Broken Prince by Erin Watt Series: The Royals, #2 Romance Contemporary/YA Releases: July 25, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori These Royals will ruin you… From wharf fights and school brawls to crumbling lives inside glittery mansions, one guy tries to save himself. Reed Royal has it all—looks, status, money. The girls at his elite prep school line up to date him, the guys want to be him, but Reed never gave a damn about anyone but his family until Ella Harper walked into his Continue Reading
Review: The Emperor’s Arrow by Lauren D.M. Smith
The Emperor's Arrow by Lauren D.M. Smith Released: July 18, 2016 Fantasy Romance Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi When I saw that this debut author was the winner of the 2015 So You Think You Can Write contest sponsored by Harlequin, I was excited to try it. I also love to try fantasy romance and this one seemed to fit the bill. I initially loved the world and the heroine - but by the end of the book, I had many frustrations. Evony is our heroine and she is an Amazzi warrior. She comes Continue Reading
Review: Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton
Cream of the Crop (The Hudson Valley Series Book 2) Publication Date: July 12, 2016 Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy Gallery Books Reviewed by Kini Blurb Manhattan’s It Girl, Natalie Grayson, has it all: she’s a hot exec at a leading advertising firm, known industry-wide for her challenging and edgy campaigns. She’s got a large circle of friends, a family that loves her dearly, and her dance card is always full with handsome eligible bachelors. What else could a modern Continue Reading
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Sela Halstead lost her innocence in a way that no sixteen-year-old should ever have to endure. She’s spent years trying to forget that night even while wondering about the identities of the monsters who brutalized her—until a telltale tattoo flashes across Sela’s TV screen. The incriminating ink belongs to Jonathon Townsend, the millionaire founder of The Sugar Bowl, a website that matches rich older men with impressionable young women. Obsessed with revenge, Sela infiltrates Townsend’s world, Continue Reading
Review: Steadfast by Sarina Bowen
Steadfast by Sarina Bowen (True North #2) Released: July 12, 2016 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Oh Sarina Bowen - you know how to break my heart, fill it with angst and then patch it all back up. You meet Jude in the first book, Bittersweet but this can be read as a stand alone. Jude became addicted to opiates (pills, heroine) and was able to hide that part of himself from his steady girlfriend, Sophie for a long time. I used to be so proud of the way I kept Continue Reading
Review: Wanderlust by Roni Loren
Wanderlust by Roni Loren Contemporary Romance Released: July 19, 2016 Intermix Reviewed by Sheena Restaurant critic Aubrey Bordelon is never at a loss for words to describe her meals in the fancy restaurants of New Orleans. But after her magazine’s high-profile music reporter falls ill, she finds herself out of her element and in a sea of screaming fans awaiting Wanderlust’s lead singer, Lex Logan. The sound of his voice gives her goosebumps, and the stage presence of the hard-bodied Continue Reading
Review: One Minute to Midnight by Nico Rosso
One Minute to Midnight by Nico Rosso (Black Ops: Automatik #2) Released: July 18, 2016 Romantic Suspense Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: He moved down her body like a thundercloud, full of electric power and silent strength. Ben and Mary both work for the Black Ops company, Automatik, and their latest assignment is to travel to a town called Morris Flats, suspected of being the center of a gunrunning ring. Ben and Mary know each other, but haven't worked together as Continue Reading
Review: Racing to You by Robin Lovett
Racing To You by Robin Lovett (Racing Love #1) July 5, 2016 Samhain Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: Love—the one roadblock they never expected. Aurelia is living her dream, teaching for a year in the south of France. Except it’s all going wrong. The carefree culture is challenging her academic goals, and her students are so difficult that she wants the unthinkable: to give up and go home. Meeting Terrence doesn’t help. When he’s not training for the Tour de France, the cocky pro Continue Reading
Sunday Scene with J.R Ward’s The Angels’ Share
Today SmexyBooks is pleased to share a non-exclusive excerpt from The Angels' Share, J.R Ward's much anticipated second installment in her drama-licious Bourbon Kings series. Here is my mini review of The Bourbon Kings, book one, which I LOVED. Excerpt from THE ANGELS’ SHARE by J. R. Ward Toyota trucks were not supposed to go seventy-five miles an hour. Especially when they were ten years old. At least the driver was wide awake, even though it was four a.m. Lizzie King had a Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B+ review - Once Upon a Moonlit Night by Elizabeth Hoyt (mandi) B+ review - The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz (tori) B+ review - Fast Connection by Megan Erickson and Santino Hassell (mandi) B- review - Loving a Lawman by Amy Lillard (mandi) C+ review - His to Protect by Stacey Lynn (tori) C+ review - Struck by Eros by Jenn Windrow (mandi) C+ review - Enough by Jade Chandler (tori) Smexy's Top Ten News from Mandi: I finished listening to The Body Reader by Continue Reading