Gorgeous runaway brides. . . When Maddie Donovan runs out on her high school sweetheart moments before walking down the aisle, she ends up at a bar in the small town of Revival, Illinois, with only the wedding dress on her back, fifty dollars to her name, and her "good girl" reputation in tatters. Not ready to return to Chicago and face the music, she accepts hot bartender Mitch Riley's offer to stay at his place. But sharing such close quarters is driving Maddie insane with desire. Always Continue Reading
Guest Post: What I love about Vegas by Chantal Fernando
I first visited Vegas a few years back for RT (Romantic Times Convention). I was specifically going for the event, and I wasn’t really that excited about Vegas itself. Why? Well, I’m not much of a gambler, and I didn’t think it would really be my scene. (I was wrong) I dragged my best friend/book assistant along with me, it was my first trip to the US and I had no idea what to expect. After being in Vegas for a few days, I fell in love with the place. It has so much to offer, the nightlife, Continue Reading
Smexy Deals
An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Summer!An Amazon Best Romance of July!An iBooks Best Romance of June! The one woman he will never forget...Malcolm Bevingstoke, Duke of Haven, has lived the last three years in self-imposed solitude, paying the price for a mistake he can never reverse and a love he lost forever. The dukedom does not wait, however, and Haven requires an heir, which means he must find himself a wife by summer's end. There is only one problem--he already has one. The Continue Reading
Excerpt from Open House by Ruby Lang
In this excerpt, exhausted real estate broker Magda runs her nemesis, gardener Ty, late at night. Despite their enmity, he walks her to the subway station. “I’ll bet no one breaks into the garden,” she was muttering. Without thinking, he replied, “We get people cavorting there at night.” “Cavorting?” Damn. He couldn’t see her face clearly in the half-light of the city streets, but he could hear the laughter in her voice. And that made things better. “They leave things. Like Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistfully Wanton Wednesday: Callie’s Catastrophe by Ruby Dixon
Nothing says Happy Hump Day like a new Alien Sci-fi romance! After a super busy week last week, I saved this baby for a weekend indulgence and indulge I did! Callie's Catastrophe is #9 in the long-running Ice Planet Barbarian /Ice Home series. What I possibly adore most about these novels is how new reader friendly and series loyalists pleasing they are- one could pick up any book in the series, fall in love and have a bounty of previous releases to revel in. And with Dixon's high quality, Continue Reading
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He's a Special Forces veteran making his pro hockey debut. She's a dogged sports reporter determined to get a scoop. She's also his best friend's widow . . . Fans can't get enough of Levi Hunt, the Special Forces veteran who put his NHL career on hold to serve his country and fight the bad guys. So when his new Chicago Rebels bosses tell him to cooperate with the press on a profile, he's ready to do his duty. Until he finds out who he has to work with: flame-haired, freckle-splashed, Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday Mini Reviews: Books by Nina Bocci and Lyssa Kay Adams
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay AdamsThe Bromance Book Club #1Contemporary RomanceNovember 5, 2019 by BerkleyARC This was a super cute, very original read. The premise of a group of men getting together to form a book club in order to understand the women in their lives better was compelling. This is also a second chance romance, which is my catnip. This couple is married, with twin girls, and are also dealing with frequent separations due to Gavin's job as a MLB player. There is Continue Reading
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Fashion designer Faith McClendon is back in Chicago to start over. She put her promising career on hold for too long, and she’s ready to get back in the game. She’s not willing to put her heart on the line again—it’s still far too bruised from her failed marriage for that, so when a renewed childhood friendship starts to make her think about second chances at love, she’s more than a little hesitant. Photographer Michael Montgomery was Faith’s biggest cheerleader when she decided to move to Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
New Releases: Week of November 4-8, 2019 Smexy’s November TBR Guest Post: Sexiest Christmas Songs by Erin McLellan Review: Graveyard Shift by Jenn Burke Guest Post: Favorite Christmas Movies by Shannon Stacey Kini’s Friday Kisses 11/8/19 Smexy’s Top Ten- 11/8 Angela- We are supposed to get our first real cold snap this weekend and I am not enthused. I live in Houston for a reason. LOL. Just finished up The Bromance Book Club and thought it was super cute. Review will be Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten- 11/8
10. The Last Christmas has been all over Romancelandia Twitter this week. I guess there is a big twist, that isn't a really a bit twist to some of us. If you are interested in viewing spoilers clink the link below. Holiday romcom spoilers, right this way: https://t.co/aMo6P4YtA2— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) November 6, 2019 9. One of my best friends stumbled upon the IG account of the hairyfarmpitgirls , decided to try their fancy goat milk soap and then fell in love. She then bought me Continue Reading