This week at Smexy... A review - Fever Pitch by Heidi Cullinan (m/m/helyce) A review - The Understatement of the Year by Sarina Bowen (new adult m/m/mandi) B+ review - Riding Dirty by Jill Sorenson (romantic suspense/mandi) B review - In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins (contemporary/tori) B- review - An American Duchess by Sharon Page (historical/mandi) C+ review - Sweetwater by Lisa Henry (m/m/tori) D review - Hope Burns by Jaci Burton (contemporary/helyce) D review - Snap by Katie Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – October 3rd
I'm babysitting my nine month old nephew today and recovering from an awesome Baltimore Orioles win last night. Seriously the most fun I've ever had at a game. Instead of an official Top Ten, I have three very important things to share with you. #1 - There is a Go Fund Me account set up to help Dear Author/Jane Litte pay for her legal fees surrounding the Ellora's Cave lawsuit. You can go here to contribute. The amoun this fund has increased today is astounding. GO romance Continue Reading
Friday Giveaway: Harlequin Sexy Christmas!
Today, one random commenter will receive the following three November release books: Public relations whiz Matthew Beaumont won't let scandal ruin his brother's Christmas wedding. Yet scandal is Whitney Maddox's middle name. He grudgingly allows the outrageous child star turned horse trainer to stay in the wedding party…as long as she behaves herself. But soon he's the one misbehaving with this irresistible maid of honor. Determined to shed her troubled past, Whitney traded Continue Reading
Review: Mistletoe on Main Street by Olivia Miles
Mistletoe on Main Street by Olivia Miles Released: September 30, 2014 Contemporary Romance Forever Reviewed by May Grace Madison is a successful writer, but is she a happy woman? When she returns home for Christmas after being gone for years she is struck by a number of things. Her family has been struck hard by the loss of her father and they plan on selling the bookstore he ran for so long. Her first love Luke Hastings is around too- and looking good. It’s really too bad things didn’t Continue Reading
Review: Sweetwater by Lisa Henry
Sweetwater by Lisa Henry Historical Erotic Romance/MM Ebook, 240 pages September 29, 2014 Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Tori Elijah Carter is a young man who is treated like a simpleton because he is deaf. Gay and ashamed of his sexual orientation and penchant for pain, he allows himself to be sexually abused by the owner of the local saloon, Harlan Crane. Grady Mullins, a cattle rustler, wants Elijah too but unlike Harlan, he doesn’t want to control him. He gently pursues Elijah, Continue Reading
Review: Snap by Katie Porter
Snap by Katie Porter Samhain Publishing Released September 30, 2014 Erotic Romance Reviewed by Sheena Blurb: Trust is a four-letter word… Captain Laurence Madigan is an anomaly—a levelheaded risk taker who learned the dark side of life in Manchester’s slums. He needed those skills to survive fourteen months as a prisoner of Firebird, a shadowy Russian cartel. When rescued, he receives less than a hero’s welcome. He’s considered a wild card—or even a double agent. After enduring agony Continue Reading
Riding Dirty Blog Tour and Giveaway!
Earlier today, reviewed (and loved) Riding Dirty by Jill Sorenson. Now, she is visiting to discuss some verra naughty words.... Hello Smexy! Thanks so much for having me. It’s great to be back with you fine ladies, discussing classy subjects like we do. Let’s talk about cum, shall we? This seems appropriate for my release day. Cum is a vulgar, dirty word, common in pornographic material. The popular misspelling can be used as a verb or a noun. Women are described Continue Reading
Review: Riding Dirty by Jill Sorenson
Riding Dirty by Jill Sorenson (Dirty Eleven #1) Released: October 1, 2014 Romantic Suspense Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I've read and enjoyed many Jill Sorenson books, but I think Riding Dirty is by far her best book. Maybe because it's dark and gritty and the sex is ramped up - one of my favorite combinations. Oh! And the hero has served multiple sentences in prison. Excuse me while I swoon. (seriously, I love a prison hero) Cole is a member of the Dirty Eleven motorcycle club. His Continue Reading
Review: Hope Burns by Jaci Burton
Hope Burns by Jaci Burton (Hope #3) Contemporary Romance September 30, 2014 Jove Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: Molly Burnett dreads returning to her hometown of Hope for her sister’s wedding, especially knowing she’ll have to endure a weekend with the one man she never wants to see again. It’s only a couple of days, so Molly will try to forget her painful past with high school sweetheart Carter Richards. Because despite the bitter memories, she still can’t forget what they once Continue Reading
Review: An American Duchess by Sharon Page
An American Duchess by Sharon Page Released: September 30, 2014 Historical Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi This is the first I've ever read of Sharon Page and I like her voice. The set-up is very Downton Abby-ish - a grand estate in England needs money. Enter our heroine, Zoe Gifford. From New York, Zoe's mother is in some gambling debt and forged a check. Zoe has a ton of money in a trust fund, but the only way to access that fund, is if she gets married. Zoe is a very Continue Reading