The Outback Bachelor Ball series is three stories with three different HEAs. The set-up: Three unlucky-in-love girlfriends make a road trip to the Outback Bachelor & Spinster Ball, a highlight of rural Australian life. One's looking to move on, one's thumbing her nose at romance, and one's looking to slip away and hide. None of them are looking for love... Three women are about to meet their match in a cowboy, a soldier and a country rock star. One magical night. One less than Continue Reading
Review: Everything I Left Unsaid by Molly O’Keefe
Everything I Left Unsaid by Molly O'Keefe (#1) Released: October 13, 2015 Erotic Contemporary Random House Reviewed by Mandi Back in May when I went to Dallas for the RT Convention, I heard Molly O'Keefe speak about her upcoming book called Everything I Left Unsaid. All she would say is that it's a dark erotic book about a girl who answers a cell phone. I was hooked. And oddly enough, when I got home from RT, there was a paperback advanced copy waiting for me. I picked it up immediately Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Hidden in the Stars by Sadie Grubor (helyce) B+ review - Hard to Break by Bella Jewel (sheena) B+ review - Shadow Fall by Laura Griffin (mandi) B review - Star Dust by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner (mandi) B review - Autumn Moon by Jan DeLima (tori) B review - Some Like it Scot by Suzanne Enoch (may) D review - Accidentally Hers by Jamie Beck (helyce) Feature: Blue Blooded by Shelly Bell Tori's October Mini Reviews Smexy's Top Ten News from Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – October 16
10. Yesterday was National Red Wine Day. I hope you all celebrated appropriately. 9. I just finished The Fifteenth Minute by Sarina Bowen this morning. She is one of my favorite authors and in this one, as in her others, she brings up a difficult topic. This time the hero has been accused of non-consensual sex prior to the book starting. He is innocent, but the college may take action depending upon an upcoming hearing. I think the author handles this topic well and I like how it all plays Continue Reading
Review: Star Dust by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner
Star Dust by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner Historical Romance (1960's) Released: October 14, 2015 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi When Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner submitted this for review, I was so happy. The premise - a 1960's romance starring an astronaut hero who falls for his newly divorced neighbor? Sign me up! Anne-Marie Smith is newly divorced, and can feel the stares and judgment all around her. But she will take all that snobbery for not having to spend another Continue Reading
Review: Shadow Fall by Laura Griffin
Shadow Fall by Laura Griffin (Tracers #9) Released: September 22, 2015 Romantic Suspense Pocket Reviewed by Mandi Special Agent Tara Rushing arrives at a grisly murder scene and quickly discovers she’s got a serial killer on her hands. The killer is meticulous, making sure to wipe up even the smallest traces of evidence…but the Delphi Center experts are on the case. The local sheriff has a suspect all picked out—ex-Marine and current security expert Liam Wolfe. Despite all her Continue Reading
Feature: Blue Blooded by Shelly Bell
A woman who refuses to be tied down... Investigative reporter Rachel Dawson is always looking for her next big story. While working on a feature about BDSM, she lands a one-night, no-holds-barred pass into the exclusive sex club, Benediction. Rachel doesn't have a deviant bone in her body—or so she thought—until the infuriating, ex-soldier Logan Bradford convinces her to try rope bondage under his capable hands. But a steamy night turns deadly when Rachel and Logan witness a gruesome Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Oliver. Comic store owner. His best friend is Olivia Lola (edited: sorry - Lola, NOT Olivia!) , fellow comic lover, and he is in love with her. But he can't admit that to her. Let me also mention he is a nerdy sex god. Heroine: Lola. Wrote a bestselling-turned-movie-deal graphic novel. Leads a very careful life until everything turns upside with the movie deal. Leans on Oliver for support but also day dreams about his penis every day. As she notes, "Uncut cocks are my kryptonite." - Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Rock Redemption by Nalini Singh (sheena) B+ review - Relentless Lord by Amy Sandas (sheena) B review - Tall, Dark and Wicked by Madeline Hunter (tori) B review - I Spy a Duke by Erica Monroe (tori) B review - Last Chance Christmas Ball Anthology (may) C+ review - Owl and the City of Angels by Kristie Charish (tori) C+ review - Signs of Life by Melanie Hansen (mandi) C review - Valor on the Move by Keira Andrews (mandi) Cover Reveal: Dirty by Kylie Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – October 9
10. Are we going to be Naughty or Nice this weekend? Please answer appropriately. (thanks angela!) As soon as he opened the door, she saw that wild look in his eyes that meant just one thing. He'd been playing World of Warcraft all night. — 50 Nerds of Grey (@50NerdsofGrey) October 7, 2015 9. Best Twitter account ever?? 50 Nerds of Grey. To take a looky and try not to giggle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAai7yjv6v4 8. Sherlock Trailer for their Christmas Continue Reading