The winners of A Touch of Scandal are: Growlycub Randi Mrs. Hanson Julie S. Throuthehaze Congrats! I think I have left messages with everyone, but if you didn’t get it, please forward me your mailing address. A big thanks to Hachette for hosting the giveaway! Continue Reading
Review: Whispered Lies by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love
Whispered Lies by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love (B.A.D. #4) March 23, 2010 (Mass Market Paperback) Romantic Suspense Paperback, 496 Pages Pocket Reviewed by Mandi Why I read: Offered for review by the publisher. Favorite Quote: “Exceptional is too understated for you. I’ll have to search for a better word.” Gabrielle Saxe has led a lonely life. She went to an elite boarding school in France, only to have her roommate disappear. She was close to her roommate, Continue Reading
Winner of Hairy Hunks and Silver Borne
The random winner of both and is Stella Who says: What is smexy to me: confidence, intelligence, HUMOUR, dark chocolate voice, deep Scottish brogue, Southern drwal or any other cute or swoonworthy accent, tall-dark-handsome men, men with smiling eyes, kindhearted generous men, men in uniform *gulp*.. maybe I should stop, the list is getting kind of long and I could go on and on :-D Congrats Stella and thanks to EVERYONE who stopped by!!!! Stella – I expect a full Continue Reading
Smexy is one! Break out the box of wine!
Today is my one year blogoversary. In the past year, through 442 posts and 67,400 visits from you all, I have talked books, smexy men, J.R. Ward, hairy chests, and thrown Brandon Flowers in for good measure. My very first post talked about how much I love smexy books and smexy men, and of course how smexy my husband is. (I also stated I didn’t want an e-reader – what was I thinking!?!) While it feels like a lot has changed this past year, Smexy still has the same feel to it, as I intended a year Continue Reading
Winner of Alpha by Molly Maddox
The winner of Alpha by Molly Maddox is.. Emily Congrats! An email is on its way. A big thanks to Molly for stopping by!! Continue Reading
Review: Dead, Undead or Somewhere in Between by J.A. Saare
Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between by J.A. Saare February 7, 2010 Urban Fantasy Paperback/E-Book, 244 Pages Eternal Press Why I read: Author offered it for review, and honestly, I fell for the cover. Plus I couldn’t pass up reading about a vampire named Disco. Favorite Quote: “I want this shit over and done. Can we strive to obtain that goal? I have a meaningless existence, and I can’t put that kind of action on hold indefinitely.” Rhiannon Murphy likes to define her life as a Continue Reading
Fantasy in Romance – Where do you fall?
(Barrons, I want to do naughty things to you – for real! Picture from Karen Marie Moning’s website.) Recently, Jessica at Read React Review (formally Racy Romance Reviews) posed the question – to what extent do you engage in fantasy when reading romance? She broke it down into two parts – first addressing why some of us treat characters as real. For example my Smexy Boyfriend list, or interacting with JR Ward’s characters on her message board. Most recently Karen Marie Moning has her characters Continue Reading
Smexy Books Winners
The winner of Shelley Munro's giveaway is....AndreaCongrats!! An email is on its way to you.The winner of Silver Kiss by Naomi Clark is....PattiCongrats!! An email is also in its way to you!Thank you to both Shelley and Naomi and to everyone who commented :) Continue Reading
Book, Blog and Other News
First up, Nalini Singh has posted an excerpt to her upcoming book, Bonds of Justice. Go HERE for the excerpt. It will be released July 6th. Blameless, the third book in Gail Carriger’s Alexia Tarabotti series now has a cover: I LOVED the first book, Soulless, and the second book, Changeless releases soon. You can watch how they created the above cover, HERE. Awhile ago, Karen Marie Moning started a facebook page for some of her characters. I of course immediately became “friends” with Continue Reading
Review: Bride of the Wolf by Susan Krinard
Bride of the Wolf by Susan Krinard March 1, 2010 (Available now) Paranormal Romance Paperback, 384 pages HQN Books; Original edition Reviewed by Karra Wanting to escape a past she believes to have ruined her life, Rachel Lyndon places an ad to be a mail-order bride and prays that a kind man fulfills her wish. When that man turns out to be an older rancher, she thinks she is saved, and through the correspondence of letters, she and her husband-to-be plan for her arrival on the dusty Continue Reading