
Happy August, everyone! This is a smaller month for us at SBTB HQ in terms of books we’re excited about. (We have less than twenty this month!) So hopefully we won’t do too much damage to your budget. There are also a few other books coming out this month that are on readers’ radars, even though they didn’t make it onto our personal lists: The next installment in Kresley Cole’s YA series – Arcana Rising Mary … Continue reading August’s New Releases →

RECOMMENDED: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken is $3.99! This is a time travel, YA romance and Elyse loved it. She gave it an A grade, but warns of a big cliffhanger:
I loved this book. I loved it so hard my teeth hurt. I could have used a little more historical detail in Cambodia and Damascus (Paris is kind of a pass-through), but so much action was happening there wasn’t a ton of time for it. Part of the reason this book is so unputdownable is that it never stops for the reader to catch her breath. Once Nick and Etta’s quest gets rolling, it’s a great big chase scene throughout history will no pauses.
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The Devil’s Doorbell is an erotic anthology made up of seven stories by authors that I’ve heard of and/or read. The stories are all contemporary but they aren’t really connected, save for the explanation of “the devil’s doorbell.” Each story has some reference to the fact that “the devil’s doorbell” is another term for a woman’s clitoris. Recently, I was going through a heavy reading slump and an anthology seemed exactly what I needed. I … Continue reading The Devil’s Doorbell by Anne Calhoun, et al →

RECOMMENDED: Everything I Left Unsaid by M. O’Keefe is $1.99! This book has popped up in the comments several times at the site and big thanks to Reader Susan and Reader Peg E for the heads up! Be warned that this is a rather dark romance and does have a cliffhanger, but many say this is a romance that will grab you and before you know it, the sun is coming up.
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