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. https://twitter.com/kinilei1/status/1196591928390930433 I think about the 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
Kini’s Friday Kisses – Mini reviews for The Bromance Book Club and Eight Kisses- A Hanukkah Anthology
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams- I read this months ago and really liked it. But I didn’t take any notes and felt like I needed to reread it in order to write a mini review of it. It held up the second time around and actually this time I was less annoyed by some of the things I didn’t like the first read. Here’s what worked for me: It is a marriage in trouble book, one of my favorite tropes. The dialogue is fast-paced and witty. I loved seeing the strong and supportive male Continue Reading
Guest Post: Eight Kisses – Latkes, Light, and Love by Michelle Mars
Today author Michelle Mars stops by to talk a little about her story that is part of the Eight Kisses, Hanukkah anthology, available now. I'll have a mini review of the anthology tomorrow. But until then, here's Michelle talking about her experience being part of this anthology. It has been such an amazing and personally rewarding experience to be a part of making a Hanukkah anthology. Growing up in a minority religion, Jewish, I always knew I was different. Everything around me said so, Continue Reading
Guest Post: Writing with a Day Job by Melia Alexander
Like many folks, we here at Smexy are constantly working on juggling work, family life, social life, reading, blogging and other things. I often wonder how authors balance it all. Melia stops by to talk about what works for her. Melia's new book, Seduced by the Soldier is out now. Tips on how to keep your day job, writing life, and sanity Like many writers, I have a day job, a place I lovingly refer to as The Male Observation Lab. As you might guess from the moniker, I work in Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap Up Nov 16
New Releases: Week of November 11-15, 2019 Angela’s Tuesday Mini Reviews: Books by Nina Bocci and Lyssa Kay Adams Sheena’s Wistfully Wanton Wednesday: Callie’s Catastrophe by Ruby Dixon Excerpt from Open House by Ruby Lang Guest Post: What I love about Vegas by Chantal Fernando Review: Beard Necessities by Penny Reid Smexy Top Ten 11/15/19 News from Kini: I am currently re-reading The Bromance Book Club and enjoying it as much as I did the first time around. Earlier this Continue Reading
Smexy Top Ten 11/15/19
It’s Friday!! 10. Winter is starting to creep in to Maryland and I am not ready. It took me all of last week to adjust to the time change. Kitty Scarlett is taking up residence on an ottoman in front of the radiator. She’s living her life right and I am jealous. 9. Wednesday night the CMAs were on and I stayed awake until 11pm to watch them. I have sorted of listened to country music for many years but only recently come to terms with my enjoyment of it. But I am disappointed in the Continue Reading
Review: Beard Necessities by Penny Reid
I finally got the chance to read Beard Necessities by Penny Reid. It is the second half of Billy and Scarlet/Claire’s story. I was underwhelmed. Maybe I set my expectations too high after absolutely loving the sad story that was Beard With Me. In Beard Necessities, Billy and Scarlet are all grown up and are “forced” into reconnecting. The whole Winston family is in Italy. And for the first half of the book I couldn’t understand why they were there. Then I remembered Duane was there to learn Continue Reading
Smexy Deals
Gorgeous runaway brides. . . When Maddie Donovan runs out on her high school sweetheart moments before walking down the aisle, she ends up at a bar in the small town of Revival, Illinois, with only the wedding dress on her back, fifty dollars to her name, and her "good girl" reputation in tatters. Not ready to return to Chicago and face the music, she accepts hot bartender Mitch Riley's offer to stay at his place. But sharing such close quarters is driving Maddie insane with desire. Always Continue Reading