His Convenient Husband by Robin Covington (Love and Sports #1) Released: October 9, 2017 M/M Contemporary Romance Entangled Reviewed by Mandi A contemporary, male/male, marriage of convenience book?? It's my candy! Isaiah is a NFL football player, who lost his husband three years prior to the book starting. His late husband was quiet, and serious and together they never made any drama - which is how the big guns at the top of the NFL chain like to keep it when it comes to handling gay Continue Reading
Feature: Tequila Sunrise by Layla Reyne
Fans of the Agents Irish and Whiskey series will enjoy seeing Mel and Danny’s romance flourish, past and present, while new readers will be treated to an action-packed flirty romance between a badass law enforcement alpha-female and her dashing sidekick lover. Tequila Sunrise releases November 13. Teaser from Tequila Sunrise: She tapped her toe against the chair, demanding he get on with it, and his cock gave a very interested jerk. Shrugging out of his suit jacket, he tossed it on one Continue Reading
Review: Bountiful by Sarina Bowen
Bountiful by Sarina Bowen Series: True North, #4 Contemporary Romance October 20, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “New rule. Never use the term ‘baby daddy’ again.” A recent break up resigns Zara Rossi to the fact that she will always be the girl to date but not to marry. A steamy no-strings affair with a sexy out of towner is just the thing to cure her small town blues but a surprise pregnancy changes her tune. After searching for two years for Dave, Zara Continue Reading
Review: The Highlander is All That by Sabrina York
The Highlander is All That by Sabrina York Series:Untamed Highlanders #4 Historical Romance Released: October 10, 2017 St. Martin's Press Reviewed by Sheena Elizabeth St. Claire has always been hard to please. Dreaming solely of Highlander men her whole life, no prancing London Lord can stand a chance at winning her heart... … But perhaps a Scotsman can. Elizabeth watches intrigued as the Highlander of her dreams, a Scotsman named Hamish Robb, arrives to oversee her season at the Continue Reading
Review: The Jingle Bell Bride by Scarlet Wilson
The Jingle Bell Bride by Scarlet Wilson Contemporary Romance Released: October 3, 2017 Tule Publishing Reviewed by May Powerhouse wedding planner and all around over organized woman Jessica Christie is strong armed just days before a huge client’s wedding into flying to Alaska and picking up a rare flower. While she knows it is a terrible idea and doesn’t have time for it – she goes anyway wanting to do anything to satisfy her impossible to please client. What she doesn’t expect is to Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Jude Laurant. A widower and veteran whose wife and children were killed by a drunk driver. He shut down years ago but meeting the local bartender is making him feel again. Heroine: Ryanne has fallen for Jude. She's made it her mission to seduce and tease Jude back into the world of the living. She’d never tried to seduce a man before...But honestly? Over the years, she’d seen other women go all out, so she knew what to do—and soon she grew to love the chase. Also, she Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review – Most of All You by Mia Sheridan (contemporary/mandi) B+ review – Duke of Desire by Elizabeth Hoyt (historical/mandi) B+ review – Joint Review-Act Your Age by Eve Dangerfield (contemporary/tori & mandi) B review – Once A Charmer by Sharla Lovelace (contemporary/tori) C review – Play Dates by Maggie Wells (contemporary/kini) C review – The Scott Beds His Wife by Kerrigan Bryne (historical/sheena) Cover Reveal: Follow by Tessa Bailey A Chat with Continue Reading
Review: The Scot Beds His Wife by Kerrigan Byrne
The Scot Beds His Wife by Kerrigan Byrne Series:Victorian Rebel's #5 Historical Romance Released: October 3, 2017 St. Martin's Press Reviewed by Sheena Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne, is a notorious Highlander and an unrelenting Lothario who uses his slightly menacing charm to get what he wants—including too many women married to other men. But now, Gavin wants to put his shady past behind him...more or less. When a fiery lass who is the heiress to the land he wishes to possess drops Continue Reading
Cover Reveal: Follow by Tessa Bailey
Blurb: He wants her soul. Too bad she already sold it. Family is everything to gambling den darling, Teresa Valentini. Blood comes first, especially before men. So when her brother lands himself in hot water, she’s willing to do whatever it takes to save him. And showing up topless in her unwitting savior’s motel room is turning out to be the furthest thing from a hardship… Will Caruso is the bad boy of New York’s financial scene…and he just found out the very thing that drives his Continue Reading
A Chat with Graceley Knox – and Giveaway!
I (Helyce) am so excited to bring to our Smexy Books readers this interview and exclusive excerpt from Graceley Knox, author of the Wicked Kingdoms series. Mark of Truth and Crown of Betrayal are available now with Throne of Secrets releasing on October 24. I have enjoyed this series so much I wanted to make sure that everyone who loves the fantasy romance genre can put this on their list of must read books! Ms. Knox has brilliantly crafted a story with such interesting characters in a Continue Reading