The Emerald Lily Juliette Cross Series: Vampire Blood #4 Paranormal Romance Released: January 29, 2018 Entangled Publishing Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: “I love you, Vilhelmina Dragomir.” She laced her slender arms around his neck, a tear slipping from one eye even as she smiled. “I love you, Mikhail Romanov.” “Is it that bad that you must cry?” he teased. “It’s that good.” When Princess Vilhelmina Dragomir is awakened from her hellish sleep with a blood kiss from a handsome Continue Reading
Review: S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett
S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett Mystery Thriller/YA January 30, 2018 (Reprint from 2017) Delacorte Press Favorite Quote: “I think I might be a murderer.” Reviewed by Tori At St. Aidan the Great School, or STAGS, new things--and new people--are to be avoided. The grandeur of the boarding school and the prestige of the students' bloodlines seem surreal to Greer MacDonald. A scholarship student who recently transferred to STAGS, Greer is ignored at best and mocked at worst by the school's Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Stone. Horrific past and a broken future. While exacting revenge on his enemies, he "meets" (okay, maybe he kidnaps) Brooke. From that moment on they share something that neither can let go. Heroine: Brooke. From the outside, she lives the life of a rich princess, but it's all for show. She knows Stone is a bad guy, who does bad things. But she also sees inside his soul and that he is living a life of violence because of the torture and abuse he suffered in the hands of the men he Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review – Rogue Acts Anthology (contemporary/kini) B+ review – Mister McHottie by Pippa Grant (contemporary comedy/mandi) B review – Mesmerized by Candace Camp (historical/tori) B- review – Judgement Road by Christine Feehan (paranormal/tori) C+ review – Moonlight Sins from Jennifer Armentrout (suspense/tori) C review – Headmaster by Tara Sue me (erotic/sheena) C- review – Unraveled by Lauren Dane (contemporary/kini) January Mini Reviews Release Day Feature: Continue Reading
Review: Mesmerized by Candace Camp
Mesmerized by Candace Camp The Mad Morelands, #1 Historical Romance December 26, 2017 (Reprint from 2003) HQN Favorite Quote: “You’re not-you’re one of the ‘mad Morelands’?” “Yes! I am definitely one of the ‘mad Morelands.’ Indeed, I am probably the maddest of the lot. If I were you, I’d burn that card, lest some of it rub off on you.” Reviewed by Tori Olivia Moreland prides herself on discrediting charlatans, particularly the false mediums that flock to London. But when Lord Continue Reading
Review: Mister McHottie by Pippa Grant
Mister McHottie by Pippa Grant Released: October 30, 2017 Contemporary Romance/Comedy Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I love a well done romantic comedy once in a while. This one is ridiculously fun, cute and sexy. Pippa Grant is a "new to me" author - I have no idea if it's a pen name for another author or what, but I am here for allllll of her books. As my blog partner, Kini, pointed out - she is like Alice Clayton, but a little more sexy, and less crude than Helena Hunting. So we Continue Reading
Review: Unraveled by Lauren Dane
Unraveled by Lauren Dane (Whiskey Sharp #1) Publication Date: January 30, 2018 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Kini I have read almost all of Dane’s contemporaries so I was really excited to see she has a new series coming out. And that is takes place in a barber shop/whiskey bar sounded really cool. She writes great family stories that tend to span over several couples and several books. Laid Bare was the first M/F/M pairing in a book that I had read and I really enjoyed it. Continue Reading
January Mini Reviews
Mandi: Relay by Layla Reyne M/M Contemporary Grade: C- With the Olympics right around the corner, I'm all about an Olympic romance, even though this one takes place in the summer. We have Alex and Dane, who have both made the team for the Olympics as swimmers - but they hate each other. Like, really hate each other. They have a bad history, and now have to train together in the three weeks heading into the Olympics. Alex sees Dane as the charmer, all-american who gets everything he Continue Reading
Review: Moonlight Sins by Jennifer Armentrout
Moonlight Sins by Jennifer Armentrout de Vincent, #1 Romance Suspense January 30, 2018 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "Be careful with them-the brothers. They're not...they're not good guys, okay?" Julia Hughes decides to take life by the horns and hires on to be a traveling nurse after a failed marriage. Her first assignment is to be a caretaker for a troubled young lady. Her last night in town finds her in the arms of a sexy stranger for an amazing one night stand...only to Continue Reading
Review: Rogue Acts: The Rogue Series Book #3
Rogue Acts: The Rogue Series Book #3 Contemporary Romance January 19, 2018 Self-Published Reviewed by Kini Typically at Smexy we like to keep things focused on romance and happy ever afters, but it is occasionally necessary to acknowledge that the last year or so has been very hard for many in this country. It is my understanding that the Rogue anthologies came about as authors wanted to talk about and share stories about the resistance. The blurb about the theme of the third set of Continue Reading