Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who are celebrating! We thought today would be a good day to look back at what we posted on this day on Smexy in the past. 2018Sheena’s Smexy Snapshots! A Holiday by Gaslight & The Duke That I Marry. 2017Review: A Cruel Kind of Beautiful by Michelle HazenReview: Head Coach by Lia Riley 2016Review: My Rogue, My Ruin by Amalie Howard and Angie Morgan 2015Weekly Wrap Up 2014Review: Blue Mountain by Cardeno C.Review: Discovering Me by Crystal Continue Reading
Transparency in Romance: My Thoughts
Recently on Twitter, I posted about disclosing personal relationships between bloggers/reviewers and authors. And while I wrote it to ask about disclosure, after the responses came in and other discussions with friends, I believe it is more about transparency. This is particularly relevant as we close out the year and best of/favorite lists will be released by blogs, reviewers and entertainment news sites. I think about the following questions frequently. How transparent should I be Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Historical Romance Reviews for Books by Kelly Bowen and Amalie Howard
Night of the Scoundrel by Kelly BowenDevil of Dover #3.5Historical RomanceNovember 26, 2019 by Forever YoursARC Honestly? I had no idea who the two main characters were in this novella when I requested it for review. I only knew that it was part of the Devil of Dover series and was by Kelly Bowen. Turns out King, the hero of Night of the Scoundrel, was the mysterious bad guy smuggler from the third book in the series, A Rogue by Night. And he is exactly the kind of sexy, dangerous, Continue Reading
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These are limited time deals so grab them ASAP. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Grace Burrowes delivers remarkable characters, intriguing plots, and freshly imagined Regency settings in this unforgettable trilogy about three noble brothers. A Regency era battle of wits, wills, and the sexes, with a wily old duke determined to see the succession of his line secured, and his three headstrong sons equally determined to resist the bonds of matrimony. THE HEIR: The Earl of Continue Reading
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Although beautiful young widow Phoebe, Lady Clare, has never met West Ravenel, she knows one thing for certain: he’s a mean, rotten bully. Back in boarding school, he made her late husband’s life a misery, and she’ll never forgive him for it. But when Phoebe attends a family wedding, she encounters a dashing and impossibly charming stranger who sends a fire-and-ice jolt of attraction through her. And then he introduces himself...as none other than West Ravenel. West is a man with a tarnished Continue Reading
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The complete USA Today bestselling trilogy The Kingmaker Chronicles! KINGDOMS WILL RISE AND FALL FOR HER...BUT NOT IF SHE CAN HELP IT A Promise of FireCatalia "Cat" Fisa lives disguised as a soothsayer in a traveling circus. She is perfectly content avoiding the danger and destiny the Gods—and her homicidal mother—have saddled her with. That is, until Griffin, an ambitious warlord from the magic-deprived south, fixes her with his steely gaze and upsets her illusion of safety forever. Continue Reading
Guest Post: Writing with a Day Job by Melia Alexander
Like many folks, we here at Smexy are constantly working on juggling work, family life, social life, reading, blogging and other things. I often wonder how authors balance it all. Melia stops by to talk about what works for her. Melia's new book, Seduced by the Soldier is out now. Tips on how to keep your day job, writing life, and sanity Like many writers, I have a day job, a place I lovingly refer to as The Male Observation Lab. As you might guess from the moniker, I work in Continue Reading
Angela’s TBR Mini Reviews- Books by Kerrigan Byrne, Hailey Edwards, and Annette Marie
Slaying Monsters for the Feeble (Guild Codex: Demonized #2) by Annette Marie 11/1- I discovered this author on KU and have really enjoyed her writing. The Guild Codex: Demonized is actually a spin-off from the original series, Guild Codex: Spellbound. The main character of Demonized is introduced several books into the Spellbound series and I was hooked as soon as I met her on page. Now I think I enjoy her series even more than the original. I love the dynamics between Robin and her Continue Reading
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All Charlotte wanted was to avoid scandal. Instead, she was caught in the arms of a mysterious, handsome lord...and he's not letting go. On the night of the Parkhurst ball, someone had a scandalous tryst in the library. Was it Lord Canby, with the maid, on the divan? Or Miss Fairchild, with a rake, against the wall? Perhaps the butler did it. All Charlotte Highwood knows is this: it wasn't her. But rumors to the contrary are buzzing. Unless she can discover the lovers' true identity, Continue Reading
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An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Summer!An Amazon Best Romance of July!An iBooks Best Romance of June! The one woman he will never forget...Malcolm Bevingstoke, Duke of Haven, has lived the last three years in self-imposed solitude, paying the price for a mistake he can never reverse and a love he lost forever. The dukedom does not wait, however, and Haven requires an heir, which means he must find himself a wife by summer's end. There is only one problem--he already has one. The Continue Reading