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Contemporary Romance Color of the Year: Peach & Pink?

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

I’m BACK! My Dropbox runneth over with contemporary romance covers that feature a single color, and my brain dances like a kaleidoscope of candy. If you’re just arriving here at the mayhem, welcome! I’m taking 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.  In my last post, we talked about Green.  A … Continue reading Contemporary Romance Color of the Year: Peach & Pink?

Books On Sale

Fantasy, a Memoir, & More

Books on Sale: Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson & More

Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson is $1.99! This was Catherine’s last review for the site and she gave it a B-:

Overall, this was a really fun read, especially if you enjoy stories about writers and writing. I liked the humour, and I really enjoyed the friendship between M.E. and Savannah. While I had some (ok, many) misgivings about their professional relationship, I found their romantic relationship both convincing and charming.

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Books On Sale

A Mystery and Contemporary Romances

Books on Sale: Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood & More

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood is $4.99! I feel like I rarely see Hazelwood’s books on sale and honestly, anyone who wanted a copy probably bought this one on release day. However, if you wanted to give this one a try without waiting for a library hold to come in, this can be yours for less than $5.

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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

Books On Sale

Fantasy, Historical Romance, & More

Books on Sale: Hit Me With Your Best Scot by Suzanne Enoch & More

Hit Me With Your Best Scot by Suzanne Enoch is $2.49 at Amazon and $2.99 elsewhere! This is the third book in the Wild Wicked Highlanders series. I think these historical covers are pretty dreamy, but I’ve never read a single book by this author. Have you? Thoughts?

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Book Review

Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson

Meet Me in the Margins

Editor’s note: Catherine passed away suddenly last week, and we will miss her very, very much. This is her last review for us. May her memory be a blessing.  … Meet Me In the Margins is a sweet, funny, epistolary novel about writing and publishing and getting out of your own head. Savannah is an editor at a very highbrow literary publishing house, and she is also secretly working on the manuscript of her romance … Continue reading Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson