…for a very important announcement. Charlie Hunnam has been cast as Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie. This fine, fine specimen of a male will be nakey (omg he better be full frontal naked) on the big screen… Did I care about the Fifty Shades of Grey movie five minutes ago? No. Do I care now – hell yes. Can he pull off Christian Grey? I don’t really care. Just do dirty things naked and I’ll eat my popcorn with my girlfriends and it will be an epic night. Continue Reading
Review: Lost to the Desert Warrior by Sarah Morgan
Lost to the Desert Warrior by Sarah Morgan Released: August 20, 2013 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I adore Sarah Morgan’s voice and Lost to the Desert Warrior didn’t disappoint. Layla, princess of Tazkhan’s father just died. But there is no love lost. Only seeing her father a handful of times in her twenty-three years and knowing just how cruel and evil he was, she is relieved to see him dead. But now she has more pressing problems. A man named Hassan wants the Continue Reading
Review: Stay With Me by Elyssa Patrick
Stay With Me by Elyssa Patrick (With Me #1) Released: August 22, 2013 New Adult Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Hailey has just started college, but she isn’t just another teenage face in the mix. She has a very famous face. A child star, she has done broadway and film and is very famous. But it was her mother that always pushed her into acting, and now that Hailey is able to take control of her life, she has decided to leave Hollywood behind and go to college. She craves to just be Continue Reading
Three is a Crowd
We all know romance is fantasy. I’m sorry y’all but you are not going to meet your future billionaire husband at your local coffee shop The creepy, stalker guy you see on the street corner – is really just a creeper, he is not a secret sex god waiting to whisk you away. And you are not going to end up in a permanent menage with two hot men. There I said it. You are not going to live happily ever after with two guys. All contributing to the household expenses evenly, all taking turns having Continue Reading
Review: The Corrupt Comte by Edie Harris
The Corrupt Comte by Edie Harris (Bourbon Boys #1) Released: August 27, 2013 Erotic Historical Romance Samhain Reviewed by Mandi The Corrupt Comte is a really well done erotic historical. The passion in this book made me flail in happiness. Let me set it up. Set in Paris 1820, Gaspard Toussaint is a spy for the crown. He didn’t start out his life wanting to be a spy. The seventh child of a blacksmith, he entered the army in hopes of just being fed. But his reality becomes very Continue Reading
Review: Personal Assets by Kelsey Browning
Personal Assets by Kelsey Browning (Texas Nights #1) Contemporary Romance Released: August 26, 2013 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Allie runs a popular business in town called Personal Assets. A place where women gather to learn not only sex advice from Allie, but a plan to grow sexually, become more confident and take chances in their love life. Allie loves her job and was able to open it by getting a big loan from her father. But he is evil and will cause her much grief in this Continue Reading
Review: Glitterland by Alexis Hall
Glitterland by Alexis Hall M/M Contemporary Released: August 26, 2013 Riptide Reviewed by Mandi I found this cover so striking, I liked the blurb and it’s a debut author. It was a no brainer to try this one. Ash Winters is an author who is clinically depressed, bipolar and not quite sure he has the wits to live his life on a sane level. Once institutionalized, he now gets severe panic attacks and pretty much soaks up all of his friends patience. In all these years, this is Continue Reading
A few Sunday Book Deals
The following Avon books are $2.99 through today. Truly Madly Yours by Rachel Gibson Goodreads l Kindle l Nook Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost Goodreads l Kindle l Nook The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison Goodreads l Kindle l Nook Lady Sophia’s Lover by Lisa Kleypas Goodreads l Kindle ($1.99) l Nook The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn Goodreads l Kindle l Nook A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare Goodreads l Kindle l Nook Goodreads l Kindle Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Gaspard Toussaint. A spy. Long ago as a soldier was abused and that has blackened his soul. He is tortured and all sexy and wants out of the spy business. Heroine: Claudia Pascale. A wealthy heiress who was never touched as a child. She now has a horrible stutter. She needs a husband before her evil parents choose for her. She meets Gaspard and they do oh so naughty things together! “Do not stop.” His hips rolled again, shallower this time, gentler, and she felt the tips of his Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review – Whiskey and Wry by Rhys Ford (m/m contemporary) B+ review – Diamond Dust by Vivian Arend (pnr) B+ review – Shooting Scars by Karina Halle (uf) B+ review – Beyond Pain by Kit Rocha (erotci) B review – Tempting Fate by Amber Lin (erotic) C+ review – Weight of Silence by AM Arthur (m/m) C- review – Elysian Fields by Suzanne Johnson (uf) D review – The Closer by Rhonda Nelson (contemporary) D- review – Handcuffed in Housewares by Nikki Duncan Continue Reading