Inertia by Amelia C. Gormley (Impulse #1) July 19, 2012 M/M Contemporary Romance Self-Published Reviewed by Mandi Handyman Derrick Chance has lived a lonely life, by choice. By the age of 21, he lost many beloved family members, and now ten years later, lives in the house his grandparents gave him. Although he is gay, he has never had a gay relationship. He experimented with a woman years ago, but with the loss of his grandparents he is too scared to become attached to anyone. He Continue Reading
Review: White Hot by Nina Bruhns
White Hot by Nina Bruhns (Men In Uniform #2) Romantic Suspense August 7, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Clint Walker is desperately trying to get to Seattle to deliver some top secret information being stored on a tiny SD card. He’s survived the sinking of the submarine Ostrov, only to get to Dutch Harbor and realize that he now has some Chinese operatives on his butt. He’s almost at the airport when he realizes that they’ve probably anticipated this Continue Reading
Review: Blackstone’s Bride by Kate Moore
Blackstone’s Bride by Kate Moore August 7, 2012 Historical Romance Berkley Reviewed by May Favorite quote: He was born to be a connoisseur of erections. He knew them all, the ones like slow bread dough rising, or those like wild Congreve rockets soaring, or others like a water douser’s stick pointing straight at the source. When called upon to do his duty by a woman, he had taught himself to coax an erection out of the thinnest wisp of sexual stimulation. But that skill had come later Continue Reading
Interview with Maya Banks
Who is Maya Banks? Give us the low down. I’m the most boring person on the planet. I live in a cave. I like routine. I have a twisted sense of humor and am very likely to be amused by things normal people wouldn’t. I always joke and say that my readers would be surprised at how shockingly conservative I am (based on what I write lol) I’m easily traumatized by the TMI department and there are some things I can go my entire life without knowing. Really. Softly at Sunrise, a KGI novella Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
The heroine: Flora. Plumber and works at a diner. Stubborn and independent. She likes her smexin’ with no strings attached. The hero: Jacob. Part of a triplet with two other really hot brothers. He has a thing for sexy plumbers. “It’s neat.” She leaned over and kissed the edges of the swirling design that covered part of his chest and shoulder. It wasn’t large, or tacky. It was…pretty, but masculine too. His hands stroked along her sides and she took her time kissing across his chest, licking Continue Reading
Review: Brody by Emma Lang
Brody by Emma Lang (Circle Eight #2) June 26, 2012 Historical Romance Kensington Brava Reviewed by Helyce Texas Ranger Brody Armstrong has been investigating the murders and kidnapping of several ranchers but the one that has touched him the most is the kidnapping of Benjamin Graham, the youngest of the Graham children. He’s determined to find out everything he can even if in the end the news is devastating. When his investigation points him toward Mexico, he heads out to the Graham Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy…. A review – Widow’s Web by Jennifer Estep (uf) B+ review – Heavy Issues by Elle Aycart (erotic contemporary) B+ review – Stars & Stripes by Abigail Roux (m/m suspense) B review – Mark and Tony by LB Gregg (m/m contemporary) B review – Sweet Deception by Heather Snow (historical) B review – The Asylum Interviews – Bronx by Jocelynn Drake (uf) B- review – Trust in Me by Skye Warren (dark erotica) C review – A Girl Like You by Maria Geraci (chick Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–August 17th
10. The Olympics are over. Magic Mike is done. What the hell am I going to talk about today? It’s a sad, bleak top ten y’all. Well, it was until David Beckham showed us his ginormous bulge yesterday. But I’m going to make you wait to see it. I can’t give away the good this early. Let me court you for a few numbers first. 9. Are you guys fans of the ABC Family/Hallmark channel Christmas movies? I may have been known to watch these on occasion. Even when it isn’t the holiday season. Lisa Kleypas Continue Reading
Review: Widow’s Web by Jennifer Estep
Widow's Web by Jennifer Estep (Elemental Assassin #7) August 21, 2012 Urban Fantasy Simon & Schuster Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: This was a matter of the heart – and one problem that all my knives and all my prowess as the Spider wouldn’t help me solve. Gin Blanco is an assassin. Oh, she’s semi-retired and she tries to live her life as normally as she can now running her BBQ joint the Pork Pit and spending time with her friends, sister Bria, and her lover Owen. But things happen, Continue Reading
Review: The Asylum Interviews–Bronx by Jocelynn Drake
The Asylum Interviews: Bronx (The Asylum Tales #0.5) By Jocelynn Drake Urban Fantasy July 3, 2012 Harper Voyager Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Most trolls only have one child.” “Really? Why?” “The mother tends to eat the spares.” The Asylum Interviews is a prequel to Jocelynn Drake’s newest series, The Asylum Tales, which releases its first in the series, Angel’s Ink, in October. In this short novella, we get an introduction to the series main character, Gage, and the Continue Reading