Belong To Me by Shayla Black (Wicked Lovers #5) Erotic Romance/BDSM October 4, 2011 Trade Paperback Berkley Heat Reviewed by Helyce When Tara Jacobs’ best friend, maid of honor and fellow agent goes missing while on assignment, Tara leaves her FBI analyst desk job to go undercover as a sexual submissive in order to infiltrate a sex ring, locate the missing agent and rescue her. In order to prepare, Tara and Agent York, will train at Dominion, a BDSM club, in order to convincingly Continue Reading
Review: Something so Right by Elyse Mady
Something So Right by Elyse Mady September 19, 2011 Contemporary Romance E-book Carina Press Reviewed by Helyce Sam Denning and Lily Carver have been best friends since the summer they met in the small resort town of Muskoka. For Sam, though, it’s much more than a friendship. He’s been in love with Lily for a while and just can’t bring himself to make a move. The timing has never been right. Lily had been engaged until that fateful day she arrived home unexpectedly and found her Continue Reading
Review: Supernatural Anthology
Supernatural Anthology with Larissa Ione, Alexandra Ivy, Jacquelyn Frank, G.A Aiken August 30, 2011 Paranormal Romance Paperback Zebra Reviewed by Helyce I am not a fan of the ‘anthology’ but I am guilty of purchasing many of them simply because there is one author within who I must read no matter what. However, more often than naught I am a bit disappointed in the short story because an author can only do so much with 100 to 150 pages and I always feel that something was lacking Continue Reading
Review: Secret Weapon by Opal Carew
Secret Weapon by Opal Carew September 13, 2011 Erotic Romance Trade Paperback St. Martin’s Griffin Reviewed by Helyce Sloan Granger has had feelings for Janine Reid for a long time. He’s never acted upon these feelings out of respect for his best friend Ben, Janine’s brother. So he settles for friendship with Janine. When Ben is shot and killed in the line of duty, Janine seeks comfort from Sloan and he finds himself thrown into the role of protector and brother in Ben’s absence. Continue Reading
Review: Barging In by Josephine Myles
Barging In by Josephine Myles September 20, 2011 E-Book M/M Contemporary Romance Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Dan Taylor is a travel writer who has agreed to write an article about vacationing on a narrowboat along the canals of England. Dan had counted on his friend Tristan tagging along as an assistant of sorts, but Tristan, an aspiring actor, gets an acting job and jumps at the part leaving Dan to his own devices. Dan heads out on his own, looking forward to a week on the Continue Reading
Review: Envy by J.R. Ward
Envy by J.R. Ward (The Fallen Angels #3) September 6, 2011 Paranormal Romance Paperback Signet Reviewed by Helyce Envy is book three in JR Ward’s Fallen Angel series. I’ve had rather lukewarm reactions to the previous two books (Covet and Crave) but I decided that I would give book three a try and decide from there if I would continue. Well, third time’s the charm, my friends. Ward really stepped it up in this book Here’s a little background. If you read Ward’s Black Dagger Continue Reading
Review: Song of Oestend by Marie Sexton
Song of Oestend by Marie Sexton August 22, 2011 Paranormal M/M Romance E-book Total E-Bound Reviewed by Helyce Aren has good reason for making the huge, life changing decision to move to the Oestend prairie and take the job of bookkeeper on the BarChi ranch. His four-year relationship with his professor is over and he finds he has no other options. When he receives word of the job he figures he has nothing to lose and makes the very long journey out to Oestend. Upon arriving in the Continue Reading
Review: Midnight Sins by Lora Leigh
Midnight Sins by Lora Leigh (Heroes and Heartbreakers #1) August 2, 2011 Romantic Suspense Paperback St. Martin’s Press Reviewed by Helyce Wow! How do I even begin to write about this book? I feel like a need a disclaimer: I am a huge Lora Leigh fan. I completely adore her Breed series as well as her Elite Ops/Navy Seals books. I’ve read the Nauti Boys books too, but seriously-if you’ve read those you know that those are fluff-good sexy time reads with hot studly boys who are good Continue Reading
Interview with Carly Phillips and Giveaway
We are happy to have Carly Phillips at Smexy today for a chat! Tell us about yourself. I’m a stay at home mom who is lucky enough to write and publish contemporary romance. I have two teenage daughters, one is nineteen and away at college, the other is fifteen and needs constant driving to and from everywhere. When I’m home and not working, I’m at the beck and call of two dogs, a 4 year old wheaten terrier named Bailey and an eight month old Havanese named Brady. I’m married to a guy I met Continue Reading
Review: Serendipity by Carly Phillips
Serendipity by Carly Phillips (Serendipity #1) Contemporary Romance September 6, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Faith Harrington has moved back to Serendipity. She’s hoping to start an interior design business but she knows it won’t be easy. For one, her father was convicted of running a Ponzi scheme which affected many families and businesses in the town causing them to lose their life savings. If that wasn’t enough, she’s recently divorced having caught her husband in Continue Reading