Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Cheers, everyone, and welcome back for another look at what we have coming up in the week ahead. Great guests, giveaways, and chats about books complement a full week of reviews. Here's what's on tap just for you! Monday – To kick off the week, Riptide Publishing brings you the Misfits blog tour with Garrett... Continue Reading →
Title: My Zombie Boyfriend Author: T. Strange Publisher: Torquere Press Length: 64,000 words (Novel) Genres: Romance, Paranormal, Contemporary, M/M Release Date: April 15, 2015 Add It To Your Goodreads Shelf Blurb: Edward Grey is a medical student by day, necromancer by night. He lives alone with the first zombie he ever raised, his childhood cat,... Continue Reading →
Title: House Call Author: Jane Davitt Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 74 Pages At a Glance: There is lots of promise here, but just not enough steam to really make it great. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Country doctor Paul Jackson is passionate about his work, but he can't stop thinking about the chance he took... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes back authors Racheline Maltese and Erin McRae to talk about their upcoming release in the Love in Los Angeles series, Doves. Doves (Love in Los Angeles 2) isn’t a BDSM book despite the ropes on the cover. It is, however, a book about consent -- in life, in love, and yes,... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, we're back again with the second round of our Best of the Best (be sure to check out Sammy's and Tina's lists HERE), and another chance for you to win e-copies of THREE of the titles selected by Jackie, Lana, and Jules, winner's choice! THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED Good luck! And now, here... Continue Reading →
Title: Never too Early: The Beginning Author: Chris Owen & Tory Temple Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Firefighters Chancellor Shanahan and Tucker McBride have been together for years. They've been through the rough patches and come out the other side, although shift work, misunderstandings, and stubborn personalities can make things interesting.... Continue Reading →
Title: Two Guys Walk Into an Apocalypse 3: He's a Lumberjack and He's Undead Author: V. L. Locey Publisher: Torquere Press, Inc. Pages/Word Count: 130 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Paul and Gordon aren't your typical zombie hunters. They're a loving couple of educators who might be infected by the virus that is turning the... Continue Reading →
Title: Two Guys Walk Into an Apocalypse 3: He's a Lumberjack and He's Undead Author: V. L. Locey Publisher: Torquere Press, Inc. Pages/Word Count: 130 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Paul and Gordon aren't your typical zombie hunters. They're a loving couple of educators who might be infected by the virus that is turning the... Continue Reading →
Title: Ordinary Heroes Author: Drew Zachary Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 65 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: These four tales by Drew Zachary celebrate the everyday hero. Whether it’s a midnight romp in a corn maze under the moonlight at Halloween, or a vet returning to his small hometown years after leaving for the big... Continue Reading →
Title: Sleeping on the Job Author: Missouri Dalton Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 118 pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: At sixteen, Simon Murphy was an accomplished jewel thief, at eighteen he was released from a boy’s reform school and these days, he’s a detective with Chicago’s Night Shift. When a familiar killer strikes again, Simon... Continue Reading →
Title: The Demon’s Door Author: Ari McKay Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 42000 Words Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: When Thomas Carter discovers his grandfather’s hidden journals, detailing the old man’s fight against the supernatural, he knows he’s found his true calling at last. Yet when he sets out to stake a local vampire, he quickly... Continue Reading →
Title: The Demon’s Door Author: Ari McKay Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 42000 Words Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: When Thomas Carter discovers his grandfather’s hidden journals, detailing the old man’s fight against the supernatural, he knows he’s found his true calling at last. Yet when he sets out to stake a local vampire, he quickly... Continue Reading →
Title: Line in the Sand (Herc’s Mercs: Book Two) Author: Ari McKay Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 104 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Alec “Red” Davis is Hercules Security’s director of operations, a man who is brave and honorable and yet also a stickler for following the rules. When Cade Thornton says that Alec is... Continue Reading →
Title: Line in the Sand (Herc’s Mercs: Book Two) Author: Ari McKay Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 104 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Alec “Red” Davis is Hercules Security’s director of operations, a man who is brave and honorable and yet also a stickler for following the rules. When Cade Thornton says that Alec is... Continue Reading →
When my co-writer Racheline Maltese and I started writing the first draft of Starling over a year ago, we discussed whether we should write it in past or present tense. While Starling was a first novel for both of us, we’d both written a lot, in multiple genres and styles, before we decided to write... Continue Reading →
Title: The Stonechild Betrothal Author: Katalinya Palokova Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 55 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Estli is a professional bodyguard and fighter for hire who stumbles on a job that looks like easy money: escort a cursed magician named Maurin Stonechild from a remote mountain village to the bustling town of Plains... Continue Reading →
This is Ashavan Doyon posting from The Novel Approach -- the final stop on our blog tour for Steven's Heart. I have a special place in my heart for the Novel Approach, which gave a touching and honest review of Loving Aidan last year after it came out calling it "a very honest story of... Continue Reading →
This is Ashavan Doyon posting from The Novel Approach -- the final stop on our blog tour for Steven's Heart. I have a special place in my heart for the Novel Approach, which gave a touching and honest review of Loving Aidan last year after it came out calling it "a very honest story of... Continue Reading →
Title: Full Moon Dating: Evgeny and Feng Author: Julia Talbot Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 82 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Tiger shifter Evgeny worries that he’ll never find a lover who can stand up to his sheer size and strength. He’s scared off more than one man, which is why he turns to Harve... Continue Reading →
Title: Full Moon Dating: Evgeny and Feng Author: Julia Talbot Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 82 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Tiger shifter Evgeny worries that he’ll never find a lover who can stand up to his sheer size and strength. He’s scared off more than one man, which is why he turns to Harve... Continue Reading →
Title: The Fantasy Collection Author: Kiernan Kelly Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 73 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: This collection features three tales of fantastical lives and impossible love. Suspend your belief, and dive into a trio of stories filled with incredible circumstances, and magical influences. In Mr. Fix-It, a frustrated consumer finds himself the... Continue Reading →
Title: The Fantasy Collection Author: Kiernan Kelly Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 73 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: This collection features three tales of fantastical lives and impossible love. Suspend your belief, and dive into a trio of stories filled with incredible circumstances, and magical influences. In Mr. Fix-It, a frustrated consumer finds himself the... Continue Reading →
When I think of cowboys, it's hard not to romanticize and fantasize about the lonesome man on the open trail rather than the ranch hand or the rodeo cowboy we often see in fiction. Does BA like a certain type of cowboy, and what does she find sexy about them? Cowboys are my weakness. I... Continue Reading →
When I think of cowboys, it's hard not to romanticize and fantasize about the lonesome man on the open trail rather than the ranch hand or the rodeo cowboy we often see in fiction. Does BA like a certain type of cowboy, and what does she find sexy about them? Cowboys are my weakness. I... Continue Reading →
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