Our Authors After Dark 2012 Spotlights continues with the effervescent, never flat romance author, Cat Johnson. An author of contemporary romance in genres including military, cowboy, ménage and paranormal, Cat Johnson uses her computer so much she wore the letters off the keyboard within a year. A self-proclaimed promo ‘ho, she is known for her creative marketing and research practices. Consequently, Cat has sponsored bull riding rodeo cowboys, owns an entire collection of cowboy boots and Continue Reading
Review: Bound by Erica O’Rourke
Bound (Torn Trilogy #3) by Erica O’ Rourke Paranormal YA June 26, 2012 Kensington Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Not everything is fixable.” Bound picks up about right where Tangled left off. Mo used her gifts to avenge her friend’s death and negotiate with her family for some much needed freedom. Thinking she is finally going to be free, her uncle flips the tables and pushes for more from Mo and isn’t above using her family and friends to get what he wants. Mo makes the Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Megan Grooms
Our Author After Dark 2012 Spotlights continues with the adorable Megan Grooms. Megan lives in NC with her her very own hero, her sexy Marine husband, AJ. A fur baby lover, they have four dogs (three black lab mixes and one German Shepard) and three cats (all nameless mixes). All indoor pets. YAY!! Megan works at an animal hospital during the day (everyone now is saying oh… that’s why all the pets) and writes at night. Writing is her passion and her first book was published on March 15th Continue Reading
Review: Sexy Little Surprises by J.C. Daniels
Sexy Little Surprises by J.C. Daniels Erotic Romance E Book June 8, 2012 Ellora’s Cave Publishing Alexis and Garrett Marshall have let life overwhelm their marriage. Heartbreak and work has driven a wedge between this couple. But Alexis isn’t ready to give up yet. She loves her husband and is prepared to seduce and entice him into complete submission because somethings are worth fighting for. Alexis Marshall has reached a crossroad in her marriage and she finds herself debating on Continue Reading
Review: Wicked Nights by Gena Showalter
Wicked Nights ( Angels of the Dark #1 ) by Gena Showalter Paranormal Romance June 26, 2012 HQN Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’m done listening to this meaningless jabber. Team Winger sucks!” Wicked Nights is a spin off of Ms. Showalter’s dark and sexy PNR series, Lords Of The Underworld. Focusing almost entirely on the war between heaven and hell, Ms. Showalter introduces us to a group of winged warriors who are one step away from falling from grace. Disgraced for their Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Diana Castilleja
Our Authors After Dark 2012 Spotlights continues with the Diana Castilleja. With more than a dozen books currently to her credit and her first print book released in 2008, Diana Castilleja has kept busy since she started writing professionally in late 2004. Diana currently resides in central Texas with her husband and son. When not focusing her energy on her family and her writing, she loves to travel and haunt bookstores. She's lived in several states across the south and midwest, as well Continue Reading
Interview with Gena Showalter and Giveaway
Holla!! It’s Tori. I'm so pleased that I am here today with New York best selling author Gena Showalter to talk about life, books, smexy men, and her newest release-Wicked Nights- #1 in her new series-Angels of the Dark. Hi Gena! (fangirl SQUEEE) Thanks so much for being here with me today at Smexy Books. I adore your Lord Of The Underworld series and smexy men so your Angels of the Dark series excites me in ways I really can’t say on here. Wicked Nights, which is smexy angel Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Trust Me If You Dare by L.B. Gregg Love in an elevator...livin’ it up as you're going down. This scene occurs after Dan has conned Caesar into searching an apartment and Ce thinks he deserves something in return. “I think you owe me. I’ve been accommodating all day and I think it’s your turn to accommodate me.” I peeled my shirt over my head and tossed it into the corner of the elevator. I forgot my sore ribs as his dirty, surprised grin made my blood boil. a hot river of Continue Reading
Review: Chasing Magic by Stacia Kane
Chasing Magic (Downside #5) by Stacia Kane Urban Fantasy June 26, 2012 Del Rey Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “It was goodbye, just in case. It was a memory being made, words going unsaid.“ There are some tiny spoilers in here from previous books so if you haven’t read them you have been warned. Every action requires payment; a valuable lesson that Chess is forced to learn in the fifth installment of Stacia Kane’s dark and addictive urban fantasy series, The Downside. Continue Reading
Review: Spellcrossed by Barbara Ashford
Spellcrossed by Barbara Ashford Paranormal Romance Paperback June 5, 2012 DAW Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “If the Archangel GABRIEL had touched down on that stage tonight, he’d complain it wasn’t Jesus CHRIST.“ Maggie Graham had come originally to Dale, Vermont to find her place in life and ended up acting in summer stock theatre and falling in love. When her lover leaves, Maggie decides to stay in Dale and help fulfill the dreams of other lost souls who come to the Continue Reading