I realized spending seven days at the beach allowed me to read. A lot. Here is a round-up. Butterfly Tattoo by Deidre Knight Contemporary Blurb: Just when the darkness seems permanent, fate flips a switch. Michael Warner has been drifting in a numb haze since his lover was killed by a drunk driver. As the anniversary of the wreck approaches, Michael's grief grows more suffocating. Yet he must find a way through the maze of pain and secrets to live for their troubled young daughter Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Dead Iron by Devon Monk
Dead Iron (The Age Of Steam #1) by Devon Monk Steampunk Fantasy July 5, 2011 Paperback Roc Trade Favorite Quote: “I mean to find his killer. And there is nothing that will stand in my way.” Cedar Hunt and his brother Will were cursed with lycanthropy by a Pawnee God to hunt the Strange. Settling in the small town of Hallelujah, Cedar does some small time bounty hunting, haunted with the loss of his humanity and guilt of his brother’s death. When a small boy is stolen in the dead Continue Reading
Review: Diaries of an Urban Panther by Amanda Arista
Diaries of an Urban Panther July 5, 2011 Paranormal Romance Paperback Avon Impulse Violet Jordan thought her mother’s fairy tales were just a way to get Violet to sleep, not to prepare her for the apocalyptic prophesy she is the key to preventing. When she becomes a midnight snack for werepanther Spencer Haverty, his infectious bite invokes the first element of her destiny and creates a loose end in his family’s unraveling hold on the Dallas Pride. Rejecting the helping hand of Chaz Continue Reading
Review: Spectyr by Philippa Ballantine
Spectyr (Book of the Order #2) by Philippa Ballantine Urban Fantasy June 28th, 2011 Paperback Ace Favorite Quote: “I am inside you. My Sight is yours no matter where I am.” Deacon Sorcha Faris is one of the most powerful deacons in the order. When a message comes to her through the bond she shares with her shape shifting lover, Raed Rossin-Pretender to the Throne, showing him to be in danger, Sorcha jumps at the chance to visit the city of Orithal where she knows he is heading. Continue Reading
Cover Alert! Lover Reborn by JR Ward
Ummmm…hmmmmmm. I don’t like it. I think it is because Tohr’s face is so pronounced. That is not what Tohr looks like in my head. This was discovered on Goodreads yesterday, but now I don’t see it so I’m not sure what that means. JR Ward’s message boards have been offline for some time now. Does anyone know if they are coming back? I know there were some hardcore “Cellies” on the boards – has some new secret board been started? How am I suppose to Continue Reading
Review: Sea Change by Darlene Marshall
Sea Change by Darlene Marshall Historical Romance June 13, 2011 Paperback Amber Quill Press Reviewed by Mandi I read The Bride and The Buccaneer last year and discovered how witty and fun Darlene Marshall stories can be. While Sea Change has the same wit and warmth as her previous book, the romance fell a tad short for me. Charlotte Alcott needs to get to Jamaica to live with her godfather now that her father has passed away. Her father was a physician and Charlotte learned many Continue Reading
Tori’s Top Ten for Friday
10. Since Mandi is on vacation this week; basking in the sun, drinking fruity little drinks with umbrellas, and staring at sexy moobs and I’m stuck here in the rain with no fruity drinks… no sexy moobs… *sigh* I am doing this Friday’s Top Ten. 9. Chloe Neill has posted the first chapter of Drink Deep. SQUEEEE!!! Hard Bitten left us with a HUGE “ I wanna kick someone’s arse” cliffhanger. Clouds are brewing over Cadogan House, and Merit the vampire can't tell if this is Continue Reading
Review: Skin Dive by Ava Gray
Skin Dive by Ava Gray (Skin #4) Paranormal Romance July 5, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi We first meet Taye and Gillie in book two of this series, Skin Tight. Both captured years ago, they have been held under ruthless circumstances, with numerous testing and experimenting done on them. Gillie can heal, whether it is an injury or a wound, although the process takes quite a toll out of her. Having lived in captivity in a very small apartment for years and years, all Continue Reading
Review: Everdark by Elle Jasper
Everdark (Dark Ink Chronicles #2) by Elle Jasper Urban Fantasy June 7, 2011 Paperback Signet Reviewed by Tori Elle Jasper’s Everdark, the second book in her Dark Ink Chronicles, picks up right where Afterlife leaves off. Riley has been rescued from the Romanian vampire brothers, Victorian and Valerian Acros, but not before she was bitten. She, along with her vampire boyfriend Eli and friends, have been on a secluded island as her body processes the strigoi vampire poison her body Continue Reading
The Smexy Family is Growing
Tori and I are happy to share with you today that we have two new reviewers starting at Smexy Books! Helyce and May. I’ve been thinking for awhile now about bringing on a new reviewer or two. To keep up with reviews, Tori and I have a very strict reading schedule. Which we are not complaining about, because if we didn’t read every day, we would go insane. We have to read. But at the same time, we get these great recommendations from others, and if the book is not on our Continue Reading