You did it! We figured this one out! It is a truth universally acknowledged (by me for certain) that the Bitchery pretty much knows everything, and really, it's true. Scroll down to see the solution for this HaBO - and many thanks!
This HaBO is from Chloé, who wants to find the name of a particular series she read recently. Also, potential spoilers for the series ahead:
Next, this HABO is dumb, because I literally just read these books a few months ago as a salve after the election, and they obviously didn’t stay with me because I can’t remember the name, but I know a new one is coming out in 2017 and I have to finish!
So this is a 3-4 book series. The woman is a virgin (very big deal is made of this), and one day an assassin ties her up in her apartment. They eventually fall in love. He thinks she has some information because of her dead mother. The book ends with him leaving her in Japan, and her finding out that the head of an organization of assassins is her biological father. The group of assassins might be called the Lions? They have scarification tattoos and are from South Africa? In the next book, the girl has a boyfriend who turns out to be undercover CIA and his parents were killed by the Lions? Oh, and she’s STILL a virgin throughout all the books.
I feel silly because this is a recent series but my Google-fu is failing me.
It’s contemporary, but I would say not suspense, but almost humorous? At least that’s how I read it — I hope the author intended it that way. In the third[?] book, she and the hero are about to do the deed when the house is bombed, they keep getting cockblocked, etc.
This sounds all sorts of insane and I want it immediately!
This sounds like Spotless by Camilla Monk…
I agree with Katey. Spotless by Camilla Monk. It’s on sale now at B&N https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/spotless-camilla-monk/1120986003?ean=2940154142882.
Spotless by Camilla Monk for sure! The audiobooks are great as well!
I seem to remember one solved in eight minutes before, so is this one, clocking in at seven minutes, a new record?
@kitkat9000: The record is actually five minutes! It’s this HaBO from April 2015!
ahem… http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2016/01/habo-first-time-lovin-in-an-abandoned-building/
@Cayenne: The original poster never verified if it was right, so we usually leave those unsolved for now.
Thanks, Amanda – I wondered why it wasn’t marked Solved.
@Cayenne: If we ever get word from the poster, we will undoubtedly crown you THE FASTEST HABO SOLVER IN THE WEST!
It’s frustrating when the original posters don’t respond to their HaBO. Just leaves a bitch hanging… 🙂
Didn’t see either prior post, so missed the shorter times, but, just gotta say, Damn! The Bitchery is definitely the best.
@Amanda: Thanks for the reply! It really is a shame she didn’t verify. Three minutes, oy.
Curious to know how she has all these manly boyfriends yet remains a virgin.
I think I’ve bought more books based on HaBO descriptions than legit reviews. 😀
I know this is obnoxious, but to pat myself on the back, another 5 minute one:
http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2016/09/habo-former-students-reunite-teachers-death/
A belated THANK YOU!! to all – this is exactly it. Thanks!!
@Chloé , clearly I am missing something. Which book is it?
@Gloriamarie: It’s Spotless by Camilla Monk!
@Amanda, thank you.