Dissension by Stacey Berg (Echo Hunter 367 #1) Released: March 15, 2016 Dysopian/Sci Fi Harper Voyager Reviewed by Mandi Blurb: For four hundred years, the Church has led the remnants of humanity as they struggle for survival in the last inhabited city. Echo Hunter 367 is exactly what the Church created her to be: loyal, obedient, lethal. A clone who shouldn’t care about anything but her duty. Who shouldn’t be able to. When rebellious citizens challenge the Church’s authority, it is Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Valentino "Tino" Moretti. An enforcer for the mob. There is only one woman for him but he knows he can't keep her. Heroine: Brianna. Tino's sister's best friend and a broadway dancer. Has loved Tino forever and will do whatever it takes to stay with him. “I need it mean,” he whispered against her neck as he licked and sucked, stopping short of marking her. This was supposed to be about Brianna, but for the first time, he was taking it how he wanted it, and he didn’t know why Continue Reading
J.C. Daniel’s Shares the Blurb for Shadowed Blade-Kit Colbana #5
We here at Smexy Books are SUPER excited that J.C. Daniel's has decided to share the blurb for Shadowed Blade with us. We are all HUGE fans and can't wait to read this new release. Something wicked this way comes… The arrival of a very important person in her office seemed to be the start of a lot of problems for Kit Colbana, investigator extraordinaire. Claiming that he needed somebody with her special skillset, he sends her on a series of jobs that made little to no sense until one Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B+ review - Us by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy (tori) B review - Out of Frame by Megan Erickson (mandi) B review - Reid's Deliverance by Nina Crespo (sheena) B review - Not a Mistake by Amber Belldene (mandi) B- review - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett (mandi) C+ review - Asking for More by Lilah Pace (tori) C+ review - Until Tomorrow by Annie Kelly (tori) C- review - Jackson's Trust by Violet Duke (mandi) C- review - Her One True Love by Rachel Brimble Continue Reading
Review: Her One True Love by Rachel Brimble
Her One True Love by Rachel Brimble Released: March 15, 2016 Historical Romance Kensington Reviewed by Mandi Jane has loved the town's squire, Matthew, for as long as she can remember. They have been friends, but when Matthew married a woman named Elizabeth, Jane was devastated. Some time later it becomes public knowledge that Elizabeth has had an affair, and left her husband. This causes great scandal obviously, and leaves Matthew very upset. He feels as though he has failed as a Continue Reading
Review: Us by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy
Us by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy Series: Him, #2 Romance Sports Contemporary, MM, LGBT, March 11, 2016 Rennie Road Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Love is friendship set on fire.” Can your favorite hockey players finish their first season together undefeated? Five months in, NHL forward Ryan Wesley is having a record-breaking rookie season. He's living his dream of playing pro hockey and coming home every night to the man he loves–Jamie Canning, his longtime best friend turned Continue Reading
Review: Not a Mistake by Amber Belldene
Not a Mistake by Amber Belldene (Hot Under Her Collar #1) Released: March 15, 2016 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi On the night she graduates from seminary, Jordan Sykes finds herself in bed with Dominic Lawrence, the ethics professor she’s crushed on for years. Two months later, she discovers she’s pregnant and is determined to hide it to protect his career. Maybe, if she loves her new church like hell, they won’t fire her for being a single mother. Dominic Continue Reading
Review: Reid’s Deliverance by Nina Crespo
Reid's Deliverance (The Song #2) by Nina Crespo Contemporary Romance Released: March 15, 2016 Lyrical Press Reviewed by Sheena Lauren isn't looking for love when she spends a scintillating night with Reid, the sexy keyboardist of Thane's Redemption. While their passion may be off the charts, her trust issues--and Reid's secret life as a time-traveling covert agent--makes any chance for a relationship impossible. When operatives involved in a mysterious project begin dying, Reid Continue Reading
Review: Hawke by Sawyer Bennett
Hawke by Sawyer Bennett (Cold Fury #5) Released: March 15, 2016 Contemporary Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi I love hockey romance and Sawyer Bennett does a nice job with this series. In this book we get Hawke, star defenseman for the NHL's Cold Fury, in North Carolina. This is a second chance romance trope, as Hawke and Vale were in love at the start of his career. They were both big into partying hard. They loved hard, partied hard, and had a lot of sex. And then one night Vale Continue Reading
Review: Out of Frame by Megan Erickson
Out of Frame by Megan Erickson (In Focus #3) Released: March 15, 2016 M/M Contemporary Romance Intermix Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "You are the cutest ginger on the seven seas." I love this series by Megan Erickson, featuring road trip romance. This time, we leave the car at the dock and go cruising. J.R has been part of a reality show for the past year, traveling around the world with his cast mates. Trip League was a reality show in its third season. The cast was billed as Continue Reading