Tori: May recently messaged me that she had a lighthearted funny romance contemporary that she thought I would like. Both of us have a fondness for funny romantic contemporaries. A story with a viable sweet romance that isn’t inundated with overblown angst and a dark emotional quagmire that can and often does leave you drained for days after reading. Not to say there isn’t anything wrong with those kinds of stories but after awhile, you need something cheery. After reading the romance she Continue Reading
Authors, Please Share Your Intentions
What are your intentions? By May. Recently I read a short story that I quite enjoyed, and when I went to the author’s website to find out if there would be more (it was an Urban Fantasy type world), what her plans were, and if I could expect another installment soon I found nothing. No information at all other than the fact that the book in my hands was coming out. This got me thinking (and ranting to fellow Smexy reviewer Tori) about author intentions and I wanted to write up my thoughts on Continue Reading
Review: Ivory by Lola Dodge
Ivory by Lola Dodge (Manhattan Ten #2) April 30, 2013 Paranormal Romance Samhain Reviewed by May She was welcome to rescue me at any time. I’d be the damsel, no problem. “Panther” is a member of the Manhattan Ten, the most elite team of superheroes there is. On a plane (on a mission) things suddenly go bad when the flight attendant, a woman named Valdis is forced to use her super powers on a would-be assassin right there on the commercial flight. Of course, he sees great potential in Continue Reading
Review: Crimson Debt by Evangeline Anderson
Crimson Debt by Evangeline Anderson Paranormal Erotic Romance March 4, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by May “My best friend might be a vampire, but that doesn’t mean I want anything to do with the rest of you.” Addison discovered that she was immune to vampires enthrallment the night that she watched a room full of people go under a vampire’s spell. The night that a vampire became obsessed with her best friend and roommate, and her life was changed forever. Her roommate was turned, and Continue Reading
Review: Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare
Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare (Spindle Cove #3.5) Historical Romance April 30, 2013 Avon Reviewed by May “Don’t play innocent, Miss Highwood. You’ve been wanting this. A hard, sweaty pounding from the village smith. These strong, dirty hands all over your body. You’ve been wanting it, haven’t you?” “I…” He withdrew halfway, then slid deep. “Haven’t you?” As he moved in and out, her head bobbed in a subtle nod. “Say it.” He thrust hard. She gasped. “Yes.” Miss Continue Reading
Five Ways Hollywood Could Bring the Rom Com Back
By May. It breaks my heart that the romantic comedy is a thing of the past. When I look at the movies I’ve seen, movies that are coming out, I see I have watched two or three new romantic comedy releases in the past three years. Seriously – where are they all? We all know that Hollywood loves to recycle ideas, as well as destroy great books by turning them into painfully lame movies. That said, let us pretend for a moment that tinsel town would put their very best people on it, not Continue Reading
Review: Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella Releases: April 23, 2013 Contemporary Romance Bantam Reviewed by May This is the story of two sisters, told from their points of view about this one crazy month where they both ended up in Greece. Lottie is the younger sister, full of hopes and dreams and desperately in love with her boyfriend. Fliss, the elder sister is a recently divorced mother of one who can’t help but be a bit bitter. She is a travel editor and she’s amazing at her job, she loves Continue Reading
Review: Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
Neanderthal seeks Human by Penny Reid (Knitting in the City #1) Contemporary Romance March 13, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by May “Did you have hot elevator eye sex? Is that why you’re the shade of my red sweater right now?” Janie is having the worst day ever. After finding out that her boyfriend cheated on her (and dumping his ass) she is fired from her job that very day. Oh wait, but it gets worse because not only is she now homeless and without a job, but she finds herself being Continue Reading
May says: Leave the Dead Guy Alone
Whether beloved fiancée or husband, girlfriend or your first love, one of the fastest ways to have me losing respect for a love story is by picking apart a dead person’s relationship with your current leading man or lady. Now I have no problem with stories where there is no love lost for a deceased person, I am specifically talking about stories where we have a second chance at love. While I understand it could be hard to write a hero where you have a leading character who has already Continue Reading
Review: Angelopolis by Danielle Trussoni
Angelopolis by Danielle Trussoni (Angelolgy #2) March 26, 2013 Paranormal Penguin Reviewed by May A decade has passed since Verlaine saw Evangeline alight from the Brooklyn Bridge, the sight of her wings a betrayal that haunts him still. The Nephilim are again on the rise, scheming to construct their own paradise—the Angelopolis—and ruthlessly pursued by Verlaine in his new calling as an angel hunter. But when Evangeline materializes, Verlaine is besieged by doubts that will only grow as Continue Reading