Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn SolomonContemporary RomanceJanuary 11, 2022 by BerkleyARC Review by Melanie The first book I read in 2021 was a book by Rachel Lynn Solomon titled The Ex Talk. It was actually my very first review for Smexy (you can find the review here) and I loved it so much and was super excited to find a new to me author whose voice just worked for me. I’m excited to say that Weather Girl was maybe even better. There was so much to love about this book that it’s kind of Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins and Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
Love at First Spite by Anna E CollinsContemporary Romance1/4/2022 by Graydon HouseARC Look, I'm always here for a good revenge, spite book so when I saw Love at First Spite offered up for review I jumped at the chance to read. There were things about this book I really loved and a few things that I didn't. Dani is our heroine and she realizes just a few weeks before her wedding that her fiance is cheating on her. After a spectacular time paintballing in her wedding dress with her cousin, Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt: No Easy Catch by Jaqueline Snowe
No Easy Catch by Jaqueline Snowe Book 4 in the Cleat Chasers series General Release Date: 4th January 2022 Word Count: 81,189 Book Length: SUPER NOVEL Pages: 308 Genres: CONTEMPORARY ENEMIES TO LOVERS EROTIC ROMANCE SPORTS Add to Goodreads Book Description A jock and a party girl teaming up—makes total sense, right? Actually, maybe… Ambar Henderson is a senior communications major who has no idea what she wants to do in life. She spends most of her time working on her blog after gaining a Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt: The True Cowboy of Sunset Ridge by Maisey Yates
THE TRUE COWBOY OF SUNSET RIDGE Author: Maisey Yates ISBN: 9781335620965 Publication Date: December 28, 2021 Publisher: HQN Books Book Summary: When a bull-riding champion is left holding his friend’s baby, could it be time to put down roots in Gold Valley? Midwife Mallory Chance is ready for a fresh start in Gold Valley. And when she locks eyes with a handsome cowboy across the saloon, it feels like fate. After too many years wasted on her cheating ex, good girl Mallory is Continue Reading
Harlequin’s Winter Glamorous Blog Tour
BACKSTAGE BENEFITS by LaQuette (on-sale Nov.30, Harlequin Desire): When show business leads to secret pleasures, how can they resist in this Devereaux Inc. novel by LaQuette.Their daytime partnership sets the night on fire. Who said they can’t have it all? Lyric Smith didn’t become the nation’s most successful lifestyle guru by losing focus. Yet Josiah Manning, daytime television’s hottest—and sexiest—young Black producer makes her do just that. Publicly, Josiah wants Lyric to star in a new talk Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt: Don’t You Wanna Stay? by Aliyah Burke
Don't you Wanna Stay? by Aliyah Burke Book 1 in the Family Forever series General Release Date: 21st December 2021 Word Count: 30,607 Book Length: SHORT NOVEL Pages: 126 Genres: BILLIONAIRE CONTEMPORARY EROTIC ROMANCE MULTICULTURAL SECOND CHANCE Add to Goodreads Book Description Decisions must be made about what’s more important, love or work. One explosive night between strangers isn’t something billionaire Gareth Ericsson could, or wants to, easily forget. When a second-chance Continue Reading
Jen’s Minis: Key Change by Heidi Hutchinson and The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
Key Change by Heidi HutchinsonContemporary RomanceOctober 12, 2021 by Smartypants RomanceARC Review by Jen Key Change by Heidi Hutchinson was a super cute audio book. It’s set in the Seduction in the City World, Penny Reid Universe. And, it is actually book three in the Common Thread series. I was a little apprehensive about this book because I’ve never read any book in those series. I’m such a big fan of a good audio book and went for it. Narrated by Samantha Continue Reading
Blog Tour Excerpt: Christmas in Rose Bend by Naima Simone
CHRISTMAS IN ROSE BEND Author: Naima Simone Publication Date: October 26, 2021 Publisher: HQN Books Book Summary: The holidays have never been her thing. But Christmas in Rose Bend has more than one surprise in store… Grieving ER nurse Nessa Hunt is on a road trip with her sullen teen half sister, Ivy, and still reeling from her mother’s deathbed confession: Nessa’s dad wasn’t really her dad. Seeking answers, they arrive in Rose Bend to find a small town teeming with the kind Continue Reading
Review: And They Lived Happily Ever After by Therese Beharrie
And They Lived Happily Ever After by Therese BeharrieContemporary RomanceNovember 30, 2021, by Zebra BooksReview by Melinda I love Therese Beharrie's voice and the plot here is imaginative and creative, but I’m not sure if the execution of everything worked. The concept of this book is that a romance author dreams the plots of her books...relatively simple, right? Well, these dreams are magically written into her books. I thought that the setup and idea of going back and forth Continue Reading
Blog Tour Excerpt: Meet Me in London by Georgia Toffolo
MEET ME IN LONDON by Georgia Toffolo Publication Date: September 28, 2021 Publisher: HQN Books Book Summary: What do you do when your fake engagement starts to feel too real? Aspiring clothes designer Victoria Scott spends her days working in a bar in Chelsea and her evenings designing vintage clothes, dreaming of one day opening her own boutique. But these aspirations are under threat from the new department store opening at the end of her road. She needs a Christmas Continue Reading