Six Weeks with a Lord by Eve Pendle Historical Romance June 25, 2018 The first chapter in this book is so intense and delicious, I got very excited! But my excitement soon fled as this book loses steam and had a romance that didn't work for me. The reason the first chapter is so striking is the fact that our heroine, Grace Alnott, needs a husband desperately. She comes from trade, her father owned a very large grocer and she has a fifty thousand dollar dowry. Her father really wanted her Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Heroine: Lady Euphemia Marlington. Held hostage in a harem for seventeen years, she is back in England and her embarrassed father is forcing her to marry. Hero: Adam de Courtney aka The Murdering Marquess doesn't want to get married again but is in need of an heir. Can these two outcasts find a place with one another? Adam was not accustomed to women wanting to make love in the broad light of day. In general, most of the females he’d bedded had squawked in terror at the first Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… Monday, Mandi talked about: C+ review –Untamed Cowboy by Maisey Yates (contemporary) Monday Musings Tuesday, Tori talked about: C+ review – Stray Magic by Kelly Meding (urban fantasy) Wednesday, Sheena talked about: Smexy Snapshots Wishful/Wanton Wednesday Quotes Thursday, Helyce talked about: D review – The Ticket by Aidee Jaimes (contemporary) DNF review – Love Is The Punchline by Kathleen Jones (contemporary) B+ review – Ocean Light by Nalini Continue Reading
One Night Wife by Ainslie Paton
One Night Wife by Ainslie Paton Contemporary Romance May 17, 2018 Entangled Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: “Are you scared I’m going to bolt?” “I’m scared you’re going to eclipse the sun.” Cal Sherwood, you keep saying things like that, you are so getting kissed. I loved pretty much everything about this book. The premise is a fake relationship between a con-man hero and a heroine that wants to raise money for the non-profit she just started. They meet in a bar and Fin tries to Continue Reading
Guest Author Erin Satie
I reviewed, and adored, Bed of Flowers by Erin Satie earlier this week. She is hear today to talk a little more about the book and give some of her own recs! Bed of Flowers by Erin Satie Series: SWEETNESS AND LIGHT #1 Release Date: June 19 About Bed of Flowers: Bonny Reed is beautiful, inside and out. A loyal friend and loving daughter, she’s newly engaged to her small town’s most eligible bachelor. She’s happy for herself—but mostly for her family, who need Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts You know when you read a blurb for a new book and it sounds interesting? Maybe it has an interesting premise--something different from the books you’ve previously read. It might be a new author you haven’t read before, but you’re hopeful that you’ll luck out and find another author you’ll love and can obsess over and anxiously wait for the next book?? Well that didn’t happen to me this week. I chose two books recently that I thought were kind of out there, and I Continue Reading
Smexy Snapshots!
This. Cover. Kati Wilde barbarian trope. The Midwinter Mail- Order Bride by Kati Wilde Some might call Princess Anja of Ivermere brave for offering herself up as a bride to Kael the Conqueror, a barbarian warlord who’d won his crown by the bloodied edge of his sword. It was not courage that drove Anja from her magic-wielding family’s enchanted palace, however, but a desperate attempt to secure a kingdom of her own—even if she has to kill the Conqueror to do it. She expects pain beneath Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday!
Trolling for sweetly smutty excerpts is a highlight of my week. Hopefully these sweet -n- saucy quotes put a little umph in your hump day too :) This week, snippets hail from Rosanna Leo's A Good Man, book 1 of her new Handymen series. Not only is Michael a star on a successful home improvement show, he’s also seen as a local hero. But no one knows about the demons he carries inside him ever since the day he risked his life to save others. All the accolades and honors only make the Continue Reading
Smexy Deals!
Isabella Spaga is about to reluctantly walk down the aisle with Mr. Dangerously Wrong…but not if dashing vampire Chance has anything to say about it. As a favor to Bones, Chance has come to derail this wedding of beauty to the beast. Now if only he can keep his hands off the bride. From New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost’s Night Huntress world, it’s the wedding of the season…that everyone wants to miss. (Originally appeared in Weddings From Hell anthology) $1.99 Continue Reading
Stray Magic by Kelly Meding
Stray Magic by Kelly Meding Strays, #1 Urban Fantasy June 19, 2018 Harper Voyager Reviewed by Tori Agent Shiloh Harrison, a federal marshal in the supernatural world, is half-djinn and half human. Part of a five-man unit that keeps the different species on the straight and narrow, The story starts out on a high note though it levels quickly with Shiloh being called from her boyfriend's bed to a hostage scene. Seems like a group of vampires has taken the residents of Myrtle's Happy Continue Reading