This HaBO request comes from Lisa AM and she needs help find this romance: Please help me find this historical romance! I’ve been looking for this novel for weeks and I’m honestly desperate. I remember that the protagonists get married out of convenience, and that she’s considered somewhat unattractive. He goes to meet her for the first time and she’s working in her garden; she’s sweaty and her hands are dirty so she doesn’t make … Continue reading HaBO: Dirty Hands Make Bad First Impression →

This HaBO is from Kristina, who is looking for this Gothic romance: I’m looking for a romance I read about maybe 10-ish years ago? I’m pretty sure I own this one, but a scroll through my Kindle library isn’t dislodging any clues… I think it was a fairly typical kind of Gothic romance possibly involving a nobleman being forced to marry a woman he wasn’t intending to marry or mistrusts and basically treats terribly. The … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Hallucinates Conversations with Animals →

This HaBO is from Elidia, who wants to find this older contemporary romance: I’m looking for a book which would be at least from the early 90s, possibly older. The heroine was a department store mannequin dresser, and the book starts off with her setting one up to advertise that the store sells panties with good elastic that won’t just fall down. This is *scandalous* to store management, but the hero thinks she’s spunky. Things … Continue reading HaBO: Mannequins & Underwear with Good Elastic →

This HaBO request comes from Diana. She wants to find this book, mainly to see if a sequel exists. Content warning for the loss of a child and abuse: I am trying to remember the name of a book that I’m not sure I liked, but whose sequel I still somehow want to read. It involved a modern day woman who accidentally travels to another world during a walk. She goes up a hill and … Continue reading HaBO: Mind-Controlling Fairy Disguised as an Elegant Lady →

This HaBO is from Claire and she’s looking for a contemporary romance: Help a Librarian Out! I’m totally chagrined that I couldn’t find this one independently, but thank goodness I’m an avid SBTB reader and knew you’d all be here to help. Here are the clues: It’s a contemporary. Maybe romantic suspense? Setting: a small Hudson Bay New York town. Part of a series, all taking place in the same town. The heroine is a … Continue reading HaBO: Hudson Bay Wedding Dress Designer →

This HaBO request is from Meredyth and she wants to find a romance she read in high school: I’m trying to recall a book I remembered hiding under my mattress during high school. This was the late 90s, early 2000s though, so my memory has completely failed me. The book could have been older, but not by a lot. I’d say 90s. Here’s what I recall: The cover might have been teal, or the dress … Continue reading HaBO: Shirtless Sheep Rescue →

This HaBO request is from Laura and she’s looking for a historical romance: I’m looking for a period romance that featured a rather steamy scene between the hero and heroine in a personal library – or possibly a study? They were definitely hiding near bookshelves, and there may also have been a fur rug of some kind. I can’t actually remember much about the heroine. but the hero was called Alasdair or Alastair I think. … Continue reading HaBO: Steamy Library Action with Alastair →

This HaBO comes from BellaInAus, who is looking for a book by Reader’s Digest Condensed Books: My grandmother used to buy the Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, and although I didn’t read many of them, there were a few that stuck in my head. One of them is this book, which has driven me nuts ever since because I cannot remember the title, the author or the name of the heroine and I don’t have the … Continue reading HaBO: Lord Boot’s Punch and Judy Show →

This HaBO is from Melissa and she’s looking for an older romance: Hoping someone can help me find the book that got me hooked! I read this book in the late 80s when I was in 7th grade. My aunt had sent a box of romances home with my mom, and during our 12 hour drive back home I ran out of reading material. Since my parents couldn’t see what I was reading in the … Continue reading HaBO: Doing It in a Grotto with Rainbows →

This HaBO request is from AJ, who is trying to find this book, though is fuzzy on the genre: I really hope the Bitchery can help me on this one! I read a novel in the past 2 years. It is a Regency or contemporary setting, probably published post-2000. I have a tendency to find a Kindle book I want but it’s book 3 in a series. I then have to buy the whole series, … Continue reading HaBO: They Flirt in Riddles →

This HaBO comes from Elizabeth, who is looking for a romance published around twenty or thirty years ago: This book would have been published in the late eighties/early nineties. The heroine lives in the woods, and everyone thinks she’s a witch. The hero is injured and winds up staying with her. I’m almost positive it’s not Wild by Jill Barnett. The book I’m thinking of also has a set of naughty, red-headed triplets who live … Continue reading HaBO: Redheaded Triplets with Matching Names →