Hero: Stone. Horrific past and a broken future. While exacting revenge on his enemies, he "meets" (okay, maybe he kidnaps) Brooke. From that moment on they share something that neither can let go. Heroine: Brooke. From the outside, she lives the life of a rich princess, but it's all for show. She knows Stone is a bad guy, who does bad things. But she also sees inside his soul and that he is living a life of violence because of the torture and abuse he suffered in the hands of the men he Continue Reading
Review: Mister McHottie by Pippa Grant
Mister McHottie by Pippa Grant Released: October 30, 2017 Contemporary Romance/Comedy Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I love a well done romantic comedy once in a while. This one is ridiculously fun, cute and sexy. Pippa Grant is a "new to me" author - I have no idea if it's a pen name for another author or what, but I am here for allllll of her books. As my blog partner, Kini, pointed out - she is like Alice Clayton, but a little more sexy, and less crude than Helena Hunting. So we Continue Reading
January Mini Reviews
Mandi: Relay by Layla Reyne M/M Contemporary Grade: C- With the Olympics right around the corner, I'm all about an Olympic romance, even though this one takes place in the summer. We have Alex and Dane, who have both made the team for the Olympics as swimmers - but they hate each other. Like, really hate each other. They have a bad history, and now have to train together in the three weeks heading into the Olympics. Alex sees Dane as the charmer, all-american who gets everything he Continue Reading
Release Day Feature: About That Kiss by Jill Shalvis
ABOUT ABOUT THAT KISS (a standalone Heartbreaker Bay novel) When love drives you crazy . . . When sexy Joe Malone never calls after their explosive kiss, Kylie shoves him out of her mind. Until she needs a favor, and it’s a doozy. Something precious to her has been stolen and there’s only one person with unique finder-and-fixer skills that can help—Joe. It means swallowing her pride and somehow trying to avoid the temptation to throttle him—or seduce him. the best thing to do . . . No, Joe Continue Reading
Jaine Diamond’s Dirty New Year Giveaway
THE GIVEAWAY Jaine Diamond is giving away signed paperbacks of the entire Dirty contemporary rockstar romance series so far. Win signed paperback copies of Dirty Like Me (Dirty #1), Dirty Like Brody (Dirty #2), and an extremely limited Special Collectors Edition of Dirty Like Us (Dirty #0.5), including exclusive excerpts from upcoming Dirty books! Open to USA & Canada only, age 18+. Giveaway HTML: a Rafflecopter giveaway BOOK LINKS Dirty Like Us (Dirty Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – January 19
10. My husband always has dreams that I'm trying to poison him, or that I've run off to live a new life etc.. He wakes up upset with me all the time! LOLOL. Geez - try to poison your husband once, and it haunts his dreams for the rest of his life. 9. Need a book recommendation for the weekend? Head over to RT Book Reviews and check out their nominees for the RT Awards. There are a lot of good books to choose from! 8. J.R Ward has been teasing on her Facebook page that Murhder will be Continue Reading
Cover Reveal: Fighting for Everything by Laura Kaye
Preorder on Amazon | Amazon AU | Amazon CA | Amazon UK | B&N | iBooks | Kobo Add to your Goodreads Become one of Laura Kaye's VIP Readers About the book: Releasing May 22 Loving her is the biggest fight of his life… Home from the Marines, Noah Cortez has a secret he doesn’t want his oldest friend, Kristina Moore, to know. It kills him to push her away, especially when he’s noticing just how sexy and confident she’s become in his absence. But, angry and full of fight, he’s not Continue Reading
Guest Post: The Preacher’s Son by J.A. Rock and Lisa Henry
Favorite Romance about questioning faith: Lisa Religion is a major theme in The Preacher’s Son: how it defines the characters, how they use it to define themselves, and whether or not faith can survive and grow outside its sometimes narrow parameters. Jason has rejected religion outright, but is a zealot when it comes to politics and social justice, whereas Nate is struggling to reconcile his religion with his identity and finding a place where freeing himself from the tenets of his church Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Simeon Boudreaux. NFL quarterback. Charming...but with a temper .Finds himself suspended after getting into an altercation with another player. Hero: Adrián Bravo, NFL linebacker and former teammate of Simeon's. Also suspended. Now forced to do community service with Simeon - will these enemies become friends?? EVEN LOVERS???? “Do you still wanna show me up?” “I’ll always want to show you up, Boudreaux.” “All right then, let’s see what makes you jumpy.” I started Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B+ review - Blood Fury by JR Ward (paranormal/mandi) B review - Fake Wife by Stacey Lynn (contemporary/mandi) B review - Man Candy by Jessica Lemmon (contemporary/helyce) B review - Collision Course by Marie Harte (contemporary/tori) B review - Station Alpha by Aislinn Kearns (suspense/mandi) C+ review - Cowboy SEAL Homecoming by Nicole Helm (contemporary/mandi) C- review - Dragon Blood by Eileen Wilks (urban fantasy/tori) D- review - My Boo by Daaimah S. Poole Continue Reading