Heart Sight by Robin D. Owens Series: Celta’s Heartmates, #15 Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance December 5, 2017 Berkely Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “At times you might have thought you were my puppet but you’re my anchor. Without you, I’m adrift. “ Muin “Vinni” T'Vine has been the prophet of Celta since he was six years old. A unique and lonely child, his strong psi power made most people wary of him. But now that he’s older, he’s ready to marry and protect the girl he’s known Continue Reading
Review: So Over You by Kate Meader
So Over You by Kate Meader (Chicago Rebels #2) Sports/Hockey Romance December 4, 2017 Pocket Star Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: “Bella, they are one and the same. I will not be satisfied with a woman who has no dreams or ambitions. My woman is the North Star in my night sky, but also in her own. If she is not there to guide me, there is only darkness. For us both.” This is book two in a series about three sisters who inherit a hockey team. I really enjoyed book one and reviewed Continue Reading
Giveaway of a Favorite Book of 201 7 – Most of All You by Mia Sheridan
I reviewed Most of All You by Mia Sheridan earlier this year, it is a favorite read of 2017. It's dark and complex. It will make you hurt and root for happiness and peace. The hero was kidnapped and kept in a basement as a child, and as an adult, can't stand to be touched. The heroine is a stripper and is hired by him to help him overcome his fear. The story turns into her journey to find herself, as they both help each other heal from past trauma. It really moved me. Her publicist reached Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
I love the Winstons Brothers. This series loosely connects with Reid's Knitting in the City series and is just as funny and sexy. In here, we meet Beau Winston, Duane's twin and the nicest Winston brother. A mechanic at the family body shop, the new mechanic hired to replace Duane is stunningly beautiful, extremely talented, and a woman. Shelley Sullivan is the new mechanic and sister of Quinn Sullivan from Neanderthal Seeks Human. Shelley is stunning but extremely OCD and socially stunted. Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… B+ review –Wrong To Need You by Alisha Rai (contemporary/mandi) B+ review – A Rancher's Heart by Vivian Arend (contemporary/helyce) B review –A Cruel Kind of Beautiful by Michelle Hazen (contemporary na/tori) B review –Mississippi Roll by George R.R. Martin (science fiction fantasy/tori) C+ review – Close Contact by Lori Foster (suspense/helyce) C+ review – A Duke in Shining Armor by Lorretta Chase (historical/mandi) C- review – A Crazy Kind of Love by Mary Ann Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – December 1st
10. I have two cats that are both sixteen years old - and they STILL try to climb up my tree and knock it over. We have to anchor it to the wall now. 9. Book alert! Not releasing until next summer, but a book all the Smexy girls want! The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang. Blurb: Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases--a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less Continue Reading
Review: Close Contact by Lori Foster
Close Contact by Lori Foster (Body Armor #3) Romantic Suspense November 28, 2017 HQN Reviewed by Helyce This story starts off with a bang when our heroine, Maxi, awakens to find herself outside her home and under the stars near the pond on her property, with no memory of how she got there. Understandably freaked out, she walks back to her house, grabs her keys, and drives away as fast as she can. The only person she can think of to help her is Miles Dartman, a man she’d met a few months Continue Reading
Review: Mississippi Roll by George R.R. Martin
Mississippi Roll Anthology Edited by George R.R. Martin Series: Wild Cards, #24/ The USA Triad, #1 Science Fiction, Fantasy December 5, 2017 Tor Books Favorite Quote: “This trip just gets weirder and weirder” Reviewed by Tori Now on its final voyage, the historical steamboat Natchez is known for her super-powered guest entertainers. But after the suspicious death of a crewmember, retired NY police detective Leo Storgman decides to make this incident his personal case. His findings Continue Reading
Smexy’s To-Be-Read List
Tori's TBR: Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews 12/?- It's Ilona Andrews. How could I NOT want it??? #9.5 in the Kate Daniels series bring us Hugh's story and what a story it promises to be. Roomies by Christina Lauren 12/2-A fake marriage romance? Sign.Me.Up. I actually have this for review and super stoked for it. Year One by Nora Roberts 12/5-Nora Roberts writes dystopian? Ummmm...YES PLEASE!! Flames in the Dark by Faith Hunter 12/5-The 3rd in Hunter's Soulwood series, a spin-off from Continue Reading
Review: A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase
A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase (Difficult Dukes #1) Released: November 28, 2017 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi A new series by Loretta Chase that features naughty, naughty dukes. They are so naughty, the three dukes, who are also besties, are nicknamed, Their Dis-Graces. Not all dukes are created equal. Most are upstanding members of Society. And then there’s the trio known as Their Dis-Graces. They drink too much, go after women, and are all shocked when they Continue Reading