Training Season by Leta Blake Released: December 2, 2013 M/M Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi When I heard this book featured a male Olympic figure skater that falls for a Montana rancher, I had to try it. Unfortunately it didn’t quite live up to my excitement.. Matty is a former Olympic figure skater, who has been struggling with injuries and the drive to keep going. At twenty-one he has accomplished a lot, but he knows he could have done better. He has Continue Reading
Return of the Assassin Blog Tour
From the Donya Lynne: In the fifth installment of the sensual, award-winning All the King's Men Series, readers finally get to see inside the world of the usually so restrained Malek. He's been the rock of the series so far, but that's about to change as his world turns topsy-turvy with the introduction of assassin, Gina Carano. Here's a blurb of the book: Malek was only a young adult vampire when he lost his first mate, Carmen, in the late Middle Ages. Now, a thousand years later, he still Continue Reading
Review: Gifts of Honor Anthology by Stacy Gail and Rebecca Crowley
Gifts of Honor Anthology by Stacy Gail and Rebecca Crowley Released: November 21, 2013 Military Romance Carina Press This book has two holiday military stories. I recommend them both. Starting from Scratch by Stacy Gail This is the first I’ve read by Stacy Gail and I liked it. Sullivan comes home from another tour in Iraq, but this time he comes home with a severe head injury. When he left months before this, his wife Lucy was very angry that he signed up for another tour Continue Reading
Review: At Any Price by Brenna Aubrey
At Any Price by Brenna Aubrey (Gaming the System #1) Released: December 4, 2012 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi This review has some spoilers. I had to laugh at myself a bit as I read this book. The blurb threw me off a little. Very rich man bids for innocent heroine’s virginity so she can go to medical school and help her mother who has cancer. Selling your virginity for that? Very noble. (and yes, slight eye roll). But I had heard some good twitter buzz Continue Reading
Winners!
The winner of a book by Leah Braemel is: Jo The winner of Breathe by Lauren Jameson is: Jenny Andrea Congrats to all. Emails have been sent to winners. Continue Reading
Review: When It’s Right by Jeanette Grey
When It’s Right by Jeanette Grey Released: December 3, 2013 Contemporary Novella Samhain Reviewed by Mandi Nate and Cassie have been friends for a long time. Nate has gone through a string of girlfriends, each one never amounting to anything serious. Cassie prefers to spend her nights on the couch with a book, and secretly lusting after her best friend, as he always turns to her to drown his sorrows after his relationships end. Nate is sick of dating the same type of women and Continue Reading
Review: Ripped by Sarah Morgan
Ripped by Sarah Morgan (Miller Sisters #1) Released: November 26, 2013 Contemporary Novella Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: Buttons skittered and bounced over the pale wooden floor, but I was too busy looking at the smooth, powerful contours of his chest through the shadowing of dark hair. Oh, Santa, Santa, what have you brought me this year…. Man I love this book. It’s a quick read but has a perfect blend of sexual tension, laugh out loud scenes and romance. Continue Reading
Giveaway Time! Breathe by Lauren Jameson
NAL is thrilled to present Lauren Jameson’s exciting erotic romance BREATHE. BREATHE is Lauren’s newest BDSM romance following last year’s Blush. About the Book: In BREATHE, business mogul Elijah Masterson travels to Mexico for his chain of resorts and purchases a glass sculpture for one of the properties. But the artist who created it is far more intriguing. The attraction between them is instantaneous and explosive, but Elijah resists, unsure that a woman as strong willed as Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Never Stopped Loving You by Keri Ford – Releases tomorrow – 12/2/13 Blurb: At eighteen, Kara Duncan had already made her fair share of mistakes, choosing the wrong boy and earning herself a bad reputation in the process. Hurt and humiliated, she'd packed up and moved on, sure that everyone in Bella Warren, Arkansas, would be better off without her. She'd planned never to return, but when crisis strikes, she has nowhere else to turn. After seven years, Wade Chester thought his feelings Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… B+ review – Dangerous Seduction by Zoe Archer (historical) B review – No Good Duke goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean (historical) B review – Crash into you by Katie McGarry (ya) B- review – Dare to Love by Carly Phillips (contemporary) B- review – Move the Sun by Susan Fanetti (contemporary) B- review – The Chocolate Heart by Laura Florand (contemporary) C review – Rogue’s Proposal by Jennifer Haymore (historical) D review – As Hard as it Gets by Continue Reading