This HaBO is from Jess, who is looking for a book she sampled at the library: This one has been bugging me for ages – I picked it up in a library while killing some time before an interview and really liked the first few chapters, then put it down and was never able to find it again. This is a historical, set in I believe the early 1800’s. The heroine is a widow, running … Continue reading HaBO: Historical with a Surly Lighthouse Keeper →

This HaBO request comes from Christina, who is hoping to find this historical romance. CW/TW for the description below: I am in the hunt for the title of a historical I read a few years ago. It’s either Regency or Victorian. It starts out with the heroine on the day after she gets married. The hero finds her washed up on the shore of a river the day after her wedding night, where her new … Continue reading HaBO: Hero Finds Heroine Washed Ashore →

This HaBO is from Cindy, who is searching for a long lost romance novel: I’m hoping that the Bitchery can work their magic. I grew up in Trinidad and Tobago in the late 80s and 90s, so the romance books available were eclectic to say the least. Sadly my entire collection got thrown out by my religious grandmother in the pre-internet days and my Google skills have been rather dismal in this case. The book … Continue reading HaBO: Jane and Sandy →

No, you don’t have your days wrong and you aren’t hallucinating! Because we get so many HaBO requests, we’ll be running them periodically on Saturdays. We didn’t think you’d mind more HaBOs. This HaBO is from Suzanne who is looking for a Regency (or otherwise historically set) romance: Short haired, willowy heroine – why is it that the silly facts stick in my head? 🙂 Anyhoo – I’m looking for a Regency type romance novel. … Continue reading HaBO: Short-Haired, Willowy “Widow” →

This HaBO comes from Barbara, who is looking for a historical romance: It isn’t much, but here’s what I remember. I think it’s a series. Perhaps set during the Regency period. Many characters are reading a series of novels about a woman who finds herself in outlandishly dramatic and dangerous situations. One of the characters in the series—I think it’s a man—is secretly the author of these novels. In one scene in particular, one of … Continue reading HaBO: Dramatic Reading Breaks a Table →

This HaBO comes from Katy, who is searching for a series with sister heroines: The series is three books, each about one sister: a blonde, a redhead, and a brunette. The redhead is some sort of nature or trail guide, and her hero is a nerdy type who literally washes up on the shore of whatever lake or ocean they’re near. The blonde sister’s hero was a bad boy type. I think the brunette’s story … Continue reading HaBO: Sister Trio All Have Different Hair Colors →

This HaBO comes from Geraldine, who is looking for a contemporary romance: I read this book about 7 years ago, but I think it was used at that time. The hero comes through town (in a truck?) and meets the waitress at a local truck stop. It is very bad weather, so he comes home with her. Several months later, he comes to the restaurant again and she is pregnant with his child. He is … Continue reading HaBO: Storm is a Catalyst for Secret Baby Plot →

This HaBO comes from Melanie, who is looking for this dark fantasy (possible) romance: So I read (kind of skimmed) this dark fantasy book that I picked up several years ago on super sale at B&N. ($4.99 for a hardcover woot!) It featured a heroine who was from a bit of an alternate/hidden fantasy world and had fled to the modern-day real world. She had some kind of magical powers, but they were weak compared … Continue reading HaBO: Tentacle Eunuch →

This HaBO request is from Meredith, who has searched her Kindle high and low for this one: I thought I read about this book on your site. I’ve gone through every Kindle purchase I made and can’t find it! Anyway, what I can remember: Hero goes into an empty library (maybe to escape a party or dinner). While he’s there, the heroine comes in, picks a book, and basically starts masturbating. Maybe the book has … Continue reading HaBO: Library Masturbation →

This HaBO request is from Julia. Spoilers ahead for this historical: I remember reading this book and the plot was VERY similar to The Flame and the Flower. Beautiful, innocent female is on the London docks and runs into trouble. Strapping, handsome American sea captain rescues her and she ends up on his ship. They arrive at his plantation and at some point they get married. There is a woman who the hero has known … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Works at a Boarding House with Her Son →

This second HaBO is also from Tanvee, who is searching for something more contemporary: The second book is a contemporary sports romance – titled something like the footballer’s virgin wife? Essentially a footballer married his coach’s daughter at 18 and then they separated almost immediately due to misunderstandings created partly by the coach I think. The book opens a few years after that, when the hero returns to the same town where his estranged wife … Continue reading HaBO: The Footballer’s Virgin Wife →