****I don’t state what the big spoiler is in this book, but I do talk about my reaction to it, which is spoilerish. Please don’t read further if you want a clean slate going into this book**** Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill (Chicaogland Vampire #4) May 3, 2011 Urban Fantasy Trade Paperback NAL Trade Reviewed by Mandi I have become quite invested in the Chicagoland Vampire series. From the early pages of book one, I fell in love with Merit’s snark, her strength Continue Reading
Review: Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson
Any Man Of Mine (Chinooks Hockey Team #6) by Rachel Gibson April 26, 2010 Contemporary Romance Paperback Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You seem to have lost your panties again.” “Oops. I bet that happens a lot around you.” Rachel Gibson is an auto buy for me. From her smexy Chinooks to her crazy Writers Friends series, Ms. Gibson gives me everything I need in a contemporary. Romance, laughter, engaging characters, and a realistic life altering lesson. In her Continue Reading
Winner of Hush by Cherry Adair
Winner of Hush by Cherry Adair is: Johanna J Congrats! Thanks to Simon & Schuster for the giveaway! Continue Reading
Recent DNF’s
A few recent books I couldn’t finish: Wickedly Charming by Kristine Grayson May 1, 2011 Wickedly Uncharming more like it. I read 170 pages of this book and was not charmed at all. The premise is cute – Meliie aka Snow White’s step-mother comes to the “real world” (from the Greater World) and wants to ban books. She is upset that the “evil” step-mothers and other creatures in fairytale lore get a bad rap. It is at a book fair where she is staging a protest she meets Prince Charming – Continue Reading
Review: Phoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris
Phoenix Rising (Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences #1) by Philippa Ballantine & Tee Morris Steampunk April 26, 2011 Paperback Harper Collins Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Yes Books, I know. I’m such a bad, bad agent. I should be put across your knee and spanked.” BLURB: Evil is most assuredly afoot—and Britain’s fate rests in the hands of an alluring renegade and a librarian. These are dark days indeed in Victoria’s England. Londoners are vanishing, then reappearing, Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: When You Dare by Lori Foster
When You Dare by Lori Foster (Men Who Walk the Edge of Honor #1) Romantic Suspense April 26, 2011 Paperback HQN Books Reviewed by Mandi When you Dare is the first book I have read by Lori Foster and also the first in a new series. We are introduced to the super sexy, majorly alpha Dare Macintosh. Smexy approves. Dare has made his living rescuing women who have been kidnapped by human traffickers. Dare has helped many and made a lot of money and is now winding down his Continue Reading
Interview and Giveaway with Jennifer Estep
We are so pleased that Jennifer Estep decided to visit us here today at Smexy Books and talk to us about life, books, urban fantasy, smexy men, and her newest release-Tangled Threads- #4 in her Elemental Assassins series. Thanks so much for being here with us today at Smexy Books. We LOVE Gin, Finn, Sophia, and the rest of the crew from the Elemental Assassin series. We are VERY excited about your newest release, Tangled Threads, which is slated to release April 26, 2011. What can you tell us a Continue Reading
Review: Tangled Threads by Jennifer Estep
Tangled Threads by Jennifer Estep April 26, 2011 Urban Fantasy Paperback Pocket Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “Who the hell are you?” I gave him a cold, hard smile. “The bitch who’s here to kill you.” The Elemental Assassin series hooked me with the first sentence in the first book, Spider’s Bite: My name is Gin, and I kill people. And I am happy to say, now that we are on to book four, this series is only getting better in my opinion. Much of Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–April 22nd
10. My Week – We are all healthy and the weather has been nice. Geez, I don’t even know if I have anything to complain about! ;) 9. This is probably really old news, but as I was reading over at Fiction Vixen’s I noticed she has a link to the 100 top Free and Paid Kindle Romance books. I see lots of free Kindle books pop up but I’ve never gone searching for an actual list. So there you go. 8. Big news from Carolyn Crane! Book three of her Disillusionists Trilogy is now going Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Hush by Cherry Adair
Hush by Cherry Adair (Lodestone #1) Romantic Suspense (with small paranormal element) April 26, 2011 Paperback Pocket Star Reviewed by Mandi I’ve read a few of Cherry Adair’s T-Flac series and most recently really enjoyed Undertow. When Hush came in my mailbox I became intrigued. Romantic suspense in the jungles of South America? I like the sound of it. Zakary and his brother Gideon are rich beyond their wildest dreams after creating the biggest search engine in the Continue Reading