Help A Bitch Out - SOLVED!
This HaBO comes to us from Sara, who wants to find an older category romance: My google-fu is weak. Help me, Habo-wan? I’m pretty sure this is a book I read back in the mid-90s, as that’s when I did the bulk of my category romance reading, but it could have been as late as 2000-ish. I believe it would have been a non-specialized Harlequin romance – it didn’t have a super-involved plot. The book … Continue reading HaBO: Model Heroine Becomes a Teacher →
Borrowed Souls by Chelsea Mueller is $1.99! I have it on good authority that this sale will only last until Thursday, so get it while you can. I thought this urban fantasy was incredibly original, though it does suffer from your typical first-book-in-an-urban-fantasy growing pains. But I really loved the heroine!
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This HaBO request is from Hannah, who is looking for a historical romance: I’m looking for a book, it’s a historical romance novel, Victorian era I think. One of the first scenes involves the main female character at a house party. The main male character sneaks in through her window trying to escape a woman hiding in his room to trap him in a marriage. She helps him out by hiding him in her bed … Continue reading HaBO: Hero Climbs Through Heroine’s Window →
Welcome to the latest edition of I Read This Shit So You Don’t Have To. Trigger warnings for discussion of rape and assault. When I picked up Scandal Becomes Her I was super excited for the gothic elements it offered. Instead I got a pile of WTFery and a hero who is solidly on Team Don’t Fuck That Guy. I’m pretty much spoiling the shit out of everything in this review, so if you actually want to … Continue reading Scandal Becomes Her by Shirlee Busbee →
The Truth About Love and Dukes by Laura Lee Guhrke is $1.99! This is the first book in the Dear Lady Truelove series and the heroine runs an advice column. Readers seem divided on the heroine. Some found her independent and confident, while others found her too brash for their liking. Have you read this one?
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This Cover Awe, we’re talking about great costuming on romance covers! Now I will fully admit that I picked all of the covers below, so it’s fully my fault if you hate them. What I also enjoy about this feature is we get to discuss what elements of a cover work for us and what doesn’t. Sometimes, we disagree! Amanda: Sarah did a podcast episode with Alyssa on the costuming and you should all go … Continue reading Cover Awe: Costuming →
It might too early for the holidays, but there’s never an inconvenient time for a giveaway! We, along with the great team at Avon, have ten (10) paper copies of Chasing Christmas Eve by Jill Shalvis to giveaway to U.S. and Canadian residents. It’s the fourth book in the Heartbreaker Bay series and can be read on its own – so no worries that you have to chase down books one through three. Here’s the book description: … Continue reading Giveaway: Chasing Christmas Eve by Jill Shalvis →
RECOMMENDED: The Glassblower by Petra Durst-Benning is $1.99! This was recommended to Redheadedgirl at our RT Reader Recommendation Party in Atlanta and she gave it a B:
There are a lot of details of how glassblowing works, and how the village of Lauscha is set up. It’s right on the cusp of a new age for Germany (so, if you’re a nerd like me, you know that the ghosts of World War One are over the horizon), and the role women are playing in society. I think the best stories come from eras of change because of the tension created by that societal change, and this is a good one.
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A new month of releases has begun! This month is a doozy with lots of great nonfiction coming out and, as always, romances! While we’ve picked out our favorites this month, here are some more popular releases we know you’ll be looking forward to: John Green makes his return to writing with Turtles All the Way Down . We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates releases. Grab the next book in the Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones … Continue reading October’s New Releases →
Previously: Jamie turned himself into the British, and Claire and Frank are at a détente. The title card is a big, sleepy newfie doggie, and panning up to a birthday cake, with candles. In Boston 1956, Frank cooks a big English breakfast, because Brianna wanted Eggo waffles, and Frank is going to feed the Americaness out of her. Claire has an evening free, and asks Frank if he’d like to see a movie, but he’s … Continue reading Outlander 3.03: All Debts Paid →
