Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven Fallen Empire #1 Fantasy Romance September 25, 2018 by Ace Favorite Quote: "Stay with me, Gilene," he whispered in her ear. "I can't," she murmured, still half asleep. "I will conquer all of the Empire to bring you back." Reviewed by Angela This was probably my most anticipated book this year. If you were to ask me to make a list of my favorite fantasy romances of all time, Grace Draven would have four or five titles in my top ten. She Continue Reading
Review: A Notorious Vow by Joanna Shupe
A Notorious Vow by Joanna Shupe The Four Hundred #3 Historical Romance September 25, 2018 by Avon Reviewed by Angela: The entire time I was reading this book I had this overwhelming feeling of sadness and dread. I've enjoyed this author previously, so when I saw this up for review I didn't even read the blurb, I just hit the request button. I wasn't prepared. You see the hero in A Notorious Vow is deaf, and I grew up in a partially deaf household. I know the stories of how my father was Continue Reading
Angela’s Monday Mornings
Happy Monday! What I read this week: Last Night with the Earl by Kelly Bowen The Devils of Dover #2 Historical Romance September 25, 2018 by Avon Favorite Quote: "Save your shiny armor and white horse for something better than my sensibilities." This was such a lovely romance. The hero, Eli Dawes, Earl of Rivers, rides off to war a cocky, young rake and returns home many years later a broken, wounded man. He would have rather disappeared and never returned at all, but when his Continue Reading
Seven Smexy Reasons to read Rebel Hard by Nalini Singh!
Rebel Hard by Nalini Singh Hard Play, #2 9/18/2018 TKA Distribution Review by Sheena You guys. Whatever the lung friendly equivalent to smoking a cigarette is, I'm totally doing it. Because how else do you cap off the reading of such a fulfilling, romantic, decadent, beautiful love story? You see, Rebel Hard was destined to be devoured. Not just because Singh is an auto-read, not just because the cover is yum. The blurb folks; the synopsis sang a siren's song to all of my reader senses. Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday!
Happy Hump day to all my randy readers! Today's lovey/lusty offerings are once again from Annika Martin, because- smexy! After reading and raving over Martin's Billionaire's Wake-Up Call Girl, I received a rec to check out the preceding novel, Most Eligible Billionaire and I'm soo glad I did. I’m Vicky, the dog whisperer. (Not really, but that’s what my elderly neighbor always says.) When she dies, she surprises everybody by leaving a corporation worth billions to her dog, Smuckers. With me Continue Reading
Guest Author: Hailey Turner
2 Truths and 1 Lie: Hiya! Thank you so much for having me on Smexy Books today. I’m here to talk about my brand new M/M urban fantasy series, Soulbound, and the first book that has just come out, A Ferry of Bones & Gold. If you like magic, murder, and mayhem, you won’t want to miss it! The series will follow Patrick Collins, a federal agent mage, and Jonothon de Vere, a god pack alpha werewolf. Driven by the gods themselves, the two are drawn into a fight against mercenary magic Continue Reading
Tori’s Tuesday Tinys
Come Back To Me by Sharon Sala Contemporary Romance/Inspirational August 28, 2018 Sala welcomes readers back to the small town of Blessings, Georgia in her sixth installment with a second chance romance brimming with love, loss, and forgiveness. Two high school sweethearts are torn apart by tragedy only to discover years later that sometimes life gives you what you need when you least expect it. Sala’s small town inspirational saga continues to entertain with multiple subplots that almost Continue Reading
Angela’s Monday Mornings
Happy Monday y'all! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! My review of For the Duke's Eyes Only by Lenora Bell will post later today. Be sure to come back and check it out. What I read: The Billionaire's Wake-Up-Call Girl by Annika Martin This book made me laugh and it's super sexy. Sheena wrote a fantastic review that will make you want to one-click and push aside your entire TBR stack to read ASAP. Check out Sheena's review here. GR * AMZ * BN What I read in KU: Dirty Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Nayna Sharma agreed to an arranged marriage in the hope it would heal the fractures in her beloved family… only to realize too late that a traditional marriage is her personal nightmare. Panicked, she throws caution to the winds, puts on the tiniest dress she can find, and ends up in the arms of a tall, rough-edged hunk of a man who has abs of steel—and who she manages to mortally insult between one kiss and the next. Abandoned as a child, then adopted into a loving family, Raj Sen believes Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… Angela talked about: B- review – Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christine Lauren (contemporary) B review – Whiskey Chaser by Lucy Score and Claire Kingsley (contemporary-KU) Her TBR for next week Sheena talked about: B+ review – One More Moment by Samantha Chase (contemporary) B/C review –Exclusive/A Touch of Heaven by Samantha Chase (contemporary-novella) Devney Perry's Timid on her Wanton/Wistful Wednesday (contemporary) Six Smexy Reasons to Read Block Shot Continue Reading