At the moment Utah has a bit 'o smexy in it. (heh). That's right. Mandi is off on a fabulous vacation while I (May) sit here and scour the internet for you, my lovely smexy friends. 10. I won't give spoilers - but a) Mandi being on vacation is SERIOUSLY crimping my GOT recap session style and b) the end of episode 2. Oh yes. I love Game of Thrones season, and I look forward to my Tuesday morning recap with the 'Gay of Thrones' video series. Where are my dragons? 9. I love my Continue Reading
Review: The Collector by Nora Roberts
The Collector by Nora Roberts Released: April 15, 2014 Contemporary Romance Putnam Reviewed by May Lila is a professional house sitter and writer. She enjoys taking care of people’s homes while enjoying their upscale lifestyles and peeking at the neighbors. Oh she doesn’t think of it as spying – she’s just checking out what is going on in the world around her since there isn’t much happening in her transient life. Sadly for her – her binocular peeking across the street means that she Continue Reading
Review: Wolf at the Door by NJ Walters
Wolf at the Door by NJ Walters (Salvation Pack #1) Released: April 15, 2014 Paranormal Romance Samhain Reviewed by May When Gwendolyn Jones inherits a Tennessee cabin from a great aunt she never knew, she quits her job and follows her dream to write full time. Meeting a stranger in a local cemetery isn't a risk she normally takes, but she needs the information on his flash drive for an article she's writing on werewolves. Later that night, when two honest-to-God werewolves come knocking Continue Reading
May Discusses: The Importance of Book Blurbs
I am not sure if it is my advancing age, the thousands of books I’ve read over the years, or just changes in my personal taste but my list of deal-breaking words and scenarios in new book blurbs has increased and now I find within the first few sentences of a book promo I can eliminate over 75% of romance books as potential reading material. Personally, I’m inclined to blame being burned and let down by too many books with certain tropes and set-ups or just being burnt out on the ‘sassy’ Continue Reading
Review: Love Hacked by Penny Reid
Love Hacked by Penny Reid (Knitting in the City #3) Released: March 3, 2014 Contemporary Romance Caped Publishing Reviewed by May “Are you free Thursday?” I nodded in earnest, not even thinking about my smile – it was unplanned, unmeasured, and completely genuine. “Yes. Free as a bird not in the zoo or any other kind of captivity including but not limited to belonging to a falconer.” Sandra is the queen of bad dates. She makes them all cry, and makes them think of some other woman in Continue Reading
Review: Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann
Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann (Reluctant Heroes #1) Released: February 4, 2014 Romantic Suspense Random House Reviewed by May On paper, Dunn had come across as the unscrupulous love child of Captain America and James Bond, capable of damn near anything. He was a former Navy SEAL turned international jewel thief- alleged international jewel thief because he’d never been charged for that particular crime. In jail and doing his time peacefully, it is a most unwelcome surprise when Phoebe Continue Reading
Review: Love Game by Elise Sax
Love Games by Elise Sax (The Matchmaker #3) Released: February 25, 2014 Fiction Ballantine Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “Girl Scouts’ honor, I’m not meddling.” I stuck three fingers up in the air. “Were you ever a Girl Scout?” Spencer asked me. “No, but I’ve eaten their cookies.” Gladie is finally settling into her life in Caanes, California where she lives with her grandmother and spends her days solving murders and working with her grandmother on the family matchmaking Continue Reading
Review: Belle Fury by Lola Dodge
Belle Fury by Lola Dodge (Manhattan Ten #3) Released: February 4, 2014 Superhero Romance Samhain Reviewed by May Belle has worked hard to become a world renowned ballerina. So when she manifests super powers that nearly bring the house down during her pinnacle performance it’s beyond unwelcome and unexpected. The Manhattan 10 are called in and Ryan (aka Red Ruin) is chosen to bring her in, help her get her powers under control, and hopefully train her to be a member as well. I was Continue Reading
Review: Take A Chance on Me by Jennifer Dawson
Take a Chance on Me (Something new, #1) by Jennifer Dawson Romance Contemporary February 4, 2014 Zebra Reviewed by May Madeline Donovan just ran away from her life. Her wedding. Her entire family. She didn’t exactly think it through, but when she winds up stranded in a small town with hunky bartender she decides to just shack up with him and forget about her real life. She was free. Free in a way she hadn’t been in too many years to count. She could do whatever she wanted. There was no Continue Reading
Review: When the Rogue Returns by Sabrina Jeffries
When the Rogue Returns by Sabrina Jeffries (The Duke's Men #2) Released: January 21, 2014 Historical Romance Pocket Reviewed by May His Isa had been young and naïve and real. It was one of the things he’d liked about her – that she was so practical. That she hadn’t looked down her nose at him. This Isa, with her beaded reticule and her ladylike manner and her rigid posture, wouldn’t have given an uncouth young soldier the time of day years ago. Worse yet, she was even more beautiful Continue Reading