This HaBO comes from Sarah, who hopes to track down this book: I hope you can help this smart bitch out. I read a book in the last 20 years where the main character was trying to leave her husband. He had become so paranoid about dying that he carried a briefcase with a defibrillator in it. I could be misremembering what he carried in the briefcase, maybe he carried a fire extinguisher and he … Continue reading HaBO: He Carries Around a Defibrillator →
By the Book by Jasmine Guillory is $2.99! This could be a leftover deal from the Kindle Daily Deals of yesterday, so apologies if this one goes rather quickly. This is a Beauty and the Beast inspired contemporary romance and we’ve had the cover on Cover Awe before.
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Welcome back to Cover Snark! From Julie: This is a suggestion for cover snark because I cannot stop laughing at it. What’s up with that wrench? And that’s one giant cock. Sarah: You know all of those gifs of people looking baffled and confused? I’m all of those gifs at once. Elyse: The font made me think we were using lots of umlauts. Sarah: Aw yeah Cövër Snärk! Kiki: In the darkness of the night…beware … Continue reading Cover Snark: A Crime Against Umlauts →
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- Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood Amazon | B&N | Kobo
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by SB Sarah · Feb 25, 2023 at 9:00 am · Comments Off on Spring Advertisement Opportunities
I saw snowdrops on my walk and the lack of winter has brought out the daffodils rather early this year, so it looks like spring is arriving early? If the change of season brings you a new book, a boxed set, a discounted title, or some re-releases to promote, hello! We have advertisement options for you! The site survives as a free resource for readers in part because of advertisements from and for this community, … Continue reading Spring Advertisement Opportunities →
It’s that time everyone! Gather ’round and tell us what you’ve been reading lately! Elyse: I just started King of Wrath by Ana Huang. Shana: I just finished Even Though I Knew the End by CL Polk. It’s a hardboiled period mystery set in an alternate Chicago, with a lesbian love story. I am totally in love with the heroine, a detective with sexy noir-ish vibes who’s trying to catch a magical serial killer and … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? Feb 2023, Part Two →
Rescue Me by Sarra Manning is 99c! I mentioned this one on a previous Book Beat. One of my romance book club members mentioned this one. At the start of every meeting, we talk about books we’ve enjoyed recently, and they listed this one!
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I connected with author Helena Greer, who wrote Season of Love, which you might have heard me talk about, because I liked it a LOT. And I also connected with Sam Brody, the acquiring editor at Hachette who worked on the book with Helena! So we talk about behind the scenes details of writing and editing, and how this book came to be. There are a few audio skips or what I think of as … Continue reading 551. Season of Love, with Helena Greer and Sam Brody →
After a night of snow and wind followed by freezing rain, Pudding and I are ready to snuggle down under our favorite blankets and watch The Bachelor. Pudding may have had hit the nip a little hard. Pudding: Wake me up when this is over. Tonight everyone is in London and, apparently, crying. As you read the recap, it’s worth remembering that they allegedly keep the cast super sleep deprived to accommodate the filming schedule and also, … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelor–S27 E5: London Tears →
RECOMMENDED: The Duchess War by Courtney Milan is 99c! This is the first book in The Brothers Sinister series and Carrie gave this one an A+:
The Duchess War is lovely – smart, touching, funny, sexy, and dizzyingly romantic. Read it right away – yes, now. Everything on your to-do list can wait, believe me.
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