Thread Of Death (Elemental Assassin #5.5) by Jennifer Estep Urban Fantasy E-book Novella January 31, 2012 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “The dead can hurt us just as much as the living. Sometimes even more so. “ Note: Includes spoilers from previous books in the series. Gin Blanco has done the impossible. She killed the most feared elemental in Ashland, Mab Monroe. But don’t think her life is about to get any easier. With Mab dead, Ashland’s most notorious underworld Continue Reading
Review: Packing Heat by Kele Moon
Packing Heat by Kele Moon January 31, 2012 M/M Contemporary Romance Loose ID Reviewed by Mandi Mandi’s Favorite Quote: “Do you want that, Gav? You wanna be my cock whore?” Firefighter Brad Archer has a crush on his roommate Gavin. Openly gay, Brad lives in agony that his seemingly sexually confused friend walks around half naked all of the time. Brad knows Gavin has dated women, and he also thinks Gavin might be interested in men, but Brad has never come out and asked him. Gavin is Continue Reading
Guest Author Shiloh Walker and Giveaway
A few weeks ago, Tori did it… she asked me why. Yes! Finally, somebody asked why! I keep getting yelled at for ending the books as I did, but nobody asked why... Why did you end the book that way? Was it harder to draw the mystery out? By now, it's no secret that I ended the first book in the Ash trilogy on a cliffhanger. Now, the romance itself, that is resolved. But the mystery…not so much. You won't find out who the bad guy is until book 3. I knew, going into the story, that it was going Continue Reading
Review: If You See Her by Shiloh Walker
If You See Her (Ash Trilogy #2) by Shiloh Walker Romance Suspense January 31, 2012 Ballantine Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Damn it, if he didn’t have any condoms, she was going to see him cry like a baby. “ Hope Carson came to Ash, Kentucky to try and start her life again without fear. Having survived a brutally abusive marriage, she now finds herself savagely attacked and a suspect in the attack of a close friend and the murder of a police officer. Since her ex-husband is a Continue Reading
Review: Last Man Standing by Cindy Gerard
Last Man Standing by Cindy Gerard (Black Ops #7) Romantic Suspense January 31, 2012 Reviewed by May Dead. Their brother was dead. Gabe clenched his jaw and swallowed back the surge of emotion that would do no one any good. Bryan Tompkins with his baby face, earnest eyes, and God-and-country valor, had been one of the best damn men and stand-up soldiers Gabe had ever served with. And he’d just bled out from a shrapnel wound that had left a hole big enough to shove his fist through. Continue Reading
Mandi Has a New Favorite Book….
I’ve been in the mood of an erotic contemporary for awhile but was having a hard time finding one. Yesterday I was blog hopping and read an article at Romance Around the Corner about Brie’s take on erotic romance and she happened to mention Broken by Megan Hart where she says, “Broken is one of the most complex and even romantic -in a very unconventional way- romances I have read.” Brie and I have similar tastes in books and I know Helyce, Tori and Sophia (who give me many recs) all love Megan Continue Reading
A Chat With Stephanie Laurens and Giveaway
Tomorrow the final book in Stephanie Laurens’ Cynster Sisters trilogy comes out, The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae. We are happy to have Stephanie Laurens stop by and give us a little insight into writing this series. This is the final volume in the trilogy. What were your thoughts when you sat down to write it? My principal and most imperative aim was to do justice to the previous two books and then make this final volume something extraspecial, a crowning delight for readers. I Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday
Something About Witches by Joey W. Hill is the start of a new paranormal romance series. Erotic with a BDSM edge, I really enjoyed this book. Derek Stormwind is a very old sorcerer/gunslinger. And he is mighty sexy. He calls Ruby “girl” during the intimate moments. Here is a little excerpt of some cervix bumping and weeping of the sex… He deepened his penetration, making her whimper as he bumped her cervix, an intentional discomfort. “That won’t happen again. Ever. Say it.” Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
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