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
Review: His Sinful Touch by Candace Camp
His Sinful Touch by Candace Camp The Mad Morelands, #5 Historical Romance/Paranormal January 30, 2018 HQN Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I swear to you on everything I hold dear, I will not let him have you. You will not be his wife-even if I have to make you a widow” When a strange man comes bursting into the Moreland’s investigative agency, Alexander Moreland is shocked to discover the man is really a woman and she needs his help to recover her memory. Unable to remember Continue Reading
Review: Tempest by Beverly Jenkins
Tempest by Beverly Jenkins Old West #3 Publication Date: January 30, 2018 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: “A man prefers his wife to be virgin.” “I know that but men can visit women like my mother, and have mistresses with no repercussions from society. I’m not a whore, Dr. Lee. I don’t plan to have relations outside my marriage, and I don’t expect my husband to seek solace with someone else either.” “So, you’ll accept my needs in the marriage bed without Continue Reading
Review: Zero Hour by Megan Erickson
Zero Hour by Megan Erickson (Wired and Dangerous #1) Released: January 30, 2018 Romantic Suspense Forever Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "Those fingers can penetrate a fire wall and make me come." She opened her eyes and grinned a filthy smile. "Got me a man who can do both." Start of a new series about hackers, and I'm excited. I really enjoyed this book. It has a very grumpy hero and he loves his best friend's little sister, which pisses him off even more. Oh Roarke, I love you Continue Reading
Exclusive for Audible: How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper
The first book in Molly Harper's uproariously funny, sinfully sexy new Mystic Bayou series! Performed by Amanda Ronconi and Jonathan Davis. Anthropologist Jillian Ramsay's career has taken a turn south. Concerned that technology is about to chase mythological creatures out into the open (how long can Sasquatch stay hidden from Google maps?), the League for Interspecies Cooperation is sending Jillian to Louisiana on a fact-finding mission. While the League hopes to hold on to secrecy for a Continue Reading
Review: The Emerald Lily by Juliette Cross
The Emerald Lily Juliette Cross Series: Vampire Blood #4 Paranormal Romance Released: January 29, 2018 Entangled Publishing Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: “I love you, Vilhelmina Dragomir.” She laced her slender arms around his neck, a tear slipping from one eye even as she smiled. “I love you, Mikhail Romanov.” “Is it that bad that you must cry?” he teased. “It’s that good.” When Princess Vilhelmina Dragomir is awakened from her hellish sleep with a blood kiss from a handsome Continue Reading
Review: S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett
S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett Mystery Thriller/YA January 30, 2018 (Reprint from 2017) Delacorte Press Favorite Quote: “I think I might be a murderer.” Reviewed by Tori At St. Aidan the Great School, or STAGS, new things--and new people--are to be avoided. The grandeur of the boarding school and the prestige of the students' bloodlines seem surreal to Greer MacDonald. A scholarship student who recently transferred to STAGS, Greer is ignored at best and mocked at worst by the school's Continue Reading