Title: Taste of SurrenderSeries: Forbidden #4 Authors: Kimberly Knight & Rachel Lyn AdamsGenre: MM RomanceTropes: Brother's Best Friend/Rock Star/ForbiddenSecond Chance/Secret RelationshipCover Design: Nicole, Indie SagePhotographer: Wander AguiarRelease Date: August 23, 2024 BLURB Jasper Bennett has always thought his crush on Malachi Danvers, his older brother’s straight best friend, was one-sided. But everything changes during a family camping trip when Malachi confesses his Continue Reading
Retro Review: Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
Review originally posted in March of 2015 on Fiction Vixen by Angela. Rock Hard by Nalini SinghRock Kiss #2Contemporary RomanceMarch 10, 2015- Self Published Most romance readers are quite familiar with Nalini Singh’s paranormal series’. The Psy-Changeling and Guild Hunter books are must-read, favorites of both Jen and I and we anxiously await each one. Last year Ms. Singh announced that she was also working on contemporary romances featuring the rock band, Schoolboy Choir. I will Continue Reading
Smexy Deals- Deals for books by Avon Gale, Shana Galen, and Jenn Burke
Make room in your beach bag for this great summer readIn the world of professional hockey, these players know how to score. But will the love they find off the ice be any match for their love for the game, or is someone bound to lose?This box set includes all three full-length novels in the Hat Trick series:Off the IceTristan Holt may be at the top of his game, but hitting the books in the off-season means he’ll have a business degree to fall back on when it’s time to hang up his hockey skates. Continue Reading
Review: 68 Whiskey by Erin Russell
68 Whiskey by Erin RussellPossum Hollow Book 2LGBTQ RomanceJune 26, 2024-Self-published Review by Kate H. I felt like I had to wait a week to write this review because I was so excited about this book that I didn’t trust myself. After a week I can say that my enthusiasm is warranted. This is one of the best books I’ve read this year. It has some of the normal tropes we are used to, but the originality of the writing and the portrayal of the characters make it seem really fresh and Continue Reading
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A resourceful young heroine must protect the world from her enemies—and her own power—in this thrilling sequel to the acclaimed Breath of Earth, an imaginative blend of alternative history, fantasy, science, magic, and adventure. When an earthquake devastates San Francisco in an alternate 1906, the influx of geomantic energy nearly consumes Ingrid Carmichael. Bruised but alive, the young geomancer flees the city with her friends, Cy, Lee, and Fenris. She is desperate to escape Continue Reading
Review: Primal Mirror (Psy-Changeling Trinity #8) by Nalini Singh
Primal Mirror by Nalini SinghParanormal RomanceJuly 23, 2024, by Berkley Review by Melanie A personal note before I start this review: the entire reason I ever picked up a Psy-Changeling book to begin with is because of my friend and former Smexy reviewer, Melinda, who sadly passed away earlier this year. She adored Nalini’s books and was rightfully convinced that I would love the Psy-Changeling series despite my claims that I just didn’t think PNR was for me. To appease her, I picked up Continue Reading
New Releases- Week of July 22-26, 2024
- Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Never Date a Roommate: A Romantic Comedy by Paula OttoniAMZ * BN * K * GP You Had Me at Happy Hour: A Novel by Timothy JanovskyAMZ * BN * K * GP Playbook (The Holland Brothers 2) by Rebecca JenshakAMZ * BN * K * GP Sleepless in Cincinnati : A Romance Anthology by B2B Writing Group, Sarah Wilson Gregory , et al.AMZ * BN * K * GP Do Me a Favor by Cathy YardleyAMZ * BN * K * GP Jewel Me Twice by Charish ReidAMZ * BN * K * GP Ship Outta Luck: A Continue Reading
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This modern reimagining of Persuasion is full of witty banter, romantic angst, and compelling characters as it captures the heart of the classic Jane Austen novel.When Anne Elliott broke up with Ben Wentworth, it seemed like the right thing to do . . . but now, eight years later, she’s not so sure.In her scenic hometown of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Anne is comfortable focusing on her successful career: filling her late mother’s shoes as town councilor and executive director of her theater Continue Reading
Release Blitz- Realm of Dreams and Destiny by Stella Dale
Title: Realm of Dreams and DestinySeries: Entwined Hearts #1Author: Stella DaleGenre: Romantic FantasyTropes: Enemies to Lovers/Arranged MarriageSecret Identity/Dark Secret/Slow BurnRelease Date: July 22, 2024BLURBThey were bound by destiny long before their hearts were entwined…Aralin's life is a complex web woven with delicate threads of secrets and destinies. Born into a world where supernatural creatures are hunted, she hides a dangerous reality.She is not human.As a princess and pawn in the Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt- The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton
The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India HoltonLove's Academic #1Historical RomanceJuly 23, 2024- Berkley ABOUT THE ORNITHOLOGIST’S FIELD GUIDE TO LOVE Rivals-to-lovers romance? Only one horse? Enough sapiosexual tension to make one’s reading spectacles a bit foggy? Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-com reminiscent of Indiana Jones but with manners, tea, and helicopter parasols.Beth Continue Reading