This week at Smexy... B+ review - Still Life With Strings by LH Cosway (contemporary) B review - Grimm Consequences by Kate SeRine (paranormal) B review - Spencer by JP Barnaby (m/m) B review - Don't Let Go by Sharla Lovelace (contemporary) B review - Copper King by Vivian Arend (paranormal) C+ review - I Survived Seattle by JK Hogan (m/m) C review - Rising Assets by Rebecca Zanetti (contemporary) C review - Unfixable by Tessa Bailey (new adult) C- review - Love in Straight Sets by Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – April 25th
10. Earth Day was this week. That's a damn good reason. 9. A few cover reveals this week. Gena Showalter's June release, Temptation in Shadows. Go to Heroes & Heartbreakers for more information. And Festive in Death, releasing September 9. 8. I LOVE this list of gifs that describe book lovers. They pretty much all relate to me. Thanks Thea Harrison for posting this! 7. I mean - It IS almost summer. And this IS the top ten. So let's all stare at Continue Reading
Review: Still Life With Strings by L.H. Cosway
Still Life With Strings by L.H. Cosway Released: March 24, 2014 Contemporary Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: My sophisticated concert violinist has a dirty mouth, and it thrills me. It was just an ordinary night. He didn't think anything extraordinary would happen. Until it did. Turning a corner onto the bustling night time street, he saw her all in blue. The woman from his painting was a living, breathing thing...and she was so completely Continue Reading
Review: Copper King by Vivian Arend
Copper King by Vivian Arend (Takhini Shifters #1) Paranormal Novella April 1, 2014 (part of Alpha’s After Dark boxed set) May 1, 2014 (solo release) Self Published Reviewed by Helyce Last year I read Diamond Dust from this author’s Takhini Wolves series which introduced us to Jim Halcyon and his wife Lillie, so I was thrilled to take a step back in time and read the story of how they met. In Copper King, Jim and Lillie are in Vegas for similar reasons. Jim and his wolf shifter friend Continue Reading
Review: Don’t Let Go by Sharla Lovelace
Don’t Let Go by Sharla Lovelace Contemporary Romance/Women's Fiction E book, 301 pages April 15, 2014 Beyond The Page Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “We’re all mad here.” Some Spoilers below Fans of Rachel Gibson are sure to enjoy Sharla Lovelace’s newest release-Don’t Let Go. An appealing mixture of humor and heartbreak, Ms. Lovelace writes a poignant contemporary of lost love and second chances playing out under the eyes of a small southern town. A classic trope of young love Continue Reading
Take My Books – April!
Let’s do it. SET #1 Turned by Virna DePaul Waiting on You by Kristan Higgins Rules of Entanglement by Gina L Maxwell Twisted by Emma Chase Set #2 Between the Devil and Ian Eversea by Julie Anne Long Wallflower Gone Wild by Maya Rodale The Wicked Widow Meets her Match by Stefanie Sloane Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick SET #3 The Idea of Him by Holly Peterson Far Gone by Laura Griffin The Collector by Nora Roberts Night Diver by Continue Reading
Review: Love in Straight Sets by Rebecca Crowley
Love in Straight Sets by Rebecca Crowley Contemporary Romance Released: April 14, 2014 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi This book features a very insecure heroine who is unlikable in my opinion. I tried to feel for her and her insecurities, but I never truly got there. Regan Hunter has worked hard and mostly on her own to make it to the professional tennis level. She is a star, and known for pushing coaches away. Her manager knows she is close to winning a big tournament, but she needs Continue Reading
Review: Unfixable by Tessa Bailey
Unfixable by Tessa Bailey Released: April 14, 2014 New Adult Entangled Reviewed by Mandi I believe this is Tessa Bailey's first foray into the New Adult genre. I've enjoyed the heck out of her previous books, yet I have to say I had a little bit of a frowny face when I heard this would be a new adult. I was hoping this wouldn't fall into the typical angsty/moody category, but it did. If you are a fan of this author, you will remember Willa from Bailey's first book, Protecting What's Continue Reading
Review: Spencer by JP Barnaby
Spencer by J.P. Barnaby (Survivor Stories #3) M/M Romance March 21, 2014 Dreamspinner Reviewed by Helyce I remember thinking at the end of the first book, Aaron, that the author left things so open-ended that a sequel must be planned so when I happened upon Spencer I had to read it. In the first book, the focus is on Aaron and the aftermath of the brutal attack on him and his friend Juliette, where they were kidnapped, tortured and raped and left for dead. Juliette dies, but Aaron Continue Reading
Review: Grimm Consequences by Kate SeRine
Grimm Consequences (Transplanted Tales, #1.5) by Kate SeRine Paranormal Romance E book, 100 pages April 17, 2014 Kensington Reviewed by Tori Nate Grimm has a dark tormented past but hides it well using his magic and some misdirection. Now the lead detective for the Fairytale Management Authority and dating Tess Little, Nate wants to keep his past hidden. But someone from his past wants Nate to suffer and will use who ever they can to do it. When Tess is used to being Nate to heel he will Continue Reading