Meredith needs your help finding an Old Skool romance: I’m trying to find the first romance novel I read—this would have been back in 87-88 or so, when I was thirteen or fourteen. I remember very vividly that the book was set in Florida, and the hero was a Seminole indian (chief? Chief to be?) and the heroine was white. I believe she was captured by the tribe. This may have been during the Florida Civil war or before. read more »
Delia writes in with a romance HaBO that’s perfect for the Day of Crazysauce HaBOs: I’m looking for a western romance I got at a church garage sale ten years ago. I remember that it had a brown/gold clinch cover, possibly with a horse, and I’m almost certain it was a Zebra romance from the early ‘90s. The hero may have been named Colt, or he was so fond of his Colt rifle that even my twelve-year-old self knew it was a metaphor for Something Naughty. The climax of the novel happened in the last or second-to-last chapter, in which… read more »
Pam writes: Hi! I heard through a friend that you gals have a feature called Help A Bitch Out, and was wondering if you could help me. I read this book about 13 years ago. Some of the following may be true; some not. This is just what I remember. Book had to be written early 1980’s or 1990’s. I think there may have been a logo on the cover: Heartfire, Zebra, etc… Was about a young woman and her brother traveling together. Seems like the ship captain wants to bed the sister, but the brother has sex with him… read more »
Reader R writes: Im desperate. I am (and have been) looking for my first romance novel, the book that started it all for me. I read it in February 1987. Here’s what I remember: Pub date: 1985 - 1987, most likely 1986 Publisher: Zebra (cant remember if it has the hologram on it or not…) Era: Revolutionary War Era America (at the end the author even had a little historical note about George Washington) Heros name: Troy Heroines name: Cant remember, but she was an indetured servant They meet when he (and some other dude) come to the house/place of… read more »
Ali writes in with a romance she’s lost and hopes to find again: I have had a book in my possession that has moved with me several times, and been there for me in my darkest moments. Now, said book is nowhere to be found. For the love of Merlin’s beard, I can’t find it, I can’t remember the title or author, and the names of the heroine/hero escape me. You may be asking yourself, “How in the holy hell can I help this bitch out?”. Well, I’ll give you as much as I can about this book, and hope… read more »
Maggie needs your help. I need to un-learn about the following plotline: This is a tad embarrassing. I just posted in reply to RedHeadedGirl’s review of the first romance she ever read and joked that I wanted her to do a review of the first romance I ever read. I gave some details figuring “how hard could this be to find?” But when I started googling the facts I remembered, it turns out it is REALLY hard to find this old book. Now, I can’t stop thinking about it and want help! So, HaBO please!!!!!! This would have been early… read more »
[This is a guest review from reader R. who found her long-lost romance thanks to the Bitchery and a HaBO that was SO funny I laughed so hard I could barely speak. Read on for more adventure in way-back romance!] Surrender to the Night (Or that book I ran into 18 years ago when I was 13, and finally got 3 days ago, thanks to the Smart Bitches and the Bitchery) For real, guys, I can’t thank you enough. I feel like a niggling mystery from my early teenagerhood has finally been solved. I suppose it feels that way because… read more »
RedHeadedGirl emailed me with one of the most hilarious HaBO requests ever. I laughed so hard when I read it, Hubby made me read it to him - and he giggled for about ten minutes, too. Even if you don’t know the book, enjoy the request. Okay, so back in the Bad Old Days of Zebra books in the gas stations, with the Classic Historical Bodice Ripper covers and conviniently placed postcards in the middle, I ran across this book in Toby’s Restaraunt in Hinkley, Minnesota on our way up to Duluth. I never bought it because I was maybe… read more »
There is no romance like that which is created out of gastrointestinal distress. Dawn writes: I read this book in 90’s it was about a woman who tested the quality of pearls by putting them in her mouth and testing their texture. I think it was her Father’s shop and a customer come in who doesn’t speak the same language or barely understands the language and she puts the pearls in her mouth and he does something to frighten her which makes her swallow one of the pearls. He then takes her with him till she can give him back… read more »
Amanda has a two-part query: I need help finding a book! I checked it out of the library a few years ago and now I’m dying to read it again but I can’t remember much about it. It’s one of those books where the heroine was weird/ugly in high school, left town, got pretty and is now coming back. I think for her younger sister’s wedding? And she bakes cakes for a living, so the plan is she will bake everything for the upcoming wedding. Lucky her. The hero is a guy who was Mr. hot-shot in high school (of… read more »
AnonyMiss writes: First romance I ever read (aside: were we all skulking around the public library at the age of 12? Did anyone else hide theirs in the closet? (I thought under the mattress was too obvious))... There was a good twin and a bad twin. Good twin falls in love with Hero, who is clearly an idiot cause he keeps getting the two confused. He rolls in the hay (as I recall, there was literally a hay sequence somewhere in this book) with one of them, thinking it’s the other one. Anyway, Good Twin gets pregnant with his child,… read more »
Tris writes: I read a time travel romance years ago that I loved, but, unfortunately, I loaned it to a friend who I don’t speak to anymore and I’m hoping your readers can help me figure out the title. *I think it must have been a Kensington or Zebra book because it came in the mail *The cover is yellow or the heroine is wearing yellow. I think there are falls in the background or at least water and the heroine is straddling the hero. The hero may be wearing brown trousers. *The heroine is a bounty hunter & she… read more »
In order to get this review going, I have to get one thing out of the way: “Fuck me, he cleared it!” Ok, then. The buzz is a-building about Carrie Lofty’s What a Scoundrel Wants since the buzz-o-matic Ann Aguirre launched a viral contest to spread the word about Lofty’s debut with Kensington. I read this book a few weeks ago, and I have to say, Lofty set herself for a hell of a task: she took a legend with which most people were familiar, and a setting and time period that hadn’t been visited within the romance genre in… read more »
Last one of the day, from AMH: I’m trying to track down a historical I had read years ago. I’m pitifully forgetful about just about everything about this book except that it was either an Avon or Zebra in the 90s around the same time Pamela Morsi released ‘Simple Jess’ and it was written by a big name at the time in romance. It involved the discovery of a man raised by wolves. Here’s where I worry I’m mixing it up with Disney’s Tarzan. If memory serves me the heroine’s father took the feral man under his wing, as did… read more »
I loved 80% of this book. I loved that Dahl took a risk with a character who wasn’t what she seemed, who was a walking con artist, who fooled people who adored her, but still allowed that character to be likeable and brave and clever. I loved that Dahl played with the idea of identity in a society where one’s status is largely based on fiat, where if everyone agrees you are who you say you are, you’re either golden or gone. I loved that in addition to embracing that wicked virgin widow trope, Dahl also explored the freedom of… read more »
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