Amanda has discovered some hidden gems during her first year of home ownership.
Ready or Not by Cara Bastone is $1.99! Bastone’s contemporaries come highly recommended by those who have read them. I loved her newest one, Promise Me Sunshine. Thanks to everyone who let us know about this sale.
Gold Coast Dilemma is at its best when unpacking the culture, food, and family dynamics of a well-to-do Ghanaian-American family and the life of the central character, Ofosua. It is at its most infuriating when the characters face macro and micro-aggressions regarding race, gender, and mental health. And it’s least convincing when selling the actual romance between Ofosua and Cole. This romance is told from both Ofosua’s and Cole’s point of view, but Ofosua’s is … Continue reading Gold Coast Dilemma by Nana Malone
Happy Wednesday! We’ve reached November. How did we get here? Did October blink by for anyone else? The approach to the holiday seasons always put me into a kind of funk. I’m trying to focus on coziness, reading, soups – all good self-care things to fight against the fact that it gets so dark, so early now in New England. Truly the worst part of the winter seasons for me. Do you have any saving … Continue reading Links: House Tours, Teen Vogue, & More
The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce is $1.99 and a Kindle Daily Deal! This is a standalone romance and was mentioned on a previous Hide Your Wallet. Have you read it?
One of Carrie’s popular features in Smart Bitches After Dark are her movie reviews and recaps, which we’ve given the Very Original name, After Dark at the Movies. Carrie is usually very excited to recap from her couch, but she was determined to see Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and share it with the After Dark community. Trying to figure out where to see it led to this post. … I’ve been very, very excited about … Continue reading Frankenstein and I Need Better Seats
It’s time for another edition of Stuff We Like, AND the first of our Holiday Gift Guides! Woo hoo! This time: Tara C. asked us for ideas for those $10 or $20 holiday gift exchanges – Yankee Traders, Secret Santa, or White Elephants, whatever you call them. We are ON IT! And if you have requests for your holiday shopping, please let us know! Take a look: Want to see? Just click that image above or … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Holiday Gift Exchange Ideas!
A Governess’s Guide to Passion and Peril by Manda Collins is $2.99! This is book four in the Ladies Most Scandalous series. Have you read any of these?
This HaBO request is from SL, who wants to find this romance: I’m looking for a regency romance. I thought it was a Mary Balogh book, but can’t find it, so it might be an author similar to Balogh. What I know for certain: Hero either kills or wounds brother in a duel. Hero had meant to delope, but was young and a terrible shot… Hero is either exiled by family or is self-exiled. He … Continue reading HaBO: Not a Mary Balogh
It Had to Be Him by Adib Khorram is $3.99! This romance came out in September and was mentioned on the site. Did any of you pick this one up?
