Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Conflicted Author: Louise Lyons Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 300 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Two competing gangs of car and drag racing enthusiasts with a shared history of pain and rivalry leading to outright hatred. Two men from opposite sides of the tracks, yet with more in common than they’d like to admit.... Continue Reading →
Title: Outing the Quarterback Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 216 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Will Ashford lives in two closets. He meets his wealthy father’s goals as both the quarterback for the famous SCU football team and a business major, but secretly he attends art school and longs to live as... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Skylar, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start off having you tell us a little bit about yourself? Skylar: Thank you for hosting me, TNA. I’m listening to Mary Lambert’s song Secrets right now, and like Mary---“ my shit’s not in order,” and yep, I’m okay... Continue Reading →
Title: When One Door Opens Author: J.D. Ruskin Narrator:: K.C. Kelly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 8 Hours, 50 Minutes Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Logan Sellers's parole officer has issued three commandments: stay sober, stay employed, and stay out of trouble. At first Logan thought those three simple rules would be easy to follow. But... Continue Reading →
Title: Nothing Special Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 187 pages Rating: 4 stars Blurb: Noah thinks he’s nothing special. Average height, a bit on the skinny side, and cute but rather geeky, he’s relentlessly ordinary. He certainly doesn’t expect to be noticed by Sol, the gorgeous dark-haired stranger Noah sees on his... Continue Reading →
How would you like a chance to win an e-copy of Mary Calmes' Fighting Instinct? Pretty great, right? You can enter in the drawing by clicking the Rafflecopter link below. The contest deadline is Midnight Pacific time on Saturday, December 6, 2014. The winner will be selected and announced on Sunday, the 7th, and the... Continue Reading →
Title: Who Knows the Storm (The Vigilante: Book One) Author: Tere Michaels Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 240 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: In a dystopian near future, New York City has become the epicenter of decadence—gambling, the flesh trade, a playground for the wealthy. And underneath? Crime, fueled by “Dead Bolt,” a destructive designer... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Renae, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start by having you tell us a little bit about yourself? Renae: Hi TNA. Thank you for having me on your blog. I’m so excited I’m jumping in my chair. And yes, I’m always excitable. A bit about me? I... Continue Reading →
Title: Hound Dog and Bean Author: B.G. Thomas Narrator:: Charlie David Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 8 Hours, 23 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: There's been little love in H.D. "Hound Dog" Fisher's life since the death of his beloved mom when he was a boy. Bounced around the foster care system, he ran away... Continue Reading →
State of the Rhys So damn, we’re reaching the end of the year and I swear to God, I feel like I haven’t even started doing what I’ve needed to do. But here we are, looking at what’s coming up in the next year and well, I’m all…hell, is there enough time in the year?... Continue Reading →
Title: My Best Friend’s Brother Author: CR Guiliano Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 57 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Every day has been a struggle for Brynn Davidson since his mother’s death. He dropped out of college to care for his sisters, but his father’s grief and rage-filled abuse is taking its toll. While he... Continue Reading →
Title: My Best Friend’s Brother Author: CR Guiliano Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 57 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Every day has been a struggle for Brynn Davidson since his mother’s death. He dropped out of college to care for his sisters, but his father’s grief and rage-filled abuse is taking its toll. While he... Continue Reading →
Title: Faith & Fidelity Author: Tere Michaels Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 290 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Reeling from the recent death of his wife, police officer Evan Cerelli looks at his four children and can only see how he fails them. His loving wife was the caretaker and nurturer, and now the single... Continue Reading →
Title: Faith & Fidelity Author: Tere Michaels Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 290 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Reeling from the recent death of his wife, police officer Evan Cerelli looks at his four children and can only see how he fails them. His loving wife was the caretaker and nurturer, and now the single... Continue Reading →
Title: Snowbound in Nowhere Author: Andrew Grey Narrator:: K.C. Kelly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 2 hours, 1 minute Rating: 2 Stars – Plot/3 Stars - Narration Blurb: When a funeral calls his friend Martin away, sunbelt resident Chris is left alone in Martin's cabin in the dead of winter - and in a blizzard... Continue Reading →
Title: Say Something Author: BA Tortuga Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 226 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Jenson has loved Mike his whole life, but he has never known how to tell Mike how he feels. After high school Mike leaves for college and his Hollywood dream, while cowboy Jenson stays behind in their... Continue Reading →
Title: Lost in the Outcome Author: Rowan McAllister Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: When Nathan Seward wakes up in a cheap hotel with a stranger, unable to remember the night before, unscrupulous plots and clandestine schemes are the furthest thing from his mind. True, he's in Houston to bid... Continue Reading →
I appreciate you hosting me today for the Undercover Addiction tour! Even though Washington isn’t known for its beaches, the imagery used throughout Undercover Addiction is ocean-related. Connor leaves the safety of the shore in order to swim with monsters in deep waters. His partner with Seattle PD, Lucas, is his lighthouse or solid ground... Continue Reading →
Title: Alliance (Torsere: Book Three) Author: Annabelle Jacobs Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 284 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: King Ryneq and his dragon rider consort, Nykin, return to Torsere to defend the kingdom against the lowland armies already camped along Torsere’s borders. Seran wants the dragons, and with a new witch in his ranks,... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Will, I’m so pleased to have you with us at The Novel Approach today. Why don’t we begin by having you tell the readers a little bit about yourself? Will: My great-grandparents were from Romania (actually Transylvania), and the few remaining drops of “gypsy blood” pumping through my veins usually keep me from... Continue Reading →
Title: A Day at a Time Author: Nic Starr Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 77 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Sean Vargos is quiet, well respected, and dedicated to his job. But Dave Simpson sees Sean as more than a coworker. He's fought his attraction to Sean for months but can't get him out of... Continue Reading →
Line? What Line? I Don’t See No Freakin’ Line First of all I want to thank the Novel Approach for having me here today. Yay!! I’m so excited to be on this site. Everything’s so shiny. –touches everything- -breaks a vase- I’m totally going to pay for that. Promise. Anyway. When I talked to Lisa... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Rebecca, welcome back to The Novel Approach. It’s a pleasure to have you here visiting again. Many years ago I read a short story of yours, Captain Merric, which you wrote for the Cross Bones anthology. Since Historical Romance is obviously a genre in which you enjoy writing, would you ever consider writing more pirate tales?... Continue Reading →
Title: Hook, Line, & Sinker Author: Piper Vaughn Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 181 pages Rating: 4.5 stars Blurb: When they were teens, Castor McCormick was the bane of Blake Kowalski’s existence. Their mutual animosity led to summers filled with rivalry. Now, nearly two decades later, Cas is moving back into the neighborhood to live... Continue Reading →
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