Act Like It by Lucy Parker Contemporary Romance Released: November 2015 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi You make Mr. Darcy look like the poster child for low-self esteem. This book has been out for a few months and I've had a lot of people text me, email me and tweet me and say - READ IT! So I bought it and then it got buried on my Kindle (seriously, how many book are buried on my kindle??) and I kind of forgot about it. But I finally read it and I fell in love. This book is adorable, it's sexy Continue Reading
Review: Jockblocked by Jen Frederick
Jockblocked by Jen Frederick Series: Gridiron, #2 New Adult February 11, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...Sometimes taking a risk gives you big rewards.” “And you’re that big reward?” “You won’t know unless you give me a try.” Warrior Linebacker Matthew “Matty” Iverson is entering his last year of college eligibility and is up for the position of team captain. That is if he can get their quarterback, Ace Anderson, to shift to the safety position. Easier said than Continue Reading
Feature: Debt by Rachel Dunning
Debt by Rachel Dunning - coming March 2016 - $.99 Pre-Order Sale The Debt Collector I pay my debts, and I expect others to. I was raised in the slums of London, I knew nothing of privilege. My father was murdered when I was seventeen. Morty figured my father's passing meant I would automatically take on dad's debts. I refused. And I paid for that refusal. So did my sister. So now I fight. All I know how to do is fight. The best cash is in the states, so that's where I am now. A big Continue Reading
Review: The SEAL’s Secret Lover by Anne Calhoun
The SEAL's Secret Lover by Anne Calhoun (Alpha Ops #1) Contemporary Romance Released: February 2, 2016 St. Martin's Reviewed by Mandi I've had great success with Anne Calhoun in the past, but this book did not work for me. Rose Powell has a demanding job in a field of all men. When she finds out her brother, a former Navy SEAL decides not to accompany their grandmother and her friends to Turkey for a vacation at the last minute, Rose grudgingly fills in. She doesn't want to let her Continue Reading
Tori’s Day Trip to Coastal Magic Con 2016 and Giveaway
Saturday I headed up to Daytona Beach to attend the Coastal Magic Convention. Jennifer Morris aka @HappyTwilighter hosts a fabulous reader/author convention every year called Coastal Magic Convention in Daytona Beach, Florida. CMC is a smaller convention that focuses on bringing readers and authors together in an intimate setting that faciliates more one on one interaction. This three day event starts on Thurday and ends on Sunday. From big name authors to those just starting Continue Reading
Review: Dirty Ride by Chantal Fernando
Dirty Ride by Chantal Fernando Series: Wind Dragons MC, #3.5 Romance Suspense/Novella February 8, 2016 Pocket Star Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "I did what I wanted to do from the very beginning." Irish has hovered on the edges of this series since book one. We don’t know much about him beyond being an enforcer for the Wind Dragons but we do know might get us killed. When he meets a sexy redhead at the local watering hole, he turns on the charm only to find himself firmly Continue Reading
The Relaunch of the Lucani Lovers series by Stephanie Julian
This six-book paranormal (werewolf) romance series was previously published but is being rewritten and freshly edited. When I dreamed up the idea for the Lucani Lovers, I started with the thought that I wanted to do a series about werewolves simply because they’ve always fascinated me. I also knew I wanted to set my stories in my Etruscan Magic world. I already had the mythology laid out for my Darkly Enchanted and Magical Seduction series. I just needed a few defining factors. My Continue Reading
Review: Resplendent Rush by Bella J
Review: Resplendent Rush by Bella J Resplendence Series, Book 2 Contemporary Romance Released: January 11, 2016 Liquid Silver Books Reviewed by Sheena Lexi is a vivacious, quirky, and fiercely independent woman with enough attitude and wit to intimidate even the most confident of men. Levi is a sexy-as-hell, cocksure, smoldering hot marine blessed with smooth swagger and cool confidence to charm his way into any woman’s bed. The one thing they have in common, though, is their Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Wes Stone. Back from Afghanistan with some nerve injuries. Recluse. Lives in a cabin. Bearded. Wears flannel. Blushes and stutters when he gets nervous. Hates people, loves dogs and has a sheep with a limp. Makes organic dog treats. (do we love him yet??) Heroine: Cara Pruitt. Helps her sister at her farmer's market stand. Isn't driven to have a big career. Flirts a lot and likes to think dirty things. This causes a certain someone to blush and stutter. On Wes being a Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A+ review - Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat (mandi) A review - Virtue's Lady by Jessica Cale (sheena) B+ review - The Fall of the Red Queen by Lexxi Callihan (tori) B review - Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb (tori) B review- Against the Wall by Jill Sorenson (tori) B review - The Hunter by Kerrigan Byrne (may) B review - Carolina Dreaming by Virginia Kantra (mandi) B review - The Halfling by H.D. Gordon (mandi) Mandi's February TBR Smexy's Top Ten Smexy Continue Reading