Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Better Than Friends Author: Lane Hayes Narrator: Tyler Stevens Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours, 25 Minutes At a Glance: There isn’t single thing I would change about this book. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: When Curt Townsend, a successful young DC lawyer, attends his first gay wedding, he doesn’t expect anything more than... Continue Reading →
This year, a number of my releases are focusing on transgender characters, including Coffee Date. What if society has deemed you to be one gender when you are actually another? And how might these perceptions affect you as you work towards being the person you were always meant to be? Blurb: Alice is finally happy... Continue Reading →
Title: Summer Son Author: Anna Martin Narrator:: R.L. Nelson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 5 Hours, 51 Minutes At a Glance: If you’re looking for a sweet, easygoing story, and don’t mind a bit of insta-love, then definitely give this one a listen. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Ellis Broad never imagined he would end up... Continue Reading →
Title: One Small Thing (One Thing: Book One) Author: Piper Vaughn and M.J. O’Shea Narrator:: Finn Sterling Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 6 Hours, 56 Minutes At a Glance: My only complaint about One Small Thing would be the voice Sterling chose to use for Rue. Reviewed By: Kathie Blurb: "Daddy" is not a title... Continue Reading →
Title: Brit Boys: On Boys Authors: Ashe Barker, Clare London, Josephine Myles, KD Grace, Lily Harlem, Lucy Felthouse, M.K. Elliott, Sarah Masters Publisher: Writer Marketing Pages/Word Count: 470 Pages At a Glance: Brit Boys: On Boys is the perfect weekend diversion for the Anglophile. Reviewed By: Lana Blurb: From east to west and north to... Continue Reading →
Title: Control Author: Cardeno C. and Mary Calmes Narrator: Greg Tremblay Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours, 44 Minutes At a Glance: It still amazes me, listening to these audiobooks, that it is one person doing all the voices. Greg is a master at it! Reviewed By: Karen Blurb: Vy Aleknos is the leader... Continue Reading →
Title: Splat! Author: Alana Ankh Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 127 Pages At a Glance: Fairies, sex, and angst. Great read for a sunny afternoon. Blurb: Splat! When a small creature has an unfortunate run-in with his car, Deacon Hearst wonders what in the world hit his windshield. A bird? A butterfly? No, that would... Continue Reading →
Title: In The Fire Author: Eileen Griffin & Nikka Michaels Publisher: Carina Press Pages/Word Count: 223 Pages At a Glance: I recommend this for anyone who loves a man who knows their way around the kitchen. Reviewed By: Chris Blurb: Because the way to a man's heart… Eight years ago, the world was their oyster.... Continue Reading →
Title: Just Desserts (Tales of the Curious Cookbook) Author: Mary Calmes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 102 Pages At a Glance: This novella is another winner from one of my absolute favorite authors. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Boone Walton has tried hard to create some distance between himself and his past. He's invested in his... Continue Reading →
Title: The Marrying Kind Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 105 Pages At a Glance: The Marrying Kind is a nice way to see what’s happened to two lovely men who have discovered their future in each other. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Nathan wants to put a ring on it, but is Owen the... Continue Reading →
Title: Rainey’s Release (Kansas City Heat: Book Six) Author: Jenna Byrnes Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 108 Pages At a Glance: Jenna Byrnes’ writing is entertaining and keeps you wanting more. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: A madman targets gay drug addicts. Can the KCPD track down the latest serial killer before more blood is shed?... Continue Reading →
Title: Fever Pitch Author: Heidi Cullinan Narrator:: Iggy Toma Publisher: Insatiable Press Run Time: 11 Hours, 48 Minutes At a Glance: Fever Pitch is a highly recommended audiobook. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Sometimes you have to play love by ear. Aaron Seavers is a pathetic mess, and he knows it. He lives in terror of... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Michele Michael Rakes today on the Fourth and Long blog tour. Michele chats a bit about the book, how it came to be, and is also giving readers the chance to win some great prizes, including an e-book set of Saving Kane and Fourth and Long to two winners, or a $15 Gift... Continue Reading →
Title: There You Stand Author: Christina Lee Publisher: Penguin/InterMix Pages/Word Count: 250 Pages At a Glance: Good romance, good steam, and some action and heavier drama towards the end. I would absolutely recommend this one!! Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Tattoo artist Cory Easton has worked long enough at Raw Ink to know, just by looking... Continue Reading →
Title: Spice Author: Lilah Suzanne Publisher: Interlude Press Pages/Word Count: 225 Pages At a Glance: Spice is low on the angst meter, high on the delightful, with an unapologetic promise of happily-ever-after for its two heroes. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: As writer of the popular sex advice column, Simon Beck has an answer to every... Continue Reading →
Title: Threefold Love Author: Ki Brightly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Page/Word Count: 230 Pages At a Glance: I love reading. It’s all the feelings and emotions you can get from a book that take you out of your head for that time, where you can just relax and enjoy, and this book did that for me.... Continue Reading →
Title: Carry the Ocean (The Roosevelt: Book One) Author: Heidi Cullinan Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 268 Pages At a Glance: Carry The Ocean is a novel that reminds us that each and every one of us deserves love. I highly recommend it to you. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Normal is just a setting on... Continue Reading →
Title: The Windup (The Rainbow League: Book One) Author: Kate McMurray Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 214 Pages At a Glance: This first offering in the Rainbow League series was excellent. Reviewed By: Janet Blurb: Ian ran screaming from New York City upon graduating from high school. A job offer too good to turn down... Continue Reading →
Character Interview with Ty from The Windup By Kate McMurray I thought, in honor of the release of the first book in my Rainbow League series, The Windup, it might be fun to sit down for an interview with Ty, one of the heroes of the book. The book is out now for your reading... Continue Reading →
We finished The Devil’s Ride with so many new book ideas. Some secondary characters simply have stories that need to be told, and it’s something almost impossible to plan. We knew we wanted to come up with a book about Ghost before we even finished TDR, but the idea for the story only came after... Continue Reading →
Title: Justice Prevails (Sin City Uniforms: Book Three) Author: Morticia Knight Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 203 Pages At a Glance: Justice Prevails is a suspenseful, and a little scary, murder mystery. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Never judge a sexy man by his cover. Detective Beau Williams is hardworking, dedicated and professional. He enjoys the... Continue Reading →
Title: Love at First Sight Author: Cardeno C. Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 274 Pages At a Glance: A cheesy and sweet feel-good story. Reviewed By: Janet Blurb: The moment naïve, optimistic Jonathan Doyle glimpses a gorgeous blue-eyed stranger from afar, he believes in love at first sight. Unfortunately, he loses sight of the man before... Continue Reading →
Title: Silence Author: Shawn Bailey Publisher: Amber Allure Pages/Word Count: 22000 Words At a Glance: This book just doesn't tick any of the boxes of a great read. Reviewed By: Jackie Blurb: When Andrew Lansky, a mild-mannered erotic romance writer, receives a phone call from his mother, his life suddenly changes. His old friend Richard... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Mary Calmes today to chat about her new contemporary romance novella with a bit of a paranormal twist, Just Desserts. Mary's also giving the chance for one lucky reader to win an e-copy of Just Desserts, to be delivered right to your Dreamspinner Press bookshelf on release day, April 29, 2015.... Continue Reading →
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