Lord Nevinstoke revels in acting the young wastrel, until his father is killed in a drunken duel. Never one to do anything halfway, Nev throws off his wild ways to shoulder a mountain of responsibility and debt vowing to marry a rich girl and act the respectable lord of the manor.Manufacturing heiress Penelope Brown seems the perfect choice for a wife. She s pretty, proper, and looking for a husband.Determined to rise above her common birth, Penelope prides herself on her impeccable behavior and Continue Reading
Review: Take my Breath Away by Christie Ridgway
Take My Breath Away by Christie Ridgway (Cabin Fever #1) Released: May 27, 2014 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by May Single mom Poppy Walker is busy renovating her family’s abandoned cabins high in the Southern California hills hoping to turn what was once her dad’s dream into a profitable resort for the wealthy. She’s not open for business yet – but that doesn’t stop Ryan Hamilton from trying to rent one of the cabins! Ryan is a movie star turned executive and can’t believe Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Dexter Black. Nickname is Sin. Vice President of the Wind Dragons MC. A one night stand with an old friend produces big surprises a few months later. Heroine: Faye. Law student. Good girl all around. When a chance encounter allows her to fulfill her greatest fantasy, she rides it all night long. She figures one night is all she'll get but fate has other plans. “Come here,” he says, sitting on the bed and pulling off his shirt. I do as instructed, going to Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A/B joint review - Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh (paranormal) B+ review - Wicked Temptation by Zoe Archer (historical) B review - Deeper Than Need by Shiloh Walker (suspense) B review - Grim Shadows by Jenn Bennett (paranormal historical) B review - The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu (YA) C review - Fall From India Place by Samantha Young (contemporary) C- review - The Scoundrel's Seduction by Jennifer Haymore (historical) C- review - Just One Night by Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – June 6th
10. A cannoli filled with cannoli. A good way to start the weekend, yes? (link) 9. Quickie review! I read Make it Count by Megan Erickson a few days ago. I heard it had a nerdy hero so I wanted to check it out. It's cute and refreshing - I love that it's a New Adult that isn't overly angsty or emo. College aged hero tutors the heroine who has an undiagnosed learning disability. The heroine IS dating someone else other than the hero to start the book but it works out well for me. Continue Reading
Review: Fall From India Place by Samantha Young
Fall From India Place by Samantha Young (On Dublin Street #4) Released: June 3, 2014 Contemporary Romance Penguin Reviewed by Mandi Oh this book - *bangs head on the table for a few minutes* Okay, I'm ready now. I've really enjoyed the books in this series and up until this book, I've really liked that this author has stayed with this core group of friends and revisits the other couples in each book so we can continue to get a glimpse at their lives. That being said, I need a Continue Reading
Review: Just One Night by Lauren Layne
Just One Night by Lauren Layne (Sex, Love and Stiletto #3) Released: April 22, 2014 Contemporary Romance Loveswept Reviewed by May Favorite quote: "This is not happening," Riley muttered, glancing at the ceiling. "My mother is not telling me my spanking article lacked passion." Riley is a famed sex columnist for Stiletto magazine where she works alongside her two best friends. She's dated scores of men in Manhattan and she has the art of flirting down. The thing is... she's not the Continue Reading
Top Ten Reasons to read Devil’s Game by Joanna Wylde
Blurb: Liam “Hunter” Blake hates the Reapers MC. Born and raised a Devil’s Jack, he knows his duty. He’ll defend his club from their oldest enemies—the Reapers—using whatever weapons he can find. But why use force when the Reapers’ president has a daughter who’s alone and vulnerable? Hunter has wanted her from the minute he saw her, and now he has an excuse to take her.Em has lived her entire life in the shadow of the Reapers. Her overprotective father, Picnic, is the club’s president. The last Continue Reading
Review: Deeper Than Need by Shiloh Walker
Deeper Than Need (Secrets & Shadows, #1) by Shiloh Walker Romance Suspense E book, 400 pages June 3, 2013 St Martin’s Paperbacks Reviewed By Tori Favorite Quote: She felt like she’d been waiting her whole life for him, only she hadn’t realized it until the very second their gazes locked. Trinity Ewing, a former ad exec from New York, needed a fresh start for her and her young son so she purchases a house, sight unseen, in the small town of Madison, Indiana. Once she arrives, she Continue Reading
Guest Author Rebekah Weatherspoon and Giveaway!
I'm happy to have Rebekah Weatherspoon at the blog today. Rebekah is celebrating the release of her first book in a new series, Fit. Can we all take a moment to admire the cover......okay let's continue. I'll turn it over to Rebekah who is going to share an excerpt and look for a giveaway below. Blurb: Violet Ryan loves the delicious food she gets to eat on the reality shows she produces for The Food Channel. What she hates is her expanding waistline. Determined to drop the pounds, Violet Continue Reading