Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton Publication Date: February 6, 2018 Historical/Women’s Fiction Berkley Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: To be Cuban is to be proud— it is both our greatest gift and our biggest curse. We serve no kings, bow no heads, bear our troubles on our backs as though they are nothing at all. There is an art to this, you see. An art to appearing as though everything is effortless, that your world is a gilded one, when the reality is that your knees beneath your Continue Reading
Review: Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp General Fiction/Mystery/YA January 2, 2018 Sourcebooks Fire Reviewed by Tori Corey and Kyra grew up the best of friends in the small isolated town of Lost Creek, Alaska. When Corey’s mom decides to the family to the mainland, Kyra and Corey promise to stay in touch and Corey assures Kyra she will come back for her. Only Kyra doesn’t wait and Corey is now headed back to Lost Creek for Kyra’s memorial. As Corey looks for answers while struggling to Continue Reading
GIVEAWAY: Cry Wolf by Patrica Briggs
BURN BRIGHT By Patricia Briggs Urban Fantasy Ace Hardcover March 6, 2018 In her bestselling Alpha and Omega series, Patricia Briggs “spins tales of werewolves, coyote shifters, and magic and, my, does she do it well” (USATODAY.com). Now mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham face a threat like no other–one that lurks too close to home… They are the wild and the broken. The werewolves too damaged to live safely among their own kind. For their own good, they have been exiled to the Continue Reading
Review: Falling for His Convenient Queen by Therese Beharrie
Falling for His Convenient Queen (Royally Bound #2) Released: February 1, 2018 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi This is the second book set in same world of three kingdoms trying to keep an alliance so their people stay safe and feel secure, but the politics of marriage and power create some chaos. I enjoyed United by Their Royal Baby - both marriage of convenience tropes - but I think I liked this one even more. It has such a sweet romance. Zacchaeus has become the Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Nate loves Rebecca. Rebecca loves Nate. So, what's the problem? This is a short scene where Nate and Becca cross the first of many lines. The first kiss is always the best... "The possibility of his kiss is a brand new thing. I have stood in front of this man a thousand times before without being half so aware of his mouth. It's a very handsome mouth, one I've seen smiling from magazine covers and smirking at me over cups of coffee. But for the first time in years, I Continue Reading
New Cover Reveal and Giveaway for Beyond Control by Kit Rocha
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Best selling author Kit Rocha is redesigning the covers for their famed Beyond Series and SmexyBook is excited to be part of their reveal! Below is the NEW cover for Beyond Control-Book 2 (of 9) in the bestselling, multi-award-winning BEYOND series. Isn't it GORGEOUS?? Alexa Parrino fought to escape the gilded cage of Orchid House, the training ground for the sector’s most exclusive--and dangerous--courtesans. Now she enjoys influence and power in Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review – The Emerald Lily by Juliette Cross (paranormal/sheena) A- review – Zero Hour by Megan Erickson (suspense/mandi) B+ review – Hostage by Annika Martin and Skye Warren (dark suspense/mandi) C+ review – His Sinful Touch by Candace Camp (historical/tori) C review – Tempest by Beverly Jenkins (historical/kini) C- review – Beyond Scandal and Desire by Lorraine Heath (historical/mandi) C- review – S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett (mystery ya/tori) February Continue Reading
Review: Beyond Scandal and Desire by Lorraine Heath
Beyond Scandal and Desire by Lorraine Heath (Sins for All Seasons #1) Released: January 30, 2018 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi First of a new series, and I always love to try out new series but I might not continue with this one. Beyond Scandal and Desire has a great set-up, but it fell flat for me. In the prologue, we have a gut wrenching seen as our hero takes his newborn son, born to his mistress, away in the middle of the night to a common woman who for a small Continue Reading
February To-Be-Read
http://amzn.to/2DUNTgj Tori's To Be Read list: The Belles (The Belles #1) by Dhonielle Clayton (2/6) Goodreads l Kindle I've had this on my radar since first hearing about it last year. I love the dystopian twist Clayton puts on the concept of beauty and the lengths one goes to achieve what they feel society prizes most. Broken Beautiful Hearts by Kami Garcia (2/6) Goodreads l Kindle I'm a huge fan of Garcia's fantasy based on Beautiful Creatures series and am Continue Reading
Review: Hostage by Annika Martin and Skye Warren
Hostage by Annika Martin and Skye Warren (Criminals & Captive #2) Released: January 27, 2018 Dark Romantic Suspense Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Back in 2014, I read Prisoner by Annika Martin and Skye Warren (currently free) and it stretched my boundaries. It made me feel a little uncertain, as there is one scene where the hero drugs the heroine and then they have sex. I liked the characters, and the dark world they created - I think I gave it a B. The romance wasn't as romancy Continue Reading