Happy Tuesday! It occurred to me the other day as I was grumbling to a friend about the wait time on a library book that I use every source available to me to further my book habit. I read and review ARCs, I check out ebooks from the library, I utilize Kindle Unlimited frequently and I am the worst about purchasing books on sale. It doesn't matter how big my TBR, I will hit the one-click button on a good deal in a hot minute. So I figured I would start adding that information when I review. Continue Reading
Sexcerpt: A Game of Sins (My Wicked Prayers: Book 1) by Zurie Brunelle
BLURB: Kenzie Adams wasn't expecting to fall for Luke Bennett, the young, sexy priest-in-training. When she propositioned him it was for just one night in the Game of Sins. Kenzie's new college roommates at St. Theresa's, an all-girl's Catholic college, invited her to join them in a competition, handed her a scorecard, and explained that there were points for every sin they convinced the priests-in-training at the adjoining school to make. Luke Bennett was just to be the first conquest, Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
New Releases: Week of June 24- 28, 2019 Angela’s Tuesday Thoughts: Kingdom of Exiles and Her Other Secret Smexcerpt: Deadlock by Cherrie Lynn Excerpt from Her Other Secret by HelenKay Dimon Angela- I FINALLY read Vicious by VE Schwab (it's been on my TBR forever) and omgoodness… I can not believe I waited so long. Death, super powers, two old school roomies, one is a villain and one an anti-hero, a mixed up time line that I had work to keep straight in my head and an ending I Continue Reading
Cover Reveal and First Chapter of Handle with Care by Helena Hunting
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