This week at Smexy... A review - A Change of Heart by Sonali Dev (mandi) B+ review - Beautiful by Christina Lauren (mandi) B+ review - The Gossip by Jenny Holiday (kini) B review - Saving Jake by Sharon Sala (tori) B review - Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong (tori) B review - Keeper by Amanda Ryan (mandi) C+ review - Justice for Boone by Susan Stoker (tori) C+ review - Hero in the Highlands by Suzanne Enoch (may) D review - Race the Darkness by Abbie Roads (tori) Mandi's Continue Reading
Mandi’s October To-Be-Read
I'm a week late but darn it, here it is! Royally Screwed by Emma Chase - 10/18. I LOVE Emma Chase's Legal Briefs series so I'm excited to try something different from her. Goodreads l Kindle The Sexy One by Lauren Blakely - 10/17. I almost always choose to listen to Lauren Blakely books because she uses a sexy narrator - also love that her books are in the hero's POV. Kindle l Goodreads A Study in Scarlet Women - 10/18. Tori is going to review this for Smexy - a Sherlock Continue Reading
Review: Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong
Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong Series: An Otherworld Novel, #15/Anthology Urban Fantasy October 4, 2016 Penguin Reviewed by Tori Embrace the obscure. In the final installment of the Otherworld anthology series, New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong once again opens the gates to the Otherworld. This collection of rare and never-before-published novellas and short stories brings the clever wit, dark twists, and intense suspense Otherworld readers have come to expect. Continue Reading
Review: Keeper by Amanda Ryan
Keeper by Amanda Ryan (The Dynasty Saga #1) Released: September 27, 2016 Fantasy Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "I have been stabbed, poisoned, sliced and burned, but the agony of all those things combined didn't come close to the torment of not being able to touch you." Aren is ruled by magic, a skill held by few and coveted by many. Magicians are powerless, however, without their Keepers – human conduits of power nearly hunted to extinction. Amalia has Continue Reading
Review: Saving Jake by Sharon Sala
Saving Jake by Sharon Sala Series: Blessings, Georgia, #3 Romance Contemporary October 4, 2016 Sourcebooks Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “He made falling in love so easy.” There is always hope After eight years in the Marines, Jacob Lorde returns to Blessings, Georgia, with no plans other than to hole up in his empty house and heal what's left of his soul. But with a charming next door neighbor and a town full of friendly people, keeping to himself is easier said than Continue Reading
Review: The Gossip by Jenny Holiday
The Gossip (New Wave Newsroom Book 2) Publication Date: October 4, 2016 New Adult Romance Self-Published Reviewed by Kini Dawn Hathaway is a realist. She’s not the smartest girl at Allenhurst College. She’s not the prettiest, either. So if she wants to be popular, she’ll need something else: power. What better way to get it than to start a gossip column in the campus newspaper? If she has to commit a few minor crimes in pursuit of the latest scoop, what’s the harm? Arturo Perez loves Continue Reading
Review: Hero in the Highlands by Suzanne Enoch
Hero in the Highlands by Suzanne Enoch (No Ordinary Hero #1) Historical Romance Released: October 4, 2016 St. Martin's Reviewed by May So this was his first night as a duke in his own castle. AS he contemplated his situation, he couldn’t deny one thing – parts of it felt familiar. A foreign land, surrounded by hostile forces who wanted him either gone or dead and didn’t much care which one it was, and him with the assignment to bring order out of chaos. And the fact that the opposing Continue Reading
Review: Justice for Boone by Susan Stoker
Justice for Boone by Susan Stoker Series: Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes, #6 Romance Suspense September 27, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Sheriff’s Deputy Hayden Yates has worked hard to gain the respect and admiration of her fellow law enforcement officers. She’s succeeded so well, in fact, that she’s become just one of the guys. As her friends slowly begin to meet their soul mates, Hayden longs to be seen as a desirable woman, and not the tomboy she’s always been. No slouch Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Beautiful by Christina Lauren
Beautiful by Christina Lauren (Beautiful Bastard #5) Released: October 4, 2016 Contemporary Romance Gallery Books Reviewed by Mandi I haven't read all of the books in this series but I still feel like I know all the players. The last book in this series, Beautiful is so much fun and so sexy - I think I smiled the entire time I read it. Jensen and Pippa are so darn cute together that I didn't want their story to end. Pippa lives in England and hates her job. When she comes home on her Continue Reading
Review: Race the Darkness by Abbie Roads
Race the Darkness by Abbie Roads Series: Fatal Dreams, #1 Paranormal Romantic Suspense October 4, 2016 Sourcebooks Reviewed by Tori Criminal investigator, Xander Stone, is called in when all else fails. Hit by lightning as a child, he gained the ability to hear people's thought. When he’s finished with his latest case, he hears a woman’s voice telling him she is dying. This voice has been speaking to him for years, begging for him to save her. Convinced it is nothing more than Continue Reading