Welcome back to Smexybooks as we do our last Countdown to 40-Obsession in Death release post with a look into Innocent in Death, #24 and my thoughts on pivotal scenes in the book. On Tuesday we discussed Part One-the moment from when Eve first meets Magdalena Percell and realises that this old flame of Roarke’s meant more to him than he is letting on. On Thursday we discussed Part Two-Eve’s evolving relationship with Summerset and the surprising support he offers her. Today we are discussing Continue Reading
Countdown to 40: Part Two of Tori’s Thoughts on J.D. Robb’s Innocent In Death and Big Giveaway!
Welcome back to Smexybooks as we Countdown to 40 with a re read of Innocent in Death, #24 with my thoughts on pivotal scenes in the book. On Tuesday we discussed Part One-the moment from when Eve first meets Magdalena Percell and realizes that this old flame of Roarke’s meant more than he is letting on. Today we are discussing Part Two-Summerset and his ever changing role in Eve’s life. Part Two: Summerset and Eve “She’s a dangerous woman, Lieutenant.” “In what way?” “She Continue Reading
Winners!
The (randomly chosen) winner for the two tickets to the Fifty Shades of Grey event is: Jodie Faircloth The winner of Turn up the Heat by Kimberly Kincaid is: Trishj Winners have been emailed. Continue Reading
Winners!
The winners of a signed copy of Risking it All by Tessa Bailey are: Elaine G AmandaS Sophia D All winners have been emailed. Thanks to Tessa Bailey for hosting the giveaway! Continue Reading
Win Tickets to Fifty Shades of Grey on Today Event!
Today I have two tickets to give away for a screening of Fifty Shades of Grey with the Today Show on Friday, February 6th. The screening will take place in NYC at the Ziegfield Theater at 7:30am. Cast and filmmakers will be in attendance. I'm going to select a winner on Saturday morning. The winner will have to provide both names of the people going - the winner doesn't have to attend- I just need to know the names of who will be attending. Government-issued IDs will be required at Continue Reading
Winners!
The winner of Bloodbound by Erin Lindsey is: LaurieF The winner of the Six-Pack Ranch series by Vivian Arend is: bn100 Congrats to both - you have been emailed. Thanks to Erin and Vivian for the giveaways! Continue Reading
Our Thoughts on Burned by Karen Marie Moning
Burned is book seven in the Fever series, an overall excellent urban fantasy series. I think every Smexy girl reads it, although May, Sheena and Mandi slammed through it on day one and are here to share our thoughts. I think we all loved Iced, the previous book in this series (I did a top ten reasons to read post). We were all unsure of how we would like 14 year old Dani as our narrator, and she surprised the hell out of us in a good way. So then we waited for Burned and her story to Continue Reading
Tropes Mandi is Looking for in 2015
Each month, Sophia from Fiction Vixen and I put out a monthly newsletter called, How Many Licks (how many licks does it take to get to the center of a romance hero - or any other way you want to use "lick" and "romance hero" in a sentence) This month, we talked about tropes we are seeking out in 2015 - and in case you don't subscribe to our newsletter, I thought I'd post it here for further discussion. If you would like to subscribe, go here. We do a different topic or highlight a different Continue Reading
Winners!
The winner of True Pretenses by Rose Lerner is: Shana The winners of the Take my Books contest are: Set 1 - Lisa H Set 2 - ML Set 3 - Diane Sallans Set 4 - Donna Set -5 - Doris All winners have been emailed. Continue Reading
New Outlander Pics and Trailer!
(Let me ride you your horse Jamie!) I'm a huge fan of not only the series by Diana Gabaldon but the Outlander television show on Starz. While it's a long wait until it returns in April, Starz is sharing some pictures and video to help make the wait easier. What are they reading?? Claire being a bad ass. Did they use that phrase back then? *STARES* And we have a new trailer to watch.... Continue Reading