Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Cheers, everyone, and welcome to a peek at what we have in store for you in the week ahead. Not only will we be hosting some great blog tours in the coming days, but we’ll also continue the 5 Year Blogiversary Celebration with some great guests and giveaways. And, of course, we’ll have plenty of... Continue Reading →
Title: Wild Bells: The Shade on a Fine Day & The Angel in the Window Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Self-Published Length: 110 Pages Category: Historical Romance At a Glance: Fans of Charlie Cochrane should be elated by Wild Bells, I know I was, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to her long-time readers or... Continue Reading →
Title: Lessons in Love (A Cambridge Fellows Mystery: Book One) Author: Charlie Cochrane Narrator: Phil Mayes Publisher: Self-published Run Time: 5 hours and 39 minutes Category: Mystery/Suspense, Historical Romance At a Glance: Well, this is a delightful start to this historical series—with the perfect narrator who truly brings the story to life. Reviewed By: Sadonna... Continue Reading →
Title: Jury of One (Lindenshaw Mysteries: Book Two) Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 298 Pages At a Glance: Well written, well thought out, no stone left unturned—I highly recommend this book! Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Inspector Robin Bright is enjoying a quiet Saturday with his lover, Adam Matthews, when murder strikes in... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Charlie Cochrane today, on the tour for her new novel, Jury of One, book two in the Lindenshaw Mysteries series. Enjoy Charlie's guest post and then be sure to check out the giveaway details below. Good luck! Where Authors Get Ideas If, as frequently happens, something funny—or out of... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and welcome back to a look at what we have in store for you in the week ahead. I hope you've all had a fab weekend and were able to sneak in at least a little bit of reading time at some point along the way. Before we get to the business at... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Charlie Cochrane back to TNA, on the tour for the latest installment in the Cambridge Mysteries series, Lessons for Sleeping Dogs. Enjoy Charlie's guest post, and then be sure to leave a comment below to enter the following giveaway: Every comment on this blog tour enters you in a... Continue Reading →
Hi, fellow book hoarders, and welcome to another sneak peek at what we have in store for you in the week ahead, as I'm feverishly preparing for the trip to San Diego and GayRomLit 2015. I hope to see so many of you there. And I hope you'll stop me and say hello. We'll have... Continue Reading →
Title: Lessons for Sleeping Dogs (Cambridge Fellows Mysteries) Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 208 Pages At a Glance: If you like period appropriate verbiage and staging, REALLY GOOD mysteries, and colorful and witty characters, then this series is for you. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Cambridge, 1921 When amateur sleuth Jonty Stewart comes... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Charlie Cochrane to The Novel Approach today to chat about her new novella from Bold Strokes Books, Don't Kiss the Vicar Welcome, Charlie! How and where does a story and its characters start? I know that some authors get an idea then plan their novel/novella down to the nth... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by to see what we have in store for you in the coming week here at The Novel Approach. We've a whole slew of great guests coming to visit us, including our next author feature on the Countdown to GayRomLit 2015 tour, so sit back, relax, and wait... Continue Reading →
Title: Lessons for Idle Tongues Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 247 Pages At a Glance: Just when you think you might have it all figured out… That would be a no. I love it! Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Cambridge, 1910 Amateur detectives Jonty Stewart and Orlando Coppersmith seem to have nothing more... Continue Reading →
Title: The Best Corpse for the Job Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 298 Pages At a Glance: More mystery than romance, and a little slow paced for my tastes. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Schoolteacher Adam Matthews just wants to help select a new headteacher and go home. The governors at Lindenshaw St... Continue Reading →
Title: Lessons for Suspicious Minds (A Cambridge Fellows Mystery) Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 258 Pages At a Glance: I highly recommend this book and will buy and read the next in the series to see what mystery the author has for us next. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: 1909 In the innocent... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Charlie Cochrane on the Lessons for Suspicious Minds blog tour. Enjoy Charlie's interview, then be sure to leave a comment right here for the chance to win a title from Charlie Cochrane's backlist (excluding Lessons for Survivors). Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on April 25, 2015. Contest is NOT restricted... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, I hope you're all having an outstanding weekend! Welcome back for a peek at who we have coming up for you in the week ahead. There'll be more great guest posts, as well as some awesome giveaways and, of course, reviews each day, guaranteed. Here's what's in store: Monday – We’ve got two... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, I hope you're all having an outstanding weekend! Welcome back for a peek at who we have coming up for you in the week ahead. There'll be more great guest posts, as well as some awesome giveaways and, of course, reviews each day, guaranteed. Here's what's in store: Monday – We’ve got two... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Charlie Cochrane on her Lessons for Survivors tour. Enjoy the deleted scene she's sharing with us today, then be sure to leave a comment to enter for a chance to win an e-book from Charlie's backlist (excl. Lessons for Survivors). Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on January 31, 2015. Contest... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday, everyone, I hope you've had a lovely week. Coming up in the week ahead, we've got plenty of great stuff in store for you to enjoy, more guest authors, interesting articles, interviews, reviews, and, thanks to the generosity of our guests, more giveaways just because they appreciate you, their readers. Here's what's on... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday, everyone, I hope you've had a lovely week. Coming up in the week ahead, we've got plenty of great stuff in store for you to enjoy, more guest authors, interesting articles, interviews, reviews, and, thanks to the generosity of our guests, more giveaways just because they appreciate you, their readers. Here's what's on... Continue Reading →
Title: Lessons for Survivors (A Cambridge Fellows Mystery) Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 265 Pages At a Glance: Like sitting in one's favorite chair on a rainy day with a cup of hot tea and quiet music playing in the background Blurb: A more than professional interest . . . a more... Continue Reading →
A Quick Q&A With Charlie Q: Where are you from? A: Stoke Newington, in London. Just around the very limit of where you can hear Bow Bells so doubtful if I count as a cockney. (And they were mending them at the time I was born so perhaps nobody of my age truly qualifies.) Q:... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and many thanks for stopping by to see what we have coming up this week at The Novel Approach. As we head into this holiday week here in the states, I want to take a moment to say thank you so much for your support of what we do here each day. Without... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and many thanks for stopping by to see what we have coming up this week at The Novel Approach. As we head into this holiday week here in the states, I want to take a moment to say thank you so much for your support of what we do here each day. Without... Continue Reading →
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