This HaBO request is from Golder, who is trying to track down a series: I’m looking for a book series I read as a teenager that I loved, but I’ve now totally forgotten about. It was a romance with some mystery starring a young girl (I think she was 19 or 20) in the 1920s, who loved solving mysteries. In the first book she has a huge crush on a detective, who in typical well-meaning yet … Continue reading HaBO: 1920s Heroine Loves Solving Mysteries →

This HaBO comes from Rachel, who is searching for a recent contemporary romance: I want to find a book I read fairly recently (in the last 2 years I think) that has gone missing. I don’t remember if I read it on my kindle or it was a paperback. It is a contemporary set (I think) in Texas. The female lead is hired by the man to coach his sister on etiquette, and she moves in because it … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine is Etiquette Coach for Hero’s Sister →

This HaBO request is from Jenn, who is hoping to find a romance based on a secondary character: I’m looking for a book where I only remember a supporting character – no idea who the hero and heroine are; no real idea about the plot except as it relates to this girl. I read the book in high school, so it likely would have been published in the early 90s, no later than 1995 or 1996. … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine’s Maid “Tires” Out Warrior Twins →

This HaBO request is from Alissha, who is hoping to find this Civil War romance: It was the Civil War. The hero was a Union soldiery doctory type; the heroine a southern belle that was somehow orphaned? Abandoned? Something. She was posing as a boy and ended up working at his field hospital while looking for her aunt. Finally finds her family, but doctor dude starts courting her cousin and she must maintain her boy identity … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Poses as a Boy During Civil War →

This HaBO request is from PeBee, who wants to find a historical romance: It was the first of a pair or a series. I think the heroine name’s was Jennifer. She lived with her orphan cousin and dad in the country. Heroine was engaged at an early age to Villain; however, she rarely saw him. Dad decides to take them to London for the season and get the wedding planned. Villain is charming, but not really … Continue reading HaBO: Orphan Cousin Betrays Heroine →

This HaBO comes from Ashleigh, who wants to find what she describes as a ” fantasy/adventure/romance:” I read this (many times!) about twenty years ago. It featured a love triangle between a promising female conjurer, a former gladiator (?) who is her slave, and a sexy vampire. I have no idea where I picked this book up, but I think it was definitely before I got over my embarrassment of buying romance novels at Barnes and … Continue reading HaBO: Sorceress, Vampire, & Gladiator Love Triangle →

This HaBO request is from TreeSF, who is searching for a historical romance: It should be very easy, but the 3 glasses of white Burgundy could be clouding my memory. I’m looking for a book where the heroine marries the hero who is paralyzed by shrapnel in the Napoleonic Wars. He has a sister named Sally, who tries to make sure that he is treated well and makes the heroine bring said war hero to her … Continue reading HaBO: Hero Paralyzed During the Napoleonic Wars →

This HaBO is from Em, who wants to find a pretty cool book, though I doubt its a romance given from the description: I’m not altogether sure if the story I’m thinking of even came in book form, but I haven’t been able to find it again in other media, so I thought I’d give it a shot here. Basically it’s a reincarnation story. These two lovers repeatedly reincarnate and meet one another, but only one retains … Continue reading HaBO: Hero and Heroine Constantly Reincarnated with No HEA →

This HaBO request comes from Rammy, who hopes to track down an older, possibly Harlequin romance: This is a book I read almost 15 years ago. It might have been a Desire book; I remember them always having red covers. The heroine is a reporter who is broke and has decided to max out her credit cards for a new wardrobe, so she can attract a billionaire husband. She goes to some billionaire club in … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Maxes Out Credit Cards to Land a Billionaire →

This HaBO request comes from Laura, who is hoping to find one of the first romances she read: I’ve been looking for one of the earlier romance books I ever read. If I recall correctly, it was in a box of books my mom found in the garage when we moved into the house I grew up in, so it would have been published before 1985. I might be wrong about that, but I read it … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Tries to Bake Bread in Cold, Dark Room →

This HaBO request comes from Nicci, who is searching for a Regency romance that’s lost on her Kindle: I know I have this book somewhere on my Kindle. It’s there, even now, lost in the digital aether, but I hope you can help me locate it again. It’s a Regency-ish romance I read about ten years ago, but that won’t help in finding the publishing date since I had a brand new Kindle and immediately went … Continue reading HaBO: Impoverished Hero Must Iron His Own Clothes →