Wolver's Gold by Jacqueline Rhoades Paranormal - Western Romance Released July 2014 Self Published Review by Sheena It's sort of like that car accident you see in traffic...you cringe but you can't manage to avert your eyes so you wind up rubber necking as the wreckage shifts to the side of the road and you drive on and shake your head like "man that sure was a shame." Wolver's Gold crashed and burned for me. And what grinds my gears is that it should have been charming and fun and Continue Reading
New Post: Recent DNFs
We don't review every DNF we come across, but we think DNF reviews are just as important as the A ones. So here is a look at what recently didn't work for us. May: This week I read two books that had me DNF within the first chapter. I can’t tell you if either one is horrible, but I can tell you I won’t be finishing them. The Seduction of Sarah Marks by Kathleen Bittner Roth opens with a heroine in bed with a dude and she has no idea who she is – except she knows her name. He knows who Continue Reading
Review: Palmetto Moon by Kim Boykin
Palmetto Moon by Kim Boykin Contemporary Romance/ Women's Fiction Paperback, 320 pages August 5, 2014 Berkley Trade Reviewed by Tori Vera Hadley has spent her whole life being a Hadley and all that comes with it. Now poised on the eve of her wedding to a man she doesn’t love, Vera decides to finally live her life on her own terms and sneaks away with the help of two servants. Vera arrives in Round O, South Carolina and soon sets herself up living quarters, a job, and a possible suitor. Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Heroine: Carrie. Compusively takes naughty pictures of herself and uploads them onto her popular erotic blog, never showing her face. One day gets risky and takes some pictures from her office... Hero: Brendan. Recognizes a landmark outside the window of Carrie's office from a picture on her blog. Now he knows where she works and messages her that he wants to meet. (It's not creepy, I swear). Putting under a spoiler tag just because it's a bit more explicit than what we normally Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Fearless by KM Fawcett (Paranormal/Sheena) B+ review - Sister Golden Hair by Juli Page Morgan (Contemporary/Helyce) B+ review - Truly by Ruthie Knox (Contemporary/Mandi) B+ review - Crave the Night by Lara Adrian (Paranormal/Helyce) B review - Hillbilly Rockstar by Lorelei James (Contemporary/Tori) B review - Lay it Down by Cara McKenna (Contemporary/Mandi) B review - One Night of Sin by Elle Kennedy (Erotic/Mandi) C+ review - Dangerous Territory by Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – August 8th
10. Saw Kat tweet this last night and it pretty much sums up what I want my life to be. 9. Hey! Moira Rogers has three books, all firsts in a series, for free right now. Crux, Wilder's Mate and Cry Sanctuary. I recommend them all. You can go to their site for the blurb and buy links. 8. Jaci Burton released her cover for her upcoming November Play by Play novella, Holiday on Ice. I'd like to play on that ice if you know what I mean. I'd like to slap some pucks around with his big stick. Continue Reading
Review: A Kiss on Crimson Ranch by Michelle Major
A Kiss on Crimson Ranch by Michelle Major Released: July 15, 2014 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Sara Wellens was a childhood star on a popular television show. As her sidekick's career took off, Sara's plummeted but the thing is - Sara never liked being an actor. Her mother forced her into the business at the age of eight, and basically ran the show, much to Sara's dismay. Now as an adult, Sara finds herself in financial trouble after a production company she Continue Reading
Winners!
The two winners of Lay it Down by Cara McKenna are: JTReader Melanie Simmons Congrats! Winners have been emailed. Continue Reading
Review: One Night of Sin by Elle Kennedy
One Night of Sin by Elle Kennedy (After Hours #1) Released: August 4, 2014 Erotic Contemporary Entangled Reviewed by Mandi If you come back, I won't be able to control myself next time. Oh giiiirl. You better go back, stat! Our hero Gage is a former MMA fighter, now a club owner and occassional bouncer. The heroine jokes at one point that he must be fifty years old because he is so serious and dour, but really he is thirty. He scowls a lot because he helped his brother out of Continue Reading
Review: Fearless by K.M Fawcett
Fearless by K.M. Fawcett (The Survival Races #2) Released: January 7, 2014 Sci-Fi Romance Published by Forever Yours Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote : "Savage," he boomed, "Stay out of my body." "If you enter my body, barbarian, rest assured, I will enter yours." This book felt good. Epic, intriguing and captivating. I've run out of synonyms for just how damn interesting I found this sci-fi romance to be. Right away we meet Kedric (gawd, even his name is sexy). He is a new Continue Reading