Tag Archives: Amalie Howard

Sunday Sale Digest!

Smart Bitches in a blue typewriter font, and After Dark lit up like hot pink neon

This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading Sunday Sale Digest!

Hide Your Wallet

Hide Your Wallet: January 7th Release Week!

It’s our first Hide Your Wallet of 2025! Sound the trumpets and throw the confetti. It’s a petite start to the month but then it really picks up. Is it the same for you? What books are you excited to get your hands on this week? Is 2025 looking like a good year for your TBR pile? Let us know in the comments!

Contemporary Romance Color of the Year: Green?

Contemporary Romance Color of the Year with six swatches in green, peach, fuchsia, lavender, blue and yellow

I’ve decided to take a really good look at the Contemporary Romance Colors that are most prevalent on covers this year and attempt to identify what is the CR-COTY, the Contemporary Romance Color of the Year.  Sidenote: did you know I’m not technically supposed to name things? I’m not good at it. If “CR-COTY” is making your eyelids twitch, I am also responsible for the name DABWAHA, the bracket tournament of romance we used to … Continue reading Contemporary Romance Color of the Year: Green?

Books On Sale

Road Trips, Historical Romances, & More

Books on Sale: Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron & More

RECOMMENDED: Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron is $2.49! This was mentioned on a previous podcast and a previous Whatcha Reading. The second book of Aaron’s we’ve featured this week and the comments had good things to say about Aaron’s storytelling. Sarah loved this book:

Nice Dragons Finish Last is fast-moving fantasy adventure with outstanding worldbuilding. It’s an experience to read.

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