Confessions Of An Angry Girl by (Confessions #1) by Louise Rozett YA-Fiction Released: August 28 2012 Harlequin Favorite Quote: “No fear. “ Rose Zarelli is fourteen, a freshman in high school, and seems to have the weight of the world on her shoulders. She feels as though everyone she loves has left her. Her father died over the summer, her brother has left for college, and her mother seems to have left life. When Rose runs into an old friend of her brother's, Jamie Forta, her Continue Reading
Review: Blackwood by Gwenda Bond
Blackwood by Gwenda Bond YA-Fantasy Released? September 4, 2012 Strange Chemistry Reviewed by Tori The mystery surrounding the Roanoke Colony, also referred to as The Lost Colony, has always fascinated me. Over one hundred settlers vanished from the small settlement of Roanoke; never to be seen again. The only clue left? The word Croatoan carved into a wooden post. Where did the settlers vanish to? Did they assimilate into surrounding tribes? Were they forced to flee to Croatoan Continue Reading
Review: Much Ado About Magic by Shanna Swendson
Much Ado About Magic by Shanna Swendson Chick Lit/Paranormal Released: August 15, 2012 Self Published Reviewed by May Katie is immune to magic. It doesn’t work on her at all. She sees magical beings as they really are, and she can’t be influenced by those trying to do so magically. Believe it or not, this makes her incredibly rare and very special. Most humans have a tiny bit of magic – enough that they can be influenced by illusions and spells. She was recruited by MSI, and works for Continue Reading
Review: The Dirty Girls Book Club by Savanna Fox
The Dirty Girls Book Club by Savanna Fox Released: September 4, 2012 Contemporary Erotic Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi I like the concept of this book. Three girlfriends who meet for a monthly book club decide to spice it up and move away from their normal literary fiction selections, and choose a historical erotica instead. I assume subsequent books in this series will feature each book club member. This one focuses on Georgia and Woody. Georgia is a marketing executive in Continue Reading
Review: The Reluctant Amazon by Sandy James
The Reluctant Amazon by Sandy James (Alliance of the Amazons #1) Paranormal Romance Released: September 3, 2012 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi We start with Rebecca being stood up on her wedding day. Her fiancé just couldn’t go through with the union. Pissed off and angered, she punches him in the face and the ground starts shaking. All of a sudden, a Scottish warrior appears before her, in a kilt with a huge sword and tells her that her time has come and she must go with Continue Reading
Guest Author Avery Flynn–Alpha, Abs and Attitude
We are happy to have Avery Flynn at Smexy today, to celebrate the release of the third book in her Layton Family series, Passion Creek. Alpha, Abs and Attitude by Avery Flynn Picture the moment. I’m in yoga pants and a tank top. I haven’t slept more than four hours at a shot or shaved my legs in about a week. I’m living on coffee and adrenaline because I am under the gun to finish a story before the a deadline drops on me like an anvil and I need an copy editor STAT. (I know, you’re Continue Reading
Review: How to Drive a Dragon Crazy by G. A. Aiken
How to Drive a Dragon Crazy by G.A. Aiken (The Dragon Kin #6) Paranormal Romance Released: September 4, 2012 Zebra Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “We just can’t sit around discussing pure evil without tea and biscuits, Iz. It’s just not done.” Once upon a time in a place called Dark Plains there lived a woman named Annwyl who was battling to the death. Sure she was about to take her last breath, she never imagined a great dragon prince would save her life and be her true love. What Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Hero: Xavier. Owner of Dark Haven BDSM club. People call him, ‘My Liege,’ He demands respect, and is really good at giving people what they need. He also likes to make the heroine walk around his club naked. Heroine: Abigail. She doesn’t like walking around with no clothes on. She just wants to watch and do research. Xavier has other thoughts. She has doesn’t like her body…Xavier strips away her negative issues and builds up back up. He wrapped her fingers around the headboard Continue Reading
Review: Immortally Yours by Angie Fox
Immortally Yours by Angie Fox (Monster M*A*S*H #1) Paranormal Romance Released: August 28, 2012 St. Martin's Reviewed by May Dr. Petra Robichaud was drafted into service, and taken into limbo to serve as a doctor in a MASH unit for the young gods (who are at war with the old gods). There wasn’t much choice about it – Both armies were allowed to recruit anywhere on Earth. And I use the term recruit lightly. It was more like a shanghaiing. A rep from the young gods spotted me first. Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy…. B+ review – All He Ever Needed by Shannon Stacey (contemporary) B+ review – Lumberjack in Love by Penny Watson (contemporary) B+ review – To Catch a Vampire by Jennifer Harlow (UF) B review – Defying the Prince by Sarah Morgan (contemporary) B review – Catch a Shooting Star by Olivia Ventura (contemporary) B review – Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan (YA Paranormal) B review – Night Forbidden by Joss Ware (paranormal) B- review – Full Surrender by Continue Reading