Hello Friends. It is December-the tree is up, the lights on the house have been hung, and a fair amount of shopping has taken place. Am I close to being done-absolutely not. There is just not enough time in the day (or enough money). That said, I managed one book this week via Audible. It’s not a new release, but a mystery/thriller that popped up as a “if you liked...then you’ll like…”. I never thought I’d be a fan of ‘listening’ to a book, but I was wrong. AND the really cool thing is Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday! Feature: Kiss Me at Christmas by Valerie Bowman
Happy Hump Day Holidays! I've been thinking about this weeks feature novel allll week! It is so fun and flirty and inviting, not to mention full of saucy, seductive delight! I've been a super fan of Valerie Bowman's ever since I came across The Unexpected Duchess. Bowman's easy and beguiling writing style was instantly sold on me and I am ecstatic that ten books in, she continues to raise the bar and deliver tales of amazing heroines and the Dukes, Captains, Pirates, Rakes and Lords who find Continue Reading
Smexy Deals!
(Originally published November 2011) Some wallflowers bloom at night… Violet is a quiet girl. She speaks six languages, but seldom raises her voice. The gentlemen aren’t beating down her door. Until the night of the Spindle Cove Christmas ball, when a mysterious stranger crashes into the ballroom and collapses at Violet’s feet. He’s wet, chilled, bleeding, and speaking in an unfamiliar tongue. Only Violet understands him. And she knows he’s not what he seems. She has one night to Continue Reading
Smexy Deals!
Staff Sergeant Jasper "Ace" Atchison takes one look at Private Sonny Daye and knows that every word on paper about him is pure, unadulterated bullshit. But Sonny is desperate, and although Ace isn't going to take him up on his offer of "anything," that doesn't mean he isn't tempted. Instead, Ace takes Sonny under his wing, protecting him when they're in the service and making plans with him when they get out. Together, they're going to own a garage and build race cars and make their Continue Reading
Review: Death Knell by Hailey Edwards
Death Knell by Hailey Edwards Foundling #3 Urban Fantasy December 4, 2018 by Piatkus Favorite Quote: "A human heart only has no many beats." He flattened my palm against his chest. "I'm not capable of a love so small or finite. What I feel for you can't be confined to the lifespan of a century. My heart speaks the language of eternity, and the name it whispers is yours." Reviewed by Angela Holy smokes this book. Honestly, when this series started I would have never in a million years Continue Reading
Angela’s Monday Mornings
My review of Hailey Edward's Death Knell (Foundling #3) will post later today. What I read this week: My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren Contemporary Romance December 4, 2018 by Gallery Books Favorite Quote: "Unusual? No. She's super funny." Now I'm torn between insult that he doesn't realize that I'm super funny, and swooning that he's talking about me and doesn't even know it. Holy shit, this is both incredibly sweet and incredibly fucking stupid." Friends to lovers is Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts
Hello friends. Can you believe that a week ago today we were all anticipating our Thanksgiving dinner? Time is just flying by. My daughter was home from college and insisted that we start decorating for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. She was all excited, bugged her Dad all day to get everything down from the loft in the garage. So he did, and she worked on things for about 20 minutes and gave up. So, as usual, everything falls to me. I’ve got the tree partially Continue Reading
Sheena’s Smexy Snapshots! A Holiday by Gaslight & The Duke That I Marry.
A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews The holiday books are here! In abundance! Quick, someone give me a rec, I've been bitten by the Yuletide Love Bug! To feed the holiday romance monkey on my back, I took a chance on a new to me author with a catchy title, A Holiday by Gaslight. I mean you can't get more smexy season's greetings than "Holiday" right smack dab in the title. My leap of faith paid off because the novella was such a nice slow burn that I, oh she of rapid reading, took my Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday!
Like Virginia, Wednesdays are for lovers! And in the spirit of lovers, this week's feature may seem....unconventional in some ways. Today's excerpts are from CM (Cara) McKenna's dark hit, Badger. Nearly twelve months sober, Adrian Birch feels like a nobody. But when her wrist is broken in a hit-and-run accident, she’s avenged by the Badger, a secretive street vigilante. Instantly obsessed, Adrian takes to staging suicide and constructing chance meetings to get his attention. Their resulting Continue Reading
Feature: Christmas Lane by Amy Aislin
Thank you for joining me to celebrate the release of my newest m/m contemporary romance, Christmas Lane, and thank you to Smexy Books for having me today! If you’ve never read my books—or even if you have—here’s a fun fact: most of them are set in a small town. The Play of His Life, As Big As the Sky, and Ballerina Dad are all set in my hometown of Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Picture Winter is set mostly in Toronto, but with parts in the town of Puslinch, Ontario. On the Ice: the fictional Continue Reading