This week at Smexy… A review – The Legendary Lord by Valerie Bowman (Hist Rom/sheena) B+ review– Beautiful Crazy by Kasey Lane (Rom Con/tori) B review – Manatees With Miriam by Vicki Essex ( Rom Con/mandi) B review – The Untouchable Earl by Amy Sandas (Hist Rom Con/sheena B review - Shifter Planet by D.B. Reynolds (PNR Sci Fi/mandi) C+ review-Tru Blue by Melissa Foster (Rom Con/tori) Giveaway-Tru Blue by Melissa Foster News From Tori: It was a slow reading week for me Continue Reading
Review: Matinees with Miriam by Vicki Essex
Matinees with Miriam by Vicki Essex Released: November 1, 2016 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Four years ago, Miriam lost her grandfather and her world turned upside down. Growing up with druggie parents, her grandfather swooped in and gave her a safe, happy place to grow and prosper. He grandfather owned The Crown Theater, a theater built long ago that was an important and well liked place in this small town. Miriam grew up in this theater and loves it just as Continue Reading
Review: The Legendary Lord by Valerie Bowman
The Legendary Lord by Valerie Bowman Series: The Playful Brides, #6 Historical Romance Released: November 1, 2016 St. Martin's Paperbacks Reviewed by Sheena When Christian Forester, Viscount Berkeley, flees the stuffy ballrooms of London for his Scottish hunting lodge, the last thing he expects to find ensconced before his fire is an incredibly beautiful woman. But the plight of lovely young Sarah Highgate, who has run away from an unwanted betrothal, inspires an eminently practical Continue Reading
Review: Beautiful Crazy by Kasey Lane
Beautiful Crazy by Kasey Lane Series: Rock ‘n’ Ink, #1 Contemporary Romance November 1, 2016 Sourcebooks Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I wasn’t broken till you broke me.” Kevan Landry never thought the sexiest more intense one night stand of her life would turn into a nightmare that could ruin her and her fledgling PR company...but it did. Now Kevan will have to put her libido on the shelf and pull up her big girl panties if she wants to save her company. Mason Dillon, CEO of Continue Reading
Cover Reveal!! Downed by Jen Frederick
Blurb 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 woman he should stay away from—his new coach’s daughter. She’s Continue Reading
Review: The Untouchable Earl by Amy Sandas
Review: The Untouchable Earl by Amy Sandas Series:Fallen Ladies, #2 Historical Romance Released: November 1, 2016 Sourcebooks Casablanca Reviewed by Sheena Lily Chadwick has spent her life playing the respectable debutante. But when an unscrupulous moneylender snatches her off the street and puts her up for auction at a pleasure house, she finds herself in the possession of a man who fills her with breathless terror and impossible yearning. Though the Earl of Harte claimed Lily Continue Reading
Review: Tru Blue by Melissa Foster
Tru Blue by Melissa Foster Romance Contemporary November 9, 2016 World Literary Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I don’t want to hurt you.” “Are you that big?” Truman (Tru) Gritt has spent his life trying to protect his family to the extent of going to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. When he is released from prison, he comes home to find his mother dead from a drug overdose, his younger brother in no better condition, and two siblings he had no idea even existed. Continue Reading
*Tasty Book Tour and Giveaway* Tru Blue by Melissa Foster
He wore the skin of a killer, and bore the heart of a lover... TRU BLUE A Sexy Standalone Romance Melissa Foster Releasing Nov 9th, 2016 He wore the skin of a killer, and bore the heart of a lover... There's nothing Truman Gritt won't do to protect his family--Including spending years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. When he's finally released, the life he knew is turned upside down by his mother's overdose, and Truman steps in to raise the children she's left Continue Reading
Review: Shifter Planet by D.B. Reynolds
Shifter Planet by D.B. Reynolds Released: October 26, 2016 Paranormal Sci-Fi Romance Entangled Reviewed by Mandi I first saw this book talked about at Dear Author and immediately realized I was in need of a good shifter book. With a sci-fi feel to it, Shifter Planet gave me much enjoyment. It has a very slow start - please remember that if you decide to read it. But it definitely picks up and after a while, I could not put it down. Set in a futuristic world where humans aka Earthers Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Heroine: Kevan Landry is trying to keep her life on track and her brother in rehab. If her fledgling marketing firm can sign the hot new band, Manix Curse, it will make a world of difference. Hero: Mason Dillon heads the most successful music PR firm in Portland. He's desperate to breathe new life into the company by signing Manix Curse. The stakes are high when a battle for the band-in the bedroom and the boardroom-becomes a battle of the heart. But if these two can set aside their Continue Reading