I usually set goals for myself in the first week of the new year. This year I set my reading goal for 130 books. 140 stressed me out in 2024- and even though I'll probably read more, the less stress about meeting a goal the better. 2025 seems like it will be stressful enough. I usually also pick a couple of author's backlists and already published series that I intend to read in the new year. This year I want to read the Lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas, Danielle L Jensen's Bridge Continue Reading
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Wrapping Up 2024- Angela’s Favorites
Some quick stats- I've read 142 books as of this post. A whopping 66 of those books were published in KU. Every time I found myself in a book slump I browsed through KU and chose a fantasy or science fiction romance. I found LJ Andrews, and her Ever series. Which is when I realized that it was a spin-off of the Broken Kingdom series. So, I gobbled up all 12 books over a month or so. I LOVE this world so much. I read more fantasy romance, science fiction romance, and horror this year than Continue Reading
Smexy Deals- Deals for books by Lorraine Heath, Shannon Stacey, and Stacey Lynn
New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath begins a compelling new spin-off series, The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction, centering around three heroes—Knight, Bishop, and Rook—who play to win at any cost. Born into an aristocratic family, yearning for a life beyond Society’s strictures, Marguerite “Daisy” Townsend is an enterprising sleuth. Hired to obtain proof of a wife’s infidelity, she secures a position in the household of the woman’s lover, never expecting to be Continue Reading
New Releases- Week of July 22-26, 2024
- Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Never Date a Roommate: A Romantic Comedy by Paula OttoniAMZ * BN * K * GP You Had Me at Happy Hour: A Novel by Timothy JanovskyAMZ * BN * K * GP Playbook (The Holland Brothers 2) by Rebecca JenshakAMZ * BN * K * GP Sleepless in Cincinnati : A Romance Anthology by B2B Writing Group, Sarah Wilson Gregory , et al.AMZ * BN * K * GP Do Me a Favor by Cathy YardleyAMZ * BN * K * GP Jewel Me Twice by Charish ReidAMZ * BN * K * GP Ship Outta Luck: A Continue Reading
Sunday Smexy Deals!
“Real, raw, magnificent—Before I Let Go is the beautiful angst I love to read.” —Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling authorA Good Morning America Book Buzz Pick!Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love alone couldn’t solve or save everything.It couldn’t save their marriage.Yasmen wasn’t prepared for how her life fell apart, but she’s is finally starting to find joy again. She and Josiah have Continue Reading
Smexy Deals-Deals for books by Amanda Bouchet, Chanel Cleeton, and Beth Cato
The complete USA Today bestselling trilogy The Kingmaker Chronicles! KINGDOMS WILL RISE AND FALL FOR HER...BUT NOT IF SHE CAN HELP IT A Promise of Fire Catalia "Cat" Fisa lives disguised as a soothsayer in a traveling circus. She is perfectly content avoiding the danger and destiny the Gods—and her homicidal mother—have saddled her with. That is, until Griffin, an ambitious warlord from the magic-deprived south, fixes her with his steely gaze and upsets her illusion of safety Continue Reading
New Releases- Week of April 22-26, 2024
Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense:Funny Story by Emily HenryAMZ * BN * K * GP Finders Keepers (The Millionaires Club Book 3) by Sandra KittAMZ * BN * K * GP Fake Flame (First Responders Book 1) by Adele BuckAMZ * BN * K * GP Out of Office by A.H. CunninghamAMZ * BN * K * GP Fake It Till You Make It by Siera LondonAMZ * BN * K * GP Falling for Gage by Mia SheridanAMZ * BN * K * GP The Backup Bride Proposal (A Boots and Bouquets Novel Book 4) by Jaci BurtonAMZ * BN * K * GP Quiet Types Continue Reading
Smexy Deals- Deals for books by Shannon Stacey, Lisa Renee Jones, and Rachel Lacey
New York Times–Bestselling Author: He won’t stay put for a woman, and she won’t chase after any man. . . . “I’m madly in love with the Kowalskis.” —Nalini Singh, author of the Guild Hunter series Mitch Kowalski lives out of a suitcase—and he likes it that way. Traveling for work has the added bonus of scaring off women who would otherwise try to tie him down. But when he’s called home to help with the family lodge, he’s intrigued by the new girl in town and her insistence that she doesn’t need a Continue Reading
Celebrating Melinda
Angela: Melinda was a bright, lovely voice in Romancelandia. I was fortunate to have met and befriended her through Smexy and enjoyed her keen insights and commentary. Sending love and light to all who knew and loved her, she will be greatly missed. Melanie: Melinda, one of the romance community’s most beloved members, passed away in the early hours of January 10, 2024. She was a reviewer, podcaster, and editor. And she was a dear friend to many. My friendship with her began several years Continue Reading
Smexy Deals- Deals for books by A.J. Pine, Jennifer Ryan, and G.A. Aiken
Once a cowboy, always a cowboyTen years ago, Jack Everett left his family's ranch without a backward glance. Now, what was supposed to be a quick trip home for his father's funeral has suddenly become more complicated. The ranch Jack can handle---he might be a lawyer, but he still remembers how to work with his hands. But turning around the failing vineyard he's also inherited? That requires working with the one woman he never expected to see again.Ava Ellis broke her own heart the night she let Continue Reading