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Cover Reveal and Fun News: Strangely Beautiful by Leanna Renee Hieber

July 7, 2015 by Mandi 2 Comments

  I don't do a lot of cover reveals at Smexy but this cover and series holds a very special place in my reading heart. Back in August 2009, when Smexy Books was still a wee babe, I read and reviewed The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker. I fell in love with Percy and Alexi and their friends. One of the reasons I read this book in the first place is that Leanna related Alexi, the hero, to Alan Rickman who I adore. The romance is swoon-worthy and adorable and the story itself Continue Reading

Smexy’s Top Ten–July 27th

July 27, 2012 by Mandi 36 Comments

10. Top Ten might look a little different today. I can’t keep going willy nilly with the copy and pasting of images. No matter how hairy the moobs are! I can’t just throw images onto this post. They are not my images to share. (read more here). BUT – I can still link to hairy moobs. And, (I think) I can still post movie/tv stills (OMG Matt Bomer above! Go HERE to see much more), movie posters, and sites like US Magazine that has a ‘share’ button, I may use those images. So there will be Continue Reading

Review: Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber

November 2, 2011 by Mandi 4 Comments

Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber (Magic Most Foul #1) Historical Paranormal YA November 1, 2011 Reviewed by Mandi No one knows what to do with seventeen year old Natalie Stewart. Now that she is home from the Connecticut Asylum (a place for ailments of the ears and tongue, not the insane in the late 1800’s), where she was placed because she is a mute, she is glad to be home, but it still feels like a prison. Her father wants what is best for her, but he is not sure exactly what that Continue Reading

Smexy’s Top Ten–May 13th

May 13, 2011 by Mandi 31 Comments

10. My Week – Well, I saw Thor on Mother’s Day. Happy day to Smexy indeed. I went with the intent of drooling over Chris Hemsworth, but I actually ended up loving the movie (I drooled a lot too). A really fun story. And Thor’s blue eyes and scruffy smile didn’t hurt either ;) Later in the week, I found myself alone in Walmart in the toy aisle perusing the Thor merchandise. I might need a Thor action figure for a future skit. He will represent one of the BDB boys, right? 9. Thursday May 26th, Continue Reading

Guest Author Leanna Renee Hieber and Giveaway

May 6, 2011 by Mandi 15 Comments

The Perilous Prophecy Haunted London Blog Tour: Day 4 – The River Thames About the Haunted London Blog Tour: The Haunted tour has become tradition to celebrate release week of my Strangely Beautiful series of Gothic Victorian Fantasy novels. Here I introduce the real, documented London haunts who “ghost-star” in the latest book. Special thanks, as always, to Richard Jones, www.haunted-london.com, for being my foremost ghostly resource! About this prequel novel: The Perilous Prophecy of Guard Continue Reading

Review: The Perilous Prophecy of Guard and Goddess by Leanna Renee Hieber

May 6, 2011 by Mandi 5 Comments

The Perilous Prophecy of Guard and Goddess by Leanna Renee Hieber (Strangely Beautiful #3) Fantasy May 3, 2011 Paperback DP Reviewed by Mandi The Perilous Prophecy of Guard and Goddess is a prequel to the first two books in Leanna Renee Hieber’s adorable historical fantasy series. In this book, we are taken back to a time before The Guard that we have come to know. The Goddess and her beloved Phoenix start a new guard in Cairo. We are introduced to Beatrice, The Leader, Verena Continue Reading

Review: A MidWinter Fantasy Anthology

December 10, 2010 by Mandi 12 Comments

A Midwinter Fantasy Anthology November 23, 2010 Fantasy E-book (Trade Oct 2011) 336 Pages Dorchester “A Christmas Carroll” by Leanna Renee Hieber Just days after the ending of Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker, Headmistress Rebecca is lonely and sad. The death of her friend and fellow guard member Jane lays heavy on her soul. She feels guilty for her death, and just all around miserable. For twenty years she served in the guard, and for twenty years she has pined Continue Reading

Smexy’s Top Ten – October 8th

October 8, 2010 by Mandi 16 Comments

10. My week – Hmmm..what did I do this week. I took my MIL to a wine bar for the first time. (for her, not for me..HA!) And I bought tickets to see Brandon Flowers in Atlantic City. It’s a win win for me and the hubs – he loves AC, and I love…well…you know who. ;) Hot tub update - We now realize the brick patio the hot tub is going to be sitting on needs to be supported with concrete. Maybe 2012 we will actually be able to use the thing?   9. Look at this new pretty book coming out in Continue Reading

Review: The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber

April 23, 2010 by Mandi 13 Comments

The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber April 27, 2010 Historical Paranormal Romance Paperback, 320 Pages Leisure BooksWhy I read: Author submitted for review, and I adored the first book in this series.Favorite Quote: “Hello, my north star.”Percy Parker has not only become Prophecy, but she has fallen in love. At the end of The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker we discover the meek, almost ghostly Percy Parker fulfilled a destiny to become Continue Reading

Review: Dark Nest by Leanna Renee Hieber

February 28, 2010 by Mandi 6 Comments

Chief Counsel Ariadne Corinth has just found out her long-time lover, the powerfully gifted Chief Counsel Kristov Haydn, has died. Newly evolved psychically gifted humans have been sent by the Homeworld on a space mission aboard two distinct “Nests”. Relationships between the Light Nest and the Dark Nest have faltered and Ariadne is sure there’s something insidious behind it. In a matter of hours, Ariadne must find out what really happened to Kristov, unite her people to discover vast new powers Continue Reading

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