NB: Welcome to Flashback Friday! Since the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics are kicking off today, we want to revisit one our favorite winter sports-themed romances. That’s right, welcome to the world of figure skating romance! It’s also great for fans of the movie, The Cutting Edge. This review was originally published May 4, 2016. … If you follow me on Twitter, at the end of March/beginning of April you may have seen me live … Continue reading Pairing Off by Elizabeth Harmon →
Lunges, pivots, turns, spins, Salchows, loops, flips, Lutz jumps, axel jumps, singles, doubles, and triples. It’s okay if these terms don’t mean a whole hell of a lot to you. I’d consider myself a casual fan of ice skating. When I see a skating competition on television, I definitely watch. Plus, watching The Cutting Edge throughout the ‘90s was a formative romantic and figure skating touch-point—as it was for the earlier SBTB reviewer, and our author, … Continue reading Pairing Off by Elizabeth Harmon →
What a timely request! Thanks to Monique for sending this one in: In one of my Facebook readers groups, someone posted a picture of the ridiculously HOT team USA men’s bobsledding team. So my curiosity got the better of me and I deep dived into google to see if there were any bobsled romances. Sadly, I found nothing so I figured I should ask the pros of romance recommendations! Secondly I was just wondering if … Continue reading The Rec League: Winter Olympics →
A great Rec League subject for the upcoming 2018 Olympics, we want to say thanks to Reader Eve for emailing us this request: I love your Rec League, and am hoping the Bitchery can help me discover more of my favorite theme: athlete heroines. Sports romances (understandably, given what is watched) almost exclusively feature superrich!Athlete wooing a professional female (PR, sports therapist, events manager, team owner’s daughter…). These can be hit-and-miss for me. However, something … Continue reading The Rec League: Athlete Heroines →
