Tonight at 7:30pm ET, join Amanda and I for more of what we’re calling Smart Twitches: Stardew Badly! We’ll be live streaming on Twitch as we play Stardew Valley co-op, which we’re not superb at but we have a really good time. And we’ll probably talk about food and drinking and whatever else. To join in, head over to Twitch.tv/SmartTwitches at 7:30pm. See you there – and please feel free to say hi in the … Continue reading Smart Twitches Stream: Tonight 7:30pm ET→
This HaBO comes from Megan, who is searching for a paranormal romance: I read a book at least 2 years ago. It was a contemporary wolf shifter novel with enemies to lovers trope. The heroine was the daughter of the prior alpha who is killed by the hero prior to the book starting, which is what elevates the hero to alpha. He allows a bunch of degenerate wolves to join the pack and the pack … Continue reading HaBO: Hero and Heroine are Both Alphas→
The House in the Cerulean Sea charmed me to pieces even though I’m not quite sure who the book is for. It’s written almost like a fable for children, with simple language and many heavy-handed explanations of its morals. However, the main character is an adult and themes include grinding bureaucracy and the numbness of everyday life. The book is not a romance novel specifically but it does involve a lovely m/m romance. I recommend … Continue reading The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune→
RECOMMENDED: Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin is $2.99! Carrie, who will read any and all Pride and Prejudice retellings, gave this one a B+:
Now THIS is how it’s done! Ayesha At Last is a lovely loose retelling of Pride and Prejudice, with a perfect mix of humor, heartbreak, misunderstandings, and humor. It’s a contemporary set in Canada and the characters are described with empathy and with plenty of surprises.
When I really love an author, I often try to pace out diving into their back list as much as my own self-control will allow, leaving me with some guaranteed, go-to winners for when I really need them. This strategy definitely paid off with Jeannie Lin’s The Dragon and The Pearl, the second book in her China-set Tang Dynasty series. Two deliciously complex characters locked in a steamy battle of wills in a well-rendered non-European … Continue reading The Dragon and the Pearl by Jeannie Lin→
Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley is $2.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal. We did a Cover Reveal for this one, since it was such an interesting departure from Kearsley’s usual covers. Some readers felt this one was slow to start, while others loved Kearlsey’s beautiful writing. It has a 3.9-star rating on Goodreads.
In the last podcast, Amanda and I talked about setting up a Smart Twitches gaming stream where we played games that involve farmsteading and/or smooching, because those are the games we’re most into. We’re going to try to stream today (21 June 2020) at 10:30 am ET for a bit, and we’ll set up a regular link/time/schedule in the future. If you want to watch us try to remember how to play Stardew Valley on … Continue reading Smart Twitches Test Stream→
by SB Sarah · Jun 21, 2020 at 8:00 am ·
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If you have a virtual romance event in the works for July 2020, I would love to hear about it! There’s a form at the bottom of this post for you to fill out. I want to help romance fans connect with one another in as many places as possible, and will be doing a post at the end of each month about any and all events I learn of here. Please use this form … Continue reading Tell Me Of Your July Virtual Romance Gatherings!→
If you want three new recommended reads for the weekend, you got ’em! We have a superhero origin-esque story, the latest in a favorite paranormal romance, and a swoony, tender historical romance.
CW: general violence, discussion of past child abuse, off-page murder Are super dramatic connections between mates your catnip? This is your book! Want to solve a mystery? Again, pick up this book! Are you okay with mild to moderate violence? Good, because this book has that too. Ethan Night, an Arrow, and Selenka Durev, the Alpha of the BlackEdge wolf pack, mate in the opening scene of the book. Not in the sense of sexy … Continue reading Alpha Night by Nalini Singh→
Content Warning: Child abuse, sexual abuse, attempted suicide, torture (all off the page) Every moment of this book made me feel better. I’m in an ocean of chaos at the moment (as many of us are*) and this book was the door to which I clung in these frigid waters. Did it magically solve my problems? No. But as with all the best escapist fiction, it made me feel like things would be okay again … Continue reading Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian→
