“There were moments, he’d always believed, when you could feel your life changing around you. He could feel that weight in the air now, every crisp detail of the medieval walls around him heavy with significance.” – Amy Rae Durreson Amy Rae Durreson is prepared to take you on a journey with the ghost of... Continue Reading →
"Gaudete" Is A Reason To Rejoice
“There were moments, he’d always believed, when you could feel your life changing around you. He could feel that weight in the air now, every crisp detail of the medieval walls around him heavy with significance.” – Amy Rae Durreson Amy Rae Durreson is prepared to take you on a journey with the ghost of... Continue Reading →
Jamie Fessenden Introduces “The Healing Power of Eggnog”
“Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.”-- Aberjhani The Healing Power of Eggnog is part of Dreamspinner Press’s Advent Anthology. It was a quick read at only 68 pages. The title refers to the eggnog concocted every Christmas by the mother of... Continue Reading →
Jamie Fessenden Introduces "The Healing Power of Eggnog"
“Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.”-- Aberjhani The Healing Power of Eggnog is part of Dreamspinner Press’s Advent Anthology. It was a quick read at only 68 pages. The title refers to the eggnog concocted every Christmas by the mother of... Continue Reading →
This Is What "A Life Interrupted" Looks Like
“It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.” ― Kahlil Gibran What an amazing story. I've read Scars by this author and absolutely loved it, so I jumped at... Continue Reading →
This Is What “A Life Interrupted” Looks Like
“It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.” ― Kahlil Gibran What an amazing story. I've read Scars by this author and absolutely loved it, so I jumped at... Continue Reading →
“Bashert” Will Make You Believe In Destiny
“Fate has a way of putting in front of us that which we most try to leave behind.” ― Theodore “Mozzie” Winters In the midst of all the commercialism of the Christmas season, Gale Stanley has offered, in Bashert, a lovely story of what it means for two young men to be gay and to... Continue Reading →
"Bashert" Will Make You Believe In Destiny
“Fate has a way of putting in front of us that which we most try to leave behind.” ― Theodore “Mozzie” Winters In the midst of all the commercialism of the Christmas season, Gale Stanley has offered, in Bashert, a lovely story of what it means for two young men to be gay and to... Continue Reading →
In Which “Grumble Monkey and the Department Store Elf” Make A Miracle
“Miracles are what happens when you get out of the way of yourself.” ― Brad Szollose I absolutely loved this story! In fact, I did something I rarely do with a book: I read it twice! Nick St. George is on a mission to drive to San Francisco in time for Christmas. Along the way... Continue Reading →
In Which "Grumble Monkey and the Department Store Elf" Make A Miracle
“Miracles are what happens when you get out of the way of yourself.” ― Brad Szollose I absolutely loved this story! In fact, I did something I rarely do with a book: I read it twice! Nick St. George is on a mission to drive to San Francisco in time for Christmas. Along the way... Continue Reading →
“Taking a Chance” Is Short, Sexy, And Satisfying
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do… Explore. Dream. Discover.” -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Holy Sexapalooza Batman! Taking A Chance was relatively short, only about 11,000 words. I think approximately 8,100 of them were sex scenes. The sex... Continue Reading →
"Taking a Chance" Is Short, Sexy, And Satisfying
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do… Explore. Dream. Discover.” -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Holy Sexapalooza Batman! Taking A Chance was relatively short, only about 11,000 words. I think approximately 8,100 of them were sex scenes. The sex... Continue Reading →
"Alaska" Proves To Be The Perfect Setting This Holiday Season
“Did someone drawed a fireplace for you, Uncle Marco?” “Not this year, honey.” “Then how will Santa find you?” “Oh, I’m sure he’ll find a way.” --- Tia Fielding What a beautiful, heartbreaking little Christmas story this is by Kim Fielding. Another new author to me, but I quickly became a fan. Though Alaska did... Continue Reading →
“Alaska” Proves To Be The Perfect Setting This Holiday Season
“Did someone drawed a fireplace for you, Uncle Marco?” “Not this year, honey.” “Then how will Santa find you?” “Oh, I’m sure he’ll find a way.” --- Tia Fielding What a beautiful, heartbreaking little Christmas story this is by Kim Fielding. Another new author to me, but I quickly became a fan. Though Alaska did... Continue Reading →
Infatuation Gets A Little Messy In "The Trouble With Elves"
“I had to touch you with my hands, I had to taste you with my tongue; one can't love and do nothing.” ― Graham Greene BLURB: Cal Martin loathes Christmas music, especially the clichéd carols pumped through the mall speakers on endless loop. Even worse is the holiday-themed hell of Santa's Village that looms right... Continue Reading →
Infatuation Gets A Little Messy In “The Trouble With Elves”
“I had to touch you with my hands, I had to taste you with my tongue; one can't love and do nothing.” ― Graham Greene BLURB: Cal Martin loathes Christmas music, especially the clichéd carols pumped through the mall speakers on endless loop. Even worse is the holiday-themed hell of Santa's Village that looms right... Continue Reading →
Review: Training Season by Leta Blake
“Every day we walk away from once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, chasing after other once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. We just have to hope we’re choosing the right thing to chase.” – Leta Blake You know, sometimes this review business boils down to nothing more than read this book. But while that tells you what to do, it doesn’t say anything... Continue Reading →
Leta Blake’s “Training Season” Is A Story Of Discipline And Sacrifice
“Every day we walk away from once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, chasing after other once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. We just have to hope we’re choosing the right thing to chase.” – Leta Blake You know, sometimes this review business boils down to nothing more than read this book. But while that tells you what to do, it doesn’t say anything... Continue Reading →
"Old Loyalty, New Love", Quade Danas and Roman Howell, Mary Calmes And A Giveaway – Oh my!
TNA: Dear Readers, we have a couple of very special guests with us here at The Novel Approach today. Mary Calmes has arranged for Quade Danas and Roman Howell to sit down and answer a few questions. In case you haven’t heard, Quade and Roman are the stars of Mary’s newest release, Old Loyalty, New... Continue Reading →
“Old Loyalty, New Love”, Quade Danas and Roman Howell, Mary Calmes And A Giveaway – Oh my!
TNA: Dear Readers, we have a couple of very special guests with us here at The Novel Approach today. Mary Calmes has arranged for Quade Danas and Roman Howell to sit down and answer a few questions. In case you haven’t heard, Quade and Roman are the stars of Mary’s newest release, Old Loyalty, New... Continue Reading →
Grace R. Duncan Is "Celebrating You" This Christmas
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” ― Norman Vincent Peale At what point does humanity need the hope and faith that belongs to the holidays more so than in a post-apocalyptic world? One that, if I read between the lines with any sort of accuracy,... Continue Reading →
Grace R. Duncan Is “Celebrating You” This Christmas
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” ― Norman Vincent Peale At what point does humanity need the hope and faith that belongs to the holidays more so than in a post-apocalyptic world? One that, if I read between the lines with any sort of accuracy,... Continue Reading →
Fall In Love With "Feathers From the Sky" This Holiday Season
“'It looks like feathers falling from the sky.’ I studied the flakes as they drifted down and saw how accurate his description was.”-- Posy Roberts Feathers From The Sky is a short story included in Dreamspinner Press’s Advent anthology. I am a big fan of Posy Roberts, so I was delighted to be able to... Continue Reading →
Fall In Love With “Feathers From the Sky” This Holiday Season
“'It looks like feathers falling from the sky.’ I studied the flakes as they drifted down and saw how accurate his description was.”-- Posy Roberts Feathers From The Sky is a short story included in Dreamspinner Press’s Advent anthology. I am a big fan of Posy Roberts, so I was delighted to be able to... Continue Reading →

