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It’s After Dark Season, Y’all!

Like spooky season but better because mantitty.

After Dark at the Movies: Frankenhooker

Smart Bitches After Dark with After Dark in neon glowing style and a small reel of film in the lower left corner

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 After Dark at the Movies: Frankenhooker →

Links: Lisa Kleypas, Podcasts, & More

An illustrated image of a desk space with a computer, stack of books, reading glasses, and a mug.

Happy Wednesday, all! How are we all feeling? Any exciting Halloween plans or costumes? For me, I very much plan to stay inside and dig into a bag of candy corn. Yes, I’m one of those people who enjoys candy corn and candy pumpkins. I’ve gone on the record before that I think Easter has the best kinds of candy. Halloween is mostly just taking normal candy and making it “fun size.” I feel like … Continue reading Links: Lisa Kleypas, Podcasts, & More →

Help A Bitch Out

HaBO: Friends to Lovers on a Cruise Ship

This HaBO comes from Happy Highlights, who is looking for this contemporary romance: Contemporary Romance – Main characters are longtime friends who pretend to be a couple on a cruise featuring a show/movie fan meet, where the heroine’s favourite actor turns out to be a creep! I’m not 100% sure if all these scenes belong to the same book, but I have a pretty strong hunch that they do. So, here goes! Here’s what I … Continue reading HaBO: Friends to Lovers on a Cruise Ship →

Hide Your Wallet

Hide Your Wallet: October 27th Release Week

Welcome back and happy Tuesday! We’re approaching the end of the month. I can hardly believe it. Lots of holiday romances are popping up, if that happens to be a subgenre you love. What books are you excited for? Let us know in the comments!

Books On Sale

Non-Fiction, Paranormal Romance, & More

Books on Sale: Vera Stein Is Fine by Julie Murphy & More

RECOMMENDED: Vera Stein is Fine by Julie Murphy is $2.99! Lara read this one and gave it a B+:

If you’d like a big, full-hearted read, then I heartily recommend this book. I enjoyed Vera’s emotional growth, Eli’s steadiness, the complex family dynamics and a very satisfying HEA. But more importantly for me, I felt personally connected to the narrative and the individuals inside it, especially after reading the the acknowledgements and seeing pieces of my own life reflected in the story.

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Book Review

The Santa Claus Con by Lauren Kung Jessen

The Santa Claus Con

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 The Santa Claus Con by Lauren Kung Jessen →

Cover Snark: Lifeless Eyes, Black Eyes, Like a Doll’s Eyes

The Best Husband in Texas by Lass Small. A man in a denim shirt and white cowboy hat glowers from the cover.

Welcome back to Cover Snark! From Maeve: Honey, I think the shrimp was off… Sarah: Lower left abdomen is appendix, right? Or is that gall bladder? DID SOMEONE STEAL HIS GALL BLADDER? He’s really feeling himself. Amanda: The tattoos are giving me some weird optical illusion, like his musculature is on the outside. Sneezy: Me too. If not that, I can’t tell what tattoos are supposed to be. It also looks like he’s wearing thigh … Continue reading Cover Snark: Lifeless Eyes, Black Eyes, Like a Doll’s Eyes →

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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