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Cheers, fellow book addicts! I hope you all had a lovely weekend filled with lots of reading time and some great books to go with it. Speaking of great books (and lame segues), author Mary Calmes hosts our Book of the Month picks each month, which means our most loved reads for the month of... Continue Reading →
Title: Fire Balls (Balls to the Wall: Book Two) Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 120 Pages Category: Contemporary At a Glance: Fire Balls is a fast-paced and heart-worming story of love. Reviewed By: Taz Blurb: 2nd Edition A Balls to the Wall Romance Renowned artist Rodney Mansfield stands five foot six, has pink... Continue Reading →
Please join us in welcoming author Tara Lain today, on the tour for her newest DSP release, Cowboys Don't Ride Unicorns. Welcome, Tara! What You Always Wanted to Know about Unicorns! Hi! I’m so happy to be here at The Novel Approach today celebrating the release of Cowboys Don’t Ride Unicorns, my first book about... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and welcome to a peek at what we have coming up for you in the week ahead. I hope you’ve all had a great weekend filled with lots of quiet reading time—which, let’s face it, is pretty much the perfect weekend. We’ve got some great guests coming your way this week, as well... Continue Reading →
Enemies to Lovers ~ Sigh! Hi and welcome! I’m delighted to be visiting The Novel Approach. I’m Tara Lain, I write the Beautiful Boys of Romance and today I’m introducing you to the new revised and expanded version of my novella, VOLLEY BALLS. If you’ve read the original version of this book, you know that... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and welcome to a preview of what we have in store for the coming week! We’ve got some nice content coming your way this week, if all goes as planned, so here’s a look at what’s ahead. Monday – We start the week off with a cover reveal of Under Pressure, the new... Continue Reading →
Title: Driven Snow (A Pennymaker Tale) Author: Tara Lain Narrator: Kale Williams Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 6 hours and 45 minutes Category: Fairy Tale, New Adult, Fantasy At a Glance: Driven Snow starts off a bit slow, but Williams’ narration kept my interest up until the story got to the part where the action... Continue Reading →
Title: Prince of the Playhouse (Love in Laguna: Book Three) Author: Tara Lain Narrator: K.C. Kelly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 8 hours and 41 minutes Category: Contemporary At a Glance: K.C. Kelly’s narration is top notch, and made this story better. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Driven by his desire to become a successful fashion... Continue Reading →
Title: Sinders and Ash (A Pennymaker Tale) Author: Tara Lain Narrator: Kale Williams Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 4 hours and 52 minutes Category: Fairy Tale, Fantasy At a Glance: Kale Williams is a new-to-me narrator; his voice characterizations fit the image I had of the characters while meeting my expectations of a well-done performance.... Continue Reading →
Title: Lord of a Thousand Steps Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 220 Pages Category: Contemporary At a Glance: Another wonderful story from this author that had me rooting for Ian and Braden from their first flirtation. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: To architecture student Ian Carney, family means everything. Taken in by his brother,... Continue Reading →
Title: Beauty, Inc. (Pennymaker Tales: Book Three) Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages: 121 Pages Category: Fairy Tale Romance At a Glance: A lovely modern take on one of my favorite fairytales. Reviewed By: Lindsey Blurb: Is beauty only skin deep? Chemist Dr. Robert “Belle” Belleterre loves flowers, green trees, his best friend Judy,... Continue Reading →
Title: Taylor Maid Author: Tara Lain Narrator: John Solo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press/Dreamspun Desires Run Time: 5 hours and 18 minutes Category: Contemporary Romance At a Glance: I was emotionally invested in this story from point one. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: He'll marry the maid to get $50 million but a secret could queer the deal.... Continue Reading →
Title: Prince of the Playhouse (Love in Laguna: Book Three) Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 240 Pages At a Glance: I wish I could recommend this one. I really wanted to love Ru’s story. But, the delivery was just so over the top, and there were so many moments that I couldn’t... Continue Reading →
Title: Taylor Maid Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press/Dreamspun Desires Pages/Word Count: 218 Pages At a Glance: Taylor Maid has got romp, romance and a HEA—what’s not to love? Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: He'll marry the maid to get $50 million but a secret could queer the deal. Taylor Fitzgerald needs a last-minute bride. On... Continue Reading →
Title: Knave of Broken Hearts (A Love in Laguna Novel) Author: Tara Lain Narrator:: K.C. Kelly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 hours and 46 minutes At a Glance: Kelly…dang...he performed an awesome narration! Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Jim Carney has a full time job - running from himself. Since he walked out on his... Continue Reading →
Title: Tackling the Tight End (A Novel in the Long Pass Chronicles) Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 245 Pages At a Glance: Ms. Lain sure knows how to pack a sexy punch. Reviewed By: Taz Blurb: Everyone wants the best for SCU student and tight end Raven Nez—and they know exactly what... Continue Reading →
Welcome to author Tara Lain and the Tackling the Tight End blog tour. We're pleased to have Tara with us today to chat about the latest book in the Long Pass Chronicles series, and she's also offering a $25 Gift Card giveaway, so be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget to enter for a... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and welcome to a look at what we have coming up for you in the week ahead. But first, I want to offer a heartfelt apology and many thanks to anyone who's stuck with the blog over the course of the past month--through design change after design change, through the snail-speed loading, through... Continue Reading →
Title: Driven Snow (A Pennymaker Tale) Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages At a Glance: I love how Tara Lain took this fairytale theme and turned the story into a wonderful M/M contemporary fantasy romance. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Young Snowden “Snow” Reynaldi is brilliant, beautiful, and alone. Though he’s shy,... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year's Eve, friends! We're ready to ring out the old and welcome in a whole new year of reading and reviewing at The Novel Approach, so let's say farewell to 2015 with our final "Best Ofs" from Sammy, Sadonna, and yours truly. Of course, you can enter to win a few e-titles from... Continue Reading →
Title: Canning the Center Author: Tara Lain Narrator: John-Paul Barrel Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 9 hours and 17 minutes At a glance: Tara Lain’s work shines through an otherwise flat and disappointing narration. Reviewed By: Amy Blurb: Six foot seven inch, 300 pound Jamal Jones loves football, so when he finds out the ultra-conservative... Continue Reading →
Title: Sinders and Ash (A Pennymaker Tale) Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 145 Pages At a Glance: I’ll have no problem reading more of this series since this book kept my interest throughout. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Housekeeper Mark Sintorella (Sinders) works diligently at a resort hotel while designing clothes anonymously, hoping... Continue Reading →
Title: Knight of Ocean Avenue (A Love in Laguna Novel) Author: Tara Lain Narrator:: K.C. Kelly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 9 Hours and 33 Minutes At a Glance: K.C. Kelly delivers a knock-out performance of Knight of Ocean Avenue. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: How can you be twenty-five and not know you’re gay? Billy... Continue Reading →
Title: Winter’s Wolf (Tales of the Harker Pack: Book Three Author: Tara Lain Narrator:: Max Lehnen Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 8 Hours and 31 Minutes At a Glance: The twists and turns in this book keep you guessing in a good way. No matter whether you are reading, or being read to, Winter’s Wolf... Continue Reading →
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