Help A Bitch Out - SOLVED!
This HaBO is from Atiqah, who wants to find this historical romance: I don’t remember exact specifics. All that I can fully remember is that the heroine and hero are in different social classes. The heroine is in a committee of laborer/workers (?) where they’re trying to make a petition on something. The heroine has to paste all these posters of the petition around town, (she has a friend or a companion, I think). The … Continue reading HaBO: Historical Heroine Puts Up Petition Posters →
How to Ruin a Duke by Grace Burrowes and Theresa Romain is 99c! This is a duo of historical romance novellas that features artists of some sort (musicians and writers). The book, in total, is less than 300 pages, so it’s a decent candidate for a quick read!
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Help A Bitch Out - SOLVED!
This HaBO request is from Amina, who is looking for a romantic fantasy book: I am DYING to find this book. It’s a fantasy with romantic elements or a strong romantic subplot. The heroine is shy and isolated. She is the priestess or caretaker for the town temple; the townspeople are afraid of her and mean to her. One day a wounded, hot guy is left at back of her temple door. She takes him … Continue reading HaBO: Shy Priestess Heroine →
Promise of Darkness is a fantasy romance that intrigued me with its Gothic elements and excellent worldbuilding. The tone of the novel shifted midway leaving its Gothic premise behind for something more fantasy-adventure driven. While that shift felt abrupt and pulled me out of the novel momentarily, I was so invested in the plot it was fairly easy to jump back in. I will warn readers that this book ends with a HFN not a … Continue reading Promise of Darkness by Bec McMaster →
RECOMMENDED: The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare is $1.99! There was some debate on how the heroine’s trauma was handled in this one (feel free to check Goodreads and the comments of Carrie’s review). It earned an A- grade:
It’s fun, it has pathos, there are clothes both hilariously awful and droolingly lovely, it contains found family, and it has plentiful humor. A keeper, for sure.
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This wonderful image comes from Carole, who has a never ending folder of Cover Snark contenders. I feel like it’s been a while since we’ve had a cover hit all the snark bases: Distracting nipples Random baby Everything is on fire? Multiple fonts Photoshopped tattoos A bear It’s very…busy, to say the least. Comment below with your caption! Caption that cover however you wish! You can come up with a new title or tagline. Do … Continue reading Caption That Cover: Wow →
RECOMMENDED: Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean is $1.99 for today only according to her Twitter! I didn’t see it on today’s KDD page, but there are also a LOT OF ROMANCES (Jasmine Guillory, Helen Hoang, etc). Carrie gave this one an A:
Well, that was just delightful. I loved every single minute of Brazen and the Beast, even the melodramatic bits.
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Each week I keep hearing about new romance book clubs in bookstores and libraries, and about live events focused on romance – which is awesome! And since it is nearly February, month of “Let’s do something with romance novels” events planning, I expect there to be more. But even beyond The Power of February, I thought a post collecting all the book clubs and events I know of would be helpful each month, should you … Continue reading Upcoming Romance Book Clubs, Events, and More →
I love modern-day witches. I love queer romance. I love mysteries. I’m not typically a huge YA reader, but I like the first three things enough to give queer YA witch romance mystery These Witches Don’t Burn a try. While this book was not without its flaws, there was something quite fresh-feeling about These Witches Don’t Burn that I appreciated. It took a lot of common YA tropes, such as “I’m trying to be a … Continue reading These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling →
by Amanda · Jan 18, 2020 at 2:30 pm · Comments Off on Disaster Relief for Puerto Rico
After posting some links on how to help Australia with their devastating bushfires, we received some suggestions to do a similar post for Puerto Rico. Two and a half years ago, Puerto Rico was hit by two hurricanes in rapid succession. We posted some ways to help in September 2017. They have yet to fully recover from those hurricanes. Recently, they experienced several serious earthquakes with aftershocks still being felt. The links we previously posted … Continue reading Disaster Relief for Puerto Rico →
I couldn’t remember my last Soggy Bottoms experiment, so I had to look through the archives to give myself a refresher. Turns out, my last bake was the creme caramel fail that turned into vanilla scrambled eggs. I think my mind decided to repress that memory. Typically, I alternate sweet and savory recipes, which means we’re back to bread. Baking bread in a technical challenge fashion has always been tough for me. It’s cold right … Continue reading Soggy Bottoms: It Takes Two Ciabattas to Tumble →
