All Wound Up by Jaci Burton Series: Play By Play, #10 Contemporary Romance/Sports August 4, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “He has great hands...Great control of his balls.” When Tucker Cassidy’s crazy girlfriend of two months pushes to move in with him, his resounding no ends with him on the ground, trying to recover from a knee to the groin. Lucky for him, the good doctor is in. Dr. Aubry Ross only wanted to get some more wine for her parent’s party but duty Continue Reading
Review: A Lady’s Guide to Skirting Scandal (The Lords of Worth #2.5) by Kelly Bowen
Review: A Lady's Guide to Skirting Scandal (The Lords of Worth #2.5) by Kelly Bowen Historical Romance Released: August 4, 2015 Forever Yours Reviewed by Sheena Lady Viola Hextall is bored—of the ocean, her chaperones, and the woeful lack of available dukes on the ocean voyage from London to New York. Scrambling for any diversion short of jumping overboard, Viola strikes up a conversation with the ship's rough-hewn, blue-eyed surgeon—and discovers an immediate cure for what ails her... Continue Reading
Review: Make You Burn by Megan Crane
Make You Burn by Megan Crane (Deacons of Bourbon Street #1) Released: August 4, 2015 Motorcycle Club Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi This book had potential - I was even a little excited when I first started reading it. A motorcycle club romance set in New Orleans. It starts off gritty and sexy. Ajax was a member of the Deacons of Bourbon Street motorcycle club (MC). But ten years ago, near the time Katrina hit, he left the club to become a mercenary. I wish I could elaborate on why Continue Reading
Test Your Regency Filth: A Quiz
Test Your Regency Filth: a quiz Test your knowledge of filthy Regency slang and the dark side of human linguistic inventiveness with this simple quiz! There are twelve words. Three of them mean testicles, three mean penis, three refer to anal sex, and three are for pimps and brothel-keepers. Can you work out which word goes into which group? There are traps… Answers below the covers! Backgammon player Buttock Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Anthony. As a young man, falls in love with Gabriel, but Gabriel gets married to a woman. Curse the fates!! Will they ever find each other again? Hero: Gabriel. Loves Anthony, but feels guilty and tries to prove to himself he can desire a woman. Then she dies and the guilt he feels over it all! Will he ever be able to give himself fully to Anthony? “So, Mr. Tilden, you have come knocking at my door.” A hint of a puzzled furrow wrinkled Gabriel’s brow. Then his eyes Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy.... A review - Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews (mandi and tori) B+ review - Brown-Eyed Girl by Lisa Kleypas (mandi) B review - Bad News Cowboy by Maisey Yates (mandi) B- review - The Lessons by Elizabeth Brown (tori) C+ review - Dare to Rock by Carly Phillips (tori) C+ review - The Veil by Chloe Neill (tori) C review - Falling Under by Lauren Dane (helyce) D review - Spun by Shyla Colt (mandi) DNF review - The Long Fall of Night by AJ Rose (mandi) Wicked Wednesday: Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – August 7
10. That's a lot of love folks - because I LOVE another two hours left to sleep. 9. Hey a new author alert! Joelle Knox! Sound familiar? No? Does Moira Rogers/Kit Rocha sound familiar? Yes? They have another pen name and another series coming out! This makes me happy. According to Heroes & Heartbreakers, it's a contemporary, not quite as dirty as their Kit Rocha O'Kane series - and it's more of a, rip your heart out story. I'll take it. Per their website: Anything but Continue Reading
Review: Brown-Eyed Girl by Lisa Kleypas
Brown-Eyed Girl by Lisa Kleypas (Travis Family #4) Releases: August 11, 2015 Contemporary Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: Lowering his head, Joe murmured, "You're not in charge. I am." I went still. For some reason, hearing those soft words while he was pinning me down like that sent a deep, deranged thrill through me. His voice curled hotly in my ear. "You belong to me, and I'm going to have you. Here and now." Oh Joe Travis. We've waited a very, very long Continue Reading
Review: Bad News Cowboy by Maisey Yates
Bad News Cowboy by Maisey Yates Released: July 28, 2015 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi The third book in the Copper Ridge series (I hear there are more coming!), I've enjoyed the heck out of this entire series. We finally get Jack and Kate's story. Kate's two older brothers have already had books. Owning a family ranch with two, grumpy and cranky brothers, Kate has a lot of grief in her life. With no parents as a role model, she has grown up with two loving brothers, Continue Reading
Review: The Veil by Chloe Neill
The Veil by Chloe Neill Series: Devil’s Isle, #1 Urban Fantasy August 4, 2015 NAL Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “There are monsters in both worlds...and friends of neither.” Seven years ago, the Veil that separates humanity from what lies beyond was torn apart, and New Orleans was engulfed in a supernatural war. Now, those with paranormal powers have been confined in a walled community that humans call the District. Those who live there call it Devil's Isle. Claire Donnelly Continue Reading