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Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Sparkly Witchy Vibes
Our last gift guide of the year is a collection of links for those of you who are into astrology, tarot, plants, anything vaguely magical or witchcraft-related. As always, NB: Some of our links are affiliate coded, which sends a portion of your purchase price back to us at no extra cost to you. It’s one of a few ways we keep the hot pink mayhem going at SBTB HQ, so thank you in advance … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Sparkly Witchy Vibes
Holiday Gift Guide 2025: An Assortment of Ideas for Pets and People
I’ve collected some much-recommended options from past gift guides and our purchase histories this year, so today’s is an assortment of fun things! As always, NB: Some of our links are affiliate coded, which sends a portion of your purchase price back to us at no extra cost to you. It’s one of a few ways we keep the hot pink mayhem going at SBTB HQ, so thank you in advance for your support! Rakuten … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2025: An Assortment of Ideas for Pets and People
Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Bookish Gifts!
Got bookish friends? Are you yourself rather bookish (I mean, you’re here, so…) and love book-related gifts? I’ve got a few options! As always, NB: Some of our links are affiliate coded, which sends a portion of your purchase price back to us at no extra cost to you. It’s one of a few ways we keep the hot pink mayhem going at SBTB HQ, so thank you in advance for your support! Rakuten is … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Bookish Gifts!
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HaBO: She Keeps a Portrait of Her Fortune-Hunting Late Husband
This HaBO request is from Maureen, who is looking for this historical romance. Content warning for the description below: I hope that you can help me identify this book. It is historical romance novel. The heroine and hero have a marriage of convenience. The wife was married very young, briefly to a fortune hunter who died. She still keeps his portrait in her dressing room. The husband loves a married woman who gets pregnant and … Continue reading HaBO: She Keeps a Portrait of Her Fortune-Hunting Late Husband
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HaBO: Stepdaughter Heroine is Given Laudanum
This HaBO comes from Marina, who wants to find this historical romance. Trigger warning for the description below: I think this was a regency era setting. The protagonist goes with stepmother and her daughter to a house party. She is not well treated by them. They secretly plan to entrap a titled rich guy into marriage. The daughter invited him to go to her room at night. He enters the protagonist’s room by mistake and … Continue reading HaBO: Stepdaughter Heroine is Given Laudanum
Kickass Women in History: Razia Sultan
Raziyyat-Ud-Dunya Wa Ud-Din lived from around 1205 to around 1240 and was the fifth Sultan of Delhi. She was the first female Muslim ruler of the Indian subcontinent, and to date the only female Muslim ruler of Delhi. Razia was the daughter of Shams ud-Din Iltutmish, the 3rd Sultan of Delhi. Her father had quite an astonishing life story including rising from being enslaved to being the foremost power in the region. He was not … Continue reading Kickass Women in History: Razia Sultan
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HaBO: Hockey Playing Best Friend Isn’t the Hero in Book One
This HaBO is from Karen, who wants to find this romance: I’m trying to find a college hockey romance published within the last 8 years or so. The heroine has had a crush on her best friend for years. Best friend has always assumed he could sow his wild oats and the heroine would be waiting for him. Their mothers are best friends too. Heroine and her best friend are freshman and he has mostly … Continue reading HaBO: Hockey Playing Best Friend Isn’t the Hero in Book One