Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: The Best Corpse for the Job Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 298 Pages At a Glance: More mystery than romance, and a little slow paced for my tastes. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Schoolteacher Adam Matthews just wants to help select a new headteacher and go home. The governors at Lindenshaw St... Continue Reading →
Title: Rules to Live By Author: Heidi Belleau, Anah Crow, Dianne Fox, Lisa Henry, Anna Zabo, and Cari Z. Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 250 Pages At a Glance: Four very different tales of BDSM, each one well-crafted, with unique characters. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Four intimate tales of power exchange, discipline, risks taken, and... Continue Reading →
Hi, we’re Michelle Moore and Reesa Herberth. The kind people here have invited us to stop by and tell you a little about our newest book, Peripheral People. A standalone novel in the Ylendrian Empire series, Peripheral People combines elements of romance, science fiction, paranormal, and crime drama in the intense, galaxy-spanning hunt for a... Continue Reading →
Title: Down Author: Ally Blue Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 380 Pages At a Glance: Not for the faint of heart but a thoroughly enjoyable novel, with horror, suspense, and the deep. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Seven thousand meters below the ocean’s surface, the crew of the BathyTech 3 mineral mining facility has found something... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Kate Sherwood today on the Sacrati blog tour. Kate's here to chat a bit about the "what ifs" of speculative fiction, and there's also a tour-wide giveaway from Riptide Publishing of a $15 Gift Card to use in their bookshop. To enter, just leave a comment below. Entries close at midnight,... Continue Reading →
About the Author: Heidi Belleau was born and raised in small town New Brunswick, Canada. She now lives in the rugged oil-patch frontier of Northern BC with her husband, an Irish ex-pat whose long work hours in the trades leave her plenty of quiet time to write. She has a degree in history from Simon... Continue Reading →
Title: Lessons for Suspicious Minds (A Cambridge Fellows Mystery) Author: Charlie Cochrane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 258 Pages At a Glance: I highly recommend this book and will buy and read the next in the series to see what mystery the author has for us next. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: 1909 In the innocent... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Charlie Cochrane on the Lessons for Suspicious Minds blog tour. Enjoy Charlie's interview, then be sure to leave a comment right here for the chance to win a title from Charlie Cochrane's backlist (excluding Lessons for Survivors). Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on April 25, 2015. Contest is NOT restricted... Continue Reading →
A big welcome to author Ally Blue on the Down blog tour. Ally talks about how the book came to be, and she's also brought a giveaway with her from Riptide Publishing. Just leave a comment right here by Midnight Eastern time on Saturday, April 25, 2015 for the chance to win a $15 Riptide... Continue Reading →
Title: Wedding Favors (A Bluewater Bay Novel) Author: Anne Tenino Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 318 Pages At a Glance: This is a great journey back to the world of Bluewater Bay – the more I read of this small town the more I want to visit someday! Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Lucas Wilder’s best... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Anne Tenino on the Wedding Favors (A Bluewater Bay Novel) blog tour. Anne's teasing us today with an exclusive excerpt from the book and on behalf of Riptide Publishing, is also offering the chance for one lucky reader to comment-to-win a $15 Riptide Gift Card! (Tour Wide) Entries close at midnight, Eastern time,... Continue Reading →
Title: Trowchester Blues Author: Alex Beecroft Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 273 Pages At a Glance: Trowchester England is a marvelous fictional city I would love to visit in person – especially a certain little bookshop with a green painted door and a knocker shaped like a giant squid! Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Michael May... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Alex Beecroft today on the Blue Eyed Stranger blog tour. Every comment on this blog tour enters you in a draw for a $15 Riptide gift card, so be sure to leave one below. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on April 11. Contest is NOT restricted to U.S. entries. Don't... Continue Reading →
Title: Crash & Burn Author: Abigail Roux Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 419 Pages At a Glance: Perfect ending was perfect. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: It’s been five years since Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett first worked together to solve the Tri-State murders, and time has been both harsh and kind. Engaged now,... Continue Reading →
Title: Crash & Burn Author: Abigail Roux Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 419 Pages At a Glance: Perfect ending was perfect. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: It’s been five years since Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett first worked together to solve the Tri-State murders, and time has been both harsh and kind. Engaged now,... Continue Reading →
Hello and thank you for joining me as I bid a fond farewell to Ty and Zane on the Crash & Burn virtual tour! For the next five days, join me on my virtual stops to help me say goodbye to the Cut & Run series with cut scenes, playlists, behind the scenes looks at... Continue Reading →
Hello and thank you for joining me as I bid a fond farewell to Ty and Zane on the Crash & Burn virtual tour! For the next five days, join me on my virtual stops to help me say goodbye to the Cut & Run series with cut scenes, playlists, behind the scenes looks at... Continue Reading →
Title: Misfits Author: Garrett Leigh Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 277 Pages At a Glance: Misfits is another one that is not to be missed. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Restaurant owner Tom Fearnes has loved his partner Cass for as long as he can remember, but their work often keeps them apart. When he meets... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone, I’m thrilled to be here and especially thrilled about the reason I’m here: Bengt and Alex are back with The Other Side of Winter. Some of you wanted to know a bit more about what happens between the two books, so I’m taking the opportunity to give you some glimpses into that year... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes author Garrett Leigh on the Misfits blog tour. Take a look at Garrett's interview, then be sure to enter the giveaway for a chance to win a $15 Riptide Publishing store credit. Every comment along the tour qualifies you in the drawing on March 23, 2015. Contest deadline is Midnight Eastern... Continue Reading →
Title: Tempest (Playing the Fool: Book Three) Author: Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: At a Glance: So good, this novel, Tempest, just so very good. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: FBI Agent Ryan “Mac” McGuinness and con man Henry Page are on the run again. This time they’re headed back to... Continue Reading →
From Lisa and J.A.: Thanks for following our tour! To celebrate our release, we’re giving away an awesome prize – an ebook copy of a novel of your choice from either of our back catalogs. We’re also giving away a $20 Riptide gift voucher, and some comfy items picked especially for you by Henry: a... Continue Reading →
Title: Hammer and Bone Author: Kirby Crow Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 236 Pages At a Glance: Haunting and beautiful, Hammer and Bone is an impressive and inspired collection. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: The purest evil lives in the hearts of men Carnival mystics. Zombie tribes. Bad magic in the Bayou. Mage-princes, alien cities, and... Continue Reading →
Title: Waiting for the Flood Author: Alexis Hall Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 106 Pages At a Glance: Waiting for the Flood is a really lovely piece of writing. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: People come as well as go. Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a boy named... Continue Reading →
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