Thief of Hearts by L.H. Cosway Series: Hearts, #5 Contemporary Romance October 4, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "People like you give people like me a soft place to fall. Otherwise we'd just be cold and hard. That's how I was before I met you." Andrea (Andie) Anderson is a widow whose job teaching adults trying to re-enter the world of education and taking care of her cousin is her whole world after her husband passed away. Love is not something she aspires Continue Reading
Review: The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot
The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot (Boy #4) Released: October 18, 2016 Contemporary romance William Morrow Reviewed by May When I saw this book announced I squealed aloud like the twenty something I was when the first of Cabot’s “Boy” series was released over a decade ago. Every Boy’s Got One was one of my first favorite books as an adult, and remains my favorite of all the Cabot books. A new book related to that? I don’t even need the premise I’m sold! Sadly my excitement was short lived, Continue Reading
Review: You Had Me at Christmas Anthology
You Had Me at Christmas Anthology Releases: October 17, 2016 Holiday Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi PLAY by Karina Bliss Jared and Kayla were high school sweethearts, and Kayla always encouraged Jared to follow his musical dreams. Now with two young kids, he has achieved fame. Jared finds himself on tour constantly, and trying to manage his home life without guilt of being away all the time weigh him down. This story presents a marriage in trouble Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Keifer Vassago. The Prince of Dragons. Doesn’t have time for a relationship but sometimes fate takes matters into its own hands. Heroine: Blythe. Human. Just wants to get through nursing school and make her neighbors shut up while she sleeps. A chance meeting with a gorgeous stranger changes her life forever. The scene below gives a whole new meaning to the term-lunch break. “How long’s your lunch break , Blythe?” Keifer asked in the darkness. I closed my Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… B+ review – Texas Tall by Kaki Walker (Western Hist/mandi) B+ review – Single Player by Elia Winters (MM Rom Con/kini) B review – Black Magic Bayou by Sierra Dean (UF/tori) B review – Dark Mafia Prince by Annika Martin (Rom Sus/mandi) B review – Audiobook-Withholding Evidence by Rachel Grant (Rom Sus/mandi) C+ review – Blind Sight by Carol O' Connell (Crime Fic/tori) C review – Enjoy the Dance by Heidi Cullinan (MM Rom Con/mandi) D review – Dust Up with the Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – October 14th
10. I'm ready for the Christmas season! 9. Cover alert! Managed by Kristen Callihan. I loved Idol, and I can't wait for this one!! A video posted by Jason Momoa (@prideofgypsies) on Oct 8, 2016 at 9:17am PDT 8. Jason Momoa's instagram might just be the best thing on the internet. I'll just be over here watching this the rest of the weekend. 6. Hot Topic has a new line of Outlander inspired clothes. Check it out here! here's what the electoral map would look like Continue Reading
Review: Black Magic Bayou by Sierra Dean
Black Magic Bayou by Sierra Dean Series: Genie McQueen. #2 Urban Fantasy October 5, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Hey. The stable called, they want their high horse back.” Genie McQueen is back and ready to rock and roll in the second installment of Sierra Dean’s spin off series-Genie McQueen. Fans will remember meeting Genie in Dean’s parent series-Secret McQueen. Genie is Secret’s sister-same mom, different dad. Unlike Secret, Genie is half werewolf and Continue Reading
Review: Blind Sight by Carol O’Connell
Blind Sight by Carol O’Connell Series: Kathleen Mallory, #12 Mystery/Thriller/Suspense/Crime Fiction September 20, 2016 GP Putman Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: Vengeance is mine, sayith Mallory. A blind child and a Catholic nun disappear from a city sidewalk in plain sight of onlookers. There, then gone - vanished in seconds. Those who witnessed the event still cannot believe it happened. It was all too real. Detective Kathy Mallory and the NYPD's Special Crimes Unit enter the Continue Reading
Review: Texas Tall by Kaki Warner
Texas Tall by Kaki Warner Released: October 4, 2016 Western Historical Berkley Reviewed by Mandi I have really enjoyed so many of Kaki Warner's books, and Texas Tall goes right onto my favorite's shelf. Lottie is one of my favorite heroines so far this year. Lottie was raised by her rancher grandfather and at the age of 14, as he lay dead in his house, she sets it on fire, and heads to the nearest town of Greenbroke, Texas to start a new life. She is taken in by a couple who owns the Continue Reading
Review: Dark Mafia Prince by Annika Martin
Dark Mafia Prince by Annika Martin (A Dangerous Royals Romance #1) Released: June 28, 2016 Romantic Suspense Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I really enjoyed Carolyn Crane's romantic suspense series, The Associates. Super fun and sexy with a ton of action. She also writes under the pen name Annika Martin. I read Prisoner by her and also co-written by Skye Warren and I liked it although it they walked the line of consent in that one for me (heroine was drugged while he had sex with Continue Reading