This week at Smexy… A review – The Lady and the Highlander by Lecia Cornwall (historical/sheena) B+/B review – Joint Review-The Chosen by J.R. Ward (paranormal/mandi, sheena, helyce) B- review – Hurricane by Cherry Adair (suspense/mandi) C+ review – I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett (historical/tori) C+ review – Ever My Love by Lynn Kurland (pnr/tori) C+ review- My One True Highlander by Suzanne Enoch (historical/may) C- review – Claimed by Power by Zoe Ellis (paranormal/mandi) D- Continue Reading
Review: Ever My Love by Lynn Kurland
Ever My Love by Lynn Kurland Series: Macleod, #10/de Piaget/Macleod, #22 Paranormal Romance/Time Travel April 4, 2017 Jove Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “More whiskey. You’ll need it.” In search of a fresh start, Emma Barton has traveled to Scotland to try to forget her rocky love life. Luckily, the gorgeous Highlander who owns the house up the path from her rental cottage might be exactly the kind of distraction she needs. But there’s more to his intriguing qualities than she Continue Reading
A Sneak Peek at Sarina Bowen’s & Elle Kennedy’s Stay-WAGS#2
Stay by Sarine Bowen & Elle Kennedy WAGS, #2 Romance Contemporary June 20, 2017 SUMMERY: Can you fall in love with someone you’ve never even met? Hailey Taylor Emery has a hunch that her favorite client at Fetch--an anonymous virtual assistant service--is actually hockey star Matt Eriksson. Although it’s against the rules for her to check his file, she’s 95% sure she spends at least part of each day texting with her lifelong crush and catering to his every need. Still nursing a Continue Reading
Review: I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett
I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett Series: The Wayward Wallflowers, #2 Historical Romance/Mystery St. Martin’s Press April 4, 2017 Favorite Quote: "This was the kiss she'd been waiting for forever. And she hadn't even known till that moment." Reviewed by Tori Alexander Savage, the Duke of Blackshire, is known throughout the ton for three things: the burn scars on his neck, his ornery disposition, and the trail of broken hearts behind him. None of which would concern Miss Elizabeth Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review - The Unyielding by Shelly Laurenston (paranormal/tori) B+ review – the Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole (historical/mandi) B+ review – The Awakening by Amanda Stevens (paranormal horror/tori) B review – After The Dark by Cynthia Eden (suspense/tori) B- review – His Last Defense by Karen Rock (contemporary suspense/mandi) C+ review- Bossed by Sloane Howell (contemporary/kini) C- review – Bound Together (paranormal/tori) D review – Meant For You by Continue Reading
Review: After The Dark by Cynthia Eden
After the Dark by Cynthia Eden Series: Killer Instinct, #1 Romance Suspense March 28, 2017 HQN Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “She was free. Free to love, free to be happy, free to live her life in the light.” Former FBI agent Samantha Dark was one of the most respected profilers in the bureau, an expert on the twisted minds and dark hearts of the most depraved criminals. But when her own former lover turned out to be the serial killer she was hunting, Samantha's career was Continue Reading
Review: The Awakening by Amanda Stevens
The Awakening by Amanda Stevens Series: The Graveyard Queen, #6 PNR Suspense/Mystery March, 20167 Mira Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "Shush...lest she awaken..." Amelia Grey, a professional cemetery restorer know as The Graveyard Queen, has been awarded the bid to restore the Woodbine Cemetery. Woodbine has long been considered the final resting place for the mistakes and indiscretions of the elite and wealthy Charleston families. When Amelia encounters an elaborate child’s Continue Reading
Review: Bound Together by Christine Feehan
Bound together by Christine Feehan Series: Sea Haven/Sisters of the Heart, #6 Paranormal Romance March 21, 2017 Berkley Reviewed by Tori For five years, Viktor Prakenskii has put his life on hold in order to take down the world’s most feared motorcycle club from the inside. But carrying out the insane violence and seeing the club’s exploitation of the innocent has brought his traumatic past roaring back. And there’s only one cure: to see the wife he left behind... Blythe Daniels Continue Reading
Review: The Unyielding by Shelly Laurenston
The Unyielding by Shelly Laurenston Series: Call of Crows, #3 Paranormal Romance March 28, 2017 Kensington Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I can’t believe I'm about to walk a goat. Is this my life now? Goat walking?” The Unyielding opens up in the past, giving readers an unfiltered history lesson on the sheer hatred the Crows have for all the other clans. We then flash forward into the present and learn that the world is still coming to an end if all the clans don’t start working Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Heroine: Blythe. Cousin to the Drake sisters. Lives in Sea Haven with her sister of the heart on a small farm. She gets quite a shock when she comes face to face with her husband who disappeared without a word or trace five years ago. Hero: Viktor Prakenskii has been missing for years and assumed dead. Now the president of a motorcycle club, Viktor has come to Sea Haven, determined to win his wife back while carrying out his final mission. Blythe couldn’t help herself. The temptation was Continue Reading