings and Amy Rae Durreson
Holiday greetings, Awesome Readers! Hope you all had a fab whatever-you-celebrate, and if you didn’t celebrate anything, hope that was fab too. Today we’re here at The Novel Approach Reviews with DSP Publications author Amy Rae Durreson, who’s going to tell us all about her brand-new Fantasy release Resistance. So put off taking down those…
Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Coming Week
Cheers, everyone, and welcome to another look at what we have coming up for you in the week ahead. For those of you who celebrated, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Now, on to 2016! Before I get to the business of upcoming business, I wanted to give you a little bit of…
Review: Lord Heliodor’s Retirement by Amy Rae Durreson
Title: Lord Heliodor’s Retirement (A Daily Dose 2015 Story) Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 52 Pages At a Glance: A sweet and sentimental story of second chances for two men approaching their golden years. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Unlikely hero Lord Adem Heliodor saved his queen’s life during the Screaming, a…
Amy Rae Durreson’s “Aunt Adeline’s Bequest” Is The Perfect Valentine’s Sweet
“At heart, after all, he was a romantic.” – Amy Rae Durreson Title: Aunt Adeline’s Bequest Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 51 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: One snowy evening, wounded WWI veteran Jasper Pritchard arrives at Valentine Nugent’s sweet shop with an unusual request. Jasper’s deceased great-aunt has left him…
Amy Rae Durreson's "Aunt Adeline's Bequest" Is The Perfect Valentine's Sweet
“At heart, after all, he was a romantic.” – Amy Rae Durreson Title: Aunt Adeline’s Bequest Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 51 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: One snowy evening, wounded WWI veteran Jasper Pritchard arrives at Valentine Nugent’s sweet shop with an unusual request. Jasper’s deceased great-aunt has left him…
The Heart Is The Greatest Treasure In Amy Rae Durreson’s “Reawakening”
“The World Changes. Empires fall, oceans run dry … and little desert spirits rise up to challenge the great powers of the world.” – Amy Rae Durreson Title: Reawakening Author: Amy Rae Durreson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 260 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: For a thousand years, since their defeat of the Shadow at Eyr,…