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Book Review

A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell

A Rare Find

This guest review comes from Lisa! A longtime romance aficionado and frequent commenter to SBTB, Lisa is a queer Latine critic with a sharp tongue and lots of opinions. She frequently reviews at All About Romance and Women Write About Comics, where she’s on staff, and you can catch her at _@‌thatbouviergirl on Twitter. There, she shares good reviews, bracing industry opinions and thoughtful commentary when she’s not on her grind looking for the next good freelance … Continue reading A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell

Hide Your Wallet

Hide Your Wallet: June 10th Release Week

Happy Tuesday! I swear, this month has so many good releases. One a personal note, too bad June is my busiest month so far. We have a few releases with historical settings, a fantasy romance, and plenty of contemporaries. What new releases are you excited for this week? Let us know in the comments!

Hide Your Wallet

June 2025 Queer Romances

Happy Pride Month, party people! You know the best way to celebrate (outside of fighting for basic civil rights)? You guessed it — buying and reading queer books! Here are some great places to start with new June reads!

Hide Your Wallet

Hide Your Wallet: June 18th Release Week!

Happy Tuesday! Lots of interesting picks from the SBTB team this week. There is a short story collection, Mediterranean-inspired fantasy, and series continuations. Which new releases are on your to-read list? Let us know in the comments!

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June 2024 Queer Romances

Happy Pride Month! Of course, we celebrate queer love year round, but this is the season publishing goes extra hard, and we get to reap the benefits, so let’s get to it!

Hide Your Wallet

February 2023 New Releases, Part Two

If you’re new to Hide Your Wallet, this is where we list new releases we’re pretty excited for in the coming month. Each reviewer has a book maximum (five per person), and we’ve separated HYW into two parts. The first HYW of the month will cover books that release from the 1st to the 14th. The second HYW will cover books released from the 15th to the end of the month. We also think this … Continue reading February 2023 New Releases, Part Two

Books On Sale

Today’s Romance Deals

Books on Sale: The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang & More

RECOMMENDED: The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang is $1.99! This is the third book in The Kiss Quotient trilogy, which I loved. I liked this one a lot. Yes, I consider it to be a romance. However, I’m not sure if or when I’ll do a re-read as it deals heavily with caring for a parent, especially one with which the heroine has really complicated dynamics. I had to do that over the pandemic and it was a very personal and emotional read for me.

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Book Review

The Duke Undone by Joanna Lowell

The Duke Undone

I seem to be on a bit of a roll reading romances between noble dukes and heroines who are impoverished commoners. The Duke Undone took this trope to some clever (and unexpectedly gothic) places. I enjoyed it quite a bit until the last quarter of the book, when the tone shifted substantially. Lucy Coover is a talented and aspiring artist, but as a woman, she is forbidden access to life drawing classes. So when she … Continue reading The Duke Undone by Joanna Lowell

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April 2021 New Releases, Part One

If you’re new to Hide Your Wallet, this is where we list new releases we’re pretty excited for in the coming month. Each reviewer has a book maximum (five per person), but we’ve separated HYW into two parts. The first HYW of the month will cover books that release from the 1st to the 14th. The second HYW will cover books released from the 15th to the end of the month. We also think this … Continue reading April 2021 New Releases, Part One