JN Welsh stopped by to talk about untraditional rock stars. The mic is yours JN! From Jimmy Hendrix and Tina Turner, to bands like Twisted Sister and Extreme, as well as the musicians gracing the stages of this year’s Afropunk Festival, I love a good rock star. I’ve travelled far and wide, domestically and globally, to get my fill of them. They make fans wild with desire and behavior that under normal circumstances would seem stalker-ish and just a little creepy. No judgment, we’ve all been Continue Reading
Review: The Dating Charade by Melissa Ferguson
I am almost always sucked in by a cute cover and a moderately interesting blurb. This book has both. At least to me. Y’all know by now that I am almost always going to click on a book that mentions online dating. And this blurb mentions single parenting. I felt like I had to read it. Then I noticed it was published by Harlequin’s Christian Printing imprint. I debated not reading it, but I decided to give it a go. I watch plenty of Hallmark movies that kind of dance around faith/religion. I Continue Reading
Smexy December TBR
Kini: First of all, how in the world is it December? 2019 has been the longest year but also it feels like it has flown by. There are a handful of books I am really excited about this month. Best Women's Erotica of the Year #5 12/10- I have had this on my TBR and I just waiting for a good moment to read it. It is edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel and has stories by Sierra Simone, Sabrina Sol and many more. Husband Material by Emily Belden 12/30- Nothing appeals to me quite like a blurb Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap Up
Sexcerpt: Lethal Redemption by April Hunt New Releases: Week of November 25-29, 2019 Q&A with Author Kim Breyon Angela's Minis- Historical Romance Reviews for Books by Kelly Bowen and Amalie Howard Transparency in Romance: My Thoughts This Day on Smexy: November 28 Take Our Books Giveaway! Black Friday Book Deals (Some or all of these deals may be invalid now, but it is worth checking) Top Six 11/29/19 Angela: Now that I'm finally coming down off my food high and Continue Reading
Top Six 11/29/19
I hope that everyone that celebrated had a fantastic Thanksgiving. It’s been a slow week so I don’t have a ton of things this week. I am making this a Top Six today because I am tired and still in a food coma. 6. Smexy Friend, B.andherbooks had a great reminder earlier this week about SelfCare and some books that may help with that. I know the holidays can be particularly difficult for many different reasons. So please don't forget to take care of yourself as you are able. 5. If Continue Reading
Black Friday Book Deals
Here are just some of the book deals we found today. Some of these are good for today only, so check them out at your earliest convenience. Edited to add some books to this post. Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenz The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas Something Secret This Way Comes by Sierra Dean White Hot: A Hidden Legacy Novel by Ilona Andrews Break the Day: A Midnight Continue Reading
This Day on Smexy: November 28
Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who are celebrating! We thought today would be a good day to look back at what we posted on this day on Smexy in the past. 2018Sheena’s Smexy Snapshots! A Holiday by Gaslight & The Duke That I Marry. 2017Review: A Cruel Kind of Beautiful by Michelle HazenReview: Head Coach by Lia Riley 2016Review: My Rogue, My Ruin by Amalie Howard and Angie Morgan 2015Weekly Wrap Up 2014Review: Blue Mountain by Cardeno C.Review: Discovering Me by Crystal Continue Reading
Transparency in Romance: My Thoughts
Recently on Twitter, I posted about disclosing personal relationships between bloggers/reviewers and authors. And while I wrote it to ask about disclosure, after the responses came in and other discussions with friends, I believe it is more about transparency. This is particularly relevant as we close out the year and best of/favorite lists will be released by blogs, reviewers and entertainment news sites. I think about the following questions frequently. How transparent should I be Continue Reading
Q&A with Author Kim Breyon
I’m so excited to be here today with Smexy Books. Thank you for spending some time with me today, and for giving my newest release, Roxy’s Recovery, some love. It’s a standalone romance about a vet and a mysterious, sexy stranger with the cutest dog that just ends up stealing your heart. I hope you will fall in love with that sassy little pug and her owners as much as I did. How long have you been writing? KB (Kim Breyon): I’ve been writing stories and poems since I was very young. I can Continue Reading
Sexcerpt: Lethal Redemption by April Hunt
I LOVED writing this scene in Lethal Redemption! From four years old until her escape at the age of thirteen, Grace Steele had lived within the Order of the New Dawn, a cult buried deep in the West Virginian mountains. It was after her ‘defection’ that she found the family she was always meant to have with father’s sister and four overgrown cousins, and that family also came with the boy next door, Cade Wright. Her and Cade’s relationship grew from friends to teenage sweetheart, and finally to Continue Reading