The blurb sums up our hero and heroine well: Corbin: I loved my grandma, but I don’t need her money. All I care about is keeping the house—the only place that’s ever felt like home. That, and screwing over my dad, who wants to turn the property into a mall. There’s only one catch: To receive my inheritance, I have to get married within six months. Me, the guy who’s never dated a girl for more than six minutes. Now I need to find a woman I can trust. So when I’m rear-ended by a Prius, I figure Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… B+ review – A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev (contemporary/mandi) B review – Heart On Fire by Amanda Bouchet (contemporary fiction/sheena) B- review – United By Their Royal Baby Therese Beharrie (contemporary/mandi) C+ review – Dangerous Promise by Megan Hart (futuristic suspense/mandi) C+ review – Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley (historical mystery/tori) C review – Dreaming of Manderley by Leah Marie Brown (contemporary/torid Smexy's Favorite Sex Scenes Continue Reading
Review: Dreaming of Manderley by Leah Marie Brown
Dreaming of Manderley by Leah Marie Brown Riches to Romance, #1 Contemporary Romance December 27, 2017 Lyrical Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote Talking to Siri: “Search the web for Xavier de Maloret.” “Here’s what I found for Xavier the Malaria.” “Xavier de Maloret!” “I’m sorry Olivia the Brilliant, I couldn’t find anything on the web for Savored the Mallory.” “Xavier. De. Maloret!” “Okay, here’s what I found for David and Valerie.” Manderley (Mandy) Continue Reading
Review: A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev
A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev Released: December 26, 2017 Contemporary Romance Kensington Reviewed by Mandi I have a love affair with Sonali Dev's books. She writes such good words. Words that usually completely break my heart (it's still broken after reading A Change of Heart) but she repairs it and gives us a shiny HEA at the end with all the smiles. The heroine in this book, Kimi, literally has a broken heart. A lifelong heart condition that keeps her sick most of her youth in Continue Reading
Review: Dangerous Promise by Megan Hart
Dangerous Promise by Megan Hart (The Protector #1) Released: January 2, 2017 Futuristic Suspense Swerve Reviewed by Mandi I find that Megan Hart writes such different things from book to book. I fell in love with her when she wrote Broken, Dirty etc.., and I've followed her work since then. When I saw her new series featuring a female bodyguard set in the future, I was definitely intrigued. First, and I didn't realize this, the entire series follows Nina and Ewan. I assumed book two Continue Reading
Review: United by Their Royal Baby by Therese Beharrie
United by Their Royal Baby by Therese Beharrie Contemporary Romance Released: December 18, 2017 Bills Moon Forever Romance Reviewed by Mandi Yes, the title wooed me. I love a marriage of convenience book and I liked the blurb: When Queen Leyna of Aidara took the throne, she walked away from her first love, King Xavier of Mattan, putting duty first. Now their kingdoms are under threat, and the only way to bring stability is with a royal union. Leyna knows the man she loved has Continue Reading
Review: Heart On Fire by Amanda Bouchet
Heart On Fire by Amanda Bouchet Series: The Kingmaker Chronicals, #3 Fantasy Romance Released: January 2, 2018 Piatkus Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "Hate is an easier emotion to deal with than love. Hate is cold, with a strong, hard shell. Love is burning, with a thousand fragile cracks that lead straight to your soul.” Heart On Fire is book three in the Kingmaker Chronicles trilogy and I'm already trying to figure out how just onnnnneeeee more novel can fit in, I mean, who Continue Reading
Winners!
The winners from our year-end favorites are: Sheena's post: JenM Kini's post: Jas Tori's post: Bube Helyce's post: Kimh Mandi's post: Martha Lawson Winners will be notified by email today. Continue Reading
Rhys Ford: 415 Ink – Rebel Blog Tour
Hello and welcome to the 415 Ink: Rebel Blog Tour. I’d like to say I’m Rhys Ford, your host but the truth is, I am merely a stealer of space and time. Their space, your time. BUT I hope I can make it worth your while. Because dudes, I’ve got a book I want to tell you about. If you know me at all, you know I have a few tattoos and well, have a hardcore love for art. Skin art to be exact. It’s a difficult medium and well, there’s a culture surrounding it as well. Being a tattoo artist is Continue Reading
Review: Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley
Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley Kat Holloway Mysteries, #1 Historical Mystery/Romance January 2, 2018 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I often pity the upper classes. I have the option to take a job to keep myself fed, no matter how menial the position. Lady Cynthia has no prospects unless she marries and no inheritance unless some benefactor provides it for her. She must beg for room and board from her friends and family, be the poor relation, the spinster no one Continue Reading