Under Her Skin (Blank Canvas Book 1) Publication Date: February 7, 2017 Contemporary Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by Kini Blurb: Battered by a life determined to tear him down This quiet ex-con’s scarred hands may be the gentlest touch she’ll ever know. …if only life were a fairy tale where Beauty was allowed to keep her Beast Ivan thought the world was through giving him second chances. Who’d want a rough ex-con with a savior complex and a bad habit of bringing home helpless Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B review - Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James (historical/tori) B review - The Turn by Kim Harrison (urban fantasy/tori) B review - The Duke by Kerrigan Byrne (historical/may) C- review - Beauty and the Wiener by Casey Griffin (contemporary/may) D review - Fury on Fire by Sophie Jordan (contemporary/tori) D review - Jacked up by Samantha Kane (contemporary/kini) D review - Close to Home by Lily Everett (contemporary/mandi) Cover Reveal: Mile High series by Continue Reading
Review: Beauty and the Wiener by Casey Griffin
Beauty and the Wiener by Casey Griffin (A Rescue Dog Romance #2) Released: February 7, 2017 Contemporary Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May Addison is a dog groomer who also loves Dachshund dogs (especially her rescued one, Princess) and volunteers at San Francisco Dachshund Rescue Center. Currently she’s got two goals: find the perfect man to be her one and only true love, and launch her line of dog clothing to the elite dog society of San Francisco. I picked up this book for two reasons. Continue Reading
Review: The Turn by Kim Harrison
The Turn by Kim Harrison Series: The Hollows, #0.1 Urban Fantasy February 7, 2017 Gallery Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Hurry up, you little snack.” Can science save us when all else fails? Trisk and her hated rival, Kalamack, have the same goal: save their species from extinction. Death comes in the guise of hope when a genetically modified tomato created to feed the world combines with the government's new tactical virus, giving it an unexpected host and a mode of Continue Reading
Review: Jacked Up by Samantha Kane
Jacked Up: Birmingham Rebels #3 Publication Date: January 31, 2017 Contemporary, Sports Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Kini Blurb: The secret about the Birmingham Rebels is out: With a girl in the middle, two mouth-watering football studs are better than one. Linebacker Sam Taylor feels like a ticking time bomb. He left the army with emotional wounds as fresh as the scars on his back. Sam’s been living like a monk, but his best friend, defensive lineman King Ulupoka, wants to get him laid. Continue Reading
Review: The Duke by Kerrigan Byrne
The Duke by Kerrigan Byrne (Victorian Rebels #4) Released: February 7, 2017 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May Imogen was working as a bar maid (never a prostitute) to repay a debt her father owed, when her real occupation was a nurse by day. One night a group of soldiers came in, and her life would never be quite the same. It was done. What was left of her innocence had been taken. No, not taken. Bought. Imogen decided that the sacrifice of her virginity had been Continue Reading
Review: Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James
Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James Series: Desperate Duchesses #9, Desperate Duchesses by the Numbers #3 Historical Romance January 31, 2017 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Nothing ruins a dinner party like expertise.” Edward (Ward) Reeve is a wealthy inventor and the illegitimate son of an Earl. He has recently gained guardianship of his two younger half siblings (Lizzie and Otis) after his mother passed away. Due to the children's unusual upbringing, they were raised Continue Reading
Tori’s Trip to Coastal Magic Con 2017 and Giveaway!!
Every year since it started, I have hit Daytona Beach the first week of February for the Coastal Magic Convention. Hosted by Jennifer Morris (@HappyTwilighter), this smaller convention focuses on bringing readers and authors together in an intimate setting that facilitates more one on one interaction. Starting on Thursday and ending on Monday, CMC offers a place to network, rub elbows with some of your favorite authors, make new friends, reacquaint with old friends, and grab some seriously Continue Reading
Review: Close to Home by Lily Everett
Close to Home by Lily Everett (Sanctuary Island #5) Contemporary Romance Released: February 7, 2017 St. Martin's Reviewed by Mandi I love a marriage in trouble trope as it t can present a different kind of conflict in an already established relationship. I liked the set-up in this one. At the age of seventeen, Tessa had to escape the commune her parents raised her in, for her own health and safety. She hides in a neighbor's barn and this is where twenty-two year old Johnny finds her. He Continue Reading
Review: Fury on Fire by Sophie Jordan
Fury on Fire by Sophie Jordan Series: Devil's Rock, #3 Romance Contemporary January 31, 2017 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Fury on Fire is the third book in Sophie Jordan’s Devil's rock series that revolves around a trio of incarcerated felons and the woman who free them from their demons. North Callaghan and his brother Knox (All Chained Up) were sentenced to Devil’s Rock for manslaughter after they killed the man who sexually assaulted their cousin. Good men who had their whole lives Continue Reading