Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Bait (Circles: Book Five) Author: Elizabeth Noble Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 94 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Bait was a page turner for me, and I hope it isn’t the last book in this series! Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Tyler McCall has made mistakes. He was a teacher—before he fell for a student... Continue Reading →
Title: The Queer and the Restless (A Queers of La Vista Novel) Author: Kris Ripper Publisher: Riptide Publishing Length: 238 Pages Category: Contemporary, Mystery At a Glance: This is a series any LGBTQ+ murder mystery fan doesn’t want to miss! Reviewed By: Ben Blurb: Ed Masiello has been on testosterone for a year, is working... Continue Reading →
Title: Tied Up in Knots Author: Wayne Mansfield Publisher: JMS Books Length: 61 Pages Category: BDSM, Erotica At a Glance: It’s provocative. What else can I say? Tied Up in Knots is short and provocative. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Cody has never been lucky in love. In fact, he isn’t feeling very lucky at all.... Continue Reading →
Title: And to All a Good Night (Bah Humbug: Advent Calendar 2016) Author: Felicitas Ivey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 50 Pages Category: Contemporary, Holiday At a Glance: I think there was some potential here…but instead of good character development and a nicely fleshed-out storyline, it felt thrown together. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Kobbi Aackers was excited... Continue Reading →
Title: Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity Author: Kristin Elizabeth Clark Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Sold by Macmillan Publishing) Pages: 272 Pages Category: Teen Fiction, New Adult Fiction, LGBT Fiction At a Glance: I’d recommend this for friends-to-lovers fans and trans fiction fans, alike. Reviewed By: Ben Blurb: The last time Jess... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Kate Sherwood and the Long Shadows blog tour to TNA today. Kate's talking about casting characters in the book and is also offering a giveaway, so be sure to check out those details below. Welcome, Kate! Casting I’m not a terribly visual person (as I’m sure all cover artists... Continue Reading →
Thanks to Lisa and the Novel Approach for welcoming me for this guest post to promote my new story “Wonderland” and the holiday anthology “This Wish Tonight. My prompt?: "Knowing you had to stay within a certain word-count, was it difficult to resist the temptation of going deeper into the details of the apocalypse as... Continue Reading →
Title: Safe Haven Author: Caitlin Ricci Publisher: Pride Publishing Length: 151 Pages Category: Contemporary, Menage At a Glance: A good story that got repetitive at times but had interesting characters. Blurb: Being alone was what Blake had always needed before his new team of bodyguards arrived. Now things might be very different. At seven years old, Blake’s... Continue Reading →
Title: Playing With Fire Author: Dirk Greyson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 200 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Dirk Greyson delivers a really good psychological mystery, and delves deep into the investigation and the profiling of a killer. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Jim Crawford was born wealthy, but he turned his back on it to... Continue Reading →
Title: Objects in the Rearview Mirror (Memoirs of the Human Wraiths Author: F.E. Feeley Jr. Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 200 Pages Category: Paranormal At a Glance: This a 5 Star read and highly recommended! Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Their new home on Frederick Street in Clay Center, Kansas, was supposed to give writer Jonathan David... Continue Reading →
Title: Turn the World Upside Down Author: Nyrae Dawn Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Length: 200 Pages Category: Contemporary, Teen Fiction At a Glance: Author Nyrae Dawn has written the most beautiful story—an important novel that brings into light circumstances that teens deal with every day of their lives. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: They’d have to... Continue Reading →
Title: Blood Divine Author: Greg Howard Publisher: Wilde City Press Length: 271 Pages (Kindle) Category: Fantasy, Paranormal At a Glance: This story is a really well written, scary paranormal story—the don’t turn off the lights type of scary with just enough humor tossed in to make it an honest-to-god page turner. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb:... Continue Reading →
Title: Lone Star on a Cowboy Heart Author: Marie S. Crosswell Publisher: Less Than Three Press Length: 107 Pages (Kindle) Category: Contemporary, Aromantic, Asexual, Biromantic, Poly At a Glance: The only issue I had with Lone Star on a Cowboy Heart was the verbiage; otherwise, I thought there were some truly emotional moments in this... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the Riptide Publishing/L.A. Witt blog tour for Kinky Sprinkles! Every comment on this blog tour enters you in a drawing for a choice of two eBooks off my backlist (excluding Kinky Sprinkles) and a $10 Riptide Publishing store credit. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on October 1st. Contest is NOT restricted to... Continue Reading →
Title: Buried Secrets Author: Hank Edwards Publisher: Wilde City Press Length: 153 Pages (Kindle) Category: Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Hank Edwards had me from the very start of Buried Secrets; it was so good I couldn’t put it down, and it had me on the edge of my seat. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Bryson... Continue Reading →
Title: Looking for Group Author: Alexis Hall Publisher: Riptide Publishing Length: 341 Pages Category: New Adult, Contemporary, Fantasy, Comedy At a Glance: Gamers will obviously go crazy for this book…but anyone who loves NA, sweet, funny romances, or wants to try something that is unique and extremely well-written, should give this a shot. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Title: Highland Hearts Author: JP Bowie Publisher: Pride Publishing Length: 103 Pages Category: Paranormal, Contemporary At a Glance: If you are in the mood for a little somethin’, a short but satisfying somethin’, then pick up this novella; it won’t disappoint. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Callum Robertson has inherited his grandfather’s mansion in northern Scotland,... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to have author Sean Michael joining us today, on the tour for his new novel, The Luckiest Master. Enjoy! Food as Love A big part of Saw’s duties as a sub is service. He loves taking care of his master. And the thing he loves the best out of that is feeding... Continue Reading →
About Christopher Hawthorne Moss I am a gay transman chock full of stories from history, with a transgender knight, a gay riverboat gambler, you name it. I love how history can lend so many possibilities and at the same time give us a background for our own lives. I grew up in California, Alaska and... Continue Reading →
Title: Spring Cleaning (Seasons of Murder: Book One, David Lloyd Investigations: Book 4.5) Author: Liz Strange Publisher: MLR Press, LLC Length: 74 Pages Category: Contemporary, Mystery At a Glance: A great little mystery to pass the time. Reviewed By: Lindsey Blurb: David may have caught his toughest case yet - solving a fifty-year-old murder. David... Continue Reading →
Please join us in welcoming author Charlie David to The Novel Approach to chat about the re-release of his New Adult novel, Boy Midflight. Enjoy! Hi all! I’m Charlie David and I’m happy to stop by here at The Novel Approach. It’s been such an exciting Spring for me as I’ve had my books republished... Continue Reading →
Sharing My Toys by Julia Watts I was a happy only child. Often alone but never lonely, I immersed myself in creative play. I sat on the floor with my Fisher-Price castle play set, making up elaborate soap operas about the king and queen, the prince and princess, and the kind but often misunderstood dragon. I... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Joey Jameson to TNA today, with an excerpt and giveaway to celebrate the release of his new novel Dirty Talk, as well as the launch of author A.E. Via's new publishing venture, Via Star Wings Books. You can enter for the chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card... Continue Reading →
Title: Violated Author: Jamie Fessenden Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 256 Pages At a Glance: I had no idea how Mr. Fessenden would handle this sensitive topic, and was impressed by the testimony he portrays through this story. Reviewed By: Taz Blurb: Derek Sawyer thinks he has it all—a high-salaried position, a boyfriend, a dog,... Continue Reading →
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