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
Review: The Power of a Seal by Anne Elizabeth
The Power of a Seal by Anne Elizabeth West Coast Navy Seals, #5 Contemporary Romance December 5, 2017 Sourcebooks Casablanca Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: “Wild male dolphins lure away our females. These hooligans corral our females and get them pregnant before they return them to us... Luckily, Juliet is one smart cookie, so I’m guessing she’s probably avoided their advances so far. ” “ And if she gets cornered by a group of males, what does she do, cross her fins?” “Pffft. Continue Reading
Dance With Me by Alexis Daria
Dance With Me by Alexis Daria Dance Off #2 Contemporary Romance December 12, 2017 Swerve Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: “Tell me what you want.” She panted and twisted her hands in the bedsheets. “Why do you keep asking me?” “Because this is all for you.” He kissed a line up the inside of her leg, adoring the strength of her in the tension of her skin. “You’re a goddess. You deserve to be cherished, and given all you desire.” She pressed a hand to her cheek and looked away. Continue Reading
Review: It’s Hard Out Here For A Duke by Maya Rodale
It’s Hard Out Here For A Duke by Maya Rodale Keeping Up with the Cavendishes #4 November 28, 2017 Avon Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: “I wanted to hold your hand all day,” he whispered, interlacing his fingers with hers. “Just hold your hand. Like I was yours and you were mine.” This year was the first year I read a historical romance and this is the first one I have reviewed for Smexy. I was drawn to Rodale’s books because they have clever titles and I heard them described as “easy” 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: West Coast Love by Tif Marcelo
West Coast Love by Tif Marcelo (Journey to the Heart #3) Released: December 11, 2017 Contemporary Romance Pocket Star Reviewed by Mandi This series has been fun because it usually centers around food. I like food. I tend to start craving whatever food the protagonists are eating. I've been known to rush to the kitchen to make biscuits and tea. In this book, it's all about BBQ. And all I wanted to do was eat meat! Damn it. Victoria, or Vic, (the sister of the heroine in book two), 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
Review: Sniper’s Devotion by Christa Tomlinson
Sniper's Devotion by Christa Tomlinson Released: November 7, 2017 M/M Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Blurb: Officer Hector Castillo, a sniper on Houston’s elite SWAT team, is content living alone as a perpetual bachelor. But when he opens up his small apartment to a friend in need, their close quarters awaken long suppressed desires Hector can’t help but acknowledge. Miguel Delgado’s unfortunate detour down a road he never intended to travel ends in a big wake Continue Reading
Review: Love on the Tracks by Tamsen Parker
Love on the Tracks by Tamsen Parker Snow & Ice Games #1 New Adult/Sports Romance December 5, 2017 Swerve Reviewed by Kini I am a big fan of Parker’s books as tends to write a solid and usually emotional story and frequently pushes the boundaries of my comfort to the edges. The blurb alludes to a fake relationship between a female participant of the Snow & Ice Games and a boy band member, I imagined both H/H would be younger but was a little surprised when I found out the heroine Continue Reading
Review: To the Duke, with Love by Amelia Grey
To the Duke, with Love by Amelia Grey Series: The Rakes of St. James, #2 Historical Romance Released: December 5, 2017 St. Martin's Press Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "I figure if a man can't tie his own neckcloth and needs a valet to do it for him, he probably can't stable his own horse." Sloane Knox, the Duke of Hawksthorn is in a bind. He is a renowned rake and ruiner of women. His reputation, well earned and cemented in an act of impropriety, a deed so dastardly that it Continue Reading