We are happy to have author Sandy Williams here today to celebrate the release of The Shattered Dark. Hugging Covers One of the things I was most excited about when I sold THE SHADOW READER to Ace was the cover. To me, a cover means a book is real. It’s no longer a jumble of scenes in my head or a long document of words staring back at me from my computer. It’s something I can point to and say, “See! I did it! I’m finally a real author!” So, naturally, one of the things that terrified me the Continue Reading
Review: The Shattered Dark by Sandy Williams
The Shattered Dark (McKenzie Lewis #2) by Sandy Williams Urban Fantasy Releases: October 30, 2012 Ace Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “It’s a familiar feeling, being pushed to the side like this.“ Sandy Williams once again takes us on a dark, twisted journey with the second installment of her dynamic urban fantasy McKenzie Lewis series, The Shattered Dark. Our heroine McKenzie Lewis isn’t your average urban fantasy heroine. She has a unique gift, the ability to read and locate Continue Reading
Winners!
The winners of Tigers and Devils and Tigerland by Sean Kennedy are: Heather P jenniferh Winners have been emailed. Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero #1: Alex. Diner cook who lives with his brother and his best friend Holly, who is the only person that knows he is gay. He makes good donuts. Hero #2: Matt. Rich but decides to take a year off of life and finds himself working in the diner too. Has never been with a man before but he finds himself lusting after Alex. Matt was overwhelmed. All his breath seemed to be trapped inside his chest. His entire body was tight in a way it’d never been before. It was as if Alex had just pulled the Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy…. A review – Phantom Shadows by Diane Duvall (paranormal) B+ review – Tigerland by Sean Kennedy (m/m contemp) B review – The Hot Floor by Josephine Myles (m/m/m contemp) B review – Blind Destiny by Shiloh Walker (paranormal) C+ review – A Night of No Return by Sarah Morgan (contemporary) C+ review – The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa (ya paranormal) C+ review – Blood by Moonlight Anthology (paranormal) C review – Twelfth Night Secret by Jane Feather Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–October 26th
10. I want to hang out with Drunk Peggy. (oh wait, I am drunk peggy. Kidding. not really.) 9. In case you missed it, JR Ward has not only given us an excerpt for Qhuay aka Lover at Last but also the back cover copy. A few notes – I would like to suck on that dinner mint. *ahem* “Blay, after years of unrequited love, has moved on from his feelings for Qhuinn.” ~ this book is going to kill me, isn’t? 8. Kresley Cole has posted the first five chapters of Shadow’s Claim. Continue Reading
Review: The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa
The Lost Prince (The Iron Fey: Call Of The Forgotten #1) by Julie Kagawa Paranormal Romance-YA Released: October 21, 2012 Harlequin Teen Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “No one ever leaves the Nevernever completely sane. In the original Iron Fey series, we read the extraordinary story of Meghan Chase, the half breed Summer Princess, and her journey into Nevernever to save her kidnapped brother and secure her place as the Iron Queen. Her brother, Ethan, has suffered for his time Continue Reading
Winner!
The winner of Heated Match by Lynne Silver is: Evelyn S. Congrats! Thanks so much to Lynne for stopping by. Continue Reading
Review: Blood by Moonlight Anthology
Blood By Moonlight by Jocelynn Drake, Terri Garey, and Caris Roane Paranormal Romance October 23, 2012 Avon Impulse Reviewed by Tori Just in time for the scariest season of all, three popular paranormal authors come together to tell original tales of romance where anything can happen under a Halloween moon . . . Tempers flare and passions rise in Jocelynn Drake's Of Monsters and Men as the local werewolf pack clashes with the Winter Court's Wild Hunt . . . In Terri Garey's The Ghoul Continue Reading
Review: Blind Destiny by Shiloh Walker
Blind Destiny by Shiloh Walker (Grimm's Circle #7) Paranormal Romance, Novella Released: October 16, 2012 Samhain Reviewed by May Because it is so well done – first let me share the description of this story from the Samhain site: Myrsina knows the stories. As one of the oldest of the Grimm, she had a hand in writing most of them, but only she knows the dark origin of the Seven Bloody Sisters. It springs from the place of her birth—and her death. A place of pain and misery to which Continue Reading