Lucy's last TBR post with us did so well, we invited her back to talk about her 2020 TBR. Lucy's new book Headliners releases next week. I've already read it and it was delightful and you should definitely add it to your TBR. I’m personally confused as to how it’s already 2020 at all, but despite the fact that 2019 disappeared in the blink of an eye, it brought some incredible books, and I’m so excited for what new additions I’ll have this year for my keeper shelf and my much-cherished Continue Reading
Guest Post: Writing Cute Smut by Rachel Reid
We already had a post planned for Rachel to talk about "cute smut" and I saw this tweet from Rachel and I practically begged Stephanie at Carina to ask Rachel to expand on this tweet in her post. Thank you Stephanie and Rachel for this post. (Side note, I will have a mini-review for Tough Guy tomorrow) Ryan was pretty sure he had an ugly dick. That was the first line I wrote of the third book in my Game Changers series, Tough Guy. It didn’t end up being the first line of the book, but it Continue Reading
Guest post: Writing a character’s coming out by Jayce Ellis
Jayce stopped by to talk about how she approached writing Jeremiah coming out in her new novel, Jeremiah, available now. I came out as pansexual to a few of my friends over drinks, wings, and mumbo sauce. We were so busy laughing and kiki-ing it up that we didn’t even pause for reflection. To be honest, I wasn’t even sure they’d heard me. The next morning, one of them sent a group text. Jayce, did you come out to us last night, or was that my imagination? That was real, but I’m not sure I Continue Reading
Guest Post: I Wanna Rock (Star) by JN Welsh
JN Welsh stopped by to talk about untraditional rock stars. The mic is yours JN! From Jimmy Hendrix and Tina Turner, to bands like Twisted Sister and Extreme, as well as the musicians gracing the stages of this year’s Afropunk Festival, I love a good rock star. I’ve travelled far and wide, domestically and globally, to get my fill of them. They make fans wild with desire and behavior that under normal circumstances would seem stalker-ish and just a little creepy. No judgment, we’ve all been Continue Reading
Guest Post: What I love about Vegas by Chantal Fernando
I first visited Vegas a few years back for RT (Romantic Times Convention). I was specifically going for the event, and I wasn’t really that excited about Vegas itself. Why? Well, I’m not much of a gambler, and I didn’t think it would really be my scene. (I was wrong) I dragged my best friend/book assistant along with me, it was my first trip to the US and I had no idea what to expect. After being in Vegas for a few days, I fell in love with the place. It has so much to offer, the nightlife, Continue Reading
Excerpt from Open House by Ruby Lang
In this excerpt, exhausted real estate broker Magda runs her nemesis, gardener Ty, late at night. Despite their enmity, he walks her to the subway station. “I’ll bet no one breaks into the garden,” she was muttering. Without thinking, he replied, “We get people cavorting there at night.” “Cavorting?” Damn. He couldn’t see her face clearly in the half-light of the city streets, but he could hear the laughter in her voice. And that made things better. “They leave things. Like Continue Reading
Guest Post: Favorite Christmas Movies by Shannon Stacey
Almost every year for the last decade, I’ve released a Christmas novella and it’s a tradition I hope to continue for a long time. I love writing novellas and I love Christmas, so it hardly feels like work at all! (That’s not true. Writing novellas is hard.) This year’s novella, One Christmas Eve, is a fun and sexy holiday story about a bookstore owner who’s living life on her own terms since her divorce, and the sexy but a little uptight man who opens a business next door. Like many holiday Continue Reading
Sexcerpt: Graveyard Shift by Jenn Burke
Angela will have a review for Graveyard Shift on Tuesday. Until then, here is a Sexcerpt from the book :) Wes and Hudson are back in Graveyard Shift, this time trying to figure out why shifters are dying in Toronto from drug overdoses, when drugs shouldn’t affect them like that, and worrying about signs a horde of newbie vampires might be plaguing the city too. Add in the European paranormal police, a threat from Hudson’s past, a runaway shifter, and…yeah, things are getting hairy. In more Continue Reading
Guest Post: Who wins when a vampire crosses a dragon? by A.C. Arthur
This probably isn’t a very popular subject, but it’s Halloween so let’s have some fun! One of the villains in my upcoming book, Awaken the Dragon, is a vampire whose been cast out from the royal vampire court. Warrick’s not worried though because he has a plan. His plan involves an African demigoddess who’s being guarded by a three-hundred-year-old dragon. Now, to anyone else this might seem like a problem, but not Warrick. Why? Because he’s a powerful vampire. And as a powerful vampire Continue Reading
Guest Post by A. M. Arthur
Thank you to Team Smexy Books for having me here today to celebrate the recent release of LUCKY BREAK, the fourth book in my Clean Slate Ranch cowboy series. If you aren’t familiar with me, I’m A.M. Arthur and I write M/M romance with a dash of M/M/M here and there. I have over fifty books published and am best known for my contemporary series, including Cost of Repairs, Perspectives, and Belonging, but I also dip into paranormal and mpreg. Clean Slate Ranch is a tourist attraction, but it’s Continue Reading