Don’t Mess with Texas by Christie Craig Contemporary Romance September 1, 2011 Paperback Forever Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: "You still can't get her to sleep with you? Did you tell her you were hung like a racehorse?" Former Cop Dallas O’Connor was framed for murder, along with several of his friends. Now they’re out of jail, names cleared, and making a difference with their PI business (Don’t Mess with Texas) by helping out those who are innocent as well as Continue Reading
Review: A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare (Spindle Cove #1) August 30, 2011 Historical Romance Paperback HarperCollins Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “You invaded my dreams at least a half-dozen times last night. When I’m awake you keep traipsing through my thoughts. Sometimes you’re barely clothed. What excuse can you make for that?” She stammered to form a response, her tongue tripping against her teeth. “I… I would never traipse.” Tessa Dare has a new trilogy, Continue Reading
Review: Darkness Descending by Devyn Quinn
Darkness Descending by Devyn Quinn (Vampire Armageddon #1) Paranormal Romance August 2, 2011 Paperback Signet Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “The man looked mean – and mad. Not crazy mad, but bone-snapping, flesh-tearing mad. There was no doubt that he was one badass dude, either. He was totally hard-core in his looks. The sides of his head were shaved and tattooed. A thick strip of black hair ran down the center of his head, commencing in a long, thick braid that snaked down Continue Reading
REVIEW: Never Cry Wolf by Cynthia Eden
Never Cry Wolf (Night Watch #4) by Cynthia Eden Paranormal Romance Paperback June 28, 2011 Kensington I know it’s a bad sign when I sit down to write down my thoughts on a book and I can’t quite recall the character’s names and I have to look at the book again just to refresh my memory. That just about sums up my reading experience of Never Cry Wolf by Cynthia Eden. Sarah King is a charmer, that is she’s a woman who can talk to wolves. In this story we are told that charmers are rare, Continue Reading
Guest Review: Rulebreaker by Cathy Pegau
Rulebreaker by Cathy Pegau F/F Romance, Futuristic August 8, 2011 E-Book Carina Press Guest Review by Jill Sorenson Thanks for having me at Smexy Books! I hope you enjoy this guest review. I was excited to read Rulebreaker for several reasons. Cathy Pegau is a debut author and this is the first f/f romance published by Carina Press. Rulebreaker is also the first non-erotic f/f novel I’ve come across. Like m/m, most f/f is erotic. The story begins with a bang. Liv Braxton, the Continue Reading
Review: How to Seduce a Scoundrel by Vicky Dreiling
How to Seduce a Scoundrel by Vicky Dreiling Historical Romance July 1, 2011 Paperback Grand Central Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: He swallowed, remembering the horrible things he’d said to her. “I plan to spend the rest of my life making it up to her.” “No, you will not. Hang your guilt. Spend the rest of your life treating her as if she were the sun and the stars combined.” That scene between our hero (Hawk) and his Aunt Hester is one of my favorites – the quote Continue Reading
Review: Give Me a Texas Outlaw Anthology
Give Me a Texas Outlaw Anthology Western July 1, 2011 Paperback Zebra Reviewed by May Howdy y’all. I’m going to take a stroll down through the wild west with you today and this collection of ye olde Texas themed novellas. There are three things all four stories have in common: * The “outlaws” featured in these stories might have done something a bit bad in their past, or there is a misunderstanding… but they’re not bad boys or girls. * All stories are in Texas, are filled with Continue Reading
Review: The Bed and the Bachelor by Tracy Anne Warren
The Bed and the Bachelor by Tracy Anne Warren (The Byrons of Braebourne #5) Historical Romance July 26, 2011 Paperback Avon Reviewed by May As I turned the last page of this book I found myself pondering three things. First, that I have no idea why the couple featured in this book fancy themselves in love. Secondly, how am I going to settle on a grade for this book? Finally, why in the world was this titled “The Bed and the Bachelor”? Lord Drake Byron loves math and science. Continue Reading
Review: With No Remorse by Cindy Gerard
With No Remorse by Cindy Gerard (Black Ops Inc. #6) Romantic Suspense July 19, 2011 Paperback Pocket Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “He was all broad shoulders and narrow hips, this Indiana Jones clone, former Navy SEAL, former Montana cowboy, current all-American hero, expert medic, volunteer humanitarian aid provider and giver of shirts.” Yes ma’am it’s time to saddle up with Luke “Doc” Colter – one of Cindy Gerard’s few BOI (that’s Black Ops, Inc) operatives that is still Continue Reading
May Talks Twitter and the Authors we Tweet
I love twitter. It reminds me of text messaging [which I also love] and honestly I’m not sure what I ever did without it! I started out just tweeting about paper craft stuff (and following fellow artists), but soon I found that there was also a world of writers (and very cool readers and book bloggers like Miss Smexy!) that I could follow. I will never forget the first time an author replied to me – I freaked right out. You see, as a dedicated book lover I’m more likely Continue Reading