The Author's Studio - RSLit Style With Jessica Scott -What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? I think I’d like to try my hand at running a charity. You know one that actually does something other than just raise money. My husband and I always joke that we should start a no kill animal shelter b/c of how many pets we already have. With our oldest wanting to become a veterinarian, it’s probably a decent plan. Otherwise, I want to be a RVer, traveling around the Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop (urban fantasy/tori) A review - Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs (urban fantasy/mandi) B review - One Wish by Robyn Carr (contemporary/helyce) B review - The Bedding Proposal by Tracey Anne Warren (historical/tori) B review - Return to Me by Kelly Moran (contemporary/tori) B review - The List by Anne Calhoun (erotic/mandi) B review - What a Devilish Duke Requires by Vicky Dreiling (historical/sheena) B- review - Vampires Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – March 6th
10. I think my kids went to school for an entire 2.5 days this week due to ice, snow, cold - I can't even keep track anymore. I just know I've had a house full of children - some mine, some not - and I've made a continous stream of chicken nuggets and dried a continous stream of snow pants and gloves. Spring - SPRING? Are you there? Please come. 9. Hey - you can win a trip to this year's Romantic Times Convention! Held in Dallas from May 12-17, Fresh Fiction and Romance at Continue Reading
Gone Reading Giveaway!
There is a cute online store called Gone Reading that sells gifts for people who love to read. Which is pretty much everyone who reads Smexy Books, right? They have mugs, t-shirts, book lights, calendars, posters etc.. in a wide variety of book topics. Some of my favorite items: Jane Austen mug (currently sold out but I want!) Gone Reading T-Shirt. (can I be transported to a beach right now?? Please?) Love note cards. You can browse Continue Reading
Feature: Unraveled by Lorelei James
Behind the Author’s Studio – RSLit Style with Lorelei James -What profession other than your own would you like to attempt Yoga instructor -What profession other than your own would you NOT like to attempt? Mortician -If heaven exists what would you want God to say when you arrive? I think there's been a mistake -What's your favorite word? retromingent (mandi googled this word and then giggled.) -What's your least favorite word? padded - to describe walking -What's your Continue Reading
Review: The List by Anne Calhoun
The List by Anne Calhoun Released: March 3, 2015 Erotic Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Anne Calhoun gives us a more serious and somber erotic story of two people working their way through the first year of their relationship. From meeting, to having sex, to marriage and then divorce, Daniel and Tilda have quite the journey this first year. Daniel is a FBI agent in NYC who investigates white-collar crime. He meets Tilda one night at a mutual friend's house. Tilda is from England but Continue Reading
Review: Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs
Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega #4) Released: March 3, 2015 Urban Fantasy Ace Reviewed by Mandi Another outstanding addition to this fabulous urban fantasy series. Well done Patricia Briggs. Set in the same world as her Mercy Thompson series, the Alpha & Omega series follows Charles (son of the alpha Bran) and Anna (an Omega wolf). I'm not going to recap who Charles and Anna are and how they came to be - I highly recommend this series and reading them in order. I Continue Reading
Review: Vampires Never Cry Wolf by Sara Humphreys
Vampires Never Cry Wolf (Dead in the City #3) Paranormal Romance Releases: March 3, 2015 Sourcebooks Reviewed by Mandi Sadie is a two-hundred year old vampire and owns a hot nightclub in New York City. With one of the best DJ's in the city and great bartenders, there is always a wait to get in. Sadie's club caters to vampires and humans and unfortunately for Sadie, werewolves too. Werewolves and vampires have a very fragile truce at the moment, so when the werewolf prince, Killian Continue Reading
Review: First Time in Forever by Sarah Morgan
First Time in Forever by Sarah Morgan (Puffin Island #1) Released: February 24, 2015 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi This is the first book in Sarah Morgan's Puffin Island series and I'm not in love with it. I loved, loved, loved her last trilogy, O'Neill brothers and not to compare to that one - but I'm totally going to compare to that one. This book felt a little forced. Let me set it up before I get more into it. Emily has been working hard in New York City until Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - The Deal by Elle Kennedy (new adult/mandi) A review - Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost (paranormal/sheena) B+ review - SoulBound by Kristen Callihan (historical pnr/tori) B review - Bringing Home the Bad Boy by Jessica Lemmon (contemporary/helyce) B review - Bear Attraction by Jennifer Ashley (paranormal/tori) B review - Time Will Tell by Chantel Fernando (new adult/sheena) B review - Storm by Carian Cole (contemporary/helyce) C+ review - Running Blind Continue Reading