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
Cover Reveal: Mile High Series by Nicole Helm
I'm a big fan of Nicole Helm's books - when I heard she was doing a new series with Kensington, featuring bearded brothers and their best friend who run an outdoors adventure company I got very excited! I'm happy to share the covers of the first two books with you today! They are verra smexy!! Gracely, Colorado, was once a booming mining town. No one knows that better than Brandon Evans. His father s company kept the town thriving for years until Brandon threatened to expose his Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
All of Eugenia Snowe’s problems start when Edward Reeve, an arrogant bastard son of an earl, bursts into her registry office. He wants a governess and he wants her. She gives him the governess he demands, but she refuses to give herself. No question that Eugenia enjoys crossing wits with the brilliant inventor, but she will never tarnish her reputation with an affaire, particularly with a man who doesn’t realize she’s a lady! She holds her ground…until he kidnaps her. Ward will stop at Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A- review – Between the Devil and the Duke by Kelly Bowen (historical/may) B+ review – At Close Range by Laura Griffin (suspense/mandi) B+ review – On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins (contemporary/tori) B review – Last Ride by Chantal Fernando (contemporary/sheena) B review – Breathless by Beverly Jenkins (historical/mandi) B review- Dirty Like Us by Janie Diamond (contemporary/sheena) C-review – Wild Horse Springs by Jodi Thomas (contemporary/tori) Smexy’s Top Continue Reading