First Star I see Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips| Series: Chicago Stars, #8 Romance Contemporary/Comedy August 23, 2016 William Morris Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I think I preferred it when you were in love with me.” “Sorry. My meds finally kicked in.” Piper Dove is giving her all to make her family’s business, Dove Investigations, the best agency in the Chicago. Her first job? To shadow retired Chicago Stars quarterback, Cooper Graham. Unfortunately, Cooper has made Continue Reading
Review: Anything But Minor by Kate Stewart
Anything But Minor by Kate Stewart (Balls in Play #1) Released: July 15, 2016 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "You called my penis Jake Ryan." "It's the highest of compliments, I swear!" Tori told me to read this one and we have very similar taste (except for when it comes to big, southern dramas - but that's for another day). Has also recommend this and she is in my trusted reader circle. ALSO, this book is on Kindle Unlimited - how Continue Reading
Review: Wild Embrace (A Psy-Changeling Collection) by Nalini Singh
Wild Embrace (A Psy-Changeling Collection) by Nalini Singh Psy-Changeling Collection, 15.5 Paranormal Romance Released: August 23, 2016 Berkley Reviewed by Sheena The “alpha author of paranormal romance”* presents a stunningly sensual collection of four all-new Psy-Changeling novellas, in which taboos are broken, boundaries are crossed, and instincts prove irresistible... Nalini is an auto-buy, auto-read, auto-fangirl, auto-obsess until the next release and auto-repeat. If you are Continue Reading
Review: Road Tripped by Nicole Archer
Road Tripped: A Romantic Comedy (Ad Agency Series Book 1) Publication Date: August 1, 2016 Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy Twist Idea Labs, LLC/ Self-published Reviewed by Kini Blurb What’s worse than losing everything? Try driving a phallic-shaped RV across the country with your vile womanizing coworker. Copywriter Callie Murphy has a bad attitude, a vicious tongue, and a serious aversion to Shimura Advertising’s resident manwhore, Walker Rhodes. Know where he can stick his Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Rafe. A lothario minor league baseball player about to be called up to the majors any day now. Gorgeous, sexy, and very talented, he wants to play ball with a certain female but she isn't sure she's ready for what she is sure will only be a passing fling. Heroine: Alice. A geeky pilot who is addicted to googling random facts and just moved to town. Raised by a very restrictive mother, she is determined to explore her new found freedom in every possible way. She wants Rafe as much as Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B review - Fight the Tide by Keira Andrews (sheena) C+ review - The Sight by Chloe Neill (tori) C+ review - Jaxson by Alisa Woods (mandi) C+ review - Ethan & Wyatt series by K.A. Mitchell (mandi) C- review - Close to You by Kristen Proby (tori) C- review - To Kiss a Thief by Susanna Craig (mandi) D review - Swear on This Life be Renee Carlino (mandi) August Mini Reviews Cover Reveal: The Goal by Elle Kennedy News from Tori: It’s already Continue Reading
Smexy Deals!
My name is Amelia Gray. I am the Graveyard Queen, a cemetery restorer who sees ghosts. My father passed down four rules to keep me safe and I've broken every last one. A door has opened and evil wants me back. In order to protect myself, I've vowed to return to those rules. But the ghost of a murdered cop needs my help to find his killer. The clues lead me to the dark side of Charleston—where witchcraft, root doctors and black magic still flourish—and back to John Devlin, a haunted police Continue Reading
Review: Fight The Tide by Keira Andrews
Fight The Tide by Keira Andrews Series: Kick at the Darkness, 2 Paranormal Dystopian M/M Romance Released: July 26, 2016 KA Books Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "Dude, I jerked off inside you." "You sure did." A virus that turns the infected into zombie-like killers spreads through a burning world thrown into lawless chaos. Lovers Parker and Adam have escaped to the open sea when they hear a message over the airwaves from a place called Salvation Island—a supposed safe Continue Reading
Review: Ethan & Wyatt Series by K.A. Mitchell
Getting Him Back by K.A. Mitchell (Ethan & Wyatt #1) Released: February 15, 2016 M/M Contemporary Romance Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Both books coming in around 100 pages, this two book series has a HEA in book one, but a further look into their relationship in book two. Ethan decides to go to a more expensive college, to follow his high school boyfriend, but when he gets there, Blake tells him he no longer loves him. Ethan is shocked and devastated and decides he needs a Continue Reading
Audiobook Review: Jaxson by Alisa Woods
Jaxson by Alisa Woods (River Pack Wolves #1) Paranormal Romance July 21, 2016 ListenUp Audiobooks Reviewed by Mandi Former SEAL Jaxson River would give his life for his brothers and his pack, but if he doesn’t claim a mate soon, he’ll be forced to step down as their alpha. There’s only one problem: Jaxson’s dark secret would kill any mate he claimed. With someone kidnapping shifters off the street—and only Jaxson and his brothers, Jace and Jared, to stop them—now is not the time for his Continue Reading