Arden MacCarren can’t afford to lose control. Her family’s investment house has failed, their professional reputation is all but destroyed, and it’s up to Arden to hold the line. The only distraction she allows herself is a weekly drawing class where she can forget everything. Then she meets Seth Malone. When he poses in her class, strong, mysterious, and unbearably sexy, she can’t resist him. The only thing she can do is keep it purely physical—no emotions, no strings, and definitely no Continue Reading
Archives for December 2015
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Hold Me Close by Megan Hart (mandi) A- review - Rebel Bride by Elizabeth Moss (sheena) B+ review - Fish Stick Fridays by Rhys Ford (tori) B+ review - Steal Me by Lauren Layne (mandi) B review - Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward (mandi) B review - Misconduct by Penelope Douglas (tori) B- review - Feel the Burn by G.A. Aiken (may) C+ review - Shadow's End by Thea Harrison (tori) Smexy's Top Ten Smexy Deals! News from Mandi: I don't have a lot to report because Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – December 4th
10. I spent all day yesterday Christmas shopping. *whispers* I'm almost done. I think. I'm sure there is someone I've forgotten. But between now and the 25th I should remember, right?? *send wine* 9. Sourcebooks Casablanca has a free daily email called Free Romance Reads. They serialize some of their best books so you get a snippet of the story each day in your inbox. Starting on December 7th they will be serializing a prequel novella to a highly anticipated romantic suspense Continue Reading
Review: Hold Me Close by Megan Hart
Hold Me Close by Megan Hart Released: November 24, 2015 Dark Erotic Mira Reviewed by Mandi This book hurt. I mean, it was amazing and I loved it, but it made my insides hurt. It made me feel all the things, as only Megan Hart can do. A big thank you to Pamela, who texted me and said - omg read this book - and at that time I didn't even know there was a new Megan Hart book out. She warned me it was a tough read. I needed someone to hold me close as I read it. This book tells the story Continue Reading
Review: Secret Sisters by Jayne Ann Krentz
Secret Sisters by Jayne Ann Krentz Series: No Romance Suspense Thriller December 8, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Madeline Cross and Daphne Knight were the best of friends growing up in the Aurora Hotel owned by Madeline’s family.. When Madeline is viciously attacked there as a child, the culprit is caught and Madeline is assured he will never bother her again. Bothered by the trauma and secrets, Madeline leaves the island and never return. Now almost 20 years later, Madeline’s Continue Reading
Review: Steal Me by Lauren Layne
Steal Me by Lauren Layne (New York's Finest #2) Released: November 24, 2015 Contemporary Romance Forever Reviewed by Mandi Anthony Moretti loves being a cop. More specifically, a captain in the NYPD. He has siblings as cops, his father was the chief of police - it's in his blood and it's his passion in life. So when a burglar who has been hitting random homes in New York City continuously escapes capture, it really irritates Anthony. This burglar has been named Smiley, because he leaves Continue Reading
Review: Rebel Bride by Elizabeth Moss
Review: Rebel Bride (Lust in the Tudor Court #2) by Elizabeth Moss Series: Lust in the Tudor Court Paranormal Romance Released: December 1, 2015 Sourcebooks Reviewed by Sheena Hugh Beaufort, favoured courtier of King Henry VIII, likes his women quiet and biddable. Susannah Tyrell is neither of these things. She is feisty, beautiful, opinionated and brave. And Hugh is fascinated by her - despite himself. When Susannah pulls her most outrageous stunt yet and finds herself lost in the Continue Reading
Review: Misconduct by Penelope Douglas
Misconduct by Penelope Douglas Series: Standalone-HEA Contemporary Romance December 1, 2015 NAL Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Dark spaces and quiet spaces...that’s all we need” Former tennis champion Easton Bradbury just wants to move forward with her life and new teaching career; leaving her past where it belongs...in the past. But when she meets her newest student and his father, that may be harder than she thinks. Tyler Marick seems to have it all. Wealth, power, and a Continue Reading
Review: Feel The Burn by G. A. Aiken
Feel the Burn by G.A. Aiken (Dragon Kin #8) Released: November 24, 2015 Paranormal Romance Zebra Reviewed by May “I’m fine. Because I’m breathing. And that’s thanks to you.” Kachka folded her arms across her chest. “That is thanks to me. And yet I still do not have your kingdom.” “You have my everlasting loyalty” “The loyalty of a one-eyed rebel king who is allied with two made queens?” She shrugged. “I could definitely do worse.” Picking up where we left off, this book Continue Reading
Review: Shadow’s End by Thea Harrison
Shadow’s End by Thea Harrison Series: A Novel of the Elder Races, #9 Paranormal Romance December 1, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You did not walk away from those you loved. You fought for them, always, with everything you had, even if it meant fighting the long fight, and staying on the hardest, quietest, most difficult course." For Beluviel, consort to the Elven High Lord, and Graydon, gryphon and First Sentinel of the Wyr, even the slightest desire for each other Continue Reading