I've enjoyed the Loving on the Edge series by Roni Loren. The latest, Need you Tonight just released yesterday. I haven't read it yet - plan to do so this week and have a review up next week. Penguin offered an excerpt - so I thought I'd post it today to give you a taste of the book. To see my past reviews of this series, go here. Excerpt from NEED YOU TONIGHT by Roni Loren - Goodreads l Amazon l B&N “Where are we going?” “Up,” he said, pulling the door open for her and Continue Reading
Guest Author Megan Hart and Giveaway
Megan Hart is visiting Smexy to talk about her new serial. Part three releases today.... Piece by Piece or All At Once? Megan Hart Serial stories have been around for a long time. Charles Dickens published many of his works in serial format. Early radio shows took up the style, as well as soap operas. More recently, the growing popularity of digital publishing has seen the serial make a comeback – to the delight of some, dismay of others. Serial stories can work wonderfully for readers of Continue Reading
Take My Books – March!
SET #1 Hard as you Can by Laura Kaye Fighting Love by Abby Niles Tangled by Emma Chase (released in 2013 as e-book, now in print) Four Years Later by Monica Murphy SET #2 The Raider by Monica Murphy A Wicked Pursuit by Isabella Bradford Why Earls Fall in Love by Manda Collins When the Duke was Wicked by Lorraine Heath SET #3 The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison Vampire Most Wanted by Lynsay Sands Touch of the Angel by Continue Reading
Prince of Tricks by Jane Kindred. (Aka the book that took Mandi out of her reading slump)
Prince of Tricks by Jane Kindred (Demons of Elysium #1) Released: January 7, 2014 Erotic m/m paranormal romance Samhain Reviewed by Mandi I've been in a bit of a reading slump lately. I wanted to read a book that excited me, and nothing I picked up was satisfying that need. I have 1,000 books in my to-be-read pile yet nothing appealed. I was whiny!! And no one likes a whiny reader. So I whined to Tori and her response was - Prince of Tricks by Jane Kindred. Now, when she told me to read Continue Reading
Winner!
The winner of When I Break by Kendall Ryan is: Maureen Congrats! You have been emailed. Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison (urban fantasy) B+ review - The Chance by Robyn Carr (contemporary) B+ review - Tucker by Juliana Stone (contemporary) B review - Four Years Later by Monica Murphy (new adult) B-/C+ joint review - Killer Frost by Jennifer Estep (paranormal) C+ review - Better Than Chance by Lane Hayes (m/m contemporary) C+ review - Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann (romantic suspense) C review - A Better Man by Jaime Reese (m/m Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – February 28
10. Maybe because it is 7 degrees outside - again for the 100th time this winter and I have CABIN FEVER AND GOING INSANE. But this horse head squirrel feeder makes me giggle. A lot. It's almost as good as the squirrel head feeder. Can we just keep creating different heads for the squirrels to eat out of? Please? 9. Tori reviewed Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett earlier this year. So why am I mentioning it again? Because I was a dummy and didn't read it when Tori first reviewed it! And I just Continue Reading
Review: A Better Man by Jaime Reese
A Better Man by Jaime Reese (The Men of Halfway House #1) Released: January 16, 2014 (second release) M/M Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi One of the main reasons I decided to read this book is because one of the hero's has been in prison for five years. This intrigued me and I wanted to know more. Unfortunately, once I read it, my intrigue stopped. Matthew Doner was in jail fora white-collared crime. Now he is out and wants to do something positive with his Continue Reading
Giveaway Time from Loveswept and Bantam!
Today I have three recently released books to giveaway and some excerpts to share with you. Five months have passed since Gladie Burger came to Cannes, California, to join her eccentric Grandma Zelda in the family matchmaking business, and Gladie is quickly mastering the rules of attraction. Her latest fix-up is still going strong and Gladie’s bank account is back in the black—until a rival matchmaker arrives in town and has both Gladie and Zelda seeing red. Not only is Continue Reading
When I Break by Kendall Ryan – Excerpt and Giveaway!
When I Break by New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, Kendall Ryan. Book Description: Knox Bauer's life has unraveled to the point of no return. Fighting to fill the emptiness inside himself, he seeks solace in unfamiliar beds with unfamiliar women. As guardian to his three younger brothers, he can't seem to do a thing right. But this can't go on...they look up to him in every way and all he’s done lately is prove how messed up he really is. Needing a change, he attends a Continue Reading