Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Good Bones (The Bones Series: Book One) Author: Kim Fielding Narrator: Nick J. Russo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 5 hours and 53 minutes At a Glance: Nick J. Russo did a fantastic job in his performance of Good Bones! Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Skinny, quiet hipster Dylan Warner was the kind of guy... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the final giveaway of Prize Pack #5, with a veritable potpourri of goodies up for grabs. Today's swag comes to you courtesy of Charlie Cochet, Rhys Ford, Mary Calmes, Kim Fielding, Eli Easton, and Jaime Samms. Here's a pic of what you can expect in this pack: To enter for the... Continue Reading →
Title: The Sacrifice and Other Stories Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 416 Pages At a Glance: There is an enjoyable story for everyone in this eclectic mix of fantasy stories. Reviewed By: Angel Blurb: A sickly man seeks recovery in a seaside cottage. A temple slave tends a man due to be sacrificed.... Continue Reading →
Title: Grateful (Sleigh Ride: Advent Calendar 2015) Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 40 Pages At a Glance: I definitely recommend this fun little read! Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Nate Roth’s latest dumb stunt has left him with a broken arm, black eye, and stitched chin—and extra trepidation about visiting his family for... 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 →
Title: Rattlesnake Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 240 Pages At a Glance: Rattlesnake is an incredibly gorgeous love story, a story of healing and of finally coming home. I cannot say enough about this beautiful novel. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: A drifter since his teens, Jimmy Dorsett has no home and no... Continue Reading →
Title: The Tin Box Author: Kim Fielding Narrator:: K.C. Kelly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours and 26 Minutes At a Glance: Kim Fielding has delivered an outstanding story well worth reading, and K.C. Kelly delivers an excellent performance of The Tin Box! Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: William Lyon's past forced him to become... Continue Reading →
Title: Phoenix Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 44 Pages At a Glance: A poignant and ultimately uplifting story of second chances and renewed courage to experience love. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: First a soldier and then a diplomat, Juberi now spends his solitary days on a single ambition: trying to resurrect the... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Kim Fielding to The Novel Approach today, on her Rattlesnake blog tour. Kim sat down and answered a few questions from Will Parkinson, so enjoy and then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below for the chance to win a $20 Dreamspinner Press Gift Card and an... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by to see what we have in store for you in the coming week here at The Novel Approach. We've a whole slew of great guests coming to visit us, including our next author feature on the Countdown to GayRomLit 2015 tour, so sit back, relax, and wait... Continue Reading →
Title: Claw (Gothika: Volume Three) Authors: Jamie Fessenden, Kim Fielding, Eli Easton Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages At a Glance: All three authors’ stories are unique not only in voice but in storyline too, and unlike with some anthologies I’ve read in the past, there isn’t a clunker story in this bunch. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: Grown-up Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 97 Pages At a Glance: I found Grown-up to be a nice, sweet story about what happens when someone finds their missing piece. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: It’s time for Austin Beier to grow up. His car is falling apart, his roommates are less than... Continue Reading →
Title: Standby Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Wayward Ink Publishing Pages/Word Count: 30 Pages At a Glance: Kim Fielding has a flair for throwing the unexpected into her stories. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Who’d have thought being stranded at the airport could possibly have some long term benefits? Certainly not Tom. But then, he hadn’t bargained... Continue Reading →
Title: Housekeeping Author: Kim Fielding Narrator:: K.C. Kelly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 2 Hours, 42 Minutes At a Glance: Even if I'm reluctant to try an audiobook, knowing Kelly’s work through previous experience is a sure bet I won't be disappointed in the narration. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: When Nicky Hauser walks in on... Continue Reading →
Title: Night Shift Author: Kim Fielding Narrator:: Max Lehnen Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 3 Hours, 20 Minutes At a Glance: This was a fun audiobook to listen to, and Max Lehnen gave an excellent performance Blurb: Aside from a sympathetic parole officer, Aiden Finn is alone in the world. He knows this is his... Continue Reading →
Title: Saint Martin’s Day Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 31 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Five years ago, Neno Kovač fled California, graduate school, and his lover, Toby Cowan, to return to his native Croatia. Since then, he’s led a quiet life as a librarian—until one November afternoon when Toby, who has... Continue Reading →
Title: Saint Martin’s Day Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 31 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Five years ago, Neno Kovač fled California, graduate school, and his lover, Toby Cowan, to return to his native Croatia. Since then, he’s led a quiet life as a librarian—until one November afternoon when Toby, who has... Continue Reading →
Title: Bones (Gothika: Volume Two) Author: Anthology Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 260 Pages Overall Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Vodou. Obeah. Santeria. These religions seem mysterious and dark to the uninitiated, but the truth is often very different. Still, while they hold the potential for great power, they can be dangerous to those who don’t... 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: The Pillar Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: During his youth, orphaned thief Faris was flogged at the pillar in the town square and left to die. But a kind old man saved him, gave him a home, and taught him a profession. Now Faris is the herbalist... Continue Reading →
“I know what a ghost is. Unfinished business, that's what.” ― Salman Rushdie Title: Motel. Pool. Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 206 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: In the mid-1950s, Jack Dayton flees his working-class prospects in Omaha and heads to Hollywood, convinced he’ll be the next James Dean. But sleazy casting... Continue Reading →
“I know what a ghost is. Unfinished business, that's what.” ― Salman Rushdie Title: Motel. Pool. Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 206 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: In the mid-1950s, Jack Dayton flees his working-class prospects in Omaha and heads to Hollywood, convinced he’ll be the next James Dean. But sleazy casting... Continue Reading →
”To live, to TRULY live, we must be willing to RISK. To be nothing in order to find everything. To leap before we look.” – Mandy Hale Title: Pilgrimage Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 4 stars Blurb: Fiscal analyst Mike Carlson is good with spreadsheets and baseball stats. He doesn’t... Continue Reading →
”To live, to TRULY live, we must be willing to RISK. To be nothing in order to find everything. To leap before we look.” – Mandy Hale Title: Pilgrimage Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 4 stars Blurb: Fiscal analyst Mike Carlson is good with spreadsheets and baseball stats. He doesn’t... Continue Reading →
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