What I Love About You (Truly, Idaho #3) by Rachel Gibson Contemporary Romance E book/Novel August 26, 2014 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Charming is for nice guys, and he hadn’t felt nice for a very long time.” Natalie Cooper was Truly’s golden girl. She married the town’s football star right after high school and had what seemed to be the perfect life. But all the pom poms and pageant crowns in the world couldn’t have predicted her husband would be accused of embezzlement Continue Reading
Chieftain by Command (Chieftain Series #2) by Frances Housden
Chieftain by Command (Chieftain Series #2) by Frances Housden Historical Romance Released September 1, 2014 Escape Publishing Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "In two days, I and my mercenaries leave for France. Know this, when I return, I shall expect you to be as I left you-intact. I'll tolerate no man's bastard in MY hall. On my oath, Kathryn, any sons you bear under this roof and in that bed will be MINE." "Inexperienced I might be...yet I'm thinking that even for the Continue Reading
Review: What A Duke Dares by Anna Campbell
What A Duke Dares by Anna Campbell (Sons of Sin #3) Historical Romance Released: August 26, 2014 Forever Reviewed by May All her life, she’d known that confessing her love would at best create restraint, at worst send Cam fleeing what he viewed as impossible demands. To be fair, he wouldn’t want to hurt her. Although the sad truth was hat because he didn’t love her, he hurt her again and again. Nearly a decade ago, Cam proposed to his long time childhood friend Penelope. To his Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Marcos. Underground fighter. Gang Member. Car stealer. Wants to live a better life but the opportunities just aren't there. Gets into a car accident involving the heroine and stays to make sure she is okay. Gentleman. Heroine: Katie. High School history teacher. Feels much chemistry after meeting Marcos. Puts an ad on craigslist personal. Finds him. Stubborn and spirited. Instead of posting an actual sex scene, I'll post my favorite scene in this book - when Katie puts one last ad on Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Cash's Fight by Jamie Begley (contemporary/sheena) B+ review - Evernight by Kristen Callihan (historical pnr/tori) B+ review - Resenting Me by Crystal Spears (contemporary/sheena) B review - The Best Kind of Trouble by Lauren Dane (contemporary/helyce) B review - Talk Sweetly to Me by Courtney Milan (historical/may) C+ review - Midnight Vengeance by Lisa Marie Rice (suspense/mandi) C review - Heroes are My Weakness by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – August 29th
10. That's pretty much the only way to my heart. (also substitute coffee with wine). 9. My weekend rec is The Viper by Kele Moon. The hero has done time for gang related stuff (stealing cars) and the heroine is a high school history teacher. They meet when they are involved in a car accident. He is very gentlemanly and won't leave her until the paramedics can cut her out. He then leaves and goes back to his hometown of Miami. She is so smitten with him that she...wait for it...put Continue Reading
Review: Talk Sweetly To Me by Courtney Milan
Talk Sweetly To Me by Courtney Milan (Brothers Sinister #4.5) Released: August 18, 2014 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “Anyone who thinks that ladies are delicate has either never been pregnant or has put the experience from her mind out of sheer horror.” Rose is a brilliant mathematician who works as a “computer” of numbers for a scientist while also living with and assisting her very pregnant sister. There is only one thing that unnerves her, and Continue Reading
Review: Resenting Me by Crystal Spears
Resenting Me (Breakneck Series 1.5) by Crystal Spears Released August 20, 2014 MC Romance/Erotic Novella Self Published Reviewed by Sheena Blurb: One look at the beautiful Hawaiian flower dancing on stage at his buddy’s strip club and Pyro’s world changes. He’s lost, captivated, head over heels. He tries to stay away, resist her charms, but he just can’t find the strength to do it. Instead, he hires Hazel (Lana) and Winter as entertainment for the Breakneck President’s thirtieth Continue Reading
Review: No Limits by Lori Foster
No Limits (Ultimate, #1) by Lori Foster Romance Suspense E book, 384 pages September 1, 2014 Harlequin Favorite Quote: “Dude, you are seriously heaving like a caveman and it’s just not like you. It’s making me uneasy, and you don’t want to fuck me. I can only imagine how the little lady feels.” Cannon Coulter, a mixed martial arts champion nicknamed ”the saint”, finds his life turned upside down when a surprise inheritance places him in direct contact with a young woman he never Continue Reading
Review: The Beautiful Ashes by Jeaniene Frost
The Beautiful Ashes (Broken Destiny, #1) by Jeaniene Frost Urban Fantasy/New Adult August 26, 2014 Harlequin Reviewed by Tori Ivy has always seen other worlds since she was a child. Given medication to control her “hallucinations” she is convinced her visions aren’t real. That is, until her sister disappears and Ivy discovers not only are these other worlds real, but her sister is trapped in one of them and unless Ivy can find a hidden relic to use to save her, she will die. The one man Continue Reading