A Duke Like No Other by Valerie Bowman Series: The Playful Brides, #9 Historical Romance Released: May 1, 2018 St. Martin's Paperbacks. Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: “Is your horse named Zeus, after a man who ruined the lives of most of the people around him?” Mark’s lips quirked. “...No...Zeus was a god, not a man.” His lips spread open into an unrepentant grin. “Are you comparing me to a god?” “We’re speaking about your horse, not you,” she replied before snapping shut her Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Heroine: Hope Donnigan. A personal assistant with men and mommy issues. Needs a fake boyfriend to get her mom off her back. Hero: J.T. Webster. Tattoo shop owner and artist with an eye for the ladies. Agrees to help Hope The following scene is J.T. and Hope's attempts to get to know one another before J.T meets Hope's mom. Though they agreed to keep their fake relationship... fake, it's getting harder and harder to do so. Well, hell. How was he supposed to be good when her Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B+ review - Dark Queen by Faith Hunter (u/f/tori) B+ review - House of Cads by Elizabeth Hunter (historical/mandi) B review - Midnight Wolf by Jennifer Ashley (pnr/tori) C review - The Hating Him Trilogy by Alice Bello (contemporary/helyce) Cover Reveal - Rogue Souls by Chelsea Mueller Feature: Royally Yours Serial - Season One May To-Be-Read News from Mandi: I'm currently reading Her Claim by Rebecca Grace Allen and I'm looooooving. Their chemistry Continue Reading
Cover Revel and Giveaway: Chelsea Mueller’s Rogue Souls
ROGUE SOULS (Soul Charmer #2) By Chelsea Mueller Urban Fantasy July 9, 2019 *Cover art by Patricia Schmitt Summary: Callie Delgado volunteered to apprentice to Gem City's Soul Charmer. He'd forced the soul magic ability into her, but now it was hers. She'd learn to control her body's reaction to rented souls or go up in flames. Literally. She exchanged her chance to escape the darker side of Gem City to save her brother. Now she needs to keep him sober and safe, try to mend family Continue Reading
Review: Dark Queen by Faith Hunter
Dark Queen by Faith Hunter Jane Yellowrock, #12 Urban Fantasy May 1, 2018 Ace Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I wasn’t going to die. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not at the Sangre Duello at all. I had to stay alive. For my friends.” Dark Queen picks up where Cold Reign left off. Jane Yellowrock has done everything she can to prepare for this moment; the Sangre Duello (blood duel) between Leo Pellister (Master of New Orleans) and Titus Flavius Vespasianus (Emperor of the European Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Giveaway: Faith Hunter’s Dark Queen
Welcome to the world of Jane Yellowrock and her latest adventure...Dark Queen. Faith Hunter is a New York Times and USAToday bestselling author. She writes dark urban fantasy and paranormal urban thrillers. Her long-running, bestselling, Skinwalker series features Jane Yellowrock, a hunter of rogue-vampires. The Soulwood series features Nell Nicholson Ingram in paranormal crime solving novels. Her Rogue Mage novels, a dark, urban fantasy series, features Thorn St. Croix, a stone mage Continue Reading
Review: House of Cads by Elizabeth Kingston
House of Cads by Elizabeth Kingston (Ladies of Scandal #2) Released: April 26, 2018 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "Oh Mr. Mason," she murmured, a sweet but faint note of compassion in her voice. "Of course it is very unfair to you, that so many women have let you believe this puppy dog look will always work." She clucked her tongue consolingly. "You poor man." Oh, he liked her. Adorable book alert!! New-to-me author Elizabeth Kingston has Continue Reading
Feature: Royally Yours Serial Season One
Season Summary One day. Five couples. The most anticipated wedding in the world. But this story’s not about the bride and groom, the dukes and duchesses, this story is about the palace maid with a heart of gold, the milliner who dreams of seeing her designs adorn the pews, the American bodyguard who learns some British charm, the paparazzo after that one great shot, and the ordinary girl who dreams of being a princess. Rumors of a missing bride threaten to ruin the day, but nothing can stop the Continue Reading
May’s To-Be Read
Tori: Luck of the Bride by Janna MacGregor (Cavensham Heiresses, #3) May 1 Amazon I Goodreads Family secrets, mistaken identities…love and money make people do crazy things. Dark Queen by Faith Hunter (Jane Yellowrock, #12) May 1 Amazon I Goodreads The duel is here and Jane must help Leo win the battle or the resulting war will kill them all. Bad Boy Brody by Tijan May 7 Amazon I Goodreads Bad boy meets the best girl...but can he keep her? Undead Girl Gang by Lily Continue Reading
Review: The Hate Him Trilogy by Alice Bello
The Hate Him Trilogy by Alice Bello Contemporary Romance October 13, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce Liz Hamilton is a young, successful woman who owns an art gallery in Chicago. She is smart, chic and along with her trusted assistant and bestie Lance and her extremely talented roving artist finder Jill, she has had some success in finding and bringing new artists to the art world. Her very creative style and attention to detail have made her showcases very unique. Though she is Continue Reading