Books On Sale
Sci-Fi Romance, a KDD, & More
Give Me Butterflies by Jillian Meadows $2.99! This is a contemporary romance and the first book in a series. I also really like this cover!
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SBTB 2026 Summer Romance Bingo
Grab your TBRs and get ready for Summer Solstice on June 21!
Tarot After Dark: Casting the Bones
This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading Tarot After Dark: Casting the Bones
Book Review
Luring His Lordship by Wendy LaCapra
This guest review comes from Lisa! A longtime romance aficionado and frequent commenter to SBTB, Lisa is a queer Latine critic with a sharp tongue and lots of opinions. She frequently reviews at All About Romance and Women Write About Comics, where she’s on staff, and you can catch her at _@thatbouviergirl on Twitter. There, she shares good reviews, bracing industry opinions and thoughtful commentary when she’s not on her grind looking for the next … Continue reading Luring His Lordship by Wendy LaCapra
Links: Libro.fm, Special Editions, & More
Welcome back! How are we doing? I always feel like August is so…boring. Apologies to all the August babies out there; it is not a reflection on you! I do have some vacay planned soon and I definitely plan to prioritize pool times and nap times with some sweet treat times in between. It’s going to be the calm before the storm before I enter my third trimester and our litany of classes, nesting tasks, … Continue reading Links: Libro.fm, Special Editions, & More
Books On Sale
Fantasy Romance, a Cookbook, & More
RECOMMENDED: My Season of Scandal by Julie Anne Long is $2.99! Lara reviewed this and gave it an A:
I sit here stunned. Yes, I have written this review twice. The first version was too overwrought because I was entirely overcome by this book. This is such a bracing, visceral story of deep thoughts and even deeper emotions that it left me wrung out.
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HaBO: Fossil Hunting in the Badlands
This HaBO is from Crystal, who wants to find this American historical romance: I’m hoping you can help me track down the title of a book I read years ago! Historical romance paperback, likely published before the mid-2000s. Young woman in her late teens or early twenties travels west with her paleontologist father during the late-1800s dinosaur-bone expeditions in the Badlands (possibly South Dakota). Fossil hunting is a major part of the plot. She falls … Continue reading HaBO: Fossil Hunting in the Badlands
Books On Sale
Mostly Contemporary Romances
The Bad Luck Bride by Janna MacGregor is $2.99! Sarah had the author on as part of a previous live podcast taping at RT and I found it fascinating. Some readers expressed confusion in how the overall plot unfolded, but others really loved the heroine and her cursed luck.
Book Review
The Spy and the Nightingale by Lea Hollis
This guest review comes from Lisa! A longtime romance aficionado and frequent commenter to SBTB, Lisa is a queer Latine critic with a sharp tongue and lots of opinions. She frequently reviewed at All About Romance and Women Write About Comics, where she’s on staff, and you can catch her at _@thatbouviergirl on Twitter. There, she shares good reviews, bracing industry opinions and thoughtful commentary when she’s not on her grind looking for the next … Continue reading The Spy and the Nightingale by Lea Hollis
Submit Your Snark!
The SBTB snark pantry is running a little low! I can hardly believe it. For a peek behind the scenes, we have a Cover Snark Slack channel where we drop in covers as we see them. We also input covers we receive from the community along with any included comments. When it comes time to run a Cover Snark, we pick the next four covers in the queue. We’re nearly caught up on our Cover … Continue reading Submit Your Snark!
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SBTB Bestsellers: July 25 – August 7
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