Mariah gave us the official okay to start playing Christmas songs and today we have Erin McLellan stopping by with a list of sexy Christmas songs that served as inspiration for her new Holiday novella, Stocking Stuffers, out now. Sexiest Christmas Songs – Stocking Stuffers Inspiration I wrote Stocking Stuffers, a queer m/f erotic holiday romance, in the summer. It’s not always easy to get in a Christmas mood when the sun is out 22 hours a day (I live in Alaska). As a result, I listened to Continue Reading
Guest Post: Who wins when a vampire crosses a dragon? by A.C. Arthur
This probably isn’t a very popular subject, but it’s Halloween so let’s have some fun! One of the villains in my upcoming book, Awaken the Dragon, is a vampire whose been cast out from the royal vampire court. Warrick’s not worried though because he has a plan. His plan involves an African demigoddess who’s being guarded by a three-hundred-year-old dragon. Now, to anyone else this might seem like a problem, but not Warrick. Why? Because he’s a powerful vampire. And as a powerful vampire Continue Reading
Guest Post: Friends to Lovers Recommendations by Miranda Liasson
Writing a romance where the hero and heroine know each other well and are best friends was a lot of fun. In this close relationship, the other person is someone who gets you, doesn’t want to change you, and loves you exactly for who you are, quirks and all. I loved writing about best friends Rafe and Kaitlyn… sprinkling little pieces of their relationship through the series and ending with their love story in All I Want for Christmas Is You. Who else but your BFF is perfect to call you out Continue Reading
Guest Post by A. M. Arthur
Thank you to Team Smexy Books for having me here today to celebrate the recent release of LUCKY BREAK, the fourth book in my Clean Slate Ranch cowboy series. If you aren’t familiar with me, I’m A.M. Arthur and I write M/M romance with a dash of M/M/M here and there. I have over fifty books published and am best known for my contemporary series, including Cost of Repairs, Perspectives, and Belonging, but I also dip into paranormal and mpreg. Clean Slate Ranch is a tourist attraction, but it’s Continue Reading
Guest Post: Working Class Heroes & Heroines by Vanessa North
Working class heroes, man. I love ’em. Heroines too. I’ve written plumbers and farmers, bartenders and construction laborers—there’s something about someone who knows what it’s like to put in a hard day’s work that makes me believe that they can and will put that same work into their relationships. I worked in the white collar corporate world for years, and we liked to throw around the “work hard, play hard” line, but you have never seen play like a bunch of mechanics when they go out on the Continue Reading
Bawdy Quickie from Bawdy Bookworms
Hi Smexy Readers! My friend Thien-Kim, the founder of Bawdy Bookworms asked if she could stop by and give us some information about their new box subscription! I hope you'll check out the Quickie box and just their site in general :) I'm excited to announce our new box, BAWDY QUICKIE! The monthly subscription box will exclusively feature diverse romances paired with erotic toys. We officially launched last week and will announce our first book November 1st. The boxes will ship November Continue Reading
Guest Post: The Sights and Sounds of NOLA Knights by Rhenna Morgan
I love New Orleans. I’ve been there more times than I can count, and I’m pretty much your standard tourist when I visit: Nighttime trips to the French Quarter.A stop at Pat O’Brien’s—because it’s Pat O’Brien’s.Requisite visits to at least one fortune teller—because it just seems to fit the city, and who knows where you’ll find a good idea for a book!A breakfast or mid-afternoon trip to Café Du Monde.Souvenir shopping at the French Market.Cajun Food.Cajun Food.Cajun Food. Oddly, hardly any Continue Reading
Guest Post: Dream Cast for American Love Story by Adriana Herrera
Adriana is back with another beautiful dream cast for her latest novel, American Love Story, which released earlier this week. Thanks for stopping by Adriana!! Patrice and Easton’s romance is almost here and have I got a casting for you! For this third installment of the Dreamers series we’re back in Ithaca and my favorite broody Haitian is in deep with a certain Whiskey eyed ADA. Since I’ve already picked some of the main players for the series, you will see some familiar faces, but Continue Reading
Guest Post: Writing with Baggage by Charish Reid
When I first saw this tweet, I laughed until I realized that I was being dragged by Twitter’s #WritingCommunity. As you can imagine, thousands of writers liked and retweeted this image, making us all a band of scarred adults just trying to keep our collective shit together. Sure, I’ve had therapy and journaled my feelings, but there’s nothing quite satisfying like giving all my baggage over to another person and seeing how they sort it out. I’m not ashamed to say that I do that with my own Continue Reading
Guest Post: Iranian Girls in Romance by Negeen Papehn
Friends before we get to this amazing post by Negeen, let's flashback to RWA when I met her. It was Friday morning. I was on my first wave of tiredness, had the worst blisters on my feet and was all bandaged up. I was in the line at the hotel for a ridiculously overpriced egg panini, iced tea and a $6 bottle of water. Anyway as I was standing in line, I saw Tif Marcelo, who if you don't already know this is one of the kindest, sweetest humans in the whole entire world. She was accompanied by Continue Reading