Dreaming of Manderley by Leah Marie Brown Riches to Romance, #1 Contemporary Romance December 27, 2017 Lyrical Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote Talking to Siri: “Search the web for Xavier de Maloret.” “Here’s what I found for Xavier the Malaria.” “Xavier de Maloret!” “I’m sorry Olivia the Brilliant, I couldn’t find anything on the web for Savored the Mallory.” “Xavier. De. Maloret!” “Okay, here’s what I found for David and Valerie.” Manderley (Mandy) Continue Reading
Review: Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley
Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley Kat Holloway Mysteries, #1 Historical Mystery/Romance January 2, 2018 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I often pity the upper classes. I have the option to take a job to keep myself fed, no matter how menial the position. Lady Cynthia has no prospects unless she marries and no inheritance unless some benefactor provides it for her. She must beg for room and board from her friends and family, be the poor relation, the spinster no one Continue Reading
Tori’s Favorite Books for 2017 & Giveaway
I think we can all agree that 2017 needs to be cut up into teeny tiny pieces, burned, buried, and the ground salted so it can NEVER EVER come back. Thankfully, we had some pretty impressive and fantastic books to comfort and offer us an escape from reality. From romance to fantasy to horror…below is my list of some of my favorite reads that helped to keep me reasonably sane this year. Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas Kleypas writes another swoony worthy winner as she builds a Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A- review – Infamous by Jenny Holiday (contemporary mm/kini) B+ review – Cowboy Up by Harper Sloan (contemporary/mandi) B review – Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins (contemporary fiction/tori) B review – The Dragon's Slave by Lacey St. Sin (pnr/sheena) C+ review – Dance With Me by Alexis Daria (contemporary/kini) C- review – The Power of a Seal by Anne Elizabeth (contemporary/sheena) C- review – Beautiful Lawman by Sophie Jordan (contemporary/tori) C- Continue Reading
Review: The Hookup by Kristen Ashley
The Hookup by Kristen Ashley Series: Moonlight and Motor Oil, #1 Contemporary Romance December 19, 2017 Self Published Favorite Quote: “You named your cats after Charlie’s Angels?” “They don’t fight crime. They mostly just shed, eat, nap and make me feel inferior.” Reviewed by Tori Johnny Gamble is a well-known mechanic/gas station owner in Matlock, KY whose ex-girlfriend who left him three years ago. Johnny shut down after that, becoming distant, indifferent, and unemotional. Continue Reading
Review: Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins
Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins Contemporary Fiction/Family HQN Books December 26, 2017 Favorite Quote: “Nobody puts Nora in the corner.” Reviewed by Tori Nora Stuart left her small Maine island hometown fifteen years ago and never returned. Winning a full scholarship to Tufts gave her the freedom to leave and achieve her dreams. Now a specialist in gastroenterology, Nora finds herself longing for home after she is in an accident and awakens in the hospital to hear her Continue Reading
Review: Beautiful Lawman by Sophie Jordan
Beautiful Lawman by Sophie Jordan Devil’s Rock, #4 Contemporary Romance December 26, 2017 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Hold that thought, I’ll be right back to tell you why you're wrong.” Piper Walsh has spent her entire life trying to live down her family’s bad reputation. With her older brother currently serving time at Devil’s Rock, raising her younger sister, and being forced to work in a strip club doesn’t help. A chance meeting with the local sheriff only reinforces Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review – Archangel's Assassin by Barbara Elsborg (paranormal mm/helyce) B review – Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu (fiction ya/tori) C+ review – The House on Foster Hill by Jaime Jo Wright (mystery romance inspirational/tori) C+ review – West Coast Love by Tif Marcelo (contemporary/mandi) C+ review – Sniper's Devotion by Christa Tomlinson (contemporary mm/mandi) C review – To the Duke, with Love by Amelia Grey (historical/sheena) C review – Spartan Heart by Jennifer Continue Reading
Review: Spartan Heart by Jennifer Estep
Spartan Heart by Jennifer Estep Series: Mythos Academy Colorado, #1 Urban Fantasy/YA December 5, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: The first day of school is always the worst. School just started and Rory Forseti already knows it going to be a bad one. A spartan at the Mythos Academy in Colorado, she becomes persona non grata when it’s revealed her parents were famous Reaper assassins. Even her heroics in helping to defeat Loki and his minions last Continue Reading
Review: The House on Foster Hill by Jaime Jo Wright
The House on Foster Hill by Jo Wright Mystery Suspense/Romance/ Inspirational September 2017 Baker Publishing Group Reviewed by Tori Ivy Thorpe is a memory keeper of sorts. Still in mourning over the loss of her brother, Ivy helps her father with his coroner duties while making sure the dead that pass through his office are named and remembered. When a young woman is found dead in a tree trunk, Ivy makes it her mission to discover the girl’s name, especially when they learn she had Continue Reading