“Polaris Rising is space opera at its best, intense and addictive, a story of honor, courage, betrayal, and love. Jessie Mihalik is an author to watch.”--Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author A space princess on the run and a notorious outlaw soldier become unlikely allies in this imaginative, sexy space opera adventure—the first in an exciting science fiction trilogy.In the far distant future, the universe is officially ruled by the Royal Consortium, but Continue Reading
Smexy’s February TBR
Angela- I don't have a lot on my ARC review list for February and that's a good thing because I have approximately seven thousand books to read and review for March. Why do I do this to myself? LOL The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa Contemporary Romance 2/4- I love the premise of a wedding planner having to collaborate with the best man (who is also the brother of her ex-fiancé) from her own jilted wedding day. This is an #ownvoices romance and I can't wait to dive in. (I'm reading this one Continue Reading
Sunday Smexy Deals!
Award-winning author Sonali Dev launches a new series about the Rajes, an immigrant Indian family descended from royalty, who have built their lives in San Francisco... It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered a black sheep. Dr. Trisha Raje is San Francisco’s most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But that’s not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family who’s achieved power by making its own Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten (eleven)- 01/31/2020
It's Friday! It's the last day of January (thank goodness)! It's the weekend! We made it! 10. The look on this poor pup's face. LOL 9. FINALLY! The movie trailer for Moira's film, The Crows Have Eyes 3: The Crowening is here! Yes! A trailer for Moira's movie!! #SchittsCreek https://t.co/fzQ3LI8d10— Hanna Dare (@hannadarewriter) January 28, 2020 8. Speaking of Schitt's Creek, did you know there is an online store that carries the Rose Apothecary line? (There is a tote set that Continue Reading
Kini’ Friday Kisses- Mini Reviews for books by Jenny Holiday and Charish Reid
It’s the 62nd day of January and I can't wait for January to be over. Here are some thoughts on books I read recently Mermaid Inn by Jenny Holiday. Y’all know I am a fan of Jenny Holiday’s books. This book was good but not a great read for me. The heroine, Evie, returns to the seaside town where she spent her summers while growing up. Her aunt has passed away and left Evie the inn. Evie doesn’t want it, but she doesn’t have options. The hero, Sawyer, is the townie boy who broke Evie’s Continue Reading
Guest Post: How a Librarian from The Mummy Inspired Hearts on Hold by Charish Reid
Charish's new book, Hearts on Hold, releases next week, 2/3 and she stopped by to talk a little bit about the inspiration behind it. FYI- I finished this book last week and will have a mini review tomorrow, it was good, so you should go ahead and preorder it :) I saw the 1999 The Mummy when I was thirteen-years-old and sang it’s cinematic praises for about four months straight. I’m certain my friends grew exhausted by my excessive fan-girling… But what I loved most was the blossoming Continue Reading
Smexy Deals
London, 1881Once the flames are ignited . . .Miranda Ellis is a woman tormented. Plagued since birth by a strange and powerful gift, she has spent her entire life struggling to control her exceptional abilities. Yet one innocent but irreversible mistake has left her family's fortune decimated and forced her to wed London's most nefarious nobleman. They will burn for eternity . . . Lord Benjamin Archer is no ordinary man. Doomed to hide his disfigured face behind masks, Archer knows it's Continue Reading
Guest Post & Giveaway: My Favorite Contemporary Romances by Alice Archer
With the rerelease this month of my novel Everyday History, a contemporary gay romance about a young man growing up enough to capture a man who’s all but given up on love, I’ve been reconnecting with my favorite contemporary romances. These stories stuck with me over time. I reread and talk about (and sometimes can’t shut up about) them. They each beguiled me as a reader and informed me as a writer. Hot Target (Troubleshooters #8), by Suzanne Brockmann The subplot of the early connection Continue Reading
Smexy Deals!
Fans of the Monster Haven series by R.L. Naquin will love this beguiling spin-off, featuring a trapped djinn caught in a hot mess of lost souls, fast food and otherwordly murder. Kam is a soul chaser for the Hidden Government, a much harder job now that the Hidden look like everyone else. Broke, out of magic and sick of playing waitress in a pirate-themed dive bar, Kam jumps at a chance for an out-of-town mission. A reaper—and his loaded soul stone—have gone missing. The stone Continue Reading
Guest Post: Things I Love About the Secret Baby Trope by Mona Shroff
Today we have Mona Shroff talking about one of my favorite tropes, secret baby. Mona's debut novel Then, Now, Always is out tomorrow, January 28. If you are in the Maryland/DC/Virginia area, Mona will be signing books at Turn the Page, Nora's bookstore on Saturday, February 1. (note from Kini: I am friendly with Mona after I met her through local books friends last year) The secret baby trope is one of those that elicits strong feelings. You either love it or hate it, and I love it! Why Continue Reading