Smexy folks, I have missed you terribly but I am back. Life required my attention a little more than I would have liked recently and it kept me from writing any reviews. It didn’t keep me from reading though, I have lots of books to talk about this week. First up, I ordered the new Kindle Paperwhite and I mostly love it. It came with 6 months of KU so I am trying to catch up on some KU reads :) Adventures in Online Dating by Julie Particka- I LOVE stories centered around online Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
Things seem to be turning around for my reading. Either I am in a better mood or books are getting better. I think it is a combo of both though. Regardless, I am excited that I read a better batch of books this past week. Sleepover by Serena Bell- I have enjoyed ever book by Bell that I have read and this was no exception. She typically writes emotional and incredibly sexy romances. As a side note, Bell was part of a group of authors, along with Care McKenna, Charlotte Stein, Amy Jo Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts
Hate Notes by Vi Keeland and Penelope WardContemporary RomanceReleased: November 6, 2018Montlake After walking in on her fiance getting a blow job from his secretary, Charlotte cancels her wedding and quits her job. Needing money, she decides to sell her wedding dress and head to a consignment shop. While there she comes across a beautiful wedding dress and can’t stop herself from trying it on. A custom made dress, it was exactly just the right amount of over the top with the Continue Reading
Review: Cowboy Christmas Jubilee
Cowboy Christmas Jubiless by Dylann Crush (Holiday, Texas #2)Released: October 30, 2018Sourcebooks Reviewed by Mandi This is an easy holiday read - not too angsty, not too crazy - just two people who seem like opposites from the outside, falling in love. Jinx is a bartender who flees her drug-dealing ex, and takes money from him that he owes her. She escapes without him knowing, jumps on her motorcycle and plans to start over in New Orleans. She makes it to Holiday, Texas when her Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
Once again reading has not been great for me lately. I some life things happening, not bad things, just different things it has been taking up a lot of space in my head. Reading hasn’t been the escape that I need it to be. I hope that things will change soon. Big Stick by Kelly Jamieson- I actually read this last week but forgot that I read it. I think that says something about it. There’s only so many hockey books a person can read before they all blend together. This book was Continue Reading
Review: Fury by Rachel Vincent
Fury by Rachel Vincent Menagerie #3 Urban Fantasy October 30, 2018 by MIRA Favorite Quote: "I love you. I have always loved you. And when I die, it will be with your name on my lips." Reviewed by Angela Wow. I've anxiously awaited the conclusion to the Menagerie series for some time, but now that I've read it I'm kind of at a loss. I don't know exactly how I feel. Maybe it's because this series has been so sad and terrible at times, the treatment of the cryptids so horrific, Continue Reading
Tori’s Tuesday Tinys
Fall by Kristen Callihan VIP#3 Contemporary Romance October 23, 2018 Plane Jane Books Fans have waited breathlessly for this installment in Callihan's steamy and emotionally deep VIP series. Rich in sensory detail and boldly unapologetic, in Fall, Callihan tackles the serious issues of mental health, self-harm, depression, and abuse with compassion and a heavy dose of common sense while building a romance that brims with laughter and heart. Jax aka John Blackwell, lead singer for the band Kill Continue Reading
Review: Lionheart by Thea Harrison
Lionheart by Thea Harrison Moonshadow, #3 Paranormal Romance October 3, 2018 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "It was good to be free. Good to be home." As Lyonesse is slowly being destroyed, it's ruler, King Oberon, sleeps deep within his palace, the victim of an assassination attempt. His only chance at a cure comes in the form of the top Elder Race surgeon, Dr. Katheryn Shaw. When she arrives, her presence awakens him though he is no longer the man he was before. His only means Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
It’s Friday y’all! The last few weeks have been kinda brutal, but I’ve had some romance goodness to get me through :) I participated in the Maryland Romance Writers tent and did some panels and met some wonderful romance peeps. I also got to hang out in the Baltimore Book Festival lounge and I saw author Nic Stone (author of Dear Martin) in there. Although not romance related, Dear Martin has been chosen for a program called One Book Baltimore. 7th and 8th graders in the city will be reading Continue Reading
Mating the Huntress
Mating the Huntress by Talia HibbertReleased: October 1, 2018Paranormal NovellaSelf Published Reviewed by Mandi This is a super quick novella, and I really wish it had been longer because I loved these two - but I'll take what I can get. Chastity's family has been hunting werewolves for generations. It's in her blood, but due to a prophecy spoken when she was born, her parents have made her sit on the sidelines for all of her family's hunting fun. When a man repeatedly comes into the Continue Reading