It’s the holiday season! Sophia, from Fiction Vixen and I are going to put on our Santa suits and hand out presents all week. The grand prize will be a brand new Kindle Fire! All you have to do is Guess Who! Each day we’ll post a clue and a quote from one of our favorite characters or scenes from the romance genre. You get to guess who it is. Everyone who guesses will be entered to win a daily prize. However, only correct entries will be entered for the Grand Prize. We will collect all Continue Reading
Review: Holiday Kisses Anthology
Holiday Kisses Anthology December 5, 2011 Contemporary Romance E-Book Carina Press A review of the Holiday Kisses anthology with stories by Alison Kent, Jaci Burton, HelenKay Dimon and Shannon Stacey: This Time Next Year by Alison Kent All Brenna Keating wants to do is get to her beloved grandmother's house for Christmas before she goes to Africa to use her nursing skills in a clinic, but Mother Nature has other plans. Driving in the Blue Ridge Mountains, she finds herself in a Continue Reading
Mini Reviews From Jill
Occasional guest reviewer Jill Sorenson is back with some mini reviews for us. Hi Smexy! Thanks for having me back. I thought I’d do a quick wrap-up of some of the f/f and f/f/m stories I’ve read this year. Forbidden by Em Petrova: I requested this anthology on NetGalley because it had an f/f story. Noelle, the heroine, goes to an all-girl party with a murder/mystery theme. There are clues--and scantily clad ladies involved in shocking sex acts--around every corner. Noelle finds Continue Reading
Review: Night Reigns by Dianne Duvall
Night Reigns by Dianne Duvall (Immortal Guardians #2) Paranormal Romance December 6, 2011 Zebra Books Reviewed by Helyce Night Reigns is book two in Dianne Duvall’s Immortal Guardians series and for me it was all kinds of awesome. I wish I had read book one first, though, because it apparently ended with a cliffhanger regarding the heroine in this book, Ami. While it was clear early on that there was some question about Ami and what, exactly, she is-I’m happy to report that it is Continue Reading
Guess Who and Win a Kindle Fire–Day 3!
It’s the holiday season! Sophia, from Fiction Vixen and I are going to put on our Santa suits and hand out presents all week. The grand prize will be a brand new Kindle Fire! All you have to do is Guess Who! Each day we’ll post a clue and a quote from one of our favorite characters or scenes from the romance genre. You get to guess who it is. Everyone who guesses will be entered to win a daily prize. However, only correct entries will be entered for the Grand Prize. We will collect all Continue Reading
Review: Kismet by Carly Phillips
Kismet by Carly Phillips (Serendipity #1.5) November 2011 E-book, Novella Lissa Gardelli has lived in the small town of Serendipity all her life. Growing up on the “wrong” side of the tracks gave her life lessons that have helped her get through the tough times in life but they have also made her the strong, successful woman she is today. Her biggest life lesson; money does not buy you happiness. Trevor Dane also grew up in Serendipity and lived on the “wrong” side of the tracks. He’d Continue Reading
Review: Agony/Ecstasy Anthology
Review: Agony/Ecstasy Anthology December 6, 2011 Erotic Berkley Trade Reviewed by Mandi The Agony/Ecstasy anthology is made up of “11 stories of agonizing pleasure and 10 stories of exquisite pain.” I was hesitant to read this, because I’m not huge on anthologies to begin with and I thought 21 very short stories would not be for me. But I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed them. Many are edgy and all are erotic. I decided to give my brief thoughts on each one. On the Continue Reading
Ho Ho Ho! The Guess Who Game Hosted by Fiction Vixen and Smexy. Guess Who and Win a Kindle Fire!
It’s the holiday season! Sophia, from Fiction Vixen and I are going to put on our Santa suits and hand out presents all week. The grand prize will be a brand new Kindle Fire! All you have to do is Guess Who! Each day we’ll post a clue and a quote from one of our favorite characters or scenes from the romance genre. You get to guess who it is. Everyone who guesses will be entered to win a daily prize. However, only correct entries will be entered for the Grand Prize. We will collect all Continue Reading
Review: Hot Text by Cari Quinn
Hot Text by Cari Quinn Erotic Contemporary November 2, 2011 E-Book, novella Ellora’s Cave Reviewed by Mandi Technical book editor Jeff Maddox doesn’t approve of his sister’s new boyfriend. This boyfriend is technically still married, although very close to a divorce and he doesn’t want his sister getting anymore serious with this guy. Staying with his sister for the weekend, he notices the boyfriend leaves his cell phone at her house. When the boyfriend’s wife calls the cell phone, Continue Reading
AAD Spotlight: Carolyn Crane and Giveaway
Time for another Authors After Dark spotlight. Today it is Carolyn Crane! The final book in Carolyn Crane’s, Disillusionist trilogy, Head Rush comes out tomorrow! A favorite urban fantasy series of mine. I met Carolyn at this year’s Author’s After Dark convention and had so much fun chatting with her. As I have been asking many of the authors which character they would take with them to New Orleans, here is Carolyn’s answer: If you could pick one of your characters to go to New Orleans with Continue Reading