Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: The Green Man’s Bounty Author: S.A. Garcia Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 68 Pages At a Glance: A worthwhile read, though the satisfaction came more from the exploration of rich traditions and the focus on traumatized, displaced children than from anything romantic or fantastical Blurb: Can a Druid accept Christmas by helping WW2 orphans?... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach is pleased to have Lynley Wayne with us today to offer some great common sense tips for authors, whether you're an established author or just beginning your writing career. Writing, unlike other professions, has a lot of flexibility. We can write anywhere. Whether it’s down the road at our favorite coffee shop.... Continue Reading →
Greetings, everyone! The Best of the Best continues today in our selections for top reads of 2014. Just in case you missed them, Sammy's and Tina's choices can be found HERE, Jackie's, Lana's and Jules' choices can be found HERE, and just like those, we're giving one lucky reader the chance to win e-copies of... Continue Reading →
Title: Storming Love: Nelson & Caleb Author: Kaje Harper Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 87 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Nelson Dunn has a settled routine – an evening security-guard job, days off for his therapy dogs, occasional club sex, and good books. He sometimes dreams about more, but he’s made himself content. So when... Continue Reading →
Title: Storming Love: Nelson & Caleb Author: Kaje Harper Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 87 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Nelson Dunn has a settled routine – an evening security-guard job, days off for his therapy dogs, occasional club sex, and good books. He sometimes dreams about more, but he’s made himself content. So when... Continue Reading →
Title: Storming Love: Bradley & Mike Author: Stephani Hecht Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 71 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Bradley is just a normal, unassuming man. He works as a banker during the day, then goes home to his dogs and his grandfather. There may be the occasional speed bump since Gramps has several... Continue Reading →
Title: Storming Love: Bradley & Mike Author: Stephani Hecht Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 71 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Bradley is just a normal, unassuming man. He works as a banker during the day, then goes home to his dogs and his grandfather. There may be the occasional speed bump since Gramps has several... Continue Reading →
Title: Storming Love: Austin & Troy Author: Kendall McKenna Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 140 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Hurricane Lauris tore through North Carolina, leaving devastation in her wake. When the Marines of Camp Lejeune respond with help and resources, Staff Sergeant Troy Matson immediately volunteers. His mission is to assist Sheriff’s Deputy... Continue Reading →
Title: Storming Love: Austin & Troy Author: Kendall McKenna Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 140 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Hurricane Lauris tore through North Carolina, leaving devastation in her wake. When the Marines of Camp Lejeune respond with help and resources, Staff Sergeant Troy Matson immediately volunteers. His mission is to assist Sheriff’s Deputy... Continue Reading →
The Love Hurts series was born when I answered a Valentine’s Day call for MLR Press, and the men in the book just kind of took over from there! In book 1, Sex, Ties and Videotape, we meet Geoffrey, a man who’s been wronged by his previous lover, Brian, in a most public way. Brian’s... Continue Reading →
Title: Storming Love: Gage & Collin Author: S.J. Frost Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 90 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When Hurricane Lauris strikes, former lovers, Gage and Collin find themselves trapped together with old emotions and passion rising between them. As a professional rider on the NRHA circuit, Gage Chapman has known success. He’s... Continue Reading →
Title: Storming Love: Gage & Collin Author: S.J. Frost Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 90 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When Hurricane Lauris strikes, former lovers, Gage and Collin find themselves trapped together with old emotions and passion rising between them. As a professional rider on the NRHA circuit, Gage Chapman has known success. He’s... Continue Reading →
Title: Storming Love: Bear & Travis Author: Parker Williams Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 60 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Is it possible to fall in love from nothing more than a few phone calls and e-mails? Dr. David ‘Bear’ Berickza thinks so. Despite the distance and limited contact, Bear can only think about Travis... Continue Reading →
Title: Storming Love: Bear & Travis Author: Parker Williams Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 60 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Is it possible to fall in love from nothing more than a few phone calls and e-mails? Dr. David ‘Bear’ Berickza thinks so. Despite the distance and limited contact, Bear can only think about Travis... Continue Reading →
Title: Facing Demons (Scars: Book Three) Author: Lynley Wayne Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 379 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When demons from his past interfere with his present, Cam knows Seth is the only one he can trust to help him face them. At the age of fifteen, Seth Dempsey gave his heart to... Continue Reading →
Title: Accidental Contact and Other Mahu Investigations (Mahu #7.5) Author: Neil Plakcy Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 187 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Sex, mayhem and justice in the Aloha State as openly gay Honolulu homicide detective tracks murderers, missing people & a dog with unusual appetites. From murderers to missing babies to a shaggy... Continue Reading →
It seems that when I’m writing along either in a M/F or a M/M story – yes, I’m a bit all over the boards – I always forget something. Lately, it’s been blow jobs. And I really have to wonder why in the heck am I forgetting those? While it’s not one hundred percent true,... Continue Reading →
Q: Erica, which characters do you find more enjoyable to write, the good boys or the bad boys? What makes one more fun to write than the other? A: My characters are never black or white, so they’re never either good or bad. The good boys have their flaws, and the bad boys have their... Continue Reading →
Title: Addicted Author: Laura Baumbach Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 27 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Vampires are impervious to human ailments and blood-borne disease. But what happens when one gets a taste of a new, powerful designer drug made from an element vampires have never encountered before? Vampire Gideon Borg dines occasionally from the... Continue Reading →
In less than two months - if my poor mathematical skills are correct - I'll be in Chicago for my first GRL. I thought I'd be feeling anxious by this stage but, aside from a morbid fear of flying, I'm more excited than nervous. To be able to finally meet friends in person, and have... 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: Sand Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 44 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Andrew Parks has come to Syria to escape potential disgrace in Edwardian England, burying past heartache and scandal among the tombs. Charles Cusiter has travelled here more reluctantly, as chaperone to a friend whose fondness for the opposite sex... Continue Reading →
Title: Sand Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 44 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Andrew Parks has come to Syria to escape potential disgrace in Edwardian England, burying past heartache and scandal among the tombs. Charles Cusiter has travelled here more reluctantly, as chaperone to a friend whose fondness for the opposite sex... Continue Reading →
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