This HaBO comes from Terrie, who wants to find a particular historical romance: I’ve tried SO MANY search terms trying to find this historical romance — that’s because there are so many plot elements. The heroine was tried for murder, but not convicted. There was a journalist who was convinced of her guilt and even though it’s been years since the trial, he keeps publishing on the anniversary so that her name and “crime” are never … Continue reading HaBO: Journalist Hero Thinks Heroine is Guilty of Murder →

This HaBO request is from Leslie, who wants to find a medieval historical romance: I’ve been looking for a book I read in the early to mid-1990s, sometime before 1994 or 1995. It was sort of a semi-mystical medieval, featuring Taliesin as a bit character. As I recall the plot, the heroine was the daughter of a Welsh or Cornish lord, and was married off to a Norman for…reasons. They got on all right and … Continue reading HaBO: Medieval Heroine Brought Back to Life →

This HaBO request is from Maggie, who is look for not one, but two romances: I’ve been trying to remember these two books for ages – mostly just to assure myself that I did read them and I didn’t just imagine them in a crazy trippy dream. The first might have been a Harlequin Presents and it was part of a series about these triplet sisters, who each fall in love with these European guys. … Continue reading HaBO Double Dose: Triplets & Hungarian Painters →

This HaBO comes from Susana and is a little different. Instead of a romance novel, Susana is trying to track down a movie she watched, that may or may not be based on a book: I need help finding a movie not a book. I saw it around 1997-1999 on HBO. I’m pretty sure I watched Muriel’s Wedding and Strictly Ballroom, which are favorites, around the same time. I recorded it on a VHS, but lost it … Continue reading HaBO: New Zealand Movie; Possibly Based on a Romance →

This HaBO request is from Kate, who is looking for a western romance. Trigger warning for the following description: I am woefully short on details, but I believe (like many b*tches who write into HaBO) that it was the first romance I ever read and it blew my tween mind. It had to have been written in the ’80s/early ’90s. It was a western, and the heroine was some haughty rich girl in a stagecoach and … Continue reading HaBO: Bandit Hero Robs Heroine’s Stagecoach →

Welcome to Tuesday, better known here as HaBO Day! HaBO, or “Help a Bitch Out,” is our attempt to reunite readers with romances that they can remember parts of, but not the important parts like the author’s name or the title. This HaBO request comes from Kira, who is trying to find a YA romance: So, I’ve exhausted all ways of finding this YA romance from years ago, sadly, despite the plot being pretty unique. The … Continue reading HaBO: YA Heroine Lives in Underwater Station →

This HaBO request comes from M.M.V.Z., who is looking for a book that was read in the last few months: I was trying to find something new to read and have been downloading a lot of samples from Amazon. The one I’d like to find again was written in first person. A Japanese American heroine (could also be Chinese American or an emigrant) was talking about her experience in New York’s Public Library when a white guy made … Continue reading HaBO: Asian American Heroine Encounters Creep in Library →

This HaBO request is from ZoeQ, who is looking for a book that may have possibly been reviewed: Looking for book that was reviewed once before, but couldn’t find it in the reviews. Set in the 1950’s parents go out of the country (or on an extended vacation) & the sister gets sent home from school. She has to stay with her older step brother (apparently young women couldn’t stay alone in the 50’s). That’s where … Continue reading HaBO: Set in 1950s; Heroine Left Alone with Step Brother →

This HaBO request comes to us from Georgie, who hopes to find a Mills & Boon she read in the nineties: About 20 years ago (September 1997) I was standing in a supermarket making cooing noises at my toddler in the trolley, whilst simultaneously skimming through a Mills & Boon in the Books section, and trying to decide if I wanted to take a chance on buying it. The toddler started acting up (and, if I’m … Continue reading HaBO: CEO Hero is Named Charles; Top Quality Snark →

This HaBO request is from Bryn, who is trying to find a romance that mysteriously disappeared: I’m not a romance novel reader and don’t know anything about the authors or the publishers or the periods. While I was growing up, the only books in my grandma’s house were romance novels, and she always got rid of them if she discovered me reading them (due to a lack of other reading materials). So I had to be quick … Continue reading HaBO: Hero & Heroine Survive Plane Crash →

This HaBO comes from Mary Ryan, who is searching for an anthology of sorts: I read a book of three short stories set in the 1920s. They were romance, leaning toward erotica. Some of the characters crossed over from story to story. One of the settings was a fancy hotel, owned by the father of the hero in one of the stories. I remember one story, the hero whose father owns the hotel finds out that … Continue reading HaBO: Maid Keeps Journal of Steamy Fantasies →