Archangel's Shadow by Nalini Singh (Guild Hunter #7) Released: October 28, 2014 Paranormal Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Nalini Singh has built such a fascinating world in this Guild Hunter series. She writes such wonderful descriptions that I get the most vivid images in my head as I read. As we are on book seven of this series, not only do we get a HEA between hunter Ash and Janvier but we also get pages devoted to Raphael and Elena, Dmitiri and Honor and one of my favorites from Continue Reading
Review: A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev
A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev Released: October 28, 2014 Contemporary Romance Kensington Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: I love you. That's what he was thinking. He wanted to mouth it to her. He wanted to whisper it into her lips, into every secret place in her body. He wanted to scream it out in front of the entire world. When this book arrived unsolicited in the mail, I immediately turned it over and read the back blurb, because a Bollywood book intrigued me. The blurb Continue Reading
Review: Gray Bishop by Kelly Meade
Gray Bishop (Cornerstone Run, #2) by Kelly Meade Urban Fantasy E book October 15, 2014 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Their futures were already written... “ Gray Bishop is the second book in Kelly Meade’s Cornerstone Trilogy. An action packed dark urban fantasy that revolves around a family of loup garous-the McQueens. If you haven’t read book one, I highly recommend you do so as the ongoing arc is extremely important to the storyline and characters bleed over with Continue Reading
Feature: Romancing the Billionaire by Jessica Clare
Romancing the Billionaire by Jessica Clare Blurb The New Billionaire Boys Club novel by the New York Times bestselling author. The Billionaire Boys Club is a secret society. Six men of astonishing wealth. But there’s one thing money can’t buy. When it comes to love, success doesn’t come so easily… Jonathan Lyons. Playboy, billionaire, and adventurer, he lives life on the edge. When he hears that his mentor, Dr. Phineas DeWitt, had a secret journal that leads to a Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Grayson. Convicted cop killer. Tortured, broken soul. Will he ever find love? (or escape prison?) Heroine: Abby. College sophomore. Teaches an english class to prisoners. Will SHE ever find love? (with a prisoner?) (while kidnapped) (It's verra naughty) I look down at her, running my fingertips gently between her palms. It’s a sensitive place, her hands and mine. Warm with our shared heat. But nothing compared to how my dick will feel. “You’re not just going to touch Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B+ review - Broken Soul by Faith Hunter (urban fantasy/tori) B review - Rowdy by Jay Crownover (contemporary/tori) B review - Prisoner by Annika Martin and Skye Warren (dark contemporary/mandi) B- review - A Little Christmas Jingle by Michele Dunaway (contemporary/may) C+ review - What a Wallflower Wants by Maya Rodale (historical/may) C review - Perfectly Good White Boy by Carrie Mesrobian (contemporary/romance) D review - The Mistletoe Effect by Melissa Cutler Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – October 24th
10. This is my problem with buying Halloween Candy. I EAT IT ALL. 9. New Kate Daniels cover!! Magic Shifts comes out August 4, 2015. AUGUST. Damn it. (hardcover too) 8. Nick Jonas keeps doing all of these sexy photo shoots. I'm way too old for Nick Jonas. But then I see this. WHAT? Don't judge me. He can be my New Adult hero fantasy. (see more) 7. A peek into David Gandy's house. We don't get to see his bedroom but we get a glimpse into his Continue Reading
Tori’s Thoughts: Reading and Reviewing for the Public and Oneself
The internet has come alive...in anger...over a recent article penned by a YA author who essentially chronicles her descent into madness (my words) and criminal activity (her words) by admitting to trolling, harassing, and stalking a reviewer who gave her a negative review. I’m not going to get into it as it has been dissected over and over with the skill of a top-notch surgeon by numerous blogs. You can read all about it in the following links from who I feel best summed up the events. Smart Continue Reading
Review: Prisoner by Annika Martin and Skye Warren
Prisoner by Annika Martin and Skye Warren Released: October 23, 2014 Dark Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi They say there are two types of fear - the kind that has you running far, far away, and the kind that shakes you so deeply that you can't look away. For me, Grayson is the second kind of fear. I got pretty excited when I heard Annika Martin (aka Carolyn Crane) and Skye Warren were collaborating to write a dark, intense book that features a hero in prison and Continue Reading
New Post: Good Blogger Behavior
If you have been on Twitter, read blogs - basically just been online in general, I’m sure you’ve heard of the author we won’t speak of, who stalked a blogger who gave a bad review of her book (read here or here if you need info). Stalked as in - showed up at her house and called her at work among other things. This author has not shown any remorse (she wrote a freaking article all about it that was published in The Guardian) and has actually been praised by some people. This is not Continue Reading