My Cowboy Promises by Z.A. Maxfield (The Cowboys #4) Released: June 16, 2015 Contemporary M/M Intermix Reviewed by Mandi The blurb says Ryder Dent is a "true-blood cowboy" and while it may run in his family, I wouldn't consider him a cowboy. He works at his father's farm store and lives in Texas. That's about as cowboy as he gets. Ryder is gay but hardly anyone knows. When his friend Andi was teenager, she got pregnant by a rodeo star and didn't want anyone to know he was the father. Continue Reading
Review: A New Hope by Robyn Carr
A New Hope by Robyn Carr (Thunder Point #8) Contemporary Romance June 30, 2015 Mira Ginger Dysart came to Thunder Point at the lowest point in her life. Lost in her grief following the death of her son to SIDS, her parents feared that she’d never break out of the dark void she’d made for herself. Out of ideas, they ask their niece Ray Ann to have Ginger out for a visit. RayAnne’s take charge attitude was exactly what Ginger needed to make some changes. Surrounding Ginger with people who Continue Reading
Review: A Pound of Flesh by Sophie Jackson
A Pound of Flesh by Sophie Jackson (A Pound of Flesh #1) Contemporary Romance/New Adult Released: June 9, 2015 Gallery Books Reviewed by Sheena Their love is forbidden. But won't be denied... Can true love heal the deepest scars? For Kat Lane, teaching inmates at a New York prison is her way of upholding the legacy of her beloved father, murdered fifteen years ago. But when new student Wes Carter walks into her classroom, she's shaken by the strength of her attraction to him. Carter is Continue Reading
Review: Lucky by Ryanne Hawk
Lucky by Ryanne Hawk Series: Inked Menace, #1 PNR May 12, 2015 Fused Publishing Reviewed by Tori Cecelia Marks is on the run. After whistle-blowing on an oil tycoon and small arms dealer, the worldly twenty-five-year-old finds solace on her new path of yoga, tattoos, and the simple pleasures life has to offer, until a phone call threatens her safety and she becomes the center of a war between rival motorcycle clubs. Lucky Miller hung up his three years ago. The reclusive Sigma Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
HEROINE: Doe-Homeless. Desperate. Hungry. HERO: King-Notorious. Dangerous. Hungry. King’s future hangs in the balance. Doe’s is written in her past. When they come crashing together, they will have to learn that sometimes in order to hold on, you have to first let go. “I thought I made it clear that I owned you,” he growled. His nostrils flared. “Your debt has yet to be paid, pup.” “So, kill me already, and get it over with,” I said hoarsely, in Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap Up-6/27
This week at Smexy… A review– Hide and Keep by K. Sterling (contemporary mm/helyce) B+ review – Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley (contemporary/tori) B review – Claimed by the Highland Wolf by Stephanie Marks (historical pnr/sheena) B review – Moonlight on Nightingale Way by Samantha Young (contemporary/tori) B- review – True Devotion by Liora Blake (comtemporary/tori) C+ review – Paladin by Sally Slater (fantasy/mandi) C- review – Bengal's Quest by Lora Leigh (pnr/helyce) Top Continue Reading
Smexy Top Ten-June 26
So once again Mandi took off with that man and left me here all alone. Sad and Lonely. All alone. SOB But that's okay because the top ten is now ALL MINE!! BAWAHAHAHAHAHAHA *clears throat* BACON!!!!! 10. Praise...BACON!! Did you all know there is a church of bacon? Me neither. The United Church of Bacon. A real live honest to God church based in Las Vegas, NV. If I hit RT2016 I am definitely going here. Founded by John Whiteside, he wanted to address and protest the Continue Reading
Review: True Devotion by Liora Blake
True Devotion by Liora Blake Series: True, #2 Contemporary Romance June 22, 2015 Pocket Star Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “If I wanted to be sexually assaulted by a bottle of awful body spray, Simon, I’d go hump a cologne display in a drugstore.” Devon Jenkins, sister to famous rock star, Trevor “Trax” Jenkins, has been playing a game with her brother’s sexy infuriating band mate for two years. Every since they met and he tried to lay some cheesy lines on her, it has been an Continue Reading
Claimed by the Highland Wolf (The Clan MacGregor Book 1) by Stephanie Marks
Claimed by the Highland Wolf (The Clan MacGregor Book 1) by Stephanie Marks Paranormal Romance/Historical Released: May 09, 2015 Red Dagger Reviewed by Sheena As the doted upon daughter of the chief of Clan Gordon, Glenna had always been comforted by the knowledge that when it came time for her to wed she would be allowed to make a love match. But that was before word spread throughout the highlands that the savage and bloodthirsty clan chief, Alastair MacGregor, was on the move. Continue Reading
Review: Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley
Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley Series: Chaos, # 3 Contemporary Romance/MC June 30, 2015 Forever Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “If she’s the girl and you’re it for her…then you’ll ride steady.” Carissa Teodoro thought she had it all. A good husband, a nice home, and a baby on the way. Then she caught her husband cheating on her. Now she and her son live in a run down apartment complex with no support coming in and a car that’s on it’s last legs. When a sexy biker stops to help her Continue Reading