The two winners of Shadow Visions by Gabriella Hewitt are: Rebe Stella (Ex Libris) Congrats! Thanks to Gabriella Hewitt for the giveaway. Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Set-up: Nicholas is a very alpha male tiger shifter. Due to tradition, his parents have arranged his marriage to another tiger shifter Saskia. He is arrogant, and expects Saskia to obey his every command. Saskia has other ideas. But they both accept the arranged marriage, they just have a lot of issues to work out. Oh, and they have hot sex. Every swipe of his tongue, every sting of his teeth, every draw of his mouth as he swallowed and purred and pinned her in place made her Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
Here is what we talked about at Smexy this week: A Review – Twisted by Laura Griffin A Review – The Witness by Nora Roberts A Review – Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson C+ Review – Fortune Hunter by Ava March C+ Review – Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright by Justine Saracen C+ Review – Temptation Rising by AC Arthur C Review – Ocean’s Touch by Denise Townsend C Review – Table for One by Ros Clarke D Review – Playing for Keeps by Liz Matis Revenge Sex and Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–April 20th
10. I love shoes, but I need a shirt that says, I <3 Books, Booze and Boys with Tattoos. Ha! But THIS shirt is awesome. 9. The cover is now out for K.A. Mitchell’s August release, But My Boyfriend Is. No blurb yet and yes I know August is so far away. This is #4 in her Florida series – which can be read as stand alones, but I adore this series and if you haven’t read it yet, get going! I suggest starting with Collision Course (book #2), then read No Souvenirs, and then go back to book #1, Continue Reading
Review: Temptation Rising by A.C. Arthur
Temptation Rising by A.C. Arthur (The Shadow Shifters #1) Paranormal Romance March 27, 2012 St. Martin’s Reviewed by Mandi For the past two years, Kalina Harper has been dreaming about a terrifying night she lived through. Caught in an alley in Washington, DC with a man about to do her harm, a huge cat comes to her rescue, killing the man and allowing Kalina to run free. Thinking a huge cat saving her is bizarre, she has tried to live her life not thinking about that night. Working Continue Reading
Guest Review: Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright by Justine Saracen
Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright by Justine Saracen Historical/Gay & Lesbian March 13, 2012 Bold Strokes Books Guest Reviewed by Jill Sorenson. I requested this book from NetGalley because the description included the words “lesbian” and “romance.” What I found in the pages was so much more than I expected, but I came away feeling unsatisfied. Katja Sommers, the heroine, is a young lady who works on a film crew in Nazi Germany. The crew is collecting war propaganda footage for Continue Reading
Review: Table For One by Ros Clarke
Table For One by Ros Clarke Contemporary Romance February 2012 E-book, novella Entangled Publishing Reviewed by Helyce Claudia Thomas certainly did not expect to be eating alone at Ward’s, a new, very trendy restaurant in London; but that is exactly where she finds herself when her boyfriend breaks up with her on Valentine’s Day. While it’s the last place she wants to be, she really has no choice. Her job as a food critic was the reason she had the reservation in the first Continue Reading
Review: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Memoir /Humor April 12, 2012 Putnan Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!“ Everyone who is anyone, well, anyone who appreciates insane, questionable, depraved humor, knows who Jenny Lawson is. She is the voice behind The Bloggess, a blog that crosses all lines, pokes all chickens, and usually leaves me laughing so hard I have found it’s in my best interest to get dressed on AFTER I have read her latest post. Continue Reading
Revenge Sex and Romance
I've read two books in a row this week that features revenge sex – where the heroine feels jilted by the hero for a past wrong deed and decides to get revenge by sleeping with him, and then dumping him once he falls in love. But of course, she sleeps with him and she falls in love, making things very complicated, yet not really feeling very revengeful. I’ve come to realize, I just don’t like this set-up. It’s fun at first because the heroine gets that evil glint in her eye. She is super pissed Continue Reading
Review: Playing For Keeps by Liz Matis
Playing for Keeps by Liz Matis Contemporary Romance November 30, 2011 Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Samantha Jameson has had a crush on Ryan Terell for a long time. Through college, she kept the football star in her sights, but nothing ever came of her attraction to him. Samantha starts her post-college life as a hard-core journalist, traveling to the middle east to cover the war. After a brutal time, where she is kidnapped for three days she is now back in the states, and has Continue Reading