This HaBO is from Tanvee, and this is part one of her two-book HaBO request: The first one I’m looking for is a historical romance that I read a few years ago – it’s part of a series of books about a group of widows, who make a pact to have sex with someone in a specified period of time. The widow in question in this book lives next door to her deceased husband’s best … Continue reading HaBO: Widows Make a Sex Pact →

This HaBO comes from Candace, who is looking for this adventurous romance: It was written in the 1960s (think Breakfast At Tiffany’s, not Woodstock). An art student returns from Paris back to NYC, where she studies at Cooper Union. She’s broke, so decides to stow away on a cruise ship & “mingle” her way across the Atlantic, maybe finding someone to relieve her of her pesky virginity, too. She has a red wig, a trench … Continue reading HaBO: Art Major at Cooper Union →

This HaBO is from Lara, who is trying to find an old favorite of her grandma’s collection: I find myself reminiscing about my Grandma (an OG smart bitch with a love of closed-door Romances of the Western variety…sexy scenes were considered too much mush). A few months after she passed away, I found myself walking through the romance section of my library and picked up a Western while thinking of her…my very first romance nearly … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Gets Proverbs Wrong →

This HaBO comes from Noel, who is searching for an older historical: I’m looking for a historical romance probably written in the 1980s. Bonnie (I think?) is on the youngish side, maybe 18, and is a lowly servant in Damien’s (I think? Damon?) lordly home. She has no real sense of class or difference between them and her forthrightness and lack of guile (and her obvious hotness) draws him to her. They make the sex … Continue reading HaBO: Damon? Or is it Damien? →

This HaBO is from Amy, who is looking for a contemporary romance: I’ve been trying to remember this book for 5 years. Any and all help would be so wonderful! The book was a contemporary romance taking place on or near a military base in Colorado (Colorado Springs I think). It was a cubicle romance between a military man (Air Force, I think) and a sassy woman (civilian I believe) with trust issues. The heroine … Continue reading HaBO: Military Base Romance →

This HaBO comes from Lisa F. and they want to find this very Gothic sounding historical romance: It was a historical – I want to say it’s roughly set in the late 1800s London. A kind of a Frankenstein pastiche. The heroine is the abused daughter of a disgraced doctor. She’s forced to assist him as he does medical/resurrection experiments on the stolen (dead) bodies of wastrels. Hero is a “corpse” the father steals, is … Continue reading HaBO: My Lachlan of the Moors →

This HaBO request is from Maia, who is hoping to find this Regency romance: I wonder if the Bitchery might be able to help. I’m looking for a Signet Regency romance, but have only the barest details. I never read this book, in fact, I learned about it from the teaser (first chapter?) in the Signet I had just finished reading in the late 1990s/early 2000s. I don’t remember the title of that one, either. … Continue reading HaBO: Grumpy and the Gardener →

This HaBO comes from Elizabeth, who is looking for this historical romance from a library sale: I have been wracking my brains trying to remember the name of this historical that I picked up at a library sale about a million (or more like 10) years ago. Here’s what I remember about the plot: A young British girl is enamored with a distant cousin named Augustus, who is the prince of a German principality or … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine’s Sister Jilts Royal Hero →

This HaBO comes from Bojana, who is trying to track down this book: This book was set in Florida (maybe the Keys?) on the brink of a hurricane. An idealistic woman had chained herself to a tree to stop the demolition and redevelopment of her grandmother’s mobile home/weekly motel of which she has fond memories. The developer guy is super hot. He tries to get her to unchain herself so he can demolish the place. … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Chains Herself to a Tree in Protest →

This HaBO comes from Margie, who thinks she may have seen this book on the site: There was a book I think maybe I saw recommended on here. But I read the opening and remember wanting to wait to read it. It takes place at a cabin, possibly the heroine’s family cabin. In the opening she tries to save a deer who is about to fall through the ice into a frozen pond. She falls … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Tries to Save Deer on a Frozen Pond →

This HaBO request is from Karly, who is searching for this historical romance and its series: I am looking for a historical romance novel, most likely regency. It is part of a companion series about a family I think? This one is later on in the series and tells the story of the older brother. In the first few books, he is seen marrying and then losing his wife in childbirth as a secondary character. … Continue reading HaBO: Neglectful Dad Hero Hires Governess →