The winners of the October edition of Take My Books are: SET #1 – Sandy Jay SET #2 – aromagik SET #3 – Brandy W SET #4 – Marq SET #5 – Julia All winners have already been contacted. Thanks to everyone who entered! I already have a big stack (including a passionate shifter and an Indulgent Irishman) waiting for November ;) Continue Reading
Giveaway: Daughter of Darkness by V.C. Andrews
Daughter of Darkness By V.C. Andrews On Sale 10/26/10 ISBN: 9781439155011 Price: $7.99 ($9.99 CAN) When I was a little girl, Daddy told me never to fear the dark. "We exist because of the darkness," he told me. "All of you are daughters of darkness." Beloved bestselling author V.C. Andrews's passion for vampires comes to spellbinding life in a long-awaited novel of dark desires as all-consuming—and forbidden—as in Flowers in the Attic. One night, with the sound of a Continue Reading
Interview and Giveaway with Erica Hayes
Holla!!!! It’s Tori. I'm so pleased that I am here with Erica Hayes to talk about life, books, urban fantasy, smexy men, and her newest release-Poison Kissed, #3 in her Shadowfae Chronicles. Hi Erica! (insert fangirl SQUEEE) Thanks so much for being here with me today at Smexy Books. I LOVE your Shadowfae world and am VERY excited about your newest release Poison Kissed, which came out September 28, 2010. Can you tell us a little about it? Thanks so much for having me! POISON KISSED is Continue Reading
Take My Books – October
I’m back with some October releases that I have either received duplicate arcs or I will just not have time to get to the review. All books are brand new, finished copies. SET #1 Styx’s Storm by Lora Leigh Eternal Hunger by Laura Wright Something Wicked by Michelle Rowen SET #2 Seducing the Duchess by Ashley March The Accidental Wedding By Anne Gracie To Save the Devil by Kate Moore SET #3 Last to Die by Kate Brady Two Lethal Likes by Annie Solomon Just Continue Reading
Interview and Giveaway With Nana Malone
I’m happy to have Nana Malone here at Smexy today. We are talking about her debut book, Game,Set,Match. Game,Set,Match is your debut novel. Tell us about your road to publication. Was it bumpy or smooth sailing? Totally smooth sailing. Ha! I wish. When I started writing 11 years ago, I thought I’d have a book written in a month, sell it a month after that and be a NYT bestseller in no time. Clearly I’d lost my mind. The reality was, I had a lot to learn about plot and characterization and Continue Reading
Smexy Winners
I have two contest winners to announce today. First, the winner of Scoundrel by Zoe Archer is: Twimom227 Congrats!! The winner of Grave Witch by Kalayna Price is: CrystalGB Congrats!! Big thanks to both Zoe Archer and Kalayna Price! Continue Reading
Interview with Kalayna Price and Giveway
Who is Kalayna Price. Give us the dirty low down. Who am I? I'm the girl with the blue hair in the corset who is sporting kick ass boots, a hoop over one shoulder, and laptop tucked under one arm. Or at least that might be who you see at a con. On a day to day basis, I'm just a girl locked to a computer, pounding out words. Grave Witch is the first in your Alex Craft series. I love that Alex is poor, doesn’t get along with her family and struggles physically after she has to use her magic. Continue Reading
Interview with Ilona Andrews and Giveaway
I’m very happy to have the husband and wife writing team of Ilona Andrews at Smexy today talking about their newest release and one of my favorite books of the year, Bayou Moon. I was so excited to hear William would be the hero of the second book in your Edge series. William is more of a broken hero, and struggles socially. Did you have his journey planned out from the beginning or did he surprise you in this book? Give us some insight into writing his character. William has been kicked by Continue Reading
Guest Author Carolyn Crane and Giveaway
I am so excited to have Carolyn Crane back at Smexy today!! Carolyn take it away! Hi everybody, and thanks Mandi for having me! Well, as most people know, I’m the author of Mind Games and Double Cross, the first two books of the Disillusionist trilogy, but there is something I bet people don’t know about me…that I have my very own line of greeting cards! Yes, that’s right. And because guest posts on other people’s blogs are great places to talk about your exciting new book, er, I am Continue Reading
Guest Author Jennifer Estep and Giveaway
I’m so happy to have Jennifer Estep back for a third time to Smexy! Today she is talking about her current release, Venom and music and writing. Take it away Jennifer. Greetings and salutations! First of all, I want to say thanks to Mandi for having me on the blog today. Thanks, Mandi! Some of you might know me as the author of the Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. The books focus on Gin Blanco, an assassin codenamed the Spider who can control the elements of Ice and Stone. Continue Reading