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Mandi Rants about The Shadows by J.R. Ward

April 1, 2015 by Mandi 101 Comments

We all know I love me some JR Ward. I have a freaking information page that is very out of date but devoted to her. I loooooooove her books. They are cracky fun. They have 500 different plot lines in every one, use ridiculous slang but they are my brothers. The Shadows came out yesterday. I wasn't that excited about reading it because Trez and iAm haven't excited me in the past - but some peeps on Twitter said crazy things happened, so I plopped my butt down and read it. And honestly I Continue Reading

Go Buy Books! (and a random JR Ward cover reveal!)

March 18, 2015 by Mandi 9 Comments

So many good books on sale today - I have to highlight a few!   Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews $.99 - start of a new urban fantasy series that we all loved here at Smexy Books. Review l Kindle There are over 40 Johanna Lindsey books on sale for $1.99 or less. Kindle There are a ton of Rachel Gibson books on sale for $1.99 or less. Reviews l Kindle Charlotte Stein's Intrusion and Forbidden are $.99. Kindle   And just to throw it in because as I'm writing this post, JR Continue Reading

J.R. Ward Announces BDB Spin-off Series

February 10, 2015 by Mandi 19 Comments

What, what, what you say? Thanks to a post from Heroes and Heartbreakers, we just learned some exciting news. JR Ward has just posted a thread at Goodreads that she is doing a BDB spin-off series. Hooray! She wants to go back to true PNR where there is a hero and a heroine and they fall in love - and get away from the 20 different storylines in current BDB books. Highlights: I described to her a new series, where the BDB training center is reopened to a new cast of recruits, and THE Continue Reading

Let’s Talk: The King by J.R. Ward

April 4, 2014 by Mandi 51 Comments

The King by JR Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood #12) Paranormal Romance Released: April 1, 2014 Penguin Spoilers Ahead!!!   Beth and Wrath: I think we all knew coming into this book, we would see a mating between Beth and Wrath ('Bath?') that was going to go through a bumpy road. And I think pregnancy drama was expected. I enjoyed all of their interactions in this book. Wrath's terror at the thought of Beth being pregnant. "I need you to hear this," he said in a dead voice, "and Continue Reading

J.R. Ward Giveaway!

September 10, 2013 by Mandi 25 Comments

Possession by J.R. Ward, book five in her Fallen Angels series hits shelves October first. To get everyone ready for this release, Penguin has offered to giveaway five print copies of book one, Covet. Redemption isn't a word Jim Heron knows much about-his specialty is revenge, and to him, sin is all relative. But everything changes when he becomes a fallen angel and is charged with saving the souls of seven people from the seven deadly sins. And failure is not an option. Vin DiPietro long Continue Reading

New J.R. Ward Information!

March 31, 2013 by Mandi 39 Comments

J.R Ward had a book signing yesterday to celebrate the release of Lover at Last and as usual did a Q&A and told us some good information. The details I’m about to give were gathered from people who were at the signing and tweeted. Special thanks to @mslizalou and @betsdifranco for their tweets! There are spoilers below for upcoming JR Ward books. You have been warned. The spring 2014 BDB book will be titled – The King. And it will be about Wrath and Beth. You can watch JR Ward announce it Continue Reading

Let’s Discuss: Lover at Last by J.R. Ward

March 27, 2013 by Mandi 91 Comments

Please note!! There are spoilers below. If you do not want to be spoiled, I wrote a spoiler-free review of Lover at Last for USA Today.   JR Ward has been torturing us for years with Blay and Qhuinn. While this is my favorite series, I also tend to not love and squee over every book. Ward tends to have 1,245 different storylines and POVs in each book, sometimes distracting away from the main H/H. However – while yes we get lots of different side stories, I was very happy with Blay and Continue Reading

Smexy’s Top Ten–November 30th

November 30, 2012 by Mandi 19 Comments

10. Grrrr Gi Joe. You beast. (Thanks May) 9. JR Ward gave us a tiny excerpt from Lover at Last yesterday. From page 43: Blay leaned in, his upper lip peeling back from his fangs. “Just so we’re clear, your cousin is giving me what I need. All day long. Every day. You and me?” He motioned back and forth between them with the cigarette. “We work together. That’s it. So I want you to do us both a favor before you think I ‘need’ to know something. Ask yourself, ‘If I were flipping burgers at Continue Reading

Smexy’s Top Ten–October 26th

October 26, 2012 by Mandi 14 Comments

  10. I want to hang out with Drunk Peggy. (oh wait, I am drunk peggy. Kidding. not really.)   9. In case you missed it, JR Ward has not only given us an excerpt for Qhuay aka Lover at Last but also the back cover copy. A few notes – I would like to suck on that dinner mint. *ahem* “Blay, after years of unrequited love, has moved on from his feelings for Qhuinn.” ~ this book is going to kill me, isn’t?   8. Kresley Cole has posted the first five chapters of Shadow’s Claim. Continue Reading

New J.R. Ward Information

September 30, 2012 by Mandi 14 Comments

Yesterday, JR Ward had a signing to celebrate the release of Rapture. She also took questions and gave out some information in both her Fallen Angel world and BDB. There are spoilers below. You have been warned. Mahlet (who I follow on Twitter and also met at a few conferences and she is a wonderful person to chat books with) went to the signing and posted a full recap on this Goodreads thread. Scroll to message #29. Huge thanks to her for doing this. Highlights include: Ward knows who the Continue Reading

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