The Rule Maker by Jennifer Blackwood (The Rule Breakers #2) Released: January 16, 2017 Contemporary Romance Entangled Reviewed by Mandi I adored The Rule Book last year and was excited to try another from Jennifer Blackwood. This one is just as good - maybe even better. And just to put out there - there are sex scenes this time! I know a few people who didn't read the first book due to fade to black scenes. That book had such great sexual tension it was a bit of a let down to have the Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Tori: A wealthy socialite who loses everything when her past comes back to haunt her. Miles: An absent-minded researcher who is forced to take a good hard look at his own behavior when a frenemy needs his help. I cup her face in my hands, stroke my thumbs over her jaw and down her throat to the hollows just above her collarbone. I can feel her pulse beating there, fast and wild, just under the delicate softness of her skin. It turns me on even more, has my dick hardening and my Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B+ review - From the Ashes by Xen Sanders (m/m paranormal/mandi) B+ review - Gone by Elisabeth Naughton (suspense/helyce) B review - Fearless by Lauren Gilley (motorcycle romance/mandi) B review - Wild Kisses by Skye Jordan (contemporary/sheena) B- review - Back Check by Kelly Jamieson (sports romance/kini) B- review - Perfect Game by Casey Cameron (m/m contemporary/mandi) C+ review - And Never Let Her Go by Nancy Glynn (contemporary/tori) Cover Reveal: Stealing Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – January 13
10. It's time to let those resolutions go. We've all put in a good fight. 9. On Saturday February 4, I'm going to Boonsboro, MD - to Nora Robert's bookstore - for a big book signing with Kristen Ashley (I've never met her!) Laura Griffin (I've never met her!!!), Kristan Higgins and others! And to make it even better, I'll be meeting fellow Smexy reviewer, Kini there! If you are going, let us know! Info here. 8. Prince Harry and his forearms. I need a moment. 7. A behind the scenes Continue Reading
Review: Wild Kisses by Skye Jordan
Wild Kisses by Skye Jordan Series: Wildwood, #2 Contemporary Romance Released: January 10, 2017 Montlake Romance Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: “I still feel like I’m in a dream. All anxious that I’m going to wake up and I’m still going to be fighting to reach this dream.” You can't keep a good gal down! It has been a while since I've enjoyed a heroine like Avery. Initially coming off as quiet and meek and ripe for being taken advantage of, I was concerned that her personality would be Continue Reading
Review: Perfect Game by Casey Cameron
Perfect Game by Casey Cameron (Legendary Pairs #1) Released: January 1, 2017 M/M Contemporary Novella Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I love a nerdy romance and this fit the bill quite nicely. Neil is an awkward guy - a research biologist getting his PhD, living in a new city has Neil a little lonely. One thing that gets him out of the house is playing in Legendary Pairs tournaments. Legendary Pairs is a fast-paced card game - I don't know what I can compare it to - but it features Continue Reading
Review: Gone by Elisabeth Naughton
Gone by Elisabeth Naughton (Deadly Secrets #2) Romantic Suspense Released: January 10, 2017 Montlake Romance Reviewed by Helyce Alex and Raegan McClane experienced every parent’s worse nightmare when their daughter, Emma, was kidnapped three years ago. Alex had taken Emma to the park, looked away for only a moment and then she was gone. Though Raegan never blamed Alex, he couldn’t forgive himself and instead chose to drown himself in alcohol. Raegan couldn’t help him, and the marriage Continue Reading
Excerpt: Raw Deal by Cherrie Lynn
I really enjoyed Cherrie Lynn's previous series, Ross Siblings, and I'm so happy she is starting a new series. I haven't read it yet, but will soon and will be reviewing. Savannah's brother was killed in a cage fight with Mike "Red Reaper" Larson after a savage punch to the head. When Mike shows up at the funeral, he’s nothing like Savannah expected. Gone is the fierce, brutal beast she’s seen in the cage. In his place is a beautiful man torn with guilt, seeking forgiveness, Continue Reading
Review: Back Check by Kelly Jamieson
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