Thirsty by Mia Hopkins Eastside Brewery, #1 Contemporary Romance March 13, 2018 Loveswept Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You want a hero. Before we start, you should know---I’m not him. I’m not your hero. A hero is Prince charming, a firefighter, a cowboy. He's handsome and perfect. He’s probably white. He has his shite together. None of that is me.” Salvador (Sal) Rosa has just been released from prison after serving a five year stretch for boasting cars and other Continue Reading
Winner of the Susan Cliff Giveaway
Congrats to ERICA H who has won a print copy of Susan Cliff's new release-Navy Seal Rescue. The winner has been notified by email. Thanks to everyone who entered! Continue Reading
Feature: Curved Horizon by Taylor Brooke
Curved Horizon picks up a few weeks after the conclusion of Fortitude Smashed with Daisy Yuen and Chelsea Cavanaugh, whose Camellia Clocks are drawing close to timing out. Navigating the ins-and-outs of love is hard enough as strangers destined to be soul mates and proves even more complicated when Daisy shares dark, ugly secrets that linger in her and Aiden’s pasts. Title: Curved Horizon Series: The Camellia Clock Cycle, Book Two Publisher: Interlude Press Release Date Continue Reading
SmexyBooks’ Statement Regarding Santino Hassell
To All Our Smexy Readers, After careful consideration, SmexyBooks has removed all the reviews of Santino Hassell's books from our site. We believe and support his victims 100% and feel that to continue to keep the reviews, even in archives, is to continue to promote him. This includes any and all promos, features, excerpts, and reviews of any books he may have co-written with another author. If you are unfamiliar with the accusations surrounding Santino Hassell or have questions please do not Continue Reading
Review: Marriage of Inconvenience by Penny Reid
Marriage of Inconvenience by Penny Reid Knitting in the City, #7 Romance Comedy March 6, 2017 Self Published Reviewed By Tori Favorite Quote: “Trust me that I want every part of you.” “What if parts of me are messy? Or ugly?” “Parts of you are ugly and messy. I still want you. I want the ugly and the beautiful and everything in between. You don’t pick and choose the parts of a person you want.” Kat Turner aka Kathleen Tyson needs to marry and marry fast. A Continue Reading
Guest Author AJ Pine: Save a Horse and Ride a…Cowboy Who Runs a Vineyard!
Forever is celebrating The Year of the Cowboy! In their words: Here at Team Forever Romance, we truly believe that there is a cowboy (or two or three) for every reader. To fully satisfy your appetite for these rugged and romantic heroes, we officially welcome you to our Cowboy of the Month 2018 event. (Warning: it will get hot in here.) Each month of the year, you'll be introduced to our new cowboy heroes, experience exclusive excerpts and fun facts, and connect with the authors who have Continue Reading
Review: Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon
Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon Historical Romance/NA March 6, 2018 Harper Collins/Blink Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: Lesson one: Friends are just enemies in disguise. Olivia Brownlow is no stranger to danger. Orphaned at birth and raised in a workhouse as one of the boys, Olivia eventually made her way to the streets and was taken in by a gang of thieves. When a crime goes wrong and she’s caught, she and the intended mark are shocked to discover they're related and he takes Continue Reading
Feature: Exposed: A Romance Anthology
EXPOSED: A Romance Anthology Tamsen Parker THROWN OFF TRACK Teague has been License to Game’s bassist for over a decade, during which time he’s slept with almost everyone in his path. But it’s always felt like going through the motions. Until he sees his bandmate Christian naked at a charity photoshoot and suddenly, he knows what it is to want. All right, then. He can stay, he wants to stay, and I… How do people get anything done with all this wanting to have sex? I mean, I Continue Reading
Review: What a Highlander’s Got to Do by Sabrina York
What a Highlander's Got to Do by Sabrina York Untamed Highlanders #5 Historical Romance Released: March 6, 2018 Swerve Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: Against her will, her frown tipped into a smile. And when he smiled back, she nearly swooned. Which was annoying. She was hardly a swooning sort. What a Highlander's Got to Do is the latest superb entry in the addictive Untamed Highlander's series. This is a very "new reader" friendly series and while knowledge of the earlier Continue Reading
Susan Cliff Talks Romance, Harlequins, Her New Release and a Giveaway!!
Hello Smexy Books! When did you start reading romance? For me it was the summer of ‘87. I was eleven years old, unattended and un-athletic but not unadventurous. I wanted excitement! Danger! Boys! I didn’t find any of these things in my sleepy neighborhood. My best discovery was made in the used bookstore across town. Harlequin paperbacks were five for a quarter. I don’t recall YA being a genre back then. There were children’s books and adult books, and I’d already graduated to adult. I Continue Reading