Sixth Grave From the Edge (Charley Davidson, #6) by Darynda Jones Paranormal Romance St Martin’s Press May 20, 2014 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: Coffee doesn’t ask silly questions. Coffee understands. Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper in training and P.I. extraordinaire (well, that’s what her t-shirt says) is back and finding more trouble than ever. Book six brings readers chills, thrills, and laughter as Charley finds herself engaged to the son of Satan, trying to win back a lost Continue Reading
Review: Tanya by Rebecca Rogers Maher
Tanya by Rebecca Rogers Maher Released: April 30, 2014 Erotic Novella Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Last year I read The Bridge by Rebecca Rogers Maher, a very powerful novella about two people who meet when they are on a bridge ready to commit suicide. As you can probably guess, these two end up leaving this bridge and falling in love. In those short pages, Maher really excelled at giving us a very dark, emotional love story. Tanya takes place during the wedding of Henry and Continue Reading
Review: Love and Shenanigans by Zara Keane
Love and Shenanigans (Ballybeg, #1) by Zara Keane Romance Contemporary Ebook, 365 pages June 2014 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Tattoos aren’t ladylike.” “But being a total bitch was?” What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas as Gavin Maguire and Fiona Byrne learn the hard way. Eight years ago, Fiona and Gavin went to Vegas together and in a drunken haze, got married. After bribing the drunk Elvis who married them to not file their marriage certificate, Gavin ups Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Patrick McNamara. Caster. Bounty Hunter. Human. Struggling to control his magic and his attraction to his partner, Anne. Heroine: Anna Lenoir. Shapeshifter. Bounty Hunter. Alpha. Scared of the feelings her partner, Patrick, invokes in her. He shouldn‟t kiss her. A decent man wouldn‟t, not when she was spinning out of control. Her body trembled under his fingers, so much of her strength stripped away by the emotional blows of the day. He shouldn‟t kiss her, but he Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
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