About Lovegame: True Crime novelist Ian Sharpe has spent his career writing about serial killers for very personal reasons. For his latest exposé, he is taking on the sadistic madman known as the Red Ribbon Strangler, and when his research leads him to Hollywood’s most private and provocative actress, he will break every rule to uncover her truth. The daughter of one of Hollywood’s golden couples, chased by paparazzi and treated as a commodity her entire life, Veronica Romero wields her Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt (mandi) B+ review - Claiming Her by Kris Kennedy (mandi) B review - Torn by Cynthia Eden (tori) B review - Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas (mandi) B review - Dirty Sexy Inked by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde (tori) B review - The Darkest Torment by Gena Showalter (tori) C review - The Wicked Duke by Madeline Hunter (tori) C review - Alien Warrior's Mate by Nancey Cummings (sheena) Feature: Gambled Away Continue Reading
Mandi’s June To-Be-Read
Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh - June 14. Slave to Sensaion, book one in this series, released TEN years ago!! Wow. What a great series this has become. Kindle l Nook Idol by Kristen Callihan - June 7. Love Callihan's Game On series, and now she is moving to rock stars?? Yasssss. I hear this has a jaded rock star and a grumpy heroine. This excites me greatly. Kindle The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz - June 28. I hear this is a big departure from her Sinners series - and I'm Continue Reading
Review: Claiming Her by Kris Kennedy
Claiming Her by Kris Kennedy (Renegades & Outlaws #1) Released: May 6, 2016 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: He was magnificent. What a terrible, terrible thing. Any moment now, he was going to do something wild and barbaric. What a fun book. A rebel Irish hero, with the sides of his head shaved and tattoos covering his body. And a heroine, loyal to the English throne, who has kept her Irish castle from invaders for years....until the hero Continue Reading
Review: Alien Warrior’s Mate by Nancey Cummings
Alien Warrior's Mate by Nancey Cummings Series: Alpha Alins of Fremm, #3 Contemporary Romance Released: April 29, 2016 Menura Press Reviewed by Sheena Stranded on an abandoned planet with my fated mate. Vera can’t stand me, which is fine by me because I don’t like people much, especially humans. Especially voluptuous human women with liquid dark eyes and lips that begged to be kissed and curves that fit perfectly against my warrior’s physique. Our ship crashed and now we’re stuck for who Continue Reading
Giveaway: Outlander Kitchen Cookbook by Theresa Carle-Sanders
*** This giveaway has ended. A winner was chosen over the weekend. I'm a big Outlander fan, so when the publisher gave me the chance to give this Outlander-themed cookbook away, I thought it would be fun. Each recipe has a short excerpt from a book in the series as a companion. For example: It's really cute - I love cookbooks like this. This doesn't release until June 14, so the winner gets it early! I'll choose a winner on Saturday. Open to everyone - to Continue Reading
Review: Dirty Sexy Inked by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde
Dirty Sexy Inked by Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde Series: Dirty Sexy, #2 April 5, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “She owned his heart. She was the other half of his soul.” Mason Kincaid and Katrina (Kat) Sands have been best friends for years since the day Mason stepped in to save Katrina from a trio of bullies. From that day on, they watched out for one another and shared their deepest secrets. Now older, Kat is the manager of Mason’s tattoo shop and they remain as Continue Reading
Review: The Darkest Torment by Gena Showalter
The Darkest Torment by Gena Showalter Series: Lords of the Underworld (LOTU), #12 Paranormal Romance May 31, 2016 Harlequin Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...I’m a girl and girls are made of...” “Sugar and spice,” he interjected, remembering the rhyme. “Wrong. Girls are made of vodka and ice. The two combined increase our tolerance for masculine nonsense.” Driven to his death by the demon of Distrust, Baden spent centuries in purgatory. Now he's back, but at what cost? Continue Reading
Review: The Wicked Duke by Madeline Hunter
The Wicked Duke by Madeline Hunter Series: Wicked, #3 Historical Romance/Mystery May 31, 2016 Jove Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Thank you for the lesson in county etiquette. Whatever would I do without you, Ives? No doubt just bumble along, embarrassing myself.” Lancelot (lance) Hemingford, Duke of Aylesbury, has been languishing away at the family estate for nine months. Suspected of murdering his brother, his remaining siblings felt it best for him to stay out of sight and Continue Reading
Review: Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas
Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas (The Ravenels #2) Released: May 31, 2016 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi I enjoyed this book more than book one, so yay for that! We meet Rhys and Helen in book (although this can be read as a standalone). They fall in love in book one, they get engaged in book one. What's left for this book, right? Well, at the end of book one (omg I'll stop saying "book one") they have a fight and they break up. This is where book two starts. Rhys was Continue Reading