Amanda Weaver's new novel, Love Around the Corner, is out now, Amanda is here to talk about one of my favorite tropes- Second Chance. I think people love reading second chance romances because most of us have someone in our past we still wonder about, some relationship that didn’t end the way we wanted it to. Don’t we all secretly google that one who got away to see how their life has worked out? Gemma, the heroine in Love Around the Corner has definitely googled her ex, although she’d die Continue Reading
Guest Post: The Shatterproof Bond series by Isobel Starling
Isobel Starling stopped by to talk about her series The Shatterproof Bond which has been re-released. Check the bottom of this post to enter for a chance to win a copy of the series. Giveaway provided by the publicist and not operated by SmexyBooks The Shatterproof Bond series is a thriller M/M Romance story set between London, England, Scotland, and Europe. The protagonists are Scotsman Declan Ramsay and Englishman Samuel Aiken. When we first meet Declan he is in a bad 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
Guest Post: Romantic Comedy author Tawna Fenske shares her five favorite rom-com films
Tawna stopped by to talk about rom-com films. Tawna has a new book out this week called The Two-Date Rule I have a confession. Well, several of them, but most aren’t fit for public blog posts. My confession is that I do not actually enjoy movies. I don’t like television, either. There is one in my home, though I have no idea how to operate it. But once in a while, my film-loving husband will wear me down, and I’ll agree to watch something on a flickering screen. Sometimes, I even Continue Reading
Guest Post: Flutter My Eyelashes! Heroines Can Be Over Thirty by Cathy Maxwell
The heroine in HIS SECRET MISTRESS, the first book in “The Logical Men’s Society’s Guide to Dangerous Women,” is thirty-five. Yes, I did that. Kate is over thirty. And she has . . . sex! And if you are over thirty, I hope you are having plenty of sex, too. In fact, I suspect you probably are having better sex than you did in your twenties. Maybe not as much, but, hopefully, better. We know what to ask for now, right? When I wrote this story, I wasn’t thinking about Continue Reading
Guest Post: Tropes at Work in ONE LAST CHANCE by Therese Beharrie
I’ve published fourteen books in my career so far. Of those fourteen, six have been second chance romances. ONE LAST CHANCE, the third book in my ONE DAY TO FOREVER series, will be the seventh. I’m clearly a fan of the trope, partly because there are so many ways of exploring it, and partly because I only need the chance of a romance the first time around not to work out to define it as a second chance romance. But the one thing all of my second chance romances have in common is that Continue Reading
Excerpt: Hard Ride by A.M. Arthur
Thanks so much to the folks here at Smexy Books for having me today to talk about my new release, HARD RIDE (Clean Slate Ranch #5). This is a fake relationship book and was my first time writing this particular trope, but I had so much fun it won’t be the last! Single guy Derrick Massey is facing a long summer of five family weddings, and he needs a fake boyfriend to keep his family off his back about settling down. Quiet cowboy Slater needs a place to stay in the city while he heals from a Continue Reading
Guest Post- My Favorite Sexy Novellas by Jodie Slaughter
Novellas have always had a special place in my heart. When it comes to romance specifically, I love long, expansive books that allow me to get lost in pages upon pages of a love story. But I’m a total sucker for watching characters get or stay together in under forty thousand words. When they’re done well, they take a much shorter time for me to read, but still manage to give me an entire story to feel satisfied with. When I set out to write my very first romance novella, Just One More, I went Continue Reading
Guest Post: Lingerie Influencers and Brands Who Inspire by Erin McLellan
In my most recent release, Candy Hearts, one of the heroes, Benji, loves wearing lingerie and sexy undergarments. This is part of his self-expression, and he was a very fun character to write. He has connections to a lingerie company in the story. His sister (the heroine of Stocking Stuffers) is head of marketing for a lingerie and sex toy company, and one of the other side characters in this story is a lingerie designer. Benji wears lingerie throughout the story, and by the end of the book, he Continue Reading
Guest Post: One More Time: Some Favorite Second-Chance Romances by Ruby Lang
Second Chance Romance is one of my (Kini) favorite tropes so I was thrilled to get the chance to have Ruby put together a list of recommendations. Ruby's new novel, House Rules, releases on February 10. I love second-chance romances because they are unabashedly about personal growth. The main characters in this kind of story are trying to prove that they are no longer the people who couldn’t end up together. For example, in my upcoming contemporary romance, House Rules, the third in my Continue Reading