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HaBO: Just Wow

This HaBO is from Kate, who hopes to find this Mills & Boon romance. Content warning for the description below: I probably read this book back in the 80s or 90s, and I need to find it again…because it had such a crazy plot. I must reread it. The heroine is a doctor or a health care professional. She lives in Montana or Wyoming on a ranch. Her elderly husband recently died and left the … Continue reading HaBO: Just Wow

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Hide Your Wallet: January 21st Release Week!

Happy Tuesday, y’all! I feel like it’s coincidentally the perfect time to talk about new books and just load up our TBR piles so we don’t have to come up for air in the next four years. No particular reason why! Which books are on your list this week? Let us know!

Books On Sale

Some KDDs, Historical Romance, & More

Books on Sale: After Dark with the Duke by Julie Anne Long & More

RECOMMENDED: After Dark with the Duke by Julie Anne Long is $1.99! Fingers crossed this isn’t a deal from the weekend. Lara gave this one a Squee grade:

This romance just hit too many of my favourite buttons for me to be objective. For me, the highest praise I can give a romance novel is that it is original, and this book is that in every possible sense. Do not hesitate over that one-click button; I can guarantee reading satisfaction. Oh, to read this book again for the first time. I swoon!

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Share the Goodness and Hold On

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It’s…a day. If this were a work of fiction, I’d have to ask the writers to go back over the plot for today because having the inauguration of a White supremacist fascist felon on the same day as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a bit much, honestly. I remember eight years ago, signing up for the Anti-Racism Daily, now Reimagined News, and seeing the words, “Your heart is a muscle the size of your … Continue reading Share the Goodness and Hold On

Lightning Review

My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase

My Inconvenient Duke

I’m an absolute sucker for historical romance and this one did not disappoint. Lady Alice Ancaster needs a husband quite urgently because her reckless brother is likely to end up dead due to his fast living.The dukedom would then fall to an odious cousin who would make Alice’s life a misery. So off she goes to London, ready to find herself a suitable man. And she does. But she doesn’t close the deal: her brother … Continue reading My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase

Sunday Sale Digest!

Smart Bitches in a blue typewriter font, and After Dark lit up like hot pink neon

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 Sunday Sale Digest!

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Book Beat: Mysteries, Wordle, & More

Book Beat aims to highlight other books that we may hear about through friends, social media, or other sources. We could see a gorgeous ad! Or find a new-to-us author on a list of underrated romances! Think of Book Beat as Teen Beat or Tiger Beat, but for books. And no staples to open to get the fold-out poster.

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