First off, a HUGE shout out to Lynda aka @FishWithSticks for the new title. MUAH!! Scandal Above Stairs by Jennifer Ashley Kat Holloway Mysteries, #2 Historical Fiction/Mystery July 3, 2018 Kat Holloway, a cook, and amateur sleuth find more than her palate tempted when a series of antiquities are stolen from various homes of the ton. With the eclectic Lady Cynthia and a new member of the household by her side, Kat begins investigating only to discover her dear friend Danial is Continue Reading
Review: The Real Deal by Lauren Blakely
The Real Deal by Lauren Blakely Released: July 10, 2018 Contemporary Romance I Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I liked both the hero and the heroine, yet I didn't really like the romance. Maybe they should have just been friends? April, who lives in New York City and body paints people for big commercial campaigns, is dreading to go home without a date. Invited to her big family reunion, she already has several emails from family members who have men waiting to be set-up with her. Continue Reading
Review: A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian
A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian (Seducing the Sedgwicks #2) Released: July 10, 2018 Historical M/M Avon Reviewed by Mandi I don't think I've ever read Cat Sebastian and shame on me! I really enjoyed her voice in this one - she gives us two characters that will make you smile and warm your heart. Hartley Sedgwick took London drawing rooms by storm with his good looks and easy charm. But when his godfather dies, and Hartley inherits his house, the godfather's son, who Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... On Monday, Mandi talked about: B- review - Devoted to Pleasure by Shayla Black (erotic) Guest Author Annabeth Albert On Tuesday, Tori talked about: A review - The Accidentals by Sarina Bowen (YA Contemporary) B review - Three Days Missing by Kimberly Bell (mystery) B review - Moonlight Seduction by Jennifer L. Armentrout (romantic suspense) B review - My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand (historical comedy) B+ review - Between You and Me by Susan Wiggs (amish Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – July 13
10. Don't get the Sunday Scaries yet!! It's only Friday! Favorite new thing: Scratching haunting things into bananas at the market so when people take them home hours later and the words appear they think a ghost knows their secrets. pic.twitter.com/aDOMd3K8cX — kevinbiegel (@kbiegel) July 5, 2018 9. Is this evil and creepy?? Yes. Do I kinda like it? Yes. LOL. My husband eats a banana every morning with his coffee. I might have to leave a message on it. 8. You need to read this Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
It’s Friday, aka my favorite day of the work week. I’m heading up to Philly later today to see Lauryn Hill in concert for the 20th anniversary of the MisEducation of Lauryn Hill. Please send all the positive thoughts you can that she isn’t too late. Thirsty by Mia Hopkins has been sitting in my Kindle for months. I finally picked it up. I had some hesitation due to the fact that we don’t see many Latinx heroes in romance and I didn’t know if this would be a harmful depiction of an ex-con gang Continue Reading
Sheena Reviews: I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne
I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne Series: Oxford, #5 LoveSwept Favorite Quote: “Be brutally honest. Am I giving off some sort of weird vibe? Does it say platonic across my forehead? Or do I have an unremarkable label on my boobs?” Fans of friends to lovers trope, look no further, Layne delivers just what you've been jonesing for in her Oxford series ending, I Think I Love You. Brit Robbins knows that dating in New York City is hard—she just hoped to have it mastered by age thirty. Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts
Awaken the Darkness by Dianne Duvall (Immortal Guardians #8) Paranormal Romance July 10, 2018 Self Published Blurb: He awakens encapsulated in dirt with no knowledge of how he came to be there. Riddled with injuries, he can remember neither his past nor who he is. Nor can he remember what he is. But surely no mortal man could survive being buried deep beneath the earth. All he knows with certainty is that the soothing voice and presence of the woman moving around above enables him to Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday!
Happy Hump Day! This summer heat has me feeling completely beat (see what I did there) and in the spirit of escapism, today's wistful/wanton quotes come from a wintry holiday sweet novella, Winter Kisses by Addison Moore. Laney Sawyer used to believe in love and all of the trappings that happily ever after could provide until Ryder Capwell crushed her heart. When Laney is auctioned off as a prize at the drama department fundraiser the last person she expects to trade cold hard cash for her Continue Reading
Tori’s Tuesday Minis
Three Days Missing by Kimberly Bell Mystery Thriller Park Row June 26, 2018 Grade: B Kat Jenkins wasn't sure if her son was ready for an overnight field trip and when the police show up at her door to tell her he is missing, she knows she should have trusted her gut. Now considered a person of interest, Kat begins to examine everyone in her life, searching for who may want to hurt her or her son. From her abusive ex husband to the family of the class bully, Kat soon learns that sometimes Continue Reading