The Dark Affair by Marie Claremont (Mad Passions #3) Released: March 4, 2014 Historical Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Margaret Cassidy left Ireland to come to England and help those who have come home from war. She is a nurse that helps them rebuild their lives by getting them off of an addiction to opium. She has become known for it and can pass by with the money she makes off of it but she needs more. Her brother is in financial and personal trouble so when the Earl of Carlyle Continue Reading
Review: Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
Murder of Crows (The Others, #2) by Anne Bishop Urban Fantasy/Dark March 4, 2014 Roc Hardcover Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “That would be the first thing on her feedback list: don't make people-shaped cookies." A large group of crows is often referred to as a murder of crow. Tightly knit and family orientated, when of their own is killed, they not only remember the perpetrator...they will not rest until justice is served. Meg Corbyn, a Cassandra Sangue, gained the Continue Reading
Excerpt from Need you Tonight by Roni Loren
I've enjoyed the Loving on the Edge series by Roni Loren. The latest, Need you Tonight just released yesterday. I haven't read it yet - plan to do so this week and have a review up next week. Penguin offered an excerpt - so I thought I'd post it today to give you a taste of the book. To see my past reviews of this series, go here. Excerpt from NEED YOU TONIGHT by Roni Loren - Goodreads l Amazon l B&N “Where are we going?” “Up,” he said, pulling the door open for her and Continue Reading
Review: Carolina Man by Virginia Kantra
Carolina Man by Virginia Kantra (Dare Island #3) Contemporary Romance March 4, 2014 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Luke Fletcher is a Marine. It’s everything he knows and all he wants to do. His priority has always been the mission and keeping his men safe. But while in Afghanistan he learns that his high school girl friend has died and left him custody of her ten year old daughter, Taylor--his daughter, a daughter he never knew anything about. He heads home as soon as he can in order to Continue Reading
Guest Author Megan Hart and Giveaway
Megan Hart is visiting Smexy to talk about her new serial. Part three releases today.... Piece by Piece or All At Once? Megan Hart Serial stories have been around for a long time. Charles Dickens published many of his works in serial format. Early radio shows took up the style, as well as soap operas. More recently, the growing popularity of digital publishing has seen the serial make a comeback – to the delight of some, dismay of others. Serial stories can work wonderfully for readers of Continue Reading
Take My Books – March!
SET #1 Hard as you Can by Laura Kaye Fighting Love by Abby Niles Tangled by Emma Chase (released in 2013 as e-book, now in print) Four Years Later by Monica Murphy SET #2 The Raider by Monica Murphy A Wicked Pursuit by Isabella Bradford Why Earls Fall in Love by Manda Collins When the Duke was Wicked by Lorraine Heath SET #3 The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison Vampire Most Wanted by Lynsay Sands Touch of the Angel by Continue Reading
Prince of Tricks by Jane Kindred. (Aka the book that took Mandi out of her reading slump)
Prince of Tricks by Jane Kindred (Demons of Elysium #1) Released: January 7, 2014 Erotic m/m paranormal romance Samhain Reviewed by Mandi I've been in a bit of a reading slump lately. I wanted to read a book that excited me, and nothing I picked up was satisfying that need. I have 1,000 books in my to-be-read pile yet nothing appealed. I was whiny!! And no one likes a whiny reader. So I whined to Tori and her response was - Prince of Tricks by Jane Kindred. Now, when she told me to read Continue Reading
Winner!
The winner of When I Break by Kendall Ryan is: Maureen Congrats! You have been emailed. Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Lucien Vaudrey, Lord Crane. Exiled to China 20 years ago, he has come home to claim his title. Hero: Stephan Day. A male witch whose family was destroyed by Lucien’s family. Crane ran his tongue up Stephen’s neck, nipped his ear. “Tell me what you want. Exactly what you want. Let me give you the fucking you deserve.” Stephen took a shallow breath and looked into Crane’s eyes, direct and naked. “Take me. Right now. Make me beg.” Oh sweet God. Crane was well aware that Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison (urban fantasy) B+ review - The Chance by Robyn Carr (contemporary) B+ review - Tucker by Juliana Stone (contemporary) B review - Four Years Later by Monica Murphy (new adult) B-/C+ joint review - Killer Frost by Jennifer Estep (paranormal) C+ review - Better Than Chance by Lane Hayes (m/m contemporary) C+ review - Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann (romantic suspense) C review - A Better Man by Jaime Reese (m/m Continue Reading