This HaBO request is from Anna, who wants to find this romance: I’m looking for a book where the hero is a grumpy professional athlete, possibly named Will. He is taking temporary guardianship of his half-sister, who might be named Ruby. He treats the little girl with distance, but the heroine makes him realize that what he is doing is what his father did with him. There was a scene where he has this epiphany. … Continue reading HaBO: Grumpy Athlete Becomes Half-Sister’s Guardian →
Happy Tuesday! Release weeks are looking pretty steady this month. There aren’t any huge blockbuster weeks. Holiday romances haven’t started showing up yet on our TBR piles, but I know they’ll creep up on us. What new releases are you excited for this week?
RECOMMENDED: Earls Trip by Jenny Holiday is $3.99! This is a standalone historical romance and was described as Ted Lasso meets Bridgerton for a 19th century spin on The Hangover. We ran a guest review of this one and it earned a B+.
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What a fever dream of a book, I tell ya hwat. To shelve it into a category, this is a dark fairytale (Beauty and the Beast) romance with dystopian elements. Set in a sort of futuristic Silicon Valley, four families run the world’s most prominent social media conglomerates. Those conglomerates are run on different gemstones, with each family having an affinity for specific stones (garnets, diamonds, etc.). Their company’s power (I think? I’m honestly still … Continue reading One Cursed Rose by Rebecca Zanetti →
Welcome back to Cover Awe! There’s something slightly new in how we do Cover Awe – the title will be bolded with a link to its SBTB info page where you can find buy links to several retailers. Primal Mirror by Nalini Singh Cover art by Tony Mauro Sarah: I think this is really alluring. The silhouettes are evocative and intimate, and the solitary animal inside his image says so much – this is lush … Continue reading Cover Awe: Forest Green and Something Creepy →
This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading Sunday Sale Digest! →
Welcome back! We’re almost to 100 of these! This time, I have two non-fiction titles, a mystery with some romance, and some YA horror. These are all relatively new releases, so I’m sending all the positive vibes to your public libraries and wishing you short holds. Do you have any recommendations you’d like to share? Drop them in the comments!
Ed note: I’ve embedded a few TikTok videos in this post, which autoplay for NO GOOD REASON but the audio should be off. … Hi again Smart Bitches! Amy Zed here with an extra special Q & A. Today I’m chatting with viral Booktoker and author Liz Shipton. We’re going to get into some fun stuff—including magical parts, and we’ll dive into more serious subjects, too—like how Liz’s upcoming urban fantasy romance tackles AI’s impact … Continue reading Q&Z: Liz Shipton and Amy Zed →
A Tempest of Desire by Lorraine Heath is $1.99! This released last December and we’ve heard good things about the crazysauce plot. Did any of you pick this one up?
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Turn up the heat right along with Mother Nature by treating yourself to one (or more) of this month’s new queer romances!
Recently, I posted a collection of cozy, mostly British mysteries that all mimic the Richard Osman Thursday Murder Club covers in just about every way. Then, Kayleigh Donaldson said she had many thoughts about them. One of the worst things you can do is be one of my favorite people to listen to and then tell me you have thoughts about something I posted on SBTB. I WANT TO HEAR THE THOUGHTS. Good thing I … Continue reading 678. The Osmanification of Fiction Covers with Kayleigh Donaldson →
