Acceleration by Amelia C. Gormley (Impulse #2) M/M Contemporary November 30, 2012 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi A little while back I accepted a review request for a self published m/m romance, Inertia. For the most part I really liked the book and the author’s voice. It ended more with a '’to be continued’ vibe so I was eager to read Acceleration and continue Gavin and Derrick’s story. One of the reasons this story drew me in is that Derrick is a blue-collared handyman who is a Continue Reading
Jill Shalvis and her Top Five Holiday Moments
Jill Shalvis’s Lucky Harbor novella, Under the Mistletoe releases tomorrow and she is here today to talk about her favorite holiday moments. Top Five Holiday Moments: 1. When my youngest turned eight she very solemnly told me she knew that Santa was a hoax. I said no, baby, it’s not a hoax. Santa lives in your heart. As long as you believe, he’s real. She took this in and gave it some thought, and shook her head. “I know it’s daddy. But that’s okay. I love daddy more than Santa.” I gave her a Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Rafael De Santos. Leader of the Council of the Others. Jaguar shifter. Alpha. Arrogant. And damn sexy. Heroine: Tess Menzies. A witch who is instructed to deliver a message to Rafael, a message he doesn’t take a liking to. He also refuses to let her go without rubbing his…whiskers…all over her. Tess can’t deny him for long. After they have elevator sex….. “Stay with me, damn it. I’m not done with you yet.” He got no answer, but he didn’t think she was capable of one. Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy…. B+ review – Wallbanger by Alice Clayton (contemporary romance) B review – Nightingale by Jennifer Estep (paranormal romance) B- review – Running Wild by Linda Howard and Linda Jones (contemp) C+ review – Shadow’s Claim by Kresley Cole (paranormal romance) C+ review – Running in the Dark by Regan Summers (urban fantasy) C+ review – The Importance of Being Wicked by Miranda Neville (historical) C review – In Her Sights by Charley Colins (romantic suspense) Continue Reading
Winners!
The winners of Aftershock by Jill Sorenson are: Lee Karen C Pamela TrishJ Sophia D Whitney C Debbie S Congrats! All winners have been emailed. Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–November 30th
10. Grrrr Gi Joe. You beast. (Thanks May) 9. JR Ward gave us a tiny excerpt from Lover at Last yesterday. From page 43: Blay leaned in, his upper lip peeling back from his fangs. “Just so we’re clear, your cousin is giving me what I need. All day long. Every day. You and me?” He motioned back and forth between them with the cigarette. “We work together. That’s it. So I want you to do us both a favor before you think I ‘need’ to know something. Ask yourself, ‘If I were flipping burgers at Continue Reading
Review: Kept by Shawntelle Madison
Kept by Shawntelle Madison (Coveted #2) Urban Fantasy November 27, 2012 Ballantine Reviewed by May Kept is book #2 in the Coveted series, and it takes off shortly after the first book ended. Given the content and pacing of Kept, I believe most readers would find themselves rather lost and book 1 should be read first. Nat lives with her friend in a small New Jersey town where she works at an antique shop, and is just newly back in her family after being estranged for years. Nat has Continue Reading
Review: Running in the Dark by Regan Summers
Running in the Dark by Regan Summers (Night Runner #1) October 29, 2012 Urban Fantasy Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi First let me start by saying I didn’t realize this is the second book, or maybe it’s better to say the first full book in this series. Don’t Bite the Messenger is a previous novella and I think if I had read it, I might have understood this world a little better. There is a lot of info dumping at the beginning of this book as the author sets up the world. It made it Continue Reading
Review: Too Dangerous to Desire by Cara Elliott
Too Dangerous to Desire by Cara Elliott (Lord of Midnight #3) Historical Romance November 20, 2012 Forever Reviewed by May Sophie closed her eyes for a fleeting instant. “I’m delighted that you found your knight in shining armor, Georgie. But not all of us are fated to be so lucky. If there are any reptiles that need slaying, I fear I shall have to sharpen my own sword.” Sophie is the eldest sister, a spinster, and woman who found her true love once upon a time but turned his offer of Continue Reading
Review: The Importance of Being Wicked by Miranda Neville
The Importance of Being Wicked by Miranda Neville (The Wild Quartet #1) November 27, 2012 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi This book gives us two unlikely people to fall in love – a Duke, nicknamed Lord Stuffy, who while is no means desolate, would prefer to marry a rich heiress. And a widowed heroine who parties, doesn’t care for the rules of the ton, and because of her late husband’s debts, owes many people money. My main problem with this book is that by the end, I Continue Reading