This week at Smexy... B review - The Kraken King 1-3 byMeljean Brook (steampunk) B review - Nobody by Sarah Anderson (contemporary) B review - Island Peril by Jill Sorenson (romantic suspense) B review - Risky Game by Tracy Solheim (contemporary romance) B- review - On the Surface by Kate Willoughby (contemporary) C+ review - Flying by Megan Hart (erotic) C+ review - Beyond the Veil by Pippa DaCosta (urban fantasy) C review - Dreams of Lilacs by Lynn Kurland (historical) Smexy's Top Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – May 2nd
10. I do love a yoga pant... (thanks Jen!) 9. Speaking of wine, if you ever find yourself without a cork screw, here is how you can open a bottle with a steak knife. I would 100% cut off a finger or stab myself - or both. BUT - if it's the difference between not drinking wine and drinking....it very well would be worth it. Here are a few other ways too, including using your car keys. 8. I adore this interview Julie James did with an active Chicago FBI agent as Continue Reading
Review: Risky Game by Tracy Solheim
Risky Game (Out of Bounds, #3) by Tracy Solheim Contemporary Romance/Sports Releases: May 6, 2014 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I like conundrums.” Brody Janik, the uber sexy tight end for the Baltimore Blaze has just learned he has a medical condition that could sideline him permanently. With his contract coming up for negotiation, Brody needs to keep his health issues under wraps. PhD student Shannon (Shay) Everett works multiple jobs to help her family out of a Continue Reading
Review: Island Peril by Jill Sorenson
Island Peril by Jill Sorenson (Aftershock #3.5) Released: May 1, 2014 Romantic suspense novella Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Ella Hammond heads out to Channel Islands state park near the pacific ocean for a camping trip with her sister and niece. After surviving the earthquake of San Diego years ago, she changed her college major to become a geophysicist in hopes that future research would help save lives. But now is not the time for studying as she is on this trip to have fun. The group Continue Reading
Review: On the Surface by Kate Willoughby
On the Surface by Kate Willoughby (In the Zone #1) Contemporary Romance Released: April 14, 2014 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi I'm always on the lookout for a good sports romance, and On the Surface does a nice job of balancing the sport of hockey while also giving us a fulfilling romance. Tim Hollander has recently been traded to San Diego from Chicago, where for many years he was a star player. While in Chicago, his five-year old daughter died from Leukemia and his marriage fell Continue Reading
Review: Beyond the Veil by Pippa DaCosta
Beyond the Veil by Pippa DaCosta (The Veil Series #1) Released: February 10, 2014 Urban Fantasy Self Published Reviewed by May Charlie Henderson is living a lie. Her real name is Muse and her attempt at a normal life is about to go up in smoke. When a half-demon assassin walks into her life, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake, Muse must return to the one man she hoped never to see again and ask for help. The Prince of Greed isn’t known for his charity. The price is high, but Continue Reading
Review: Nobody by Sarah M. Anderson
Nobody by Sarah M. Anderson (Men of the White Sandy #3) March 8, 2014 Contemporary Romance Self-Published Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: Nobody Bodine came from a nobody and will always be a nobody. He can disappear into the shadows—no one can see him if he doesn’t want them to. He exists on the edge, in neither the white man’s world nor the tribe’s, dispensing vigilante justice when he sees fit. There’s no other place for a man like him in this world. Until Melinda Mitchell shows Continue Reading
Review: Dreams Of Lilacs by Lynn Kurland
Dreams Of Lilacs (de Piaget, #16) by Lynn Kurland Historical Romance Paperback, 336 pages April 29, 2014 Jove Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You de Piaget have strange and unwholesome ideas of independence.” Isabelle de Piaget, the last child of Rhys and Gwen de Piaget, is tired of being unnoticed and referred to as “that one” by all the suitors who invade her family’s estate wanting to see if her sister Amanda is indeed married and unavailable. When she received a missive, Continue Reading
Review: The Kraken King: Parts 1-3 by Meljean Brook
The Kraken King (Parts 1-3) by Meljean Brook Steampunk, Romance Serial - 8 Installments April 2014Intermix Reviewed by Tori Meljean Brook’s Iron Seas series is a rip roaring steampunk adventure filled with dastardly pirates, steamy romance, and dangerous adversaries. In her latest work, The Kraken King, Brook’s takes a different approach by releasing the book in serial form (eight installments total).This format works well as the story revolves around Zenobia Fox, a writer who enthralls Continue Reading
Gena Showalter Giveaway!
Blurb: New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with a sizzling Angels of the Dark tale about a winged warrior renowned for his ruthlessness, and the woman who becomes his obsession... A tormented past has left Thane with an insatiable need for violence, making him the most dangerous assassin in the skies. He lives by a single code: no mercy. And as he unleashes his fury on his most recent captor, he learns no battle could have prepared him for the slave he rescues from Continue Reading