Back To You (Coming Home, #3) by Jessica Scott Romance Contemporary E book, 304 pages January 7, 2013 Forever Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I was always coming back to you. It just took me awhile to get here.“ Army Captain Trent Davila thought he had it all. A beautiful wife, two wonderful children, and a fulfilling career in the military. When he is wounded in combat and almost dies, Trent finds pieces of himself missing. Unable to explain the dark thoughts and the emptiness he Continue Reading
Review: Hope Flames by Jaci Burton
Hope Flames by Jaci Burton (Hope #1) Contemporary Romance January 7, 2014 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Emma Burnett has returned home, to the small town of Hope to take over the veterinary practice of the town vet who has recently retired. She is excited and scared-this is a huge step for her, but something she’s wanted for herself for a very long time and that’s she’s worked very hard for. She’s got a plan and she’s not going to do anything that will hinder her from being successful Continue Reading
Must I take the High Road? A rant in the making.
By Tori. I am positive I would not make a good romance heroine. At least, not a nice one. Because one, I’m not very nice. I’m polite and well mannered, but I don’t filter my thoughts and there aren't many whose opinions mean much to me. I'm loyal, selfish, a tad insane, perpetually grumpy, and anyone who messes with those I love will see a whole other side of me. The side that gives you until the count of five to straighten up or run. I don’t believe long suffering and virtuous automatically Continue Reading
Interview with Molly Harper
Molly Harper is celebrating the release of How to Run with a Naked Werewolf and is stopping by Smexy for a chat. Who is Molly Harper? Give us the low down. I’m a snarky, Southern girl trying to control all of the pretend people in my head. My family laughs when I get angry at my characters for not doing what I ask them to, or if I go into mourning because I had to kill one of them off. Because, after all, “They’re not real people, Mom.” I’m married to my high school sweetheart, David, Continue Reading
Review: The Smuggler Wore Silk by Alyssa Alexander
The Smuggler Wore Silk by Alyssa Alexander (Spy in the Ton #1) Released: January 7, 2014 Historical Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Blurb: After he is betrayed by one of his own, British spy Julian Travers, Earl of Langford, refuses to retire without a fight, vowing to find the traitor. But when the trail leads to his childhood home, Julian is forced to return to a place he swore he’d never see again, and meet a woman who may be his quarry—in more ways than one. Though she Continue Reading
Joint Review: Before Jamaica Lane by Samantha Young
Before by Jamaica Lane by Samantha Young (On Dublin Street #3) Released: January 7, 2014 Contemporary Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi and Tori Blurb: Despite her outgoing demeanor, Olivia is painfully insecure around the opposite sex—usually, she can’t get up the nerve to approach guys she’s interested in. But moving to Edinburgh has given her a new start, and, after she develops a crush on a sexy postgrad, she decides it’s time to push past her fears and go after what she Continue Reading
Edie Harris Cover Reveal and Giveaway!
Last January I read my first Edie Harris book, Wild Burn and I fell in love with her voice. She wrote a gunslinger hero and he made me swoon. Then I read her erotic historical, The Corrupt Comte and then her contemporary romance Stripped, and now in 2014, I sit and wait for more. Today I’m happy to reveal the cover for Wild Chase, book two in her Wild State series. Blurb: She needs to run. He loves the chase. Esther Beldonne grew up bad—breaking laws and breaking hearts in New Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Rome by Jay Crownover
Title: Rome (Marked Men #3) Author: Jay Crownover Genre: New Adult Publication Date: January 7, 2014 Publisher: William Morrow an imprint of HarperCollins Publishing Event organized by: Literati Author Services, Inc. Synopsis Cora Lewis is a whole lot of fun, and she knows how to keep her tattooed bad boy friends in line. But all that flash and sass hide the fact that she’s never gotten over the way her first love broke her heart. Now she has a plan to make sure that never happens again: Continue Reading
Review: Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett
Bitter Spirits (Roaring Twenties, #1) by Jenn Bennett Historical PNR Trade Paperback, 400 pages January 3, 2014 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Good grief, you’re a big one.“ Welcome to the roaring twenties. Illegal booze, speakeasies, and sexual/economic freedom made for golden times as the world prospered after Word War One. Gangsters and G-Men battled in the streets as the public turns a blind eye to the law of prohibition. Aida Palmer, a beautifully freckled hot Continue Reading
Review: Broken Blade by J.C. Daniels
Broken Blade by J.C. Daniels (Colbana Files #3) Released: January 6, 2014 Urban Fantasy Self Published Reviewed by Mandi At a time when I find myself more enamored with contemporary books, this urban fantasy romance series seriously impresses me. First let me say you must read the books in order, as this is the continuing story of Kit Colbana. The end of the last book was devastating. Kit was kidnapped by a vampire, and tortured beyond all belief. But she was eventually rescued Continue Reading