A Journey Like No Journey That’s Been Journeyed Before Romance novel cover copy is fond of the travel metaphor. “An incredible journey...” “An emotional journey...” “A heart-tugging journey” — there’s a lot of journeying happening, which makes sense, I suppose, since heroes and heroines have to do something with all that baggage. <rimshot> My debut novel, Ride with Me, takes the whole journey thing one step further by being about an actual journey. On bicycles. Rather than Continue Reading
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Review: Ride With Me By Ruthie Knox
Ride With Me by Ruthie Knox Contemporary Romance February 13, 2012 Loveswept Reviewed by Mandi Tom Geiger is ready to cycle across the United States on the TransAmerica Trail. Planning to start in Oregon and ending up in Virginia, he is looking forward to a couple of months of peaceful cycling and sightseeing as he heads east. But his sister, Taryn, has other plans for him. Worried that he is too much of a loner, she secretly places an ad for a riding companion for him and finds Continue Reading
Guest Post: Quirky Heroines by Amanda Weaver
Amanda Weaver's newest novel, Love and the Laws of Motion The Romano Sisters, #2, is out today. Amanda stopped by Smexy to highlight some of her favorite quirky heroines. Livie, the heroine of Love and the Laws of Motion, is brilliant, shy, and just a little bit out of step with the world around her. I loved writing her, because I love quirky heroines. Give me your shy girls, your bookish geniuses, your socially awkward ladies…I love them all. When I sat down to make a list of my Continue Reading
Guest Post: Relationships on the Rocks by Rebecca Grace Allen
Rebecca was kind enough to do a guest post on one of my absolute favorite tropes, the relationship/marriage in trouble. In my opinion it is easy to fall in love, but staying in love takes some work. That is one of the reasons I love this trope. I'll turn this space over to Rebecca and her thoughts on the topic. I’m not a rom-com kind of gal. When it comes to reading romance, I am here for the heartache and the overcoming of obstacles. I want to see the characters put through the Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B review - In Tune Out of Sync by Kate Forest (contemporary/helyce) B review - Wild Thing by Liberty Laine (contemporary/helyce) C+ review - Rule Changer by Sienna Snow (contemporary/tori) C+ review - Completely by Ruthie Knox (contemporary/kini) C+ review - Tell Me by Abigail Strom (contemporary/mandi) C review - Highland Promise by Alyson McLayne (historical/sheena) C- review - Night's Caress by Mary Hughes (paranormal/sheena) Cover Reveal: The Real Deal by Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… B+ review – The Reunion by Sara Portman (historical/mandi) B+ review – Too Beautiful To Break by Tessa Bailey (contemporary/sheena) B+ review – Maybe This Christmas by Jennifer Snow (holiday/mandi) B review –Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh (urban fantasy/sheena) B review –A Christmas to Remember Anthology (historical/tori) B- review – Acting on Impulse by Mia Sosa (contemporary/kini) C+ review – The Hunt by Chloe Neill (urban fantasy/tori) C+ review –Devils and Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy… B+ review – Madly by Ruthie Knox (contemporary/kini) B review – Driving Rain by Sierra Dean (urban fantasy/tori) B review – What it Takes by Shannon Stacey (contemporary/mandi) B review – Ashwin by Kit Rocha (post-apocalypse/tori) B review – Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa (pnr/tori) C+ review – A Limited Engagement by Bethany Michaels (contemporary/helyce) C review – Live Wire by Casey Quinn (suspense/mandi) Smexy’s Top Ten Mandi's DNF Round Up News Continue Reading
Mandi’s March To-Be-Read
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs 3/7. I'm SO ready for this!! I peeked at Tori's review, posting next week and she gave it a B. I might try it on audio. Goodreads l Kindle The Deep End by Kristen Ashley 3/7. BDSM Club from KA? Maybe? We shall see..... Goodreads l Kindle Stormchaser by Cherry Adair 3/7. I haven't read Adair in a while but I used to read her a lot. I hope this is a fun new series. Goodreads l Kindle The Awakening by Amanda Stevens 3/28. I'm not completely Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B+ review - Pretty Face by Lucy Parker (contemporary/mandi) B+ review - Scorched by Paula Quinn (paranormal/sheena) B review - The Cad and the Co-Ed by Penny Reid and LH Cosway (contemporary/tori) B review - Royally Matched by Emma Chase (contemporary/mandi) B review - Echoes in Death by JD Robb (suspense/tori) B- review - Clean Breaks by Ruby Lang (contemporary/mandi) C+ review - Rough & Tumble by Rhenna Morgan (suspense/mandi) C review - Buyout by Dev Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap Up
This week at Smexy… B+ review – Tinderbox by Rachael Grant (suspense/mandi) B+ review – Under Her Skin by Adriana Anders (contemporary/kini) B review – Zero to Sixty by Marie Harte (contemporary/tori) B review – Pretend You're Mine by Lucy Score (contemporary/kini) C review – Something Real by Nellie Christine (mm contemporary/mandi) C review – Ex-Con Serial by Katana Collins (contemporary/sheena) C review – Falling for the Highlander by Lynsay Sands (historical/sheena) C-/D review – Continue Reading