Thank you so much for having me here today. I was invited to talk about how I blend hard topics and romance in my Thorn & Thistle series which follows the queer women that work in a tattoo shop. Two books into the series and I’ve already tackled cancer, alcoholism, and the death of a parent. Those topics might not scream romance to some, but they do for me. In fact, as I’ve learned when I try to write lighter things and failed, they are a necessity. For me, the presence of heavy subjects is Continue Reading
Smexy Deals!
Wanted: Personal Buffer Often snarly, workaholic executive seeks “buffer” from annoying outside distractions AKA people. Free spirits with personal boundary issues, excessive quirks, or general squeamishness need not apply. Salary negotiable. Confidentiality required. Workaholic billionaire Sawyer Carlyle may have joked he needed a buffer from their marriage-obsessed mom, but he didn’t need a waiting room filled with candidates to further distract him. Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten 3/10/2020
10. Have y'all seen this? CLEAR YOUR MF’N SCHEDULEShttps://t.co/12HmmlaFSI— Jennifer Laughran (@literaticat) April 8, 2020 9. Soooo, my week has basically been watching Netflix or cute animal videos. This made me smile. 'Peanut, get out of that mud puddle.' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/t3oGeGrS3k— Southern Sister Resister (@ResisterSis20) April 6, 2020 8. So damn cute. This morning's mental health must: what Continue Reading
Smexy Deals!
The truth won’t set me free—but it will probably get me killed ... As Gin Blanco, aka the assassin the Spider, I’m used to having a target on my back. But ever since I started investigating the secret society known as the Circle, that target seems bigger than ever. Still, I’m trying to relax and enjoy the events leading up to my friends’ wedding when I learn that an old enemy has returned to Ashland. And that’s the just beginning of my latest nightmare. Soon, I have Circle goons watching Continue Reading
Smexy Rewind April 10
I have nothing fresh for y'all today so I thought I would take a look back and see what we were talking about on Smexy in years past. If I skipped a year it is because there was no post. I hope you enjoy this glimpse into the past. 2018- Review: It Happened in the Highlands by May McGoldrick 2017- Review: At Attention by Annabeth Albert 2016- Smexy Scene Sunday Hard Ball by CD Reiss 2015- Smexy’s Top Ten – April 10th 2014- Review: Special Interests by Emma Barry 2013- Ten Continue Reading
Review: You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
You may know by now that enemies to lovers is one of my least favorite tropes. Two characters antagonizing and sniping at each other can often veer into meanness and that never works for me. The blurb for this also alluded to it being a relationship in trouble. I knew I had to give it a try and hoped for the best. BLURB: When your nemesis also happens to be your fiancé, happily ever after becomes a lot more complicated in this wickedly funny, lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Reviews for books by Lorraine Heath and C. S. Harris
The Earl Takes a Fancy by Lorraine HeathSins for All Seasons #5Historical RomanceMarch 31, 2020 by AvonARC We are nearing the end of the Trewlove siblings series. The Earl Takes a Fancy is, as you can guess, Fancy's book. She is the youngest of the Trewlove family and the only child born to the matriarch of the clan. Her brothers and sister are SUPER protective of her and determined that she is going to marry a rich, titled man and live a life of luxury. Fancy would rather work in her Continue Reading
Smexy Deals
Nemona can’t believe she’s crash landed on the planet Fyrian with the brooding, golden-skinned alien who destroyed her ship and scattered her crew. She should want to kill him. But everything on Fyrian is an aphrodisiac. So she just wants to have him. Now. Revenge. That’s all commander Oten has wanted against humans for more than a century, ever since they tried to destroy his kind. He never thought he’d end up in bed with one. But the desire the sex planet stokes for this human female is Continue Reading
Excerpt from Hostile Pursuit by June Rushdan and a giveaway!!
The new Hard Core Justice Thriller series is about US Marshals who are thrust into extraordinary circumstances, where everything goes wrong while trying to protect their witnesses. And of course, they fall in love along the way, but can they survive to have a happily-ever-after? In this excerpt, US Marshal Nick McKenna has been protecting Lori Carpenter for the past year. She is supposed to testify in twenty-four hours, but assassins have been sent by a drug cartel to silence her. They’ve Continue Reading
Top Ten April 3, 2020
After 31 very long days March is FINALLY over and April has begun. I hope that where ever you are you are safe and healthy. Here are some of the things that I found on the internet that have made me laugh or I have found them to be useful. 10. Have you found yourself cooking more now than ever and looking for budget friendly items? I found this account on IG recently and they are one of my new favorites. Since I am making almost all our meals at home, I need lots of ideas to keep things Continue Reading