If I Loved You Less takes on a tricky Austen story (Emma) and fails to hit the right tone in retelling it. In Emma, the heroine is clueless but well-meaning as she tries (and fails) to play matchmaker. She makes mistakes, but with the help of the love interest (her older neighbor, Mr. Knightley) she learns from those mistakes and grows as a person. Unfortunately, the heroine in If I Loved You Less is annoying … Continue reading If I Loved You Less by Tamsen Parker →
Fire on the Ice by Tamsen Park is an erotic romance novella featuring two female professional athletes competing in the Snow & Ice Games which is definitely not the same thing as the Winter Olympics. Nope. Definitely not. It also has the honor of tying with Tiffany Reisz’s Original Sinners series in the category: Most Sexually Explicit Scene Elyse Has Ever Read. So… If that makes you a little nervous (and that’s fair given I … Continue reading Fire on the Ice by Tamsen Parker →
At least six different people in three different forms of media have contacted me to ask, “HAVE YOU READ THIS?!” But in a good kind of way, not in a “No, really, I need to tell you about the chocolate pie,” kind of way. This novella is a compelling, immersive reading experience, and I mean that in all the best definitions of both words. I loved the immersion into modern orthodoxy, and the ways in … Continue reading Craving Flight by Tamsen Parker →
It’s Rec League time! Thank you to Aubrey for sending this one in: Do you have recs for a feel-good contemporary with a bi/pansexual female main character? Bonus points if she discovers her full sexuality as an adult! I’ve seen books with trauma, bisexual men or supporting characters, bisexuality as a one-line mention, or it’s YA. Or the bisexual character is “just confused” or “experimenting.” Do good adult romance books with a bisexual woman exist? … Continue reading The Rec League: Bi/Pan Heroines →
We have our first Rec League of 2020. I discovered this request buried in the archives of my inbox and put it on the calendar. However, I forget to note the sender. If this is your request, my apologies! But I hope you get some great reading suggestions. I feel the request is pretty self explanatory: the requester is looking for erotic romances without BDSM elements or relationships. Tara: Meghan O’Brien writes a lot of … Continue reading The Rec League: Erotic Romances without BDSM Elements →
We have a Rec League from Ruby! Ruby wants more heroines with short hair or “alternative hairstyles.” Kia ora, ladies of SBTB! I would love to see a rec league post on books that feature heroines with short or ‘alternative’ hairstyles. I’m a wahine who has had various permutations of short hair since I first cut it off at age 11 and currently sport a magnificent undercut. I rarely see heroines who look like me … Continue reading The Rec League: Short Hair, Don’t Care →
Love never dies. Hope never ends. The Rogue series wraps up with eight new romances for dreamers who know “happily ever after” is a chance for a new start. For Love and Country by Tracey Livesay Zora grows disillusioned as her boss, Senator Ethan Humphries, bows to pressure to back the Republican president’s agenda. Frustrated, she hands in her notice. Ethan is stunned by Zora’s resignation…and the realization of his feelings for his deputy chief … Continue reading Rogue Ever After →
*From high office to the heartland, six brand-new romances about #resistance for readers who haven’t given up hope for a Happily Ever After… * In Her Service by Suleikha Snyder U.S. Vice President Letitia Hughes has one thing that’s hers and only hers: her relationship with much younger Secret Service agent Shahzad Khan. When push comes to shove, what will take precedence: political ambitions or protecting their hearts? Run by Emma Barry Public defender Maddie Clark doesn’t want … Continue reading Rogue Hearts →
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 →
Welcome to the Snow and Ice Games where competition is not the only thing that is heating up! The fourth book in bestselling Tamsen Parker’s romance series continues with two female skaters from opposite sides of the rink. Blaze Bellamy is the bad girl of the short track speed skating world. Looking like a roller derby bruiser when she’s not in her Team USA uniform, she’s an unlikely American heroine. She’s got a punk attitude … Continue reading Fire on the Ice →
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 →
