Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Diversion (2nd Edition) Author: Eden Winters Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: There are good guys, bad guys, and then there’s Lucky. Former drug trafficker Richmond “Lucky” Lucklighter flaunts his past like a badge of honor. He speaks his mind, doesn’t play nice, and flirts with disaster while working off his sentence... Continue Reading →
Title: Duck Duck Ghost (Hellsinger: Book Two) Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Paranormal investigator Wolf Kincaid knows what his foot tastes like. Mostly because he stuck it firmly in his mouth when his lover, Tristan Pryce, accidentally drugged him with a batch of psychotropic baklava. Needing to patch... Continue Reading →
Title: Duck Duck Ghost (Hellsinger: Book Two) Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Paranormal investigator Wolf Kincaid knows what his foot tastes like. Mostly because he stuck it firmly in his mouth when his lover, Tristan Pryce, accidentally drugged him with a batch of psychotropic baklava. Needing to patch... Continue Reading →
Title: Cast Off (Toronto Tales: Book Three) Author: KC Burn Narrator:: Tristan James Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours, 35 Minutes Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Thirty-five-year-old Rick Haviland is a well-respected speech pathologist, but while his friends are all settling into relationships, he refuses to give up his no-strings-attached club-boy sex life. For him,... Continue Reading →
Title: Cast Off (Toronto Tales: Book Three) Author: KC Burn Narrator:: Tristan James Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours, 35 Minutes Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Thirty-five-year-old Rick Haviland is a well-respected speech pathologist, but while his friends are all settling into relationships, he refuses to give up his no-strings-attached club-boy sex life. For him,... Continue Reading →
This is Ashavan Doyon posting from The Novel Approach -- the final stop on our blog tour for Steven's Heart. I have a special place in my heart for the Novel Approach, which gave a touching and honest review of Loving Aidan last year after it came out calling it "a very honest story of... Continue Reading →
This is Ashavan Doyon posting from The Novel Approach -- the final stop on our blog tour for Steven's Heart. I have a special place in my heart for the Novel Approach, which gave a touching and honest review of Loving Aidan last year after it came out calling it "a very honest story of... Continue Reading →
"And there the craftsman sat in the deepening shadows of his workshop, ignoring the candles that burned themselves out till he was finally enveloped by the night, his thin figure bent over his worktable and the little minstrel." -- Hayden Thorne Title: The Glass Minstrel Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: Queerteen Press Pages/Word Count: 216 Pages... Continue Reading →
"And there the craftsman sat in the deepening shadows of his workshop, ignoring the candles that burned themselves out till he was finally enveloped by the night, his thin figure bent over his worktable and the little minstrel." -- Hayden Thorne Title: The Glass Minstrel Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: Queerteen Press Pages/Word Count: 216 Pages... Continue Reading →
Title: Sealed by Fire Author: A. Catherine Noon and Rachel Wilder Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 269 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Vanya is a sorcerer’s apprentice who finally achieves his goal, initiation as a sorcerer – only to find that he, himself, is the intended sacrifice in their ritual. When the ritual goes wrong,... Continue Reading →
Title: Sealed by Fire Author: A. Catherine Noon and Rachel Wilder Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 269 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Vanya is a sorcerer’s apprentice who finally achieves his goal, initiation as a sorcerer – only to find that he, himself, is the intended sacrifice in their ritual. When the ritual goes wrong,... Continue Reading →
Funny things that came out of editing: *over use of words* *how the beta made me cry* as of the date I write this post for Love Lane, *whispers* I’ve not started the edits yet. I’ve been ill, honest. However my editor for the Hairy Harry series always starts my edit with ‘179 uses of... Continue Reading →
Funny things that came out of editing: *over use of words* *how the beta made me cry* as of the date I write this post for Love Lane, *whispers* I’ve not started the edits yet. I’ve been ill, honest. However my editor for the Hairy Harry series always starts my edit with ‘179 uses of... Continue Reading →
G’day everyone! First of all I’d like to thank Lisa Horan for giving me this spot on ‘The Novel Approach’ to talk to you all! (Waves to Lisa!) Thank you! So, first a short bio as requested: I’m an Australian writer and most of my life has been experienced from the saddle or out in... Continue Reading →
Title: Trusting Love Author: Mari Evans Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Laurie Stallon isn’t like other high schoolers. After suffering years of abuse at his father’s hands, he now lives in a foster care facility and finds solace volunteering at the local animal shelter. Laurie’s had to grow up... Continue Reading →
Title: Trusting Love Author: Mari Evans Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Laurie Stallon isn’t like other high schoolers. After suffering years of abuse at his father’s hands, he now lives in a foster care facility and finds solace volunteering at the local animal shelter. Laurie’s had to grow up... Continue Reading →
Title: A Bell for Andy Author: GL Roberts Publisher: Seventh Window Publications Pages/Word Count: 173 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Brian Gallagher and Andy McGrath grew up in the south end of Boston in the 1950s. They went to the same catholic school, had the same interest in Ireland, had both been hospitalized for Scarlet... Continue Reading →
Title: A Bell for Andy Author: GL Roberts Publisher: Seventh Window Publications Pages/Word Count: 173 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Brian Gallagher and Andy McGrath grew up in the south end of Boston in the 1950s. They went to the same catholic school, had the same interest in Ireland, had both been hospitalized for Scarlet... Continue Reading →
Title: Rescued Author: Felice Stevens Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 212 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Ryder Daniels has spent the last year recovering from rejection: his parents couldn’t accept his sexuality and his lover chose drugs over his love. The only bright lights in his life are his younger brother and his rescued pit... Continue Reading →
Title: Rescued Author: Felice Stevens Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 212 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Ryder Daniels has spent the last year recovering from rejection: his parents couldn’t accept his sexuality and his lover chose drugs over his love. The only bright lights in his life are his younger brother and his rescued pit... Continue Reading →
Title: Put Me in a BookAuthor: AKM MilesPublisher: MLR PressPages/Word Count: 191 PagesRating: 2.5 StarsBlurb: Brandon Reese thinks there are too many big reasons why he and Rhine Walken can't have anything other than a friendship, but Rhine thinks differently.Brandon Reese isn't ugly, but he thinks he is. He knows he looks better now that... Continue Reading →
Title: Put Me in a BookAuthor: AKM MilesPublisher: MLR PressPages/Word Count: 191 PagesRating: 2.5 StarsBlurb: Brandon Reese thinks there are too many big reasons why he and Rhine Walken can't have anything other than a friendship, but Rhine thinks differently.Brandon Reese isn't ugly, but he thinks he is. He knows he looks better now that... Continue Reading →
Title: Stripped Away (Stripped Clean #2) Author: Ellis Carrington Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 250 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: HE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE HIMSELF David Moorehouse has spent his life hiding behind masks. Nice guy. Best friend. Reverend's kid. After finding his father dead on the floor, he's been stripped of his job at the family... Continue Reading →
Title: Stripped Away (Stripped Clean #2) Author: Ellis Carrington Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 250 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: HE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE HIMSELF David Moorehouse has spent his life hiding behind masks. Nice guy. Best friend. Reverend's kid. After finding his father dead on the floor, he's been stripped of his job at the family... Continue Reading →
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