Bad Neighbor by M.O’Keefe Erotic Romance/Suspense November 21, 2016 Self-Published Joint Review by Mandi & Tori You always know you're going to get a dark, gritty, sexy, angry and complicated romance when you pick up a M. O’Keefe book. Damaged men and women who carry more baggage than Samsonite reluctantly find one another and embark on a journey towards their redemption...if they’re brave enough to accept it. She doesn’t always offer her readers a HEA, but she does offer enough Continue Reading
Review: Managed by Kristen Callihan
Managed by Kristen Callihan Series: VIP, #2 Contemporary Romance November 14, 2016 Plain Jane Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I will say the wrong words from time to time. And I will cock things up. That’s a given, unfortunately. but there will never, ever be a time when I do not love you or want you in my life.” Sophie Darling thought she had struck gold when she is upgraded to first class on a trip to England. And when the most beautiful man she’s ever seen sits next to Continue Reading
Happy Thanksgiving From All of Us at Smexybooks
"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our Thanksgiving." W.T. Purkiser Continue Reading
Review: One Hot December by Tiffany Reisz
One Hot December by Tiffany Reisz (Men at Work #3) Released: November 22, 2016 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I have loved, loved, loved this three-book (all stand alone) holiday contemporary series by Tiffany Reisz. One Hot December features a heroine who is a welder, with short spiky hair and goes by the name Flash (aka Flashdance from the movie), although she also answers to the name Veronica. Flash has worked for a few years for Ian's company - the only female Continue Reading
Review: Sweet Cheeks by K. Bromberg
Sweet Cheeks by K. Bromberg Contemporary Romance November 14, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Hope you brought your A-game, Whitney.” 10 years ago, the love of Saylor Rodgers’s life left without so much as a goodbye. A year ago she broke her engagement because once again she wasn’t what someone wanted. Now she sits staring at an invitation to her ex fiance's wedding. In her curiosity, she RSVPs. Now she is stuck attending a wedding she doesn’t want to attend Continue Reading
Joint Review: Brutal Game by Cara McKenna
Brutal Game by Cara McKenna (Flynn and Laurel #2) Released: November 22, 2016 Contemporary Romance Self Published Eight months ago, Laurel walked into an underground boxing gym and found herself mesmerized by a stranger named Flynn—a man who fights hard and loves harder. Since then he’s taken her places where fear and curiosity clash in exquisite pleasure, where trust is the price of ecstasy, and in time their brutal games have become her kink as much as his. But when real Continue Reading
Feature and Giveaway – The Dare and the Doctor by Kate Noble
“With her usual witty writing and exquisite flair for characterization, Noble offers [The Lie and the Lady]. The effortless manner in which she wrote. The Lie and the Lady as a separate love story while at the same time gracefully connecting it to The Game and the Governess and cleverly hinting at what is to come in the series is nothing less than brilliant.” —Booklist (STARRED REVIEW, The Lie and the Lady) Dr. Rhys Gray and Miss Margaret Babcock are friends—strictly friends. But Continue Reading
Review: Leopard’s Fury by Christine Feehan
Review: Leopard's Fury by Christine Feehan Series: Leopard People, #9 Paranormal Romance Released: November 8, 2016 Mass Market Paperbacks Reviewed by Sheena A ruthless criminal unleashes his most feral desires in the new Leopard novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wild Cat. Passion melts the will of an ice-cold criminal when he meets the one woman who can tame the beast inside him. Favorite Quote: "Now please do as I ask so I am not forced to Continue Reading
Review: Holiday with a Twist by Shannon Stacey
Holiday With a Twist by Shannon Stacey Holiday Novella Released: November 21, 2016 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi When Leigh hears that her parents are going to sell the home she grew up in, she gets guilted into going home for three weeks over Christmas to help her parents organize and start to pack. Taking three weeks vacation time isn't hard because she just quit her job.....and broke up with her fiance. Knowing her sister has a baby and is getting divorced, and this sister is Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Gabriel Scott. Manager to the rock band. Arrogant and condescending. Can't believe he's stuck in first class next to a lunatic. Heroine: Sophie Darling. Free spirit. On her way to England for a job interview. Can't believe she's stuck next to such a stick in the mud. Let the games begin!! It hits me like a fist to the gut: she has been, yet again, fucking with me. She distracted me from takeoff. So effectively, I hadn’t even felt the plane lift. Now I’m stuck between grudging Continue Reading