NB: Welcome to Flashback Friday! Since the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics are kicking off today, we want to revisit one our favorite winter sports-themed romances. That’s right, welcome to the world of figure skating romance! It’s also great for fans of the movie, The Cutting Edge. This review was originally published May 4, 2016. … If you follow me on Twitter, at the end of March/beginning of April you may have seen me live … Continue reading Pairing Off by Elizabeth Harmon →
Lunges, pivots, turns, spins, Salchows, loops, flips, Lutz jumps, axel jumps, singles, doubles, and triples. It’s okay if these terms don’t mean a whole hell of a lot to you. I’d consider myself a casual fan of ice skating. When I see a skating competition on television, I definitely watch. Plus, watching The Cutting Edge throughout the ‘90s was a formative romantic and figure skating touch-point—as it was for the earlier SBTB reviewer, and our author, … Continue reading Pairing Off by Elizabeth Harmon →
The story is set on the fictional music reality show The Sound and it’s a straight replica of The Voice. Mentor judges. Buzzers. Spinning pieces of stage sets. I will admit that I don’t watch The Voice, but I thought the reality show concept was a neat idea. Two people falling in love in front of millions of viewers? Sign me up. Though in the reality television gauntlet, I’m more of a Real Housewives watcher … Continue reading Review: More Than Music by Elizabeth Briggs →
What a timely request! Thanks to Monique for sending this one in: In one of my Facebook readers groups, someone posted a picture of the ridiculously HOT team USA men’s bobsledding team. So my curiosity got the better of me and I deep dived into google to see if there were any bobsled romances. Sadly, I found nothing so I figured I should ask the pros of romance recommendations! Secondly I was just wondering if … Continue reading The Rec League: Winter Olympics →
A great Rec League subject for the upcoming 2018 Olympics, we want to say thanks to Reader Eve for emailing us this request: I love your Rec League, and am hoping the Bitchery can help me discover more of my favorite theme: athlete heroines. Sports romances (understandably, given what is watched) almost exclusively feature superrich!Athlete wooing a professional female (PR, sports therapist, events manager, team owner’s daughter…). These can be hit-and-miss for me. However, something … Continue reading The Rec League: Athlete Heroines →
A human princess. A dark-elf prince. A kiss of fire and powder. After a failed courtship in an ally kingdom, twenty-one-year-old Princess Alessandra returns home to a land torn apart by mutual hatred between the humans and the dark-elves. The “Beast Princess,” as Aless is known by courtiers, confidently sets her mind to ways of making peace, but her father has already decided for her: she is to marry one of the mysterious and monstrous … Continue reading No Man Can Tame →
We’re reading so many books this month and our discussion is full of good book noises! Shana: I just finished Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore , which I loved. Thank goodness for Claudia’s timely recommendation when I needed a book for a long flight. I was planning on reading Hollywood Homicide next —not the truly terrible Harrison Ford movie from 2003—this is a mystery about a Black crime-solving actress in L.A. But the … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? August 2019 Edition, Part One →
First, remember the amazing nipple-less model who appeared on so many book covers? Thanks to Jenny, she's been spotted again – still without those dangerous, pesky nipples. It's rather alarming, isn't it? I mean, where the hell did her nipple go? Did it wander off? Does her Sensei have a very high level of skill in nipple frightening? Thanks to Jenny for the link! Second, awhile back in October 2011 we did a “What Ever … Continue reading Nipples, Updates, and Deals! →
