Grab your TBRs and get ready for Summer Solstice on June 21!
Annie Knows Everything by Rachel Wood is $1.99! This one feels like contemporary fiction with a subplot of a workplace romance, rather than a full on contemporary romance. However, please correct me if I’m wrong!
We are a few days past the halfway point of 2026 (we made it!) and I am asking an important, difficult question. What is your favorite book you’ve read so far this year? Rules: you may name 1 fiction and 1 nonfiction. That is the limit. Yes, I’m know. I’m terrible. Also: the book does not have to be a 2026 book! Any book you haven’t read before is a new book. Sarah: I’m the … Continue reading What is Your Favorite Book You’ve Read So Far This Year?
RECOMMENDED: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen is $1.99! Sarah loved this one and gave it an A-:
If you like fantasy with characters that might sound like your neighbors sometimes, in a world with big stakes and little stakes and magical talking animals who deliver the mail, and especially if you like epistolary novels that lead to characters becoming more of themselves, you’ll like this undertaking. (Bad dum bum.)
This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading Tarot After Dark: Secrets of a Witch’s Garden
The protagonist of Fabulous Bodies, Poppy, appears on the scene as a horrible person who has survived a horrible childhood. Early on, she meets someone who says, “I’m not a bad guy. I’m just a survivor.” Over the course of the novel, Poppy learns what the difference is. This story by Chuck Tingle is a gory horror-thriller that I absolutely ate up, but be prepared for a high body count and a lot of implausibility. … Continue reading Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle
Welcome back, everyone! Guess what? I’m tired. Can you believe that? I also say this as I look enviously at the very cozy cat curled up in the window of my office. Just snoozing away. You can hear some soft little nose whistles. She’s oblivious to the world as I tippy type away in an effort to make a paycheck to afford her treats. Is my jealousy coming through? It’s also funny because our two … Continue reading Links: Adaptations, Farrah Rochon, & More
Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood is $2.99! This is the first book in a series of the same name. Book two is Problematic Summer Romance, and I kind of hate how the cover designs are so different tonally.
This HaBO is from Cynthia, who is looking for this historical romance: I’m looking for a book I read as a teenager. Traditional Regency romance read around 2008–2011, but likely older. Heroine attends a party/house party and gets trapped overnight in a wine cellar with the hero (who has a long possibly European name). During the night, a murder occurs. Because they were trapped together overnight, they’re forced to marry. Heroine had been engaged or … Continue reading HaBO: Trapped in a Wine Cellar, Forced to Marry
Here’s the transcript for Episode 725 with author Kirsty Greenwood, whose new book, Romantic Hero, is out everywhere and available where books are sold or borrowed. You can also watch the episode on YouTube!
The Mistress Experience by Scarlett Peckham is $2.99! This is book three in the Society of Sirens series and we featured this on Cover Awe. Not sure if Peckham plans on writing more historicals. Her current releases have been contemporaries under the pen name Katelyn Doyle.
