Disorderly Conduct by Tessa Bailey The Academy, #1 Romance Contemporary/Erotic August 29, 2017 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “No one moves like us, Ever. No one talks to each other without words like us. Don't you know that?” Charlie Burns figured he found the elusive unicorn of all relationships when he meets and engages in a no strings affair with the most beautiful and sexually enticing woman in the whole state of New York-Ever Carmichael. A police cadet currently at the Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Charlie Burns. A legacy police recruit. His no strings affair just dumped him and he's not going away without a fight. Heroine: Ever Carmicheal. Taught at an early age never to believe men and to let them go after 30 days. Only this time, the one she tells to go is the one she really wants to stay. In this scene, our hero and heroine indulge in some role play foreplay. "NYPD. Open up." "Oh. Is something wrong officer?" "As a matter of fact, there is." I tug my ever-present Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B+ review - Drunk Dial by Penelope Ward (contemporary/tracey) B review - The Girl With the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn (historical/may) B review - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare (historical/mandi) C+ review - Deacon by Kit Rocha (dytopian/tori) C review - Latte Girl by Katia Rose (contemporary/helyce) D review - A Hero to Love by Gail Chianese (contemporary/mandi) Feature: Haunted Blade by JC Daniels August Mini Reviews News from Kini: I Continue Reading
Review: The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn
The Girl With The Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn (Rokesbys #2) Released: May 30, 2017 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by May Cecilia Harcourt is now an orphan, her cousin is odious and taking over the home she’s always known, and now her brother Thomas is missing on the battlefront in the Colonies. What is a girl to do? Why jump the first boat over and when she finds her brother’s friend Edward Rokesby unconscious in the hospital but no sign of her brother – pretend she is his Continue Reading
Review: Deacon by Kit Rocha
Deacon by Kit Rocha Gideon’s Riders, #2 Romance/Post Apocalypse/Sci-Fi August 29, 2017 Self Published Favorite Quote: Being worshipped was a double-edged sword. Reviewed by Tori Deacon is one of the few original Riders left and their leader. A self-contained aloof man with a secret bloody past that comes back to haunt him when he is called to a murder scene. Forced to reveal all his secrets, he begins to see that his inability to accept and move beyond his past has inadvertently Continue Reading
Review: Latte Girl by Katia Rose
Latte Girl by Katia Rose Contemporary Romance August 17, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: Hot coffee is a regular fixture in Hailey Warren’s life. Hot guys? Not so much. Her grueling shifts at a cafe in the heart of the city’s business sector are rarely punctuated by anything special, so when the gorgeous heir to the security company next door strides into Hailey’s life, it feels like punctuation with a capital P (or D, depending on your preferred Continue Reading
Review: A Hero to Love by Gail Chianese
A Hero to Love by Gail Chianese (Changing Tides #2) Released: August 22, 2017 Contemporary Romance Kensington Reviewed by Mandi The blurb to this one really drew me in: Navy Chief Master at Arms Jackson “Jax” Faraday is at a crossroads. He has to decide whether to reenlist or get out while he’s young enough to make a difference in the civilian world. Either choice could mean leaving behind his girl: his K-9 partner, Bella. But when she’s injured during a training session, Jax’s only Continue Reading
Review: The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare (Girl Meets Duke #1) Released: August 22, 2017 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi Tessa Dare has become a comfort read for me. I know I will get witty banter, a super sexy romance, and usually something a little different - like mating lobsters, or in this book, badminton. But even though I have these expectations, her books never feel tired or repetitive. They sparkle, and I can't resist a sparkle. And while I did enjoy this book, I didn't Continue Reading
Smexy Deals!!
From strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to stay true to herself. These Royals will ruin you… Ella Harper is a survivor—a pragmatic optimist. She’s spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she’ll climb out of the gutter. After her mother’s death, Ella is truly alone. Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his Continue Reading
Feature: Haunted Blade (Kit Colbana #6) by J.C. Daniels
Haunted Blade by J.C. Daniels Kit Colbana, #6 October 1, 2017 PREORDER Kindle | iBooks | Kobo | Smashwords | BN BLURB Haunted, Hunted…Harassed. Never let it be said that Kit Colbana had ever been given the easy road. Or even the semi-paved road. Only weeks after dealing with the mysterious—and murderous—being called Puck, she’s got another killer on her hands. Perhaps even two. Some of the bodies turning up bring up haunting memories of a past she longs to forget, but Continue Reading