Once and Always by Julia Harper Releases: February 24, 2015 Contemporary Romance Forever Reviewed by Mandi I'm a big fan of Elizabeth Hoyt's historical Maiden Lane series so when I heard she was starting a new contemporary series under the name Julia Harper, I perked up. Unfortunately, I want to go back to Maiden Lane and leave the town of Coot Lake, Minnesota. I love a big snow storm in a romance book. It makes me feel cozy and there is always a cabin involved where the hero and Continue Reading
Review: Bringing Home the Bad Boy by Jessica Lemmon
Bringing Home The Bad Boy by Jessica Lemmon (Second Chance #1) Contemporary Romance January 27, 2015 Forever Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: Evan Downey needs a new beginning. Since the death of his wife five years ago, the brilliant tattoo artist has shut himself away in a prison of grief that not even his work can break him out of-and what's worse, Evan knows his son Lyon is bearing the brunt of his seclusion. Moving back to the lake town of Evergreen Cove where he spent his Continue Reading
Review: Soulbound by Kristen Callihan
Soulbound (Darkest London, #6) by Kristen Callihan Paranormal Romance/Historical Paperback February 24, 2015 Forever Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I want the possibility of you.” Adam, King of the GIMs, was cursed by the Queen of the Fairies, Mab, and given 700 years to find his soul mate to break the curse or his soul would be hers for eternity. When Adam meets Eliza May, he knows she is the other half of his soul but in his haste to break the curse, he alienates her and any Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Garrett Graham. College hockey player stud. Needs a tutor for one class and begs Hannah Wells (aka Wellsy) for assistance. She wants nothing to do with him. He wants everything to do with her. Heroine: Hannah Wells. Music major. Lusts after a guy named Justin, but then Garrett barges into her life and won't leave her alone. He exasperates her and it's damn adorable. “Does that feel good?” My voice sounds low and strangled to my ears. Hannah nods, her Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Driven by Fate by Tessa Bailey (erotic/sheena) A review - Radiance by Grace Draven (fantasy/mandi) B review - Better When He's Bold by Jay Crownover (new adult/tori) C+ review - If the Viscount Falls by Sabrina Jeffries (historical/may) C+ review - The Highest Tide by Marian Perera (steampunk/mandi) C+ review - Playing by the Greek's Rules by Sarah Morgan (contemporary) D review - A Barlow Lens by Elizabeth Noble (m/m / tori) Chapter Reveal: The Other Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – February 20th
10. Take a sip of your cup o'books and enjoy your Friday. (link) 9. It's always a happy day when Tessa Dare reveals a new cover and blurb! And what an adorable blurb it is... On the cusp of her first London season, Miss Madeline Gracechurch was shyly pretty and talented with a drawing pencil, but hopelessly awkward with gentlemen. She was certain to be a dismal failure on the London marriage mart. So Maddie did what generations of shy, awkward young ladies have done: Continue Reading
Review: Radiance by Grace Draven
Radiance by Grace Draven (Wraith Kings #1) Released: February 2015 Fantasy Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi THE PRINCE OF NO VALUE Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers Continue Reading
Review: Playing by the Greek’s Rules by Sarah Morgan
Playing by the Greek's Rules by Sarah Morgan (Puffin Island #.5) Released: January 20, 2015 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "As a matter of interest, what is your goal in relationships?" "Orgasm." He gave her a slow smile and she felt herself turn scarlet. I'm very excited for the start of Sarah Morgan's new Puffin Island series - book one, First Time in Forever will release next week. We get a tiny peek at a future heroine in this book as she is Continue Reading
Get to Know Author Meghan March
Meghan March Beneath This Ink (Beneath #2) Release Date: February 12th, 2015 Blurb: I’ve always known she was too good for me, but that never stopped me from wanting her. And then I finally had her for one night. A night I don’t remember. I figured I’d blown my shot. But now she’s walked back into my life, and this time, I have the upper hand. I want my second chance. Will she be able to see the man beneath this ink? -What profession other than Continue Reading
Review: Driven by Fate by Tessa Bailey
Driven by Fate by Tessa Bailey (Serve #5) Erotic Romance/Light BDSM Entangled Brazen Released: February 16, 2015 Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: She’d worn Converse and ripped jeans to a BDSM club. Was she serious? Tessa Bailey is trolling the shit out of me. That is the only way this author can be so damn erotically hypnotic and good at these books. In the fifth installment of the Serve series, we meet our most explosive couple yet. First, the cover is gorgeous! Loved it. Continue Reading