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
Review: Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai
Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai (Forbidden Hearts #2) Released: November 28, 2017 Contemporary Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi Sadia pressed her hand over her heart, hating the swirl of emotion in there. I think I did the same thing, while reading this book, Sadia. Alisa Rai has definitely tuned into the angsty market. If you like forbidden love, some guilt thrown in and overall fretting about choices you have made in your life, this is the book for you. Blurb: He wasn’t supposed to Continue Reading
Review: A Cruel Kind of Beautiful by Michelle Hazen
A Cruel Kind of Beautiful by Michelle Hazen Series: Sex, Love, and Rock & Roll, #1 Contemporary Romance December 4, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Men are like beautiful agents of Satan, spreading insecurity and misery throughout the world.” Jera McKnight has a full plate with her indie band, college, and work. Wholeheartedly embracing celibacy after her last boyfriend blamed her for his performance issues in the bedroom, Jera is definitely not on board Continue Reading
Review: Head Coach by Lia Riley
Head Coach by Lia Riley Series: Hellions Angels, #2 Contemporary Sports Romance November 21, 2017 Avon Impulse Reviewed by Kini So I read the first book in this series earlier this year and I liked it just fine. I have read several others by this author and enjoyed them. I was looking forward to this book because surly grumpy heroes are something I love. Unfortunately, this book lets et me down in so many ways. The blurb says this is an enemies to lovers story. And I guess the case Continue Reading
Review: A Rancher’s Heart by Vivian Arend
A Rancher’s Heart by Vivian Arend (Heart Falls #1) Contemporary Romance November 16, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce Caleb Stone has always put his family first. When he was barely an adult himself, he took on running the family’s ranch and the raising of his siblings. He later married, had his two daughters and when his wife up and left him, he once again re-arranged his priorities to make sure his daughters knew they were loved. But the job of running a ranch is huge and when Continue Reading