Hot Blooded (Jessica McClain #2) by Amanda Carlson Urban Fantasy April 23, 2013 Orbit Reviewed by Tori It hasn't been the best week for Jessica McClain. Her mate has been kidnapped by a Goddess hell-bent on revenge --- but Jessica is playing for keeps. Because she's the only female werewolf in town...it comes with its own set of rules...and powers. Aided by two vamps, two loyal Pack members, and one very reluctant human, Jessica must rescue her man while coming to terms with what being Continue Reading
Winners!
The winners of The Rebound Girl by Tamara Morgan are: Celine Paula Congrats! Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap Up
This week at Smexy…. B+ review – True by Erin McCarthy (New Adult) B review – Plus One by Brighton Walsh (contemporary novella) B review – Of Shadow Born by Dianne Sylvan (UF) B review – Plastic Hearts by Lisa De Jong (New Adult) C review – The Laird’s Forbidden Lover by Amelia Gormley (M/M) C review – Son of a Preacher Man by Arianna Hart (contemporary) C review – Nightbound by Lynn Viehl (Paranormal) D review – Undeclared by Jen Frederick (New Adult) Feature: Her Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–May 17th
10. Game of Thrones Fans – SUMMER IS COMING. *giggle* 9. Can we all do a little squeeee?? Marked by Lauren Dane, Vivian Arend and Kit Rocha – together in one book? It’s not coming until Feb 2014, but we can make it, right? Go HERE for the blurbs. 8. Chloe Neill has posted the FIRST chapter of Biting Bad. She also has a contest to win a signed arc. Go HERE for all the deets. 7. Tomorrow (Saturday May 18th) is the Frederick Book Festival. Those local to MD, PA, VA etc should come check Continue Reading
Review: Plus One by Brighton Walsh
Plus One by Brighton Walsh Released: May 6, 2013 Cotemporary Romance Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “I’ve wanted you for so long, Liv.” …. “Better come get me, then.” Olivia is tired of the dating scene and tired of the guy she is out to dinner with. Lucky for her, her best friend’s brother Ian calls just in time and Olivia has an excuse to dump the date. Olivia and Ian live in different cities now but they have been good friends (and only friends) for many Continue Reading
Review: Undeclared by Jen Frederick
Undeclared by Jen Frederick (Woodlands #1) New Adult April 28, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by May “God, I’m like the poster child for every emo sad sack girl out there. I’m letting down my gender.” Six years ago, Noah began receiving letters from a high school girl named Grace while he was deployed in Afghanistan. A part of a mandatory high school project, Grace had to write the letters and according to his CO, Noah had to respond. Over time the pair began to look forward to these Continue Reading
Feature: Her Master’s Kiss by Vivien Sparx
Blurb: When Renee decides the only way she can save her relationship with a hurtful boyfriend is to become submissive, she enlists the expertise of a dark and brooding master. However, Renee's training soon has her falling for master Stefan, and as she becomes immersed in the spellbinding erotic world of domination, Renee realizes she's infatuated with a man who remains mysteriously out of reach; a man who refuses to be loved. Behind Stefan's cold, remote facade is a man dealing with his Continue Reading
Review: True by Erin McCarthy
True by Erin McCarthy New Adult/Romance Contemporary May 7, 2013 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I've never liked Tom Cruise. He always reminded me of someone's creepy cousin, who smiles too big before he touches your butt and whispers something gross in your ear with hot whiskey on his breath.” College sophomore Rory Macintosh has brains and beauty but the social intricacies that most of us take for granted, eludes her. When her roommates find out Rory is still a Continue Reading
Review: The Laird’s Forbidden Lover by Amelia C. Gormley
The Laird’s Forbidden Lover by Amelia C. Gormley Historical M/M May 6, 2013 Riptide Reviewed by Mandi I enjoyed Amelia Gormley’s self published m/m trilogy so when I heard she was writing a m/m scottish historical for Riptide I got excited. She writes a passionate novella (coming in at 78 pages) but I had some problems with it too. This is the story of farm lad Iain Munro and a future laird, Tavish MacIntyre. Their families know of one another, which is how they meet as Continue Reading
Need a New Adult Rec? We got ‘em
I’m (Mandi) kind of new to the New Adult (NA) genre. I don’t know why I held out. I honestly think part of it was because there was so much hype and discussion about the genre I was over it before I even tried it. However, there is this place called Twitter where I see people tweet all of these “OMG THIS BOOK AHHH” tweets all the time and I have zero control when it comes to said tweets. There are also people/friends (one named Tori) that are always talking about these fantastic NA books Continue Reading