Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: BAMF Author: SJD Peterson Narrator:: Adam Dort Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 5 Hours, 58 Minutes At a Glance: I liked BAMF and liked the give and take relationship Alex and Ridley grew into Blurb: With his fauxhawk, sleeve tattoos, and visible piercings, Ridley Corbin has the whole bad ass vibe going on in... Continue Reading →
Title: A Tooth for a Fang Author: Liv Olteano Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 216 Pages At a Glance: Highly recommended! Blurb: Three days. Three dead bodies. One newly turned, broken-hearted lycan tracker to figure out the connection. The one summer Rick Barton takes a vacation, all hell breaks loose. Running from an abusive relationship... Continue Reading →
Title: Rise & Fall (THIRDS: Book Four) Author: Charlie Cochet Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 236 Pages At a Glance: This is one you don't want to miss Blurb: After an attack by the Coalition leaves THIRDS Team Leader Sloane Brodie critically injured, agent Dexter J. Daley swears to make Beck Hogan pay for what... Continue Reading →
Title: Rise & Fall (THIRDS: Book Four) Author: Charlie Cochet Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 236 Pages At a Glance: This is one you don't want to miss Blurb: After an attack by the Coalition leaves THIRDS Team Leader Sloane Brodie critically injured, agent Dexter J. Daley swears to make Beck Hogan pay for what... Continue Reading →
Title: Under a New Star Author: Leo d’Entremont Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 76 pages At a Glance: Fun characters and a story that could easily be much longer and just as great Blurb: In the 26th Century, mankind has breached the light speed barrier and begun to colonize other planets. They've also learned to Design human beings,... Continue Reading →
Title: Under a New Star Author: Leo d’Entremont Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 76 pages At a Glance: Fun characters and a story that could easily be much longer and just as great Blurb: In the 26th Century, mankind has breached the light speed barrier and begun to colonize other planets. They've also learned to Design human beings,... Continue Reading →
I want to thank The Novel Approach for letting us stop by on our Transgender* Romance Writers Blog Hop. I know many readers in this community have never read a transgender* romance. Remember that dark time long ago when you didn’t read m/m romance? (Hugs. I know you’d rather forget about it.) The same way... Continue Reading →
Title: Stones in the Road Author: Nick Wilgus Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages At a Glance: I hope this isn't the last we hear from Wiley, Jackson, Noah and their crazier-than-they-should-be family. Blurb: When his snobbish future in-laws travel all the way from Boston to visit, wise-cracking Southerner Wiley Cantrell learns that gay... Continue Reading →
Or at least I do. A long time ago, in a faraway land (that’s how it feels some days), I created two characters named Benjy and Kyle. I wrote a few short stories about them that weren’t very good. Truth be told, I wasn’t surehow to make their stories good. I knew I liked them... Continue Reading →
Title: Blink Author: Rick R. Reed Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages At a Glance: There is so much to think about in this book and Reed guides us with a gentle hand Blurb: Life can change in the blink of an eye. That's a truth Andy Slater learns as a young man in... Continue Reading →
Title: The Elevator Mechanic Author: Serena Yates Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 116 Pages At a Glance: A well done novella for anyone who wants a quick, sexy read Blurb: Quiet elevator installer Joe Taylor craves more stability in his career, but not in his personal life. Casual sex suits him, and when he meets... Continue Reading →
Title: Floodgates Author: Mary Calmes Narrator:: Michael Anthony Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours, 53 Minutes At a Glance: Michal Anthony did an excellent job narrating Floodgates Blurb: Tracy Brandt considers himself a lucky man. He has a wonderful family, good friends, and a dependable job. His love life, however, features a cheating ex... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Sue Brown on the blog tour for her latest release, The Next Call. Enjoy her guest post and then be sure to enter the giveaway for a chance to win some great prizes, detailed below. Good luck! When I submitted this story I knew I was taking a risk. It’s not... Continue Reading →
Title: Tidings of Comfort and Joey Down Under Author: David Connor Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 67 Pages At a Glance: Begins with a cute and clever premise, but ultimately falls short Blurb: Seth Anderson thought he was a finalist in the Hot Jack cologne modeling contest for King's Department Store, but Sandy King, upon... Continue Reading →
Title: They Come by Night Author: Tinnean Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 340 Pages At a Glance: A fast paced, well plotted story that I did not want to put down Blurb: Imagine an Earth just a bit different from ours. It may be 2014, but in this world, normals unknowingly share the planet with... Continue Reading →
Title: Unfortunate Son Author: Shae Connor Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 194 Pages At a Glance: This book missed the mark for me Blurb: Five years ago, Evan Day lost his lover in the Afghan sand, and in the fallout, he lost his military career and his family. With help from friends, he reinvented himself... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Rick R. Reed on the Blink blog tour. Enjoy Rick's article, then be sure to enter for a chance to win an e-copy of the book Dinner at Home via the Rafflecopter widget below. Good luck! On Writing What You Know “Write about what you know and care deeply about. When... Continue Reading →
I’d like to thank Lisa and the Novel Approach for hosting me on my blog tour for my recent release, Double Indemnity. Today, I’ll be talking a little about some of my favorite murder mysteries and give you an opportunity to win a free eBook copy of my novel. My grandmother was a huge Agatha... Continue Reading →
Title: WaterColors Author: Trina Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 226 Pages At a Glance: A really good romance, with vivid characters, lots of sexy times, and a gentle humor Blurb: Phil Alcorn is a vivacious artist living a lonely life. He has hundreds of acquaintances, dozens of casual lovers, but few know his real... Continue Reading →
Title: The Lion and the Crow Author: Eli Easton Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 144 Pages At a Glance: The Lion and the Crow is an excellent historical tale of love and bravery Blurb: In medieval England, duty is everything, personal honor is more valued than life itself, and homosexuality is not tolerated by the... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes author Garrett Leigh today, on the Rare (Roads: Book Two) audiobook tour. I asked Garrett to go through a bit of the audition process with us and to tell us what it was like to try and find the perfect narrator for the series, and as an expression of appreciation to... Continue Reading →
Title: The Mechanical Chrysanthemums Author: Felicitas Ivey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 90 Pages At a Glance: A mixture of genres that somehow work perfectly together Blurb: Hachisuka Narihiro is a pilot in the Shogun’s elite unit of musha-ki, robotic armor automated by steam and magic for the defense of Nippon in a slowly modernizing 19th Century,... Continue Reading →
Title: Still Author: Mary Calmes Narrator:: Tristan James Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 4 Hours, 19 Minutes At a Glance: As usual, Tristan James delivers an excellent performance Blurb: What happens when two men who have been together for seventeen years fall out of love? Sivan Cruz, a set director in San Francisco, and Walter... Continue Reading →
Title: Black John (Johnnies: Book Four) Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 280 Pages At a Glance: A book that is so rich in detail we can easily visualise each moment on the page Blurb: John Carey is just out of rehab and dying inside when he gets word that Tory, the guy... Continue Reading →
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