The SEAL's Secret Lover by Anne Calhoun (Alpha Ops #1) Contemporary Romance Released: February 2, 2016 St. Martin's Reviewed by Mandi I've had great success with Anne Calhoun in the past, but this book did not work for me. Rose Powell has a demanding job in a field of all men. When she finds out her brother, a former Navy SEAL decides not to accompany their grandmother and her friends to Turkey for a vacation at the last minute, Rose grudgingly fills in. She doesn't want to let her Continue Reading
The Relaunch of the Lucani Lovers series by Stephanie Julian
This six-book paranormal (werewolf) romance series was previously published but is being rewritten and freshly edited. When I dreamed up the idea for the Lucani Lovers, I started with the thought that I wanted to do a series about werewolves simply because they’ve always fascinated me. I also knew I wanted to set my stories in my Etruscan Magic world. I already had the mythology laid out for my Darkly Enchanted and Magical Seduction series. I just needed a few defining factors. My Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Wes Stone. Back from Afghanistan with some nerve injuries. Recluse. Lives in a cabin. Bearded. Wears flannel. Blushes and stutters when he gets nervous. Hates people, loves dogs and has a sheep with a limp. Makes organic dog treats. (do we love him yet??) Heroine: Cara Pruitt. Helps her sister at her farmer's market stand. Isn't driven to have a big career. Flirts a lot and likes to think dirty things. This causes a certain someone to blush and stutter. On Wes being a Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A+ review - Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat (mandi) A review - Virtue's Lady by Jessica Cale (sheena) B+ review - The Fall of the Red Queen by Lexxi Callihan (tori) B review - Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb (tori) B review- Against the Wall by Jill Sorenson (tori) B review - The Hunter by Kerrigan Byrne (may) B review - Carolina Dreaming by Virginia Kantra (mandi) B review - The Halfling by H.D. Gordon (mandi) Mandi's February TBR Smexy's Top Ten Smexy Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – February 5th
10. I'm sorry my superpower is better than yours. (link) 9. Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally making their relationship official. But there are some steep obstacles standing in the way of their walk to the altar... Kate’s father, Roland, has kidnapped the demigod Saiman and is slowly bleeding him dry in his never-ending bid for power. A Witch Oracle has predicted that if Kate marries the man she loves, Atlanta will burn and she will lose him forever. Continue Reading
Review: The Halfling by H.D. Gordon
The Halfling by H.D. Gordon (The Aria Fae Series #1) Urban Fantasy Released: February 2, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Aria Fae is half fae, half human, but has lived in the fae world all of her seventeen years. She worked with the Peace Brokers, helping to maintain peace amount both races. She is very familiar with the human world, but after she is shunned from the fae world when her mother dies, Aria finds herself banished to the human world and all by herself. She starts as a Continue Reading
Review: Carolina Dreaming by Virginia Kantra
Carolina Dreaming by Virginia Kantra (Dare Island #5) Released: February 2, 2016 Contemporary Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Jane is a successful bakery owner who survived an abusive marriage. Her ex is now in jail, and Jane and her seven-year old son Aidan live in the Outer Banks of North Carolina (a place dear to my own heart) and are pretty content. She lives with her father, a police officer, who helps take care of her son. Jane's mother left the family years ago, which has Continue Reading
Winner!
The winner of Dirty Sexy Liar by Christina Lauren is - JTReader Congrats! Thanks to Gallery Books for hosting the giveaway Continue Reading
Release Day Giveaway: Wicked Sexy Liar by Christina Lauren
London Hughes is very content to surf daily, tend bar, hang out with her group of friends, and slowly orient herself in the years after college. Everything’s going great and according to the non-plan. But when a wave knocks her for a loop one morning, then Luke Sutter’s flirtatious smile knocks her for another that evening, she veers slightly off course…and into his path. Sure, he’s a total player, but the Why not—it’s only one night is a persistent voice in her ear. For his part, Luke’s Continue Reading
Review: Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat (Spoiler-Free)
Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat (Captive Prince #3) Released: February 2, 2016 M/M Fantasy Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Note: The review is spoiler free but the comment section does have spoilers! To gain everything and lose everything in the space of a moment. That is the fate of all princes destined for the throne. I'm going to write this review spoiler free, because to spoil anything about this book would be a true disservice. This will probably be the most non-review I've ever written. Continue Reading