What I read this week: When a Duke Loves a Woman by Lorraine Heath Sins for All Seasons #2 Historical Romance August 21, 2018 by Avon Favorite Quote: "You are a remarkable woman, Gillie Trewlove. I am a better man for having known you." The second book in the Sins for all Seasons series by Lorraine Heath introduces readers to Gillie Trewlove. One of six children left on Ettie Trewlove's doorstep, she's grown into a smart, savvy business owner who looks out for her neighbors around her Continue Reading
Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews: The Cost of Friendship
Every day this week I will be posting favorite scenes from the Kate Daniels series. I'd love it if you'd share your favorite scenes too. Be sure to check back in Friday for a look at Magic Triumphs and a chance to win a book from the series. In Magic Burns, Book 2, Kate is hired by the Pack to find some secret maps that have been stolen. In her investigation, she stumbles upon a street waif, Julie, whose mother has been murdered. Kate reluctantly pulls this child into her orbit and Continue Reading
Retro Sunday Scene: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews-The Meeting
In celebration of the release of the last book in Ilona Andrews best-selling phenom Urban Fantasy Kate Daniels series, Magic Triumphs (8/28), I have decided to post some favorite scenes of mine from throughout out the series. I picked up book one-Magic Bites-on a whim. I was looking to branch out and someone recommended Ilona Andrews And Nalini Singh. Of course, some women was holding the ONLY TWO COPIES of Magic Bites and Slave to Sensation hostage, forcing me to stalk her through the Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… On Monday…. Angela reviews To See the Sun by Kelly Jensen (B) and Barefoot in the Dark by Suzanne Enoch (B) She also gave some Kindle Unlimited recs and what she plans to read this week! On Tuesday…. Tori reviews Wild Hunger by Chloe Neill and gave it a B- On Wednesday… Sheena gives us a sneak peek of Sophie Jordan's The Me I Meant To Be. On Thursday… Helyce gave a C- to A Snowbound Scandal by Jessica Lemmon. Mandi reviews Desperate Girls by Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
I am back on land and still recovering from the cruise I went on. 7 days away is fantastic and I need to do it more often. I hope to go through my pictures and post some this weekend. But I can tell you that Bermuda is absolutely beautiful. My reading goal for my vacation was 4 books. I sort of made that goal when I combined in the extra day off I took from work to recover. Here are the books I read: Butterface by Avery Flynn- I was worried bout the premise of this book and felt it had Continue Reading
Review: Desperate Girls by Laura Griffin
I love Laura Griffin's romantic suspense books. Maybe a little light on the romance, but she writes creepy suspense and crime so well. I never get bored with crime scene details or detective work. Her books are fast paced and full of intrigue. In Desperate Girls, we have a high-powered defense attorney, Brynn, who is looking to get a young adult off of murder charges - a murder she truly believes he did not commit. She has to travel with her co-worker Ross to Dallas, to attend the trial. Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts
Hello fellow readers! This last week has been fraught with negativity in the land of romance. I think I’ve experienced every emotion there is. I have loved reading for as long as I can remember. I loved reading so much, I’d sneak into the library at recess. My parents got a call one day from my school because I hadn’t returned to the classroom and they couldn’t find me. Guess where I was? I was in the school’s library, sitting cross-legged on the floor between the bookshelves...happily reading Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday & Sneak Peek!
Happy Hump Day! I hope you are in the mood for a little swoony/smexy interlude, because my pick for this week is a controversial and sexy doozy. I’ve been on a bit of an experimental kick where I am consciously deciding to read a trope that would normally repel me. Blurbs that ring my warning bells, being em on. Red flags waving? Yooo hooo, over here! I’m exploring this space because I was becoming bored with the same ole reading. Enjoyable, but bored and what better way to break up the Continue Reading
Guest Author: Kelly Jensen
Yesterday, Angela posted a review of Kelly Jensen's new book, To See the Sun, and really enjoyed it! Today Kelly is here to give us a little more glimpse into her world. Survival is hard enough in the outer colonies—what chance does love have? Life can be harsh and lonely in the outer colonies, but miner-turned-farmer Abraham Bauer is living his dream, cultivating crops that will one day turn the unforgiving world of Alkirak into paradise. He wants more, though. A companion—someone Continue Reading
Review: Wild Hunger by Chloe Neill
Wild Hunger by Chloe Neill Heirs of Chicagoland, #1 Urban Fantasy August 14, 2018 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Parts of the world are great; parts of the world are garbage. I can’t abide optimism.” Elisa Sullivan is all grown up and ready to take her place in the world, but as the princess of Cadogan House and the only vampire child born to two powerful vampire parents, she has a lot to live up to. After spending the last few years going to school in Paris, Elisa is Continue Reading