Heads up! The 50% eBook Buck rebate on this month's Sizzing Book Club Pick, The Chocolate Kiss, ends tomorrow, so grab your copy while you can. The after-rebate price is $6, which is Not Bad At All! Also, mark your calendars, as the Book Club Chat will be Thursday, March 28 at 9:00 pm EDT. Laura Florand will join us at 10pm for a Q&A, and I may throw chocolates into the mix as well. Need a Google … Continue reading Book Club Rebate Deadlines, Chatting, Cakes, Oil, and other Links!→
The Dark Heroine reads exactly as though it was written by a very talented teenage Twilight fan. That's because it was, in fact, written by a very talented teenaged Twilight fan. As an adult, I found the content to be almost unbearably bad, but the technical quality of the writing was good and my fifteen-year-old self would have snarfed it down quicker than a pan of brownies. Spoilers ahead, but not for anything, including every … Continue reading The Dark Heroine by Abigail Gibbs: A Guest Review by CarrieS→
An Accidental Seduction is a prequel novella to the two books on sale below. The novella is .99c Emily Barrow once dreamed that she could marry Stephen Chesterfield, the Earl of Whitmore, and be saved from her dreary life. Then Stephen's father sent him away, leaving Emily broken-hearted… Now Stephen has returned to find Emily destitute and alone. He has vowed to help her without compromising her honor…but Emily has other ideas. She doesn't want … Continue reading Books on Sale: Historical Romances on Sale - Limited Time→
Open Road Media is releasing 19 books from Philippa Carr's backlist, and they'd like to give a SBTB reader a complete set. Who is Philippa Carr, you ask? You've heard of her, I promise. Caroline at Open Road sent me the following email, which answers that question: Between her various pen names—Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, and Philippa Carr– the author Eleanor Hibbert has been mentioned on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books approximately 853 times. (Google is … Continue reading Win a Library of 19 Philippa Carr Historical Romances from Open Road→
Time for Romance Novel Workout VI! So grab your nearest romance and get ready to read, work out, build muscle, and possibly scream obscenities. Like the last few workouts, can do all these exercises with a mat and your own body. No handweights are needed unless you want to use some. Go get that novel you love (or love to hate), and get ready! Standard disclaimers still apply: dude, I’m not a physician. I can … Continue reading Romance Novel Reader Workout VI→
There are two things you need to know about this book. First, The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne is $1.99 digitally. Second, this book was the subject of a Book Rant from Heather last fall. So if you’re curious, your curiosity will cost you $2. A woman running a prestigious London auction house? Preposterous! But that is exactly what Emma Fairbourne intends to do when her father dies, leaving her the reins of this fabulous enterprise. … Continue reading Books on Sale: Historical Romance from Hunter, Small, and Kinsale→
Back in 2006, I fielded a question for Lovely Salome, better known as Carrie Lofty, asking which Nora Roberts novel she should read first. A sort of precursor to the “Which One First?” feature, done six years ago. Now that Nora Roberts has written approximately 14,576,469,354.7 books since then, I think it's time to update that list. Another reader is asking for help. Meet Jordan: I've really loved all the the “What Should I Read … Continue reading Classic Romance - Which One First? Nora Roberts Edition→
It's time for the 2013 DABWAHA! What's the DABWAHA? It's our March Madness™- style tournament of romance novels, hosted by Jane from Dear Author and yours truly. The tournament began in 2008 which makes this our 6th annual tournament of books. Yay! What's DABWAHA stand for? It stands for AWESOMENESS. And the assurance that I should be allowed to name everything because I came up with the name. (It stands for “Dear Author Bitchery Writing Award … Continue reading It’s DABWAHA Selection Sunday!→
Maeve is looking for a book – except instead of remembering the plot, she remembers a review that discussed the plot: Anyway, I was really hoping you or one of the community could help me find a book I'm looking for. I remember reading a review of it, I originally thought I read it on the Eloisa James' Barnes and Noble column about a year ago. I emailed her and asked if she remembered it … Continue reading S-HaBO-Day: She Remembers the Review→
This request comes from Marja, who is descibing one heck of a 0_o plotline up in here. I'm hoping the bitchery could help me relocate two books from my past. Both of these were in the first pile of Harlequins I stole from under my older sister's bed and helped to turn me into a romance novel addict. Both were propably published in the late 80's/ early 90's. Also sorry about the typos. I'm Finnish … Continue reading S-HaBO-Day: A Good Grovel Fixes Everything→
Time to pick the winners in the giveaway for The Wisdom of Hair! The winners of a copy are: #1 Eherbert #9 Beccah W. #31 Sandypo #37 Taylor Reynolds #45 Emily Winners, please email me with your mailing address so I can get your copies to you. Thank you to everyone who entered! And, of course, big congratulations to Kim Boykin on her debut! You can find a copy at Goodreads | Amazon | BN | … Continue reading The Wisdom of Hair: Winners!→
