This week at Smexy... B+ review - Pucked by Helena Hunting (erotic/mandi) B+ review - The Friend Zone by Kristen Callihan (new adult/tori) B+ review - Last Kiss by Jessica Clare and Jen Frederick (suspense/tori) B review - Midnight's Kiss by Thea Harrison (pnr/tori) B review - All For You by Laura Florand (contemporary/mandi) C+ review - Colin by Sotia Lazu (erotic/mandi) C review - Hide Your Heart by Tracey Alvarez (contemporary/mandi) D review - Win by Submission by Melynda Price Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – May 8th
MAY THE FIRTH BE WITH YOU AM I DOING THIS THING RIGHT pic.twitter.com/ZrMP7FqpMc — citizenrobot (@citizenrobot) May 4, 2015 10. Yeah Yeah Yeah - May the Fourth Be With You - but next year it's going to be all about The Firth!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=24&v=wVJwUOVhaFQ 9. A cute video from Julie James that talks about her inspirations for her books and why she writes romance. Goodreads is also giving away 100 copies of Something About You, the first book Continue Reading
Review: Wild Heat by Lucy Monroe
Wild Heat by Lucy Monroe (Northern Fire #1) Released: April 28, 2015 Contemporary Romance Forever Reviewed by Mandi Kitty is returning to her hometown after a horribly abusive marriage and dealing with an eating disorder. Deciding to help her aunt and her aunt's two good friends help run their bed and breakfast, Kitty is ready for this new direction in her life. What she isn't ready for is to see her first crush and her former best friend, Tack. Tack runs a tour company for all of Continue Reading
Review: Hide Your Heart by Tracey Alvarez
Hide Your Heart by Tracey Alvarez (Far North #1) Released: April 18, 2015 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Lauren Taylor had a very busy modeling career and a husband in New York City, until said husband abused her one too many times. Fleeing, she takes her young son back to her home country of New Zealand. She has become a car mechanic and restorer of classic cars and has moved onto a large piece of property she will share with her brother....and to her surprise, Continue Reading
Review: All For You by Laura Florand
All For You by Laura Florand (Paris Hearts #1) Released: May 2015 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Célie and Joss grew up together in a not so great part of France. Célie is a few years younger than Joss, and her older brother was kind of friends with Joss, so she ran in the same circles with him. Célie has always had a crush on Joss. Joss, has always had a crush on Célie, but couldn't do much about it seeing that she was just a teenager. All Joss wanted to do was Continue Reading
Wicked Wednesday: Riding off into the Sunset with the Anti-Hero
When a big scary biker shows up at Jimmy’s Diner fifteen minutes before the end of my shift—covered in tattoos and looking at me like I’m on the menu—I should flip the open sign to closed. But I don’t. I’m too used to doing what I’ve been told. Too used to working and struggling and surviving to do anything different. A closed sign wouldn’t stop him anyway. He’s here to collect a debt. And I’m the only one left to pay. (Blurb for Shari Slade’s Ride Me Hard) Goodreads l Amazon Ride Me Continue Reading
Review: Last Kiss by Jessica Clare and Jen Frederick
Last Kiss by Jessica Clare and Jen Frederick Series: Hitman, #3 Romance Suspense Released: May 5, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “We are all strange in our own way.” Vasily is one of the Bratva’s top enforcers. Changes in circumstances and his own views has Vasily deciding the Bratva needs a complete overhaul to make room for a new path and a new leader In order to do this, he makes a deal with the council. If he brings them a lost artifact that is rumored to be Continue Reading
Review: Midnight’s Kiss by Thea Harrison
Midnight’s Kiss by Thea Harrison Series: Elder Races, #8 Paranormal Romance May 5, 2015 Berkley Sensations Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Oh soldier, how did we come to such a place?” Midnight’s Kiss picks up right where Night’s Honor left off. The Nightkind (vampyres) demesne is currently engaged in a battle over the throne, with Julian Regillus, the reigning king, and Justine, a powerful council member, at it’s center. Melisandre (Melly), heir to the Light Fae throne, is Continue Reading
Review: The Friend Zone by Kristen Callihan
The Friend Zone by Kristen Callihan Series: Game On, #2 Contemporary Sports Romance/NA May 5, 2015 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “The sum of my existence equals you.” Gray Grayson has it all. A top NFL draft pick; he has the looks, the moves, and the reputation of being a playa but when he is forced to borrow his soon to be agent’s daughter's pink Fiat for the summer, he discovers the one thing he has been missing. Ivy Mackenzie is spending a year abroad with Continue Reading
Review: Win by Submission by Melynda Price
Win by Submission by Melynda Price (Against the Cage #1) Released: April 28, 2015 Contemporary Romance Montlake Reviewed by Mandi I haven't had much luck in reading MMA books lately. What does this mean? Where are my awesome fighters who meet awesome heroines? Cole fractures his spine during a fight - and it's bad. So bad, he ends up in a wheelchair and the doctors say there isn't much else they can do for him. So bad he will probably walk with crutches the rest of his life. His Continue Reading