The Color of Love by Sharon Sala Blessings, Georgia, #5 Contemporary Romance/Inspirational February 6, 2018 Sourcebooks Casablanca Reviewed by Tori He might be winning her heart before she even knows who he is... Welcome to Blessings, Georgia, the small town with a big heart! Anyone from a small town can tell you that gossip never stays quiet for long. The biggest news lately is Ruby Dye: she's been receiving gifts from a secret admirer. But Ruby isn't sure she can trust this Continue Reading
Review: Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp General Fiction/Mystery/YA January 2, 2018 Sourcebooks Fire Reviewed by Tori Corey and Kyra grew up the best of friends in the small isolated town of Lost Creek, Alaska. When Corey’s mom decides to the family to the mainland, Kyra and Corey promise to stay in touch and Corey assures Kyra she will come back for her. Only Kyra doesn’t wait and Corey is now headed back to Lost Creek for Kyra’s memorial. As Corey looks for answers while struggling to Continue Reading
GIVEAWAY: Cry Wolf by Patrica Briggs
BURN BRIGHT By Patricia Briggs Urban Fantasy Ace Hardcover March 6, 2018 In her bestselling Alpha and Omega series, Patricia Briggs “spins tales of werewolves, coyote shifters, and magic and, my, does she do it well” (USATODAY.com). Now mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham face a threat like no other–one that lurks too close to home… They are the wild and the broken. The werewolves too damaged to live safely among their own kind. For their own good, they have been exiled to the Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Nate loves Rebecca. Rebecca loves Nate. So, what's the problem? This is a short scene where Nate and Becca cross the first of many lines. The first kiss is always the best... "The possibility of his kiss is a brand new thing. I have stood in front of this man a thousand times before without being half so aware of his mouth. It's a very handsome mouth, one I've seen smiling from magazine covers and smirking at me over cups of coffee. But for the first time in years, I Continue Reading
New Cover Reveal and Giveaway for Beyond Control by Kit Rocha
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Best selling author Kit Rocha is redesigning the covers for their famed Beyond Series and SmexyBook is excited to be part of their reveal! Below is the NEW cover for Beyond Control-Book 2 (of 9) in the bestselling, multi-award-winning BEYOND series. Isn't it GORGEOUS?? Alexa Parrino fought to escape the gilded cage of Orchid House, the training ground for the sector’s most exclusive--and dangerous--courtesans. Now she enjoys influence and power in Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review – The Emerald Lily by Juliette Cross (paranormal/sheena) A- review – Zero Hour by Megan Erickson (suspense/mandi) B+ review – Hostage by Annika Martin and Skye Warren (dark suspense/mandi) C+ review – His Sinful Touch by Candace Camp (historical/tori) C review – Tempest by Beverly Jenkins (historical/kini) C- review – Beyond Scandal and Desire by Lorraine Heath (historical/mandi) C- review – S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett (mystery ya/tori) February Continue Reading
Review: His Sinful Touch by Candace Camp
His Sinful Touch by Candace Camp The Mad Morelands, #5 Historical Romance/Paranormal January 30, 2018 HQN Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I swear to you on everything I hold dear, I will not let him have you. You will not be his wife-even if I have to make you a widow” When a strange man comes bursting into the Moreland’s investigative agency, Alexander Moreland is shocked to discover the man is really a woman and she needs his help to recover her memory. Unable to remember Continue Reading
Review: S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett
S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett Mystery Thriller/YA January 30, 2018 (Reprint from 2017) Delacorte Press Favorite Quote: “I think I might be a murderer.” Reviewed by Tori At St. Aidan the Great School, or STAGS, new things--and new people--are to be avoided. The grandeur of the boarding school and the prestige of the students' bloodlines seem surreal to Greer MacDonald. A scholarship student who recently transferred to STAGS, Greer is ignored at best and mocked at worst by the school's Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review – Rogue Acts Anthology (contemporary/kini) B+ review – Mister McHottie by Pippa Grant (contemporary comedy/mandi) B review – Mesmerized by Candace Camp (historical/tori) B- review – Judgement Road by Christine Feehan (paranormal/tori) C+ review – Moonlight Sins from Jennifer Armentrout (suspense/tori) C review – Headmaster by Tara Sue me (erotic/sheena) C- review – Unraveled by Lauren Dane (contemporary/kini) January Mini Reviews Release Day Feature: Continue Reading
Review: Mesmerized by Candace Camp
Mesmerized by Candace Camp The Mad Morelands, #1 Historical Romance December 26, 2017 (Reprint from 2003) HQN Favorite Quote: “You’re not-you’re one of the ‘mad Morelands’?” “Yes! I am definitely one of the ‘mad Morelands.’ Indeed, I am probably the maddest of the lot. If I were you, I’d burn that card, lest some of it rub off on you.” Reviewed by Tori Olivia Moreland prides herself on discrediting charlatans, particularly the false mediums that flock to London. But when Lord Continue Reading