This HaBO request is from Rachel, who is looking for a book she used to sneakily read during Catholic school: I’m hoping to find the book that contained my first naughty scene, read while I hid in the back of my Catholic school classroom, ahhh memories. That was 1988, but the book could’ve been a few years old. Here’s what I remember: There’s a grand mansion on a hill in the 1910s or 20s (maybe … Continue reading HaBO: Girl Has Butterfly Wings→
This HaBO is from a More Different Dorothy from the Dorothy of this morning, and this More Different Dorothy is looking for one heck of a contemporary romance: I need help looking for an “old” contemporary (oh, sweet irony) Harlequin, released between the late 1980s and early 1990s. The book was given to my mom by a college professor, in the hopes that she’d be inspired to read more English texts and increase her vocabulary. … Continue reading HaBO: Sex is Heavy Breathing and Unrestrained Passion→
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. In other words, what my brain is like 99.4% of the time. This HaBO is from Lauren, who is looking for a book she wasn’t allowed to check out of the library: I’m hoping … Continue reading HaBO: Kidnapped Heroine Finds Herself in a Space Harem→
This HaBO request is from Megan. Y’all, there is a Purple Sweater of Love. So I love you ladies, and you have been detrimental to my wallet on several occasions. I remember tiny, teeny tiny, parts of the plot and remember liking this book, but now have no idea what the heck it could be. There’s almost nothing to go on, but the Bitchery is pretty amazing, so here’s hoping. I read it in the … Continue reading HaBO: The Purple Sweater of Love→
This HaBO is from Pamela, who is looking for a series she started – but didn’t finish. And she can’t remember it so she can buy the next one. That’s a problem! Ok, so I read a lot. A LOT. I’m a really fast reader, I can knock out a book in a couple of hours. Those reading times on Amazon are total bull. Anyway, I love coming across a series I enjoy, because, well, … Continue reading HaBO: Spies and Wives and Historical Series→
This HaBO comes from Gloriamarie, a longtime reader of the site. She’s looking for a romance set in Iceland. After I was given an e-reader about four years ago and I went overboard filling it with free and really cheap content, much of which I regretted because too many people who self-publish apparently flunked every single English language class they ever took in school and also refuse to employ an editor. I digress. One day … Continue reading HaBO: Thor Wears Sweaters in Iceland→
This HaBO is from Jenn, who is looking for a historical where the hero goes overboard: Long-time lurker, first time HaBO-er. I’ve been reading romance novels since elementary school (when my grandmother put Nora Roberts’ Honest Illusions – still, after all these years, my favorite – in my hands while telling my mother that “There’s really no sex,” hahahahaha, oh, Grandma). So I’ve read a ton of them, and I have a really hard time … Continue reading HaBO: Hero Falls Overboard, And His Fiancee Transforms While He’s Gone→
This HaBO is from Karin, who read this book in a translated edition. It sounds a lot like Devil’s Bride crossed with…something else. I look in here regularly – for recommendations and laughs about bad reviews, and I think it’s time I make a HABO request. I read almost only Regency romances, and it has been so almost from the beginning. My second or third was a Regency, and it’s what I’m trying to find. … Continue reading HaBO: Marriage of Convenience With Smuggling and Attempted Murder→
This HaBO is from Nik, who has some fun but sparse (har har) memories of a specific romance novel she’d like to find: Longtime lurker here. I’m looking for a book I read when I was about 10, and discovered the treasure trove of romance novels my grandmother kept hidden in her bedroom closet right next to her rifle. (I’m totally serious.) The thing is, I remember pretty much nothing about it. The hero is … Continue reading HaBO: Yes, Thatch Is Indeed a Word!→
This HaBO is from Deepu, who is looking for a book that she and her mother both read: Hello fellow readers, I have been a lurker on this website for years, and now need some help. When my mother was visiting me last week, we got to talking about a book that we both read one summer about 15 years ago. I would really like to find it again. It is a contemporary novel, where … Continue reading HaBO: Traveling in Portugal with Tricksy Ladies→
This HaBO is from Margaret, who is looking for a book with…a lot of features. LOTS of features. I am looking for the name of a book I read ages ago – back in the 90s, but the book was definitely written in the 80s. Totally loved and hope to read it again or at least find out the author and see what else she wrote. 🙂 Anywho. Details: the novel is set in Texas. … Continue reading HaBO: Pinkies, Inheritances, Daughters and More→
