Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Crucible of Fate Author: Mary Calmes Narrator:: Sean Crisden Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 6 Hours, 57 Minutes Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: A Change of Heart Novel In the secret city of Sobek, Domin Thorne is making his way as the newly chosen semel-aten, the leader of the werepanther world. He aspires to make... Continue Reading →
Title: Time for Destiny Author: Michelle Rae Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 196 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: When Daniel Wilson, oldest of five children in a troubled family, joined the military, he expected to see combat in Iraq. But it comes as quite a shock when a Rupee minted a century and a half... Continue Reading →
Hello, and welcome to the mini blog tour for There Will Be Phlogiston (released: 8th December), a free novella set in the Prosperityverse. Many thanks to Lisa at The Novel Approach for hosting me today! To celebrate the release of Phlogiston, I’m also doing a little giveaway of any book from my backlist, which you... Continue Reading →
The Flower Courting Ritual When I wrote The Fifth Son, I wanted to include a courting ritual, but I had no idea what shape that would take. I wanted something different from our traditional exchange of rings. Something different meant Googling... for hours, because it's so easy to sink into the quick sand that's Google.... Continue Reading →
Title: The Dream Alchemist (Somnus: Book One) Author: Joanna Chambers Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 223 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: When the sun goes down, their passion awakens…and so do their nightmares. Centuries ago, a man with Bryn Llewelyn’s dreamwalking ability would have been a shaman or a priest. In this time, he’s merely... Continue Reading →
Waking Up In Romance The Dream Alchemist is set partly in the ‘real’ waking world and partly in Somnus, my imagined world of dreams. One of my heroes, Bryn Llewelyn, is a dreamwalker. To a dreamwalker, Somnus is as real as the waking world, probably more so, in Bryn’s case, given that his constant attempts... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach is happy to welcome author Gregory Jonathan Scott today. Have a look at the excerpt from his new book, Take to the Sky, then check out the great giveaway you can enter via Rafflecopter! Blurb: An angelic romance that’s Powerful, Suspenseful, Sexy, Uniquely Erotic, and Romantic. In a secret Michigan Laboratory, an... Continue Reading →
Title: Benjamin Pepperwhistle and the Fantabulous Circus of Wonders Author: Cornelia Grey Publisher: Storm Moon Press Pages/Word Count: 65 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Benjamin Pepperwhistle has one overriding desire: to handle the glorious machinery that is a gun. So when he decides to run away to join the circus, it's only natural that he... Continue Reading →
Title: The Circus of the Damned Author: Cornelia Grey Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 274 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Magician Gilbert Blake has spent his entire life conning drunkards in the seediest pubs in the darkest towns, careful to hide the true depths of his power. But when he spends a little too much... Continue Reading →
Hello, lovely readers. Happy Halloween, All Hallow’s Eve, or Happy Samhain, if you celebrate! Halloween is one of our favorite holidays. I (Piper) love watching horror movies, seeing all the decorations, visiting haunted houses, taking my son trick-or-treating. Maybe this is in part because Fall is also my favorite season. Changing leaves, hoodie weather, an... Continue Reading →
Cowboys and Dandies and Wizards, Oh My Lisa asked me to talk a bit today about the inspirations for Prosperity, particularly in the light of the blurb, which is quite self-consciously pulpy. Prosperity actually has quite a long history of how it got where it is, and so it has quite a lot of random... Continue Reading →
Title: Wave Goodbye to Charlie Author: Eric Arvin Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 196 Pages (.pdf) Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: My name’s Charlie. I’m many things, though none of them having to do with any real talent. I’m a runaway, a hustler when I need to be, a ghost when I have to scare... Continue Reading →
Title: The Stonechild Betrothal Author: Katalinya Palokova Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 55 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Estli is a professional bodyguard and fighter for hire who stumbles on a job that looks like easy money: escort a cursed magician named Maurin Stonechild from a remote mountain village to the bustling town of Plains... Continue Reading →
Title: Brute Author: Kim Fielding Narrator:: K.C. Kelly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 11 Hours, 14 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Brute leads a lonely life in a world where magic is commonplace. He is seven and a half feet of ugly, and of disreputable descent. No one, including Brute, expects him to be more... Continue Reading →
Title: Masks: Ordinary Champions Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: Queerteen Press Pages/Word Count: 189 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Book 3 of the Masks series follows Eric’s adventures as a newly-transformed supervillain sidekick. Taking advantage of Eric’s relationship with Peter, the Devil’s Trill uses him for a shield against the superheroes. In the meantime, new villains... Continue Reading →
I would like to thank The Novel Approach for hosting me today. I'm taking you behind the scenes to the making of Twin Flames with today's topic of "world rules." When I'm writing by the seat of my pants, creating the characters and the world as I go along, I have to very careful. Nowadays,... Continue Reading →
Title: Isle of Illusions Author: A.L. Wilson Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 30000 Words Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: The year is 1954 and this marks 10 rocky years that Cyrus has spent with his human companion, Dr. Lorenz Meissner. The two unlikely lovers, after some heated debate, decide to cross the Mediterranean and go on holiday... Continue Reading →
Title: Changeling (Middle Hill: Book One) Author: Barbara Geiger Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 326 Pages Rating: 2 Stars Blurb: Matt sells sex because he has to take care of his little brother, Sam. While it sucks, it’s not that much different from the abuse he endured when he was a teenager. He’s exhausting himself... Continue Reading →
Title: Hidden Gem Author: Lissa Kasey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 246 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Misaki “Aki” Itou is a psi—a person with mutated DNA granting him psychic abilities. He’s also a contracted companion—a whore. It may not be the perfect profession, but having a roof over his head, food to eat, and... Continue Reading →
Title: Who Knows the Storm Author: Tere Michaels Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Genre: Futuristic/Dystopian/Mystery/Thriller Release Date: October 17, 2014 Blurb: Who Knows the Storm 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 →
Title: Who Knows the Storm Author: Tere Michaels Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Genre: Futuristic/Dystopian/Mystery/Thriller Release Date: October 17, 2014 Blurb: Who Knows the Storm 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 →
Hi, everyone! Welcome to the Diventando: The Vessel Blog Tour. I want to thank The Novel Approach for having me as a guest for another blog tour! Here as some fun questions I’ve answered. In addition, I’ve included an excerpt as well as a link to enter the blog tour giveaway! You’re marooned on a... Continue Reading →
Title: Stepping Through Author: CJane Elliott Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 52 Pages Rating: 2 Stars Blurb: Cameron Wheeler’s life is all mapped out: he’ll finish business school, return home to Vermont, get a job, and marry his high-school girlfriend. He’s packed away what he really wants—a career as a musician—because he knows it’s never... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes author Rebecca Cohen today on the Idolatry (Reagalos: Book Two) Blog Tour. Enjoy the exclusive excerpt from the book, then click on the Rafflecopter image below to enter for a chance to win an e-copy of both books in the series, Servitude and Idolatry. Good luck! Blurb: Upon taking the throne... Continue Reading →
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