Sun of a Beach by Mia SosaContemporaryApril 8, 2021, by AudibleARC This is another audible original, which seems to be more and more of a trend with romance authors. Donovan and Naomi are given an assignment for the swimsuit edition of the magazine they work on and things are interesting since they dislike each other. Naomi began the novella in an ‘I would never date a co-worker’ frame of mind and changed to ‘I am in love’ mindset in the length of 24 hours basically. Donovan changes from Continue Reading
Review: Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha
Favorite Quote: "They don't own you-- that was a lesson I had to learn. They may have made you, but what you do with that will always be your choice. Deal with the Devil is the first book in Kit Rocha's new Mercenary Librarians series. This is also their first book that I've read that wasn't self-published and when I tell you I had to practically beg for a copy, I'm not exaggerating. This book was one of my most anticipated of the year and I was willing to do almost anything for a copy. I Continue Reading
Guest Post: Themes in A Paradox of Fates by Rebecca Hefner
Rebecca's new book, A Paradox of Fates, Sci-Fi Romance, Dystopian Romance is out now. She stopped by to talk about the themes in the book. I always knew I’d write a romance about a theoretical physicist female protagonist one day. Why? Because to me, a self-proclaimed science dork, there’s nothing sexier than science. It can explain in exact terms why certain parts of our bodies flush with desire when being held in the arms of a lover. It also leads to a shared understanding 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
Mandi’s Monday Musings
We are going to try a new format at Smexy. Each day, one reviewer will post all the books she has read in the past seven days. Sometimes it may be long reviews like you are used to seeing. Sometimes they will be mini reviews. This gives each reviewer a week to read books, and their own day to talk about them. Mandi is Monday, Tori Tuesday, Sheena Wednesday, Helyce Thursday and Kini Friday. The Top Ten will be coming back this week, and we will still post a wrap-up and Smex Scene over the Continue Reading
Review: Fight The Tide by Keira Andrews
Fight The Tide by Keira Andrews Series: Kick at the Darkness, 2 Paranormal Dystopian M/M Romance Released: July 26, 2016 KA Books Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "Dude, I jerked off inside you." "You sure did." A virus that turns the infected into zombie-like killers spreads through a burning world thrown into lawless chaos. Lovers Parker and Adam have escaped to the open sea when they hear a message over the airwaves from a place called Salvation Island—a supposed safe Continue Reading
Review: Dissension by Stacey Berg
Dissension by Stacey Berg (Echo Hunter 367 #1) Released: March 15, 2016 Dysopian/Sci Fi Harper Voyager Reviewed by Mandi Blurb: For four hundred years, the Church has led the remnants of humanity as they struggle for survival in the last inhabited city. Echo Hunter 367 is exactly what the Church created her to be: loyal, obedient, lethal. A clone who shouldn’t care about anything but her duty. Who shouldn’t be able to. When rebellious citizens challenge the Church’s authority, it is Continue Reading
Joint Review: Beyond Ruin by Kit Rocha
Beyond Ruin by Kit Rocha (Beyond #7) Released: February 23, 2016 Erotic Dystopian Reviewed by Mandi and Tori Adrian Maddox fled his royal life—and tragic past—in Sector One, choosing instead to join up with the O’Kanes. For years, he’s lived by one rule: love fast, love hard, and always be willing to walk away. He’s managed to guard his heart, keep it whole and untouched—until now. They couldn’t be more different—Dylan, the brilliant, burned-out doctor from Eden who drowns his pain Continue Reading
Review: The Long Fall of Night by AJ Rose
The Long Fall of Night by AJ Rose M/M Dystopian Released: June 17, 2015 Reviewed by Mandi End of the world plus male/male romance equals a premise that intrigues me. This is a straight up contemporary end of the world - a massive power outage and cell phones not working for at least half of the US. No zombies or paranormal things that are ending this world - just terrorists. Ash is in college out east and has an uncle out west who is an extreme conspiracy theorist. Even though Ash knows Continue Reading
Review: Beyond Addiction by Kit Rocha
Beyond Addiction (Beyond, #5) by Kit Rocha Erotic Romance/ Dystopian E book August 11, 2014 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’m going to tell you every filthy fucking thing I want to do with you and to you. Because I only know what gets you off. I want to learn what turns you on.” Trix escaped Sector Five four years ago, allowing everyone there to believe she was dead. Now living in Sector Four and officially an O’Kane, Trix is clean with a new name, a new family, Continue Reading