Not Another Wedding by Jennifer McKenzie Released: October 1, 2013 Contemporary Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Event planner Poppy Sullivan is worried her best friend Jamie is rushing into marriage and that his fiancé is a gold digger, so she is determined to get Jamie’s ear and tell him her concerns. At pre-wedding festivities, she runs into Beck Lefebvre, the man whom she was in love with as a teenager. The man who took her virginity and then never called again. Not wanting to Continue Reading
Review: Sex & Violence by Carrie Mesrobian
Sex & Violence by Carrie Mesrobian Mature YA Contemporary/Fiction E book, 304 pages October 1, 2013 Carolrhoda LAB Reviewed by Tori Seventeen year old Evan Carter has never considered the consequences of having random sex. From the age of fifteen, Evan has used sex as a way to connect and combat the loneliness of having a father who's never there and being forced to continuously move. He purposely selects girls who are “not normal.” Girls who will let you sleep with them on the Continue Reading
Review: The Christmas He Loved Her by Juliana Stone
The Christmas He Loved Her (Bad Boys of Crystal Lake, #2) by Juliana Stone Contemporary Romance October 1, 2013 Sourcebooks Reviewed By Tori Jake Edwards, one of the three original bad boys of Crystal Lake, has come home to face his past. After witnessing his twin brother’s death in Afghanistan, Jake finds himself sinking into a dark pit of despair. He thought his brothers death was the worst thing he could ever endure. Until he realized he was falling in love with his brother’s widow, Continue Reading
Review: Lovers Unmasked Anthology
Lovers Unmasked Anthology by Katee Robert, Cari Quinn, Samanthe Beck and Tessa Bailey Erotic Contemporary Released: September 23, 2013 Entangled Brazen Seducing Mr. Right by Katee Robert Danielle caught who she thought was the company mailman checking her out in the elevator one day (he was holding a stack of mail) and struck up a flirty conversation. This turned into having coffee every week and building sexual tension. On the night of the company Halloween party, Danielle Continue Reading
Review: The Mountain’s Shadow by Cecilia Dominic
The Mountain’s Shadow by Cecilia Dominic (The Lycanthropy Files #1) Released: October 1, 2013 Urban Fantasy Samhain Reviewed by May Blurb: First it was ADD. Then pediatric bipolar. Now the hot behavioral disorder in children is CLS, or Chronic Lycanthropy Syndrome. Public health researcher Joanie Fisher was closing in on the cause in hopes of finding a treatment until a lab fire and an affair with her boss left her without a job. When her grandfather leaves her his Continue Reading
Review: Sibling Rivals by Summer Devon
Sibling Rivals by Summer Devon M/M Romance Contemporary E book October 1, 2013 Samhain Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “How did it feel to hold the man he’d loved? Rather suffocating was the answer. Colin never suspected that when he followed his boyfriend Mark home for the holidays, he would end up alone on Christmas. When Mark Stevens decides to come out of the closet, Mark’s parents kick him and Colin out of their home and that ends their relationship. Colin stays in contact Continue Reading
Review: Celtic Moon by Jan DeLima
Celtic Moon by Jan DeLima (Celtic Wolves #1) Released: September 24, 2013 Paranormal Romance Penguin Reviewed by Mandi I’m always eager to try new authors, especially when the blurb intrigues me. Celtic Moon has quite a strong start. I got a little tired by the end and I have some frustration with the romance, but let me set it up first. Years ago, Sophie met and fell for a man named Dylan Black. They moved in together and eventually got married in a ceremony outside (nothing Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
This is a scene from Wicked Games by Samanthe Beck Hero: Ian a Homicide detective. Dumped a month ago but still in love. When he gets word his ex-girlfriend is being threatened, he goes to her party to make sure she is safe. And by ‘safe’ I mean, sexually satisfied. Heroine: Stacy, ex-stripper turned famous actress. She dumped Ian when he asked her to move in with him and to meet his parents. She loves him but fears commitment. She has been receiving threatening letters. When Ian shows up Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A- review – Darkness Rises by Dianne Duvall (paranormal) B review – Bound by Night by Larissa Ione (paranormal) B review – Stir Me Up by Sabrina Elkins (new adult) B review – Drawn Together by Lauren Dane (contemporary) B review – In the Heart of the Highlander by Maggie Robinson (historical) C+ review – What a Gentleman Desires by Kasey Michaels (historical) C+ review – Targeted by Katie Reus (romantic suspense) C review – On Midnight Wings by Adrian Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–October 4th
10. Blunt Card has some of my favorite Halloween cards. I’m announcing it’s a tradition and I must post them (repost them) now that it is October. Oh drunk Peggy, how I heart you. 9. Nalini Singh has announced the title of her next Psy/Changeling book coming June 2014: Shield of Winter and the blurb: Assassin. Soldier. Arrow. That is who Vasic is, who he will always be. His soul drenched in blood, his conscience heavy with the weight of all he’s done, he exists in the shadows, far from Continue Reading