I had everything a woman could want... My husband, James. The house on the lake. Our perfect life. And then Alex came to visit. The first time I saw my husband's best friend, I didn't like him. Didn't like how James changed when he was around, didn't like how his penetrating eyes followed me everywhere. But that didn't stop me from wanting him. And, surprisingly, James didn't seem to mind. It was meant to be fun. Something the three of us shared for those hot summer weeks Alex stayed with Continue Reading
Review: Tinderbox by Rachel Grant
Tinderbox by Rachel Grant (Flashpoint #1) Released: February 14, 2017 Romantic Suspense Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I'm a really big fan of Rachel Grant's Evidence series - she does a nice job of balancing suspense and romance with really fun characters. In Tinderbox she starts a new suspense series with a military and adventure emphasis. According to the author's note in this book, her husband is an archaeologist and has worked in Dijibouti, in the horn of Africa so she carries Continue Reading
Review: Pretend You’re Mine by Lucy Score
Pretend You’re Mine by Lucy Score Publication Date: October 22, 2015 Contemporary/New Adult/Military Pub Yourself Press Reviewed by Kini Burb: I only wanted to protect you... Luke Garrison is a hometown hero, a member of the National Guard ready to deploy again. Strong, sweet, and sexy, he doesn't have a girlfriend and doesn't want one. When the wildly beautiful Harper stumbles into his life, though, he realizes that she's the perfect decoy. A fake girlfriend to keep his family off Continue Reading
Review: Ex-Con Serial by Katana Collins
Ex-Con by Katana Collins Harrison Street Crew Contemporary Romance (3 part serial) Released: January 31, 2017 St. Martin's Press Reviewed by Sheena Ex-convict Shane McGill is as rugged and wild as they come. Bad to the bone and back on the streets, he’ll do anything and say anything to survive. Even if that something means joining the one car club he had worked so hard to avoid. But there’s one person out there who can match him toe-to-toe...the hot mechanic pin-up doll of a woman Continue Reading
Valentine’s Day Chat with Lori Foster and Rhenna Morgan!
Lori Foster is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author with books from a variety of publishers, including Berkley/Jove, Kensington, St. Martin’s, Harlequin and Silhouette. Lori has been a recipient of the prestigious RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for Series Romantic Fantasy, and for Contemporary Romance. She’s had top-selling books for Amazon, Waldenbooks and the BGI Group. For more about Lori, visit her Web site at www.lorifoster.com. About UNDER PRESSURE: He can Continue Reading
Review: Falling for the Highlander by Lynsay Sands
Falling for the Highlander by Lynsay Sands Contemporary (MC) Romance Released: January 31, 2017 Avon Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: “Yer brother did no’ bother to mention ye were deaf when he offered ye to me. I should ha’e guessed as much, though. He’s obviously a cheat and a louse, so o’ course he’d try to pass off a defective lass in exchange fer me high-quality beasts.” Gasping in outrage, Murine gave up her pretense and turned to glare at the man as she snapped, “I’m no’ Continue Reading
Winner of the 2017 Coastal Magic Convention Giveaway
Congrats to Leni for winning the 2017 Coastal Magic Convention Giveaway!! **winner has been alerted** Continue Reading
Review: Under her Skin by Adriana Anders
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