Heroine: Cassidy. Gamer and works for a gaming company. Currently frustrated by a year long sex dry spell. Tries to masturbate to relieve stress, realizes her very sexy neighbor is watching her from across the way. Is embarrassed and stops. Hero: Gage. Gigolo. Has a pierced peen. Hasn’t has sex for pleasure in longer than he can remember. After seeing Cassidy try to ring her devil’s doorbell, he decides to go over to her apartment and meet her. It is super Continue Reading
Review: Do Over by Serena Bell
Do Over by Serena Bell Contemporary Romance January 30, 2018 Loveswept Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: Jack and I are bound together, and even though in a lot of ways it makes no sense at all, in other ways, it is the most logical thing in the world. I will pretty much always read a book where the main characters had a baby together but aren’t together and now get their second chance at love. I have read several books by Serena Bell and I am never disappointed, this book was no Continue Reading
Review: Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton Publication Date: February 6, 2018 Historical/Women’s Fiction Berkley Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: To be Cuban is to be proud— it is both our greatest gift and our biggest curse. We serve no kings, bow no heads, bear our troubles on our backs as though they are nothing at all. There is an art to this, you see. An art to appearing as though everything is effortless, that your world is a gilded one, when the reality is that your knees beneath your Continue Reading
Review: Tempest by Beverly Jenkins
Tempest by Beverly Jenkins Old West #3 Publication Date: January 30, 2018 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: “A man prefers his wife to be virgin.” “I know that but men can visit women like my mother, and have mistresses with no repercussions from society. I’m not a whore, Dr. Lee. I don’t plan to have relations outside my marriage, and I don’t expect my husband to seek solace with someone else either.” “So, you’ll accept my needs in the marriage bed without Continue Reading
Review: Unraveled by Lauren Dane
Unraveled by Lauren Dane (Whiskey Sharp #1) Publication Date: January 30, 2018 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Kini I have read almost all of Dane’s contemporaries so I was really excited to see she has a new series coming out. And that is takes place in a barber shop/whiskey bar sounded really cool. She writes great family stories that tend to span over several couples and several books. Laid Bare was the first M/F/M pairing in a book that I had read and I really enjoyed it. Continue Reading
Review: Rogue Acts: The Rogue Series Book #3
Rogue Acts: The Rogue Series Book #3 Contemporary Romance January 19, 2018 Self-Published Reviewed by Kini Typically at Smexy we like to keep things focused on romance and happy ever afters, but it is occasionally necessary to acknowledge that the last year or so has been very hard for many in this country. It is my understanding that the Rogue anthologies came about as authors wanted to talk about and share stories about the resistance. The blurb about the theme of the third set of Continue Reading
Review: Cake at Midnight by Jessie L. Star
Cake at Midnight by Jessie L. Star Publication Date: January 15, 2018 New Adult Romance Pocket Star Reviewed by Kini I think it was the maybe possible love triangle that intrigued me in the blurb. I am always curious to see how this works out for the heroine. As we learn very quickly, Gio has been hung up on her male BFF for several years. But he frequently takes advantage of her and very early on she puts her foot down and banishes him from her life, at least temporarily. Which was way Continue Reading
Man Card by Sarina Bowen & Tanya Eby
Man Card by Sarina Bowen & Tanya Eby Man Hands #2 Publication Date: January 15, 2018 Romantic Comedy Self Published Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: “Ash,” he whispers, kissing me softly but still holding my wrists. He gives a little nudge with his hips and I can feel him under the fabric, just bursting to get free. I want him. God, how I want him. Inside me. Now. I groan a little because words are too hard to use. He shakes his head. “I need to say this. I want you, you Continue Reading
Kini’s Favorite Books for 2017 & Giveaway
This was the first year I did the Goodreads reading challenge and really used Goodreads to track my books. It sure was helpful when I went to compile this list. As of this writing, I’ve read 160 books this year and reviewed 51 of those reads for Smexy. My first go round and making this list, I had 19, it was very hard to narrow it down. In no particular order, here are some of the books that I really enjoyed in 2017. On Broken Wings by Chanel Cleeton- I read this in its entirety in one Continue Reading
Review: Infamous by Jenny Holiday
Infamous by Jenny Holiday Famous #2 Publication Date: November 27, 2017 Contemporary M/M Romance Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: "His sentences were short and clipped. He broke eye contact and ran his hands through his hair. “I didn’t know where to go,” he said to the pavement, his voice small in a way Jesse never wanted to hear again. It unstuck Jesse. He reached out and pulled Hunter over the threshold and into his arms. “You come here. That’s where you come. You Continue Reading