This week at Smexy... B+ review - True North by Liora Blake (contemporary/tori) B+ review - Better with Sugar by Katrina Kirkpatrick (contemporary/sheena) B review - The Duke's Holiday by Maggie Fenton (historical/mandi) C+ review - The Shadow Revolution by Clay and Susan Griffith (uf/tori) C+ review - A Kiss for a Highlander by Jane Godman (historical/sheena) C+ review - Kick at the Darkness by Keira Andrews (pnr m/m/mandi) D review - Nova by Margaret Fortune (ya Continue Reading
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Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy.... A review - It Started with a Scandal by Julie Ann Long (historical/guest) B+ review - Dark Heir by Faith Hunter (urban fantasy/tori) B+ review - This Gun for Hire by Jo Goodman (western/mandi) B+ review - The Shameless Hour by Sarina Bowen (new adult/mandi) B review - Homefront by Jessica Scott (contemporary/tori) B review - The Saint's Wife by Lauren Gallagher (contemporary/tori) B- review - The Closer you Come by Gena Showalter (contemporary/tori) C+ review - Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-up
This week at Smexy... A review - The Scandalous Secrets of Abigail MacGregor by Paula Quinn (historical/sheena) B review - Never Too Late by Robyn Carr (contemporary/helyce) B review - Mate Bond by Jennifer Ashley (paranormal/tori) B- review - Johnnie by Cardeno C. (m/m/pnr/mandi) C+ review - The Originals: The Loss by Julie Plec (paranormal/sheena) C- review - Below the Belt by Sidney Halston (contemporary/mandi) D review - Enslaved by the Viking by Harper St. George Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – January 23rd
10. I'd like to thank Brady and the Patriots for my twitter stream being FULL of ball jokes yesterday. #BallsForever. Ball jokes will never get old. @ChrisEvans We both know there's only one Captain America and his name is Russell Wilson. #SuperBowlBound #LOB #Repeat — chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) January 19, 2015 9. Speaking of balls - the ADORABLE Chris Pratt (Seahawks fan) and Chris Evans (he does nothing for me *hides* - a Patriots fan) are having an adorable Continue Reading
Tropes Mandi is Looking for in 2015
Each month, Sophia from Fiction Vixen and I put out a monthly newsletter called, How Many Licks (how many licks does it take to get to the center of a romance hero - or any other way you want to use "lick" and "romance hero" in a sentence) This month, we talked about tropes we are seeking out in 2015 - and in case you don't subscribe to our newsletter, I thought I'd post it here for further discussion. If you would like to subscribe, go here. We do a different topic or highlight a different Continue Reading
Mandi’s Favorite Books of 2014
What makes me happy about my favorite book list this year is that it encompasses so many sub-genres of romance. I think I hit almost every category, and that makes me happy. In no particular order: Rogue Spy by Joanna Bourne - I highly recommend The Forbidden Rose, The Black Hawk and Rogue Spy for fans of historical spy romance. I'll be a Hawker groupie for life. A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev - Debut book and I couldn't be more excited to see what this author puts out Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten – Ho Ho Ho
10. This is our last Top Ten list until 2015! I think. I currently have nothing planned to post on Friday 12/26. Maybe if I can find my way out of the discarded wrapping paper and my drunken eggnog haze I'll post. (I won't). 9. Book news: I found out this week that Hachette is releasing a F/F romance book early next year. I'm really happy to see this. I see that mainstream publishers are starting to pick-up M/M books, and now we get F/F too. Hooray! Here is the blurb: Tate Grafton has a Continue Reading
Tori’s October Mini Reviews
Sometimes life gets in the way or if you’re like me...you haven’t the ability to say no to books. Because of these burning world issues, I like to write some mini reviews for books I read that affected me in some form or fashion but weren’t able to be posted on the blog. A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev Contemporary Romance October 28, 2014 Kensington Rating: A Exquisite is the best word I can think of to describe Sonali Dev's A Bollywood Affair. A beautiful, humorous, Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... A review - Fever Pitch by Heidi Cullinan (m/m/helyce) A review - The Understatement of the Year by Sarina Bowen (new adult m/m/mandi) B+ review - Riding Dirty by Jill Sorenson (romantic suspense/mandi) B review - In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins (contemporary/tori) B- review - An American Duchess by Sharon Page (historical/mandi) C+ review - Sweetwater by Lisa Henry (m/m/tori) D review - Hope Burns by Jaci Burton (contemporary/helyce) D review - Snap by Katie Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy... B+ review - Chained by Night by Larissa Ione (paranormal/tori) B review - Come Dancing by Leslie Wells (contemporary/tori) B review - All Bets are On by Cynthia Cooke (paranormal/sheena) B review - Jack by Juliana Stone (contemporary/tori) C+ review - Taking Control by Jen Frederick (contemporary/tori) C+ review - Offside by Shay Savage (contemporary/tori) D+ review - Losing Streak by Kristine Wyllys (contemporary/mandi) Tori's Mini Reviews for Continue Reading