One Hot December by Tiffany Reisz (Men at Work #3) Released: November 22, 2016 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I have loved, loved, loved this three-book (all stand alone) holiday contemporary series by Tiffany Reisz. One Hot December features a heroine who is a welder, with short spiky hair and goes by the name Flash (aka Flashdance from the movie), although she also answers to the name Veronica. Flash has worked for a few years for Ian's company - the only female Continue Reading
Review: Sweet Cheeks by K. Bromberg
Sweet Cheeks by K. Bromberg Contemporary Romance November 14, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Hope you brought your A-game, Whitney.” 10 years ago, the love of Saylor Rodgers’s life left without so much as a goodbye. A year ago she broke her engagement because once again she wasn’t what someone wanted. Now she sits staring at an invitation to her ex fiance's wedding. In her curiosity, she RSVPs. Now she is stuck attending a wedding she doesn’t want to attend Continue Reading
Joint Review: Brutal Game by Cara McKenna
Brutal Game by Cara McKenna (Flynn and Laurel #2) Released: November 22, 2016 Contemporary Romance Self Published Eight months ago, Laurel walked into an underground boxing gym and found herself mesmerized by a stranger named Flynn—a man who fights hard and loves harder. Since then he’s taken her places where fear and curiosity clash in exquisite pleasure, where trust is the price of ecstasy, and in time their brutal games have become her kink as much as his. But when real Continue Reading
Feature and Giveaway – The Dare and the Doctor by Kate Noble
“With her usual witty writing and exquisite flair for characterization, Noble offers [The Lie and the Lady]. The effortless manner in which she wrote. The Lie and the Lady as a separate love story while at the same time gracefully connecting it to The Game and the Governess and cleverly hinting at what is to come in the series is nothing less than brilliant.” —Booklist (STARRED REVIEW, The Lie and the Lady) Dr. Rhys Gray and Miss Margaret Babcock are friends—strictly friends. But Continue Reading
Review: Leopard’s Fury by Christine Feehan
Review: Leopard's Fury by Christine Feehan Series: Leopard People, #9 Paranormal Romance Released: November 8, 2016 Mass Market Paperbacks Reviewed by Sheena A ruthless criminal unleashes his most feral desires in the new Leopard novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wild Cat. Passion melts the will of an ice-cold criminal when he meets the one woman who can tame the beast inside him. Favorite Quote: "Now please do as I ask so I am not forced to Continue Reading
Review: Holiday with a Twist by Shannon Stacey
Holiday With a Twist by Shannon Stacey Holiday Novella Released: November 21, 2016 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi When Leigh hears that her parents are going to sell the home she grew up in, she gets guilted into going home for three weeks over Christmas to help her parents organize and start to pack. Taking three weeks vacation time isn't hard because she just quit her job.....and broke up with her fiance. Knowing her sister has a baby and is getting divorced, and this sister is Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Gabriel Scott. Manager to the rock band. Arrogant and condescending. Can't believe he's stuck in first class next to a lunatic. Heroine: Sophie Darling. Free spirit. On her way to England for a job interview. Can't believe she's stuck next to such a stick in the mud. Let the games begin!! It hits me like a fist to the gut: she has been, yet again, fucking with me. She distracted me from takeoff. So effectively, I hadn’t even felt the plane lift. Now I’m stuck between grudging Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A review – Split by J.B. Salsbury (Rom Susp/helyce) B+ review– Someone to Love by Mary Balogh (Hist Rom Con/mandi B+ review – Daring Fate by Megan Erickson ( PNR/mandi) B review – Cherish Her by Stacey Lynn (Rom Con/tori) B review – Prude by Jordan S. Gray (Rom Con NA/tori) C+ review-Hold Me Cowboy by Maisey Yates (Rom Con/mandi) C+ review-Holding Out For A Hero by Codi Gray (Rom Con/sheena) Smexy's Top Ten November Mini Reviews News From Tori: Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten is Baaaaaaaack – November 18th.
10. I'm full of excuses for not doing a top ten the past few weeks. Moving out of our house to get our floors done, unpacking, life in general. I love an excuse! *wink* Now, excuse me while I go bathe in taters and gravy for the rest of the month. 9. Are we all watching Pitch? Zack Morris has grown up, y'all. Bearded, muscley, a little grouchy, jaded. Catching balls. Lots of balls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvW_L8sTu5E 8. So, sooooooooo excited for this movie!!!! 7. Another Continue Reading
Review: Hold Me Cowboy by Maisey Yates
Hold Me Cowboy by Maisey Yates (Copper Ridge Desire #2) Released: November 8, 2016 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "I do find it a little bit amusing that you got cock-blocked by a snowbank." Madison has been celibate for ten years due to some past emotional turmoil and she is ready for some action. Like - really, really ready. After meeting a salesman at her family's ranch, she invites him to a remote cabin for a weekend of no-strings-attached sex. Continue Reading