(This is a novella of approximately 36,000 words. Also included is a two-chapter preview of Do You Want to Start a Scandal, releasing 9/27/16.) Beautiful and elegant, Miss Diana Highwood is destined to marry a wealthy, well-placed nobleman. At least that's what her mother has loudly declared to everyone in Spindle Cove. But Diana's not excited by dukes and lords. The only man who makes her heart pound is the village blacksmith, Aaron Dawes. By birth and fortune, they couldn't be more wrong Continue Reading
Review: The Sight by Chloe Neill
The Sight by Chloe Neill Series: Devil’s Isle, #2 Urban Fantasy August 16, 2016 NAL Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "My duct tape brings all the boys to the yard." The paranormal war that engulfed New Orleans seven years ago is over. But the battle for the city is just beginning . . . Claire Connolly is a Sensitive, infected with magic when the Veil that divides humanity from the world beyond fell. Magic can easily consume and destroy a Sensitive, and if Claire’s secret is Continue Reading
August Mini Reviews
Tori: Worked up by Tessa Bailey Romance Contemporary Grade: B+ Tessa Bailey certainly brings her A game as she introduces us to a pair of commitment phobics whose marriage of convenience opens the door to more than they could have ever imagined. Humor, outrageous chemistry, wild unpredictable sex, and some mild angst helps to build a page-turning erotically charged romance when a pouty, growly, giant of a factory worker finds his world turned upside down when he meets a sexy, upbeat Continue Reading
Smexy Deals!
From Jodi Picoult, one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction, comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish -- and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence. Until the phone calls came at 3:00 A.M. on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of Continue Reading
Review: Close to You by Kristen Proby
Close to You by Kristen Proby Series: Fusion, #2 Romance Contemporary August 9, 2016 William Morris Reviewed by Tori Camilla LaRue (Cami) has had a crush on Landon Palazzo since she was 5 years old. As the years went by, her crush deepens to love but Landon never treated her like more than his sister’s best friend. When he leaves for the Navy immediately after graduation, Cami is heartbroken. Though they stayed in contact, Landon never came home and Cami had no choice but to move on. Continue Reading
Cover Reveal!! Elle Kennedy’s The Goal
The Goal is the 4th book in the Off-Campus Series Release date is September 26th 2016 Pre-Purchase Links Amazon I Nook I Kobo I iBooks She’s good at achieving her goals… College senior Sabrina James has her whole future planned out: graduate from college, kick butt in law school, and land a high-paying job at a cutthroat firm. Her path to escaping her shameful past certainly doesn’t include a gorgeous hockey player who believes in love at first sight. One night of sizzling Continue Reading
Top Ten Reasons to Read: Worked Up by Tessa Bailey
Factory mechanic Duke Crawford just wants to watch SportsCenter in peace. Unfortunately, living with four divorcee sisters doesn’t provide much silence, nor does it change his stance on relationships. But when a fellow commitment-phobe stumbles into his life, getting him good and worked up, he can’t deny his protective instincts. Samantha Waverly’s brother just put her in an impossible situation. The only way out? Marry huge, gruff, gladiator look-alike Duke—for show, of course. She doesn’t Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Blood of the Earth by Faith Hunter (tori) A review - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (mandi) A review - Burn Down the Night by M. O'Keefe (mandi) B- review - A Season of Ruin by Anna Bradley (sheena) B- review - Freight Trained by Sarah Curtis (tori) C+ review - Hell Breaks Loose by Sophie Jordan (tori) C+ review - May the Best Man Win by Mira Lyn Kelly (kini) C review - Waking the Bear by Kerry Adrienne (mandi) Guest Author Maisey Yates Smexy's Top Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – August 12
10. We have our game face on today at Smexy. We are going beast-mode on the top ten. No time for shenanigans! 9. NAKED DIVERS!!! (okay not really - but I can watch a synchronized dive any day) #Shenanigans 8. Orlando Bloom went nakey paddle boarding recently. There are pics...if you want a quick glance. Or a longer glance.... (go here - but NSFW!!!!) 7. I was a big fan of the Netflix series, Jessica Jones but I admit - my favorite part was when Luke (played by Mike Colter) Continue Reading
Winners!
The two winners of The Hating Game by Sally Thorne are: Mary Beth Suzette Lowe Congrats! Emails have been sent. Continue Reading