Deep Dark by Laura Griffin (Tracers #10) Romantic Suspense Released: May 24, 2016 Pocket Books Reviewed by Mandi I'll say it again - I love this romantic suspense series by Laura Griffin. So well done. Deep Dark has a thirty-nine year old homicide detective hero and a twenty-four year old cybercrime hacker - and their chemistry is soooo good. When a girl who was just starting out in life is found horribly murdered in her home, police want to find the murderer fast. But there is no Continue Reading
Archives for May 2016
Review: A Minor Happy Ending by Shaan Ranae
A Minor Happy Ending New Adult/Contemporary Romance Released: March 26, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Sheena Recent high school graduate and free spirit, Dyllan Prescott is planning on a summer full of fun with friends and her boyfriend, Nick who happens to be her best friends brother. Nick is the epitome of the typical nice guy. Kind, caring, but he becomes too attached, too quickly for Dyllan. Her boyfriend shelf life doesn’t usually last too long, but she is trying extra hard not to Continue Reading
Review: Sugar Daddy by Sawyer Bennett
Sugar Daddy by Sawyer Bennett (Sugar Bowl #1) Released: May 24, 2016 Erotic Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi Few things to note upfront: First, the heroine was raped when she was younger, and relives some of it through flashbacks during the book. She tries to exact revenge against her rapist throughout the book. Second, this has a cliffhanger, with the HEA coming in book three. Sela Halstead was drugged and raped at the age of sixteen. She doesn't remember everything, but she Continue Reading
Exclusive Excerpt from Missed Connections by Tamara Mataya
Exclusive Excerpt from MISSED CONNECTIONS I haven’t drunk enough to pretend it’s the liquor talking. While I could blame the situation or the music or my loneliness, really I just want him so badly it hurts. Not so badly I can’t think straight, because all I have are straight lines—Jack and me heading straight upstairs, straight to my bedroom, and getting him naked straight away. No, my mind is very clear about what I want. What I need. What I’ve been waiting to happen for Continue Reading
Review: Make Me (Make Me #1-8) by Beth Kery
Make Me Forever (Make Me #1-8) by Beth Kery Series: Make Me Contemporary Romance Released: May 24, 2016 Intermix Reviewed by Sheena This is a review of the entire serial Make Me, which includes eight installments. Harper McFaddan has made her name as an investigative journalist by being both compassionate and fearless. After tragedy strikes her family, she moves to the shores of Lake Tahoe to find some peace. But when mysterious software mogul Jacob Latimer comes into her life, her Continue Reading
Review: Showmance by L.H. Cosway
Showmance by L.H. Cosway Romance Contemporary May 16, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to just love and be loved in return.” Fans are sure to notice the deviation in plot and characterization that Cosway takes in her latest endeavor. Showmance is a sweet, sexy, mildly angst driven romance that perfectly showcases the allure of opposite attraction by slowing building a relationship between an introvert and a romantic. Mild Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Jacko. Navy SEAL now private security. Found the love of his life in Lauren. But now she is pregnant and he freaks out. Heroine: Lauren - was on the run until Jacko saved her. Now she has to convince him his past has nothing to do with his future. He was 240 pounds of pure muscle, and right now he felt very grown up. He could feel every single male hormone in his body. Okay. It was time. He’d been a good boy. He’d waited, they’d had a nice meal together—though Lauren had Continue Reading
Weeky Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Earth Bound by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner (mandi) B review - The Rule Book by Jennifer Blackwood (mandi) B review - Midnight Quest by Lisa Marie Rice (mandi) B- review - Divine Descendant by Jenna Black (tori) C- review - Stiletto Secrets by Bella J (sheena) C- review - Love and Learn by Ava Blackstone (mandi) C- review - Love, Alabama by Susan Sands (tori) D review - As You Wish by Isobel Starling (helyce) D review - Burned by a Kiss by Tina Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – May 20th
10. Did you just hear something? 9. Cover reveal for An Extraordinary Union by Aylssa Cole. WANT. Have to wait until 2017. *pouts* Go here for the blurb 8. More book news - JR Ward has a new website - and a newsletter (is that new? Maybe?). Also - there is a new maiden lane novella by Elizabeth Hoyt coming out - I loooove the Maiden Lane series. 7. Have you seen the Happy Chewbacca video?? Seriously, it will make you happy. It will make you giggle along with the woman. Go here to see Continue Reading
Review: Burned by a Kiss by Tina Leonard
Burned by a Kiss by Tina Leonard (Star Canyon #1) Released: May 3, 2016 Contemporary Romance Reviewed by Mandi The start of a new series, the blurb features Emma and Santana as our hero and heroine, but honestly, other characters stole the spotlight. Emma is Star Canyon's new vet, as her father has recently passed away and she took over his business. She loves her job and the small town she lives in. Santana is recently home from the Middle East and he heads back to his family ranch, Continue Reading