Where Fiction and Reality Meet
"Maybe they'd turn every program on television into one of those reality shows." "That's mostly done already, Harry." "Oh. Well. I've got to believe that the world is worth saving anyway.” ― Jim Butcher Title: Husband Material Author: Xavier Mayne Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Husband Material is a... Continue Reading →
"Maybe they'd turn every program on television into one of those reality shows." "That's mostly done already, Harry." "Oh. Well. I've got to believe that the world is worth saving anyway.” ― Jim Butcher Title: Husband Material Author: Xavier Mayne Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Husband Material is a... Continue Reading →
“Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.” ― George Eliot Title: Payoff (A Market Garden Tale) Author: L.A. Witt and Aleksandr Voinov Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 57 Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Tristan and Jared have got it made. When they aren’t raking in the cash together at Market Garden, they’re burning... Continue Reading →
“Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.” ― George Eliot Title: Payoff (A Market Garden Tale) Author: L.A. Witt and Aleksandr Voinov Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 57 Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Tristan and Jared have got it made. When they aren’t raking in the cash together at Market Garden, they’re burning... 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 →
“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 →
“Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.” ― Nick Hornby Title: A Better Man (The Men of Halfway House #1) Author: Jaime Reese Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 211 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Matthew Doner... Continue Reading →
“Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.” ― Nick Hornby Title: A Better Man (The Men of Halfway House #1) Author: Jaime Reese Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 211 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Matthew Doner... 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 →
"Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart." – Paul Coehlo Title: Out of Hiding Author: Mia Kerick Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 180 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: After graduating from high school early, twenty-year-old Philippe Bergeron spent the past several years lost among... 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 →
“I’d risk everything for one kiss, everything. Yes I'd do anything. Anything? Anything for you.” ― I’d Do Anything from Oliver Title: The Rainbow Connection-Part III: Unwanted Guests and Strange Requests Author: BJ Sheppard Publisher: Smashwords Pages/Word Count: 15,530 Words Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: It's a slippery slope between perfection and perversion, and Liam Adams... 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 →
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