This Guest Post comes from Kate Scaife Diaz, a longtime member of the SBTB Community, who is, like many of you, affected by the administration’s attacks on the US federal service, agencies, and programs. Kate never became a romance author, and instead spent the last 15 years supporting community development among farmers, entrepreneurs, and Indigenous communities in Latin America and around the world. She volunteers at her local library, which also needs all our support … Continue reading Guest Post: OpEd to Romance Reader Community →
This Rec League is from Alex. Thanks, Alex! I’ve been on the hunt for sapphic historical romances that take place between the 1950s-80s. Outside of those date parameters is fine, but 20th century preferred. I just want historical happy queers that don’t die tragically. If it helps, I loved Lev AC Rosen’s Evander Mills series, and Cat Sebastian’s We Could Be So Good, I just need more lesbians (who doesn’t?) Amanda: Last Night at the … Continue reading The Rec League: 20th Century Sapphic Romance →
Hello! How are we doing? It’s Easter season and I firmly believe Easter has the best holiday candy. I am an apologetic lover of Peeps, jelly beans, and Cadbury creme eggs. However, whenever I go to buy a Cadbury egg, I feel personally attacked by the price. What happened to them being on 50 cents?! … Fic fans! Please enjoy the number crunching on fic trends and how fandoms and pairings may be changing in … Continue reading Links: Events, AO3, & More →
The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez is $2.99! This is book one in the Librarians in Love series and it came out over the summer. The main characters enter into a no-strings-attached relationship to get over their crushes on other people.
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CW: Quoted verbatim from the book itself: “Sweet Obsession is an occasionally dark and very spicy book that contains parental abuse (historical, non-graphic), torture (briefly on page, not overly graphic), attempted spousal murder (historical, non-graphic), violence, murder, explicit sex, elements of dubious consent (because of captor/captive power dynamics), and panic attacks (on page, brief)” Truth be told, I am no longer reading this series for each book’s romantic plot. I am reading it to find … Continue reading Sweet Obsession by Katee Robert →
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 Sign Up for Quarterly Book Recommendations! →
Finally our journey is at an end. Will Grant pick Juliana or Litia to receive the final rose? It doesn’t matter and no one cares. The love story we are all here for is Muzzy and her Big Dumb Boyfriend. I wasn’t sure how Muzzy would react to any of our cats because she wasn’t a huge fan of them at the rescue, but she came into our house, locked onto Fish, did heart eyes, … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelor–S29 E9: The Final Rose Goes to Fish →
The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce is $1.99! This is a standalone romance and was mentioned on a previous Hide Your Wallet. I’m really hoping this isn’t an expiring deal!
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This HaBO comes from April, who wants to find this romance. Content warning for the description below: I read this book probably sometime between 2020 and 2022. I can’t remember the name. I want to say it’s like “second chance with my best friend’s brother”. But could not find anything that resembles the synopsis I remember. From what I can remember, three friends (m, f, f) live next door or in same neighborhood. Two are … Continue reading HaBO: Childhood Sweethearts Driven Apart by Family Death →
Happy April! It’s a petite release week for us with several contemporaries on our radar. Things are looking much beefier toward the middle of the month. What new releases are you excited for this week? Let us know in the comments!
This year, for April Fool’s Day 2025, we decided it was time we started our own genre-focused bookshop. Not a new idea, we know – but what if it were also a dispensary?! Introducing Smart Bitches Dispensary & Bookshop! Did I have way too much fun looking at slang terms for weed? Oh, yes. And did I also have too much fun looking at the names of weed strains? For sure. Are HEA Flower, Danger Boner … Continue reading April Fool’s 2025: Smart Bitches Dispensary & Bookshop →
