Mandi is reviewing this with author Lexxi Callahan, who is a lover of romance books and a great person to chat with. You can find her on Twitter or her Website. “They don’t call this the Land of Beautiful Personalities.” I’ve read three R. Lee Smith books - Last Hour of Gann, Heat and now Land of the Beautiful Dead. In each book, she gives us a non-human hero and a human heroine, set with extremely complicated circumstances, and gives us a HEA that challenges us, and makes you fall in love Continue Reading
10,000 Harlequin Titles on sale for $1.99!!
Today through November 17, 10,000 Harlequin books are on sale for $1.99. Whoa. A few of the details: Only available in the United States and through Amazon, B&N, Apple, Kobo US, Google, Nook and Harlequin.com Want to search for your favorite author or title? Go here. Just some examples: 9781460362242 READY FOR MARRIAGE MACOMBER, DEBBIE HARLEQUIN SPECIAL RELEASE 9781459245952 AFTERBURN DAY, SYLVIA COSMO RED-HOT READS 9781459222960 ONE IN A MILLION MALLERY, Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B review - Fangs for the Memories by Molly Harper (tori) B review - A Promise Kept by K.S. David (tori) B review - The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan (tori) B review - Tower of Thorns by Juliet Marillier (mandi) B- review - Daniel's True Desire by Grace Burrowes (sheena) C review - Heart Legacy by Robin D. Owens (tori) C review - Seduction Game by Pamela Clare (helyce) C- review - Wrapped and Strapped by Lorelei James (helyce) D review - The Rogue You Know by Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – November 6
10. I try to start the Top Ten with something relevant - but I have nothing today. So Blunt Card it is! 9. We are getting a new Polo Romance series. Ignacio Figueras (pic above), aka Nacho aka renowned polo player, AKA Ralph Lauren model, will be part of the process. Grand Central Publishing (GCP), a division of Hachette Book Group, is excited to announce the acquisition for its Forever imprint of The Polo Season, a series of romantic novels presented by Ignacio “Nacho” Figueras Continue Reading
Guest Author Brenda Jackson and Giveaway!
Brenda Jackson: Persistent Writing From the time I first began reading romances, Harlequin Silhouette Desires were my favorite. It was small enough to toss in my purse and pull out for a good and relaxing read just about anywhere. Especially when I got a break during those busy management meetings at the well-known insurance company where I worked. Once I decided I wanted to be an author, my choice was to be a Silhouette Desire author. After a number of rejections letters—a few telling me Continue Reading
Review: Tower of Thorns by Juliet Marillier
Tower of Thorns by Juliet Marillier (Blackthorn & Grim #2) Fantasy Released: November 3, 2015 Roc Reviewed by Mandi The second book in the Blackthorn and Grim series (see the first review here), and I am falling even more in love with these two. Before I go on, two things: One - this fantasy series must be read in order for it to make sense. And two, at this point, this is not a fantasy romance, just a fantasy. There are some romantic elements in side characters in this story, but Continue Reading
Guest Author: Sorcha Mowbray
What’s In a title? I should preface this post by pointing out I am primarily a digitally published author. I have not been traditionally published, and so my experience has been that whatever title I submit with is the title I g to keep. That, or maybe I’m just really good at picking titles? Either way, I tend to obsess about them. Like I really think about them. A lot. I prefer to have my title early in the process. It is kind of a talisman for me. A guiding light to keep me on track with Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Simon - reclusive lumberjack. Wears long underwear and adopts blind puppies. Big and burly. Growly and surly (Mandi's candy) Today, he wore a blue plaid flannel shirt over a heather gray Henley, jeans, work boots, and the requisite glower. The gray beanie looked Portlandy, but it was the dark beard glittering with just a few grays that always made Adam pause for breath. The man knew how to wear a beard. Hero: Adam. Librarian. Wears glasses. Lusts after grumpy Simon. Gets stuck in a Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Scandal Takes the Stage by Eva Leigh (may) B review - Falling Into Bed With a Duke by Lorraine Heath (mandi) B review - Dark Heart of Magic by Jennifer Estep (tori) B review - Autumn Thorns by Yasmine Galenorn (tori) C+ review - Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley (tori) C+ review - Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas (mandi) C+ review - Harlot by Victoria Dahl (mandi) C- review - Break Me Down by Roni Loren (sheena) C- review - Crashing Souls by Cynthia Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – October 30
10. It's Halloween, which means I have to feature my two favorite Halloween Blunt Cards. Oh Drunk Peggy. 9. Something amazing happened this past weekend. Fiction Vixen (aka Sophia) and Smexy Books (aka me) met - IN PERSON. After years and years of friendship, and at least 3 million texts, we met. We laughed. We loved. We had an amazing time. It's not fair that we live on opposite sides of the United States. Not fair at all. If anyone ever says true friendships can't Continue Reading