Run to You by Charlotte Stein Released: July 25, 2013 Erotic Contemporary Mischief Publishing Reviewed by Mandi I love Charlotte Stein’s voice. I love her heroes. I love her heroines. I love how deep we go into the heroine’s head. I love how filthy her books are and how the characters explore their emotions, insecurities, love and self esteem through sex. In Run to You, Stein gives us a burly, hairy Hungarian hero. Can we just take a moment to let that sink in. Take a long Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… B+ review – The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan (historical) B review – Provoked by Joanna Chambers (historical m/m) B review – Never Deal with Dragons by Lorenda Christensen (pnr) B review – Conceal by Juliana Stone C+ review – Sweetened with a Kiss by Lexxi Callahan (contemporary) C+ review – Indecent Proposition series by Stephanie Julian (erotic) C review – Fleet Week by Melody Montclair (contemporary) C- review – The Wicked by Thea Harrison (pnr) Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–July 26
10. The naughty corner is a good thing, right? 9. Last week during the RWA conference, the Ritas and Golden Heart winners were announced! You can see a list of the winners HERE. I was happy to see Laura Griffin win for Scorched. I think she is one of the best romantic suspense authors out there. I also adore Sarah Morgan’s contemporaries. And Sarah MacLean has a nice historical voice. 8. I think Derby Girl by Tamara Morgan is one of the most striking covers I’ve seen. I love Continue Reading
Review: The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan
The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan (Brothers Sinister #2) Historical Romance July 15, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by May “What ungodly color are you wearing?” “Green,” she said. “Serpent-belly green. Or perhaps it’s the green of a cloud of poisonous chlorine gas.” “And yet nobody is shrieking and averting their eyes.” He gave her a smile. “Nice trick. How do you manage it?” She gave him a brilliant smile, one that he’d missed. “Simple,” she said, adjusting the diamonds at her Continue Reading
Review: Indecent Proposition Series by Stephanie Julian
Indecent Proposition Series (Parts 1, 2 and 3) March 2013 Erotic Contemporary Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Event planner Julianne has a lot of money issues. Her mother is sick, her car is almost dead and she wants to go to school. When a sexy (and very rich) man who saw her at one of her events, offers her half a million dollars to sleep with him for the night, she can’t pass it up. Keegan made his millions or billions (it’s a lot of “illons”) as a young man with his best Continue Reading
Review: Conceal by Juliana Stone
Conceal by Juliana Stone (Barker Triplets #3) Contemporary Romance June 15, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I’ve enjoyed this trilogy by Juliana Stone, and have been waiting to see how the author would handle the wild sister, Betty Jo. Betty isn’t that old and has already had a rough life. Once a popular model and dipping her toes into acting, she is now back in her hometown working as a bartender. Her fall from grace took many hits. She drank too much, did too many drugs, Continue Reading
Guest Author Heather Hiestand
Heather Hiestand is here today to talk about her current release, Marquess of Cake. She introduces herself and interviews herself! So I can just sit back and relax with my cup of coffee…. Hi, I’m Heather Hiestand. I’m 43 and live in south Washington State with my husband and four-year-old son. Both of them keep me on my toes. Technically I’m a full-time writer, which means I mostly get to work when my son is at preschool. I first sold in 2004, a mystery short story, then sold my first novel in Continue Reading
Review: Sweetened with a Kiss by Lexxi Callahan
Sweetened by a Kiss by Lexxi Callahan Contemporary Romance June 25, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Raise your hand if you like the asshole aka alpha-hole hero? Yes, just what I thought. There are many who do *wink* In real life, put me in a relationship with an alpha-hole hero and I would probably punch him in the nose within five minutes. But in fiction, sometimes it’s fun to read a really possessive, cranky, controlling hero. Jen was in a bad car accident as a young Continue Reading
Winner!
The winner of the gift card from Melissa Schroeder is: Donna Antonio Congrats! Thanks to Melissa for hosting the giveaway! Continue Reading
Review: The Wicked by Thea Harrison
The Wicked by Thea Harrison (Elder Races #5.5) July 2, 2013 Paranormal Romance Samhain Reviewed by May For a librarian with a focus on rare magic books, Olivia’s new job is a dream come true. She has been hired as part of a team to help manage the safe transportation of the collection of books owned by the Vampyre sorceress Carling Severan. The fact that the library is located on a mysterious island in an Other land only heightens the adventure. Head of security for the expedition, Continue Reading