Where Fiction and Reality Meet
And here we are readers, the last, but never least, favorite reads of the year. It was an embarrassment of riches, one I appreciate more than I can say. May we all find the same in 2025. Best of 2024 ~ PART II A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee: This novel is in... Continue Reading →
Title: Geist Fleisch Series: Haunted Hearts Author: Christian Baines Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 176 Pages Category: Historical Fantasy, Paranormal Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Geist Fleisch is not only a fantastic peek into Baines' imagination, but its historical setting adds a particular sense of dread to the story, and the human monsters that troll... Continue Reading →
Title: Tears in Time Series: The Arcadia Trust: Book Four Author: Christian Baines Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 284 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The momentum of this installment of the Arcadia Trust series is breakneck. Fortunately for readers, only in the figurative sense. For some of its characters, not so... Continue Reading →
Title: Sins of the Son Series: The Arcadia Trust: Book Three Author: Christian Baines Publisher: Self-Published Length: 284 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Reality is merely a concept in this installment of the Arcadia Trust series, so much so that I didn't know if I should believe what Reylan was... Continue Reading →
Title: My Cat's Guide to Online Dating Author: Christian Baines Publisher: Queer Mojo Length: 296 Pages Category: Dark Humor, Spec Fic Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: This book reads like part fever dream, part hallucinatory nightmare, part erotic wish fulfillment, all topped with some allegory and a healthy dash of horror. I read the... Continue Reading →
Title: The Orchard of Flesh (Arcadia Trust: Book Two) Author: Christian Baines Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Length: 264 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal At a Glance: Never one to dismiss a good cliffie, I can say that this one did its job in cementing my commitment to read the next book in the series, no... Continue Reading →
Title: Skin Author: Christian Baines Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Length: 151 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Horror At a Glance: Christian Baines kept me on the hook in the slow and clever revelation of Skin’s characters, and then threw out a surprise twist at the end that was a nice payoff to my perseverance. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Please join us in welcoming author Christian Baines, whose novel The Orchard of Flesh was just awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2016 Rainbow Awards. I love Christian's guest post today, so check it out as well as the giveaway he's sharing with readers. Welcome, Christian! FEAR, FURY, AND A GAY TARANTINO MOVIE With a... Continue Reading →
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 →
Lisa: Please join us in welcoming author Christian Baines today, here to chat with us a bit about his new novel, The Orchard of Flesh, from Bold Strokes Books. Hi, Christian, thanks for stopping by. Let’s start with having you tell us a little bit about yourself, and maybe one or two things most people don’t... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone! Welcome to a look at what’s going to be coming up in the week ahead here at The Novel Approach. We have some outstanding guests in store for you, including the next author up in the continuing countdown to GayRomLit 2016. Our July Book of the Month picks just went live at Mary... Continue Reading →
Please join me in welcoming author Christian Baines to The Novel Approach today to chat about his new novel from Bold Strokes Books, Puppet Boy. There's also an excerpt from the book as well as the change to win an e-copy of Puppet Boy, so don't forget to click on the Rafflecopter widget to enter.... Continue Reading →
“What you seek is seeking you.” ― Rumi Title: The Beast Without Author: Christian Baines Publisher: Glass House Books Pages/Word Count: 234 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Reylan is everything a Sydney vampire aspires to be: wealthy, handsome and independent, carefully feeding off companions plucked from the gay bars of Oxford Street. When one of... Continue Reading →
“What you seek is seeking you.” ― Rumi Title: The Beast Without Author: Christian Baines Publisher: Glass House Books Pages/Word Count: 234 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Reylan is everything a Sydney vampire aspires to be: wealthy, handsome and independent, carefully feeding off companions plucked from the gay bars of Oxford Street. When one of... Continue Reading →
The Beast Without follows Reylan, a vampire – or Blood Shade, as they’re known in this universe, who’s just over a century and a half old and has been happily independent and asexual all that time. My first rule was no angsty vampires! Reylan loves being what he is, and if there’s something missing from... Continue Reading →
The Beast Without follows Reylan, a vampire – or Blood Shade, as they’re known in this universe, who’s just over a century and a half old and has been happily independent and asexual all that time. My first rule was no angsty vampires! Reylan loves being what he is, and if there’s something missing from... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, everyone, and happy polar vortex! Ugh. Not really. But at least it's a great excuse to curl up with a good book. We've got an outstanding week ahead, filled with reviews, interviews, and giveaways, so here's what's coming up in the week ahead. Monday - Hayden Thorne returns on her Icarus in Flight... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, everyone, and happy polar vortex! Ugh. Not really. But at least it's a great excuse to curl up with a good book. We've got an outstanding week ahead, filled with reviews, interviews, and giveaways, so here's what's coming up in the week ahead. Monday - Hayden Thorne returns on her Icarus in Flight... Continue Reading →
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