Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.-- Johnny Depp I am generally not a fan of historical romance novels. I read this one only for the purpose of reviewing it. I am glad I did. I don’t know that On A Lee Shore changed my mind about historicals in... Continue Reading →
Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.-- Johnny Depp I am generally not a fan of historical romance novels. I read this one only for the purpose of reviewing it. I am glad I did. I don’t know that On A Lee Shore changed my mind about historicals in... Continue Reading →
"A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men." – Amy Lowell Mr. Agamemnon Frost is not at all the man he appears to be. On the surface one would say he’s a bit of a fop, fastidious in his outward appearance, perhaps a little shallow and, for... Continue Reading →
"A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men." – Amy Lowell Mr. Agamemnon Frost is not at all the man he appears to be. On the surface one would say he’s a bit of a fop, fastidious in his outward appearance, perhaps a little shallow and, for... Continue Reading →
“The fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." – Charles Darwin Noah Hipwell is fifteen-years-old, has been expelled from school for standing up to a bully, lives with his single and ::gasp:: never married mother, and, oh, Noah also happens to be openly... Continue Reading →
“The fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." – Charles Darwin Noah Hipwell is fifteen-years-old, has been expelled from school for standing up to a bully, lives with his single and ::gasp:: never married mother, and, oh, Noah also happens to be openly... Continue Reading →
“There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I've read many books by Chris Owens and enjoyed every single one of them. Cortland Strang is a homicide detective investigating... Continue Reading →
“There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I've read many books by Chris Owens and enjoyed every single one of them. Cortland Strang is a homicide detective investigating... Continue Reading →
“The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.” ― Billy Sunday This is a short story about Asa and Virgil, set in the American Wild West. Virgil is a white man who is brought up to believe that his feelings towards other men are a sin. Running for... Continue Reading →
“The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.” ― Billy Sunday This is a short story about Asa and Virgil, set in the American Wild West. Virgil is a white man who is brought up to believe that his feelings towards other men are a sin. Running for... Continue Reading →
All things are difficult before they are easy. – Thomas Fuller Blurb for Loving Aidan by Ashavan Doyon: Samuel Riley is gorgeous - tall, muscular, and intelligent. The girls love him. And so does his roommate, Aidan Flemming. Secretly, of course, because Aidan is as gay as Sammy is straight - and even the out... Continue Reading →
All things are difficult before they are easy. – Thomas Fuller Blurb for Loving Aidan by Ashavan Doyon: Samuel Riley is gorgeous - tall, muscular, and intelligent. The girls love him. And so does his roommate, Aidan Flemming. Secretly, of course, because Aidan is as gay as Sammy is straight - and even the out... Continue Reading →
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Love sometimes comes when we least expect it. Two men who are meant to be mortal enemies are thrown together under the most heinous circumstances, only to find themselves clinging to each other for survival. WWII, 1944 France.... Continue Reading →
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Love sometimes comes when we least expect it. Two men who are meant to be mortal enemies are thrown together under the most heinous circumstances, only to find themselves clinging to each other for survival. WWII, 1944 France.... Continue Reading →
“…Florida laughed, a low, dirty laugh that did something melty to Carson’s insides, … He did not have this reaction to men, oh no he did not. Women made him melty, men made him humpty.” – Amy Lane I have no idea where Amy Lane pulls these ideas from. She must have so many people... Continue Reading →
Believe in vampires. Believe in me. There are worse things on earth.” ― Anne Rice This story starts out with Wesley, who has been misled by his boyfriend and somehow ended up in a canoe, going down the WRONG river in the middle of the woods of Louisiana. Needless to say Wesley is not happy... Continue Reading →
Believe in vampires. Believe in me. There are worse things on earth.” ― Anne Rice This story starts out with Wesley, who has been misled by his boyfriend and somehow ended up in a canoe, going down the WRONG river in the middle of the woods of Louisiana. Needless to say Wesley is not happy... Continue Reading →
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” ― Seth Grahame-Smith Zombie Boyz is the much-anticipated anthology from Wilde City Press. I know that when it was first offered up for review my fellow reviewers and myself at The Novel Approach acted like... Continue Reading →
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” ― Seth Grahame-Smith Zombie Boyz is the much-anticipated anthology from Wilde City Press. I know that when it was first offered up for review my fellow reviewers and myself at The Novel Approach acted like... Continue Reading →
Phil Butler runs a mercenary for hire company named Extreme Escapes, LTD. His company assists with rescues when the government needs a helping hand. One of his new rules that he won't budge on is that all of his operatives need a partner. So what does he do when he has a former CIA spook/former... Continue Reading →
“Don't matter if you believe in ghosts or not. If they're there, they're there.” – Joan Lowery Nixon Phil Butler runs a mercenary for hire company named Extreme Escapes, LTD. His company assists with rescues when the government needs a helping hand. One of his new rules that he won't budge on is that all... Continue Reading →
“By running off to the seminary? Joining the Marines? Trying to save every street kid who lands on your doorstep? Who do you think you’re kidding? They’re all just substitutes for the one you didn’t save.” -- Danny to Eddie in Black Dog I am a huge fan of Cat Grant’s work, so when I... Continue Reading →
“By running off to the seminary? Joining the Marines? Trying to save every street kid who lands on your doorstep? Who do you think you’re kidding? They’re all just substitutes for the one you didn’t save.” -- Danny to Eddie in Black Dog I am a huge fan of Cat Grant’s work, so when I... Continue Reading →
“There are moments when even to the sober eye of reason, the world of our sad humanity may assume the semblance of Hell. ” ― Edgar Allan Poe I really liked the first installment of this series, so I was very eager to read the next one. This is a continuation where The Prisoner left... Continue Reading →
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