This HaBO comes from Diksha, who wants to find this historical-ish romance: It’s an English novel. It’s a historical romance (but could also be called fantasy — I don’t remember the exact setting, but it had kings ruling kingdoms and fighting, so maybe medieval). The heroine was originally supposed to marry the hero’s brother, but he had already gone into a secret marriage, so she is now forced by circumstance to marry the hero instead. … Continue reading HaBO: She Served as Head of Her Father’s Army→
This HaBO comes from Mel, who wants to find this book: I’m looking for a book, I hope you can help. All the info I have so far, I found it on kobo, but my kids wiped the recent searches by reading a bunch of kids books after. The synopsis so far: main character Paige has lost her husband. In the first chapter, she is emptying the dishwasher and cuts her arm open. She gets … Continue reading HaBO: Dad Wants to Gift Baby Chick to His Accountant→
This HaBO request is from Donna, who wants to find this romance: I need a refresh about a romance novel. Note: I have no time frame of publication. The couple have a passionate and tumultuous relationship. They have their first child, a boy, who can’t sleep and only cries. They don’t know why. Someone asks what are they doing differently. They swore to never fight in front of the kid. What?! He’s heard you arguing … Continue reading HaBO: Newborn Prefers the Sound of Parents Arguing→
This HaBO request is from IPs_90, who is looking for this historical romance: I need your amazing collective memory to find a historical romance novel (read in French translation between 2000-2018). The Gist: I’m looking for a Historical Romance novel. The whole thing kicks off with a massive scandal at a wedding. The Scene: The book opens on the hero’s wedding. The heroine (who knows and loves the hero, and does not like the bride) … Continue reading HaBO: She Exposes His Pregnant Fiancée at the Altar→
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→
