All of You by Christina Lee Released: September 17, 2013 New Adult Penguin Reviewed by Mandi I was drawn to this book because the hero is a virgin and the heroine is more promiscuous. I love this, or at least the idea of this because usually those roles are reversed. Even better, Avery our heroine, doesn’t walk around with shame or guilt for behavior. She is your average college student who has friends with benefits and is happy. When she meets Bennett at a party and can’t get Continue Reading
Cover Reveal: Jagged by Kristen Ashley
I rarely do cover reveals because I just don’t have the space to post all of them. However, I’ll be honest – the Smexy girls are Kristen Ashley addicts. So when a cover or any piece of Ashley news comes our way. we take a moment to squee together over email. Jagged by Kristen Ashley is the fifth book in her Colorado Mountain series (the first book I read in this series was the third, Lady Luck and I LOVED.) It releases November 5. Here is the blurb: An old flame rekindled . . . Zara Cinders Continue Reading
Guest Review: Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb
Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb (In Death #37) Futuristic Romantic Suspense Released: September 17, 2013 Penguin It has become a tradition *grins* Back again to guest review, is Roarke lover extraordinaire, Claire! Blurb: Lieutenant Eve Dallas has plenty to be grateful for this season. Hosting Roarke’s big Irish family for the holiday may be challenging, but it’s a joyful improvement on her own dark childhood. Other couples aren’t as lucky as Eve and Roarke. The Reinholds, for Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Gabe McConnell, owner of the Bondange & Breakfast Inn. An inn for…err…bondage and breakfasting. Heroine: Olivia Watterson. A firefighter who seriously injured herself. She goes to the inn to recover and finds out she is a submissive. From under her lowered lashes, she watched him tear off a piece of bread and dip it in olive oil. She looked up as he held it out for her, and she opened her mouth instinctively. She took it from him with her teeth and used her tongue to wipe up a drip Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… (all B reviews – don’t think that has ever happened!) B review – The Striker’s Chance by Rebecca Crowley (contemporary) B review – Junk by Josephine Myles (m/m contemporary) B review – The Untamed Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley (historical) B review – Smoke by Ellen Hopkins (YA) B review – High Passion by Vivian Arend (contemporary) B review – Past Regrets by Shelly Munro (contemporary) B review – Hydraulic Level Five by Sarah Latchaw (contemporary) B- Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–September 13
10. No comment needed. 9. Tori read Girls’ Night Out by Lauren Dane and here are her thoughts: In Girls’ Night Out, Lauren Dane takes us back to Petal, Georgia for a brief visit with the sexy Chase and Murphy family. Those who read this sexy and humorous romance contemporary series know it is actually a spin off of Dane’s delicious Chase Brother series. I love Dane’s Chase brothers and the Murphy siblings so it was no great leap for me to zero in on her Petal series. In this very Continue Reading
Review: Price of a Kiss by Linda Kage
Price of a Kiss by Linda Kage Released: August 15, 2013 New Adult Self Published Reviewed by Mandi When I read in the blurb that this new adult book featured a hero who is a gigolo, I had to read it. Mason Lowe has a sister with cerebral palsy and a single mom who works and works. Their rented house is owned by their next door neighbor who is about to evict them for not keeping up with the rent. But the lady next door also proposes that if eighteen year old Mason sleep with Continue Reading
Mandi reads a Cracky, Slightly Horrifying MC Book, and Lives to tell the Tale
Have you ever read a book that you secretly guilty-pleasure loved, that you want everyone to read yet at the same time you don’t want everyone to read? This is me with Undeniable by Madeline Sheehan. This book came out last year and I remember general buzz – some loving, some hating – but all saying “whoa, this book has some crazy in it.” Last night my hair dresser went on and on about this book so I came home and thought I’d read the first chapter or so just to get a feel. But it was so cracky, Continue Reading
Review: High Passion by Vivian Arend
High Passion by Vivian Arend (Adrenaline Search & Rescue #2) Released: September 3, 2013 Contemporary Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Devon and Alisha are both members of an elite search and rescue squad in Banff Canada. They are the ones called out when people are in danger on nearby mountains and other tough terrain. They must be in top form for these rescues, and they train relentlessly year round. Which means they are in close contact year round. Devon and Alisha have Continue Reading
Winners!
The winners of the Take my Books – September! are: Set #1 - Kimh Set #2 – Elizabeth Ziko Set #3 – Martha Lawson Set #4 – sweetiepiepen The winner of Tear You Apart by Megan Hart is: Natasha The winner of The Protected by Shiloh Walker is: Natalie’s Mama Emails have been sent to all winners. Continue Reading