Back Check: An Aces Hockey Novel by Jamieson Publication Date: January 10, 2017 Contemporary/Sports Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Kini The so-bad-they’re-good alphas of hockey’s Chicago Aces are back in this emotionally charged novel of sex, love, and second chances from the bestselling author of Top Shelf and the Heller Brothers series. Tanner Bennet hates weddings. They just remind him that he simply isn’t cut out for any kind of healthy, committed relationship—never has been, Continue Reading
Wanted, A Gentleman Book Tour *Giveaway*
Romantic fiction, Georgian style My new book, Wanted, a Gentleman is set in 1805, with a hero, Theo Swann, who runs a Lonely Hearts magazine and writes Gothic romance on the side. These sound like very 1970s sort of jobs, but Lonely Hearts go way back (I’ve written about them elsewhere on this tour) and the “romance” novel has a long and complicated history. At first ‘romance’ meant, basically, ‘a fictional adventure story’, and it hung on to that meaning for a while. The Continue Reading
Cover Reveal: Stealing the Rogue’s Heart by Erica Monroe
Stealing The Rogue by Erica Monroe, Rookery Rogues #4, releases 1/24/2017 Scoundrels, thieves, and rebels inhabit the rookeries–where the women are fierce and the men are dangerous. Are you willing to take the risk? WHEN AN UNDERWORLD PRINCESS… Beautiful, innocent Mina Mason has led a sheltered life as the sister to the most notorious crime lord in England. Her family’s wealth and expectations keep her in a gilded cage, never able to act on her true desires. Like kissing — and engaging in far Continue Reading
Review: Fearless by Lauren Gilley
Fearless by Lauren Gilley (Dartmoor #1) Released: January 2015 Motorcycle Club Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “I wanted to be special to you." "Fillette, you were always that.” It's been a while since I've read a big, epic book and throw on top of it the fact that this book is a motorcycle club romance - something that has been missing from my life recently, and I was set to snuggle in and be drawn into the world of the Lean Dogs. The Lean Dogs are a Continue Reading
Review: From the Ashes by Xen Sanders
From the Ashes by Xen Sanders (Fires of Redemption #1) Released: January 2, 2017 M/M Paranormal Romance Entangled Reviewed by Mandi First of all, I really liked this book. Before I get into it though, let me say it is a rerelease from a book titled, From the Ashes by Adrien-Luc Sanders released in 2012. The blurb completely drew me into this one: Sociopath. Killer. Deviant. Monster, devoid of morals, incapable of human emotion. The villain known as Spark has been called Continue Reading
Review: And Never Let Her Go by Nancy Glynn
And Never Let Her Go by Nancy Glynn Series: Town of Destiny, #1 Contemporary Romance June 2, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Erin Donahue’s life seemed perfect until one moment changed everything and she left her old life behind. Eight years later, she has established herself in the small town of Destiny, IL. She’s alone but happy-until a face from the past shows up and demands she not only face her past...but finally deal with. Slade Callahan always loved Erin but she Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Heroine: Tori Reed. A reformed party girl finds support from an unexpected source when her past comes back to haunt her. Hero: Miles Giraud. A sexy nerd finds his path to redemption when his sister's best friend finds herself homeless and in need of some help. Wrapped up in her now—wrapped up in this——I lean down, start to take her mouth with mine again. But she beats me to it, yanking me down until our mouths all but slam together. It’s wicked and wild and carnal, the Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A-/B+ review – On Broken Wings by Chanel Cleeton (Mandi & Kini/contemporary) B+ review – Breath of Fire by Amanda Bouchet (mandi/ fantasy pnr) B review – Hard Hitter by Sarina Bowen (tori/contemporary) B review – Four Weddings and a Sixpence Anthology by Julia Quinn (tori/historical) B- review- Stalked by Elizabeth Heiter (tori/suspense) C+ review – Getting Inside by Serena Bell (mandi/contemporary) D review – Seth by Lisa Carlisle (sheena/pnr) D review- Run to Continue Reading
Joint Review: On Broken Wings by Chanel Cleeton
On Broken Wings by Chanel Cleeton (Wild Aces #3) Released: January 3, 2017 Contemporary Romance Berkley Reviewed by Kini and Mandi Kini: I read Fly with Me, book one in the series, earlier this year. It was a middle of the road read for me, except for the relationship between Dani and Easy. I LOVE the trope where one character loves the other from afar, but doesn’t/can’t make a move. Because I am a horrible person, I felt okay about the circumstances that allowed for Dani and Continue Reading
Review: Seth by Lisa Carlisle
Seth by Lisa Carlisle Highland Gargoyles, #4 Paranormal Romance Released: December 2, 2016 Self-Published Reviewed by Sheena Seth, wolf shifter and beta of his island's pack, had his life planned out. He'd mate with the alpha's daughter and eventually they'd rule the pack with her. When she chooses another shifter as her mate, his pride his is wounded and future with the pack is threatened. Lost and betrayed, he sets off to find his destiny - or die trying. Hailey, a park ranger in Continue Reading