THE GREATEST PASSIONLady Isobel Hume is an expert swordswoman who knows how to choose her battles. When the king asks her to wed a French nobleman to form a political alliance, she agrees. But that's before the devilishly charming Sir Stephen Carleton captures her heart-and tempts her to betray her betrothed, her king, and her country.IS WORTH THE GREATEST PERILSir Stephen Carleton enjoys his many female admirers-until he dedicates himself to winning the lovely Isobel. When a threat against the Continue Reading
Review: Gemini Souls by Myristica
Past and present converge in this story of two mages, Razeal and Sevrin, who live out forbidden love and find that no matter where they escape to, or how many centuries they have remained hidden on Earth, they cannot escape forever the creature that wants Sevrin dead.In this first installment: Razeal and Sevrin must remember what happened to them over five hundred years ago on another world in order to understand a threat that has found them on present day Earth.Gemini Souls: Volume I - Continue Reading
Review: Bound to Shadows – Keri Arthur
Part vampire, part werewolf, Riley Jenson knows what can happen when vamps don’t play well with others. But she’s never seen anything like this: a series of brutal murders surrounding the latest hot spot for vampire-human hookups—and the victims aren’t just killed, they’re beheaded. Now Riley is launching into action, toying with a seductive—and highly suspicious—club owner, and finding herself in the middle of another mystery: women being killed one by one, without a trace of violence.For Continue Reading
Anthea Lawson Contest Winners
Due to all the wonderful comments, Anthea Lawson has also thrown in a copy of their first book, Passionate. So the winners are:All He Desires - SaraPassionate - Jamie LynnCongratulations to both!!! Please email me your mailing address at mandischreiner (at) gmail (dot) com. If I don't hear from you by Saturday 11/14 I will pick new winners.And a big thank you to Anthea and Lawson for taking the time to stop by Smexy!! Continue Reading
New Authors, New Genres – Let’s Get Excited
In the coming months, there are some brand-spanking new authors that have fine looking books coming out and there are also established authors that are entering new genres. It's a win-win for us book obsessed!! As the good book pimp that I am, I must share these finds with you:First up is debut author Jill Myles - she posted the covers to her new books on Twitter and I was immediately intrigued. I took the time to read the first chapter of Gentlemen Prefer Succubi, and I think they are going to Continue Reading
Review: It Happened One Night – Lisa Dale
Lana Biel longs to leave her family’s Vermont wildflower farm so she can travel and see the world. And her sister Karin wants nothing more than to put down roots and conceive the child she and her husband just can’t seem to have. When a lighthearted fling with a mountain biker leaves Lana expecting, she finds herself tumbling headlong into motherhood while her sister Karin can only look on. For help, Lana turns to Eli Ward, a professional meteorite hunter and her best friend for the last ten Continue Reading
Review: Destiny’s Trinities I: Beth’s Acceptance – Teal Ceagh
For weeks, the darkly sinful Zachariah, her favorite customer at McGinty’s, has been raising NYC student Beth Siegel’s pulse, driving her crazy with need.Neither can she keep the tall, blue-eyed mysterious Luke, who haunts the library stacks at her day job, out of her mind or her sweaty, desperate fantasies.Fate hands Beth a startling destiny, a chance to bond with both of them—a bond formed via sex. Sex with either one of them would have been fabulous. Together? Irresistible.Destiny's Continue Reading
Vegas Baby! Vegas!
That's right, Smexy is going to be in Vegas all next week! Husband has to go out to speak at a conference and I'm tagging along. I'm going to party it up with computer programmers - are you jealous? ;)I have to say, my husband has done the trip before without me and I have gotten some pretty "fun" phone calls late at night - so I am looking forward to hitting the town. This will be my second time out there, but the first time I was pregnant, so it was hard to be sinful ;)Whenever I think of Continue Reading
Review: I Spy Something Wicked – Josh Lanyon
It's All Hallow's Eve and Mark Hardwicke's past has come back to haunt him. The Old Man needs Mark to go on one last mission to the wild, lonely hills of Afghanistan—a mission Mark knows he can't survive. Even if he does make it back, Stephen has made it very clear Mark is out of second chances. Should Mark place his lover and his own happiness before duty?Especially when deep down Mark knows he doesn’t deserve a happy ending.I Spy Something Wicked - Josh LanyonOctober 2009m/m romanceNovella Continue Reading
Winner of Ruling Eden!
The winner of Ruling Eden by Michelle Picard is.....Alicia0605Congratulations!!! Please email me your address mandischreiner (at) gmail (dot) com.A big thank you to Michelle Picard and thanks to everyone that stopped by!!! Continue Reading