Review originally posted in July of 2014 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Taste of DarknessDarkness #2PNRFirst published July 24, 2014 by KR Press I discovered this series after seeing the first book, Darkness Awakened, featured on Dear Author’s Daily Deals. I picked that one up when I realized it was a second chance love storyline. We all know how much I love that trope. It’s like my crack. I enjoyed it so much that when I saw the second book up for review I snapped it up Continue Reading
Angela’s Monday Mornings
What I read this week: Band Sinister by K.J Charles Historical M/M October 11, 2018 by KJC Books I loved this book. Loved, loved, loved. This might even be my favorite romance by KJ Charles. I was scrolling through twitter a while back and came upon a tweet by the author saying that she had gone "Full Heyer" and that there were all the tropes my heart could possibly desire and from that moment on I was all in. Virgin country gentleman forced into close proximity with his dastardly (but not Continue Reading
Danger and Desire: Author Sexcerpts!
Today is the release date for a new boxed set, Danger and Desire - Ten full-length steamy romantic suspense stories for $.99! To celebrate, some of the authors are sharing some sexy excerpts. Danger & Desire: Author fave dirty sexcerpts! Hello, everybody! And thanks so much to the Smexy gang for having us over for our big release day. Question: What’s more exciting than pulse-pounding action? A juicy mystery? An evil villain? Er…the authors from our boxed set have a Continue Reading
Review: Targeted by Katie Reus
Targeted by Katie Reus (Deadly Ops #1) Released: October 1, 2013 Romantic Suspense Penguin Reviewed by May Growing up wasn’t easy on Sam, always fending for himself and having to watch his own back. The one time he allowed himself to open up to someone and fall in love it only lasted a short time. At eighteen his first love told him to go away and that she never wanted to see him again as he was leaving for basic training. He always blamed himself for the trauma she went through and Continue Reading
Review: Primal Possession by Katie Reus
Primal Possession by Katie Reus (Moon Shifter #2) Paranormal Romance Released: September 4, 2012 Penguin Reviewed by May December doesn’t trust shifters, and she just wants to run her shop and be left alone to live a happy normal life. Unfortunately, a shifter hating group already knows that Liam Armstrong is a lupine shifter (second-in-command actually) and that he has strong feelings for December. She is now a target for the group – they hope to make Liam go crazy (by trapping the woman Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Katie Reus
Our Authors After Dark Spotlights continue with the very talented romance author, Katie Reus. Ms Reus likes to walk on the dark side with her romantic suspense and dark PNR stories. Currently writing for Carina Press, Harlequin Nocturne, and NAL/Signet Eclipse (Moon Shifter series), Ms. Reus’s love of romance started at an early age with pilfered romance books from her mother. Even though reading and writing became her passion, it wasn’t until after she graduated collage and worked way to may Continue Reading
Review: Deadly Obsession by Katie Reus
Deadly Obsession by Katie Reus Romantic Suspense August 15, 2011 E-Book Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi I love reading romantic suspense stories that have a really creepy villain. In this book, we definitely get that. We get his point of view, and he is a very bad dude. He kills, tortures, and gets sexually turned on by all that he does. But when you have a villain this nasty, the hero and heroine have to act accordingly, and this is where the majority of my problems with Deadly Obsession Continue Reading
Guest Author Katie Reus and Giveaway
Why I Love Romance Thanks so much to Mandi for having me as a guest at Smexy Books! This month Deadly Obsession released from Carina Press so in celebration I’m on a short blog tour discussing all things romance! I read romance for so many different reasons. Almost always for the happily ever after (I’m not a fan of happy for now, I want the juicy emotional ending that promises of HEA…though there are exceptions), but I find myself reading specific authors for specific reasons. When I’m Continue Reading
Interview with Katie Reus and Giveaway
I’m happy to have Katie Reus visiting Smexy on this romantic day. :) I reviewed her book, Dangerous Secrets earlier in the day. Who is Katie Reus? Give us the low down. For the informal bio, I was born and raised in Florida and will probably always cling to my love of flip-flops no matter what time of year. I’m not one of those writers that always knew writing was for them. I only discovered it a few years ago but now I can’t imagine not writing. Very recently I plunged into it full time so Continue Reading