Hey, real quick – did you know you can gift an After Dark membership? It makes a nifty-keen Valentine’s Day or Galentine’s Day gift for a romance-loving friend. And either membership option, monthly or yearly, can be gifted! Just look for this checkbox when you sign up! When you purchase a membership as a gift, you’ll be able to send your recipient a personalized message from you along with a link to redeem their membership. … Continue reading You Can Gift a Smart Bitches After Dark Membership! →

The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton is $1.99! I hope this deal lasts! It’s the first book in Holton’s Love’s Academic series.
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When I sat down to write this piece, I had no idea it would turn into a rant, but it did. My head swirled with thoughts and all of them were burning a hole in my stomach, desperate to be let loose. Release the Kraken! I shouldn’t have read this book. It irritated me MULTIPLE TIMES. It’s irritated me so much that I can’t even bring myself to do a recap of the premise like … Continue reading And Now, Back to You by BK Borison →
Welcome back! Hey, remember when I had the flu earlier this year? Well I have it again! Yipee! This sucks! I also got to talk with KJ Charles today for a separate project and it was so much fun, despite me sounding like a chain smoking frog. I’m going to start dousing my body in hand sanitizer. On the plus side, I’ve eaten a lot of soup and I love soup. … After thirty years, All About … Continue reading Links: All About Romance, Queer Desire, & More →

RECOMMENDED: Give Me a Reason by Jayci Lee is $2.99! Guest reviewer Lisa gave this an A-:
Give Me a Reason is absolutely packed with restrained passion and yearning. There’s too much hurt between Frederic and Anne for them to initially approach each other, and yet they still want to be together.
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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: Taking Flight with the Crow Tarot →
I’m a big KJ Charles fan so it was inevitable that I would read this book one day. I read it this weekend and I had a great time, with a couple caveats. Aaron is a police detective in London in the 1920s. He is told about a graphologist, Joel, who can decipher people’s personalities from their handwriting with impossible accuracy. Aaron is sure that Joel is a charlatan or a con artist of some … Continue reading Copper Script by KJ Charles →

The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez is $2.99! This is book one in the Librarians in Love series and it came out over the summer. The main characters enter into a no-strings-attached relationship to get over their crushes on other people.
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This HaBO was sent in by Jamie, who wants to find this historical romance: I am hoping to get some help on finding a book that I read over 10 years ago. It was a hardback book that I got at a used book sale. The cover was a reddish color, with a photo of a woman in a red or gold dress facing away from the camera on the back. It’s a regency-era historical … Continue reading HaBO: She Witnesses a Crime at a Ball →

Welcome back! This is where the month starts to get beefy for new releases. There are contemporary romances, mysteries, and more! What new releases are you excited for this week? Let us know in the comments!