Love, Hypothetically by Anne Tenino Released: August 27, 2012 M/M Contemporary Romance (Novella) Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Mandi Paul and Trevor had a secret relationship together in high school. Paul considered himself in love, although they never really talked about their feelings much. Trevor was a big time baseball player, with a pretend girlfriend. Although he had the hots for Paul, he never wanted to reciprocate oral sex or do anything “too gay.” One day while Continue Reading
Review: I Own the Dawn by M.L Buchman
I Own the Dawn by M.L. Buchman (Nightstalkers #2) Released: August 1, 2012 Military Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by Mandi Last year I read and thoroughly enjoyed M.L. Buchman’s debut book The Night is Mine. (currently $1.79) It was very over the top, but so engaging and I enjoyed both the hero and the heroine. I still enjoy his writing style in I Own the Dawn, but it didn’t quite capture me as much this time. Kee Smith survived a very rough childhood of living on the streets Continue Reading
Tessa Dare Blog Tour–Stop #2 with Giveaway!
Edited: Contest now close. The random winner is: Sheryl Nyary. Congrats! Tessa Dare is having a progressive blog tour today to celebrate her release of A Lady by Midnight. There are five stops, with an ongoing story and prizes along the way! Stop one just ended at Ex-Libris. At the end of this post, I’ll include the schedule for the remaining stops, but let’s get on with the story! Thorne: Where are we now? Kate: SmexyBooks! Thorne: Smex…? I'm not even going to Continue Reading
Review: The Lady is a Vamp by Lynsay Sands
The Lady Is A Vamp by Lynsay Sands (Argeneau #17) Paranormal Romance July 31, 2012 Avon Reviewed by Helyce Jeanne Louise Argeneau was on her way home from work when she was kidnapped. Shot with a drug that was probably created in the very labs she works in, she is taken and shackled with chains. When she awakens, it is to look into the face of a very attractive man. When she tries to take control of his mind to get him to release her, she realizes that she cannot and she’s shocked to Continue Reading
Review: Skybound by Aleksandr Voinov
Skybound by Aleksandr Voinov Historical m/m romance (Novella) Released: August 20, 2012 Riptide Reviewed by Mandi I discovered Aleksandr Voinov this year after I read and devoured his Dark Soul series. I then went on to read Part One (currently reading Part Two – it is thousands of pages) of his very dark, Special Forces (free on his website, and I reiterate, dark) and loved. I mean, I realllllly loved. So I’m now determined to read everything he writes. His latest Continue Reading
Review: Soldier’s Last Stand by Cindy Dees
Soldier’s Last Stand by Cindy Dees (H.O.T. Watch #3) Romantic Suspense Released: June 21, 2011 Harleqiun Reviewed by May, who decided to review this because it won the RITA for best contemporary series: suspense. “Gahh,” he grunted as he shoved away from her. “Using sex won’t work for this mission. Like I said. You’re going to get yourself – and maybe me – killed. I don’t need a sex kitten. I need a real woman.” Oh Navy Commander Brady Hathaway, if only that was true. A thirty something Continue Reading
Review: Loving Lady Marcia by Kieran Kramer
Loving Lady Marcia by Kieran Kramer (House of Brady #1) Released: August 28, 2012 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May This is a story, of a lovely lady. She was bringing up three very lovely girls. All of them had hair of gold… and I think you know how the rest of that catchy song goes. In an homage to the epic television series The Brady Bunch, Kieran Kramer is writing a series based in Regency England that features the Brady family – right down to Alice and Tiger. As a Continue Reading
Winner
The winner of the Seleste deLaney giveaway is: Lege Artis Congrats! Continue Reading
Review: Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl
Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl August 28, 2012 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I read this book and then let it sit for a few days before I wrote the review because I just couldn’t figure out my feelings for this one. Victoria Dahl gives us a very prickly heroine. Grace is a make-up artist from Hollywood. After getting fired while on set of a movie, and then having a very bad break up with a boyfriend that literally leaves her penniless, she gets in the Continue Reading
Let’s Talk Blogging and Your Website
Today, Renee Rocco, owner of Lyrical Press is here to talk about what publishers want to see when visiting blogger websites. I think this is useful information if you are interested in authors and publishers contacting you with a review request. When Mandi was kind enough to open the blog to me, one of the things she told me she’d love a post on was what publishers (and authors) would love to see on review sites. I thought that was an awesome idea myself, because I do a lot of legwork for Continue Reading