The Four Horsemen series by Laura Thalassa is all of the sexy, epic fantasy that I've been missing during my most unwanted reading slump. Aside from the occasional highlight (hello, all things Nalini Singh and the always reliable Kennedy Ryan and Ruby Dixon) it's been a rather 'meh' reading year. And then I see this gorgeous cover for War on my timeline, and I'm reminded that I've yet to read book 1, Pestilence of the Four Horseman series, that's been perched on my shelf for months. I knew War Continue Reading
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An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller. She can’t ignore a cry for help. But in this remote hunting town, it’s open season. Gwen Proctor escaped her serial-killer husband and saved her family. What she can’t seem to outrun is his notoriety. Or the sick internet vigilantes still seeking to avenge his crimes. For Gwen, hiding isn’t an option. Not when her only mission is to create a normal life for her kids. But now, a threatened woman has reached out. Marlene Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday Thoughts: One Fine Duke by Lenora Bell
One Fine Duke by Lenora BellSchool for Dukes #3Historical RomanceJuly 23, 2019 by AvonArc KINDLE * BN * GOODREADS This is probably my favorite book by this author, and I've been following her since her debut. It was a fun, fast read with a lovely slow burn romance and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute I spent reading. The heroine, Miss Mina Penny, is the ward of a spymaster and has lived a sheltered life in the countryside since the death of her parents (who were also spies) while in Continue Reading
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes three fan-favorite tales of sisterhood, love, and fresh starts. Sweet Talk The twenty-eight-year-old piano prodigy, Claire Keyes, has never had a regular boyfriend, much less a real romance. Claire is determined to fall in love, or at least in lust, for the first time. Ruggedly sexy Wyatt just might fit the bill. Although he keeps saying that he and Claire come from entirely different worlds, he lights up hotter than a bakery Continue Reading
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"Makes an early bid for one of the best titles of the year." — Entertainment Weekly Tess Bailey: the galaxy's Most Wanted.Captain Tess Bailey is in deep trouble. She and her crew are on the run, pursued by a tyrant who'll take them dead or alive. Tess's best hope is a tall, dark, and much-too-appealing stranger, Shade Ganavan, who says he can help her. But his motivations are far from clear... Shade Ganavan: arrogance, charm...and that special something that makes you want to kick him. Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
New Releases: Week of July 15-19, 2019 Angela’s Tuesday Thoughts Author Q & A: Helena Hunting Talks about Making Up Reader Feature Smexy’s Top Ten- July 19, 2019 Angela: I am so tired. Lol. It's been a week. I did do quite a bit of reading, finished One Fine Duke by Lenora Bell and really loved, I'll have a review up on Tuesday. I dipped back into the Innkeeper universe and reread Maud's story in Sweep of the Blade, and I managed to sneak in the third and fourth books in Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten- July 19, 2019
Ask and you shall receive. We're back! Yay! Kini and I are going to be taking turns every other week and I'm up the first Friday because she'll be at RWA next week and will have all the good stuff. 10. I don't know how I feel about this just yet. This Christmas, you will believe. #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/doKFWGAdpB— Cats Movie (@catsmovie) July 18, 2019 9. I finally finished the third season of Stranger Things and ended up really enjoying. We're going to have to Continue Reading
Reader Feature
I love learning more about who is reading Smexy and thought it would be fun to occasionally feature a Smexy Reader on the site. First up is Mag. Tell Us About Yourself: I am a mother, wife, sister, daughter, teacher and friend. I enjoy trying new things- most recently whittling and co-leading a community ukulele jam group. While I enjoy a wide variety of activities, my favorite by far, is reading. I read several romance books blogs daily. Currently my favorite sub genre is contemporary Continue Reading
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"A beautiful novel that's full of forbidden passions, family secrets and a lot of courage and sacrifice."--Reese WitherspoonAfter the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity--and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution... Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political Continue Reading
Author Q & A: Helena Hunting Talks about Making Up
Helena Hunting's latest release, Making Up, was released on July 16th. Thanks to the team at St. Martin's for sending over this Q&A. What inspired you to write Making Up? I’d introduced Griffin in the previous Shacking Up Series novels, Shacking Up and Hooking Up—he was a bit of a mystery for readers because he was talked about, but not really present. I had a very clear picture in my mind of who he was, and the kind of woman who would end up being the perfect fit for him, and it Continue Reading