One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews Series: Innkeeper Chronicles, #3 Urban Fantasy December 20, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Whatever comes next, I’ll be there, because I want you more than anything I’ve ever wanted.” Dina Demille, the owner of an intergalactic inn named the Gertrude Hunt, offers a neutral place to stay for all those in need. She started the inn after her parents vanished in the hopes that someday a guest would enter its doors and offer a clue Continue Reading
Review: The Farther He Runs by Lynda Aicher
The Farther He Runs by Lynda Aicher (Kicks #3) Released: December 6, 2016 M/M Contemporary Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi After years away from home, Tanner Dorsey is back and sorting through feelings that have him in a stranglehold. The hardened Marine will do anything for a fallen comrade, so when an accident leaves Finn Kelley fighting for his life, Tanner’s eager to be there for him. In fact, Tanner’s ready and willing to do anything Finn asks—especially if it means finally acting on Continue Reading
December Mini Reviews
Santa Baby by Heidi Cullinan Series: Minnesota Christmas, #4 Romance Contemporary/MM November 8, 2016 Grade: B- Heidi Cullinan revisits Logan, MN and a favorite couple when a newcomer to town and finds an invitation to more than just the holiday festivities. The last installment in Cullinan’s Minnesota Christmas series gives readers the gift of erotic delights when a committed couple decides to add a third to their relationship. What first starts out as a physical connection that allows Continue Reading
Review: Off the Rails by Jill Sorenson
Off the Rails bu Jill Sorenson Publication Date: December 13, 2016 Romantic Suspense LoveSwept Reviewed by Kini A dedicated American agent risks everything for a forbidden beauty in the sensual, turbo-charged follow-up to Caught in the Act. Four years ago, when Ian Foster was working as a border patrol agent, he rescued an eighteen-year-old Mexican girl who’d been left for dead. He never forgot the gorgeous, resilient Maria Santos. Now Ian is an undercover ICE agent on the trail of a Continue Reading
Review: Trophy Wife by Noelle Adams
Trophy Wife by Noelle Adams Contemporary Romance Released: December 6, 2016 Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi At the age of eighteen, Alison found herself penniless and without many options for a bright future. She decides to pursue a forty-five year old colleague of her father's who had expressed interest in her. They date for three months and marry. Every decision is taken care of for her and all she has to do is look pretty, dress pretty and make her husband happy. Eight years later, Continue Reading
Review: Snowed In by Jenna Bayley-Burke
Snowed In by Jenna Bayley-Burke (More Than Friends #2) Contemporary Romance December 6, 2016 Swerve (Macmillan) Reviewed by Helyce I know this is probably the worst way to start a review, but I have to say it. I really disliked the heroine in this story. She almost completely ruined the story for me and I lost count of the eye rolls, and OMGs I uttered after a while. I say almost because I could understand some of the feelings and decisions she’d made after her experiences, but at the Continue Reading
Review: Nico by Sarah Castille
Nico by Sarah Castille Series: Ruin & Revenge, #1 Romance Suspense December 6, 2016 St. Martin’s Paperbacks Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Magnificent. Irritating and utterly disrespectful. Totally off limits. The enemy.” Nico Toscani is the Las Vegas crime boss and the bastard son of the former Don. When his father was brutally murdered, the family voted his uncle in as the new Don instead of him. Nico watched his father being gun down in cold blood by the Cardano family Continue Reading
Review: Married for His Convenience by Eleanor Webster
Married for his Convenience by Eleanor Webster Historical Romance Released: December 1, 2016 Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Tainted by illegitimacy, plain Sarah Martin has no illusions of a grand marriage. So when the Earl of Langford makes her a proposal that will take her one step closer to finding her half sister, she can't refuse! Sebastian's dreams of romance died with his late wife's affair, so now he needs a convenient wife to act as governess for his silent daughter. Yet Sarah Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Alien. Bounty Hunter. Lands on Earth to collect a bad alien. Sees a human woman and realizes it's his fated mate. Heroine: Human. Walking alone in the woods at night. Meets alien. Smexy things happen. His head lowered again, and her heart pounded in her chest. This was really happening. The alien was about to lick her pussy. Holy shit. His tongue darted out and traced up her seam and then delved inside to her clit. He flattened his tongue and stroked it. She about Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review – Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan (sheena/contemporary) B review – Catch Him by S. Doyle (helyce/mm contemporary) B review – Beyond Surrender by Kit Rocha (joint review/apocalyptic) B- review – The 12 Dares of Christmas by Leigh W. Stuart (mandi/contemporary) B- review- Tempest in the Highlands by May Goldrick (sheena/historical) C+ review – Rules of Contact by Jaci Burton (tori/contemporary) D review – Moonshadow by Thea Harrison Continue Reading