Staking His Claim by Tessa Bailey Line of Duty, #5 Released February 3, 2014 Happy Hump Day! I've been looking forward to today's feature for days! There are awesome romance novels published weekly, we could all litesniperrally gorge on the abundance of feels! However, lately, I've had a hankering for some old(er) romantic fare. So I spent some time re-reading some of my oldie but goodies. When I want something hot, exciting and sweet to read, the queen of dirty talking, strapping heroes and Continue Reading
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Smexy’s Top Ten – July 27
10. I don't know if I blame this on being 40, or just being a big dummy but... on Wednesday, I dropped my son off at his 30 min piano lesson, and I ran to the grocery store to grab a few things. I then promptly drove home, and unloaded the groceries and kept thinking - hmmm something feels weird. Yes, I forgot my son was still at piano (I had his cell phone in my purse) so that was super awesome. And then yesterday, I drove him to his 90 min rugby practice. I came home and started dinner, and Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday!
Happy Hump Day! It's that time again, and I've come to share with you the quotes this week that made me swoon and swoosh! This week's read was the sexy military collab romp, Off Base, by Tessa Bailey and Sophie Jordan. Kenna and Beck By Tessa Bailey When Kenna Sutton is tasked with driving home newly returned Beck “True Blue” Collier, she expects the strategic Army mastermind to be a pasty number cruncher. Never at a loss for words, Kenna is nonetheless rendered speechless by the Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... Monday, Mandi talked about: B review - Captivated by Tessa Bailey and Eve Dangerfield (erotic) D review - More Than Words by Mia Sheridan (contemporary) B- review - Knocked Up by Stacey Lynn (contemporary) Tuesday, Tori talked about: B review - Ocean Light by Nalini Singh (paranormal) C+ review - Venom in the Veins by Jennifer Estep (urban fantasy) B review - Ain't She a Peach by Molly Harper (contemporary) Wednesday, Sheena talked about: F Continue Reading
June’s To-Be Read
Tori: June is a month of awesomeness. Not only it the month I was married in, the month I was born in, and the month my kid was born in , but it is also the beginning of summer and some majorly anticipated releases. Woo!Hoo! The Kiss Quotient (Untitled series #1) by Helen Hoang 6/5 (Com Rom) This has been on my radar for months. A fun, poignant, sexy, bittersweet romance contemporary about young economist with Autism who decides to hire an escort to teach her how to enjoy a sexual Continue Reading
Mandi’s Monday Musings
We are going to try a new format at Smexy. Each day, one reviewer will post all the books she has read in the past seven days. Sometimes it may be long reviews like you are used to seeing. Sometimes they will be mini reviews. This gives each reviewer a week to read books, and their own day to talk about them. Mandi is Monday, Tori Tuesday, Sheena Wednesday, Helyce Thursday and Kini Friday. The Top Ten will be coming back this week, and we will still post a wrap-up and Smex Scene over the Continue Reading
Take My Books Giveaway!
I'm back with another handful of brand new, finished books to give to you. Some of the books are a few months old, because it takes me a while to collect them from the mail (I don't get a lot of finished, print books anymore). Others are super new. Leave a comment stating which group you would like (or if you don't have a preference, that's fine too) I'll choose three random winners on Friday. Edited 5/20: The winners are: TrishJ - Set #1 Karen - Set #2 Jean Russell - Set Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… A- review – Her Claim by Rebecca Grace Allen (erotic/mandi) B- review – A Duke Like No Other by Valarie Bowman (historical/sheena) B review – The Only Thing by Marie Harte (contemporary/tori) B- review – Burning Up by Jennifer Blackwood (contemporary/mandi) C+ review – Tempted by the Billionaire Next Door by Therese Beharrie (contemporary/mandi) C- review – Forbidden by Elizabeth Naughton (contemporary/heylce) Cover Reveal: Captivated by Tessa Bailey and Eve Continue Reading
Tori’s Mini Reviews
Disturbing the Peace by Tessa Bailey Series: The Academy, #3 Contemporary Romance Grade: C+ The 3rd book in Bailey's Academy series brings us a forbidden relationship that grows complicated their feelings for one another increase. A police academy instructor falls for a recruit; throwing him into a tailspin. Add in she is his younger brother's bestie along with his own commitment issues and you have a sexy and humorous contemporary romance overflowing with emotional angst and sexual Continue Reading
Smexy Scene Sunday
Hero: Greer Burns. Lieutenant. Police academy trainer. Cold. Closed off. Just wants to get this latest group of recruits through training. Heroine: Danika Silva. Police academy trainee with her two best friends. A natural born helper. Thinks Lt. Burns is a jerk. In the following scene, Danika walks in on Greer after he's taken a shower... [spoiler effect="simple" show="SPOILER"] ...I stop dead as the locker room door opens. I have fast hands, faster then anyone, but I Continue Reading