This HaBO request is from Maureen, who is looking for this historical romance. Content warning for the description below: I hope that you can help me identify this book. It is historical romance novel. The heroine and hero have a marriage of convenience. The wife was married very young, briefly to a fortune hunter who died. She still keeps his portrait in her dressing room. The husband loves a married woman who gets pregnant and … Continue reading HaBO: She Keeps a Portrait of Her Fortune-Hunting Late Husband→
This HaBO comes from Marina, who wants to find this historical romance. Trigger warning for the description below: I think this was a regency era setting. The protagonist goes with stepmother and her daughter to a house party. She is not well treated by them. They secretly plan to entrap a titled rich guy into marriage. The daughter invited him to go to her room at night. He enters the protagonist’s room by mistake and … Continue reading HaBO: Stepdaughter Heroine is Given Laudanum→
This HaBO is from Karen, who wants to find this romance: I’m trying to find a college hockey romance published within the last 8 years or so. The heroine has had a crush on her best friend for years. Best friend has always assumed he could sow his wild oats and the heroine would be waiting for him. Their mothers are best friends too. Heroine and her best friend are freshman and he has mostly … Continue reading HaBO: Hockey Playing Best Friend Isn’t the Hero in Book One→
This HaBO comes from Samantha, who wants to find this historical romance: I am hoping you can help me identify a historical romance novel I have been searching for over the past three years since I got back into reading romance. Here are the details I recall: – Genre: Historical romance, road trip theme, grumpy/sunshine trope. – Publication Date: Definitely written before 2006, and likely before 2003. – Hero: Gruff and aristocratic, though he has … Continue reading HaBO: Is that a Watch Fob in Your Pocket?→
This HaBO is from Elizabeth, who wants to find this romance: The book is from late 1990s/early 2000s. Erotic fiction maybe? Or just kinda smutty. The main character is a woman who owns a diner in a California town near the coast. I think she lives in the house her dad won in a poker game, designed by a famous architect (surf board in the ceiling beams?). Main sex partner is the sheriff who used … Continue reading HaBO: Surfboards in the Ceiling Beams→
This HaBO request comes from Emily, who wants to find this series: I read a romance series in maybe 2018-2019 and I cannot find it any where. It was a series where a fae soldier found his fated mate in each book. The first one is about the heroine being framed for murdering a political figure. She is a soldier who was part of the political figure’s security. The hero takes her through a portal … Continue reading HaBO: Fae Knotting→
This HaBO request is from SL, who wants to find this romance: I’m looking for a regency romance. I thought it was a Mary Balogh book, but can’t find it, so it might be an author similar to Balogh. What I know for certain: Hero either kills or wounds brother in a duel. Hero had meant to delope, but was young and a terrible shot… Hero is either exiled by family or is self-exiled. He … Continue reading HaBO: Not a Mary Balogh→
This HaBO request is from Chelsea, who wants to find this romance: Thanks in advance for helping find this book, I am at a loss: The book would be new, within the past few years. I had thought it was by Elliott Rose, but it might have just had a similar cover to her Crimson Ridge series. The heroine is British, grew up in foster care, comes to the U.S. on holiday with an American … Continue reading HaBO: Rancher & Brit Reunite in a Big City→
This HaBO comes from Rita, who wants to find this romance: I’m hoping someone can help me identify this book I read about 10–11 years ago. I think it was originally published in the 1990s (can’t remember the exact date) and might have been a Harlequin or possibly a Silhouette title. Here’s what I recall: – Male lead (ML) is a single dad with a young daughter. – The child’s mother died in an accident, … Continue reading HaBO: Single Dad Marries Librarian for Custody→
This HaBO is from Hannah, who wants to find this romance: I’m looking for a book (maybe series) that I read in high school (probably around 2004-7). It was popular amongst the girls and we were all excited to read it and pass it around (mainly based on the spicy scenes). It followed a girl who met a bad boy type and fell head over heels. I seem to remember that he was sexually experienced … Continue reading HaBO: She and Her Friends Sunbathe on the Roof→
by Amanda · Oct 7, 2025 at 10:00 am ·
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This HaBO came in from Jessica, who wants to find this romance: I’m looking for a book from Kindle but I can’t remember the cover and title. It starts from a woman’s POV. She says she’s laying on a lifeboat or (maybe) a plastic life raft. She’s holding on to keep from sliding or flying out. There’s other people in the life raft and a certain man is pinning the woman’s legs down, so she … Continue reading HaBO: They’re Stuck on a Lifeboat→
