Curse On the Land by Faith Hunter Series: Soulwood, #2 Urban Fantasy November 1, 2016 ROC Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Hell’s road was an easy road to tread.” Faith Hunter takes us back to Tennessee and her newest heroine, Nell Ingram, in the second installment of her epic and fascinating urban fantasy series, Soulwood. A spinoff of her best-selling Jane Yellowrock series, Soulwood deals with a new heroine and the psyLED agency run by the well established and often despised Continue Reading
Review: Going Deep by Anne Calhoun
Going Deep by Anne Calhoun Series: Alpha Ops, #5| Romance Suspense November 1, 2016 St Martin's Press Reviewed by Tori Famous pop singer Cady Ward, Queen Maud to her fans, has come home to rest and recuperate after a long grueling tour. When an overzealous fan is able to make it backstage after her last concert, her manager demands she hire a bodyguard. Police officer Conn McCormick has his own problems with a potential scandal that could ruin his career. His captain decides to Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-UP
This week at Smexy… A- review – While The Duke Was Sleeping by Sophie Jordan (Hist Rom/may) B review – Making The Play by T.J. Kline (Rom Con/helyce) B- review – Tempting Tristan by Melissa Foster (Rom Con MM/mandi) C review – Audiobook:The Nobleman and the Spy by Bonnie Dee & Summer Devon (Rom Con/mandi) C+ review-Heated Pursuit by April Hunt (Rom Sus/mandi) C- review-Room at the End by Mary Connelly (Hol Rom Con/Novella/mandi) D review- Big Package by Opal Carew (Erotic Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Heroine: Kevan Landry is trying to keep her life on track and her brother in rehab. If her fledgling marketing firm can sign the hot new band, Manix Curse, it will make a world of difference. Hero: Mason Dillon heads the most successful music PR firm in Portland. He's desperate to breathe new life into the company by signing Manix Curse. She's a rocker with attitude and ink He's a sexy suit who gets what he wants She spun to face him, an eyebrow raised. Her glossy lips quivered and parted, Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review – Royally Screwed by Emma Chase (Rom Con/mandi) B+ review – Thief of Hearts by L.H. Conway ( Rom Con/tori) B review – Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson (Rom Con/kini) B review – Twisted Palace by Erin Watt (Rom Con YA/tori) B review – A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (Hist Mys/tori) B review – You Had Me at Christmas Anthology (Rom Con Holiday/mandi) C review – The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot (Rom Con/may) Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Chelsea Mueller’s Continue Reading
Review: Twisted Palace by Erin Watt
Twisted Palace by Erin Watt Series: The Royals, #3 Romance Contemporary/YA October 17, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Relationship issues are a lot easier to handle when you’re not worrying you boyfriend might go to prison.” These Royals will ruin you… From mortal enemies to unexpected allies, two teenagers try to protect everything that matters most. Ella Harper has met every challenge that life has thrown her way. She’s tough, resilient, and willing to Continue Reading
Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Chelsea Mueller’s Borrowed Souls
BOOK BLURB Callie Delgado always puts family first, and unfortunately her brother knows it. She’s emptied her savings, lost work, and spilled countless tears trying to keep him out of trouble, but now he’s in deeper than ever, and his debt is on Callie’s head. She’s given a choice: do some dirty work for the mob, or have her brother returned to her in tiny pieces. Renting souls is big business for the religious population of Gem City. Those looking to take part in immoral—or even Continue Reading
Review: A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas Series: The Lady Sherlock, #1 Historical Fiction/Mystery Suspense October 18, 2016 Penguin Favorite Quote: “Do you think an extraordinary woman ought to be treated differently, my dear?” [...] “The extraordinary will always be treated differently—they’re extraordinary, after all. What I wonder is whether a not-so-extraordinary woman will ever be treated the same as a not-so-extraordinary man.” Reviewed by Tori With her inquisitive mind, Continue Reading
Review: Thief of Hearts by L.H. Cosway
Thief of Hearts by L.H. Cosway Series: Hearts, #5 Contemporary Romance October 4, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "People like you give people like me a soft place to fall. Otherwise we'd just be cold and hard. That's how I was before I met you." Andrea (Andie) Anderson is a widow whose job teaching adults trying to re-enter the world of education and taking care of her cousin is her whole world after her husband passed away. Love is not something she aspires Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Keifer Vassago. The Prince of Dragons. Doesn’t have time for a relationship but sometimes fate takes matters into its own hands. Heroine: Blythe. Human. Just wants to get through nursing school and make her neighbors shut up while she sleeps. A chance meeting with a gorgeous stranger changes her life forever. The scene below gives a whole new meaning to the term-lunch break. “How long’s your lunch break , Blythe?” Keifer asked in the darkness. I closed my Continue Reading