Title: The Last Guy Breathing Author: Skylar M. Cates Narrator:: Matt Baca Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 8 Hours and 53 Minutes At a Glance: Matt Baca has a really nice voice, but there needed to be more to Locke’s characterization. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Henry Clueley doesn’t want to be in Glamour, not after... Continue Reading →
Guest Post and Giveaway: Countdown to Rainbow Con With Skylar M. Cates
The Novel Approach welcomes Skylar M. Cates back today to talk a little bit about crafting a scene, and she's also offering the chance for one reader to win an e-copy of any book from HER BACKLIST. This is a Rafflecopter giveaway, so click on the widget below to enter. Good luck! Crafting Scenes: From... Continue Reading →
A Welcome To New Reviewers And A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week
Cheers, everyone, and thanks for dropping by to see what we have coming up for you in the week ahead! First, though, I’m so thrilled to introduce two new reviewers to the TNA team: one comes to us brand new to the reviewing biz, the other is a long time veteran reviewer in the M/M... Continue Reading →
Review: Here For You by Skylar M. Cates
Title: Here For You Author: Skylar M. Cates Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 234 Pages At a Glance: I truly can't recommend this book enough. Reviewed By: Jackie Blurb: Life is a thread connecting us. One pull and it all unravels. Cole Gannon arrives in the seaside town of Ocean Vista to work as a... Continue Reading →
Guest Post and Giveaway: Here For You by Skylar M. Cates
The Novel Approach is pleased to have Skylar M. Cates join us today on the Here For You blog tour. Enjoy Skylar's guest post, then be sure to leave a comment below for the chance to win an e-book of the winner's choice from her backlist OR an e-copy of Here For You. THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED... Continue Reading →
Here's A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week
Cheers, everyone, and welcome back for a wee peek at all the fun and fantastic guests we have in store for you in the coming week. Articles, interviews, release day celebrations and giveaways galore will accompany another week of reviews here at The Novel Approach, and we can’t wait to share it all with you.... Continue Reading →
Here’s A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week
Cheers, everyone, and welcome back for a wee peek at all the fun and fantastic guests we have in store for you in the coming week. Articles, interviews, release day celebrations and giveaways galore will accompany another week of reviews here at The Novel Approach, and we can’t wait to share it all with you.... Continue Reading →
Review: The Last Guy Breathing by Skylar M. Cates
Title: The Last Guy Breathing Author: Skylar M. Cates Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 254 Pages At a Glance: Great couple, good mystery, unconvincing procedural Blurb: Henry Clueley doesn’t want to be in Glamour, not after moving far away to overcome a difficult, if privileged, childhood. He’s no longer that pudgy kid desperate to escape... Continue Reading →
Interview and Giveaway: The Last Guy Breathing and The Holiday Hoax by Skylar M. Cates
TNA: Hi, Skylar, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start off having you tell us a little bit about yourself? Skylar: Thank you for hosting me, TNA. I’m listening to Mary Lambert’s song Secrets right now, and like Mary---“ my shit’s not in order,” and yep, I’m okay... Continue Reading →
A Secret Love Isn't So Secret Anymore In Skylar M. Cates' "The Only Guy"
Title: The Only Guy Author: Skylar M. Cates Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Aaron Weiss knows how to escape. Years ago, he ran from a romantic disappointment and impulsively joined the Army. Now, he’s forced to take a medical discharge and readjusting to life at home proves a challenge.... Continue Reading →
A Secret Love Isn’t So Secret Anymore In Skylar M. Cates’ “The Only Guy”
Title: The Only Guy Author: Skylar M. Cates Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Aaron Weiss knows how to escape. Years ago, he ran from a romantic disappointment and impulsively joined the Army. Now, he’s forced to take a medical discharge and readjusting to life at home proves a challenge.... Continue Reading →
When Attraction Isn't Instant – A Guest Post And Giveaway By Skylar M. Cates
We all know that attraction is an odd thing. In real life, I can remember being “just friends” with somebody for many years, not finding them particularly attractive at all, and then KAPOW---sudden chemistry. Why? He was making me laugh really hard, and the attraction took me over. Chemistry. It’s not all about looks. It... Continue Reading →
When Attraction Isn’t Instant – A Guest Post And Giveaway By Skylar M. Cates
We all know that attraction is an odd thing. In real life, I can remember being “just friends” with somebody for many years, not finding them particularly attractive at all, and then KAPOW---sudden chemistry. Why? He was making me laugh really hard, and the attraction took me over. Chemistry. It’s not all about looks. It... Continue Reading →
Here's A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week!
Hi, everyone, I hope you've all had an outstanding week! We’ve got another busy and fun filled week coming up, with more great guests, giveaways, GRL Celebration fun, and, of course, more reviews. Here's what's on tap for the week ahead. Monday – Skylar M. Cates kicks off the week on her The Only Guy... Continue Reading →
Here’s A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week!
Hi, everyone, I hope you've all had an outstanding week! We’ve got another busy and fun filled week coming up, with more great guests, giveaways, GRL Celebration fun, and, of course, more reviews. Here's what's on tap for the week ahead. Monday – Skylar M. Cates kicks off the week on her The Only Guy... Continue Reading →
The Past Doesn't Stay In The Past In "Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart"
“Where words leave off, music begins.” ― Heinrich Heine Title: Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart Author: Cate Ashwood & Skylar M. Cates Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 116 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When Trey and Liam meet in boarding school, they couldn’t be more different. Liam is a classical violinist with... Continue Reading →
The Past Doesn’t Stay In The Past In “Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart”
“Where words leave off, music begins.” ― Heinrich Heine Title: Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart Author: Cate Ashwood & Skylar M. Cates Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 116 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When Trey and Liam meet in boarding school, they couldn’t be more different. Liam is a classical violinist with... Continue Reading →
“Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart” – Number One: Unrequited Love – But A Giveaway Could Make It Better
Hello! And thank you so much for having us here today. We are so excited to be making this stop on our blog tour for Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart. I’m Cate Ashwood and I am half of the team that wrote it. When Skylar and I were brainstorming ideas for this... Continue Reading →
"Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart" – Number One: Unrequited Love – But A Giveaway Could Make It Better
Hello! And thank you so much for having us here today. We are so excited to be making this stop on our blog tour for Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart. I’m Cate Ashwood and I am half of the team that wrote it. When Skylar and I were brainstorming ideas for this... Continue Reading →
Here’s A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week
Hi, everyone, I hope you've all had a great week, and are looking forward to good things in the week to come. Speaking of great weeks, we've got one coming up here at TNA: guest authors, blog tours, giveaways, and, of course, lots of reviews. Here's a look at who and what's on tap for... Continue Reading →
Here's A Sneak Peek At The Coming Week
Hi, everyone, I hope you've all had a great week, and are looking forward to good things in the week to come. Speaking of great weeks, we've got one coming up here at TNA: guest authors, blog tours, giveaways, and, of course, lots of reviews. Here's a look at who and what's on tap for... Continue Reading →
“The Guy From Glamour” Proves You Really Can Go Home Again
“We can change so many times in our lives. We’re born into a family, an it’s the only life we can imagine, but it changes. Buildings collapse. Fires burn. And the next second we’re someplace else entirely, going through different motions and trying to keep up with this new person we’ve become.”-- Lauren DeStefano Title:... Continue Reading →
"The Guy From Glamour" Proves You Really Can Go Home Again
“We can change so many times in our lives. We’re born into a family, an it’s the only life we can imagine, but it changes. Buildings collapse. Fires burn. And the next second we’re someplace else entirely, going through different motions and trying to keep up with this new person we’ve become.”-- Lauren DeStefano Title:... Continue Reading →
Skylar M. Cates Is Here Today With “The Guy From Glamour” And A Giveaway!
TNA: Hi, Skylar, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start out by having you tell us a little bit about yourself? Hobbies, interests, odds and ends things that make you, you. Skylar: Hi! Thanks so much for hosting me! I’ve pretty simple interests: good books, good food, and good... Continue Reading →

