This is a quote from my review at Fiction Vixen when I first read this short story way back in 2013. This is the best short story I think I’ve ever read. Ever. I absolutely adored every single thing about it. If I hadn’t already been a fan of this author before, I would be after reading this gem. I will most definitely be recommending Big Boy to as many people as I can. You can read the full review here. I still think Big Boy is one of my favorite short romances. This is a story Continue Reading
Guest Post: Quirky Heroines by Amanda Weaver
Amanda Weaver's newest novel, Love and the Laws of Motion The Romano Sisters, #2, is out today. Amanda stopped by Smexy to highlight some of her favorite quirky heroines. Livie, the heroine of Love and the Laws of Motion, is brilliant, shy, and just a little bit out of step with the world around her. I loved writing her, because I love quirky heroines. Give me your shy girls, your bookish geniuses, your socially awkward ladies…I love them all. When I sat down to make a list of my Continue Reading
Review: Completely by Ruthie Knox
Completely by Ruthie Knox Series: New York #3 Contemporary Romance September 26, 2017 Loveswept Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: Rosemary Chamberlain was no pink-cardboard-and-plastic princess. She was a flesh-and-blood woman with plans that made it impossible— literally impossible— for the two of them to turn into anything. She had her own stuff, her own interests, her own power, her own life. He liked that about her, liked that she listened and formed her own opinions, but he Continue Reading
Review: Madly by Ruthie Knox
Madly: A New York Novel (The New York Trilogy Series Book 2) Publication Date: March 14, 2017 Contemporary Romance LoveSwept Reviewed by Kini Allie Fredericks isn’t supposed to be in Manhattan, hiding in the darkest corner of a hip bar, spying on her own mother—who’s flirting with a man who’s definitely not Allie’s father. Allie’s supposed to be in Wisconsin, planning her parents’ milestone anniversary party. Then Winston Chamberlain walks through the door, with his tailored suit, Continue Reading
Review: Truly by Ruthie Knox
Truly by Ruthie Knox (New York #1) Released: August 5, 2014 Contemporary Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "You make me want to be a decent person," he murmured against her lips. "It's just awful." Truly released early this year as a serial, offered for free on Wattpad. I'm not a huge fan of the serial set-up but I am a huge fan of Ruthie Knox, so I knew I would have to read this. I'm so glad it's being offered as a full length book, and boy is it good. May Continue Reading
Review: Summer Rain by Ruthie Knox, Edited by Sarah Frantz (Anthology)
Summer Rain By Ruthie Knox- Edited by Sarah Frantz (Anthology) Romance Contemporary E book June 9, 2014 Pink Kayak Press, LLC Reviewed by Tori What happens when love gets caught in the rain? In this romance anthology, RITA-Award winning author Molly O’Keefe shows us the power of a city thunderstorm from the top of a skyscraper, while Amy Jo Cousins soaks us in a rain in Spain. New York Times bestselling author Ruthie Knox’s heroine is devastated by a winter storm, while a summer Continue Reading
Review: Making it Last by Ruthie Knox
Making it Last by Ruthie Knox (Camelot #4) July 15, 2013 Contemporary Novella Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi I love it when authors give us a hero and a heroine who are already established. Even better, Ruthie Knox earlier this year gave us a novella showing us how Amber and Tony meet and fall in love in How to Misbehave (I gave it a B+ just like this book). Now we get this couple again, ten years later. Three kids later. And the magic of brand new love has worn off. Amber is Continue Reading
Review: Flirting With Disaster by Ruthie Knox
Flirting With Disaster by Ruthie Knox (Camelot #3) June 10, 2013 Contemporary Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: He picked her up. Picked her up and carried her, as if she were Scarlett O’Hara and he were Rhett Butler, if Rhett had been the kind of guy to go down on Scarlett in a doorway. Which, let’s be honest, he probably was. When I heard the hero in this book had a stutter, I got excited. What is it about a stuttering hero that makes me so giddy? I’m not sure but Continue Reading
Reviews: Strangers on a Train Collection
A while ago, Ruthie Knox, Meg Maguire, Serena Bell, Donna Cummings and Samantha Hunter were on Twitter admiring a tumblr devoted to hot men on trains and the idea for the collection came to be. Earlier today I reviewed Thank You for Riding by Meg Maguire. Now I review the other four stories. All can be purchased separately and they are not related to one another. Big Boy by Ruthie Knox Mandy’s life has gone into an upheaval in the past year after her sister and her family were killed by a Continue Reading
Review: Along Came Trouble by Ruthie Knox
Along Came Trouble by Ruthie Knox (Camelot #2) Contemporary Romance Releases: March 11, 2013 Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi I’m a big Ruthie Knox fan, and was anticipating this book as it’s her first full length. Her writing style again impressed me as she writes very smart, witty, sexy characters. I do have complaint about this one though, which I’ll get to in a minute. Ellen lives in her peaceful hometown of Camelot, Ohio, except the peaceful part has gone out the window. Continue Reading