Infamous by Jenny Holiday Famous #2 Publication Date: November 27, 2017 Contemporary M/M Romance Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: "His sentences were short and clipped. He broke eye contact and ran his hands through his hair. “I didn’t know where to go,” he said to the pavement, his voice small in a way Jesse never wanted to hear again. It unstuck Jesse. He reached out and pulled Hunter over the threshold and into his arms. “You come here. That’s where you come. You Continue Reading
Review: Cowboy Up by Harper Sloan and Giveaway!
Cowboy Up by Harper Sloan (Coming Home #3) Released: December 19, 2017 Contemporary Romance Simon and Schuster Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "I knew it was time to cowboy up the second my good girl gave me her bad and together we made magic." The third and final book in this trilogy featuring the Davis siblings - and I licked up this book like it was made from sugar. Listen - it's sappy. It's over the top in the emotional department. There is insta love and an over protective Continue Reading
Review: Beautiful Lawman by Sophie Jordan
Beautiful Lawman by Sophie Jordan Devil’s Rock, #4 Contemporary Romance December 26, 2017 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Hold that thought, I’ll be right back to tell you why you're wrong.” Piper Walsh has spent her entire life trying to live down her family’s bad reputation. With her older brother currently serving time at Devil’s Rock, raising her younger sister, and being forced to work in a strip club doesn’t help. A chance meeting with the local sheriff only reinforces Continue Reading
Review: The Power of a Seal by Anne Elizabeth
The Power of a Seal by Anne Elizabeth West Coast Navy Seals, #5 Contemporary Romance December 5, 2017 Sourcebooks Casablanca Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: “Wild male dolphins lure away our females. These hooligans corral our females and get them pregnant before they return them to us... Luckily, Juliet is one smart cookie, so I’m guessing she’s probably avoided their advances so far. ” “ And if she gets cornered by a group of males, what does she do, cross her fins?” “Pffft. Continue Reading
Dance With Me by Alexis Daria
Dance With Me by Alexis Daria Dance Off #2 Contemporary Romance December 12, 2017 Swerve Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: “Tell me what you want.” She panted and twisted her hands in the bedsheets. “Why do you keep asking me?” “Because this is all for you.” He kissed a line up the inside of her leg, adoring the strength of her in the tension of her skin. “You’re a goddess. You deserve to be cherished, and given all you desire.” She pressed a hand to her cheek and looked away. Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Matthew Walsh. Architect and Structural Engineer. Has no life outside of work. He is a bit of a dirty talker and likes to bite. Rawr. Heroine: Lauren Halstead. Passionate teacher trying to open her own school. Hires a sexy architect to help her. Turns out he is a very good architect, and also really good in bed. Win-win, Lauren. "Oh my God," she gasped, her hands seizing my hair. I leaned back and aimed a hard gaze at her. "God has nothing to do with this. You want to Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review – Archangel's Assassin by Barbara Elsborg (paranormal mm/helyce) B review – Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu (fiction ya/tori) C+ review – The House on Foster Hill by Jaime Jo Wright (mystery romance inspirational/tori) C+ review – West Coast Love by Tif Marcelo (contemporary/mandi) C+ review – Sniper's Devotion by Christa Tomlinson (contemporary mm/mandi) C review – To the Duke, with Love by Amelia Grey (historical/sheena) C review – Spartan Heart by Jennifer Continue Reading
Review: It’s Hard Out Here For A Duke by Maya Rodale
It’s Hard Out Here For A Duke by Maya Rodale Keeping Up with the Cavendishes #4 November 28, 2017 Avon Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: “I wanted to hold your hand all day,” he whispered, interlacing his fingers with hers. “Just hold your hand. Like I was yours and you were mine.” This year was the first year I read a historical romance and this is the first one I have reviewed for Smexy. I was drawn to Rodale’s books because they have clever titles and I heard them described as “easy” Continue Reading
Review: Spartan Heart by Jennifer Estep
Spartan Heart by Jennifer Estep Series: Mythos Academy Colorado, #1 Urban Fantasy/YA December 5, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: The first day of school is always the worst. School just started and Rory Forseti already knows it going to be a bad one. A spartan at the Mythos Academy in Colorado, she becomes persona non grata when it’s revealed her parents were famous Reaper assassins. Even her heroics in helping to defeat Loki and his minions last Continue Reading
Review: West Coast Love by Tif Marcelo
West Coast Love by Tif Marcelo (Journey to the Heart #3) Released: December 11, 2017 Contemporary Romance Pocket Star Reviewed by Mandi This series has been fun because it usually centers around food. I like food. I tend to start craving whatever food the protagonists are eating. I've been known to rush to the kitchen to make biscuits and tea. In this book, it's all about BBQ. And all I wanted to do was eat meat! Damn it. Victoria, or Vic, (the sister of the heroine in book two), Continue Reading