Shifter Planet by D.B. Reynolds Released: October 26, 2016 Paranormal Sci-Fi Romance Entangled Reviewed by Mandi I first saw this book talked about at Dear Author and immediately realized I was in need of a good shifter book. With a sci-fi feel to it, Shifter Planet gave me much enjoyment. It has a very slow start - please remember that if you decide to read it. But it definitely picks up and after a while, I could not put it down. Set in a futuristic world where humans aka Earthers Continue Reading
Review: Prodigal by Jody Wallace
Prodigal by Jody Wallace (Maelstrom Chronicles #3) Released: September 5, 2016 Sci-Fi/Interracial Romance Entangled Reviewed by Mandi Prodigal is book three in this sci-fi series and I will admit I was a little lost at the beginning - but it does settle down. I was lost with the sci-fi terms and the world building. But the simple fact of the book is - bad aliens (dark blob shade creatures) have invaded Earth creating an apocalypse. Humans plus good aliens, called the Shipborn are trying Continue Reading
Review: Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb
Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb Series: In Death, #43 Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Mystery/Thriller September 6, 2016 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “We’re going in hot...because I am pissed.” Lt Eve Dallas is used to murder in the city she calls home but when she is called to the scene of a triple homicide in Central Park, she discovers a crime unlike anything she’s seen before. Three assignations from miles away. So precise and clean, it could only be committed by a Continue Reading
Review: Illusion Town by Jayne Castle
Illusion Town by Jayne Castle Series: Harmony, #13 Science Fiction/Action-Adventure/Romance July 26, 2016 Jove Reviewed by Tori A new adventure begins on Harmony… With its opulent casinos and hotels, the desert city of Illusion Town is totally unique—and will take you on a thrill ride you’ll never forget. Hannah West isn’t the first woman to wake up in Illusion Town married to a man she barely knows, but she has no memory of the ceremony at all. For that matter, neither does Continue Reading
Review: Dissension by Stacey Berg
Dissension by Stacey Berg (Echo Hunter 367 #1) Released: March 15, 2016 Dysopian/Sci Fi Harper Voyager Reviewed by Mandi Blurb: For four hundred years, the Church has led the remnants of humanity as they struggle for survival in the last inhabited city. Echo Hunter 367 is exactly what the Church created her to be: loyal, obedient, lethal. A clone who shouldn’t care about anything but her duty. Who shouldn’t be able to. When rebellious citizens challenge the Church’s authority, it is Continue Reading
Review: The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel
The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel (Central Corps #1) Released: March 8, 2016 Science Fiction (no hea) Harper Voyager Reviewed by Mandi I don't read a ton of Sci-Fi but I'm always open to trying a new series. I picked up this book one night and read the first 100 pages and I was totally engaged. Elena is an engineer who is on a short break on a colony - and much out of character, picks up a hottie mctottie at a bar one night. This hottie is named Trey, and he is a space pirate. Oh Continue Reading
Review: Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb
Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb Series: In Death, #42 Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Mystery/Thriller February 2, 2016 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I would have stood for you, the law would have stood for you.” A former senator goes missing, his cousin, Dr. Dennis Mira, is the only witness to the crime. Left with a concussion and a sense of forbidding, Dr. Mira calls his wife for help. Luckily for him, he is married to a renowned profiler for the NYSPD, Dr. Charlotte Mira, and good Continue Reading
Joint Review: Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee Smith
Mandi is reviewing this with author Lexxi Callahan, who is a lover of romance books and a great person to chat with. You can find her on Twitter or her Website. “They don’t call this the Land of Beautiful Personalities.” I’ve read three R. Lee Smith books - Last Hour of Gann, Heat and now Land of the Beautiful Dead. In each book, she gives us a non-human hero and a human heroine, set with extremely complicated circumstances, and gives us a HEA that challenges us, and makes you fall in love Continue Reading
Review: Heart Legacy by Robin D. Owens
Heart Legacy by Robin D. Owens Series: Celta’s Heartmates, #14 Sci-Fi Fantasy/Romance Supsense November 3, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Tori After the death of GrandLord Yew years ago, the Yews withdrew to their self-sustaining estate and disappeared from Celtan society. The current head of the household is believed to be eighteen-year-old Loridana. To find out, Draeg Blackthorn has been sent to the estate to spy, undercover as a stableman for the stridebeasts—beautiful creatures that hold Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Luminous by A.E. Ash
Luminous by A.E. Ash Released: Sci-Fi Romance Book Smugglers Publishing Reviewed by Mandi We rarely review short stories at Smexy Books. In general, I'm not a big fan of short stories, but Ana from The Book Smugglers emailed me last week to let me know their next published story, Luminous, might be of interest to the Smexy readers. The premise of the book sounded so unique (the hero is a fallen star!) I had to try it. It's a gorgeous and very well done short story. The heroine is Continue Reading