Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: A Solitary Man Authors: Shira Anthony and Aisling Mancy Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 304 Pages At a Glance: Solitary Man is action packed, suspenseful, has lots of dangerous moments, and it deals with important subject matter as well. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Sparks fly when Chance meets tall, sexy Xav at a Wilmington... Continue Reading →
Title: Talk Turkey (Sleigh Ride: Advent Calendar 2015) Author: Bru Baker Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 58 Pages At a Glance: This is an incredibly delightful tale of turkey woe. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Carson is a California transplant settling into life in the Windy City. On his first Christmas away from home, he assures... Continue Reading →
Title: Where You Lead Author: Mary Calmes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Narrator: Greg Tremblay Run Time: 1 hour and 41 minutes At a Glance: You should definitely add this one to your collection of holiday feel-good romances! Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: ATF agent Peter Lomax isn’t a hearts and flowers kind of guy, but he can... Continue Reading →
Title: Menorahs and Mistletoe (Sleigh Ride: Advent Calendar 2015) Author: Jess Roth Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 61 Pages At a Glance: An excellent mix of romance, sweetness and a bit of sexiness for a wonderful holiday short story. Reviewed By: Angel Blurb: Hanukkah will be interesting. Single dad Martin’s daughter is determined to get... Continue Reading →
Title: Beautiful Boy Author: Grace R. Duncan Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 280 Pages At a Glance: All in all, Beautiful Boy is a good BDSM story with some wonderfully intimate moments that carried the novel. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Malcolm Tate hung up his flogger when his submissive sought out another Dom and landed... Continue Reading →
Title: Sinders and Ash (A Pennymaker Tale) Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 145 Pages At a Glance: I’ll have no problem reading more of this series since this book kept my interest throughout. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Housekeeper Mark Sintorella (Sinders) works diligently at a resort hotel while designing clothes anonymously, hoping... Continue Reading →
Title: Fish Stick Fridays (Half Moon Bay: Book One) Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Page/Word Count: 200 Pages At a Glance: As much as I love all of Rhys series, and I’m sad some are coming to an end, I’m thrilled at such an awesome beginning to a new one. Reviewed By: Karen Blurb:... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to be hosting authors Karen Stivali, Santino Hassell, and Damon Suede on the #NYCDreamer blog tour today. Enjoy the exclusive excerpts from each of books, and then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below to enter for the chance to win an autographed paperback copy of each book. Good luck!... Continue Reading →
Title: Love Comes Unheard (Senses: Book Five) Author: Andrew Grey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages At a Glance: A sweet addition to a wonderfully rounded series. Review By: Angel Blurb: Garrett Bowman is shocked that fate has brought him to a family who can sign. He's spent much of his life on the... Continue Reading →
Title: Easy Evenings (Mangrove: Book Four) Author: Mary Calmes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 77 Pages At a Glance: Several huge plot holes turned this novella from a sweet little romance into a rather confusing story. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Lazlo Maguire doesn’t do relationships—he does transactions. Six months of the year, he’s an expensive rent... Continue Reading →
Title: Spirit (Gothika: Book Four) Authors: Jamie Fessenden, Kim Fielding, Eli Easton, B. G. Thomas Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 260 Pages At a Glance: Four top-notch authors have once again created an incredibly well written anthology with stories that are both entertaining and thoughtful. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Seeing dead people. Haunting and being... Continue Reading →
Today we're so pleased to welcome author Piper Vaughn on the Prickly By Nature blog tour. Thanks so much for joining us. Enjoy! Knotty By Nature by Piper Vaughn Hi, all! Thanks to The Novel Approach for having me. :D In case you missed it, my book with Kenzie Cade, Prickly By Nature, book two... Continue Reading →
Title: Pent Up Author: Damon Suede Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 290 Pages At a Glance: I enjoyed the little twists and turns the story gave me. And the great reveal…well, I didn't even see it coming. I loved it. Reviewed By: Lynn Blurb: PENT UP: Mix business with pleasure and take cover. Ruben Oso moves to... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Damon Suede today on the Pent Up blog tour. He's joined us to chat a bit about noir fiction, and don't forget, you can enter for the chance to win a signed print copy of the book by clicking on the Rafflecopter widget below. Good luck! Tough Guys: the... Continue Reading →
Title: Whiskers of a Chance Author: Tempeste O'Riley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 204 Pages At a Glance: Overall, this book was really sweet and kept my interest. Reviewed By: Angel Blurb: Jason Grant runs his own IT business from home, owns his own home, and has the best friend he could imagine. What he... Continue Reading →
Title: Behind the Eight Ball (Fur, Fangs & Felines: Book Two) Author: M. A. Church Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 214 Pages At a Glance: Behind the Eight Ball had much more depth to it than the first in this series, and was much richer in terms of character development and interpersonal conflict. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Shae Connor to The Novel Approach today on the tour for her new novel Nobody's Son. Enjoy Shae's guest post, and then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below to enter for the chance to win a $25 Dreamspinner Press gift card and ebook copies of Unfortunate Son... Continue Reading →
Title: Electric Candle (The Sleepless City: Book Two) Author: Elizabeth Noble Narrator: Faust Kells Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 6 hours and 49 minutes At a Glance: Even though this series is written by two different authors and performed by different narrators, it’s worth the read or the listen, whatever you prefer. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb:... Continue Reading →
Title: The Way Things Are Author: A.J. Thomas Narrator: Ron Herczig Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 9 hours and 20 minutes At a Glance: A.J. Thomas has created a realism and vibrant characters in such an entertaining story. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: A night of drunken confusion at nineteen resulted in Patrick Connelly fathering a child.... Continue Reading →
It’s almost Thanksgiving. Can you believe it? This year has gone so fast! I’m so thankful for all the amazing things that have happened this year. We could all use a little positive, right? Two years ago I completed my first novel after a year long dry spell. It was a new dystopian sort of... Continue Reading →
Hello all! Thank you so much to The Novel Approach for hosting the cover reveal for my upcoming release Loving Blitz, Book #4 in the North Pole City Tales series. I'm so excited to be sharing this fabulous cover by the awesome Paul Richmond. You'll also find an exclusive excerpt and a giveaway! From North... Continue Reading →
Title: Shades of Sepia (The Sleepless City: Book One) Author: Anne Barwell Narrator: Michael Ferraiuolo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours and 59 Minutes At a Glance: I have now read the book and listened to the audio, so whichever you choose, I think you will be pleasantly entertained. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: A... Continue Reading →
Title: A Guy’s Thanksgiving (The Guy Series) Author: Skylar M. Cates Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Page/Word Count: 126 Pages At a Glance: I have mixed feeling about A Guy’s Thanksgiving, but I did enjoy the story for what it was. Reviewed By: Karen Blurb: Two proposals. One giant dog. Reunited lovers. Welcome to Glamour, Arizona, where... Continue Reading →
We're pleased to welcome author Bru Baker to The Novel Approach today, talking cooking and sharing recipes on her King of the Kitchen blog tour. Enjoy! I'm so glad to be here at The Novel Approach wrapping up my blog tour for King of the Kitchen, which was released on Nov. 6. I've had almost... Continue Reading →
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