10. My Week – I decorated for Halloween! Are we getting ready? Do all the kids have costumes picked out? I have a seven year old who is obsessed with scary things and a five year old who cries if there is a mean looking pumpkin. I can’t win. I did buy a plastic hand that crawls across the floor. I may have scarred my five year old for life. We’ll see. 9. Fun news! USA Today has started a romance blog, Happy Ever After. It went live yesterday afternoon. I was asked to be a part of it and I Continue Reading
Review: Cheri on Top by Susan Donovan
Cheri on Top by Susan Donovan August 30, 2011 Contemporary Romance Paperback St. Martins Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “What I’m suggesting is that we find a way to spice up the ‘good journalism’ so we can take advantage of this story and sell some papers.” Cheri waited for someone in the room to agree with her, but no one did. “Isn’t that what we’re trying to do here? Isn’t it about time the Bugle got its sexy back?” I’ve been a Susan Donovan fan for years, her Continue Reading
Review: Visions of Skyfire by Regan Hastings
Visions of Skyfire by Regan Hastings Paranormal Romance October 4, 2011 Paperback Signet Reviewed by May A coven of witches did a real bad thing, unleashed evil in their quest for more power and they paid the price. Now, hundreds of years later their re-incarnated souls are back and must make things right. As each has their powers return (awakening), their eternal (aka destined mate) that has been watching over them and waiting for all these years joins them and helps to do their Continue Reading
Review: Slow Ride by Erin McCarthy
Slow Ride by Erin McCarthy (Fast Track #5) Contemporary Romance October 4, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi I’m not a car race fan in real life, but I do like the idea of this series that follows these drivers lives. However, this one just doesn’t quite rev my engine. Daniel “Diesel” Lange first meets Tuesday Jones at her father’s funeral. Diesel was her father’s favorite race car driver, until Diesel got into a horrible crash which crushed his knee. Unable to drive Continue Reading
Guest Author Elise Hepner
If I could be any writer for a day who would I be? This is one of those weird, forgoing space and time questions that I love to answer but always have trouble answering because there are so many super cool writers out there. I’ve narrowed it down to my top five so far and those authors might say a lot about how weird I am that I might want to be these writers for a day. But, keep in mind that I didn’t say when in their lives—so I could pick whenever, I would assume. Without further ado—my top Continue Reading
Guest Author: Thea Harrison and Giveaway
We are happy to have Thea Harrison guest posting today! My Casting of the Elder Races Heroes (to date) When I sat down to write this posting for Smexy Books, my thoughts naturally turned to what I find smexy about the heroes in my Elder Races series. Then I thought almost immediately about pictures. So the following is a list of my personal casting for the heroes in the series (so far). Dragos, from DRAGON BOUND. Now I have to admit, I’ve spun around and around trying to cast this one. Continue Reading
Review: Serpent’s Kiss by Thea Harrison
Serpent’s Kiss by Thea Harrison (Elder Races #3) Paranormal Romance October 4, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi One thing that really stands out in Thea Harrison’s third Elder Races Novel, is how removed the vampyre heroine really is from reality. Carling, once vampyre Queen, is now on the Elder Council. She is very old, and the bite that once gave her immortality, is now slowly killing her. She is desperate to find a cure, but is exhausted and about at the end Continue Reading
Review: Fatal Heat by Lisa Marie Rice
Fatal Heat by Lisa Marie Rice Romantic Suspense October 4, 2011 E-Book Avon Impulse Reviewed by Mandi Former SEAL Max Wright is still recovering from a devastating RPG attack. Spending a long time in a rehab facility to regain the use of his leg, he can now walk, but it is painful and slow. His commander has given him use of a beach house to relax, and further recuperate. Physically he is exhausted, but mentally he is still reeling from the fact he is no longer a SEAL and what that Continue Reading
Release Day Giveaway: Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis
Sunshine, Idaho, is a quiet ranching town that provides a perfect refuge for injured animals….and sometimes, people. And veterinarian Dell Connelly suspects there’s a reason his clinic’s uberefficient receptionist has taken shelter here. Jade Bennett couldn't be happier to escape her well-meaning but smothering family and their expectations, not to mention the big-city jungle. There’s nothing like working with animals, having a forlorn, grumpy stray kitten make its home under her Continue Reading
Review: Prep Work by P.D. Singer
Prep Work by P.D. Singer August 17, 2011 M/M Romance E-Book, Novella Dreamspinner Press Reviewed by Mandi All celebrity chef Jude Marshall wants is an easy, plain meal. On a one night break from shooting his show, Jude Marshall Tastes. he finds himself in London at a pub. He doesn’t want to eat any more insects, or crazy spicy food that he often finds himself eating for his show. He wants something simple. So when he orders split pea soup, and it comes out with a fancy garnish, Continue Reading