BLURB: Luke Rogan’s assignment is simple: secure young Elijah Scoffield and his mother and bring them back to headquarters—just an ordinary mission for an operative of the Dark Alliance. But Elijah is no ordinary kid. He’s the grandson of one of the country’s most influential politicians—a man privy to the Alliance’s most valuable secrets, including its centuries-long connection to the Knights Templar. And someone else is attempting to capture the boy—someone who's proven he doesn’t give a damn Continue Reading
Review: Altered by Marnee Blake
Altered by Marnee Blake Released: December 8, 2015 Paranormal Romance Entangled Reviewed by Mandi The premise of this book really drew me in. The heroine wakes up, and the entire small town she lives in is dead. (Okay, that's not awesome but I do like end of the world type scenarios). The heroine somehow survives and the hero who is just visiting along with some other friends make it. They gain superpowers (well water was infected) and save the world. Not really, but super-hero romance Continue Reading
Our Thoughts on Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning
Mandi: Let me quickly recap. The first five Fever books are my everything. Iced was amazing. Burned - eh - I didn't love it. It felt like a filler book. I was disappointed with Jada and Mac and Barrons drama. (Previous reviews) Feverborn - more of the same disappointment. Where are we going in this story? What are we heading to? Did anything really happen in this book?? Sheena and I are going to break it down. Please be aware there are SPOILERS Continue Reading
Review: Once Upon a Marquess by Courtney Milan
Once upon a Marquess by Courtney Milan (The Worth Saga #1) Released: December 8, 2015 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by May “When you say this particular situation is difficult, did you mean needing to dispose of this fellow here, or were you referring to the fact that we were going to get married until I proved your father and brother were traitors?” She looked up at him with wide, outraged eyes, and stared ahead with compressed lips. Better. If she was going to hate Continue Reading
BDSM Clubs, Voyeurism, and Cameras are Today’s Smexy Deals!
Kindle I Nook I iTunes I Kobo-$.99 On the run from her abusive fiancé, ER doctor Mallory Bryant arrives at her sister’s Connecticut resort desperate for a place to restore balance to her life. But Club Inferno is more than a haven for the rich and fashionable. Beneath its elegant facade, dominants and submissives play out their fantasies. At first, Mallory is wary of Max Spencer, the martial arts trainer acting as her bodyguard—until he introduces her to passion so intense she wants nothing Continue Reading
Review: Appealed by Emma Chase
Appealed by Emma Chase (The Legal Briefs #3) Released: January 19, 2016 Contemporary Romance Gallery Books Reviewed by Mandi Brent and Kennedy were neighbors, friends and eventually lovers as they grew up. But this young love story ends before a HEA can be found. In high school, Kennedy gets humiliated and she thinks Brent set her up for a very hurtful ordeal. They lose touch and both move on with their lives. Brent goes on to become a successful criminal defense attorney, and Kennedy Continue Reading
Review: Breaking Fate by Georgia Lyn Hunter
Review: Breaking Fate Series: Fallen Guardians #2 Paranormal Romance Released: September 15, 2015 Self- Published Reviewed by Sheena An immortal without a soul is bad enough. But when his only tether to remaining honorable is his addiction to bone-crushing pain, it makes Blaéz a dangerously loose cannon. A Guardian sworn to protect mortals from supernatural evil, Blaéz straddles the edge of darkness as his needs grow. When a good deed brings him to the doorstep of a female unlike any Continue Reading
Review: War Chest by Lynne Connolly
War Chest by Lynne Connolly Series: Even Gods Fall in Love, #5 Historical Romance/PNR January 12, 2015 Samhain Reviewed by Tori Bearing little resemblance to her beautiful sister Rhea made it easy for Ruth to secure the job of governess to the Duke of Lyndhurst s wards. The babies are Rhea s. Rhea is dead. And Ruth s suspicions are aimed squarely at the powerful, magnificent, brooding duke. At the very least, she means to ensure her sister’s twins are raised properly. A task she Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Jared Marshall. Lawyer. Baker. Band member. Needs to convince his worse enemy, the Red Queen, to join the family firm if he wants his freedom. Heroine: Madlyn Robicheaux aka the Red Queen. Lawyer. Villian. Or is she? Her life has been spent protecting her family...but who will protect her when she falls? He unclipped his seatbelt as she turned to demand to know why he’d stopped. Planning to warn her not to upset his parents, his mouth crashed into hers instead. Mint, Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B+ review - The Score by Elle Kennedy (tori) B review - Hard Knocks by Ruby Lang (mandi) B review- Sated by Rebekah Weatherspoon (mandi) B review - Crazed by Edie Harris (mandi) B review - One Love Multicultural Boxed Set (helyce) C+ review - Everything She Wanted by Jennifer Ryan (tori) C+ review - The Dirt on the Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones (tori) C- review - Giving it Up by Audra North (helyce) The Sutherlands and Reach Out & Read Continue Reading