Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Lickety Split Author: Damon Suede Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 286 Pages Category: Contemporary, Western At a Glance: The writing, the emotions, the storyline, I loved it all. Heartwarming moments and regretful realizations make this story memorable. Reviewed By: Lynn Blurb: Lickety Split: Love won’t wait. Patch Hastle grew up in a hurry, ditching East... Continue Reading →
Title: Bondage Ranch Author: Roland Graeme Publisher: eXtasy Books Length: 200 Pages Category: Contemporary Erotica, Western At a Glance: This book fills the bill for those looking for a lot of sex in their stories. It also fills the bill for those who every now and then need an erotic romance, when it really doesn’t... Continue Reading →
Title: Jackass Flats (Riding Cowboy Flats: Book One) Author: Julia Talbot Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 100 Pages Category: Contemporary, Western At a Glance: I was thoroughly entertained by this short story. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Can a traveling military man and a set-in-his-ways cowboy find a way to make things work? Tate feels like the... Continue Reading →
Title: A Cowboy’s Home (Montana: Book Three) Author: RJ Scott Publisher: Love Lane Books Length: 300 Pages (Kindle) Category: Contemporary, Western At a Glance: A Cowboy's Home isn't just a quick falling in love story between Sam and Justin. It’s a story about two men who have to heal and put the past behind them... Continue Reading →
Title: Sweetwater Author: Lisa Henry Narrator: Dorian Bane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Run Time: 7 hours and 39 minutes Category: Historical, Western At a Glance: Dorian Bane is a very talented voice artist who takes the somewhat slow pacing of the first half of the book and makes it enjoyable. His characters come to life and... Continue Reading →
Title: According to Hoyle Author: Abigail Roux Narrator: Mason Lloyd Publisher: Riptide Publishing Run Time: 7 hours and 48 minutes Category: Historical, Western, Action/Adventure At a Glance: As usual, Mason Lloyd delivers a top notch narration. His voice is distinctive in each character, and makes the book more than enjoyable. Reviewed By: Mike Blurb: US... Continue Reading →
Title: Sylvan Author: Jan Irving Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 256 Pages Category: Contemporary, Western At a Glance: Reading the Sylvan collection was like visiting with old friends. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Return to small-town Sylvan in Jan Irving’s bestselling series—reimagined and re-edited with an all-new bonus novella. The small Western town of Sylvan is a... Continue Reading →
Title: Coming to Grief Author: Dale Chase Publisher: Wilde City Press Length: 50 Pages (Kindle) Category: Historical, Western At a Glance: If you’re looking for something a little different, give Dale Chase a try and have a fun read. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Thrown together on the road between Laramie and Cheyenne, cowboy Johnny Anglim... Continue Reading →
Title: Kyle (Legacy: Book One) Author: RJ Scott Publisher: Love Lane Books Length: 150 Pages (Kindle) Category: Contemporary, Western At a Glance: An engrossing story of two damaged men who find strength, hope and love. Reviewed By: Lindsey Blurb: Two men destroyed by the past learn to live—and love—again. Kyle Braden has nowhere else to... Continue Reading →
Title: Devil’s Paw Author: Dale Chase Publisher: JMS Books Length: 58 Pages Category: Historical, Western At a Glance: Dale Chase spins a gritty, erotic, nineteenth century western in Devil’s Paw. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Lloyd Lasky is a seasoned operative for the Whitlock Detective Agency in Denver that often infiltrates outlaw gangs in order to... Continue Reading →
Title: Back to Back (Roughstock: Book Five) Author: BA Tortuga Publisher: Pride Publishing Length: 152 Pages Category: Contemporary Western At a Glance: BA Tortuga gives us another great storyline, with the setting mostly in New Orleans. It gives a nice feel to how Laurel and Landon live and to what their beliefs are and how... Continue Reading →
Hey y’all. I’m BA Tortuga – writer of rednecks and cowboys and the occasional movie star. This is an excerpt from my new four-story anthology, Mud, Movies, Bullets and Bulls. This exclusive bit is from Just Like In the Movies, a story about an action adventure hero and the horse wrangler that loves him. I... Continue Reading →
Title: Coke’s Clown Author: BA Tortuga Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 188 Pages At a Glance: Coke’s Clown was an enjoyable and great read, mainly because Dillon is my favorite character in the Roughstock series. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: How does Dillon take care of Coke when Coke’s destroying himself? Bullfighter Coke is having a... Continue Reading →
Title: File Gumbo (Roughstock: Book Three) Author: BA Tortuga Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 225 Pages At a Glance: What can I say?! Beau and Sam are just sweet, loving and very caring. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Beau is riding like the two-time champ that he is, but nothing is assured in the world of... Continue Reading →
Title: Pickup Men Author: L.C. Chase Narrator: Dorian Bane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Run Time: 4 hours and 54 minutes At a Glance: All my “musts” were met by Mr. Bane’s narration. Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: It takes a pissed-off Brahma bull named Shockwave to show rodeo pickup man Marty Fairgrave the cold hard truth about... Continue Reading →
Title: Blind Ride (Roughstock: Vol. One) Author: BA Tortuga Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 234 Pages At a Glance: Blind Ride is a story about the love and caring of family, good friends, and the love between two special men. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Jason Scott has everything a bull rider wants—success, money and traveling partner... Continue Reading →
Title: And a Smile (Roughstock: Book Two) Author: BA Tortuga Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 197 Page At a Glance: I just loved Dillon’s character--he made this my favorite story in the Roughstock series, so far. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: All Coke Pharris wants is for his cowboys to be safe—all of them. When rodeo clown,... Continue Reading →
Cowboys, Drakyl, Vampyr…and Things That Go Bump in the Night In Montana there’s a ranch you might want to steer clear of. The men there are nice enough, especially the younger cousins, but these cowboys have a bit of a secret. They aren’t quite human. Have your attention? Humans, see, live blissfully unaware of a... Continue Reading →
Title: Dakota Skies Author: Taylin Clavelli Publisher: Wayward Ink Publishing Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages At a Glance: Dakota Skies is an Old Western saga, an entertaining story with plenty of action. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Born in the wrong time... In 1875 Dakota, Sheriff Jamie Carter has to hide his interest in men, even from... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome first time visitor Sarah Masters to The Novel Approach today, as she tours to chat about her new novel from Pride Publishing, Outcast Cowboys. Enjoy Sarah's guest post, then be sure to check out Pride's contest for the month of August by clicking on the image below. And now, here's... Continue Reading →
Title: Wounded Hearts Authors: Remmy Duchene and BL Morticia Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 256 Pages At a Glance: What a terrific start to a new series. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Zane Ashford’s stint in the NYPD comes to an abrupt halt when he is injured in the line of duty. After waking up partially... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes author Jaime Samms this morning to chat a bit about her upcoming novel Bound to Fall, releasing on June 26, 2015 from Dreamspinner Press. Jaime's offering the chance for one lucky reader to win an e-copy of the book on release day, to be delivered right to your Dreamspinner Bookshelf. THIS... Continue Reading →
Title: Blood & Stone (Venom Valley: Book Three) Author: Hank Edwards Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 229 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Josh Stanton’s mother has been held prisoner by the vampire Balthazar for fifteen years. As Balthazar has turned the residents of Belkin’s Pass into vampires under his control, Josh, his lover Dex,... Continue Reading →
Title: Blood & Stone (Venom Valley: Book Three) Author: Hank Edwards Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 229 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Josh Stanton’s mother has been held prisoner by the vampire Balthazar for fifteen years. As Balthazar has turned the residents of Belkin’s Pass into vampires under his control, Josh, his lover Dex,... Continue Reading →
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