Hero: Quinn Bradford. Keyboardist for the hot rock band-Shaken Dirty. Abusive childhood. Loved Elise but had to leave her in order to get his life together. Heroine: Elise McKinney. World famous concert pianist. A former rival of Quinn's on the concert circuit. Loved Quinn but never forgave him for leaving her when she needed him most. This sexy second chance romance is brimming with humor, steamy love scenes, and an emotional catharsis of sorts that brings together two childhood frenemies Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A+ review – Loving You Easy by Roni Loren (sheena) B review- Sunrise Crossing by Jodi Thomas (tori) B review- Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen (tori) B review- All I Want by Nicole Helm (mandi) C+ review – Last Kiss Of Summer by Marina Adair (mandi) C review – Called Up by Jen Doyle (kini) Smexy's Top Ten September Mini Reviews Tori’s News: Guardian’s Mate by Jennifer Ashley-The 9th installment of Ashley’s Shifter’s Unbound series gives us the romance Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – September 9th
10. I love me a wired ear bud, y'all. 9. News from Nalini Singh!!! Her next Psy-Changeling book is..... Silver Silence ...is the title of the next Psy-Changeling book. I'm sure you can all guess who the heroine is! Silver Silence kicks off season two of the series. The books in season one all had three-word titles, but for this next arc of the series, we're switching it up to two-word titles. (Yes, we like to live dangerously :D). The series title will also be changing slightly from the Continue Reading
Review: Loving You Easy by Roni Loren
Loving You Easy by Roni Loren Series: Loving on the Edge, 9 Contemporary Romance Released: September 6, 2016 Intermix Reviewed by Sheena IT specialist Cora Benning has figured out the key to her formerly disastrous love life—make it virtual. In the online world of Hayven, she’s free of her geek girl image and can indulge her most private fantasies with a sexy, mysterious master without anyone in her life discovering her secrets. Until her information is hacked and she finds herself Continue Reading
Review: Sunrise Crossing by Jodi Thomas
Sunrise Crossing by Jodi Thomas Series: Ransom Canyon, #4 Romance Contemporary/Womens Fiction September 1, 2016 HQN Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I have so many dead relatives floating around upstairs, I may have the Baptist preacher do an exorcism.” “Don’t you mean a priest?” “No, I asked him. He said if he cast out all the ghosts in this county, he’d lose half his congregation.” Yancy Gray ran away from home at 14 years old and after a stint in prison and an Continue Reading
September Mini Reviews
Tori's Mini Reviews: Winner Takes All by Erin Kern Series: Championship Valley, #1 Romance Contemporary Grade: D When I picked up Winner Takes All, I was expecting a steamy, sexy antagonistic romance combined with a conflict that deals with a scandalized ex-football star and his chance at redemption through coaching his former high school football team to glory. We sort of get this but the road to redemption is paved with a long rambling story that struggles to assert itself and is Continue Reading
Review: Called Up by Jen Doyle
Called Up by Jen Doyle Series: Called It, #2 Contemporary Romance Carina Press August 29, 2016 Reviewed by Kini There's one thing Max "Deke" Deacon can always count on besides his old high school teammates: Angelica "Fitz" Hawkins. But no matter how much Deke might secretly fantasize otherwise, a relationship with one of his best friends is off limits. Until one unexpectedly smoldering encounter has Deke and Fitz giving in to the feelings they've both been fighting for far too Continue Reading
Review: Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen
Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen Series: Brooklyn Bruisers, #1 Romance Contemporary/Sports September 6, 2016 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “We don’t have one-night stands, Georgia. We have forever-night stands.” Leonardo "Leo" Trevi’s dream of being drafted into the major leagues has finally come true when he is picked up by a professional hockey team-the Brooklyn Bruisers. This talented player is shocked to find his new home comes with some old baggage- namely a certain Ms. Continue Reading
Review: Last Kiss of Summer by Marina Adair
Last Kiss of Summer by Marina Adair (Destiny Bay #1) Released: August 30, 2016 Contemporary Romance Forever Reviewed by Mandi After catching her long-term boyfriend cheating on her, and giving up her dreams of moving to South America with him and to start life together, Kennedy is down in the dumps. Wanting nothing but the comfort of home, Kennedy drives straight to her grandmother’s house for some pampering. Her grandmother gives her much more – a chance at a real future where Kennedy Continue Reading
Smexy Deals from Rachel Harris, Lisa Kessler, & Jeannie Lin!!
Love is one dare neither of them can take… Arabella Stone, Nashville’s darling, is eager to shuck her prim-and-proper rep, and a few wild months spent checking items off her “summer bucket list” is the way to do it. First up: kiss the man she’s crushed on since she wore a training bra, the bad boy of country himself, Blue bassist Charlie Tucker. For Charlie, a beautiful woman flirting with him isn’t out of the norm—but a beautiful woman bolting after the hottest kiss of his life sure is. And Continue Reading