Down Home Cowboy by Maisey Yates (Copper Ridge #8, The Donnellys #2) Released: June 27, 2017 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I enjoy the Copper Ridger series, but this slight spin-off series of the Donnelly brothers is hitting all my buttons! Cain Donnelly is one hot cowboy. He wears a Stetson, he has a beard, he wears tight black t-shirts. He knows how to charm the ladies by tipping his hat. His wife abandoned him and his daughter and for the past four years he has Continue Reading
Review: Some Kind of Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
Some Kind of Hero by Suzanne Brockmann (Troubleshooters #17) Released: July 11, 2017 Romantic Suspense Ballantine Books Reviewed by Tracey Blurb: Navy men don’t come tougher than Lieutenant Peter Greene. Every day he whips hotshot SEAL wannabes into elite fighters. So why can’t he handle one fifteen-year-old girl? His ex’s death left him a single dad overnight, and very unprepared. Though he can’t relate to an angsty teen, he can at least keep Maddie safe—until the day she disappears. Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
SEXY BEDROOM GAMES . . . Even after nearly twenty years of marriage, Jillian Noble is still madly in love with her sexy-as-sin husband, Dean. But now that their two sons are grown and it's just the two of them alone again, there's something that Jillian wants from her husband. Something he's been holding back since the day they met—the dominant man he rarely lets show. Now she wants it all, and when Dean agrees to unleash his more assertive side, all bets are off as he introduces her to dark, Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up (July 15, 2017)
This week at Smexy… A review-Unbreakable Stories: Rowe by Jocelynn Drake & Rinda Elliott (contemporary-mm/tracey) A- review-Dim Sum Asylum by Rhys Ford (urban fantasy-mm/tracey) B+ review-Famous by Jenny Holiday (contemporary/kini) B+ review- Jilted by Sawyer Bennett (contemporary/sheena) B review-Killing June by May Bridges (erotic suspense/tori) B review – The Queen of Dauphine Street by Thea de Salle (erotic contemporary /tori) B review- Fitness Junkie by Lisa Sykes and Jo Piazza Continue Reading
Review: Unbreakable Stories: Rowe by Jocelynn Drake and Rinda Elliott
Unbreakable Stories: Rowe Released: June 20, 2017 Short Stories Self Published Reviewed by Tracey Blurb: Unbreakable Stories: Rowe is a collection of short stories following the romantic adventures and misadventures of former Army Rangers turned security experts Rowe Ward and Noah Keegan following the events of Torch, book 3 of the Unbreakable Bonds series. This collection is more than 30,000 words long and contain stories such as: Piece of Pie Mistletoe Haunted Gotcha And many Continue Reading
Review: Killing June by May Bridges
Killing June by May Bridges Series: Saved by Sin, #1 Romance Suspense/Erotic July 4, 2017 MacMillan Reviewed by Tori Alexandra (Alex) Ryan is a woman with many secrets. By day, Alex is a hard working Acquisitions Manager for a large corporation. At night though, Alex becomes Ms. June, a dominatrix whose clients pay her top dollar for her services. Services that she herself needs in order to push back the darkness that rages inside her. Cade Brannon is a jack of all trades and whose Continue Reading
Review: Famous by Jenny Holiday
Famous Publication Date: July 11, 2017 Contemporary Romance Self-Published Reviewed by Kini Everyone knows her face. He knows her heart. Emerson Quinn is famous. Girls want to be her. Boys want to date her. Each record outsells the last. All that remains is to continue transitioning her brand from its teenage fan base to a more mature, diverse audience. So she’s under strict orders to play nice with her army of assigned co-songwriters and to knock off the serial dating that keeps Continue Reading
Review: Jilted by Sawyer Bennent
Jilted by Sawyer Bennent Series: Love Hurts, #2 Contemporary Romance Released: July 11, 2017 Loveswept Reviewed by Sheena Eden Goodnight went to Los Angeles to make it big, not to be publicly humiliated by her cheating fiancé at a red-carpet premiere. But when Eden returns to her hometown to put the scandal behind her, she can barely find a sympathetic shoulder to cry on. Turns out the locals are worse than the paparazzi, and they all think she’s turned into a spoiled brat. But in a Continue Reading
Review: A New Leash on Love by Debbie Burns
A New Leash on Love by Debbie Burns (Rescue Me #1) Released: July 4, 2017 Contemporary Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by Mandi Hey - new author alert! I love trying new authors. Also, being an owner of two rescue chihuahuas, I had to try this book that has a big focus on rescue dogs. I will say upfront, there is a lot of focus on the dogs in this one. I could have used a little more physical romance, but let's get into the set-up. Craig has a lot going on in his life. A very successful Continue Reading
Review: Fitness Junkie by Lucy Sikes and Jo Piazza
Fitness Junkie by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza Women's Fiction/Comedy July 11, 2017 Doubleday Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You work out 3 hours every day for fun? Fitness Junkie is snark-filled laugh out loud satire that wildly swings on a pendulum from realistic and relatable to the outrageous and insane as authors Sykes and Piazza mock and poke fun at the fitness and health fad craze of the rich and famous. Delightfully humorous and loaded with energy, we follow Janey Sweet, the Continue Reading