Handle with Care by Helena Hunting releases August 27, 2019. I hope you enjoy this first chapter! HE WANTS TO LOSE CONTROL.Between his parents’ messed up marriage and his narcissistic younger brother, Lincoln Moorehead has spent the majority of his life avoiding his family. After the death of his father, Lincoln finds himself in the middle of the drama. To top it all off, he’s been named CEO of Moorehead Media, much to his brother’s chagrin. But Lincoln’s bad attitude softens when he meets Continue Reading
Quick Fire Q&A: With Maya Rodale
Thanks to the team at Avon for sharing this Q & A with us! Maya's latest novel, Some Like it Scandalous, was released on June 18th. The Ladies of Liberty cause a lot of trouble—namely, attempting to dine alone at Delmonico’s. Why was it important for you to write include this boundary pushing scene? This scene is a fictionalized version of something that actually happened! The real life #inspo for the Ladies of Liberty Club, which this series centers around, is The Sorosis Society, a Continue Reading
Audio Excerpt: Getting Played by Emma Chase
Audible recently released the second standalone romance title in New York Times best-selling author Emma Chase’s Audible Original Getting Some series! Getting Played is available exclusively from Audible, allowing listeners to hear fan-favorite narrators Andi Arndt and Zachary Webber bring this story of a one-night stand turned oh-so-complicated romance to life. Getting Played Dean Walker is all about keeping life simple. He’s effortlessly talented and intelligent - spending his summers Continue Reading
Smexy Deals
The Devil In Disguise (Bad Things Book 1) by Cynthia Eden- This is the first book in one of my favorite PNR series and it's FREE! Don’t make the devil angry… Luke Thorne loves having one hell of a good time. As the ruler of every dark creature to walk the earth, he certainly has more than a bit of a bad side. He lives for danger and isn’t the type to lose his heart—mostly because he doesn’t have one. Then she walks into his life. Mina James is seduction in the flesh, a perfect Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday Thoughts
The Girl in Red by Christina HenrySci-Fi/Fantasy/DystopianJune 18, 2019 by Berkley KINDLE * BN * GOODREADS This dystopian retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, follows Red, our heroine, as she travels through the woods on the way to her grandmother's house. Time skips back and forth, every other chapter, answering readers questions about what happened to Red's family and how the "Crisis" began to present day as she navigates the current, dangerous world full of wolves, both human and Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap Up
Here's what happened on Smexy this week: New Release Monday Angela’s Tuesday Thoughts- Give Up the Ghost by Jenn Burke and TBR update Release Day Excerpt: Waiting For Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey Guest Post: Queer Romance Recs for your Pride Month Reading by Layla Reyne Once Upon a Wedding- Guest Post by Barbara Samuel Kini’s Friday Kisses From Kini: What's Happening in Romancelandia? I went on a road trip last week to visit my family in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Midwest is Continue Reading
Once Upon a Wedding- Guest Post by Barbara Samuel
Author Barbara Samuel stopped by to give us some info on her contribution to the Once Upon a Wedding anthology, out June 11th. I LOVE second chance romance and can't wait to read this. I love reunion romances. I mean, really. Who doesn’t wonder what if about some old sweetheart? Awhile back, I read a statistic that said that if a pair of former boyfriend/girlfriends meet many years later and both are single, they have a very high probability of getting Continue Reading
Interview with Annabeth Albert
https://amzn.to/318yJAp Annabeth's new book Arctic Wild released on June 3. Here is part of the blurb and it sounds amazing- When a plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness, the best place to land is in the arms of a younger man… Hi! Thank you so much for having me today! I was delighted to be asked to do this interview as I celebrate the release of ARCTIC WILD, second in my Alaska set series. In the book, workaholic corporate attorney rediscovers the simple joy of slowing down after a Continue Reading
Guest post: Five Ghostly M/M Reads by Jenn Burke
Give a great Smexy welcome to Jenn Burke who is here today with some ghostly reads. Jenn's new book, Give Up the Ghost released on June 3. If you’re looking for more of that sensation in your m/m reads, check out these five spooky stories. They’re some of my favourites! Who doesn’t love a spooky, ghost-laden story once in a while? When I was writing Give Up the Ghost, I knew I wanted it to hit some of the notes traditional, around-the-campfire ghost stories do. I wanted my readers to Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful Wanton Wednesday: Ice Planet Honeymoon: Vektal & Georgie by Ruby Dixon
What better way to indulge in a little randy escapism, than to get lost in a Ice Planet romance novella- in June! The Ice Planet has two temperatures-freezing and brutal- but that does not get in the way of the wealth of love, humor and passion found in Ruby Dixon's Ice Planet Barbarian's series; a series that thankfully has no signs of losing steam or slowing down, 17 (yes, 17!) novels deep. Dixon's latest novella, Ice Planet Honeymoon: Vektal & Georgie revisit the couple that started Continue Reading