Sela Halstead lost her innocence in a way that no sixteen-year-old should ever have to endure. She’s spent years trying to forget that night even while wondering about the identities of the monsters who brutalized her—until a telltale tattoo flashes across Sela’s TV screen. The incriminating ink belongs to Jonathon Townsend, the millionaire founder of The Sugar Bowl, a website that matches rich older men with impressionable young women. Obsessed with revenge, Sela infiltrates Townsend’s world, Continue Reading
Review: Steadfast by Sarina Bowen
Steadfast by Sarina Bowen (True North #2) Released: July 12, 2016 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Oh Sarina Bowen - you know how to break my heart, fill it with angst and then patch it all back up. You meet Jude in the first book, Bittersweet but this can be read as a stand alone. Jude became addicted to opiates (pills, heroine) and was able to hide that part of himself from his steady girlfriend, Sophie for a long time. I used to be so proud of the way I kept Continue Reading
Review: One Minute to Midnight by Nico Rosso
One Minute to Midnight by Nico Rosso (Black Ops: Automatik #2) Released: July 18, 2016 Romantic Suspense Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: He moved down her body like a thundercloud, full of electric power and silent strength. Ben and Mary both work for the Black Ops company, Automatik, and their latest assignment is to travel to a town called Morris Flats, suspected of being the center of a gunrunning ring. Ben and Mary know each other, but haven't worked together as Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B+ review - Once Upon a Moonlit Night by Elizabeth Hoyt (mandi) B+ review - The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz (tori) B+ review - Fast Connection by Megan Erickson and Santino Hassell (mandi) B- review - Loving a Lawman by Amy Lillard (mandi) C+ review - His to Protect by Stacey Lynn (tori) C+ review - Struck by Eros by Jenn Windrow (mandi) C+ review - Enough by Jade Chandler (tori) Smexy's Top Ten News from Mandi: I finished listening to The Body Reader by Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – July 15
10. My husband never has any idea about what is happening with pop culture or knows nothing about what is new and the "in" thing. So he is in the parking lot of a shopping center to grab lunch and he sees several people all run in one direction - he thinks there is something wrong - it was just people catching a Pokemon. He of course had never heard of this app, and called me all confused. Oh husband. Stay your sweet, innocent self. *wink* (I on the other hand have it on my phone of Continue Reading
Feature and Giveaway: Buried and Shadowed by Alexandra Ivy and Carrie Ann Ryan
About BURIED AND SHADOWED The Branded Packs Series from NYT Bestselling Authors Alexandra Ivy and Carrie Ann Ryan continues with two dark and heated shifter romances... Buried Gibson Barton knows his Pack is on the verge of something they will never be able to prepare for: a chance at freedom. Yet when he’s finally able to open his eyes to what might be his fate, it could be too late. As a submissive wolf of her Pack, Mandy Calhoun has always only watched Gibson from afar. Because of Continue Reading
Review: Once Upon a Moonlit Night by Elizabeth Hoyt
Once Upon a Moonlit Night by Elizabeth Hoyt (Maiden Lane #10.5) Released: July 5, 2016 Historical Novella Hachette Reviewed by Mandi This novella can be read as a stand alone, but if you have read Duke of Sin (if you haven't you must, must, must) you will recognize our heroine, Hippolyta Royle. She is the richest heiress in England, and in Duke of Sin, found herself kidnapped by the duke himself. (oh that naughty duke). The heroine in Duke of Sin helps Hippolyta escape, and this is Continue Reading
Review: Loving a Lawman by Amy Lillard
Loving a Lawman by Amy Lillard (Cattle Creek #1) Released: July 5, 2016 Contemporary Romance Signet Reviewed by Mandi Jessie McAllen has a reputation in the small Texas town of Cattle Creek as a wild girl. Impulsive, stubborn and comes from a family of women who cause trouble. Jessie works at the local diner/bar and when her man, Chase, comes back into town with another woman, she flips out. She runs to the parking lot for air, and some time later the police show up because Chase's car Continue Reading
Feature: An Affair in Winter by Jess Michaels
Widow Rosalinde Wilde is on her way to her beloved sister’s wedding when an unexpected storm waylays her at an overcrowded inn. There she meets a tempting stranger who sweeps her into a night of unforgettable passion. Grayson Danford never expected a night with the irresistible Mrs. Wilde, but she was a welcome distraction from the unpleasant duty of breaking up his brother’s impending nuptials. He’s shocked when he discovers his passionate lover is none other than the sister of his Continue Reading
Review: Struck by Eros by Jenn Windrow
Struck by Eros by Jenn Windrow Released: July 8, 2016 Paranormal Romance Muse it Up Publishing Reviewed by Mandi After a lifetime of dating losers, Noel Chase thinks she’s found love with college professor Len Holder. But Cupid's aim sucks worse than his crap-tacular curse, sticking her with supposed soul mate, Grayson Adler. Grayson is gorgeous, Greek, and an exact replica of the man-whores of her past. No matter what the chubby cherub thinks, Noel is sure Grayson is Mr. Wrong with a Continue Reading