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SBTB 2026 Summer Romance Bingo

Grab your TBRs and get ready for Summer Solstice on June 21!

Books On Sale

Small Town Romance, a KDD, & More

Books on Sale: My Fair Frauds by Lee Kelly & More

My Fair Frauds by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne is $2.99! This is a historical mystery set in Gilded Age New York. I also believe it was a Hide Your Wallet mention. Not sure about the presence of romantic elements in this one, but let us know in the comments!

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Friday Videos Love Trogdor

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It’s Friday! It’s a Friday Video! A most excellent development. Continuing our tour through vintage internet…remember Adobe Flash? Flash animations used to be everywhere, from cartoons to games – so many games. Now Flash has been replaced by other technologies for the most part. What’s hilarious to me is how quickly editing tools have grown easier to use and more nimble. What used to be a mammoth, resource-hogging program is now a 2mb app on my … Continue reading Friday Videos Love Trogdor

Podcast

732. The Heated Rivalry Unauthorized Musical Parody with Dylan MarcAurele

Dylan MarcAurele is the writer and composer behind The Heated Rivalry Unauthorized Musical Parody, and I am extremely excited to share this interview with you! We’re going to talk about writing musical theatre, his writing process, and how long it took him to write this musical (you won’t believe it). He also talks about the actors and how the show came to be – it’s delightful. Musical theater and romance have a lot of similarities … Continue reading 732. The Heated Rivalry Unauthorized Musical Parody with Dylan MarcAurele

Book Review

Married with Benefits by Ellie Palmer

Married with Benefits

What a time I had with this one! Lainey lives in a small lake-side town in Wisconsin. She suffers from chronic migraines and being part of the gig economy in a small town doesn’t exactly give her great medical cover. She works as a handyman, ride share driver, carpenter and, on the side for herself, an artist, living a hand-to-mouth existence. Her small town is known for the work of a famous architect and Lainey … Continue reading Married with Benefits by Ellie Palmer

Links: Higher Ed, a Documentary, & More

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Welcome back! In general “state of my body” news, I had to buy a step stool to now get up into our king size bed. I found a glow in the dark one! My partner and I also finally watched Project Hail Mary. I liked it! It was also a lot funnier than I was expecting. I haven’t read the book, or really any of Andy Weir’s titles. I also haven’t watched The Martian. The hormones … Continue reading Links: Higher Ed, a Documentary, & More

Help A Bitch Out

HaBO: Portrait Artist Owns a Husky

This HaBO is from Sinéad, who is looking for this romance: Can you help me find the name of a book please? It is a Mills and Boon or Harlequin written in the late 1980s or early 1990s. I think it was set in Canada or North America. The hero was an artist and the heroine was a school teacher. They are out in the countryside together. He painted her portrait and he had a … Continue reading HaBO: Portrait Artist Owns a Husky

Hide Your Wallet

Hide Your Wallet: August 18th Release Week

Welcome back! It’s a super brief week for us when it comes to new releases, though next week is looking pretty beefy. We have a fantasy romance, contemporary romance, and sci-fi romance. Which new releases are on your radar? Let us know in the comments!

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