This week at Smexy: B+ Review – Awake Unto Me by Kathleen Knowles B+ Review – The Rogues Pirate’s Bride by Shana Galen B+ Review – I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella B Review – Something About Witches Joey W. Hill B Review – Ride With Me by Ruthie Knox C+ Review – Her Husband’s Harlot by Grace Callaway C Review – The Last Night by Nico Rosso C Review – Slayers Kiss by Cassi Carver C- Review – Amazon Heat by Melinda Leigh and Rayna Vause C- Review – Inked Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–February 17th
10. I’m so ready to buy spring clothes and shoes! Have you noticed a big trend this spring is colorblocking? I keep seeing shoes like this.. Do I need a purple colorblock shoe? DO I? 9. All About Romance posted the results of their Annual Reader Poll. Favorite Romance Book – The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne. I adored this book, you can read my review here. There are many categories, (best pnr, best romantic hero, etc..) so go check them out. I think I agree with most of the results! Yay! 8. Continue Reading
Review: Something About Witches by Joey W. Hill
Something About Witches by Joey W. Hill (Arcane Shot #1) Paranormal Romance February 7, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “No man should look that good in a pair of jeans,” Linda noted. “Temptation and sin never come in ugly packaging,” Ruby returned, but she watched right along with her until he disappeared into the house. I’ve read a few of Joey W. Hill’s Vampire Queen series and really liked the darker, erotic BDSM feel to them. Something About Witches is actually Continue Reading
Winner!
The winner of Sweet Enemy by Heather Snow is: Na Congrats! Thanks to all that entered. Continue Reading
Review: The Last Night by Nico Rosso
The Last Night by Nico Rosso (The Burning Earth Book 1) SciFi Romance February 13, 2012 E-book Carina Press Reviewed by Helyce Favorite Quote: They met with a kiss. His hands framed her face. She pressed close to him, clutching his arms. She’d leaped through the flames of fear and found a truth on the other side. This was love on the burning earth. Trust and balance. Their bodies twined together, the reward for surviving the fight. A series of deathly earthquakes have shaken the Continue Reading
Guest Review: Awake Unto Me by Kathleen Knowles
Awake Unto Me by Kathleen Knowles F/F Romance January 17, 2012 Bella Distribution Jill Sorenson is back with another guest review! Bold Strokes Books is a publishing company known for lesbian romance. They also publish other types of gay fiction and m/m. Many of their titles are available on NetGalley, and whenever I request one I get instant approval. I like that! I also liked this book very much. I’m a sucker for cross-dressing heroines in m/f historical romances, so I find Continue Reading
Guest Author Ruthie Knox and Giveaway
A Journey Like No Journey That’s Been Journeyed Before Romance novel cover copy is fond of the travel metaphor. “An incredible journey...” “An emotional journey...” “A heart-tugging journey” — there’s a lot of journeying happening, which makes sense, I suppose, since heroes and heroines have to do something with all that baggage. <rimshot> My debut novel, Ride with Me, takes the whole journey thing one step further by being about an actual journey. On bicycles. Rather than Continue Reading
Review: Ride With Me By Ruthie Knox
Ride With Me by Ruthie Knox Contemporary Romance February 13, 2012 Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi Tom Geiger is ready to cycle across the United States on the TransAmerica Trail. Planning to start in Oregon and ending up in Virginia, he is looking forward to a couple of months of peaceful cycling and sightseeing as he heads east. But his sister, Taryn, has other plans for him. Worried that he is too much of a loner, she secretly places an ad for a riding companion for him and finds Continue Reading
Review: Amazon Heat by Melinda Leigh and Rayna Vause
Amazon Heat by Melinda Leigh and Rayna Vause Paranormal Romance January 9, 2012 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi I decided to read this one because I thought the blurb sounded a little crazy and fun: 2 years ago... Driven by grief to find a cure for cancer, Elizabeth DeMarco left Logan Spencer to accept a position on a research expedition to the Amazon rainforest. Kidnapped by guerrillas, she was saved by a secret all-female civilization, the last of the ancient Amazons. But Continue Reading
Review: Slayer’s Kiss by Cassi Carver
Slayer’s Kiss by Cassi Carver (Shadow Slayers #1) Urban Fantasy February 14, 2012 Samhain Reviewed by Mandi Not only does Kara manage an apartment building, but she is also a bartender and a witch. Although, being a witch is something she is not great at. Her best friend Abbey is a witch though, and together they take to the streets at night. Kara was sexually abused earlier in her life, and one of her abilities is being able to track someone if they intend to rape a female. Continue Reading