Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Please join us in welcoming author Cheryl Headford to The Novel Approach today, on the Hostage blog tour. Enjoy the character interview with Rowan Gabriel that Cheryl's chosen to share with you, and then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below for the chance to win a copy of the book. Good luck!... Continue Reading →
Title: The History of Us Author: Nyrae Dawn Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 184 Pages At a Glance: Nyrae Dawn is a new author to me, but I will definitely be reading more of her work in the future. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Sometimes it's not about coming out, it's about settling in. Eighteen-year-old... Continue Reading →
Title: The Geek and His Artist Author: Hope Ryan Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 320 Pages At a Glance: At the end of the day, this book just wasn’t for me. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Simon Williams spends his lunch periods drawing his geek and trying not to think about the terrors waiting for... Continue Reading →
I'm chuffed to bits to have author J.C. Lillis with us today to help celebrate the release of How to Repair a Mechanical Heart in print. I first read this book back in November of 2012 and fell instantly in love with Brandon, Abel, and all the wacky and wonderful characters who populate this delightful... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome back author Perie Wolford today, with an excerpt from and giveaway of his latest audiobook release, Sam Dorsey and Gay Popcorn, narrated by Joel Leslie. Take a look at the little tease he's sent along, and then click on the Rafflecopter widget below to enter for the chance to win... Continue Reading →
Today, we're so pleased to welcome author Cody Kennedy on the official Countdown to GayRomLit 2015 blog tour. Enjoy Cody's guest post, then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win an e-copy of Slaying Isidore's Dragons and a signed .jpg image of the book's title page. Good luck!... Continue Reading →
Title: Boy Meets Boy Author: David Levithan Narrator:: Nicholas Robideau and the Full Cast Family Publisher: Full Cast Audio Run Time: 5 Hours, 56 Minutes At a Glance: I’ve never heard an audiobook performance like this, and don’t know that I’ll ever hear another like it again. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: What if you went... Continue Reading →
Title: Slaying Isidore’s Dragons Author: C. Kennedy Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages At a Glance: I highly recommend this novel to you. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Follow the burgeoning love of two teens during the worst year of their lives. Irish-born Declan David de Quirke II is the son of two ambassadors,... Continue Reading →
Title: Slaying Isidore’s Dragons Author: C. Kennedy Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages At a Glance: I highly recommend this novel to you. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Follow the burgeoning love of two teens during the worst year of their lives. Irish-born Declan David de Quirke II is the son of two ambassadors,... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes author Deanna Wadsworth today, writing as her Young Adult alter ego K.D. Worth, and talking a bit about her new Harmony Ink Press novel The Grim Life. K.D. is also offering the chance for one lucky reader to win an e-copy of the book. To enter for a chance to win,... Continue Reading →
Title: I’ll Always Miss You Author: Raine O’Tierney Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 256 Pages At a Glance: I can say with surety that I highly recommend I’ll Always Miss You. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Isa Zaman might forgive his parents for taking in a friend’s son if only he wasn’t the most boring... Continue Reading →
Title: I’ll Always Miss You Author: Raine O’Tierney Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 256 Pages At a Glance: I can say with surety that I highly recommend I’ll Always Miss You. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Isa Zaman might forgive his parents for taking in a friend’s son if only he wasn’t the most boring... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach welcomes Mia Kerick on the Inclination blog tour. For her visit, I asked Mia this question: Religion is a divisive topic that, in one way or another, always seems to be in the forefront of social issues in the LGBT community. Why did you want to take on such a weighty subject... Continue Reading →
Title: Recipe for Magic Author: Agatha Bird Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 64 Pages At a Glance: A wonderful fantasy with snarky teens and a well-developed world Blurb: Connor Roth is a fire mage who’s going places. He's powerful, popular, and he has a plan. But his plan for fame and glory is disrupted when the Oracle... Continue Reading →
Title: Henning Book 2: Prince of Wintergrave Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: Queerteen Press Pages/Word Count: 166 Pages At a Glance: Suspense, plot twists, and even a few tears make this a great read Blurb: Being a prince in a past life yields no benefits in the present, Henning has quickly learned. His concerned housemates have... Continue Reading →
Title: Unicorns and Rainbow Poop Author: Sam Kadence Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 260 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Ex-boyband member Dane Karlson is struggling to overcome an eating disorder and a body dismorphic disorder. His fall through a glass table puts him in rehab and on the road to recovery. Then a friend... Continue Reading →
Title: Carnival – Decatur Author: Zoe Lynne Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 202 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: A Harmony Ink Press Young Adult Title In a world of lights, music, fanfare and fun, there’s not a lot left to the mundane, and nothing can be truer for four special boys whose lives intertwine... Continue Reading →
Title: Bottled Up Secret Author: Brian McNamara Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Pages/Word Count: 264 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Brendan Madden is in the midst of his senior year of high school and couldn’t be happier. He has a great group of friends, his pick of colleges, and he has recently come to terms with... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Suki, welcome back to The Novel Approach. I’m so pleased to have you back to discuss your new novel Wild Summer. Your young heroes meet and fall in love as teenagers, go their separate ways, only to find each other again years later. Do you believe in the idea that in real... Continue Reading →
Title: How to Repair a Mechanical Heart Series: Mechanical Hearts: Book One Author: J.C. Lillis Publisher: Self-Published Length: 298 Pages Category: YA Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Just when I’ve become complacent in the belief there can’t possibly be any more original ways to tell me a coming-of-age story, J.C. Lillis happens along... Continue Reading →
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