Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: The Perfect Whore Series: Storm and Lightning: Book One Author: Josephine Myles Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 200 Pages Category: Sci-Fi At a Glance: In spite of a personal niggle that threw the pacing out the window, there were many things to like about The Perfect Whore. I will be looking for the next installment... Continue Reading →
Title: Merry Gentlemen Author: Josephine Myles Publisher: Samhain Publishing Length: 157 Pages (Kindle) Category: Holiday Romance At a Glance: With her trademark sense of humor firmly in place, Myles delivers a heart-tugging little romance with more than a few chuckles to lighten the mood. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: ’Tis the season of goodwill to all... Continue Reading →
Can anyone guess what the fourth most banned book of the last decade was, according to the American Library Association? Perhaps a handbook for terrorists, a work of dark erotica or something “promoting” witchcraft? Uh, no. It was a kid’s picture book. About two penguins adopting a chick. Doesn’t sound all that scary, huh? Well,... Continue Reading →
Please join us in welcoming author Josephine Myles today, on the tour for Custom Fit, the further adventures of Feliz McAvoy and Andrew Wheeler, and book two in the Tailor Made series. Enjoy her guest post, and then be sure to check out the Rafflecopter widget below to enter for the chance to win two... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and welcome to a look at what we’ve got in store for you in the week ahead at The Novel Approach. It’s hard to believe we’re already heading into September! So along with the great guests we have joining us, also be sure to watch for our August Book of the Month picks... Continue Reading →
Title: By Quarry Lake Author: Josephine Myles Publisher: Self-Published Length: 12k Words Category: Contemporary, Short Story At a Glance: I loved this little story for everything it is. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Still waters run deep… Tommy’s been away from his home in rural Somerset for three years. Long enough to sort out who he... Continue Reading →
Josephine Myles and JL Merrow are here today to celebrate the release of the latest in their Mad About the Brit Boys series of mini-anthologies, Truly, Madly, Boys, a selection of m/m contemporary romance short stories, and are discussing how real life experiences can be turned into fiction. Jamie: Well, they do say write what... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, I hope you’ve all had an outstanding weekend! Before I get to the coming up portion of this week’s business, I want to take a minute to welcome, Cassie, the newest member of The Novel Approach’s review team. About Cassie: I’m a 30-something with way too many hobbies: knitting, acting, painting, singing, sort-of-sad... Continue Reading →
Title: Boy Meets Boy Meets Boy Authors: JL Merrow and Josephine Myles Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 79 Pages At a Glance: Let’s face it, this is pure erotica, but the stories are well put together because both of these authors really know how to write. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Good men come in threes! Three’s... Continue Reading →
Title: Einstein's Peep Show Author: Josephine Myles Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 94 Pages At a Glance: The quick and delightful humor, smart dialogue and intriguing premise made Einstein’s Peep Show a sweet romance that I would not hesitate to read again. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Nerdy by day, naughty by night! Nathan Wright has a... Continue Reading →
The life of a part-time writer and full-time mama This blog post was originally going to be me answering a few different questions from readers, but then I got started answering one of them and realised it was a whole blog post by itself. Lynne asked me: How do you fit your writing in with... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and thanks for stopping in to see who we have coming up for your this week. I hope you've all had a great weekend. If you're reading anything particularly outstanding, I'd love to hear about it in the comments. I'm always looking for my next great read. :-D Here's a little taste of... Continue Reading →
Title: Locked Out Author: Josephine Myles Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 62 Pages At a Glance: Locked Out is such a heaping helping of sweet, wrapped in a Martin shaped package. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Clothing is overrated... Getting accidentally locked out of his hotel room on Valentine’s Day night is embarrassing enough for teacher Martin... Continue Reading →
Title: Help, My Boyfriend’s an Alien! (Mad About the Brit Boys: Book Three) Author: JL Merrow and Josephine Myles Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 80 Pages At a Glance: It’s kind of hard to go wrong with either of these authors. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Love—and desire—that’s out of this world... It’s time to suit up,... Continue Reading →
Happy Ha-ha-holidays, everyone, and welcome to a special edition of Flashback Friday. We've dusted off a few of our favorite reads from Christmases past (some not so very past, really), but they're holiday romances that have warmed our hearts and cheered us from the tops of our heads to the tips of our toes, and... Continue Reading →
Title: Boys Who Go Bump in the Night (Mad About the Brit Boys: Book Two) Author: Josephine Myles and JL Merrow Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 84 Pages At a Glance: Short stories and the supernatural and this pair of authors combine to make for some really good reading. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: When boy meets... Continue Reading →
If you were granted three wishes, what would you spend them on? Today JL Merrow and Josephine Myles are here talking all things magic, in celebration of of their latest paranormal anthology, Boys Who Go Bump in the Night. The last story in the anthology features the classic genie in the lamp trope, so we... Continue Reading →
Title: Scrap (The Bristol Collection: Book Three) Author: Josephine Myles Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 263 Pages At a Glance: What I really enjoyed about Scrap was the characters and the plot both had depth to them. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: When things come to a head, there’s nowhere to go but down… On the... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach is pleased to welcome the Brit Boys: On Boys tour today. The question was posed to the participating authors in the collection: A lot of British authors set their books in the US, are your books normally set in the UK and does it make a difference to your style of writing?... Continue Reading →
Title: How to Train Your Dom in 5 Easy Steps Author: Josephine Myles Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 295 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Sometimes the little head really does know best. Jeff White’s needs are simple. All he wants is a submissive to help him explore the dominant side that his ex-girlfriend couldn’t handle.... Continue Reading →
Hi. My name’s Jo, and I’m addicted to window shopping in vintage clothes shops. And I really do mean window shopping as I rarely ever buy anything, but still they lure me in every time. It makes it difficult getting down into town when I have to walk past at least five different vintage boutiques!... Continue Reading →
“In art as in love, instinct is enough. ” ― Anatole France Title: Stuff (The Bristol Collection: Book Two) Author: Josephine Myles Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 292 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Tobias “Mas” Maslin doesn’t need much. A place of his own, weekends of clubbing, a rich boyfriend for love and support. Too... Continue Reading →
“In art as in love, instinct is enough. ” ― Anatole France Title: Stuff (The Bristol Collection: Book Two) Author: Josephine Myles Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 292 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Tobias “Mas” Maslin doesn’t need much. A place of his own, weekends of clubbing, a rich boyfriend for love and support. Too... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, I hope you've all had an outstanding week! We’ve got another busy and fun filled week coming up, with more great guests, giveaways, GRL Celebration fun, and, of course, more reviews. Here's what's on tap for the week ahead. Monday – Skylar M. Cates kicks off the week on her The Only Guy... Continue Reading →
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