The winner of the basket of billionaire books and chocolate is: maidenveil The winner of Taken by the Duke by Jess Michaels is: Glittergirl Winners have been emailed. Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap -Up
This week at Smexy… B+ review – Break Me by Shiloh Walker (suspense) C+review - Saugatuck Summer by Amelia C. Gormley (m/m) C- review – The Opposite of Nothing by Shari Slade (new adult) C- review – The Collector by Nora Roberts (contemporary) D review – Bad Influence by K.A. Mitchell (m/m) F review – Wolf At The Door by NJ Walkers (paranormal) Top Ten Reasons to Read Hard Time by Cara McKenna May Discusses: The Importance of Book Blurbs Guest Author Jess Michaels and Continue Reading
May Discusses: The Importance of Book Blurbs
I am not sure if it is my advancing age, the thousands of books I’ve read over the years, or just changes in my personal taste but my list of deal-breaking words and scenarios in new book blurbs has increased and now I find within the first few sentences of a book promo I can eliminate over 75% of romance books as potential reading material. Personally, I’m inclined to blame being burned and let down by too many books with certain tropes and set-ups or just being burnt out on the ‘sassy’ Continue Reading
Tori Discusses: Emo Vampires Need Not Apply
Growing up, I loved the show Creature Feature. It introduced me to such wonderful horror flicks such as; The Mummy, The Wolfman, and Frankenstein. I remember sitting in a dark room with my cousins and being scared to death but loving every minute of it. As I got older, I fell in love with Buffy The Vampire Slayer and yes, Spike was my favorite. Not because of his looks (though they helped) but because he was a very bad boy. He acted how I thought a vampire should act. He didn’t walk around all Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten-April 4
Mandi is gone. AGAIN. She’s always going off to do fun exciting naughty things and leaving me at home. ALONE. I think she is cheating on me. In fact, I have PROOF! See? Who IS this man? She thinks I don’t know...but I do. *sob* Whatever will I do now?? How will I survive this cruel betrayal...oh hai, it’s David Beckham! 10. David Beckham is one finnnnne man. Here he is modeling his new line of swimwear for H&M. I wish I was that swimsuit. Did I say that out loud? Read Continue Reading
Review: Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran
Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran (Rules for the Reckless #2) Released: March 25, 2014 Historical Romance Pocket Books Reviewed by Mandi Meredith Duran is an author that has quietly become a favorite historical author of mine. I've read almost all of her books and have rated all of them favorably so it's a fun time when she has a new release. I have a weakness for cold, broken, tortured heroes and the duke of Marwick, Alastair de Grey's demeanor wooed me from the beginning. Once Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – March 28th
10. Perfect bag for me! (thx Danielle!) Link 9. I just noticed that Decadent Publishing is doing a Calendar Men series. Each month, a new book with a new featured hero. I have yet to read any of these, but it looks like a fun premise. Read more about it here. 8. The RITA and Golden Heart finalists have been announced. These are the awards given out at the annual RWA convention for best romance books in all of the different categories. Congrats to all the Continue Reading
Winners!
The winner of Sweet Disorder by Rose Lerner is: Stevie Carroll The winners of a gift card from our anniversary celebration are: Jess1 susan Manda miki Vicki S. Congrats! All have been emailed. Continue Reading
Smexy Books Turns Five!
Pack up the book bag because we are old enough for Kindergarten! If Kindergarten was a place we could talk about hairy chests and happily ever afters and big peens. I've gone back and forth with what I wanted to do with this post. First I was going to thank everyone who has helped us along the way. But that is wayyyyyy too many people. Because this falls on a Sunday, and we usually do a dirty Smex Scene Sunday post, I was going to post the dirtiest scenes I could think of...but there are too Continue Reading
Audiobook Recommendations
I go through phases of obsessively listening to audio books and then forgetting them for awhile. Right now I'm in the obsessive listening phase. When I run errands, clean the house, fold laundry - I have my ear buds in with a book on. I'm currently listening to Feral Sins by Suzanne Wright and this book is FUN. I really enjoy the narrator too (who can make or break an audio book). Also let me note that I'm listening to the rereleased version as the first version of this book has an odd scene Continue Reading