Who is Samantha Young? Give us the low down. A dreamer. A realist. A book geek. An ex-film geek. A plotter not a pantser. A one-tattoo-ed pretzel-munching- warrior-wannabee. An action movie junkie. A sucker for a happy ending or an ending with no answer. A Fighting Vipers Master. A light-bulb-changer-extraordinaire. A music lover and Biffy Clyro worshiper. A sister. A daughter. A friend. A best friend. Oooh and now a proud homeowner for the first time. Down London Road is set in your Continue Reading
Joint Review: Down London Road by Samantha Young
Down London Road by Samantha Young (On Dublin Street #2) Released: May 7, 2013 Contemporary Romance Penguin Reviewed by Mandi and Tori Mandi: After really enjoying Samantha Young’s adult debut last year, On Dublin Street, I was intrigued to see what she would do in her second book. Down London Road turned out to be a somewhat darker, more intense book than Dublin, and I really like the direction Samantha takes. The author takes great care in getting the reader to know Johanna or Continue Reading
Review: Nameless by Claire Kent
Nameless by Claire Kent Contemporary Romance April 30, 2013 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi After reading and enjoying Escorted by Claire Kent earlier this year, I was eager to try more of her work. While I still think she has a really nice voice, the heroine gave me some problems in this one. Erin remembers Seth Thomas from when they were kids. After a bad childhood, Seth turned his life around, went to college and is now a very wealthy, well known defense attorney. She sees Continue Reading
Guest Author Megan Frampton and Giveaway
I’ve got a book out now titled Hero of My Heart, and it’s a Regency-set historical about an opium-addicted Marquess suffering from PTSD and the illegitimate daughter of a vicar. Which sounds really rule-breaking, but it’s not so much, because they fall in love, and spend a lot—A LOT—of time together and yes, they find themselves naked and supine quite frequently. Yay. In writing it, I wanted to do something that would tease at the edges of propriety—the hint of class differences, drug abuse, Continue Reading
Review: Cowboy Take Me Away by Jane Graves
Cowboy Take Me Away by Jane Graves (Rainbow Valley #1) Contemporary Romance April 30, 2013 Forever Reviewed by Helyce Shannon North is the new Director of the Rainbow Valley Animal Shelter. She loves the animals and makes it her priority to keep them happy, healthy and to find them good homes. But like all non-profits, it’s a continuous fight for donations to keep the animals fed and to stay in the black. She’s a bit overworked and she’s thinking that maybe she wasn’t the best person Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Lucian Knight. Alpha. Owner of a lucrative adult entertainment business who believes in thoroughly sampling his products. Heroine: Sophie Black. Lucian’s PA and enthusiastic participant in Lucian’s hedonistic world. "I like you like this," he murmured, kissing her shoulder. "I'm going to chain you to the kitchen sink more often." Sophie laughed and elbowed him lightly. She spent most of her days dressed in killer heels and dresses designed to distract Lucien from Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A- review – Ivory by Lola Dodge (paranormal romance) B+ review – Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare (historical romance, novella) B+ review – Against The Dark (romantic suspense) C+ review- Rogue Descendant by Jenna Black (urban fantasy) C+ review- Bullheaded by Catt Ford (contemporary, mm) C+ review- Breathing His Air by Debra Kayn (contemporary) C review- Never Too Late by Amara Royce (historical romance) C Review- Locked by Maya Cross (erotic contemporary) C- Continue Reading
[May’s] Smexy Top 10 May 3rd edition
How great it it that it is the first week of May, and I (May) am in charge of the top 10? This week I'm taking over to make sure this week we have nothing but pure classiness and grace while Mandi is away working really hard at RT2013. We'll look at really great educational stuff. Tori sent me this link to a video of a very wholesome family at a drive-through zoo. That's the kind of high quality content I'm talking about. You know I always keep it clean.... 10. Wait, did I say Continue Reading
Retro Reads: Jude’s Law by Lori Foster
Tori: May recently messaged me that she had a lighthearted funny romance contemporary that she thought I would like. Both of us have a fondness for funny romantic contemporaries. A story with a viable sweet romance that isn’t inundated with overblown angst and a dark emotional quagmire that can and often does leave you drained for days after reading. Not to say there isn’t anything wrong with those kinds of stories but after awhile, you need something cheery. After reading the romance she Continue Reading
Review: Rogue Descendant by Jenna Black
Rogue Descendant (Nikki Glass #3) by Jenna Black Urban Fantasy April 30, 2013 Pocket Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You advising me to lie back and think of England?” Nikki Glass has begun to acclimate to her new life as an immortal descendant of Artemis. Living in the mansion with the other Liberi’s, Nikki is slowly making it her home but finds herself clinging stubbornly to her humanity, especially when it comes to killing for revenge. And revenge is what Liberi leader Anderson Continue Reading