The winner of the $25 gift card from Rhys Ford is: Brenda An email has been sent. Thanks to Rhys for sponsoring the giveaway! Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Retro Smex Scene Sunday! Can we call a book published in 2007, retro? Probably an overkill. But I feel like the Immortals After Dark series started so long ago and made such an impact in my paranormal reading. These books made me actually laugh! (Not just "lol"). They are witty, smart, violent and super sexy. Guys - I read this book before I owned a Kindle. WAS THERE SUCH A TIME??? Which means, I have to type out this scene by hand. #effort. This month, Ana Coqui is hosting #RomBkLove (both Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A- review – Her Claim by Rebecca Grace Allen (erotic/mandi) B- review – A Duke Like No Other by Valarie Bowman (historical/sheena) B review – The Only Thing by Marie Harte (contemporary/tori) B- review – Burning Up by Jennifer Blackwood (contemporary/mandi) C+ review – Tempted by the Billionaire Next Door by Therese Beharrie (contemporary/mandi) C- review – Forbidden by Elizabeth Naughton (contemporary/heylce) Cover Reveal: Captivated by Tessa Bailey and Eve Continue Reading
Cover Reveal: Captivated by Tessa Bailey and Eve Dangerfield
I have enjoyed Tessa Bailey's books for many years - and just last year I stared reading Eve Dangerfield and I'm really enjoying her as well! When I heard they were teaming up to co-write a book, my smutty heart started pounding!! Today, they are revealing the cover. The book will be released June 11! Blurb: Secret aspiring comedian Autumn Reynolds is a girl gone...not wild exactly. More like lazy. Since her boyfriend abandoned her in New York City for a bunch of improv groupies Continue Reading
Review: Burning Up by Jennifer Blackwood
Burning Up by Jennifer Blackwood (Flirting with Fire #1) Contemporary Romance Released: May 8, 2018 Montlake Reviewed by Mandi Erin Jenkins loves living in San Francisco and teaching, but when the state slashes their education budget, Erin is out of a job. While she applies for as many positions she can find, she decides to take a short break and return to her hometown of Portland, to visit with her family and help out her mom who has recently had surgery. She is hoping that within the Continue Reading
Review: The Only Thing by Marie Harte
The Only Thing by Marie Harte The Donnigans, #3 Romance Contemporary May 1, 2018 Sourcebooks Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: He smelled like an invitation to sex and tasted like candy. Good Lord but that man knew how to kiss. Hope Donnigan is finally getting her life together. She has a job she enjoys, good friends, and is taking a break from all the Mr. Wrongs in her life. Unfortunately, her mother is determined to fix Hope’s life, despite what Hope wants. When her mother’s Continue Reading
Review: Her Claim by Rebecca Grace Allen
Her Claim by Rebecca Grace Allen (Legally Bound #2) Released: April 23, 2018 Erotic BDSM Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "What a thing it must be," he'd murmured. "To be under your fierce protection." "I look after the people I care about." "I know. It's one of the things I admire most about you." Favorite Quote #2: "I really don't like you." "Same here." Cassie grabbed him by the collar and closed her fist around his shirt. "Good," she said, and Continue Reading
Rhys Ford’s Sin and Tonic Blog Tour **Giveaway**
Time for Last Call at the bar. Well, at least for the Sinners boys. We’re at the final book in the series and I want to say thank you to everyone who’s been with me on this six year journey. Well almost seven for me but I started before the rest of you did. But man, it’s been a ride. When I first brought Miki to the page, I never imagined he’d go as far as he has. From the series being picked up and writing a second book to audiobooks then translations, this series has been a labour of Continue Reading
Review: Forbidden by Elisabeth Naughton
Forbidden by Elisabeth Naughton (House of Sin #1) Contemporary Romance Released: April 24, 2018 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce Blurb: When Natalie James leaves her small town for Manhattan, she hopes to find answers to her best friend’s death. Instead, she finds him. Luciano Salvatici. Dark and commanding, Luc radiates power and heat, yet protects sinister secrets. Natalie knows she needs to keep her distance, but despite the danger, she can’t help falling prey to Continue Reading
Tori’s Mini Reviews
Disturbing the Peace by Tessa Bailey Series: The Academy, #3 Contemporary Romance Grade: C+ The 3rd book in Bailey's Academy series brings us a forbidden relationship that grows complicated their feelings for one another increase. A police academy instructor falls for a recruit; throwing him into a tailspin. Add in she is his younger brother's bestie along with his own commitment issues and you have a sexy and humorous contemporary romance overflowing with emotional angst and sexual Continue Reading