10. Put ‘em up!! And proceed carefully through this top ten. (PS – the very top of this picture could be a dangly? A shadow? Probably best not to look too close) (Source – awesome tumblr, nsfw)
9. JR Ward is putting up daily quotes from Lover Reborn (out 3/27) on her Facebook. Her latest:
As everything went dark, Vishous dematerialized on top of the guy, taking him down and grinding his face into the tile. “I’m going to kill you now-”
“No,” Wrath ordered. “Not until we know what’s going on.”
In the shadows, V grit his teeth and glared at the king. But at least he didn’t hit the trigger. Instead, he put his mouth to their host’s ear and growled, “You better think twice before you go for any exits again.”
“Then do it yourself.” This came out as, “Vhen do ith y’selth.”
-Lover Reborn, pg. 323
Oh Vishous. *bites lip* I know I’ve been talking about this book since, oh, this time last year. But I seriously can’t wait. I love these BDB boys.
8. Kresley Cole has revealed the cover to her new YA book, Poison Princess. Per this article:
The tale follows 16-year-old Evangeline “Evie” Greene. After a year of dark hallucinations, her Louisiana town is destroyed—just the way her visions predicted! With the help of the town’s Bayou bad boy, Jack, Evie discovers a group of teens sharing special powers and an ancient prophecy that leads to the ultimate battle of good versus evil.
Poison Princess releases in October. Go HERE to read an excerpt. I’m more excited for Shadow’s Claim, her IAD spinoff about the Dacian vampires, who we met in Lothaire’s book. Shadow’s Claim comes out in November.
7. In case you missed it, Ilona Andrews put the Hot Tub Scene from Magic Strikes up on their blog in CURRAN’S POV. Oh baby baby. Quick peek:
I grabbed her and pulled her on top of me. Bare skin. She wasn’t wearing anything. I kissed her again, my tongue probing her mouth. She put her arms around my neck. Her breasts pressed against my chest. Mmmm. I brushed her hair off her neck with one hand and kissed the delicate curve of her throat, cupped her tight little butt, and pulled her against my body. I was almost painfully aware that she was sitting astride my erection.
Go HERE to read the whole thing. Smexy likes.
6. I finished At Your Pleasure (out 3/27) last night. “A” read for me. I will put a review up for it late next week. SO good. And as I’ve been saying on Twitter and GR, Adrian the hero is pretty much the villain throughout the story and he has the perfect match in his heroine. I can’t say enough good things about this book!
If you are unfamiliar with Meredith Duran’s work, currently Duke of Shadows and A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal (review) are $3.99 on Kindle. I enjoyed both! All of her books are total stand alones too.
5. So y’all probably know I was NOT happy with how the last two Chicagoland Vampire books by Chloe Neill turned out Because I adore the beginning books in this series, I’m giving it one more shot with Biting Cold. We are off to a good start with the teaser Chole Neill just posted. I’m putting it under spoiler tag in case you haven’t read the last book. I don’t want anyone yelling at me!
He marched to the center of the room, interrupting a cadre of half a dozen vampire who were sparring on the tatami mats that covered the floor.“Out,” he bellowed, and no one stopped to ask for clarification. Without a word, they gathered up their things and headed for the door.
“Lock it,” Ethan directed, and I closed and locked the door behind us, my heart thudding in anticipation.
When I turned around again, he was pulling his half-buttoned shirt over his head, and his shoes were gone. His Cadogan medal hung just above the scar that puckered his chest—the mark he bore from taking Celina’s stake.
“Ready when you are, Sentinel.”
1. This isn’t my cat but pretty sure a requirement for my next cat will be that it has a dong on it’s face. (
March 16, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Mde bf look, well I had to share Jensen with someone
he was not amused
Lamest Hunger games name ever!
Huggle Labradoodle
And I am a klutz
You were killed by stepping on an alligator.
March 16, 2012 at 2:09 pm
LOL…I can’t imagine WHY your BF didn’t like the Ackles photo. I mean really!
I like your name…LOLOL
March 16, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Great top ten Mandi!! Wanted to share my Hunger Games name:
Mugwort Overdeen from District 11. I was killed ingesting poison…. No bueno!!
Happy Reading this weekend! What are you looking forward to?
March 16, 2012 at 2:09 pm
I’m going to read Beth Kery’s new Harlequin – Claiming Colleen. And then I’m not sure! Maybe that viking angel vampire Sandra Hill book
March 16, 2012 at 2:03 pm
Great top 10 Mandi! *fanning myself*
LOVE the dong cat. I LOLOL so hard when I saw it on Pinterest.
Yes, PETA gains all my love for that poster.
Biting Cold better deliver or else. That’s all I’m, saying.
March 16, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Can’t go wrong with dong cat
I’m nervous about Biting Cold already! *flails*
March 16, 2012 at 2:20 pm
*looks at the first pic* In the immortal words of Mr. George Tekai, “Oh my!”
Shame on me for not knowing that Meredith Duran was coming out w/ another book…I lurve her!! I will definitely be adding “At Your Pleasure” to my list of purchases later this month
♥Isalys / Book Soulmates
March 16, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Duran’s books are all so different. I just love her voice. I hope you like her newest!
And yes – Oh My is appropriate!
March 16, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Jensen Ackles left the strongest impression on me! Seriously good photo and great moto!:)
Last week I had Kate Noble envy and now I have Meredith Duran envy! Merdith Duran can’t get wrong for me.
Oh, and Curran is rowr, as always…! lovez him!
It’s been a good week.:)
March 16, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Jensen Ackles is so fine
And Curran…le sigh. I miss him!!!
March 16, 2012 at 2:31 pm
OMG Jensen!!! I will be sharing this one, like right now!!!
March 16, 2012 at 2:46 pm
LOL!
March 16, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Love your top ten! My eyes keep wandering back to to Jensen though, I can’t tear myself away…LOL!
Suzanne@UTC
March 16, 2012 at 2:46 pm
There is a lot to look at on that fine body……
March 16, 2012 at 2:37 pm
love the Jensen pic too
nods head in agreement with Biting Cold –it better deliever LOL
March 16, 2012 at 2:46 pm
We’ll have to be here for each other for Biting Cold!
March 16, 2012 at 2:40 pm
It’s a good thing I am home sick today. The post scrolled up on my reader account and my very vocal response would not have gone over well in the office.
Thanks for the bright spot in a crappy day.
L
March 16, 2012 at 2:47 pm
LOLOL. Well, I hope you feel better!!!
March 16, 2012 at 3:01 pm
Thank you Mandi (and Jen) for the Jensen picture. I’ll send that picture of my best friend and I’ll keep the pic at #10 for myself
March 16, 2012 at 3:48 pm
LOLOL
March 16, 2012 at 3:46 pm
I love love love Curran….I DEVOURED those books in like 2 days! Not so sure about the Hunger Games, I thought the Twilight Books were ok, the movies are better when you have been drinking, and I like the True Blood HBO show WAY better that some of the Sookie Books.
So Mandi, help me out….I need another good series to read
March 16, 2012 at 3:50 pm
yikes..so many. I do have a “book rec” page which has all my favorite series by genre. http://www.smexybooks.com/book-recs
If you like Ilona Andrews (have you read her Edge series?) I also think you would like – Nalini Singh, Kresley Cole, Patricia Briggs…
Check that link though. And let me know if you need more info about any of the authors/books!!!
March 16, 2012 at 4:02 pm
Mandi – I always check your guys link for new books. It’s so funny, I have smexy as a favorite on my nook and I bounce between your site and bn.com when I am looking for books to download. I will try Patricia Briggs, I really like the Urban Fantasy.
March 16, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Yay – I hope you like Briggs!!
March 16, 2012 at 10:21 pm
Funny enough, my teacher took Briggs off her To Read list for the class after last semester didn’t like it enough. I boggled. Completely boggled.
Then again, my classmates couldn’t figure out who was having Sascha’s dreams in Slave to Sensation. They’re kinda different, that lot.
March 16, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Jana – I moved over to the Patricia Brigg’s Mercy Thompson series and that has been making me happy after finishing Curran!
However, I was sad about his POV series. It’s like there was no deliberation put into his thoughts at all! I dunno.
But holy heck, Mandi – that first picture? Yikes!! *fans herself*
March 16, 2012 at 3:55 pm
Thanks guys, I have read all of the Nalini Singh and Kresley Cole books, and the Bones books too! Will have to try Patricia Brigg. I love my Nook, its so AWESOME to download the entire series at once.
March 16, 2012 at 4:17 pm
This Top Ten is beautiful
All those sexy men, pretty book covers & drink recipes!! I am a happy Smexy follower. One request…WE WANT MORE SHIRTLESS PICTURES OF BURT RENYOLDS! Just kidding 
The only thing I like about PETA is their nakey posters. Holy hell…this Jenson Ackles poster is EPIC!!
March 16, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Nakey posters are always awesome. There should be more nakey posters in the world.
I choked on my water with the Burt Reynolds pic. WHO denies this is sexy? No one? Just as I thought.
http://www.bizarrebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Burt-Reynolds-Shirtless.jpg
March 16, 2012 at 4:28 pm
O.M.G. My eyes, my eyes! Which is the bear??
March 16, 2012 at 4:25 pm
P.S. My Hunger Games name is Tansy Wackadoodle, tribute from district 9 who tripped on a branch & died by falling on my own sword. Doh!!
March 17, 2012 at 8:06 am
Well that wasn’t very smart!
March 16, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Booze, hot naked menz & cock-faced cats, there is nothing I don’t love about this post. Happy weekend!
March 17, 2012 at 8:06 am
It is a good combination.
LOLOLOL
March 16, 2012 at 6:33 pm
oh-my-dear-lord, I laughed out loud at the cat pic! Like seriously, busted out, hubby-gave-me-an-odd look, laughing. And thank-you for sudsy-guy and the PETA pic *g* So kind of you to start our weekend off with a couple of hotties.
March 17, 2012 at 8:07 am
hehehe. I saw that cat picture on Pinterest and died with the LOLs too. I always love an accidental dong.
March 16, 2012 at 9:24 pm
So proud to be your sister in law!
March 17, 2012 at 8:08 am
Wait a second…are you being sarcastic? :p
March 16, 2012 at 10:16 pm
Oh that first gun-toting hottie, it looks the middle of the top of the pic looks like a separated anatomy part. I’m just saying. And then seeing Jensen Ackles in whips and chains? Awesome. (Met him once at a in-town thing he was doing for NBC when he was repeating as Eric Brady.)
Also, I’m reading Dark Lover for a class? And I’m really, really not into it. I think I’m the only romance reader on the planet besides my friend.
Okay, I want a cool Hunger Games death and name. Seriously, look at might:
Your name is Toodles Cropperdoodle
Congratulations! You had the honor of being a District 11 tribute in the 32nd Hunger Games!
You were killed by loving too deeply.
March 17, 2012 at 8:10 am
I know others who didn’t like BDB. You are not alone. *as I cry silently at my computer* Kidding
Hey Toodles…you shouldn’t have loved so hard!!!
LOLOLOL. I love it!!
March 17, 2012 at 9:42 am
Wait. Where are these people? May I meet one, please?
If you cry tears, does that mean a vampirey boyfriend will come?
I’m a bad cliche from a bad remake of a bad B movie! I ought to get a badge of honor for that or something.
March 17, 2012 at 10:08 am
Well – I mean – there must be some one out there that doesn’t like Dark Lover
*listens*
*hears crickets*
March 17, 2012 at 11:50 pm
You know, those crickets would be AWESOME hockey pucks! You could hear the pucks a mile away as they go down like the Titanic.
If I can’t find anyone to join in my non-fun, I’ll just have to make my own.
March 17, 2012 at 6:45 am
Great top 10, Meredith Duran is still on my wishlist instead of my TBR, need to change that. And that poor kitten!
March 17, 2012 at 8:11 am
Oh yes, I think you would enjoy Duran!
March 17, 2012 at 9:38 am
I’m fairly new to following you here, and I have to say I wish I’d found you so much sooner! I love these weekly top tens.
I’m absolutely sharing that peta ad, btw. It’s all about spreading the word for a good cause, right?
March 17, 2012 at 10:09 am
Thanks so much!
And yes – Jensen Ackles wants you to share his nekkid poster!
March 18, 2012 at 4:05 am
I love your top tens Smexy! Where did you find that photo (10)? *fans self*
You will have to tell me if the new Chloe Neill means I can finally read the two books on my TBR or whether I should keep to my decision to break up with the series!
March 18, 2012 at 7:46 am
it’s from this tumblr http://fuckyeahgunsandtats.tumblr.com/ – some pics are NSFW.
March 19, 2012 at 3:02 pm
I’ll put ‘em up for #10 and his shadow HAWT! #9 Thanks for the link FB link on J.R.Ward I “liked”. #4, I’m Driff Wackadoodle, District 12, died with my true love via a poisoned goblet…so tragic. Shared site with my 14 year old, it’s going viral with her friends! #3 Oh PETA lovely pic. #1 I wouldn’t have seen that if you didn’t point it out. Really.
April 10, 2012 at 9:19 am
Okay Pip Ficklewood? *gigglesnorts* I was killed by sticks and stones that broke my bones… to funny on the Hunger Games… but a great book and movie… definitely suggest reading and watching.