Yesterday I was in the car and the morning radio show I listen to was talking about Sandra Bullock giving a graduation speech at some college. They were going through the advice she was giving to the graduates, and the last quote they mentioned really struck me - "Go find your joy." Growing up, 'Joy' was one of my mom's favorite words so it has always held a special place in my heart. But as I was driving and daydreaming (how I have not wrecked my car while daydreaming yet baffles me) I started Continue Reading
Review: Inn at Last Chance by Hope Ramsay
Inn at Last Chance by Hope Ramsay (Last Chance #7) Released: April 29, 2014 Contemporary Romance Forever Reviewed by May Jenny has been hard at work restoring the run down old house that she intends on turning into an inn. So one stormy night when a stranger turns up claiming to be the man who sold her the house, and insisting on staying there immediately she isn’t sure what to think. Gabe and Jenny have more to battle than personality conflicts though – as a ghost seems to have an Continue Reading
Review: The Kraken King: Parts 4-6 by Meljean Brook
The Kraken King (Parts 4-6) by Meljean Brook Steampunk, Romance Serial-Eight Installments May 2014 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Earlier this month I reviewed Parts 1-3 of Meljean Brook’s newest steampunk adventure series, The Kraken King. You can read it here. I’m back today to review parts 4-6. There are eight parts total. The end of part three left us not so much on a cliffhanger but in an unsure place. Ariq is still unsure exactly who Zenobia Fox is and what her place is in the Continue Reading
Review: Sixth Grave From the Edge by Darynda Jones
Sixth Grave From the Edge (Charley Davidson, #6) by Darynda Jones Paranormal Romance St Martin’s Press May 20, 2014 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: Coffee doesn’t ask silly questions. Coffee understands. Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper in training and P.I. extraordinaire (well, that’s what her t-shirt says) is back and finding more trouble than ever. Book six brings readers chills, thrills, and laughter as Charley finds herself engaged to the son of Satan, trying to win back a lost Continue Reading
Review: Tanya by Rebecca Rogers Maher
Tanya by Rebecca Rogers Maher Released: April 30, 2014 Erotic Novella Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Last year I read The Bridge by Rebecca Rogers Maher, a very powerful novella about two people who meet when they are on a bridge ready to commit suicide. As you can probably guess, these two end up leaving this bridge and falling in love. In those short pages, Maher really excelled at giving us a very dark, emotional love story. Tanya takes place during the wedding of Henry and Continue Reading
Review: Love and Shenanigans by Zara Keane
Love and Shenanigans (Ballybeg, #1) by Zara Keane Romance Contemporary Ebook, 365 pages June 2014 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Tattoos aren’t ladylike.” “But being a total bitch was?” What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas as Gavin Maguire and Fiona Byrne learn the hard way. Eight years ago, Fiona and Gavin went to Vegas together and in a drunken haze, got married. After bribing the drunk Elvis who married them to not file their marriage certificate, Gavin ups Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Patrick McNamara. Caster. Bounty Hunter. Human. Struggling to control his magic and his attraction to his partner, Anne. Heroine: Anna Lenoir. Shapeshifter. Bounty Hunter. Alpha. Scared of the feelings her partner, Patrick, invokes in her. He shouldn‟t kiss her. A decent man wouldn‟t, not when she was spinning out of control. Her body trembled under his fingers, so much of her strength stripped away by the emotional blows of the day. He shouldn‟t kiss her, but he Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B+ review - Enigma by Moira Rogers (paranormal) B+ review - Only Love by Garrett Leigh (m/m) B review - Bet on me by Alisha Rai (erotic) C+ review - Misunderstandings by Tiffany King (new adult) C+ review - Long for Me by Shiloh Walker (suspense) C review - Wrecked by Priscilla West (new adult) C review - Blue Notes by Carrie Lofty (new adult) F review - Rider's Kiss by Anne Rainey (erotic) Shiloh Walker talks Small Towns, Romance and Trilogies. Smexy's Top Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – RT Edition
10. I arrived in New Orleans, or how the cool people say it, NOLA on Tuesday. I've been in a drunken haze ever since. Kidding! Bourbon Street hasn't owned me yet. *shifty eyes* Anyway - I still have two full days of this super fun conference, but I thought I'd recap the events of the past few days. Top Ten style of course. 9. I met Kristen Ashley, otherwise known as the person who created Tack. I played it cool, but it was hard. She was on a panel with Rachel Gibson and Susan Continue Reading
Review: Only Love by Garrett Leigh
Only Love by Garrett Leigh M/M Romance April 11, 2014 Dreamspinner Reviewed by Helyce Blurb from Goodreads: The diagnosis of a chronic stomach condition leaves thirty-two-year-old Sergeant Jed Cooper with little choice but to call time on his Army career. Then on the dusty streets of Kirkuk, an ambush gone tragically wrong decimates his team, and he returns to the US with a shattered leg and the memory of his best friend dying in his arms. Life in his sleepy hometown proves Continue Reading