Contemporary Romance: Shipped by Angie Hockman- Release date 01/19/2021- Billed as "The Unhoneymooners meets The Hating Game", an enemies to lovers on a cruise ship? Yes, please. The Dating Plan by Sara Desai- Release date 03/16/2021- This is the follow-up to The Marriage Game and it features the fake dating trope. Sweethand (Island Bites Book 1) by N.G. Peltier- 03/30/2021- Enemies to lovers who are stuck together for a wedding.... and I really love this cover. The Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap Up
ICYMI on Smexy this week May 6-10 New Releases Angela reviewed Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs Sheena was back to being wistful and wanton Charlie Adhara stopped by for a Q & A Lucy Parker shared her TBR with us Angela reviewed The Bride Test by Helen Hoang Rebecca Grace Allen talked about relationships on the rocks Kini DNF'ed a book Seasoned Romance #RomBkLove #RomBkLove is still going strong this month. Search the hashtag on Twitter or Instagram My Continue Reading
Review: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
The Bride Test by Helen HoangThe Kiss Quotient #2Contemporary RomanceMay 7, 2019 by BerkleyKindle * BN * Goodreads Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions—like grief. And love. He thinks he’s defective. His family knows better—that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, his mother takes matters into her own Continue Reading
Smexy’s May TBR
Angela: Last month I only had a couple of ARCs for review, so I caught up on my TBR stack. This month I am overloaded with books to read on my review list, but they all sound fantastic. Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson #11) by Patricia Briggs 5/7- I actually just finished this one and it was another great addition to the series. Review to come. The Bride Test ( The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang 5/7- I LOVED The Kiss Quotient. I've got The Bride Test up next in my reading queue so I'll Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
It's Friday and I stayed up too late watching hockey last night! BUT I finally finished a book!!!! I feel like I deserve a parade. I started The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang last night but had a hard time reading as I was also watching the Washington Capitals win the Stanley Cup! It is starting out great and I was a bit surprised about how much sex stuff there is so far. I think the cover made me think it was going to be more closed door or at least no body parts mentioned, but I was Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts – Believe The Kiss Quotient Hype!
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Contemporary Romance Release date: June 5, 2018 There is a lot of buzz around the release of The Kiss Quotient and in my opinion, it’s well deserved. I was so excited to have the opportunity to read an early copy of this very much-anticipated debut novel by Helen Hoang. I flew through the first read and then picked it up again a few weeks later to read slower and absorb it. I struggle with reviews for books I love. I worry about saying too much, so I Continue Reading