Yep, it's true - I was so shocked I didn't know what to do next.
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.
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
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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!
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
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
RECOMMENDED: Diablo Lake: Moonstruck by Lauren Dane is $1.99! Sarah reviewed this one and thought it was a great start to the series. Here are some of her thoughts:
This paranormal small Southern town of shifters and witches and rival pack tensions between the Dooleys and Pembrys is immersively fun, sexy, and thoughtful. Bonus points: witches AND vivid, loving female friendships.
This guest post comes to us from Lady Jane of Romancing the Data! I’m Lady Jane of Romancing the Data, a website and Instagram account that combines my love of romance books and spreadsheets. My three main goals for Romancing the Data are to conduct and share awesome data analysis about romance books, create helpful resources for romance readers, and spread joy within the romance community. I’ve been a dedicated romance reader since 2019, reading … Continue reading Guest Post: The Rise of Romance Bookstores
