What it Takes by Shannon Stacey (Kowalski Family #10) Released: February 28, 2017 Contemporary Romance Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi I've really enjoyed the Kowalski series over the years. I've not read the entire series, but several, especially those in the beginning. It's a nice contemporary series - it makes me laugh, and the heroes and heroines are nice and a little dirty. A good combination. This book has a stand alone romance but is also a reunion book. We meet Laney, whose Continue Reading
Review: Madly by Ruthie Knox
Madly: A New York Novel (The New York Trilogy Series Book 2) Publication Date: March 14, 2017 Contemporary Romance LoveSwept Reviewed by Kini Allie Fredericks isn’t supposed to be in Manhattan, hiding in the darkest corner of a hip bar, spying on her own mother—who’s flirting with a man who’s definitely not Allie’s father. Allie’s supposed to be in Wisconsin, planning her parents’ milestone anniversary party. Then Winston Chamberlain walks through the door, with his tailored suit, Continue Reading
Review: Ashwin by Kit Rocha
Ashwin by Kit Rocha Series: Gideon's Riders, #1 Post Apocalyptic/Fantasy/ Romance March 7, 2017 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You’re the exception to every rule.” Lieutenant Ashwin Malhotra is a Makhai soldier--genetically engineered to be cold, ruthless. Unfeeling. His commanding officers consider him the perfect operative, and they're right. Now, he has a simple mission: to infiltrate Gideon's Riders, the infamous sect of holy warriors that protects the people Continue Reading
Review: A Limited Engagement by Bethany Michaels
A Limited Engagement by Bethany Michaels (Limitless Love #1) Contemporary Romance March 13, 2017 Entangled Publishing, LLC Reviewed by Helyce I am a big fan of the “crushing on my best friend’s brother” theme; add in the fact said brother is a sexy race car driver and I’m sold. Derek’s career in racing started when he was young, and as he’d proven himself a winning driver, he rose up through the ranks. His father is very much involved in the business side of racing, but Derek is Continue Reading
Review: Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa
Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa Series: The Bargainer, #1 Paranormal Romance November 15, 2016 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’ll only agree to this if you do me one favor-” “Yeah, anything.” “Please give me my balls back at the end of the evening.” Callypso (Callie) Lillis, a siren, has spent her life hiding a huge secret.The bracelet of beads running up her arm isn't a fashion statement but an accounting of all the favors she has asked of the mysterious Bargainer. Now the time Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Joyzal. Space warrior. Bounty Hunter: The smoke, which held a hint of flashing purple, haloed the entrance of a man’s sleek, black form—like a rockstar making an entrance on stage. He was amazingly tall, easily seven feet, and grim as hell. His skin was a golden brown and his hair long and caught in dreads that were tied back from his face. From the neck down he was covered in black, shiny armor, and he held a big, futuristic-looking gun in each clawed hand Heroine: Jacole. Human. Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… B review – Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs (urban fantasy/tori) B review – Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop (fantasy/may) B review – The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel (fiction-family saga/tori) B- review – The Pirate King's Daughter by Tricia Levenseller (ya fanatsy/tori) B- review – How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days by Kerrelyn Sparks (historical/may) C+ review – Single Malt by Layla Reyne (mm suspense/mandi) C+ review – The Undateable by Sarah Title Continue Reading
Review: Stealing Mr. Right by Tamara Morgan
Stealing Mr. Right by Tamara Morgan (Penelope Blue #1) Released: March 7, 2017 Chick-Lit/Romantic Suspense Sourcebooks Reviewed by Mandi I liked this book but I do have two frustrations I'll get to in a minute. Penelope Blue (I love that name and I LOVE the way the hero says it in this book - always rhyming it with a sensual undertone) grew up with famous jewel thief for a father. He amassed a great fortune in stolen goods, hid them and then disappeared, assumed dead. Penelope doesn't Continue Reading
Review: Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop (The Others #5) Released: March 7, 2017 Urban Fantasy Roc Reviewed by May Simon and Meg once again return to the center of this beautifully crafted world, for yet another installment of The Others series. This is definitely a series that needs to be read in order, as the story truly carries over through the series. We pick up in this book where we last left off, with Namid’s teeth and claws considering this question: How much human should we keep? A Continue Reading
Review: Beautiful Mess by Kasey Lane
Beautiful Mess by Kasey Lane Series: Rock & Ink, #2 Romance Contemporary March 7, 2017 Sourcebooks Reviewed by Tori Jackson Paige AKA Jax Pain. Drummer of the up and coming metal band- Manix Curse. Jackson shocked to see his old lover walk through the door of his tattoo shop after he left her with no explanation five years earlier and never looked back. Time hasn’t dulled his feelings for her and he wants back in her life but once she hears his reasons for leaving, she may be the Continue Reading