This week at Smexy… A review – The Redhead Plays her Hand by Alice Clayton (contemporary) B+ review – A Righteous Kill by Kerrigan Byrne (romantic suspense) B+ review – Law Man by Kristen Ashley (contemporary) B+ review – Shadowdance by Kristen Callihan (Pnr historical) B review – Chasing Kings by Sierra Dean (erotic) B review – Love the one You’re With by Lauren Layne (contemporary) B review – Take me On by Cherrie Lynn (contemporary) C+ review – The Professional by Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten Year in Review
Looking ahead at the calendar, this will be the last Top Ten list for 2013. From here on out I’m drunk on eggnog bishes! It’s the only way to welcome 2014. So before I gain 50 pounds and fall into an incoherent lump, let’s review my ten favorite Top Ten items of 2013. 10. I discovered The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and became OBSESSED with this youtube series. And then Lizzie goes and touches Darcy’s shoulder. And Darcy is all – OMG she just touched my shoulder - and I fell off my couch. Continue Reading
Winners!
The winners of Take My Books are: Set #1 – Kara Bohnet Set #2 – Anita H. Set #3 – Tanya @ Rantings of a Reading Addict Set #4 – Diane Sallans Set #5 – Stacy Congrats! All winners have been emailed. Continue Reading
Review: Take Me On by Cherrie Lynn
Take Me On by Cherrie Lynn (Ross Siblings #4) Released: December 17, 2013 Contemporary Romance Samhain Reviewed by Mandi Review contains spoilers Ever since I read my first Cherrie Lynn book this year (Leave me Breathless) I’ve been excited to try something else by her. I think I liked Leave me Breathless a little more, but Take Me On is still a solid romance book. Gabby is thirty-six and recently dumped by her fiancé the day of her wedding. Having a plan in place to finish Continue Reading
Review: Kentucky Christmas by Sarah Title
Kentucky Christmas by Sarah Title Released: December 5, 2013 Contemporary Novella Kensington Reviewed by Mandi I really enjoyed Sarah Title’s debut earlier this year, Kentucky Home and was happy to see a holiday novella set in the same town. This book is cute, but a little too short to be sold on the romance. Andrew Bateman is from New York has been laid off. His cousin offers him a sales job, so he finds himself in Kentucky, in a snow storm a few days before Christmas. He is Continue Reading
Take my Books–December!
Last one for 2013. Let’s do it! SET #1 The Redhead Plays her Hand by Alice Clayton Foreplay by Sophie Jordan Finding It by Cora Carmack Searching for Someday by Jennifer Probst SET #2 Suddenly Royal by Nicole Chase Big Sky Secrets by Linda Lael Miller Miracle Roads by Emily March You Give Good Love by J.J. Murray SET #3 Dangerous Seduction by Zoe Archer Hard as it Gets by Laura Kaye Macrieve by Kresley Cole (paperback release) Jet by Jay Continue Reading
Review: A Righteous Kill by Kerrigan Byrne
A Righteous Kill by Kerrigan Byrne (The Shakespearean Suspense #1) Released: October 2013 Romantic Suspense Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I don’t read a ton of romantic suspense because I have a hard time finding books in this genre that work for me. But this review request came along and I decided to try it, and I couldn’t put my Kindle down. This book has a great blend of creepy suspense, a gruff, sexy hero, an adorable heroine and dirty sex. Let’s get to it. A serial Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Ian Rhodes, tattoo artist. Skilled with his hands in many areas. Falls for his boss’s sister. Oopsie. Heroine: Gabriella Ross. Dumped at her own wedding, now ready to have some fun. And by fun I mean doing naughty things with Ian. And then she was floating in the darkness, because he picked her up with his hands under her ass as easily as if she weighed nothing. Instinctively, her legs went around his hips. She ground against his erection in a slow, primal drag that ripped a Continue Reading
Heidi Cullinan Shares her Recipe for Fudgy Peppermint Bonbons
We are happy to have Heidi Cullinan here to share a favorite recipe of hers! Take it away Heidi. Fudgy Peppermint Bonbons, 3 Ways (Standard, Vegan, and Vegan & Gluten Free) Okay. Ostensibly this is one of those blog posts where I have a book out and I’m running all over the blogs waving my arms and a copy to promote it. That’s still here, I guess. Let It Snow, gay Christmas romance novel, bears snowed in, hijinks and true love ensue. Blurb, links, etc. at the end of the post. BUT REALLY Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–December 13th
10. There will be no Christmas miracles in the Smexy household this year. 9. Speaking of Christmas miracles, I enjoyed a contemporary romance featuring a pastor hero called Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams. Let me stress, this book is not an inspirational romance. Recommended by Ruthie Knox, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The hero’s wife died two years ago and in order to be considered for a new pastor position, he needs to be married. His best friend for the past two years aka Continue Reading