This HaBO is from Hen, who wants to find a historical romance: Book starts with Titled Idiot finding a Half-Dead Girl in a dodgy part of London. The name Devon is involved. I think. Titled Idiot, being the chivalrous man that he is, takes Half-Dead Girl home to fix her where he discovers she’s very pretty (shock, horror!). But she’s also a thief (more shock, horror!!) because she has a fancy necklace. That “obviously” isn’t … Continue reading HaBO: Hero Finds Heroine Half-Dead & Wearing a Fancy Necklace →

This is our first Sunday HaBO and this request comes from Hayden, who is searching for a romance, though I don’t think it’s a historical since tattoos are involved: Please help! I can’t remember the author, title or any names. These are all the random parts I think I remember: The heroine was a maid for an elderly woman. During this time, the hero made a bet with friends having to do something with the heroine and … Continue reading HaBO: Dress-Stealing Maid Heroine →

This HaBO request comes from Joy, who is looking for a Harlequin title: This is an older Harlequin and part of a series that I just can’t locate. A prince of a small Arabian country is working as an executive in US. He helps a woman who is fleeing dressed in a wedding dress that doesn’t quite fit and they fly out on his plane. He hires her as his very efficient secretary and marries her to … Continue reading HaBO: Arabian Prince Helps Runaway Bride →

This HaBO request comes from Lulu, who is looking for a historical romance: I’m really struggling to remember a book I’ve been looking for ages and can’t find it, or remember the title or author. It’s a historical. The heroine is a painter, who I think is divorced or in an unhappy marriage. She is attempting to forge a career as a portraitist. The hero is a spy, who is sort of a chameleon. He is posing … Continue reading HaBO: Spy Hero Pretends to Be Asleep →

This HaBO request comes from Braelyn, who is searching for a Harlequin contemporary title: Ten to fifteen years ago, when I was a young romance reader, I picked up a second hand contemporary Harlequin romance at the local hardware store. That place had it all. Sadly I do not remember much about the romance, but what I do remember is the heroine’s digs. She had a houseboat! As she led her beau through the house, every room … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Lives on a Houseboat →

This HaBO is from Liz, who wants to be reunited with one of the first romance novels she read: Like so many others with a HaBO, I’m looking for one of the first romance novels I read as a teenager. I read it in the mid 90’s so I’m guessing it was written in the early to mid 90’s. Mostly I think it was the liberal amount of crazy-sauce plot that has kept it in … Continue reading HaBO: Secret Baby Australian Office Romance →

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 Sheila, who is searching for a Harlequin title: The story was either a Harlequin American Romance or possibly Silhouette Desire. The plot was as follows: 80’s or 90’s. Hero is about … Continue reading HaBO: Artistic Hero Wants to Enter Priesthood →

This HaBO request comes from Ciri, who is searching for a regency romance: This is driving me crazy. There’s a book, and it’s a regency, and there’s a trio of sisters, I think. It’s always three sisters, isn’t it? Well, the unmarried sisters go to visit their married sister, who they think was ignoring them or something but actually she’s in a controlling relationship where the dude’s an abusive jerkface, but abusive jerkface husband ends up dying, possibly … Continue reading HaBO: Trio of Sisters Cover Up Murder →

This is a HaBO from Laura Florand, who wants to be reunited with a book from her teens: It’s actually a book I really liked as a teenager, a Gothic along the lines of Mary Stewart. The author uses E.A. Robinson’s “Richard Cory” poem to start the book and references it throughout. The main plot, as I remember it, is that the heroine ends up on a small private island, working perhaps as the secretary or … Continue reading HaBO: Gothic Romance Heroine Uses Gymnastic Skills →

This HaBO request comes from Ria, who is searching for an American historical: I’m looking for a book I read in the late 90s. I only remember a few details of the book. It’s an American historical romance. I think the hero was new in town and called the heroine “Gussie/Gussy,” which annoyed her. The only other thing I recall is a scene at the end of the book. In the epilogue, the heroine is looking at … Continue reading HaBO: Hero Nicknamed the Heroine “Gussie” →

This HaBO is from Amanda (not me!), who wants to find the romance that got her grounded from the library: I was using the public library as a bratty lying child to hide from my mom and read romance novels (so the book would have been published before 2000). All I remember is that the heroine was continually described as having silver, silvery, gorgeously silver hair (granny chic, I guess) and the hero was a wounded … Continue reading HaBO: Silver-Haired Heroine Heals Soldier →