The Sinner by Amanda Stevens Series: The Graveyard Queen, #5 PNR Suspense/Mystery September 27, 2016 Mira Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Tread carefully...trust no one.” Amanda Stevens’s Graveyard Queen series is a dark paranormal mystery suspense series that is drenched in southern style gothic horror. Even five stories in, Stevens’s powerful voice continues to wrap her readers in a chilling embrace as she gently guilds them through her world of spirits, superstition, and death Continue Reading
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Review: The Awakening by Amanda Stevens
The Awakening by Amanda Stevens Series: The Graveyard Queen, #6 PNR Suspense/Mystery March, 20167 Mira Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "Shush...lest she awaken..." Amelia Grey, a professional cemetery restorer know as The Graveyard Queen, has been awarded the bid to restore the Woodbine Cemetery. Woodbine has long been considered the final resting place for the mistakes and indiscretions of the elite and wealthy Charleston families. When Amelia encounters an elaborate child’s Continue Reading
Review: The Visitor by Amanda Stevens
The Visitor by Amanda Stevens Series: Graveyard Queen, #4 Gothic Horror/Fantasy/Romance March 29, 2016 Mira Joint Review Tori and Pam Favorite Quote: “Take nothing, leave nothing behind.” My name is Amelia Gray. I'm the Graveyard Queen. Restoring lost and abandoned cemeteries is my profession, but I'm starting to believe that my true calling is deciphering the riddles of the dead. Legend has it that Kroll Cemetery is a puzzle no one has ever been able to solve. For over half a Continue Reading
Tori’s Favorite Books of 2016
2016 has definitely been a year of great change. From dirty politics to the death of icons, I’m sure most will agree that it’s time to lay 2016 to rest for good. Thankfully, amidst the many trials and tribulations we had heaped upon us this year, we had plenty of fantastic books to comfort and offer us an escape from reality. From romance to horror...below is my list of books that helped make this year a little more bearable. Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt- Elizabeth Hoyt’s truly outdoes Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - The Sinner by Amanda Stevens (tori) B+ review - Overexposed by Megan Erickson (mandi) B+ review - A Highlander's Christmas Kiss by Paula Quinn (sheena) B review - The Fixer by Jenny Holiday (kini) B review - Prodigal by Jody Wallace (mandi) B review - The Goal by Elle Kennedy (tori) B review - Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare (may) C+ review - Perfectly Charming by Liz Talley (kini) C+ review - Shadow Silence by Yasmine Galenorn Continue Reading
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