The winner of Game, Set, Match by Nana Malone is: JenM Congrats!! Please email me at mandischreiner (at) gmail (dot) com. Thanks so much to Nana Malone for stopping by Smexy! Continue Reading
Author Websites – The Good and The Bad
Since I am a long time reader, have been a blogger for awhile now and have spent an obsessive amount some time on the internet, I have seen a lot of author websites. As a blogger, I use them more as a tool to get my reviews ready. Going to them for links, cover art and to see what books are included in a series. As a reader, I use them to stalk future releases and read blog posts. I can’t say how frustrating it is when you go to an author’s website and you can’t find what you are looking for. Or Continue Reading
Review: A Season of Seduction by Jennifer Haymore
A Season of Seduction by Jennifer Haymore (Tristan Family #3) Historical Romance October 1, 2010 Paperback, 416 Pages Forever Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote:”What do you want from me then? Besides my fortune?” “Your love.” After surviving a cruel marriage, Lady Rebecca Fisk has decided that marriage is not for her, but men are another story. Rebecca (Becky) longs to be loved and and decides to find a lover to satisfy her needs and desires. Someone handsome, discreet, and as Continue Reading
Review: Take a Chance on Me by Jill Mansell
Take A Chance On Me by Jill Mansell Contemporary Romance October 1, 2010 Paperback, 432 Pages Sourcebooks Landmark Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote:”You’re not suppose to enjoy funerals. Next you’ll be giving it 5 stars on Amazon.” Living in a small town, Cleo has learned to accept the fact that there are just certain people you can never avoid no matter how hard you really, really want to. When her job throws her in constant contact with her childhood nemesis, Johnny La Venture, Continue Reading
Review: Hard to Hold by Julie Leto
Hard to Hold by Julie Leto Contemporary Romance September 14, 2010 Paperback, 264 Pages HCI Reviewed by Mandi Michael Davoli has just moved to Albany, New York – single, with only his beloved dog to keep him company. He has some friends in the area, but he is ready for a relationship – if he can only find a girl. Out one night with some friends, he literally runs into Anne Miller. Anne is a crime reporter for a local newspaper, and is single herself. They fall into easy Continue Reading
Review: Broken Angels by Anne Hope
Review: Broken Angels by Anne Hope August 6, 2010 Romantic Suspense E-Book, Novel Length Samhain Reviewed by Mandi Zach and Rebecca have been divorced for two years. Rebecca’s constant worry and disappointment of not being able to get pregnant during their eight year marriage was just too much for them to stay together. Writing for a women’s magazine, she had the marriage and great career, but yearned to have children. Zach an ad executive for a successful ad firm in Boston, Continue Reading
Guest Review: Unbound by Kay Danella
Unbound by Kay Danella Erotic/Futuristic Romance October 5, 2010 Trade Paperback, 320 Pages Berkley Trade Today I’m happy to have Lynette from Lynette’s Two Cents guest reviewing!! LYNETTE'S TWO CENTS: Back in January of this year, my local Waldenbooks aka Borders was going out of business so all their trade paperbacks were 60% off. I used that opportunity to stock up on trade paperbacks of author's I hadn't read before but whose stories caught my eye. Ms. Danella's previous Continue Reading
Spankin’ New J.R. Ward News!
This past weekend, J.R. Ward did a book signing in Radcliff, Kentucky. An acquaintance of mine attended this signing and she she took notes during the question/answer session. She is kindly letting me share them with you today. She gets all the credit for getting this information, but she doesn’t want to share her name. So thank you! Before we get into it let me remind you that J.R.Ward does not allow information learned at a signing to be posted on her message board or Yahoo group – so don’t Continue Reading
Interview and Giveaway With Nana Malone
I’m happy to have Nana Malone here at Smexy today. We are talking about her debut book, Game,Set,Match. Game,Set,Match is your debut novel. Tell us about your road to publication. Was it bumpy or smooth sailing? Totally smooth sailing. Ha! I wish. When I started writing 11 years ago, I thought I’d have a book written in a month, sell it a month after that and be a NYT bestseller in no time. Clearly I’d lost my mind. The reality was, I had a lot to learn about plot and characterization and Continue Reading
Review: Game,Set,Match By Nana Malone
Game, Set, Match by Nana Malone Contemporary Romance August 12, 2010 Paperback/E-Book, 354 Pages The Wild Rose Press Reviewed by Mandi Izzy Conners has been raising the now teenage Nick, pretty much his whole life. Although not his birth mother, he has lived with her and she has cared and loved him as if he was her own. Sabrina, Nick’s biological mother has issues of drug abuse and dropping off the face of the Earth at convenient times. Izzy is acting currently as a foster Continue Reading