White Hot by Ilona Andrews (Hidden Legancy #1) Released: May 30, 2017 Urban Fantasy Avon Reviewed by May Connor “Mad” Rogan and Nevada Baylor are back in action after far too long an absence – and I couldn’t be more giddy with how this the second (much awaited) book dives in about a month after the conclusion of the first. While there is a satisfying story within these pages, I would definitely recommend reading these books in order as there is a lot of character development you’d miss Continue Reading
Review: Need You Now by Nicole Helm
Need You Now (A Mile High Romance #1) Released: May 30, 2017 Contemporary Romance Zebra Reviewed by Mandi I've really enjoyed Nicole Helm books in the past - she writes really fun contemporary romances, sometimes featuring farmers (score!) and they make me smile. So I'm sorry to say Need You Now did not give me the smilies. I usually love a grumpy hero but Brandon was just so...depressing...it was hard to root for him. Brandon grew up in Gracely, Colorado and his family owned a mine Continue Reading
Review: Turn Me Loose by Anne Calhoun
Turn Me Loose by Anne Calhoun Series: Alpha Ops, #6 Romance Suspense St. Martin’s Press May 30, 2017 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “One of these days you're going to say my name, and you’re going to say please, and then you’re not going to be able to say anything at all.” Awkward can’t even begin to describe this couple’s relationship. Anne Calhoun brings the heat when she reconnects Riva Henneman with the man she fell in love with seven years ago. Ian Hawthorne. The only problem Continue Reading
Review: Enticing the Enemy by Jules Court
Enticing the Enemy by Jules Court (Hot in the City #2) Released: May 29, 2017 Contemporary Novella Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi This is the first time I've read this author and she knows how to write a super grumpy hero and a heroine who will not have any of it! Erin is a defense attorney working for a large firm and trying to prove herself to her bosses. Her current case has her in court, with detective Daniel Cruz on the stand. She may come in a small package, but her attitude Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
NOTORIOUS NOBLEMAN SEEKS REVENGE Name and title: Adam Penrose, Duke of Stratton. Affiliation: London’s elite Society of Decadent Dukes. Family history: Scandalous. Personality traits: Dark and brooding, with a thirst for revenge. Ideal romantic partner: A woman of means, with beauty and brains, willing to live with reckless abandon. Desire: Clara Cheswick, the gorgeous daughter of his family’s sworn enemy. FAINT OF HEART NEED NOT APPLY Clara may be the woman Adam wants, but there’s one Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review- Mark of Truth by Graceley Knox (fantasy/helyce) C+ review-When It's Real by Erin Watt (contemporary ya/tori) C review-The Darkest Corner by Lillian Hart (suspense/mandi) C- review – Nudes by Sarah Robinson (contemporary/tori) C- review –Hunger by Eve Langlais, Kate Douglas, A.C. Arthur (paranormal/sheena) D review- Feel Me by Cecy Robson (Contemporary/kini) DNF review-Surrender by Tibby Armstrong (paranormal mm/mandi) Smexy Top Ten Giveaway-$50 Amazon Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – May 26
10. I missed the Dirty Dancing remake. But following it along on Twitter was very amusing. #StopMakingRemakes 9. Yay for a new Black Dagger Legacy book being released (BDB spin-off) but even better is what JR Ward tweeted about this book: Blood Fury cover reveal! #BloodFury #BDBLegacy #coverreveal #preordernow #peyton #saxton #2HEAsfor1 Coming 1/9/18 Do you see the #Saxton??? Saxton is getting his HEA!! Omggggg. I'm so excited. Link. 8. Want to see shirtless Naval Academy men trying to Continue Reading
Review: Hunger by Eve Langlais, Kate Douglas and A.C. Arthur
Hunger by Eve Langlais, Kate Douglas and AC Arthur Series: Fearless Passions, #3 Paranormal Romance Released: May 16, 2017 St. Martin's Griffin Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: I've been a fan more or less of anthologies for sometime now. I've come across some fantastic unknown authors stumbling my way through one anthology or another. Sometimes it really pays off (I'm looking at you Chantal Fernando) and other times...well they are just a collection of: meh- as is the case with Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Nudes by Sarah Robinson
Nudes by Sarah Robinson Series: Exposed, #1 Contemporary Romance May 22, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "She'd earned every moment of her career, and if she was going down, she was going down fighting." Movie executive Ben Lawson almost lost it all in his high-profile divorce but he’s being given second chance and nothing or nobody is going to stand in his way. Then his leading lady walks on the set. Actress Aria Rose may not be a household name in Continue Reading
Review: The Darkest Corner by Liliana Hart
The Darkest Corner (Gravediggers #1) Released: May 23, 2017 Romantic Suspense Pocket Books Reviewed by Mandi The start of a series called "Gravediggers" which sounded really cool to me plus the blurb drew me in: The Gravediggers aren’t exactly what they seem. They’re the most elite of the world’s fighting forces—and all they have in common is that they’ve been betrayed by the countries they’ve died for. Because they are dead. To their country, their military, and their Continue Reading