Borrowed Souls by Chelsea Mueller Series: Soul Charmer, #1 Urban Fantasy May 2, 2017 Talos Press Reviewed by Tori Callie Delego finds herself caught between a rock and a hard place when her brother once again gets in over his head and Callie has to do a favor for the mob or her brother forfeits his life. To save him she will need to rent a soul, but when she can’t cover the cost the Soul Charmer makes her a deal. Two weeks working for him will get her a soul. A deal that forces Callie into a Continue Reading
Review: Good Girl’s Guide to Talking Dirty by Alice Faris
Good Girl’s Guide to Talking Dirty Publication Date: March 20, 2017 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Kini Talking dirty as a phone sex operator isn't what straight laced school psychologist East Winters had in mind as a portable counseling job. But after being budget-cut out of employment, she needs the cash to get out of town fast and hitchhike to Maine for her dream job working at a school with a bigger pocketbook and no knowledge of her family's nasty history. Ex Continue Reading
Top Ten Reasons to Read: Going Nowhere Fast by Kati Wilde
When Aspen Phillips’ best friend invites her on a month-long road trip, she has serious mixed feelings. Sharing their tight quarters will be Bramwell Gage, overprotective brother and all-around jerk. Bram may be ridiculously sexy, but he’s made no effort to hide how he feels about Aspen—that she’s trash who’s no good for his sister. But Aspen is determined to get along with the uptight millionaire—and to keep her promise, concealing a secret about his sister that Bram can never know. But Continue Reading
Review: Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman
Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman Series: The Playful Brides, #7 Historical Romance Released: May 2, 2017 St. Martin's Paperbacks Reviewed by Sheena A rumored pirate and the scurrilous black sheep of his well-to- do family, Cade Cavendish relishes his world of rebellion, deception, and seduction. Nothing and no one can hold him to be the duty-bound, honorable man he is expected to be. But when an unexpected run-in at his twin brother's estate with a ravishing, raven-haired maid Continue Reading
Feature: Four Years Later by Emma Doherty
Becca McKenzie is happy—crazy, ridiculously happy. She might not have figured out what she wants to do with her life, but she has something better—Ryan Jackson—and they couldn’t be more in love if they tried. He might have been pissed when she went off to a different college, but they make the long distance work because they’re “Becca and Ryan”, and nothing is going to break them. Until it does. Until one terrible, unforgettable night away from Ryan. Until too much drinking and one empty Continue Reading
Review: Red Wolf by Jennifer Ashley
Red Wolf by Jennifer Ashley Series: Shifter’s Unbound, #10 PNR May 2, 2017 Berkley Favorite Quote: “When you live thousand of years, people who annoy you tend to die off.” Reviewed by Tori Lupine Shifter Dimitri has always had to defend himself to other Shifters. As a red wolf, he’s not considered a “pure” wolf, and the battles have honed him into a tough fighter, a champion of the fight clubs. Jaycee Bordeaux, a leopard Shifter, is Dimitri’s staunchest defender and oldest friend. Continue Reading
Feature: Shine On by KT Grant
Shine On by KT Grant (New Adult Lesbian Romance) Release date: Sunday 6/4/17 Blurb: Jade Moretti’s job at Lovely Diamonds, the most popular gentlemen’s club in Las Vegas pays more than well. She’s not a stripper, but an accountant, who loves running numbers and watching revenues rise. Lovely Diamonds is a family business of over thirty years, run by her former stripper mother, including her younger brother, the head bartender. At twenty-three Jade loves her life, although life in Continue Reading
Review: All the Lies we tell by Megan Hart
All the Lies We Tell by Megan Hart (Quarry Road #1) Released: May 1, 2017 Contemporary Romance Montlake Reviewed by Mandi Megan Hart is an author I will always read. Even though All the Lies We Tell isn't the most emotionally intense book by her, she still has a way of writing her main characters that allows the reader to have an intimate relationship with them. In this book, I'd say there are three main characters (maybe four) and we learn of their story, of their grief and how they Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Dimitri. Rare Red Wolf. Tracker. Mate claimed his best friend but she hasn't accepted...yet. Heroine: Jaycee. Also a tracker. Loves Dimitri but isn't sure she wants or can be submissive to a man. Dimitri took her by the hand and led her out, speeding his steps as he got closer and closer to the door. He and Jaycee ran out together into the night, which was finally cool after a day of heat. The parking lot was mostly deserted, the space where Dimitri had left his truck, dark. He Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review- Broken Things by Jessica Cale (historical/sheena) B+ review-Baby, Come Back by Molly O'Keefe (contemporary/tori) B+ review- Behind The Curtain by Beth Kery (contemporary/mandi) B review – Cold Reign by Faith Hunter (urban fantasy/tori) B- review- Daddy's Best Friend by London Hale (erotic novella/mandi) B review – Pipe Dreams by Sarina Bowen (contemporary/tori) D review-Purple Hearts by Tess Wakefield (contemporary/kini) Mandi's May To-Be-Read Super Continue Reading