Here is what we talked about at Smexy this week: A- Review Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian B+ Review Fated Hour by Samantha McHargue B+ Review Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones B Review Once a Ferrara Wife by Sarah Morgan B- Review A Lady Never Surrenders by Sabrina Jeffries B- Review Hold the Sky by AC Fox B- Review The Rogue Who Loved Me by Ingela F. Hyatt C+ Review Sugar Rush by Donna Kauffman Smexy’s Top Ten News From Mandi: I started my week Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–January 27th
10. This is one of my all time favorite BluntCards. LOL. Is it really almost Valentine’s Day? Not that I personally do a lot – but I do like to make heart-shaped food for my kids that day and get them a tiny red present. I need some new ideas for Valentine-themed food this year…any ideas? 9. If you follow me on Twitter, I’ve talked a lot about The Bro-Magnet this week. I did a full review for it at Happy Ever After. I picked it up on a rec from Dear Author and laughed my way through Continue Reading
Review: Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones
Third Grave Dead Ahead (Charley Davidson #3) by Darynda Jones Urban Fantasy Hardcover January 31, 2012 St. Martins Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Scene: “Oh my god!” “What?” “You’re naked.” “I’m not naked.” “I’m blind.” “You’re not blind. I’m wearing pants.” “Oh.” At the end of Second Grave On The Left, Charley Davidson, grim reaper extraordinaire, did the unthinkable and bound the sexy supermodel son of Satan to his physical body when he was about to off himself and exist Continue Reading
Winner!
The winner of Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian is: ML Congrats! An email has been sent. Continue Reading
Review: The Rogue Who Loved Me by Ingela F. Hyatt
The Rogue Who Loved Me by Ingela F. Hyatt Historical Romance Ebook December 2011 Mundania Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “What would it be like to love and be loved?” The Rogue Who Loved Me is a straight forward historical romance set in the 16th century. A virgin innocent and a jaded rake mix business with pleasure when they embark on a dangerous game that could end with broken hearts or worse...death. Alexande, the Marquis Of Ravenspur has come home to ferret out a Continue Reading
Review: Hold the Sky by AC Fox
Hold the Sky by AC Fox M/M Romance November 12, 2011 Etopia Press Reviewed by Mandi Harry is very nervous to be presenting his architect proposal to a big client. Having worked for SBC Architects for less than a year in Chicago, this is his first big presentation. Stopping to get coffee first, he runs into a very good looking man. Sexy enough that Harry doesn’t forget his face. So it shocks him, that after his presentation, the next man waiting to go into the room, is the very Continue Reading
Review: Fated Hour by Samantha McHargue
Fated Hour by Samantha McHargue Time Travel Romance December 2011 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I came two hundred years for the feel of your heart against my lips, telling me you love me...” Fated Hour is the sequel to Ms. McHargue’s Timeless. At the end of Timeless, Alexandra (Lexi) Kane was transported back in time by a jealous rival. Her lover, Lance Reed, defies space and time to find her and bring her back. What seems to be only a short 4 month time span to Continue Reading
Review: Once a Ferrara Wife by Sarah Morgan
Once a Ferrara Wife by Sarah Morgan Contemporary Romance January 24, 2012 Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: Slowly, she turned her head and looked at him. He turned his head too and his eyes fixed on hers. Both should have looked away but neither of them did. The inevitability of it was as sweet and sharp as the desire that stabbed through her body. Laurel Ferrara is going back to the one place in the world she has no desire to be – Sicily. And she is going to see the Continue Reading
Review: Sugar Rush by Donna Kauffman
Sugar Rush by Donna Kauffman Contemporary Romance December 27, 2011 Brava Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: I made cinnamon rolls, then needed something to occupy me until Tyler Florence. Ultimate cheesecakes today. Tyler. And cheesecake.” Charlotte took a moment, hand to chest, sighed. “It’s the closest I’ve been to multiple orgasms since February.” Lani moved away from her career as a head pastry chef in New York to a small island off the coast of Georgia called Sugarberry Continue Reading
Review: A Lady Never Surrenders by Sabrina Jeffries
A Lady Never Surrenders by Sabrina Jeffries (Hellions of Halstead #5) Historical Romance January 24, 2012 Pocket Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “Do your worst,” she said lightly, “but I must warn you, a lady never surrenders.” “We’ll see about that,” he murmured before seizing her mouth in a hot kiss. The youngest of five, Lady Celia is the last to remain unwed and has just two months to find and marry a man. Her grandmother issued an ultimatum that they all marry within the Continue Reading