We're bringing the weekly wrap up back. But it will he an enhanced version including not just a wrap up of what had on the site this week, but things/events/general happenings in or around Romancelandia that we wanted to highlight. New Releases Angela's Tuesday TBR Update May TBR Kini's Friday Kisses May is Masturbation Month - our friends at Bawdy Bookworms are celebrating with #RubOneOutBingo. Follow them on Instagram for more info. They also have a Facebook group Continue Reading
Smexy’s May TBR
Angela: Last month I only had a couple of ARCs for review, so I caught up on my TBR stack. This month I am overloaded with books to read on my review list, but they all sound fantastic. Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson #11) by Patricia Briggs 5/7- I actually just finished this one and it was another great addition to the series. Review to come. The Bride Test ( The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang 5/7- I LOVED The Kiss Quotient. I've got The Bride Test up next in my reading queue so I'll Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
I can hardly believe that it is already May, but here we are. May is Mental Health Awareness Month and I would be a liar and didn’t take a moment and say that I have been really struggling with my own mental health lately. It is very difficult to dig out from the lies that depressive/anxious brains like to lie about. But I am trying. Lots of things feel like impossible tasks and I’ve taken comfort in reading a lot more recently. I know that this is just a rough patch and there is light at the Continue Reading
Cover Reveal: In Moonlight and Memories trilogy by Julie Ann Walker
From NYT and USA Today bestselling author Julie Ann Walker comes an epic tale of sacrifice, friendship, and the awe-inspiring power of love. Maggie: Ten years ago, Cash Armstrong stole my heart. Then he promptly joined the army—dragging my best friend with him—and left me crying on the front porch in a red sequined prom dress. Now he's back. They're both back. Cash, the one who still has my heart. And Luc, the one who saved my life. Cash: How do you know if Continue Reading
Smexy Deals
Heartbreaker (Filthy Dirty Love Book 1) by Stacey Kennedy Veteran cop, Maddox Hunt, is all about the job. Sure, there are women—lots of women, truth be told—but there’s no one special. Until a one-night stand from his past, rookie Joss O’Neil is assigned to his division. Suddenly, all he can think about is her. The scent of her. The taste of her. Fresh out of field training, Joss has thrown herself into her job, determined to kick-start her career. And while police work has its Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday TBR Update
Captive of the Horde King by Zoey DravenHorde Kings of Dakkar #1Sci/Fi RomanceMarch 26, 2019 Self- Published Kindle * Goodreads Has from The Bookpushers rec'd this on Twitter and I am so glad I listened because holy smokes this book was good. Barbarian science fiction romance done exactly right. The hero is super alpha, but patient and protective. The heroine is strong, smart, and sensible. She fights her circumstances, but ultimately realizes she must compromise and acclimate into her Continue Reading
Audio Excerpt: The Slow Burn by Kristen Ashley
Kristen Ashley has a new audio book out today via Audible. This is the second book in the Moonlight and Motor Oil series. Our friends at Audible sent us this snippet to share with the Smexy Readers. You can pick up your copy of The Slow Burn now. Tobias Gamble knew from a young age precisely the kind of woman he was going to make his. She was not going to be like his mother. She was going to be like the mother he claimed. In other words, she was going to be just right. And Continue Reading
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Demon's Mercy (Dark Protectors Book 9) by Rebecca Zanetti Duty meets desire . . . Mercy O’Malley hates killing people. So when she’s assigned to take out Vampire-Demon Logan Kyllwood, she lures him to a seedy bar in Scotland, then decides to kidnap him instead. How can she cold-bloodedly end all that heat, those green eyes, that ripped body? Unfortunately for Mercy, attempted murder and kidnapping are just foreplay for the Kyllwood brothers. Logan may be the youngest of the bunch, but death Continue Reading
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Long Shot by Kelly Jamieson A haunted beauty inspires a Navy SEAL turned playboy bar owner to change his ways in this tender and sensual novel from the bestselling author of Hot Shot and the Heller Brothers series. Waitressing at a tequila bar on the beach in sunny San Diego may not be what Reece Kirkwell wants to do forever, but for now it’s perfect—other than the flashbacks to the tragedy she caused in Boston. And the fact that one of her bosses is a domineering, first-class Continue Reading
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By Her Touch (Blank Canvas Book 2) by Adriana Anders- I featured the first book in the series yesterday, but noticed books 2 and 3 are also on sale. "Anders has created wonderful variations on the beauty and the beast theme and the damsel-in-distress trope, a greatly tormented hero, and a powerful mix of menace and romance." —Booklist Second in an exciting contemporary romance series, Undercover cop Clay Navarro moved to a small town to rid himself of the last reminders of his past, but Continue Reading