by Carrie S · Jul 16, 2025 at 2:00 am · Comments Off on After Dark at the Movies: The Damned
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Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage is $2.99! This is book four, which is the latest installment in the Rebel Blue Ranch series. It released in April, so it’s a pretty new release.
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This HaBO is from Nicola, who wants to find this series: I’ve been trying to find this book for about ten years since our library updated their internal system and cleared my access to loan history before 2016. There are for sure two books in this series, and I think only two. The first one has the heroine move next door to an Earl (possibly other nobleman). As part of the opening he wakes up … Continue reading HaBO: Pink and Gold Carriage →

Happy Tuesday! This is quite a busy week for new releases; we have a dozen on our radar. Things do calm down as we get closer to the end of the month. Which releases are you excited for this week? Let us know in the comments!

By the Book by Jasmine Guillory is $3.99! This is a Beauty and the Beast inspired contemporary romance and we’ve had the cover on Cover Awe before. Have you read this one?
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Welcome back to Cover Snark! Sarah: What the hell. Kiki: No, thank you. I don’t want it. Sarah: Who is designing these covers. Like what the ever loving crap Are they trying to be like Indies? Single dude on the cover? They’ve got it all wrong. He needs to be bald, grimy, dehydrated, and looking at his junk. Elyse: Is that a Jonas brother? From Karen: His left forearm is really creepy. It looks to … Continue reading Cover Snark: Juicy Pickle →

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by Amanda · Jul 13, 2025 at 2:00 am · Comments Off on Sunday Sale Digest!
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It’s the first Whatcha Reading in July. Here’s how we’re kicking off the month: Lara: I’ve just started Bald-Faced Liar by Victoria Helen Stone. I’m only a chapter or so in, but I’m enjoying it so far. Will report back! Amanda: I’m happy to report I read four books in a week. WHO AM I?! Most of them have been rather middling dark romances. For a change of pace, I realized I never finished the … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? July 2025, Part One →

RECOMMENDED: Rebel by Beverly Jenkins is $1.99! Claudia wrote a guest review for this one before coming onboard. She gave it a B+:
One of the greatest joys of reading this book was seeing Val reconnecting with her inner hellion, and starting to believe she too could experience a great love.
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Danielle Allen is the author of 55 books, including the new release Plus Size Player, part of the Curve series alongside Curvy Girl Summer, and Big Girl Blitz. And the player, as you’ll find out, is the heroine. The trilogy focuses on three best friends, and so we talk about friendship, loyalty, and about centering fat Black women as romance heroines. Danielle has also written contemporaries inspired by Poe stories, so of course we talk … Continue reading 675. Celebrating Confident Fat Black Women with Danielle Allen →