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Fire & Ice by Rachel Spangler

Fire & Ice

I mentioned in my review of Edge of Glory that I love sports romances, despite having zero interest in any sport in real life. Even so, I was a little skeptical when I saw that Rachel Spangler’s latest takes place in the world of curling because, well, it’s curling… (Yes, I know, I’m a bad Canadian. Please don’t take my citizenship away.) I was pleasantly surprised by Fire & Ice, though, and I’m glad I … Continue reading Fire & Ice by Rachel Spangler

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Guest Review: Full English by Rachel Spangler

Full English

NB: This guest review is from Reader Tara Scott. If you want to read her previous guest reviews (and we highly recommend that you do), you can see them all here. Tara reads a lot of lesbian romances. You can catch her regularly reviewing at The Lesbian Review and Lambda Literary and hear her talk about lesbian fiction (including romance) on her podcast Les Do Books. You can also hit her up for recommendations on Twitter (@taramdscott). … Continue reading Guest Review: Full English by Rachel Spangler

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Guest Squee: Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler

Edge of Glory

NB: This guest review is from Reader Tara Scott. If you want to read her previous guest reviews (and we highly recommend that you do), you can see them all here. Tara reads a lot of lesbian romances. You can catch her regularly reviewing at The Lesbian Review and Curve Magazine and hear her talk about lesbian fiction (including romance) on her podcast Les Do Books. You can also hit her up for recommendations on Twitter (@taramdscott). … I love … Continue reading Guest Squee: Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler

Whatcha Reading? January 2021 Edition, Part Two

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Welcome back to Whatcha Reading! Hope this week has lifted your spirits in some way, with or without some good book noises. Here’s what we’ve been reading lately: Carrie: I just started Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells and also Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind by Peter Godrey-Smith. Shana: I’m reading Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, the hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? January 2021 Edition, Part Two

The Rec League: Horny Widow HEAs

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This is another one from our Submit Your Rec League post and is from Star: All those Bored Slutty Wives and Widows who exist to show how hot and experienced the hero is? The ones who aren’t allowed to be people and are written off as pathetic trash because they weren’t lucky enough to marry someone they loved (or even someone decent)? Stories where they get to be happy too. Catherine: Oh, that’s a really … Continue reading The Rec League: Horny Widow HEAs

Ready Set Go: Best Food P0rn Romance

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Time again for one of the most challenging recommendation features we have: READY, SET, GO! Here are the rules: We pick a specific sub-genre, trope, or type of romance, and we have to make ONE recommendation for that type. And no more than two sentences as to why. Just One. And our theme this month? It’s Thanksgiving in the US today, a complicated day that in the beforetimes might have been filled with complicated family … Continue reading Ready Set Go: Best Food P0rn Romance

Recommendations for The Ripped Bodice’s 2019 Summer Romance Bingo

The Ripped Bodice is back with another round of Summer Romance Bingo. Visit their site for a printable bingo card and rules on how to win prizes! We’ll be playing along in our Goodreads group and helping one another out with recommendations. You can also follow The Ripped Bodice on Twitter for more recs. If you’re not on Goodreads, that’s okay! We’ll be giving some suggestions here and opening it up to the Bitchery for further … Continue reading Recommendations for The Ripped Bodice’s 2019 Summer Romance Bingo

The Rec League: Winter Olympics

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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

Whatcha Reading? December 2017 Edition

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It’s our last Whatcha Reading of 2017, so let’s make it a spectacular one with lots of good books and reading moments! Or you know, we could just embrace all of our trash fire reading too. Do whatever your heart desires! However you do or don’t celebrate the holidays, we at SBTB hope you have a wonderful time and that many amazing books await you in 2018! Redheadedgirl: Well I just got Suleikha Snyder’s Seared … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? December 2017 Edition

About the Smart Bitches

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It is Howdy! Welcome to our “About Us” page, where we can wank on without limit as to who we are, and why we’re here. If you came to this page looking for how to contact us, there is a whole other area for that. Follow the pretty red hyperlinks. ❤ SB-TB Books ❤ Meet the Bitches ❤ Contact Us ❤ Once Upon a Smart & Sassy Time… Smart Bitches Trashy Books began in 2005 … Continue reading About the Smart Bitches

The Rec League: Heroine Wins in Rivalry Romances

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This Rec League comes from the comments in our latest Hide Your Wallet. Thanks to Merle for inspiring this one: I’m very wary of “man & woman compete for something and also fall in love” plots, because all the ones I’ve read end up with the man getting the prize and the woman getting the man. Because apparently only a man needs a job, a promotion, etcetera– a woman needs nothing but Mr. Right. If … Continue reading The Rec League: Heroine Wins in Rivalry Romances