This HaBO is from Linnea, who is looking for this historical romance. The request does deal with a pandemic as a warning: This is extremely vague. Not sure when I read this book, I don’t remember the author, and so on. I have been reading romance novels for at least 50 years… The main thing I remember is that it takes place in or near New Mexico at a mission and takes place in 1918 … Continue reading HaBO: Teacher at a New Mexico Mission →

This HaBO comes from Nikki, who wants to track down this romance: I’ve been obsessed with one book whose title or author I can’t remember! So hopefully you can all help me! It’s a historical romance. The heroine is approached for a marriage of convenience. They elope, but her father does not give her dowry. They go to a property in shambles (spent the first night sharing a blanket in the cold somewhere). He starts … Continue reading HaBO: Amelia and the Horse Breeder →

This HaBO is from Becky, who wants to find this historical romance: It’s a Beauty and the Beast/Cinderella type regency romance. (Hopefully I’m not mixing up 2 titles!) The heroine shows up to the hero’s house pretty much destitute in a snowstorm or rainstorm and he has a pretty nasty attitude. He won’t put her back into the weather, at least but he is every bit a beast. She might have had a carriage or … Continue reading HaBO: One of Many Beauty & the Beast Historicals →

This HaBO comes from Sarah, who hopes to track down this book: I hope you can help this smart bitch out. I read a book in the last 20 years where the main character was trying to leave her husband. He had become so paranoid about dying that he carried a briefcase with a defibrillator in it. I could be misremembering what he carried in the briefcase, maybe he carried a fire extinguisher and he … Continue reading HaBO: He Carries Around a Defibrillator →

This HaBO is from Sam, who is hoping to track down this romance: I am trying to remember a book that feels like it should be easy, but there are so many books that feature these tropes & archetypes in this setting that I can’t get it. So…contemporary: cis-het; mostly, if not all, white characters; low-to-medium heat level (I think). Small-ish town, male main character is a first responder (more likely sheriff/deputy, but maybe EMT/firefighter); … Continue reading HaBO: Tiny Car with a Stick Shift →

This HaBO comes from Elizabeth. Content warning for the description below: This mystery book has haunted me for around 20 years now. Here’s what I remember about this historical romance: The village and the heroine are attacked by an enemy. She is raped, gets pregnant, and loses the baby. Meanwhile, the hero’s wife/mistress has died, leaving behind a newborn baby. A perfect pairing, no? She nurses the baby, and at one point, the baby was … Continue reading HaBO: Baby in the Bodice →

This HaBO request is from K, who is looking for this romance: Long time lurker here— I’m looking for a contemporary story about a marriage imploding. The only thing I can remember is that the wife discovers her husband’s infidelity, packs his clothes, takes them to his office where she proceeds to barge into a meeting, throws the clothes on the table and tell her husband’s lover (and boss) that she can have him! For … Continue reading HaBO: She Confronts Him About Cheating During a Business Meeting →

This HaBO comes from Elizabeth, who wants to find this romance. Content warning for abuse in the description below: A woman and her small daughter are living in a tiny shack in a small town after running away from her abusive husband. They are very poor. She writes down wishes on pink pieces of paper. She releases them outside where they find their way onto the hero’s farm, where he has chickens and a very … Continue reading HaBO: Writes Wishes on Pink Paper →

This HaBO is from Linnea, who wants to find this romance.: I read this a while ago, probably before 2000, but not sure. It is a Regency. The hero is madly in love with dramatic and beautiful lady, but he’s an impoverished aristocrat. He must marry for money to save the estate he inherited that is on its last legs. He marries the daughter of a wealthy businessman. She is not beautiful, but starts helping … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine is Not the Hero’s First Choice →

This HaBO comes from Rikki, who wants to find the first erotic novel they read: This book was amazing, the first erotica I ever read. I think it was published in the 90s and had a hot pink cover. It was about a woman named Alexandra (I think that was her name), who was working in an ad agency (or something like that). She was supposed to bag a new account and was sent to … Continue reading HaBO: A Latex Suit →