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
Review: Long For Me by Shiloh Walker
Long for Me (Secrets & Shadows, #0.7) by Shiloh Walker Romance Suspense Ebook, novella May 13, 2014 St Martin’s Paperbacks Reviewed by Tori Christina Bell remembers a time when her family was happy and whole but that was taken from her the night her mother, Nicole, disappeared and never returned. Christina always refused to believe her father had anything to do with her mother’s disappearance. Relying heavily on her best friend to help her get through the pain, she soon begins to Continue Reading
Shiloh Walker Talks Romance, Small Towns, and Trilogies
We at SmexyBooks are always delighted to welcome Shiloh Walker back to the blog. YAY!!! Today, Shiloh has stopped by the blog to give our readers some insight and thoughts into the process behind her small town romance suspense series, trilogies, and how they come to be. Hi Shiloh and welcome to SmexyBooks. We are so glad you stopped by to visit and chat with us. So, please, tell our readers a little bit about your writing and where all your fabulous ideas come from. When I decided to Continue Reading
Review: Rider’s Kiss by Anne Rainey
Rider’s Kiss by Anne Rainey Erotic Romance Ebook, 93 pages May 13, 2014 Samhain Reviewed by Tori Victoria has always had a crush on Rider James but he never paid her the least nevermind in high school and she pined for him in silence. Now he’s back in town to open a new business but an overheard conversation confirms that men like Rider don’t look at women like Victoria. Hurt, Victoria decides to fight fire with fire and changes from everyone’s nerdy best friend into a sex kitten with Continue Reading
Review: Wrecked by Priscilla West
Wrecked by Priscilla West (Wrecked #1) Released December 11, 2013 New Adult Romance Blackbird Publishing Reviewed by Sheena Blurb: “There would be no happy ending for us. He was too damaged. I was too broken.”Two years ago, Lorrie’s mother was murdered. But that wasn’t the end of it. Reeling from the tragedy, Lorrie’s father spiraled into alcohol, depression, and finally suicide. The two most important people in Lorrie’s life are both gone but she’s still alive.Trying to recover from Continue Reading
Review: Misunderstandings by Tiffany King
Misunderstandings by Tiffany King (Woodfall Girls #2) Released: May 6, 2014 New Adult Berkley Reviewed by Mandi I was so intrigued when I started this book. Brittni and Justin have a lot of history together and the book starts in present day with these two a couple of years out of college, and having broken up two years previously. By coincidence, they 'reunite' in an elevator, which happens to breakdown on its way up - and they are stuck together for several hours. To say there is bad Continue Reading
Review: Enigma by Moira Rogers
Enigma (Southern Arcana, #6) by Moira Rogers Paranormal Romance E book, 301 pages May 13, 2013 Samhain Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Sometimes, you just had to endure.” Anna Lenoir has always fought. First to escape her broken childhood, then to prove a female shapeshifter can stand shoulder to shoulder with the men. Now she fights for money, and her reputation is as legendary as her stone-cold heart. She’s never met a man she couldn’t walk away from. Until him. Bounty Continue Reading
Review: Blue Notes by Carrie Lofty
Blue Notes by Carrie Lofty Contemporary Romance/NA Paperback, 352 pages Gallery Books May 6, 2014 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...I don’t want to be fragile. If that’s the price for bring around you, then you need to leave.” Keeley Chambers, a piano prodigy, is a 21 year old junior at Tulane. A product of an abusive childhood, she was raised in foster care and essentially reinvented herself in order to survive. When she plays in a small club, she catches the eye of Jude Villars, Continue Reading