This HaBO request comes from Mala, who wants to find a historical romance: Soooo, I remember this: she is some kind of princess/daughter of a clan leader or something similar. The hero is some kind of warlord, chief, king, etc. I think her father/uncle is sending her as a gift to hero. She thinks she will be a concubine, but he makes her his wife instead. And yes, there is some kind of misunderstanding – she … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Given as a Gift in a Transparent Dress→
The Rogue by Katharine Ashe is available for preorder for $1.99! This is a first book in a new historical romance series that comes out in February. This seems to have a lot of catnip: a second chance romance, a scarred hero, and a marriage of convenience. Any takers? There are also several other Ashe titles also on sale!
Welcome to Tuesday, better known here as HaBO Day! HaBO, or “Help a Bitch Out,” is our attempt to reunite readers with romances that they can remember parts of, but not the important parts like the author’s name or the title. This HaBO request comes from Drew, who is searching for a Harlequin historical. Maybe: So I think it was a Harlequin historical of some sort that I ran across back in the early 2000s (not sure … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Named Gates of Heaven→
Rarely has a book with such a glorious title fallen so tragically flat. The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin tells of Pirate Captain Gayle, who abducts a seamstress, Celia. She does this because she needs someone to stitch up a wounded man, the ship’s doctor is dead, and none of the pirates can sew. Since I’m pretty sure a lot of pirates could sew quite nicely for practical reasons in real life, this … Continue reading The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin by Colette Moody→
RECOMMENDED: The Deal by Elle Kennedy is 99c! This book was recommended to me by so many people at this year’s RT Booklover’s Convention. I really loved how the heroine’s past trauma was handled, though the romance felt a little too instant for me. I wound up giving it a B-:
I will give some kudos to some pretty primo sex scenes though. Since Hannah has expressed difficulties with orgasming during sex, Garrett pulls out all the stops to make sure she’s comfortable enough to get off. It’s actually kind of…sweet. Especially when Hannah cries and launches herself into his arms afterward because it’s been years since she had an orgasm with anyone but herself.
One of the things that is real and that has been unearthed by the Hamilton fans is this 1861 pornographic biography of Aaron Burr, in which the young Aaron Burr fucks his way from New Jersey to Massachusetts and back in the early days of the American Revolution. We don’t know who wrote it, we don’t know why, and we really don’t know why this anonymous someone decided that what the world needed in 1861 … Continue reading The Amorous Intrigues and Adventures of Aaron Burr by Anonymous→
Scandal Takes the Stage is the second book in the Regency Wicked Quills of London series and while it didn’t have the same personal allure for me as the first book, Forever Your Earl, it was every bit as well-crafted and sexy. Maggie Delamere is a playwright who hates the aristocracy. In all of her plays, aristocratic men are rakish villains. So, of course, she has no interest at all in the extremely rakish and … Continue reading Scandal Takes the Stage by Eva Leigh→
Iced by Karen Marie Moning is $1.99 right now. This is the 6th book of the Fever series, and the first in the Dani O’Malley trilogy. More than a few readers have said this is a great place to enter the series if you’re not sure about it. This book has a 4+ star average.
Trigger warning for everything because this show is all triggers in a blender on puree. FUBAR: it’s a military acronym. Romeo writes at his “studio.” There’s a fountain pen decorated with bird skulls, and a frankenstiened stuffed bunny. At the studio, Mia asks if she could get the results over the phone, but the answer is no, and she will come by on her lunch break. Ivana walks in with Monica, who looks like she … Continue reading Flesh and Bone Episode 6: FUBAR→
This week, we have a wide range of genres and grades. We have a historical romance with an arranged marriage/marriage of convenience theme, the first book in Maya Banks’ new series, and a M/M romance that Sarah that is vaguely color coordinated to match Pantone’s Colors of the Year.
