A Season of Ruin by Anna Bradley Series: Sutherland Scandals, #2 Paranormal Romance August 2, 2016 Berkley Reviewed by Sheena Lily Somerset’s plan for the London season is simple: courtship, marriage to a respectable gentleman, then the comfortable existence of a proper Lady. That is, until one tiny misstep leaves Lily on the edge of social ruin, forcing her to depend on a wicked rogue to save her reputation. Robyn Sutherland doesn’t save reputations—he sullies them. He'd rather Continue Reading
Review: Hell Breaks Loose by Sophie Jordan
Hell Breaks Loose by Sophie Jordan Series: Devil's Rock, #2 Romance Suspense July 26, 2016 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “By all means, keeping trying. No one likes a quitter.” A single act of rebellion takes a dark turn when the president’s daughter is kidnapped. Grace Reeves has spent her whole life doing what she was told. Everything from her clothing to her dates have been hand picked to further her father's political career. When she slips her security detail for a Continue Reading
Review: Burn Down the Night by M. O’Keefe
Burn Down the Night by M. O'Keefe (Everything I Left Unsaid #3) Released: August 9, 2016 Dark Romantic Suspense/Contemporary Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi Painful. Intense. Emotional. This book made me hurt. It made me hurt and hurt and then the author went deeper and ripped out my heart even more. If you have read the first two books in this series (don't worry, this can be read as a stand alone) you know of Joan and Max. And then you hear these two are somehow going to fall in love in Continue Reading
Review: Waking the Bear by Kerry Adrienne
Waking the Bear by Kerry Adrienne (Shifter Wars #1) Released: August 1, 2016 Paranormal Romance Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Anytime I see a bear-shifter book, I'm interested. There is something about a rugged, mountain bear shifter that makes me roar. This book starts pretty cute. Griff is our hero and a bear-shifter. He is also a park ranger, along with his clan. He is just coming out of hibernation and still sleepy. Awwww. Years ago his family was murdered, and that still weighs Continue Reading
Review: Blood of the Earth by Faith Hunter
Blood of the Earth by Faith Hunter Series: Soulwood, #1 Urban Fantasy August 2, 2016 ROC Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I am not a witch. I am something far more dangerous.” When Nell Ingram met skinwalker Jane Yellowrock, she was almost alone in the world, exiled by both choice and fear from the cult she was raised in, defending herself with the magic she drew from her deep connection to the forest that surrounds her. Now, Jane has referred Nell to PsyLED, a Homeland Security Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Max . MC president. Mutiny left him half dead and a burning need for revenge Heroine: Joan. Con artist, Will do whatever it takes to save her sister from a dangerous cult leader. Can two shattered souls survive their road of redemption? He grinned at me while I danced. Smirked, really. Those lips twisted in his beard. His blue eyes burned right through me. I know you, his expression told me. I know every dirty inch of you. I know the shit you’ve done and the shit you’re going to do Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap Up
This week at Smexy… A review – Dragon in the Blood by Juliette Cross (Sheena) A- review – A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet (mandi) B+ review – True North by Tamsen Parker (mandi) B review – The Highlander by Kerrigan Byrne (may) B review – To Have and To Hold by Serena Bell (kini) B- review – Damaged Good by Ainslie Paton (mandi) C+ review – Why Do Dukes Fall In Love by Megan Frampton (tori) C- review – The Right Kind of Trouble by Shiloh Walker (tori) C- review – Just Kiss Me by Continue Reading
Feature and Giveaway: Burn Down the Night by M. O’Keefe
The only thing that matters to me is rescuing my sister from the drug-cooking cult that once enslaved us both. I’ve run cons my whole life, and I’ll use my body to get whatever I need. Max Daniels is the last connection I have to that world, the one person reckless enough to get involved. Besides, now that his brothers have turned on him, he needs me too. The deal was supposed to be simple: a place to hide in exchange for rescuing my sister. Now he’s my prisoner. Totally at my mercy. But I’m Continue Reading
Review: Just Kiss Me Rachel Gibson
Just Kiss Me Rachel Gibson Romance Contemporary July 26, 2016 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Things To Buy When I’m Rich List: Pink candy house My own ice cream store Beeper-Momma says only drug dealers have beepers-as if! A pool A rabid monkey to bite Henry. Vivien Leigh Rochet (the brat) has reached the pinnacle of success as a Hollywood actress just like she always dreamed. When she learns her momma has passed away, she drops everything and returns home Continue Reading
Review: The Highlander by Kerrigan Byrne
The Highlander by Kerrigan Byrne (Victorian Rebels #3) Released: August 2, 2016 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May Laird Hamish Mackenzie had wanted to craft a monster out of his son and heir. Someone like him. But monsters were mythical, the figments of superstitious imaginations and farcical stories of centuries past. Liam decided he’d be no monster. Nay, he’d do one better. He’d become a demon. This is a third in a series I’ve strongly enjoyed, but easily stands alone Continue Reading