Here With Us All The Way From Dublin, Ireland, Please Welcome Patrick Darcy!

Through this magical portal called the internet, we're pleased to be able to welcome Patrick Darcy to The Novel Approach today. Patrick is the author of the Confessions of a Gay Rugby Player series of books published through "Charlie Harding Presents...", Wilde City's Black Label press, a premier selection of stories approved by none other... Continue Reading →

Are You Ready For Your Daily Dose Of Thunderballs?

So they were both crushing on each other, and yet, both were afraid of venturing into dangerous territory. – Andrea Speed Luke Diaz has his friend Marc and an herbal drug laced health shake to blame for his sudden, and now soberly inexplicable, urge to sign up for an adult dodgeball league. He’s baffled, sure,... Continue Reading →

Are You Ready For Your Daily Dose Of Thunderballs?

So they were both crushing on each other, and yet, both were afraid of venturing into dangerous territory. – Andrea Speed Luke Diaz has his friend Marc and an herbal drug laced health shake to blame for his sudden, and now soberly inexplicable, urge to sign up for an adult dodgeball league. He’s baffled, sure,... Continue Reading →

Get Swept Away By Andrea Speed’s Infected: Undertow

If you're reading this... Congratulations, you're alive. If that's not something to smile about, then I don't know what is. ― Chad Sugg, “Monsters Under Your Head” There are so many things that scare me about the “Infected” series. Not the beasties that could eat my face off. No, that’d be too simple. What I’m... Continue Reading →

Get Swept Away By Andrea Speed's Infected: Undertow

If you're reading this... Congratulations, you're alive. If that's not something to smile about, then I don't know what is. ― Chad Sugg, “Monsters Under Your Head” There are so many things that scare me about the “Infected” series. Not the beasties that could eat my face off. No, that’d be too simple. What I’m... Continue Reading →

There’s A Dose Of Forgiveness In Bane of Boston by J.P. Barnaby

When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game. - Joe DiMaggio Jonathan Young did a very bad thing. Something so bad that he was turned into a pariah by an entire city. You might not think it such a bad thing. I certainly don’t. The very bad thing that Jonathan Young did?... Continue Reading →

There's A Dose Of Forgiveness In Bane of Boston by J.P. Barnaby

When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game. - Joe DiMaggio Jonathan Young did a very bad thing. Something so bad that he was turned into a pariah by an entire city. You might not think it such a bad thing. I certainly don’t. The very bad thing that Jonathan Young did?... Continue Reading →

One Breath, One Bullet Adds Up To A Whole Lot Of Obsession

One breath. Inhale. Hesitation is my enemy. Solitude my ally. Death the only real victory. Exhale. – S.A. McAuley Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Sometimes it pays to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Sometimes your friends and your enemies come wrapped in the same skin. Sometimes you come... Continue Reading →

One Breath, One Bullet Adds Up To A Whole Lot Of Obsession

One breath. Inhale. Hesitation is my enemy. Solitude my ally. Death the only real victory. Exhale. – S.A. McAuley Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Sometimes it pays to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Sometimes your friends and your enemies come wrapped in the same skin. Sometimes you come... Continue Reading →

This Is One Blade I Gladly Threw Myself On – The Last Blade: The Verses of Vrelenden, Book Two by Beau Schemery

It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies. But it takes a great deal more to stand up to your friends. - JK Rowling. Sometimes the most heroic thing a man can do is to follow his conscience, especially in the face of opposition from those he’s come to call... Continue Reading →

This Is One Blade I Gladly Threw Myself On – The Last Blade: The Verses of Vrelenden, Book Two by Beau Schemery

It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies. But it takes a great deal more to stand up to your friends. - JK Rowling. Sometimes the most heroic thing a man can do is to follow his conscience, especially in the face of opposition from those he’s come to call... Continue Reading →

Sex And Love And Raining Men by Rick R. Reed

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power. ― Oscar Wilde WARNING! Raining Men is not your typical romance novel. Hot sex abounds! Love does conquer all! It is raining men! Amen! However, don’t expect gooey romance with this book. I was interested in how Reed was going to follow... Continue Reading →

Sex And Love And Raining Men by Rick R. Reed

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power. ― Oscar Wilde WARNING! Raining Men is not your typical romance novel. Hot sex abounds! Love does conquer all! It is raining men! Amen! However, don’t expect gooey romance with this book. I was interested in how Reed was going to follow... Continue Reading →

Two Cowboys Lonely As God by Dale Chase

All great and precious things are lonely. – John Steinbeck In Lonely As God, Dale Chase sticks close to the path on which she is most comfortable; gay Western erotica. It is a story about finding love where emotions of any kind are in short supply. Lonely is the story of Tom Seeley, a young... Continue Reading →

Two Cowboys Lonely As God by Dale Chase

All great and precious things are lonely. – John Steinbeck In Lonely As God, Dale Chase sticks close to the path on which she is most comfortable; gay Western erotica. It is a story about finding love where emotions of any kind are in short supply. Lonely is the story of Tom Seeley, a young... Continue Reading →

Dorian’s Worlds – A Brave New World by Allen Mack

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. – Pericles On Earth, sometime in a future that we all should hope never materializes, there is a caste system in which the aged are venerated and the young are relegated to a role of subservience that ignores their humanity... Continue Reading →

Dorian's Worlds – A Brave New World by Allen Mack

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. – Pericles On Earth, sometime in a future that we all should hope never materializes, there is a caste system in which the aged are venerated and the young are relegated to a role of subservience that ignores their humanity... Continue Reading →

The Book That Brought Me To Tears, And The Author Who Did It – Please Welcome Brandon Shire

We have the rest of forever for regret… – Brandon Shire Lem Porter is nearly two decades into the life sentence he was given for committing cold-blooded murder, but only he knows why he committed that crime and, let's face it, at six-foot-six and nearly three-hundred pounds, there aren't a lot of people who have... Continue Reading →

Gay and Lesbian Coffee Break Quickies Is Shorthand Sex That’s Long On Subtext

Quickie: Syllabification: (quick•ie) Pronunciation: /ˈkwikē/ noun a rapidly consumed alcoholic drink. a brief act of sexual intercourse. – Source: Oxford American English Dictionary And sometimes, quickies are had even in that order. At any rate, we all know they’re that intense and spontaneous moment when foreplay is defined as the quickie: the sex is red-hot... Continue Reading →

Gay and Lesbian Coffee Break Quickies Is Shorthand Sex That's Long On Subtext

Quickie: Syllabification: (quick•ie) Pronunciation: /ˈkwikē/ noun a rapidly consumed alcoholic drink. a brief act of sexual intercourse. – Source: Oxford American English Dictionary And sometimes, quickies are had even in that order. At any rate, we all know they’re that intense and spontaneous moment when foreplay is defined as the quickie: the sex is red-hot... Continue Reading →

Gold in the Clouds by Hayden Thorne – It’s a Giant Of A Fairy Tale

Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive, or be he dead I’ll have his bones to grind my bread. – Joseph Jacobs The only thing Jack Wicket is willing to work hard at is coming up with schemes to avoid having to work hard at anything at all, but getting rich... Continue Reading →

Gold in the Clouds by Hayden Thorne – It's a Giant Of A Fairy Tale

Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive, or be he dead I’ll have his bones to grind my bread. – Joseph Jacobs The only thing Jack Wicket is willing to work hard at is coming up with schemes to avoid having to work hard at anything at all, but getting rich... Continue Reading →

What’s On Tap For This Week?

It's a week of reviews coming up, as Bruce and I gear up for the Hop Against Homophobia & Transphobia on May 17th. You'll want to watch for that because there's going to be a giveaway along with the post topic we've chosen to discuss, something near and dear to both our hearts. Meanwhile, here... Continue Reading →

What's On Tap For This Week?

It's a week of reviews coming up, as Bruce and I gear up for the Hop Against Homophobia & Transphobia on May 17th. You'll want to watch for that because there's going to be a giveaway along with the post topic we've chosen to discuss, something near and dear to both our hearts. Meanwhile, here... Continue Reading →

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