Poison Princess (Arcana Chronicles #1) by Kresley Cole YA Paranormal Releases: October 2, 2012 Simon & Schuster Reviewed by Tori Poison Princess is Kresley Cole’s debut into Young Adult. An interesting premise of a world pushed into an apocalypse (referred to as the Flash) and a young girl’s realization that her “hallucinations” are actually visions of the future and she is part of prophecy dating back to the beginning of time. Very Hunger Games oriented, the first chapter opens to Continue Reading
Winner!
The winner from the Karen Hawkins giveaway of a $20 gift card to an online bookstore is: Cheryl C. Congrats! Continue Reading
Review: Deep Desires by Charlotte Stein
Deep Desires by Charlotte Stein Erotic Contemporary, Novella Released: September 27, 2012 Harper Collins Reviewed by Mandi I think Charlotte Stein has one of the best voices in erotic romance. I always find her heroines so intriguing, so sexually curious, teasing and flirty, and many times they take the reins and show the hero what can be between them. This book is darker though and I really like it. Abbie works as a grocery store clerk and lives in an apartment building called Continue Reading
Guest Author Cassi Carver and Giveaway
Hi, everyone, I’m Cassi Carver! Thank you for visiting me at Smexy Books today! I’m really excited about the release of Shadow Rising, the second book in my spicy urban fantasy series with Samhain Publishing, and I thought I would talk a little about music and how it can affect writing a book. Last year was the first year I’d really heard about authors coming up with playlists for books and series. Sure, I’d listened to music while I was writing before, but could it be possible that if I made a Continue Reading
Review: The Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens
The Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens Historical Romance Paperback September 25, 2012 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “This wasn’t some passing connection. This power and glory wasn’t something that would fade and die- “ Neville Roscoe is the notorious, scandalous owner of several gambling dens. A private man, he exists on the fringes of society and is given wide berth by everyone. We learn early on that Neville is really Lord Julian Delbraith and his decline into Continue Reading
Review: How to Date a Henchman by Mari Fee
How to Date a Henchman by Mari Fee Paranormal/Superhero Romance Released: September 3, 2012 Carina Press Reviewed by May Superheroes. They were as addictive as celebrities, and like celebrities, most of them failed to venture into Canada. Canada passed laws against vigilantism rather than reinterpreting the existing Criminal Code to allow exceptions for the exceptional, and as a result there weren’t many superheroes operating north of the Fourty-Nineth. Privately Gina thought it had Continue Reading
Guest Author Amy Andrews
Thanks to Mandi and Smexy Books for hosting me today and letting me talk about my new Entangled Publishing release Taming the Tycoon. One of the scenes I loved writing the most involved Nate and Addie, posing as a couple, being manipulated by his meddling old granny into sharing the same room. With only one bed. “You want Addie in the rose bedroom?” he asked. “Oh no darling,” his grandmother interjected. “She’ll be in with you, of course.” Nathaniel felt time screech to halt around him. Continue Reading
Review: Run the Risk by Lori Foster
Run The Risk by Lori Foster (Love Undercover #1) Contemporary Romance September 25, 2012 Harlequin Reviewed by Helyce I am a big fan of Lori Foster’s writing style. Her contemporaries are always written with just the right amount of everything I enjoy to make the story grab me from the first page, so much so that I do not want to put it down. Run The Risk starts her new Love Undercover series and introduces us to the leading men who will each get a book. Logan Riske is undercover Continue Reading
Review: Dragon’s Moon by Lucy Monroe
Dragon’s Moon by Lucy Monroe (Children of the Moon #4) Paranormal Romance Released: September 4, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by May This story takes place in 1149AD Scotland, where the groups of shifters have been forced to live with human clans so that they do not become extinct. They keep their true identities secret from all but a select few – but they are more in the open than ever before. They also have issues between themselves, as over the years the wolves and crows have come to Continue Reading
Romance in my Romance Novels
By May. Is it too much to ask for romance in my romance novels? Lately I feel like I’ve read an awful lot of books where one of the following happens: a) The author tells us the people are attracted to, even falling in love with each other. b) The people are both so good looking, love is an assumed conclusion. c) The lust is so strong and the sex so good, clearly this is love. All three options leave me wildly unsatisfied as a reader. One of the first things that attracted me Continue Reading