When Elizabeth Shelton finds her boss murdered, her life is thrown into turmoil. But nothing shocks her more than learning she's pregnant by the victim’s son. She kept her attraction to mogul Whit Adair hidden for years before their one-night tryst—and now she must keep another secret. When the killer targets her next, Whit goes from her one-time lover to her full-time bodyguard. Taking her to his ranch for safekeeping, Whit discovers the truth about the baby. He offers his protection, but Continue Reading
Review: A Barlow Lens by Elizabeth Noble
A Barlow Lens (Circles, #2) by Elizabeth Noble Romance Suspense/MM E book, 152 Pages Dreamspinner Press January 14, 2015 Reviewed by Tori A Barlow Lens is the second book in Noble’s Circle series. A sexy little lightweight romantic suspense that uses the past to fix the future. Our heroes, Wyatt and Va,l are busy planning their wedding and getting ready for the Belmont Stakes when an old friend asks for help in solving a decades old mystery. Wyatt and Val shift though the surviving Continue Reading
Review: The Highest Tide by Marian Perera
The Highest Tide by Marian Perera (Eden #4) Released: February 17, 2015 Steampunk Samhain Reviewed by Mandi One touch, and the tide isn’t all that’s rising. When brothel health inspector Jason Remerley finds a uniformed woman waiting impatiently in the Velvet Court parlor, wanting to hire a man’s services, he’s struck by lightning. His intense, immediate attraction compels him to pretend his way into her arms. Enough silver, and most men forget about Captain Lera Vanze’s half-burned face. Continue Reading
Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Keep Dancing by Leslie Wells
Last year Tori enjoyed Come Dancing by Leslie Wells. Today, we have the cover reveal for her next book, Keep Dancing. Julia is a young book editor on the rise. Jack is a British rock star at the pinnacle of his fame. Can they both get what they want—when what they need threatens to tear them apart? It’s January, 1982. Twenty-four-year-old Julia Nash has just moved in with her boyfriend, rock and roll guitarist extraordinaire Jack Kipling. Their connection deepens as Jack Continue Reading
Review: If the Viscount Falls by Sabrina Jeffries
If the Viscount Falls by Sabrina Jeffries (The Duke's Men #4) Released: January 27, 2015 Historical Romance Pocket Books Reviewed by May Once upon a time a young woman named Jane Vernon was engaged to a man named Dominick Manton. They were very much in love and their future promised to be a bright one. That is until Dominick found himself penniless and shunned in society thanks to his older brother the viscount. In order to save Jane a life of poverty and so that she can save face with society Continue Reading
February Mini Reviews
Mandi: Clean Break by Keira Andrews - I really enjoyed the first book in this series, A Forbidden Rumspringa. Amish gay romance - I didn't think it would work but it's a heartwarming story of two guys who get the courage to leave everything they know, families they care for, for a chance at living their lives on their terms. They run from Minnesota to San Francisco to where Isaac's brother lives with his girlfriend. Isaac's brother, Aaron, knows what it's like to leave the Amish community Continue Reading
Review: Better When He’s Bold by Jay Crownover
Better When He’s Bold (Welcome To The Point, #2) by Jay Crownover Romance Suspense/NA 400 Pages William Morrow Paperbacks February 3, 2015 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “A tarnished throne for a tarnished king in a tarnished kingdom. Can you handle being a tarnished queen?” Race Hartman stepped out of the ruins and crowned himself king of the Point after he and his best friend take down it’s old ruler in blaze of betrayal, sacrifice, and gunfire. The Point has always been a Continue Reading
Chapter Reveal: The Other Brother by Lauren Hawkeye and Tawny Stokes
From two New York Times bestselling authors comes a stunning tale of betrayal and blood... Simple. The consummate good girl, this is the word I used to describe my life... until my stepbrother Seth came to live with us. Until that point, I’d been a very good girl... but my older, emotionally blocked stepbrother made me want to do very bad things. With him. In the course of one night everything changed, and my simple world was torn to shreds. I wanted to hate him. I did hate him. Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
"It's suddenly occurred to me that I know absolutely nothing about him, apart from the fact that the's got a beautiful cock." Isn't this enough? Do we really need to know more?? *wink* Tasha finds it fun to masturbate in her office after hours - the thrill of not getting caught gets her off....until one day she gets caught by her coworker Ethan. Ethan is uptight, serious and smug...or so she thinks. When he asks her to come into his office the next day, she almost dies of Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Rebel by Callie Hart (erotic/sheena) B+ review- Claiming His Mate by M. Limoges (paranormal/sheena) B review - Give it All by Cara McKenna (suspense/mandi) B/C review - Guilty Pleasures and Pleasure Principle by Jane O'Reilly (erotic/mandi) C- review - Hero by Samantha Young (new adult/tori) D+ review - She Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Zeenat Mahal (contemporary/tori) D review - Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole (suspense/mandi) D review - A Dangerous Continue Reading