An Amazon Best Book of the Month "Full of razor-sharp intrigue, delicious characters, and a love story you never want to end."—DARYNDA JONES My heart wasn’t part of the deal when I bargained for my life, But assassins so rarely keep their word. Exiled Charmer Leena Edenfrell is running out of time. Empty pockets forced her to sell her beloved magical beasts—an offense punishable by death—and now there’s a price on her head. With the realm’s most talented murderer-for-hire nipping at her Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday ARC Reviews: Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Lord of the Last Heartbeat by May Peterson
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie DunmoreA League of Extraordinary Women #1Historical Romance September 3, 2019 by BerkleyARC This was a pleasant surprise! I love it when a debut author exceeds my expectations and leaves me looking forward to the next release in the series. Bringing Down the Duke is set in the late 1800s, and features a heroine who has secured a scholarship to Oxford and is involved in the suffrage movement in England. She, quite by accident and without knowing his Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten- August 30
10. Just want to make sure everyone gets a chance to see this Twitter thread because it's magnificent and I spent way too much time last weekend watching these videos. Omg pic.twitter.com/2dw28DxWDL— |L I Z Z O| (@lizzo) August 24, 2019 9. Oprah magazine released their 28 of the Best Romance Novels of 2019 That'll Instantly Have You Addicted. I've read 11 of them. How many have you read? 8. I promised Susan from last week's Top Ten that I would mention The 1st Annual Carroll Rom Com. Continue Reading
Review: Death of Darkness by Dianne Duvall (Helyce is back!)
Review by Helyce - I’m back!Death of Darkness by Dianne DuvallImmortal Guardians #9Paranormal RomanceAugust 20, 2019 I have been waiting 8 years for Seth’s book. Since book one in 2011, and in each book released thereafter, Seth-the self-imposed leader of the Immortal Guardians has remained a mystery. One of a small group of beings referred to as The Others, Seth defected from them years and years ago when he fell in love with a human woman. In present day, he leads his Guardians to Continue Reading
Review: How to Love a Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan Byrne
How to Love a Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan ByrneDevil You Know #1Historical RomanceAugust 27, 2019 by St. Martin's ARCContent Warning: rape and sexual assault I adore this author, absolutely adore. Kerrigan Byrne writes the MOST emotional, chest-clenching, angsty love stories. Strong heroines and broody heroes who experience sweeping, sensual, all consuming passion for each other. I always think she can't out do herself yet again and she always does. How to Love a Duke in Ten Days is the Continue Reading
Smexy Deals!
Enter the world of the Others in the first novel in New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s thrilling fantasy series: a place where unearthly entities—vampires and shape-shifters among them—rule the Earth and prey on the human race.As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut—a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday ARC Reviews: The Blacksmith Queen by GA Aiken and Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews
The Blacksmith Queen by GA AikenThe Scarred Earth Saga #1Fantasy RomanceAugust 27, 2019 by KensingtonARC The Blacksmith Queen was just what I needed last week. If you are familiar with GA Aiken/Shelly Laurenston then you know how much humor and zaniness are packed into her storytelling. Her over the top characters, the wonderful, sometimes bloody and violent, yet loyal extended family, the broad, interesting worldbuilding, and the fierce women who are the center of everything. THIS IS BOOK Continue Reading
Smexy Deals!
Blood might be thicker than water, but venom is stronger than just about anything … It was supposed to be a nice, quiet, simple dinner with friends—but nothing is ever nice, quiet, or simple when you’re Gin Blanco, the Spider, notorious assassin and current queen of the Ashland underworld. This time around, someone seems to be targeting Stuart Mosley, the president of First Trust bank. Lots of people have grudges against Mosley, but the more I investigate, the more Mosley’s problems seem Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap- Up
New Releases: Week of August 19-23, 2019 Angela’s Tuesday ARC Reviews: Amy Harmon, Hailey Edwards, and Lorraine Heath Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday!- The Alien’s Seduction by Zoey Draven Guest Post: It ain’t heavy, it’s my romance by Ainslie Paton Guest Post: Divorce in Historical Romance by Felicia Grossman Top Ten August 23 Angela: I've had the BEST week of reading. First I read The Blacksmith Queen by GA Aiken and, of course, it was exactly what I needed. Zany, fun, Continue Reading
Hump Day Smexy Deals!
"With their beat-up ship and eclectic group, comparisons with the fan favorite TV show Firefly are inevitable, but in more of the way of homage, since Burke and Jensen's characters take center stage all on their own." —Library JournalDiscover intergalactic romance and out-of-this-world stakes in the first book of the critically acclaimed Chaos Station series. "You're not real. Felix Ingesson is dead." The war with the alien stin is over, but Felix Ingesson has given up on seeing his lover, Continue Reading