Getting to HEA While writing the eighth book in the Beyond series, I tweeted once or twice about needing Kleenex while writing because shit was getting seriously real. There may have been jokes about death tolls rising and my co-writer and me being on a mad killing spree. It started as a joke, but what followed was the magic that makes Twitter so fun—a spontaneous discussion of the promise of HEA in a romance series and whether that promise extends beyond the end of the Continue Reading
Review: Primal Instinct by Tara Wyatt
Primal Instinct by Tara Wyatt (Bodyguard #2) Released: May 31, 2016 Romantic Suspense Forever Reviewed by Mandi Book two in this bodyguard series, I didn't enjoy the suspense part as much but the romance worked well for me. Taylor has had a hit record that made her a very big music star. But now she is in a rut - trying to find that creative juice to make another record under the pressure of a deadline. She also had a tiny incident on a plane, that involved joining the mile high Continue Reading
Review: Rock Steady by Dawn Ryder
Rock Steady by Dawn Ryder Series: Rock Band, #2 Erotic Romance Contemporary June 7, 2016 Sourcebooks Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Look, it’s too early in the morning for your commitment issues.” Ramsey is a well known and seemingly jaded guitarist with the band Toxsin. His fame, fortune, and rumored sexual prowess has not only made him a legend but also the target of a scorned groupie. When he tosses her aside after a one night stand, she gets her revenge by getting him Continue Reading
Audible Sale – What We Recommend
Audible has 150 of its books on sale right now, and here is what I (Mandi) have enjoyed: The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith - $4.95. Book one of a three book series so far....Robert Galbraith is the pen name for JK Rowling. This is adult murder mystery with an ADORABLE grumpy private detective and his temporary assistant who becomes his permanent assistant (and a slow course to love interest). I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this series. Book 3 is the best, but you need to listen to them in Continue Reading
Review: Mr. and Mr. Smith HelenKay Dimon
Mr. and Mr. Smith by HelenKay Dimon (End of the Line #1) Released: May 24, 2016 M/M Romantic Suspense Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi Fisher is a covert paramilitary operative, meaning he keeps a lot of secrets. His life and job depend on his ability to not tell these secrets and to catch bad guys. In recent weeks, he met and has fallen hard for a man named Zach - and he has worked very hard to keep Zach a secret from his employer. So when he comes home one day and his house has been Continue Reading
Winner!
The winner of the Outlander Kitchen Cookbook is: Nonnash Congrats! An email has been sent. Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
About Lovegame: True Crime novelist Ian Sharpe has spent his career writing about serial killers for very personal reasons. For his latest exposé, he is taking on the sadistic madman known as the Red Ribbon Strangler, and when his research leads him to Hollywood’s most private and provocative actress, he will break every rule to uncover her truth. The daughter of one of Hollywood’s golden couples, chased by paparazzi and treated as a commodity her entire life, Veronica Romero wields her Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt (mandi) B+ review - Claiming Her by Kris Kennedy (mandi) B review - Torn by Cynthia Eden (tori) B review - Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas (mandi) B review - Dirty Sexy Inked by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde (tori) B review - The Darkest Torment by Gena Showalter (tori) C review - The Wicked Duke by Madeline Hunter (tori) C review - Alien Warrior's Mate by Nancey Cummings (sheena) Feature: Gambled Away Continue Reading
Mandi’s June To-Be-Read
Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh - June 14. Slave to Sensaion, book one in this series, released TEN years ago!! Wow. What a great series this has become. Kindle l Nook Idol by Kristen Callihan - June 7. Love Callihan's Game On series, and now she is moving to rock stars?? Yasssss. I hear this has a jaded rock star and a grumpy heroine. This excites me greatly. Kindle The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz - June 28. I hear this is a big departure from her Sinners series - and I'm Continue Reading
Review: Claiming Her by Kris Kennedy
Claiming Her by Kris Kennedy (Renegades & Outlaws #1) Released: May 6, 2016 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: He was magnificent. What a terrible, terrible thing. Any moment now, he was going to do something wild and barbaric. What a fun book. A rebel Irish hero, with the sides of his head shaved and tattoos covering his body. And a heroine, loyal to the English throne, who has kept her Irish castle from invaders for years....until the hero Continue Reading