Carry Your Heart by K. Ryan Series: Carry Your Heart, #1 Contemporary Romance July 14, 2015 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I could choose to be miserable or I could choose to be happy. I was going to choose to be happy.” Isabelle (Iz) Martin has come home to Claremont, NC after leaving Duke University and her boyfriend. Her mother’s death and her father’s depression convinces Iz she is needed at home more than ever. When her father demands she get a job or get out, Continue Reading
Review: Willow and the Wolf by Elizabeth Kelly
Willow and the Wolf by Elizabeth Kelly (The Shifters #1) Released: May 31, 2015 Paranormal Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I like to pick up shifter books and it had been a while since I read one so I accepted this review request. This is a very light-hearted paranormal story that didn't do a lot for me. Malcolm is a wolf shifter who runs a security firm for paranormals. They can hire him and his staff for extra protection if they feel they need it. Malcolm hires a human Continue Reading
Review: Tyed by L.J. Shen
Tyed by L.J. Shen (California Love #1) New Adult Released: June 1, 2015 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce Favorite Quote: “I’m so out of my depth here. The sport, the blood, the men...the Ty. I’m not even sure how he drilled himself into my head, but I’ll probably outgrow our encounter within the next couple of days. It looks like Brain and Hormones are in for a fight. Just as long as Heart stays out of the ring.” Blaire is a college student, about two months away from graduation. Continue Reading
Review: The Best of Both Rogues by Samantha Grace
Review: The Best of Both Rogues (Rival Rogues #3) by Samantha Grace Historical Romance Released: July 7, 2015 Sourcebooks Casablanca Reviewed by Sheena Lady Eve Thorne was devastated when Mr. Benjamin Hillary left her at the altar. She’s no longer that starry-eyed young woman, and now that he’s back, he can go hang... At least that’s what she keeps telling herself. Eve has a new man in her life, and Ben is nothing but trouble. The worst thing Benjamin Hillary ever did was abandon his Continue Reading
Review: The Perfect Bargain by Julia London
Review: The Perfect Bargain by Julia London Contemporary Romance Released: June 30, 2015 Entangled: LoveStruck Reviewed by Sheena American lass seeks brawny Scot... As if being newly single isn’t brutal enough, Sloane Chatfield's friends are getting obnoxious about setting her up. When Sloane insists she's waiting for a certain sexy fictional Highlander to come along, her friends surprise her with a trip to Scotland to find her a new boyfriend. She’d rather have a root canal. But if Continue Reading
Wattpad Feature: Pleasure Doing Business
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