DOWNED Series: Gridiron, #3 Contemporary Romane December 1, 2016 He’s the guy no one likes…Despite winning two national championships, JR “Ace” Anderson was sent packing from his old school after losing the trust of his coach. At Southern U, he has a second chance to prove that his college legacy isn’t endless debauchery and selfishness. But his reputation precedes him, and his teammates offer a chilly welcome in the locker room. The one person who is willing to accept him is the very Continue Reading
Review: How to Impress a Marquess by Susanna Ives
Review: How to Impress a Marquess by Susanna Ives Series: Wicked Little Secrets, #3 Historical Romance Released: November 1, 2016 Sourcebooks Casablanca Reviewed by Sheena TAKE ONE MARQUESS: Proper, put-upon, dependable, but concealing a sensitive artist's soul. ADD ONE BOHEMIAN LADY: Creative, boisterous, unruly, but secretly yearning for a steadfast love, home, and family. STIR in a sensational serialized story that has society ravenous for each installment. COMBINE with Continue Reading
Review: Irresistible Jerk by Mira Stanley
Review: Irresistible Jerk by Mira Stanley Series: Dirty Minds, #2 Erotic Romance (SERIAL) Released: November 1, 2016 Dirty Little Secret Press Reviewed by Sheena After a brush with violence, preacher’s-daughter Kelly decides life is too short to keep denying her dark desires. It’s time to explore her pent-up sensual side. And she knows just the man to help. Joe is every dirty-talking bad boy she’s ever daydreamed about, and he seems more than willing to make her fantasies reality. Continue Reading
Review: Taken by Cynthia Eden
Taken by Cynthia Eden Series: Lost, #5 Romantic Suspense November 29, 2016 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Once she looked out at the world and never seen any darkness. She’d trusted blindly, dumbly. Not anymore.” Bailey Jones is the only known survivor of a serial killer known as the Angel of Death. Except Bailey saw another woman there. One who Bailey helped to escape and then she just disappeared. From the deputy who rescued her to the shirk she’s been seeing, no one Continue Reading
Review: In The Kill by K. Sterling
In The Kill by K. Sterling M/M Romance October 29, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce Sage Bradley comes home one day and finds a gorgeous stranger in the hallway outside his apartment. The stranger claims to have been at a party in his apartment and want to pick up something he’d left behind. Sage assures the man that he had not had a party, but offers to help by calling the manager to see if he knew who might have had one. Sage invites the man inside his apartment to wait. Continue Reading
Review: Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt
Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt (Maiden Lane #11) Released: November 29, 2016 Historical Romance Grand Central Reviewed by Mandi I didn't love this one, and I'm bummed! I didn't hate it or anything - I actually liked the hero and heroine separately. Just not together - which kind of is a bad thing when reading a romance book. I don't remember the last time I wasn't thrilled with a Maiden Lane book (okay, I looked it up on Goodreads and my last less than 4-star rating was in 2013 for Continue Reading
Review: My Rogue, My Ruin by Amalie Howard and Angie Morgan
My Rogue, My Ruin by Amalie Howard & Angie Morgan Historical Romance Released: November 21, 2016 Entangled Reviewed by May “..it’s no wonder you can’t find a wife. No respectable woman in her right mind would have you! You’re… you are… appalling.” Archer did the one thing he could to silence her tirade. He kissed her. It was a mistake. This is the story of two people who knew each other as children, but apparently didn’t see each other for many years which quite bluntly didn’t Continue Reading
Review: Dirty Like Me by Jaine Diamond
Review: Dirty Like Me by Jaine Diamond Series: Dirty, #1 Contemporary Romance Released: November 2, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "I've noticed that the girls who ask this question have come prepared, marker in hand, and have pretty much accepted the fact that you're not going to fuck them, so they take the opportunity to have you rub the tip of a felt marker on their flesh, usually their breasts or their butt crack, while they bend over provocatively, as a Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Blurb: Twin Cities developer Dale Davidson has come to Logan, Minnesota, to turn it into Christmas Town, not to give in to Arthur Anderson’s offer to join him and his fiancé, Gabriel Higgins, for a Christmas Eve threesome. Dale is polyamorous, but it’s clear Arthur is offering a night of fun and nothing more. Maybe one night with the couple he admires so much won’t hurt… Together the three of them light a fire hot enough to boil Lake Superior in January, and one night of fun becomes an Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review – Brutal Game by Cara McKenna (Rom Con-Erotic/joint review) B+ review– Managed by Kristen Callihan ( Rom Con/tori) B review – Leopard's Fury by Christine Feehan ( PNR/sheena) B review – One Hot December by Tiffany Reisz (Rom Con/mandi) B review – Sweet Cheeks by K. Bromberg (Rom Con/tori) B review-Holiday With A Twist by Shannon Stacey (Rom Con/mandi) News from Tori: Ugh. If your Thanksgiving was anything like mine, you're still recovering from Continue Reading