This week at Smexy… Monday, Mandi talked about: The Real Deal by Lauren Blakely A gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian Tuesday, Tori talked about: Tori's Tuesday Tinys Wednesday, Sheena talked about: Sheena's Wistful/Wanton Wednesday Sheena's Smexy Snapshots Thursday, Helyce talked about: Helyce Thursday Thoughts on All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover Friday, Kini talked about: Kini's Friday Kisses Continue Reading
RITA Round-Up
The RITA ceremony took place last night at the RWA conference. For those unfamiliar: Up to 2,000 romance novels are entered in the RITA competition. A novel may be entered either by the author or by the book's publisher in one of the contest categories. After the first round of judging by published romance authors, entries that meet the qualifications to become a finalist then advance to the final round. Once RWA announces the RITA finalists, a final round of judges evaluates and scores Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
It has been a slow reading week for me with a DNF and I am halfway through A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole. I am enjoying Portia and her plan of being a better person. I had every intention of finishing that book tonight (Thursday) but got sidetracked when I realized that the RITA’s would be streaming online. I have been awards show obsessed since I was a young gal. So naturally I would feel compelled to watch the one that celebrates our community. Of the over 80 books nominated, I’ve read Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts on All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover Contemporary Romance Released: July 17, 2018 Atria Books From Goodreads: Colleen Hoover delivers a tour de force novel about a troubled marriage and the one old forgotten promise that might be able to save it. Quinn and Graham’s perfect love is threatened by their imperfect marriage. The memories, mistakes, and secrets that they have built up over the years are now tearing them apart. The one thing that could save them might also be the very thing Continue Reading
Sheena’s Smexy Snapshots
Inclined to Scandal by Zoe Mullins Released July 10, 2018 A misfit in proper society, Lady Georgiana will risk her future for a night of pleasure with Captain Wrath. Lady Georgiana Knolls is a misfit in proper society, only there because her brother insists she have a Season and learn what it means to be ‘a lady’. The rules and etiquette forced upon unmarried women of her class are stifling and she breaks them more often and more publicly than is wise. After years at sea, Captain Wrath Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday!
Happy Hump Day! It's that time again, and I've come to share with you the quotes this week that made me swoon and swoosh! This week's read was the sexy military collab romp, Off Base, by Tessa Bailey and Sophie Jordan. Kenna and Beck By Tessa Bailey When Kenna Sutton is tasked with driving home newly returned Beck “True Blue” Collier, she expects the strategic Army mastermind to be a pasty number cruncher. Never at a loss for words, Kenna is nonetheless rendered speechless by the Continue Reading
Tori’s Tuesday Tinies
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