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Books on Sale: You’re the Duke That I Want by Lenora Bell & More

You’re the Duke That I Want by Lenora Bell is 99c! I mentioned this one in December 2023’s Hide Your Wallet because I felt like the Bitchery needed to know that a historical romance based on Grease exists. This is book one in the Thunderbolt Club series.

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Book Review

Scorched by Sin by Makayla Lynn

Scorched by Sin

This guest review comes from Lisa! A longtime romance aficionado and frequent commenter to SBTB, Lisa is a queer Latine critic with a sharp tongue and lots of opinions. She frequently reviewed at All About Romance and Women Write About Comics, where she’s on staff, and you can catch her at @‌thatbouviergirl on Twitter. There, she shares good reviews, bracing industry opinions and thoughtful commentary when she’s not on her grind looking for the next … Continue reading Scorched by Sin by Makayla Lynn

Cover Snark: Sound the Alarms for a Full Back Tattoo

Simon by V.A. Dold. A blond man is facing away from us in a pair of light wash, low rise jeans. His hands are on his head. The background is of an estate surrounded by trees, but everything has a royal blue filter. The man has a giant wolf head tattooed on his back and the wolf has light blue eyes.

Welcome back to Cover Snark! From Kelly: Where did his fingers go? Also their eyebrows are distractingly the exact same color as their hair. Sarah: I maintain that faces and necks are hard to draw. Elyse: She looks like when my sister would pull off my Barbie’s head and I’d stick it back on but the neck would disappear. Sarah: It’s never the same, is it? Like when you wash a Barbie’s hair. It never … Continue reading Cover Snark: Sound the Alarms for a Full Back Tattoo

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!

Book Review

Emma Gets Even by Josie Johns

Emma Gets Even

This guest review comes from Lisa! A longtime romance aficionado and frequent commenter to SBTB, Lisa is a queer Latine critic with a sharp tongue and lots of opinions. She frequently reviewed at All About Romance and Women Write About Comics, where she’s on staff, and you can catch her at @‌thatbouviergirl on Twitter. There, she shares good reviews, bracing industry opinions and thoughtful commentary when she’s not on her grind looking for the next … Continue reading Emma Gets Even by Josie Johns

Whatcha Reading? September 2026, Part One

Cup of coffee and yarn for knitting on plaid with books close-up

Welcome back! Here’s how we’re kicking off our September reading: Carrie: I’m reading and loving Tarot for the Wild Soul by Lindsay Mack, which is a nonfiction guide to using tarot from a trauma-informed perspective. Sarah: I have been deep diving into Sarah Morgan’s Harlequin Presents and Mills & Boon Medicals and branching out into other extremely over the top Presents in Hoopla. The recent HaBO has given me another author to add to my … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? September 2026, Part One

Podcast

735. RT Rewind: September 2012 Reviews

This month we’re going back to September 2012 to take a look at the new books in Romantic Times magazine. We’re talking about a very male hero, letting teens be teens, and hooray, there are dozens of terrible men to add to the pile. We also talk about our favorite Garth Brooks songs, and our go-to karaoke songs. (What’s yours?) At about 25 minute in we talk about something rather morbid – books bound in … Continue reading 735. RT Rewind: September 2012 Reviews

Friday Videos Love Crayns and my Grandma

An image of a VHS cassette with a label that reads FRIDAY VIDEOS Smart Bitches Ep. 21 against a pink crosshatch background

Let’s go for some comforting, relaxing videos today, yeah? Not only is Mr. Rogers a national treasure, but he’s also from Pittsburgh. So, not only do you get to see how crayons (crayns) are made, but because I went down a rabbit hole, you get to hear what my grandmother sounded like, too. I don’t know if Mr. Rogers knew he was a pioneer of ASMR, but the results cannot be argued with. It’s time … Continue reading Friday Videos Love Crayns and my Grandma

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