Welcome to another week of Kini’s Friday Kisses. This week was filled with half completed reads. I started Binding Law by Micah Persell recently. The main set up is that a woman hires a gigolo and then they end up in a fake relationship. These are all things that I love. But I made it to the 50% mark and it was starting to feel a bit repetitive with little forward movement of the relationship, except for sex. This one seems to be more sex focused than the previous book. And while that is ok, Continue Reading
Smexy Deals!
This collection of sexy tales will make you laugh, warm your heart, and curl your toes. Includes: “Batteries Not Required” by New York Times–bestselling author Linda Lael Miller Contrary to popular opinion, Gayle Hayes’s love life is out of service. But when she returns to her small Montana hometown, rodeo bad boy Tristan McCullough gives her a whole new lesson in power surge . . . “Captivated” by New York Times–bestselling author Jill Shalvis James Scott warned his investigator Continue Reading
Guest Author Miranda Liasson on Misconceptions and Happy Surprises *Giveaway*
On Misconceptions and Happy Surprises by Miranda Liasson Was there a guy or girl in high school you just couldn’t stand for whatever reason and years later, realized you couldn’t have been more wrong? I know we all have this person in our lives. Often we hold on to certain judgments and misconceptions about someone that we are convinced are correct. Sometimes all it takes is time and experience to look beyond our original judgments. This is the case with both the heroine and hero in Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts on Rumor Has It by Jessica Lemmon
Rumor Has It by Jessica Lemmon (Real Love #4) Contemporary Romance May 15, 2018 Loveswept Catarina is a journalist for the online newspaper Columbus Community Chat, or The Chat for short. She writes a column where she is brutally honest when it comes to relationships. She is stunned when her boss tells her what her assignment for the summer will be. Over the course of six or so weeks, Catarina must “fake” date Barrett Fox an ex-NFL player/sportscaster with a reputation for trouble. Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday!
Happy Hump Day! Time to share the romance quotes this week that either made me swoon or scramble for my pearls for some serious clutching! This week's wistful quote is from Rider's Revenge by Jamie Begley and is book 10 in one of my cherished, motorcycle club (MC) romance series, The Last Riders. The Last Rider novels feature a MC comprised of former service men who formed an unbreakable bond in the armed forced and when they all got out, they formed their club, bought a huge chunk of Continue Reading
Sheena’s Mini Reviews
Series: The MacGregors: Highland Heirs, #7 Historical Romance Grade: A Whenever I get a hankering for a beautifully written historical romance, I look no further than Paula Quinn. She just has a knack for creating these beautiful worlds with rich characters all against the picturesque Scottish highlands, I'm always, already mid swoon as soon as I crack (click?) it open. Book 7 is about Lachlin Mackenzie, a (scarred!! swoon level +1000) widower and father to a wife and daughter who were Continue Reading
Tori’s Tuesday Teasers
Wild Hunger by Suzanne Wright Pheonix Pack, #7 Paranormal Romance May 29, 2018 Half-shifter Frankie Newman didn't know what to think when she received an email from a person claiming to be her aunt. She was taken from the pack as a child after she witnessed her father killing her mother then himself as a child. Her grandparents who raised her repeatedly told her that her deceased father's family wanted nothing to do with her. Now they claim to not only want to see her but have been trying Continue Reading
Feature: Dirty Exes by Rachel Van Dyken
Title: Dirty Exes Author: Rachel Van Dyken Release Date: June 5, 2018 Publisher: Skyscape Series: Liars, Inc., Book #1 Summary Blaire has never quite gotten over Jessie Beckett, the ex–NFL star whose kisses were hot enough to ignite the entire Eastern Seaboard. When he chose work over her, Blaire was left brokenhearted. Why else would she have married a skeezy two-timer, just to divorce him less than a year later? Now Blaire is getting even by becoming one half of Dirty Exes, a PI firm Continue Reading
Review: Making Up by Lucy Parker
Making Up by Lucy Parker (London Celebrities #3) Released: May 28, 2018 Contemporary Romance Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi I highly recommend this author if you have yet to try her. This is the third book I've read by her and they have all been adorable and sweet and sexy. In Making Up, we return to the theater, but in a burlesque/acrobatic show. The Festival of Masks is a little bit of everything - lewd humor, amazing aerial skills, singing, dancing and it's a very popular show. When Continue Reading
Cover Reveal! A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert
I recently read A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert and absolutely loved it. I was thrilled when Talia asked if I could share the brand new cover, which now shows the heroine, Ruth!! Everyone has secrets. He wants all of hers. Meet the man next door… After years of military service, Evan Miller wants a quiet life. The small town of Ravenswood seems perfect—until he stumbles upon a vicious web of lies with his new neighbour at its centre. Ruth Kabbah is rude, awkward, and—according Continue Reading