This week, due to my life being full of busy adult things, I’m recapping two episodes in one. Yes, that’s a lot for any liver to take, but I have my emotional support foster cat, Picasso, to aid me in this endeavor. Picasso is big with a giant head and loves smooches and would win this season without having to do anything other than roll over and show Jenn his belly. Picasso: You don’t need a ..read more

The transcript for Podcast 625. RT Rewind: December 1997 Ads & Features! has been posted! This podcast transcript was handcrafted with meticulous skill by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks. ❤ Click here to subscribe to The Podcast ..read more

Husband Material Husband Material by Alexis Hall is $1.99! This is the follow-up to Boyfriend Material. I definitely think you need to be a fan of the first book to really enjoy this one. Personally, I didn’t think it needed a sequel and was meh on it. Wanted: One (very real) husband Nowhere near perfect but desperately trying his best In BOYFRIEND MATERIAL, Luc and Oliver met, pretended to fall in love, fell in love for real, dealt with heartbreak and disappointment and family and friends…and somehow figured out a way to make it work. Now it seems like everyone around them is getti ..read more

We’re going back to December 1997 to look at the Ads & Features from Romantic Times. We’ve got a cover with many, many fonts, several memorials for Princess Diana, and we find out what happens when you win an award and find out while you’re on the john. There are profiles of readers and romance reading book clubs, AOL chat rooms about romance for writers and readers, and the price of the Essence of Romance ..read more

Once Persuaded, Twice Shy Once Persuaded, Twice Shy by Melodie Edwards is $1.99! This is a contemporary Persuasion retelling. Aarya mentioned this release in a previous Hide Your Wallet. She read Edwards’s debut, which was a Jane Eyre retelling, and said it reminded her of a 90s category romance, in a good way! This modern reimagining of Persuasion is full of witty banter, romantic angst, and compelling characters as it captures the heart of the classic Jane Austen novel. When Anne Elliott broke up with Ben Wentworth it seemed like the right thing to do . . . but now, eigh ..read more

This Rec League came from Rebecca in the SBTB Patreon Discord. The community there had some great suggestions but also wanted to open it up to y’all because I know you’ll have even more books to recommend and this might be someone’s mega-catnip: Can anyone rec books where the characters fall in love or at least bond on a journey ideally a historical fantasy type journey riding horses or similar. I’m noticing that some of my favourite books, Graceling and The Perfect Crimes Of Marian Hayes, have that in common. And I really enjoyed Never Cross A Highlander recently. I tend to avoid things that ..read more

Welcome back to Wednesday Links! How are you all doing? I’ve been working remotely to keep an eye on Fig this week and much to my colleagues’ delight, they got to watch her scale the back of my gaming chair while in a meeting. I’m so excited that we are creeping closer to fall and I hope the heat is mostly behind us. I have a dear friend who firmly believes “sweat is an aesthetic” and I just cannot get onboard with that. She can keep it! … Sarah was quoted in The Washington Post on disabled romance authors incorporating disability into their books. There may be a paywall for this one ..read more

B- Second Night Stand by Karelia Stetz-Waters May 21, 2024 · Forever Contemporary RomanceRomance This is a hard book to review because there were a few elements that didn’t work for me, but I don’t think they’d stop other readers from loving Second Night Stand. But before I dig into everything I adored about this book, and how everything I didn’t like is my own fault, let’s describe the plot. Lillian is the aloof dance master of a Very Serious ballet company on the brink of disaster. Her backers are threatening to stop funding unless the dancers win a reality tv dance competition. Caught up ..read more

The Hellion’s Waltz The Hellion’s Waltz by Olivia Waite is $1.99! This is part of the Feminine Pursuits series. Carrie read this one and gave it a B-: I never thought I’d say this, but The Hellion’s Waltz is just too darn nice. This historical f/f romance is beautifully written and full of kind, courageous, intelligent characters. It is also boring. Gouda Friends by Cathy Yardley is $1.99 at Amazon! If you’ve listed to literally any podcast episode I’ve been on with Sarah, you probably know I love cheese and I’m just tickled by the heroine’s d ..read more

This HaBO is from Maryia, who wants to find this romance. And wow, I feel like we’ve been getting a lot of time travel/reincarnation requests! I really need help to find a book. I think the book was published somewhere from 2010-2017. The main characters already had a couple of lives together but they always die young. I remember that in the most current iteration of their lives, they were students (they also studied some kind of science) and in another life, they were professors or scientific workers and in that one they died because of something going on with their jobs. In that life, they w ..read more