Recently I've been chatting with the folks at Wattpad about featuring some of their most popular romance stories at Smexy Books. If you are not familair with Wattpad, it's a free online reading platform where people can post stories, fan fiction, poems etc. There are thousands of stories uploaded every day. Today we are going to feature Pleasure Doing Buisness. I have not read this male/male story yet - this top ten list was created by the romance department at Wattpad. It looks very smexy Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Smexy Books is going old skool this Sunday with a flashback to one of my favorite books-The Secret by Julie Garwood. Sometimes the "smexy-est" aspect of a book for me is the build up to the romance. The time the couple spends getting to know one another and dealing with their developing feelings. Add in humor and a cast of well devloped characters and I'm a goner I have been a fan of Garwood's stories for years and frequently re read her historicals when I need some good old Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap Up
This week at Smexy... A review - How to Marry a Royal Highlander by Vanessa Kelly (sheena) B+ review - Earth Bound by Christine Feehan(tori) B+ review - Serving Pleasure by Alisha Rai (mandi) B+ review - The Duke Can Go To The Devil by Erin Knightly (sheena) B+ review - Call on Me by Roni Loren (sheena) B review - Truly Madly Montana by Fiona Lowe (helyce) B- review - Scandalous Intentions by Amanda Mariel (may) C+ review - Flight From Death by Yasmine Galenorn (tori) C+ review - Home Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – July 10
10. #Bacon 9. Larissa Ione is writing a M/M book set in her Demonica world! It will be published through Riptide and releases in September. I'm not current with the series, but I would like to try a m/m from this author. Looking forward to it. Goodreads l Riptide 8. Ooooooh - a new Sherlock teaser pic!! A 90-minute Victorian special assumed to be released around Christmas time - we don't know a lot about it, but we do know it's the only special we will get until season four airs Continue Reading
Review: Home by Morning by Kaki Warner
Home by Morning by Kaki Warner (Heroes of Heartbreak Creek #3) Released: July 7, 2015 Historical Western Berkley Reviewed by Mandi I've been anticipating Thomas and Prudence's (Pru) book for quite some time. First meeting in Heartbreak Creek, these two have danced around a romance for quite some time. Thomas is half white, half Cheyenne Indian. Pru is half white, half black, born to an enslaved mother. Living in the late 1800's, these two don't always have the easiest time in life. They Continue Reading
Review: The Duke Can Go to the Devil by Erin Knightly
Review: The Duke Can Go to the Devil (Prelude to a Kiss #3) by Erin Knightly Historical Romance Released: July 7, 2015 Signet Reviewed by Sheena After her mother’s death, May’s sea captain father sends her halfway around the world to live with his stodgy sister in England. The summer festival in Bath made for a lovely distraction, but now she can’t wait for her father’s return so she can leave this country, its suffocating rules, and one infuriatingly proper nobleman in particular Continue Reading
Review: Truly Madly Montana by Fiona Lowe
Truly Madly Montana by Fiona Lowe (Medicine River #2) Contemporary Romance July 7, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Millie Switkowski arrives back in Bear paw following her first year of medical school to do her first clinical rotation at the local clinic/hospital. She’s happy to be home and is looking forward to being the best “man” at her friend Josh’s wedding. Josh would have had his buddy, Will Barlett, by his side, but Will couldn’t get time off from work so Millie was the next Continue Reading
Review: Flight From Death by Yasmine Galenorn
Flight From Death by Yasmine Galenorn Series: Fly by Night, #1 Urban Fantasy July 7, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I didn’t survive this long by opening my mouth at the wrong time, dude.” I’m Shimmer, a blue dragon shifter. Thanks to a mistake, I was exiled from the Dragon Reaches and sentenced to work for Alex Radcliffe, a vampire who owns the Fly by Night Magical Investigations Agency. Now, not only do I have to adapt to Earthside culture, but every time I turn Continue Reading
Review: Serving Pleasure by Alisha Rai
Serving Pleasure by Alisha Rai Released: June 16, 2015 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Serving Pleasure is a very strong romance - I've been so impressed with Alisha Rai's stories recently. I hope she writes more and more. Micah Hale was a successful artist in London, but after a vicious attack where he almost died, he lost his energy and passion. He moves to the US for a fresh start, but becomes a hermit. Rarely leaving his house or socializing, he has tried to Continue Reading
Review: Scandalous Intentions by Amanda Mariel
Scandalous Intentions by Amanda Mariel (Ladies and Scoundrels #2) Historical Romance Released: June 18, 2015 Self Published Reviewed by May "Lord Luvington is a notorious rake who found himself in need of an upstanding wife. If not for his circumstances, he would never have tried courting me. I think it serves me best to remember that." Lord Julian Carrington, Maequess of Luvington was not a respectable man nor did Lady Sarah Roseington want anything to do with him. Why does he want to Continue Reading