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Hey all! It’s time for some Cover Snark! From Sarah: Neither road rash nor fatal head injuries are sexy. Sarah: They need helmets and I need to know how big the bike is if the bear can ride, too. Tara: I think this one might be so bonkers that I actually love it. Sarah: Where does one get a bear-sized helmet? Amanda: Okay but which one is actually the daddy biker bear? From Carole: Is it just me, or is this ‘match my head/neck with some other dude’s body’?? Sarah: I love that it is my job to stare at my monitor and try to figure out if that head and that body match. WAIT. WAIT WAIT WAIT A MINUTE. Is the plot that the relationship between the head and the body…
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The Chosen and the Beautiful The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo is $2.99! This was mention in a previous Hide Your Wallet. It’s a Great Gatsby retelling with fantasy elements. I heard this one does have some significant triggers, so definitely do some research before buying. Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society―she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer, Asian, adopted, and treated as an exotic att…
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It’s that time already! Time for me to talk more about books. For any new faces, hi! I’m Amanda! I live a very book-centric life. Outside of SBTB, I’m a bookseller and events coordinator (!!) at an indie bookstore in my area, as well as a reviewer and contributor to a few other book sites. I dole out a lot of romance recommendations, but I handsell a lot of other titles too. Have you received any good book recs lately? Recommended any yourself? Tell me all about them! A Deadly Inside Scoop Who doesn’t want an ice-creamed themed cozy mystery to try? I am so fascinated by cozy mysteries and …
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The Soulmate Equation The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren is $1.99! This is the duo’s latest romance, which I think just came out in a pretty purple paperback. I’m a huge fan of these authors! Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. Raised by her grandparents—who now help raise her seven-year-old daughter, Juno—Jess has been left behind too often to feel comfortable letting anyone in. After all, her father’s never been around, her hard-partying mother disappeare…
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Welcome back! It’s time for y’all to talk about what you’ve been reading. Let’s go! Sarah: I am reading Crowbones, ( A | BN | K | AB ) and it is creeping me out just enough that I don’t want to read it before bedtime.. Tara: I’m reading You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo. I was sold on the premise of GBBO + Farscape and I’m having fun with it. Elyse: I just finished Birds of California ( A | BN | K | AB ) which is a celebrity romance coming out this summer. It was much darker than I was anticipating. Review incoming. A | BN | K | ABShana: I’m in the middle of Her Scottish Rogue by Dahlia Rose. Pirate romances aren’t my fave, but this one is fun so far. The heroine is a Bla…
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The transcript for Podcast 499. Sweet Dreams Romance Recap: Cover Girl, with Jeff and Will has been posted! This podcast transcript was handcrafted with meticulous skill by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks. ❤ Click here to subscribe to The Podcast → View the full article
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A Distant Heart A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev is $2.99! If you listened to our podcast episode with Sonali, she summarizes the book as a Rapunzel retelling set in Mumbai. Hello! Though some readers say this isn’t their favorite romance by Dev, it’s still pretty dang good. Her name means “miracle” in Sanskrit, and to her parents, that’s exactly what Kimaya is. The first baby to survive after several miscarriages, Kimi grows up in a mansion at the top of Mumbai’s Pali Hill, surrounded by love and privilege. But at eleven years old, she develops a rare illness that requi…
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A Jeff and Will from The Big Gay Fiction Podcast are joining me for the Sweet Dreams Recap of book #9, Cover Girl by Yvonne Green. This cover, y’all. And inside! We have a rather gross boyfriend, and an even worse mom, plus nature nerds! This is undoubtedly one of the greatest Sweet Dreams cover of them all. TW/CW: Chapter 10 is a little upsetting. … Music: purple-planet.com Listen to the podcast → Read the transcript → Here are the books we discuss in this podcast: You can find Jeff and Will at The Big Gay Fiction Podcast! If you like the podcast, you can subscribe to our feed, or find us…
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Firelight Firelight by Kristen Callihan is $1.99! This is the first book in the Darkest London series, a series that I mostly enjoy. In the first three books, the heroines are sisters and I’d rank them in their series order. The third is my least favorite, namely because it contains a lot of tropes that aren’t my thing. However, I still have enjoyed what I’ve read thus far. Once the flames are ignited . . . Miranda Ellis is a woman tormented. Plagued since birth by a strange and powerful gift, she has spent her entire life struggling to control her exceptional abilit…
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This Rec League comes to us from Lynn. Thanks, Lynn! I am not sure if this is too specific or too broad for a Rec League but I don’t know how else to look for this. I would love to get some recommendations for romance novels where the couple doesn’t break up/have a huge misunderstanding in the middle of the book. I’ve only read one where this was the case (Paladin’s Strength by T. Kingfisher) and it was a delight. Sarah: The Courtney Milan with the sauce. The Duke Who Didn’t? Claudia: Oh wow, this shouldn’t feel like a tall order but it does. I’m going to go with The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles ( A | K | AB ). There’s a little bit of angst just to keep…
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Welcome back, my perfect poptarts! Also, what are your favorite flavors? I personally love Brown Sugar Cinnamon and S’mores. So good. Well now I want poptarts. I leave for Germany in a week and I can hardly believe it. I’ll be doing a lot of day trips during the week while my brother is at work and I have some ideas already. I’m nervous, of course, but once I get there, I think I’ll be more excited than anything. However, that doesn’t stop the stress from causing me to break out like crazy. Fun! How has your week been? I hope some of these links bring you joy! … Wonderful authors Helen Hoang and Emily Henry were on WBUR’s Here and Now. The interview is a little less t…
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The Proposal The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory is $1.99! Speaking to other romance readers, I feel like a lot of those I know liked this one more than The Wedding Date. What do you think? Do you have a favorite Guillory romance? From the author of The Wedding Date comes a new novel about the perils of public proposals and the beauty of an unexpected second chance. When Nik Paterson went to the Dodgers game with her C-list actor boyfriend, Ford, for his birthday, she expected nothing more than a few boring hours with him and his bros. She certainly didn’t expect a Jumb…
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It’s time for the WTFery that is The Bachelor. It’s been very cold and snowy here lately so Pudding has been spending time on her heated mat. She’s also excited to announce that she will be my co-recapper for NBC’s The Courtship next month. Her Ladyship has opinions. So last week Mara told Clayton that not all of the women are ready for marriage (Sarah specifically). Mara claims she overheard Sarah saying that, but I don’t know if that’s true. FWIW, Sarah is the youngest woman in the house. Sarah returns home from her date, rose in hand, and tells the other women that someone accused her of not being ready for marriage. She asks who did it and Mara owns it. Sarah …
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The Queer Principles of Kit Webb RECOMMENDED: The Queer Principles of Kat Webb by Cat Sebastian is $1.99! It’s also a Kindle Daily Deal. Snap this one up if you missed the last sale. Lara wrote a Lightning Review for this on and gave it an A: At a time when I didn’t have a lot of energy, I was gifted with pounds of joy, laughter, intrigue, and suspense. The Queer Principles of Kit Webb was a fresh approach to historical romance that made me fall in love with the genre again. Critically acclaimed author Cat Sebastian makes her trade paperback debut in a stunning histo…
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This HaBO request is from Michelle, who is looking for this romance: Contemporary romance/mystery I read around 2008/2009. A woman lives in New York City, I think? She has 2 best friends. I don’t remember what any of them did, but they were all successful 20-somethings. There’s a serial killer on the loose that has killed at least a couple of young women their age. I think the killer at one point breaks into the heroine’s apartment, but she’s not home at the time. If I recall, the main character ends up falling in love with the head detective/cop that’s in charge of the case. That’s about all I can remember from the book, but there was a 2nd one. I didn’t read that on…
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A- The Rake Gets Ravished by Sophie Jordan February 22, 2022 · Avon Regency I could practically hear Luisa’s song from Encanto (Surface Pressure) playing in my head as I read this book about an older sister who shoulders all of her family’s burdens. Mercy Kittinger raised her younger sister, Grace, after their mother’s death fifteen years ago. She’s managed the family farm, the household staff, and kept her family afloat even though that job was supposed to fall to her older brother, Bede. Bede is mo…
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The Princess Knight The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken is $1.99 and it’s also part of today’s Kindle Daily Deals, which feature a ton of romance! This is book two in the Scarred Earth Saga. I loved and reviewed the first book and Lara reviewed this one, giving it a B: The cast of characters EXPLODES in this book. Pay attention to each and every new character; they are all important. We pop into a lot of different POVs which can be a little dizzying, but adds beautifully to the immersive world building of it all. In New York Times bestselling author G.A. Aiken’s grippi…
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C The Writer’s Baby Bear by Sophie Stern February 25, 2020 a.k.a. Pandagate: A Drama In Three Acts Act One: That Bear Has Seen Some Shit Interior, day. Smart Bitches HQ. It’s a large room filled floor to ceiling with books, like the library in Beauty and the Beast. Many of them are pink. Between shelves, there is an occasional tasteful painting of nipples shaped like fruit. The Bitchery are draped across various large fluffy chairs, reading or napping. Elyse is curled up on a sofa in one corner with a rum and Die…
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The Fifth Season RECOMMENDED: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin is $2.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal. Elyse loved this book and gave it an A: If you like immersive, action-driven fantasy and if you want a fantasy world that’s not Euro-centric–or if you just love a really, really good story–I cannot recommend The Fifth Season enough. This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter…
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Our bestsellers are brought to you by discount Valentine’s Day candy, your favorite rom-com, and our affiliate sales data. be The Billionaire’s Wake-Up-Call Girl by Annika Martin Amazon | B&N | Kobo The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian Amazon | B&N | Kobo My American Duchess by Eloisa James Amazon | B&N | Kobo | GooglePlay My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren Amazon | B&N | Kobo | GooglePlay First Comes Like by Alisha Rai Amazon | B&N | Kobo Any Rogue Will Do by Beth…
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Black Sun Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse is $1.99! This was a highly anticipated release and several of us talked about it on a former Hide Your Wallet. Have you read this one? From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. A god will return When the earth and sky converge Under the black sun In the holy city of Tova, the winter sols…
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http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/WP/wp-content/themes/smartbitches/images/posts/hide-your-wallet.jpg Welcome to Book Beat! Book Beat aims to highlight other books that we may hear about through friends, social media, or other sources. We could see a gorgeous ad! Or find a new-to-us author on a list of underrated romances! Think of Book Beat as Teen Beat or Tiger Beat, but for books. And no staples to open to get the fold-out poster. The Debutante’s Code Author: Erica Vetsch Released: December 7, 2021 by Kregel Publications Genre: Historical: European, Inspir…
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I found this month’s Kickass Woman in the pages of Redwood and Wildfire by Andrea Hairston. Pauline Hopkins was an Black author whose work broke barriers and called readers to action. Hopkins was born in Massachusetts in 1859. At sixteen, she began a career as a singer. She was known as “Boston’s favorite colored soprano.” She was also an actress and wrote plays. Her play Slave’s Escape, which later became Peculiar Sam; or The Underground Railroad, A Musical Drama in Four Acts is considered to be the first drama written by a Black woman in America. Hopkins was a sought-after public speaker. Vocal about the importance of equal rights for Black Americans, including Blac…
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The transcript for Podcast 498. Valentine’s Love, Candy, and Wishes with Amanda has been posted! This podcast transcript was handcrafted with meticulous skill by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks. ❤ Click here to subscribe to The Podcast → View the full article
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A Thorn in the Saddle A Thorn in the Saddle by Rebekah Weatherspoon is 99c! I believe this is Weatherspoon’s most recent release and came out in October. It was mentioned in a Hide Your Wallet post and is book three in her Cowboys of California series. Award-winning author Rebekah Weatherspoon delivers a charming contemporary tale about a brawny rancher, a brainy beauty–and a beast of a predicament… Ranch owner Jesse Pleasant always felt too big for his desert town–literally–and too brutish to fit in with his charming, cowboy brothers. After his temper gets the best …
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