The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman (Playful Brides #1) Released: April 29, 2014 Historical Romance St. Martin’s Paperbacks Reviewed by Sheena Nobody put’s Lucy Upton in the corner! The Unexpected Duchess is the tale of the most vivacious Lady Lucy Upton who finds love with a Duke who finds himself enamored and utterly captivated with the battle of wits and will that Lucy launches his way! I absolutely enjoyed this book. It is not only a lovely romance, but a story of Continue Reading
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Sunday Smexy Deals!
I’ve slapped my cuffs on Luna Lancaster too many times to count and not a single one was for fun.As the sheriff of Starlight Cove, I shouldn't crave her, but I do. She’s chaos, mayhem, and sunshine wrapped up in too-tight yoga pants. The lawbreaker might have the town enamored with her free spirit, but she’s a thorn in my side, even if she is the sexiest woman I've ever seen.I want her out of my town and out of my head.Trouble is, she's made it perfectly clear she's not going anywhere. And her Continue Reading
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Interior decorator Zoe Ryan’s life resembles a bad country song. Her boyfriend dumped her, her car died, and she was recently handed a pink slip. What’s a girl to do? Leave everything behind for a bit....in Positano, Italy. And when she gets there, she finds a surprising extra—millionaire restaurateur Dante Sabbatini in the kitchen. In his underwear. Making coffee. It’s suddenly not only hot outside, but exactly what is he doing inside, in her temporary kitchen? Dante’s plan was to Continue Reading
Sheena’s Most Anticipated Reads for 2020
I for one am soooo READY to ring in the New Year and (yet again!) embark on my quest to vanquish my TBRs and devour the books I am eagerly anticipating. MY 2020 romance reading forecast promises to be full of contemporary gems, paranormal activity-and I am determined to mark my return, back to my beloved Historicals- my all time fav genre, which took a back seat for me in 2019. My eyeballs are READY: Road to Salvation, Trilogy by Jamie Begley (Last Riders)- Book 1, Gavin's Song is out Continue Reading
Smexy March TBR
Angela: My reading list for March is long and varied. A mix of genres, some pre-ordered, some ARCs, I have a few already available on my TBR. Here is just a few . Wild Country by Anne Bishop 3/5- I adore Anne Bishop and her Others series. Love. Jacked Cat Jive by Rhys Ford 3/5- Kai Gracen #3!! Finally! Down & Dirty by Rhenna Morgan 3/11- This is it guys. The story we've all been waiting for. Finally, FINALLY, Axel gets his HEA. Defective by Mel Teshco 3/18- So I get this email Continue Reading
Sheena’s Smexy Snapshots! A Holiday by Gaslight & The Duke That I Marry.
A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews The holiday books are here! In abundance! Quick, someone give me a rec, I've been bitten by the Yuletide Love Bug! To feed the holiday romance monkey on my back, I took a chance on a new to me author with a catchy title, A Holiday by Gaslight. I mean you can't get more smexy season's greetings than "Holiday" right smack dab in the title. My leap of faith paid off because the novella was such a nice slow burn that I, oh she of rapid reading, took my Continue Reading
Sheena’s Favorite Books for 2017 & Giveaway
2017 was definitely a year of highs and lows, disappointments and pleasant surprises; and in a way it felt very polarizing. As I look over all the books I've read this year, not too many landed in the middle for me. I loved or I loathed, with only a few middling "mehs"s sprinkled between. I rage read a couple of books that I couldn't bring myself to completely ignore (I'm looking at you J.R. Ward's The Chosen) and I was blindsided by one of my most anticipated reads seriously lacking in the Continue Reading