Coming Alive by Renee Harless Series: Welcome to Carson, #1 Contemporary Romance Released: January 17, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Sheena Coming Alive packs a punch. It's the story of a young woman reared by maliciously apathetic and cruel hands and her journey to love and healing. At eighteen, Avery ventures off into the world, and experiences heartache by the handfuls, so much so that she withdraws into herself, determined to never allow anyone close enough to harm her and starts Continue Reading
Review: One Bullet by Casey Wolfe
One Bullet by Casey Wolfe M/M romance Published on March 27, 2017 NineStar Press 152 pages Reviewed by Tracey Blurb: When Ethan Brant was shot, he found himself dealing with severe PTSD and unable to do his job as a police officer any longer. With the aid of Detective Shawn Greyson, the man who saved his life, Ethan not only finds himself again but discovers love as well. Shawn’s life growing up was less than ideal, however, he overcame that to become who he is today. That doesn’t Continue Reading
Review: Rogue Desire: A Romance Anthology
Rogue Desire: A Romance Anthology The Rogue Series #1 Contemporary Romance July 20, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Kini When all else fails, find love. Eight brand new romances for fans of the West Wing, fired-up #resistance fighters, and everyone who ever had a crush on that guy at a protest… I have read several of the authors in this anthology so I was interested to see what kind of story they would tell, especially as it related to resistance. I am pretty bad at reading Continue Reading
Review: Urban Enemies by Joseph Nassise, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong…
Urban Enemies by Joseph Nassise, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong... Anthology Urban Fantasy August 1, 2017 Gallery Books Reviewed by Tori Villains have all the fun—everyone knows that—and this anthology takes you on a wild ride through the dark side! The top villains from sixteen urban fantasy series get their own stories—including the baddies of New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Kelley Armstrong, Seanan McGuire, and Jonathan Maberry. For every hero trying Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Blurb: They caught me. Naked, shivering and dripping after a spontaneous swim in the forest. Two rugged men whose hard gazes captivated and scared me all at once. They warned me. Told me I was on private property and I needed to obey the law…or I would be punished. The idea of them both punishing me, pleasuring me, kept tormenting me. I couldn't want them. I shouldn't. But I did. I didn't mean to trespass again. I thought I could retreat without notice. But they're coming for Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… B+ review – Accidental Sire by Molly Harper (pnr/tori) B review – Beauty Like The Night by Joanna Bourne (historical/mandi) B review – The Transporter by Liz Maverick (suspense/mandi) B- review – Tease Me Tonight by Jules Court (contemporary/mandi) B- review – The Importance of Being Scandalous by Kimberly Bell (historical/mandi) B- review – Come Sundown by Nora Roberts (contemporary/tracey) D review – Links by Lisa Becker (contemporary/tracey) D review – The Continue Reading
Giveaway! Beard in Mind by Penny Reid
All is fair in love and auto maintenance. Beau Winston is the nicest, most accommodating guy in the world. Usually. Handsome as the devil and twice as charismatic, Beau lives a charmed life as everyone's favorite Winston Brother. But since his twin decided to leave town, and his other brother hired a stunning human-porcupine hybrid as a replacement mechanic for their auto shop, Beau Winston's charmed life has gone to hell in a handbasket. Shelly Sullivan is not nice and is never Continue Reading
Review: The Hunting Grounds by Katee Robert
The Hunting Grounds by Katee Robert Hidden Sins, #2 Romance Suspense July 25, 2017 Montlake Romance Reviewed by Tori Maggie Gaines resigned from the FBI after she fell apart during her first high profile case and she got a little too close to her married partner. Now a park ranger in the Glacier National Park, she has found some semblance of peace, but a series of murders in her park threatens to destroy that peace when she is forced to work with the one man she ran from all those Continue Reading
Sarina Bowen and Sarah Mayberry NEED OUR HELP Giveaway
Dear readers,We're thrilled to bring you TEMPORARY, our first collaboration! It's the story of a hapless New York temp worker and the hot Aussie man who complicates her life. Coming September 12! But we need your help! We have two blurbs for this book, and we can't make up our minds. Which version is better? Your vote enters you to win a paperback ARC. Thank you! Love, Sarah & Sarina VARIATION A The most beautiful man she’s ever seen is the Continue Reading
Review: Links by Lisa Becker
Links by Lisa Becker Released August 1, 2017 Desert Breeze Publishing 197 pages Reviewed by Tracey Favorite Quote: Well, you spend hours every day hanging out with a bunch of guys talking about washing your balls… Really, if you think about it, lots of golf vernacular is so sexual -- all that talk of threesomes, strokes and holes, and shafts and grips. Blurb: Charlotte Windham, a nerdy high school prodigy who tutored classmates to earn money for college, escapes her geeky past to Continue Reading