Reader E. is searching for a romance that sounds like a nonstop grovel-fest.  I'm trying to remember the title of a book and author who wrote a book that goes a little like this: No-longer-blind woman meets a hot cowboy at a bar. The have the feels and get sticky in the back of his car, she's not feeling so much sticky as icky afterwards. And he's mostly just hungover. But her waffle is already … Continue reading HaBO: Guilt and Hormonal Blindness →

Roni is looking for a historical with a heroine locked in a room, a churlish uncle, and a vengeful hero who of course uses financial ruin and marriage to take revenge upon his nemeses. I read a lot of romances about nice heroines. They're kind, selfless, and almost unlikable. I probably am trying to pretend I would ever be that nice nice nice myself. There's that fine tradition of older, British romances of the older-doctor-or-professor-who-sweeps-the-selflessly-downtrodden-surgical-Theatre-Sister-away-from-cruel-relatives-and-impecunious-circumstances-like-beans-and-toast-for-dinner-six-times-a-week … Continue reading HaBO: Churlish Uncles and Financial Ruin →

Jordan is searching for a short story from an anthology. She can remember many details, but the title. That's where we come in! Hey SBs, I'm looking for a book I read back between 2006 and 2009, but it might have been published before that. I checked it out of the library and I only read it once. I think the title might have been 'Witches' or something like that. Its an anthology and I … Continue reading HaBO: A Souvenir Loving Heroine in a Short Story →

Another reader request for a series sought by a reader named Priscilla, who remembers a good number of plot details but no names or titles:  The historical romance series I'm desperate to find involves 5 men and 1 woman (Lady something), all brutalized in some way by the war (Napoleonic?), who gather to reconnect and recover at a house, a haven, (outskirts of London?) owned by an older gentleman (Duke? Earl?). The first in the … Continue reading HaBO: A Series With Many Wounded Historical Veterans →

Mary is looking for a futuristic romance with…some hair. Really serious hair.  I have been trying to find this book on and off since probably the 80's or 90's. This book is the reason I buy books and do not get from the library. I can (usually) at least find them on my own shelf. Futuristic romance. Forbidden love. It has a lead female who has hair that is made up strands of light/filament maybe? … Continue reading HaBO: Her Hair Has a Mind of Its Own →

Y'all! It is HaBO time! Time to feature reader requests for help in locating books when you remember some really off the wall plot points or odd moments of WTFery, but can't recall the author and title. Help a Bitch Out, here we come!  Our first HaBO today is from Ellen:  Recently I ran across a vintage romance in a used bookstore. I only read the back cover and flipped through a few pages, but … Continue reading HaBO: Gay Regency Like Jane Eyre No Really →

Jessie Edwards from Avon, who gets to be a professional romance fan (WORD), is looking for a book. Can you help her?  So I started writing you a HaBO that wasn’t actually a HaBO and then it turned into one. I’m looking for this American romance I read…maybe it was Zebra? Think it was set during/right before the Revolution and was about this guy who was a spy but everyone thought he was a traitor…or … Continue reading HaBO: Pretending to Be a Fool, But Really an American Spy? →

It's HaBO Time, the feature where readers recall many excellent details, but not the title or author. Ready to Help a Bitch Out?  This one is from Lillian, and dude, I kind of want to read this:  I read this book probably five years ago and I have not been able to get it out of my mind. The plot has everything in it. The heroine is a foreign housekeeper who escaped her war-torn country … Continue reading HaBO: Forget Secret Viscount Cowboys, We Seek a Secretly Royal Housekeeper →

Time for S-Habo-Day, a day set aside to help reunite readers with books when they can't remember the titles, but they can remember the events inside. It's Help a Bitch Out time!  Sandy is looking for a book she read a while back:  I've been wanting to read this book again because the plot keeps on coming back to me randomly when I'm perusing other books. I'm not sure if I have a mix of … Continue reading S-Habo-Day! Is She His Research Dummy? →

Sash is loooking for a YA novella she read years ago. This one sounds very tough… which means someone will identify it within .04 seconds, obviously.  I've posted this a few places on the internet, but no luck, so I'm hoping all you classy ladies can solve my dilemma! This was part of an anthology that I found in the YA section of the public library in the late 90s, although it looked pretty dated … Continue reading HaBO: Hammocks! In! Space! →

Jennifer is looking for a book she read awhile back:   Okay, so I have followed your HABO's for a while now, and there is a book that I cannot find, so could you help this bitch out? This is what I remember: The book was published between 1995 and 2001, I think. It was about a reporter who got injured (leg I think) and went home to stay with her parents down south, to recover. … Continue reading HaBO: Tornadoes, Trailers, and Secrets on the Mountain →