Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“The unexpected always happens.” – George Bernard Shaw Title: Accepting the Alpha (Great Lakes Wolves #1) Author: JJ Black Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 145 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Can an Alpha wolf convince his straight mate to give love a chance, before an unexpected enemy tries to rob them of all they hold... Continue Reading →
“The unexpected always happens.” – George Bernard Shaw Title: Accepting the Alpha (Great Lakes Wolves #1) Author: JJ Black Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 145 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Can an Alpha wolf convince his straight mate to give love a chance, before an unexpected enemy tries to rob them of all they hold... Continue Reading →
“For to have faith is to have wings.” ― J.M. Barrie Title: Second Star to the Right Author: A.F. Henley Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 43000 Words Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Be it unrequited fascination with his straight best friend or impossible fantasies of rekindled interest with his heartbreaking ex, Mason has no... Continue Reading →
“For to have faith is to have wings.” ― J.M. Barrie Title: Second Star to the Right Author: A.F. Henley Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 43000 Words Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Be it unrequited fascination with his straight best friend or impossible fantasies of rekindled interest with his heartbreaking ex, Mason has no... Continue Reading →
“No one keeps a secret like a child.” – Victor Hugo Title: Bottoms Out (About a Bottoms: Book Two) Author: Etienne Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 266 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: After the death of their mother, Chris Bottoms adopted his little brother, Ted, and Chris and his partner, Mickey O’Donovan, settle down to... Continue Reading →
“No one keeps a secret like a child.” – Victor Hugo Title: Bottoms Out (About a Bottoms: Book Two) Author: Etienne Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 266 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: After the death of their mother, Chris Bottoms adopted his little brother, Ted, and Chris and his partner, Mickey O’Donovan, settle down to... Continue Reading →
And now, ladies and gentlemen, do not lick your computer screens as it's highly unsanitary. Coming from Dreamspinner Press in June 2014, Tequila Mockingbird (Sinners: Book Three), in which the Morgan men just keep getting sexier, and Forest Ackerman is the luckiest dude in fiction. :-D Enjoy! Prologue You cracked me open Sucked out my... Continue Reading →
And now, ladies and gentlemen, do not lick your computer screens as it's highly unsanitary. Coming from Dreamspinner Press in June 2014, Tequila Mockingbird (Sinners: Book Three), in which the Morgan men just keep getting sexier, and Forest Ackerman is the luckiest dude in fiction. :-D Enjoy! Prologue You cracked me open Sucked out my... Continue Reading →
In the creative writing class I’m teaching, I start off by emphasizing how important it is to know how the story is going to go before you start writing. We map out the Triggering Event, the Turning Points, and try to bring it all to a Tidy Logical Conclusion in the end. We do outlines... Continue Reading →
“It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.” ― Lois McMaster Bujold Title: Someone to Keep Me Author: K.C. Wells & Parker Williams Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 246 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Eighteen-year-old Scott Keating knows a whole world exists... Continue Reading →
“It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.” ― Lois McMaster Bujold Title: Someone to Keep Me Author: K.C. Wells & Parker Williams Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 246 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Eighteen-year-old Scott Keating knows a whole world exists... Continue Reading →
“What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Title: An Immovable Solitude Author: S.A. McAuley Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 153 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: The ocean isn’t ready to let go of him yet. Erik Hash, owner of a shark diving company in South Africa, loses everything in one night—his... Continue Reading →
“What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Title: An Immovable Solitude Author: S.A. McAuley Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 153 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: The ocean isn’t ready to let go of him yet. Erik Hash, owner of a shark diving company in South Africa, loses everything in one night—his... Continue Reading →
“Steampunk is...the love child of Hot Topic and a BBC costume drama.” ― Gail Carriger Title: Clockwork Tangerine Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 90 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The British Empire reigns supreme, and its young Queen Victoria has expanded her realm to St. Francisco, a bustling city of English lords... Continue Reading →
“Steampunk is...the love child of Hot Topic and a BBC costume drama.” ― Gail Carriger Title: Clockwork Tangerine Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 90 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The British Empire reigns supreme, and its young Queen Victoria has expanded her realm to St. Francisco, a bustling city of English lords... Continue Reading →
“When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it.” ― Haruki Murakami Title: The Carousel Author: Eva Vicci Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 74 Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Eighteen–year-old Jonathan Moore works as a garden hand on a lord’s estate in Victorian England. On a festive servants’ day off,... Continue Reading →
“When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it.” ― Haruki Murakami Title: The Carousel Author: Eva Vicci Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 74 Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Eighteen–year-old Jonathan Moore works as a garden hand on a lord’s estate in Victorian England. On a festive servants’ day off,... Continue Reading →
“Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos.” ― Don Kardong Title: Brand New Flavor Author: EM Lynley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 144 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: When artisan ice cream maker Jay Brown first meets food writer Cameron Clay at a charity tasting event, they get along like strawberries and chocolate... Continue Reading →
“Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos.” ― Don Kardong Title: Brand New Flavor Author: EM Lynley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 144 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: When artisan ice cream maker Jay Brown first meets food writer Cameron Clay at a charity tasting event, they get along like strawberries and chocolate... Continue Reading →
“Where words leave off, music begins.” ― Heinrich Heine Title: Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart Author: Cate Ashwood & Skylar M. Cates Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 116 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When Trey and Liam meet in boarding school, they couldn’t be more different. Liam is a classical violinist with... Continue Reading →
“Where words leave off, music begins.” ― Heinrich Heine Title: Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart Author: Cate Ashwood & Skylar M. Cates Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 116 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When Trey and Liam meet in boarding school, they couldn’t be more different. Liam is a classical violinist with... Continue Reading →
Hello! And thank you so much for having us here today. We are so excited to be making this stop on our blog tour for Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart. I’m Cate Ashwood and I am half of the team that wrote it. When Skylar and I were brainstorming ideas for this... Continue Reading →
Hello! And thank you so much for having us here today. We are so excited to be making this stop on our blog tour for Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart. I’m Cate Ashwood and I am half of the team that wrote it. When Skylar and I were brainstorming ideas for this... Continue Reading →
“The Universe doesn’t like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it.” – Lisa Unger Title: Heavyweight Author: M.B. Mulhall Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 230 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Secrets. Their weight can be crushing, but their release can change everything—and not necessarily for the better. Ian is... Continue Reading →
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