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Hide Your Wallet

Hide Your Wallet: August 22nd Release Week!

Welcome and settle in to our now-weekly new release post! It’s a hefty release week, though next week is much quieter as we wrap up August’s books. This one has a lot of series continuations and spin-offs in paranormal romance, historical romance, and contemporary romance! What’s on your TBR pile? Which books are worthy of full-price, release-day pickup?

Best of Reviews 2022, Part One

Smart Bitches Best of 2022 above a stack of very old books with the top one open and the pages fanned against a sparkly background

NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at 2022. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, sales, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … We’re counting down the best of our 2022 reviews, which I’m sure you’re all curious about. … Continue reading Best of Reviews 2022, Part One

Book Review

The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary

The Worst Guy

TW for book: Disordered eating The Worst Guy was the first book I read in 2022, and I hope it’s setting the tone for the rest of the year because I loved it. It’s an enemies-to-lovers story with tons of competence porn. It’s also The Grumpy One/…the Introverted One, I guess? There’s no sunshine here, and I honestly appreciate a heroine who doesn’t have to be the sunshiney one. Sebastian Stremmel is a trauma surgeon … Continue reading The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary

Books On Sale

Julie Anne Long, Kate Canterbary, & More

Books on Sale: Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros & More

Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros is $3.99! This is a standalone historical romance that came out in the early 2000s. It has a blind hero and some Beauty and the Beast elements. Several readers say this book has earned a spot on their keeper shelf. However, there seems to be a “twist” mentioned that readers felt was unnecessary. I bough this one last time it was on sale and I’m on the “keeper shelf” camp.

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