Until Tomorrow by Annie Kelly Series: Flirting with Trouble, #2 Romance Contemporary March 15, 2016 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Carson Tucker is a recovering addict. Currently working as a tutor, she is only nine credits shy from getting her masters degree in teaching. Frequent anxiety attacks caused her to self medicate. She dropped out of graduate school and floated along in a drug induced haze until her friends stepped in and forced her to take a look at where she was heading. Now six Continue Reading
Review: Jackson’s Trust by Violet Duke
Jackson's Trust by Violet Duke (Fourth Down #1) Released: March 8, 2016 Contemporary Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi I really wanted this to work for me because I love sports romance. This features a hero who is a sports analyst and a heroine who has a new job as a sports sideline reporter, both working for the same large sports network. But from the very beginning, this story never quite grabbed me. Leila is very well versed in sports, especially football, so when her new boss Continue Reading
Review: Asking For More by Lilah Pace
Asking For More by Lilah Pace Series: Asking for it, #2.5 Erotic Romance/Novella March 15, 2016 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “How can I save you when you're the one saving me?” Jonah and Vivi have been through the gauntlet but have survived and are trying to deal with being in a relationship that isn’t just built on their sexual fantasies. When an accident occurs while indulging in their play, Jonah takes it far more serious than warranted, causing Vivi to realise the Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
"I whisper against her neck, and my cock thumps in my pants when she shivers." Hero: Hawke Therrien. All-Star NHL hockey player. Likes to party hard. Has a beard. Left the love of his life years ago after miscommunication, but now she is his team's new athletic trainer. He has a thumping cock. Heroine: Vale Campbell. Moves in with her dad after his cancer diagnosis. Left Hawke years ago due to some things, now has a calm, steady life. But then she sees Hawke again..... Hawke Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy.... A review - Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop (tori) B+ review - Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs (tori) B+ review - Soulless by T.M. Frazier (sheena) B review - The Incubus Job by Diana Pharaoh Francis (mandi) B review - Bitter Bite by Jennifer Estep (tori) B review - Seven Black Diamonds by Melissa Marr (mandi) B- review - The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel (mandi) C+ review - Delicate Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan (mandi) New Covers: Thompson and Sons series by Continue Reading
Review: The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel
The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel (Central Corps #1) Released: March 8, 2016 Science Fiction (no hea) Harper Voyager Reviewed by Mandi I don't read a ton of Sci-Fi but I'm always open to trying a new series. I picked up this book one night and read the first 100 pages and I was totally engaged. Elena is an engineer who is on a short break on a colony - and much out of character, picks up a hottie mctottie at a bar one night. This hottie is named Trey, and he is a space pirate. Oh Continue Reading
Review: Delicate Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan
Delicate Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan (Montgomery Ink #1) Released: October 2014 Contemporary Romance Fated Desires Publishing Reviewed by Mandi This book is free on Amazon and it's hard for me to pass up a tattoo artist hero, so I tried it. I liked it - I didn't love it, but I'll read book two in the series (there are four books out with two more coming this year). Austin comes from a large family - like eight siblings or something. His family is very close and very important to him. He Continue Reading
New Covers for Thompson & Sons Series by Vivian Arend!
New covers for a series that’s not quite finished? What are you up to, Viv? Well, it turns out in my excitement of becoming a newbie self-publisher two years ago, I got a little carried away. First, I was certain I’d be able to finish writing the entire Thompson & Sons series in one year. Oh, innocent enthusiasm… Turns out being a writer AND a publisher takes more time. Who knew?? ;) So I got my cover artist to make the complete set, and then I had to actually, you know, write the Continue Reading
Review: Seven Black Diamonds by Melissa Marr
Seven Black Diamonds by Melissa Marr Released: March 1, 2016 YA Fantasy HarperCollins Reviewed by Mandi Blurb: Lilywhite Abernathy is a criminal. Her father’s “unconventional” business has meant a life of tightly held secrets, concealed weaponry, and a strict code. But Lily’s crime isn’t being the daughter of a powerful mob boss. Her guilt lies in the other half of her DNA—the part that can coax ancient rumors from stones and summon fire with a thought. Lily is part fae, which is a Continue Reading
Review: Bitter Bite by Jennifer Estep
Bitter Bite by Jennifer Estep Series: Elemental Assassin, #14 Urban Fantasy February 23, 2016 Pocket Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "I have a bad feeling about this..." Which is stronger: blood ties or a battle-tested friendship? It’s not easy being queen bee of an underworld abuzz with crooks and killers. Wielding my potent Ice and Stone elemental magic will only get me so far—my real secret is my tight-knit makeshift family, a motley crew of cops and criminals, dwarves Continue Reading