Hero: Max Kuligin. A Russian tattoo artist who always gets what he wants...and he wants Pari. Heroine: Paradis (Pari) Simone. A waitress who came to Chicago to escape her past. Max is just the type of guy she used to avoid...but not anymore. "Stop looking at me so I can think.” “There’s nothing else in this room that I want to look at.” “Now that I can believe,” she tried to joke, though she heard the breathlessness of her tone. “Considering the glamorous world you live in, the décor Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B review - In Tune Out of Sync by Kate Forest (contemporary/helyce) B review - Wild Thing by Liberty Laine (contemporary/helyce) C+ review - Rule Changer by Sienna Snow (contemporary/tori) C+ review - Completely by Ruthie Knox (contemporary/kini) C+ review - Tell Me by Abigail Strom (contemporary/mandi) C review - Highland Promise by Alyson McLayne (historical/sheena) C- review - Night's Caress by Mary Hughes (paranormal/sheena) Cover Reveal: The Real Deal by Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – October 13
10. I need my mini snickers. My life force. 9. Kristen Ashley has announced that two of her books, The Will and Three Wishes, will be made into movies on the new subscription channel, Passionflix. Do I subscribe?? I love Hallmark-y, romance movies. Kini recently did a post about their first movie, Hollywood Dirt. Maybe I'll wait to see if they get the kinks worked out. (But I'm excited for a KA movie!!) 8. Speaking of movies, the best Halloween movie ever is back on - Hocus Pocus. It's Continue Reading
Review: Tell Me by Abigail Strom
Tell Me by Abigail Strom Released: October 1, 2017 Contemporary Romance Montlake Reviewed by Mandi This book has a lot of cute moments - a very cute hero and heroine who are friends but firmly friends - no hanky panky. Anne of Green Gables is mentioned a lot and Jane owns a bookstore! She is more of a dreamer where Caleb, our hero is an adventurer. He travels the world taking people on adventures. Jane thinks he is crazy - the thought of a simple hike holds no attraction to her at all. Continue Reading
Review: Wild Thing by Liberty Laine
Wild Thing by Liberty Laine Contemporary Romance Novella (80 pages) September 7, 2017 Self-Published Reviewed by Helyce Favorite quote: [..] I want him. I want him more than all the chocolate cake in the world, and I freaking love chocolate cake. Tillie and Nathan have known each other since they were kids. People say Tillie came from the wrong side of the tracks, but in truth she was just a kid who had a less than perfect home life and was doing the best she could. Nathan was from Continue Reading
Review: Night’s Caress by Mary Hughes
Night's Caress by Mary Hughes Series:The Sons of Gregor MacLeod, #1 Paranormal Romance Released: September 25, 2017 Entangled Publishing (Select Otherworld) Reviewed by Sheena When artist Brie Lark left her vampire ex and her straitjacket of a hometown to breathe free in New York City, she promised herself two things: she’d never go back to Meiers Corner, and no more vampires. The last thing she expected—or wanted—was to be sent back home on an assignment. But her boss at the FBI Continue Reading
Cover Reveal: Cherish Hard by Nalini Singh!
Guys!! Nalini Singh is writing a gardener hero and I'm about ready to swoon off my chair the blurb: New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh kicks off her new Hard Play contemporary romance series with a sizzling story that’ll leave you smiling… Sailor Bishop has only one goal for his future – to create a successful landscaping business. No distractions allowed. Then he comes face-to-face and lips-to-lips with a woman who blushes like an innocent… and kisses like pure Continue Reading
Review: Completely by Ruthie Knox
Completely by Ruthie Knox Series: New York #3 Contemporary Romance September 26, 2017 Loveswept Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: Rosemary Chamberlain was no pink-cardboard-and-plastic princess. She was a flesh-and-blood woman with plans that made it impossible— literally impossible— for the two of them to turn into anything. She had her own stuff, her own interests, her own power, her own life. He liked that about her, liked that she listened and formed her own opinions, but he Continue Reading
Review: Rule Changer by Sienna Snow
Rule Changer by Sienna Snow Series: Rules of Engagement, #3 Erotic Romance/Suspense October 3, 2017 Forever Yours Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’m tired of not being enough.” Carman Dane is a powerful Domme who has knelt for no man, except her ex-lover to whom she gave her all and he responded with accusations and betrayal. Now he’s back and wants a second chance but Carman isn’t falling for his pretty words and sexy body this time around. Master Thomas Regala wants Carman back. Continue Reading
Review: In Tune Out of Sync by Kate Forest
In Tune Out of Sync by Kate Forest Contemporary Romance October 5, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce I was incredibly intrigued at the prospect of a story where both protagonists suffer from such different disorders. As I write this first sentence I struggle with using that word: disorder. It doesn’t quite feel right, but it somehow felt the least offensive of other words such as handicap, affliction, or disability. Because Ronnie and Scott are none of those things. Ronnie and Scott are Continue Reading