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
Smexy’s Favorite Smex Scenes 2017
From Mandi, Tori, Kini, Helyce, Sheena and May - Happy 2018!! We had so much fun sharing books with you this past year. As always, I like to share some of my favorite "Smex Scenes" of the year. I feel like I really fell for the intense, growly hero this year. We can't wait to see what 2018 will bring. King's Captive by Amber Bardan - I usually don't love captive romances, but this one worked so well for me. There are some good twists and turns that kept my attention. Super Continue Reading
Mandi’s Favorite Books 2017 and Giveaway!
Most of All You by Mia Sheridan - This book made me feel so much. I expected it to be about the hero healing himself, but it turns into this amazing journey for the heroine. Heart break, darkness and pain all eventually lead to peace, love and a HEA. I really loved it. (review) Royally Endowed Emma Chase - I just absolutely adored this book. The hero is the heroine's bodyguard. I wrote in my review that they have super hot, broody sex. I mean - what else is there in life??? (if you haven't Continue Reading
Helyce’s Favorite Books for 2017 & Giveaway
I used to look forward to compiling this list each year, but the last few years have not been good reading years for me and 2017 is no exception. In fact, I’ve read the least amount of books this year when compared to previous years. I have been seriously reading deprived. Many factors can be attributed to this, work, life, kids, etc. Simply put, my “me” time has been in very short supply. I do have some books worth mentioning (though not all published in 2017), so in no particular order, let’s Continue Reading
Tori’s Favorite Books for 2017 & Giveaway
I think we can all agree that 2017 needs to be cut up into teeny tiny pieces, burned, buried, and the ground salted so it can NEVER EVER come back. Thankfully, we had some pretty impressive and fantastic books to comfort and offer us an escape from reality. From romance to fantasy to horror…below is my list of some of my favorite reads that helped to keep me reasonably sane this year. Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas Kleypas writes another swoony worthy winner as she builds a Continue Reading
Kini’s Favorite Books for 2017 & Giveaway
This was the first year I did the Goodreads reading challenge and really used Goodreads to track my books. It sure was helpful when I went to compile this list. As of this writing, I’ve read 160 books this year and reviewed 51 of those reads for Smexy. My first go round and making this list, I had 19, it was very hard to narrow it down. In no particular order, here are some of the books that I really enjoyed in 2017. On Broken Wings by Chanel Cleeton- I read this in its entirety in one Continue Reading