Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: The Knife of Narcissus (Parts One and Two) Author: Carolyne Chand Publisher: dik-dik books Pages/Word Count: 123 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Lucius Sentius, along with most people in the city of Rome, assumes that the debauched days of Nero are behind them now that Rome has settled down under a sober new ruler,... Continue Reading →
Title: Pearls in the Darkness Author: S.E. Connor Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 39 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. When Tanner goes on vacation to get away from school and work, he learns this the hard way. Though he hates water, Tanner agrees to join his older brother and friends... Continue Reading →
Title: A Bell for Andy Author: GL Roberts Publisher: Seventh Window Publications Pages/Word Count: 173 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Brian Gallagher and Andy McGrath grew up in the south end of Boston in the 1950s. They went to the same catholic school, had the same interest in Ireland, had both been hospitalized for Scarlet... Continue Reading →
Title: A Bell for Andy Author: GL Roberts Publisher: Seventh Window Publications Pages/Word Count: 173 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Brian Gallagher and Andy McGrath grew up in the south end of Boston in the 1950s. They went to the same catholic school, had the same interest in Ireland, had both been hospitalized for Scarlet... Continue Reading →
Title: Blood Tells Author: Rachel White Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 304 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Nineteen years ago, Demetrius Fallon was accused of murdering his father by way of a rare, unusual poison. When the crown prince is nearly killed the same way, Demetrius agrees to work with Rodger Dalme, the... Continue Reading →
Title: Blood Tells Author: Rachel White Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 304 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Nineteen years ago, Demetrius Fallon was accused of murdering his father by way of a rare, unusual poison. When the crown prince is nearly killed the same way, Demetrius agrees to work with Rodger Dalme, the... Continue Reading →
Title: City of Monsters Author: Andrea Speed Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 72 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Hunter is a human turned animal shifter in Nightshade, a literal city of monsters in a near-Earth dimension called Dev. All sorts of beasts reside here, unable to return to Earth, yet still plagued by the same... Continue Reading →
Title: City of Monsters Author: Andrea Speed Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 72 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Hunter is a human turned animal shifter in Nightshade, a literal city of monsters in a near-Earth dimension called Dev. All sorts of beasts reside here, unable to return to Earth, yet still plagued by the same... 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 →
Title: Apollo's Curse Author: Brad Vance Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 282 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: All Dane Gale ever wanted was to be a successful writer. Then he and his friends Rose and Sherry decide to write romances, and join forces to become "Pamela Clarice," self-published novelist. When they look for a cover model... Continue Reading →
Title: Apollo's Curse Author: Brad Vance Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 282 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: All Dane Gale ever wanted was to be a successful writer. Then he and his friends Rose and Sherry decide to write romances, and join forces to become "Pamela Clarice," self-published novelist. When they look for a cover model... Continue Reading →
Title: Paragraph 175 Author: Ruby Lis Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 276 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Berlin, 1936. The carefree, hedonistic days of the Weimar Republic have ended, replaced by the conservatism of the Nazi Party. Stricter interpretations of laws such as Paragraph 175 criminalize homosexual activity. For gays, falling in love is punishable by... Continue Reading →
Title: Paragraph 175 Author: Ruby Lis Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 276 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Berlin, 1936. The carefree, hedonistic days of the Weimar Republic have ended, replaced by the conservatism of the Nazi Party. Stricter interpretations of laws such as Paragraph 175 criminalize homosexual activity. For gays, falling in love is punishable by... Continue Reading →
Title: Mending Him Author: Bonnie Dee and Summer Devon Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 243 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: "As his world collapses, love opens his heart." Robbie Grayson has always felt like a bit of an outsider in the Chester family, though he’s related by blood. An orphan taken in at a young... Continue Reading →
Title: Mending Him Author: Bonnie Dee and Summer Devon Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 243 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: "As his world collapses, love opens his heart." Robbie Grayson has always felt like a bit of an outsider in the Chester family, though he’s related by blood. An orphan taken in at a young... Continue Reading →
Title: The Merman and the Barbarian Pirate Author: Kay Berrisford Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 268 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Raef, a lonely merman, spends his days watching the dashing Lord Haverford from afar and dreaming of love. When Haverford is robbed by a pirate, Raef vows to reclaim the stolen goods,... Continue Reading →
Title: The Merman and the Barbarian Pirate Author: Kay Berrisford Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 268 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Raef, a lonely merman, spends his days watching the dashing Lord Haverford from afar and dreaming of love. When Haverford is robbed by a pirate, Raef vows to reclaim the stolen goods,... Continue Reading →
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose -- Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr The more things change, the more they stay the same, so the saying goes. We've lost one reviewer from our staff here at The Novel Approach--our dear BJ has left to concentrate on his writing career. He'll be back on August 3rd, though... Continue Reading →
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