This was a moderate reading week for me that had some meh reads. Steeped in Love by Julie Evelyn Joyce. This blurb makes it seem like this book will be a cutesy story as the heroine is back in the dating world. She read the tea leaves of potential mates and uses the findings as a reason to not date them. The hero is the writer in residence at the local coffee shop. They meet. Have great banter. He eavesdrops on her dates, then over time gets jealous and then finally asks her Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts
I ventured outside of Romance this week and took a ride with a psychopath... The Lies We Told by Camilla WayThrillerReleased: October 9, 2018Berkley In The Lies We Told, we alternate between the past and present. In the past, we meet Beth and Doug who are realizing that their young daughter is showing some very obvious signs of being a psychopath. She’s bullied kids at school, killed her mother’s precious pet bird (leaving the bird’s head on the pillow next to Beth while she slept), Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday!
I missed you guys! I've been sick, but I'm getting better and determined to crawl from my sick bed and bring you today's lovey/lusty feature! Today's sweetly saucy snippets are from the undisputed queen (in my realm) of alien-sci-fi-romance, Ruby Dixon's latest release, Willa's Beast. A moment of your time to fan-the-fuhk-OUT, please. The year was 2017. The season, spring and I was heavily, heavily in the grips of alien smut fixation. It was all I read. Historical romance? Paranormal romance, Continue Reading
Review: Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep
Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep Crown of Shard, #1 Urban Fantasy/NA October 2, 2018 Harper Voyager Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "I had no desire to become someone else's puppet..." Lady Everleigh Saffira Winter Blair, heir to the throne, went to live with relatives in the royal court of Bellona after her parents were assassinated. Thought to have no magic, she is regulated to a life little above a servant. When her cousin, the crown princess, stages a coup; assassinating her Continue Reading
Cover Reveal: The Risk by Elle Kennedy
THE RISK by Elle Kennedy Briar U, #2 February 18, 2019 Self Published Get ready for another fun and flirty romance from New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy! Bad girl Brenna Jensen would never date a hockey player. It’s too much of a risk, and not just because her hockey-coach father would kill her if she ever got involved with one. She’s been there, done that, not looking for a repeat. But a certain college player has gotten under her skin. He’s cocky, insolent and all about Continue Reading
Angela’s Monday Mornings
What I read this week: An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris Gunnie Rose #1 Fantasy October 2, 2018 by Saga Press "Since the president died, the world has gone to hell. God help us all." The first book in the newest Charlaine Harris series is an alternate history fantasy set sometime in the early 1900's. When Franklin Roosevelt was assassinated before being formally sworn in as president a chain reaction started and ultimately the government failed. The Native American tribes reclaimed their Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Not all girls dream of being rescued by Prince Charming. Some girls dream of the capture. Ballerina Emily Charles always knew she was kinky, but it takes a special invitation to The Noire House--a private club where all manners of sensuality are explored--for her to realize the depths of her fantasies. During the brief dates held in total darkness, she meets the mesmerizing Sam Roche. Sam is just the kind of seductive Dominant Emily went to The Noire House in search of. He leads her Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
On Monday, Angela talked about: A review - Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep (urban fantasy)B- review - Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie (urban fantasy) On Tuesday, Tori talked about: D+ review - Stygian by Sherrilyn Kenyon (paranormal)C+ review - The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas (Historical Mystery)B review - The Other Woman by Sandie Jones (Thriller) On Wednesday, Mandi talked about: B review - Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert (paranormal) On Thursday, Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
It’s Friday y’all! The last few weeks have been kinda brutal, but I’ve had some romance goodness to get me through :) I participated in the Maryland Romance Writers tent and did some panels and met some wonderful romance peeps. I also got to hang out in the Baltimore Book Festival lounge and I saw author Nic Stone (author of Dear Martin) in there. Although not romance related, Dear Martin has been chosen for a program called One Book Baltimore. 7th and 8th graders in the city will be reading Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts
Hello friends! I can’t believe it’s October. While Fall is my favorite season of all, l am not looking forward to the Holidays and the stress that comes with it. I hope to escape into my reading and will probably do way too much procrastinating resulting in more stress. It’s a freaking vicious circle. But for now, I had a decent reading week: A Firefighter’s Christmas Gift by Vivian Arend Holidays in Heart Falls #1 Romance (Novella) September 11, 2018 Self Published I don’t usually Continue Reading