Hero: Leif Riley, Viscount Neville. An unrepentant rake who needs an heiress. A playful alpha who calls his heiress “Irish” and finds himself caught in his own web of seduction. Heroine: Abbigael Granger. An Irish heiress who comes to London to find a husband and instead finds a gorgeous Viscount who mixes business with pleasure in the most delightful ways. “I want you to touch yourself,” he repeated in a voice that was both stern and seductive. Iron and velvet. With Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… B+ review – Never a Hero by Marie Sexton (m/m) B review – The Sweet Spot by Laura Drake (contemporary) B review – It Had to be You by Jill Shalvis (contemporary) B- review – Once Upon a Tower by Eloisa James (historical) C+ review – His Risk to Take by Tessa Bailey (erotic romantic suspense) C+ review – Alice’s Wonderland by Allison Dobell (erotic) C+ review – The Look of Love by Bella Andre (contemporary) C review – By Design by Jayne Denker Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten (But not really)–May 31st
I’ve been out of town this week at the Book Expo of America’s Book Blogger Conference and my youngest has a field trip today so I have had no time to do a top ten list. Sadness! I will say the Blogger Convention was fun. I was on a panel with Sarah from Smart Bitches, Jim Hines, and Rebecca from Book Riot and we talked about how we built our blog audience, how bloggers need to be honest and credible and we had some laughs. I also had a chance to go to the Cosmo Red-Hot Reads launch Continue Reading
Jill Shalvis picks her Top Five Favorite Lucky Harbor Scenes
To celebrate the release of It Had to Be You, Jill Shalvis is stopping by to tell us her favorite scenes of the series so far. Is your favorite on the list? I couldn’t pick just five and leave out one of the books, so here is my Top SIX favorite scenes, one from each book out so far. 1. From Simply Irresistible, the Christmas tree scene. The three estranged sisters, Maddie, Tara, and Chloe are stuck together with a Charlie Brown Christmas tree and no decorations. Boosted by too much eggnog, Continue Reading
Review: It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis
It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis (Lucky Harbor #7) May 28, 2013 Contemporary Hachette Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “I really want to hit him,” she said. “Bloodthirsty,” he murmured, taking her hand, running his thumb over the pulse racing at her wrist. “I like it.” Ali’s bad day starts when her boyfriend breaks up with her by text. It only gets worse when he tells her he has given up the lease on their house so she must move and she finds out he has been cheating on her. Ali Continue Reading
Review: Drawing the Line by Kimberly Kincaid
Drawing the Line by Kimberly Kincaid April 24, 2013 Romantic Suspense Reviewed by Mandi Serenity Gallagher is the owner of a diner and when she walks in the kitchen and sees her cook and friend laying in a puddle of his own blood, she panics. She is able to call 9-1-1 before being hit on the head herself by the attacker. When she comes to, she is dizzy but alive. Her cook is in surgery for a stab wound. Detective Jason Morgan becomes the lead on this assault case. When he starts Continue Reading
Review: Alice’s Wonderland by Allison Dobell
Alice’s Wonderland by Allison Dobell Erotic Romance E book/Novella November 6, 2012 Avon Red Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “The best way to get through to a man like him? All to easy: leave him wanting more.” Alice Mitchell has spent her life building an erotic luxury goods online store that caters to the rich and discreet. When well known playboy journalist, Flynn O’Grady, begins to write a series of articles that mocks her customers and their toys, using her store as an example, Continue Reading
Review: Freefall by Jill Sorenson
Freefall by Jill Sorenson (Aftershock #2) May 28. 2013 Romantic Suspense Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Awhile ago I read Aftershock, a book about the after effects of being trapped in rubble after an earthquake. While I liked the action and suspense, I wasn’t convinced of the romance. Unfortunately, the same thing happens with this book. Hope is a park ranger and is looking forward to a weekend kayaking trip with her high maintenance sister but before the fun can begin she gets an Continue Reading
Review: By Design by Jayne Denker
By Design by Jayne Denker May 16, 2013 Contemporary Romance Kensington Reviewed by Mandi Emmie is a talented interior designer who works for a man who disrespects her and treats her like a secretary rather than an associate. But Emmie doesn’t have a lot of options in her small town, so she goes to work and deals with it. She finds herself spending a lot of time with her best friend Trish, drinking away her woes. She is in a rut with her life, with a loser boyfriend and a dad Continue Reading
Review: The Look of Love by Bella Andre and Giveaway!
The Look of Love by Bella Andre (The Sullivans #1) Contemporary Romance Rerelease: May 28, 2013 Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi The self published Sullivan series has been out for some time now and I’ve heard a lot of talk about it. It is now being published through Harlequin and I received an arc in the mail so I thought I’d give it a shot. Photographer Chase Sullivan has five brothers and two sisters. He lost his dad at the age of 10, and their model mother raised them all into Continue Reading