Escort by Skye Warren Contemporary Romance Released: March 18, 2018 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I'm always game for escort books. In the past I've enjoyed Curio by Cara McKenna and Escorted by Claire Kent. Escort features a hero, Hugo, who is from Tangier (a big city in Morocco). At the age of fifteen, after his mother died, he fell in love with an older woman who started to teach him about sex (not a fan that he was only fifteen at this point. Not a fan at all). He thought Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Gregory Vyse, Baron of Fulkham, is a respected spymaster whose skills are tested when he meets the mysterious Princess Aurore of Chanay—a woman he swears is actually the alluring French actress Monique Servais, whom he met years earlier. Heroine: Monique Servais, a beautiful stage actress, must perform the role of a lifetime—one of a princess—when she’s forced to cover for a royal cousin she’s never met. But a certain seductive spymaster could ruin everything if he exposes her Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan (contemporary/sheena) B+ review - The Wolf Lord by Ann Aguirre (paranormal/tori) B+ review - Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston (paranormal/tori) B review - Fast Burn by Lori Foster (contemporary/helyce) B review - Exposed Anthology (contemporary/kini) B review - Harbinger by Emily Meredith (urban fantasy/mandi) C+ review - The Instigator by Stephanie Julian (contemporary/mandi) D review - Master Cole by Marie Tuhart Continue Reading
Review: The Instigator by Stephanie Julian
The Instigator by Stephanie Julian (Redtails Hockey #4) Released: February 16, 2018 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Derek Flaherty is the instigator in this book. Both on the ice and in his personal life. He plays for the "AHL" a minor league hockey division and really hopes to make it to the big leagues eventually. He plays for the Redtails, a good team heading to the playoffs. He has a good relationship with all of his teammates - a lot of smack talk, laughing Continue Reading
Review: Harbinger by Emily Meredith
Harbinger by Emily Meredith Released: March 13, 2018 Urban Fantasy Self Published Reviewed by Mandi A debut urban fantasy featuring demons and nephilim. I tend to not sway towards demons necessarily, - but I read an excerpt when I received this review request and I liked it. Even better, I enjoyed this entire book (except for the end but we will get to that!) When Annabel's uncle dies, she is shocked. She had not spoken to him for fifteen years, but the loss of him still upsets her. Continue Reading
Mandi Actually Read a Book on Vacation! (and liked it)
Usually when I go on vacation, I maybe read one chapter. Just one lonely chapter. I find myself getting caught up with my kids or doing things like - not relaxing in a chair so I can read. But this most recent vacation lacked my children and had plenty of lounging by the pool time - so I read an entire book and a half! (I probably would have read more if I didn't have tequila in my other hand at all times). I win at life. (also lose at life after I discovered a humongous cockroach in my Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Powell, park ranger bear shifter, loner. Heroine: Olivia, blind wolf shifter (unable to shift), promised to the alpha of the pack, but has run away. The bed rocked as he moved close, his knees touching Olivia’s thigh. She put her hands in the air and felt for his face, and he guided her hands to his cheeks. “Right here,” he said. She cupped his cheeks, warm with exertion or embarrassment or merely life, the scruff of a day or two’s beard. Mouth parted, she ran her index Continue Reading
Feature: Curved Horizon by Taylor Brooke
Curved Horizon picks up a few weeks after the conclusion of Fortitude Smashed with Daisy Yuen and Chelsea Cavanaugh, whose Camellia Clocks are drawing close to timing out. Navigating the ins-and-outs of love is hard enough as strangers destined to be soul mates and proves even more complicated when Daisy shares dark, ugly secrets that linger in her and Aiden’s pasts. Title: Curved Horizon Series: The Camellia Clock Cycle, Book Two Publisher: Interlude Press Release Date Continue Reading
Guest Author AJ Pine: Save a Horse and Ride a…Cowboy Who Runs a Vineyard!
Forever is celebrating The Year of the Cowboy! In their words: Here at Team Forever Romance, we truly believe that there is a cowboy (or two or three) for every reader. To fully satisfy your appetite for these rugged and romantic heroes, we officially welcome you to our Cowboy of the Month 2018 event. (Warning: it will get hot in here.) Each month of the year, you'll be introduced to our new cowboy heroes, experience exclusive excerpts and fun facts, and connect with the authors who have Continue Reading
Feature: Exposed: A Romance Anthology
EXPOSED: A Romance Anthology Tamsen Parker THROWN OFF TRACK Teague has been License to Game’s bassist for over a decade, during which time he’s slept with almost everyone in his path. But it’s always felt like going through the motions. Until he sees his bandmate Christian naked at a charity photoshoot and suddenly, he knows what it is to want. All right, then. He can stay, he wants to stay, and I… How do people get anything done with all this wanting to have sex? I mean, I Continue Reading