Hello Smexy Books! When did you start reading romance? For me it was the summer of ‘87. I was eleven years old, unattended and un-athletic but not unadventurous. I wanted excitement! Danger! Boys! I didn’t find any of these things in my sleepy neighborhood. My best discovery was made in the used bookstore across town. Harlequin paperbacks were five for a quarter. I don’t recall YA being a genre back then. There were children’s books and adult books, and I’d already graduated to adult. I Continue Reading
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March’s To-Be-Read
Tori's March TBR List: Cracked Kingdom by Erin Watt (3/1) Goodreads This series is pure crack and this particular installment is much anticipated as book four ended on an N.A.S.T.Y. cliffhanger. *shakes fist at the Watt duo* Lake of Silence by Anne Bishop (3/6) Goodreads I Kindle Book six in Bishop's epic fantasy Others series steps away from the Lakeside Courtyard to take us on an adventure with other Courtyards and residents. Brilliantly engaging as always. Review to Continue Reading
February Mini Reviews
Mandi: In Deep by Stacy Gold. More of a novella length, this book is all about ski patrol. Max and Sophie have a history - a hot and sexy history. Once lovers, Sophie was coming off of a divorce, and Max witnessed his ski patrol co-worker get severely injured on a mountain - their few months of passion fizzled due to real life events. They each go their separate ways until a few years later Sophie takes a job with a new ski patrol, and Max ends up being her boss. He wants to keep her safe, Continue Reading
Review: Falling for His Convenient Queen by Therese Beharrie
Falling for His Convenient Queen (Royally Bound #2) Released: February 1, 2018 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi This is the second book set in same world of three kingdoms trying to keep an alliance so their people stay safe and feel secure, but the politics of marriage and power create some chaos. I enjoyed United by Their Royal Baby - both marriage of convenience tropes - but I think I liked this one even more. It has such a sweet romance. Zacchaeus has become the Continue Reading
Tori’s Favorite Books for 2017 & Giveaway
I think we can all agree that 2017 needs to be cut up into teeny tiny pieces, burned, buried, and the ground salted so it can NEVER EVER come back. Thankfully, we had some pretty impressive and fantastic books to comfort and offer us an escape from reality. From romance to fantasy to horror…below is my list of some of my favorite reads that helped to keep me reasonably sane this year. Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas Kleypas writes another swoony worthy winner as she builds a Continue Reading
Guest Author: Jen Gilroy and her Favorite Holiday Traditions
Family, friends, food & fun: Favorite holiday traditions (Jen Gilroy) Thank you for inviting me to share my favorite holiday traditions with you and your readers, Mandi. I’m happy to guest at Smexy Books to celebrate my new release, Back Home at Firefly Lake. It’s a winter book, and since the story starts between Christmas and New Year, I was inspired by some of my own festive memories. Family Throughout the holiday season, my husband, daughter and I follow traditions from our Continue Reading
Review: Christmastime Cowboy by Maisey Yates
Christmastime Cowboy by Maisey Yates (Copper Ridge #10) Contemporary Romance Released: October 24, 2017 Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "Honey, I only know how to be inappropriate. And I think you like that about me." I'll start every Maisey Yates review by saying she is my go-to comfort read author. The story arcs and the set-up all might be a little similar, but I like it. I know what I'm going to get with a Yates book. Her heroes seem to be always a little gruff - Continue Reading
Review: Can’t Let Go by Gena Showalter
Can’t Let Go by Gena Showalter Series: Original Heartbreakers, #5 Romance Contemporary October 31, 2017 Harlequin Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “How did I resist you?” “I don’t know. It’s one of life’s greatest mysteries.” Jude Laurent survived a negligent childhood and a war-torn battlefield only to lose it all when his family was killed in a car accident. After his discharge from the military, his best friend Daniel Porter convinces Jude and their buddy Brock to come Continue Reading
Review: Come Sundown by Nora Roberts
Come Sundown by Nora Roberts Genre: Romance, Romantic Suspense Date Published: May 30, 2017 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Length: 480 pages Reviewed by Tracey Favorite Quote: “He broke off and withered under his mother’s stare. “Until you work in a man’s world without a penis, you can hush about it. You can think about that while you help Clementine clear up and wash the dishes.” Blurb: The Bodine ranch and resort in western Montana is a family business, an idyllic spot for Continue Reading
Review: Some Kind of Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
Some Kind of Hero by Suzanne Brockmann (Troubleshooters #17) Released: July 11, 2017 Romantic Suspense Ballantine Books Reviewed by Tracey Blurb: Navy men don’t come tougher than Lieutenant Peter Greene. Every day he whips hotshot SEAL wannabes into elite fighters. So why can’t he handle one fifteen-year-old girl? His ex’s death left him a single dad overnight, and very unprepared. Though he can’t relate to an angsty teen, he can at least keep Maddie safe—until the day she disappears. Continue Reading