A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare (Spindle Cove #3) Historical Romance Release Date: August 28, 2012 Avon Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “If you wanted to stop cherishing and start ravishing… I’d be most amenable.” We return to Spindle Cove to finally find out all of the secrets, the history, and the sorrid past of Corporal Samuel Thorne and the town piano instructor Miss Kate Taylor – and what a story. These two have been sparring and shooting off sparks throughout the Spindle Cove Continue Reading
Review: When You Wish Upon a Duke by Isabella Bradford
When You Wish Upon a Duke by Isabella Bradford (Wylder Sisters #1) July 31, 2012 Historical Romance Ballantine Reviewed by May In the Dorset countryside lives the beautiful Lady Charlotte Wylder. After her father (an Earl) passed away her mother took her three daughters off to the country and raised them there. That is, until one fateful night when a carriage rolls up with news of Charlotte’s fiancé the Duke of Marchbourne, and how he wishes her to come to London so that they may Continue Reading
Review: Blackstone’s Bride by Kate Moore
Blackstone’s Bride by Kate Moore August 7, 2012 Historical Romance Berkley Reviewed by May Favorite quote: He was born to be a connoisseur of erections. He knew them all, the ones like slow bread dough rising, or those like wild Congreve rockets soaring, or others like a water douser’s stick pointing straight at the source. When called upon to do his duty by a woman, he had taught himself to coax an erection out of the thinnest wisp of sexual stimulation. But that skill had come later Continue Reading
Review: Widow’s Web by Jennifer Estep
Widow's Web by Jennifer Estep (Elemental Assassin #7) August 21, 2012 Urban Fantasy Simon & Schuster Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: This was a matter of the heart – and one problem that all my knives and all my prowess as the Spider wouldn’t help me solve. Gin Blanco is an assassin. Oh, she’s semi-retired and she tries to live her life as normally as she can now running her BBQ joint the Pork Pit and spending time with her friends, sister Bria, and her lover Owen. But things happen, Continue Reading
Review: A Girl Like You by Maria Geraci
A Girl Like You by Maria Geraci Chick-Lit August 7, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by May As this book opens we meet Emma Frazier and her boss Ben, who she has been crushing on since he started working with her at Florida! Magazine. Thing is in an order to impress him she overstated her relationship with a NASCAR superstar Trip (whom she went to high school with) and promised an exclusive interview. Now she’s got to head back to the small town of Catfish Cove on the Florida panhandle and track Continue Reading
Winners!
The winner of the basket of swag from Moira Rogers is: June The winners of the Simon & Schuster e-book giveaway are: KarenC Diana N DebbieS The winners of the Take My Books Giveaway are: Set #1 - Cait045 Set #2 – Angel Cross Set #3 – Cayenne Set #4 – Ellie Set #5 - AmyK Set #6 – wade2121 All winners have been emailed. Continue Reading
Review: Sweet Deception by Heather Snow
Sweet Deception by Heather Snow (Veiled Seduction #2) Historical Romance August 7, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by May “I may not agree with your assumptions, but it is clear you strongly believe the maid is in danger. If there is a chance you are correct, I would like to do what I can.” A huff of exasperation escaped her lips, a gesture Derick took to mean she didn’t think too highly of him or his offer. He allowed a half-cynical smile to curve his lips. What did he care if Miss Emma Continue Reading
Smexy top 10 – August 10
Are you ready for 10 on the 10th? With both Mandi and Tori down in New Orleans (at AAD) watching for vampires, Valkyrie, and shifters, guess who gets to be in charge of the top 10 this week? Oh yes, the dirty girl and Smexy reviewer named May! Normally I text and email Mandi dirty bits and amusing notes all week long. I send her things like articles about lists of creative names for man jewels (though pintle remains my favorite), #ladybonermonday pics, and so much more filth and naughtiness. It Continue Reading
Review: Precinct 13 by Tate Hallaway
Precinct 13 by Tate Hallaway Urban Fantasy August 7, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by May I was always one of those kids who got labeled with an “overactive imagination” because I always thought I saw trolls under bridges, fairies in the garden, gargoyles on the rooftops, and all those fanciful things. Things started to get rough when my mother died… Gayle, the stepmonster as I came to think of her, convinced everyone that my imagination was a product of hallucinations and pathology. Next came Continue Reading
Review: Wilder by Christina Dodd
Wilder by Christina Dodd (The Chosen Ones #5) Paranormal Romance August 7, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by May “For centuries, every seven years, a new group of seven Chosen Ones are drafted to continue the fight against a new group of seven Others. The battle goes on…” Several years ago the current batch of Chosen Ones lost a member (Aleksandr Wilder). Disappeared without a trace, and with no contact or sightings they fear the worst and hope that he is still alive somewhere. The truth is that Continue Reading