Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Lisa: Today we’re so pleased to welcome author A.J. Truman to The Novel Approach, on the tour for his new novel Out on a Limb, book two in the Browerton University series. Hi, A.J., thanks for sitting down to chat with me. Why don’t we start by having you tell us a little bit about... Continue Reading →
Title: Whippersnapper Author: Michael Rupured Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages At a Glance: A strong and diverse character driven story that pulled me in and kept me rooting for all the protagonists to get their happily-ever-afters. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: Tellumo Magnamater is a fresh-out-of-college, first-year English teacher at Salt Lick County High... Continue Reading →
Title: The Two Gentlemen of Altona (Playing the Fool: Book One) Authors: Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock Narrator:: Nick J. Russo Publisher: Riptide Publishing Run Time: 5 hours and 11 minutes At a Glance: Nick J. Russo gave an excellent performance. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Mischief, thou art afoot. Special Agent Ryan "Mac" McGuinness is... Continue Reading →
Title: Lovers Leap Author: JL Merrow Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 217 Pages At a Glance: This wasn’t my favorite JL Merrow book, but by the end you will love these two guys, especially together. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: If they looked, would they ever leap? Good-looking, confident, and doted on by his widowed mum,... Continue Reading →
Title: The Queen & the Homo Jock King Author: TJ Klune Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages At a Glance: The Queen & the Homo Jock King gets two made-me-feel-bipolar thumbs up. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Do you believe in love at first sight? Sanford Stewart sure doesn't. In fact, he pretty much believes... Continue Reading →
Hello, everyone! I'm Lex Chase here to kick off a fabulous release day for Some Assembly Required with you guys. I co-wrote Some Assembly Required with Bru Baker, where in a stroke of madness wrote a meet-cute about two dead guys meeting in the afterlife wandering CASA, an affordable minimalist home furnishings store, also... Continue Reading →
Title: Will & Patrick Fight Their Feelings (Wake Up Married: Episode Four) Authors: Leta Blake and Alice Griffiths Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 137 Pages At a Glance: Yep, the denying denierpantses are at it again, and I loved every word of it. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Will and Patrick have embraced adding hot sexy-times to... Continue Reading →
Title: Textual Attraction Author: K-lee Klein Publisher: Amber Allure Pages/Word Count: 34k Words At a Glance: K-lee Klein is a talented storyteller who once again offers up a most comforting and satisfying tale of healing and love. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Lewis has spent most of his adult life looking after his aging parents, and... Continue Reading →
Title: Dreaming of You Author: Ethan Day Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 143 Pages At a Glance: I did not find this reissue of the 2009 novel Dreaming Of You to be one of Mr. Day’s stronger works. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Restaurateur Aden Ingle has been in love with the perfect man since... Continue Reading →
Title: Scrudge & Barley, Inc. Author: John Inman Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages At a Glance: I found this story to be just brilliant. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: A classic tale takes off in sexy new directions! Poor Mr. Dickens must be twirling in his grave. When E.B. Scrudge, putz extraordinaire and all-around... Continue Reading →
Title: The Chase Author: Nessa Vincent Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 136 Pages At a Glance: This story is a gem and I highly recommend it. Reviewed By: Lana Blurb: Halym knows better than to trust humans. Even though he’s a dragon at the top of the magical food chain, he just can’t get any... Continue Reading →
Title: Shawn’s Law Author: Renae Kaye Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages At a Glance: Five Stars are not enough for this book, and it’s one of my top reads for 2015. Reviewed By: Kathie Blurb: Shawn is single, twenty-nine, the full-time career of his Alzheimer’s-stricken mother, and a frequent victim of Murphy’s Law—although... Continue Reading →
Title: Shawn’s Law Author: Renae Kaye Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages At a Glance: Five Stars are not enough for this book, and it’s one of my top reads for 2015. Reviewed By: Kathie Blurb: Shawn is single, twenty-nine, the full-time career of his Alzheimer’s-stricken mother, and a frequent victim of Murphy’s Law—although... Continue Reading →
Title: Desdemona Darkly: When Mickey Met Hugh Author: Mathew Ortiz Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 155 Pages At a Glance: I was completely charmed by this book. It was a win, start to finish. Blurb: Are we rolling?" "Yes Mr. Sherwood. Just say the lines as we rehearsed." "Got it." Mickey nodded and sucked in a... Continue Reading →
Title: The Adventures of Cole and Perry Author: Amanda C. Stone Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 77 Pages At a Glance: A solid first foray into the m/m genre Blurb: It all started when Cole met Perry in a bar. Over three years they had some exciting adventures, and misadventures. The six stories included in this... Continue Reading →
Title: Cockstrut (Peckers: Book Two) Author: Jacques N. Hoff Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 120 Pages At a Glance: This is definitely a fun read Blurb: Sebastian Grant, a world-renowned avian vet, is so sure bird shifters aren’t real that even when an unruly cockatoo named Louis ends up naked in his arms, it’s difficult... Continue Reading →
Title: All’s Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing Author: Alana Ankh Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 117 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: For Killian Marsden, werewolf romance is overrated. After all, he should know, since he’s a half-werewolf and an editor for a romance-publishing house. He’s tired of reading mate bond fairytales, because real life... Continue Reading →
Title: All’s Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing Author: Alana Ankh Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 117 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: For Killian Marsden, werewolf romance is overrated. After all, he should know, since he’s a half-werewolf and an editor for a romance-publishing house. He’s tired of reading mate bond fairytales, because real life... Continue Reading →
Title: Work in Progress Author: John Inman Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 226 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Dumped by his lover, Harlie Rose ducks for cover in the Belladonna Arms, a seedy apartment building perched high on a hill in downtown San Diego. What he doesn’t know is that the Belladonna Arms has a... Continue Reading →
Title: Tell Me It’s Real Author: TJ Klune Narrator:: Michael Lesley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 10 Hours, 24 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Do you believe in love at first sight? Paul Auster doesn't. Paul doesn't believe in much at all. He's thirty, slightly overweight, and his best features are his acerbic wit and... Continue Reading →
Title: Tell Me It’s Real Author: TJ Klune Narrator:: Michael Lesley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 10 Hours, 24 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Do you believe in love at first sight? Paul Auster doesn't. Paul doesn't believe in much at all. He's thirty, slightly overweight, and his best features are his acerbic wit and... Continue Reading →
Title: A Twist and Two Balls (With a Kick #1) Author: Clare London Publisher: Jocular Press Pages/Word Count: 66 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Eduardo Mancini is going to be a star of the London stage and screen. Or that was the plan. His alter ego Eddy March hasn't got further than the chorus and... Continue Reading →
“Love is the absence of judgement.” – Dalai Lama Title: Caught! (The Shamwell Tales: Book One) Author: JL Merrow Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 276 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: You can run from the past…but the past runs faster. Behind Robert’s cheerfully eccentric exterior lies a young heart battered and bruised by his past.... Continue Reading →
“Love is the absence of judgement.” – Dalai Lama Title: Caught! (The Shamwell Tales: Book One) Author: JL Merrow Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 276 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: You can run from the past…but the past runs faster. Behind Robert’s cheerfully eccentric exterior lies a young heart battered and bruised by his past.... Continue Reading →
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