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Wanna Be Part of Our Gift Guides?
It’s almost Holiday Gift Guide time! Do you have a shop, business, storefront, favorite thing that you think would be a good fit for the Smart Bitches weekly gift guide? Have you bought yourself something super cute and useful that you want to tell people about? Got bookish…
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Dystopian Romance, Witches, & More
Spectred Isle Spectred Isle by KJ Charles is 99c! This is book one in the Green Men series. It was also recommended in a Rec League on Mysterious, Spooky-Adjacent Romances . Archaeologist Saul Lazenby has been all but unemployable since his disgrace during the War. Now he…
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A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J. Maas
When A Court of Thorns and Roses first came out, I read it, enjoyed it, and didn’t think much else about it. This was back when it was marketed as YA and before social media exploded the Maas-verse. This year, I was adapting to a new chronic illness diagnosis and treatment…
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Pride and Practicality by Pepper Basham
A solid low-spice Regency with a faith-based backing, Pride and Practicality examines the pressure of societal prejudice, the weight of the past, and the hope that goodness will find and protect us. It has a few bumps along the way, but overall it’s an intelligent and beautiful…
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Get Rec’d with Amanda – Volume 126
Welcome back! We’ve reached November, but I’m still going to sneak in some spooky reading suggestions. This time, we have an anthology, some nonfiction, and a witchy romance. Have any recs to share? Leave them in the comments!
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Sunday Sale Digest!
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…
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Not Quite a Witch by Anna Stockings
“No good day had ever started without breakfast. And no bearable one had ever started without a cup of tea” – Not Quite a Witch. The highest compliment I can pay Not Quite a Witch was that it felt like a wonderful trip into Disney’s Haunted Mansion Ride. It’s giddy, well-written…
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Mostly Earls
Earls Trip RECOMMENDED: Earls Trip by Jenny Holiday is $1.99! This is a standalone historical romance and was described as Ted Lasso meets Bridgerton for a 19th century spin on The Hangover. We ran a guest review of this one and it earned a B+ . Even an earl needs his…
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Podcast Transcripts are Here!
Hey y’all! The transcripts for the following episodes are live! 742. Writing Recent History with Lea Vale – published October 30, 2026 741. RT Rewind: June 2007 Ads & Features – published October 23, 2026 The visual aids for the RT Rewind episode are in the link above. Thanks…
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Friday Videos Love a Pumpkin Classic
It’s a classic for a reason, and the reason is, it’s a classic! This is perfectly logical logic what do you mean. It’s Halloween Eve! Soon the candy will be either on sale, or in your house, or a little of column and and b! So, of course, we need a spooky video. A classic spooky…
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742. Writing Recent History with Lea Vale
Lea Vale is the author of Blue Sky Black, a dual-timeline recent history romance that takes place, in part, on 9/11/2001. We talk about writing recent history, especially recent traumatic history, into romance, we also discuss the power of the HEA, and we chat about her NHPR…
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Mythology, a Thriller, & More
The Once and Future Queen The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty is $1.99! This is book one in The Lives of Guinevere series. I think I remember Elyse talking about this one. Outlander -meets- The Princess Bride plus Camelot in a fresh, big-hearted, feminist, timeslip…
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What the Smut? by C. Hallman
What the Smut? ain’t got an ounce of class, sugar. It was like reading a romance novel written by Dee Reynolds from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I got a lot of enjoyment out of it, but some uneven moments — and a ridiculous saccharine ending – kept me from giving it more…
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The Rec League: Spiteful and Stubborn Sunshines
This Rec League came from Amelia in the SBTB Podcast Patreon Discord. It arrived because of a bonus episode discussion between me and Sarah on grumpy/sunshine pairings. This Bone-Us grumpy/sunshine convo brought me back to THE BOOK I imprinted on as a baby romance reader: Too…
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Kickass Women in History: Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta passed away today, 28 October 2026. We are resurfacing this post to celebrate her life. This post was originally published on 8 June 2019. … This month in Kickass Women, we raise a glass to Dolores Huerta, the labor and civil rights leader who became nationally…
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Small Towns, Historical Romances, & More
Fabulous Bodies Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle is $2.99! Carrie reviewed this one and gave it a B- : This story by Chuck Tingle is a gory horror-thriller that I absolutely ate up, but be prepared for a high body count and a lot of implausibility. From Chuck Tingle, USA Today…
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After Dark at the Movies: Frankenhooker
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…
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Links: Lisa Kleypas, Podcasts, & More
Happy Wednesday, all! How are we all feeling? Any exciting Halloween plans or costumes? For me, I very much plan to stay inside and dig into a bag of candy corn. Yes, I’m one of those people who enjoys candy corn and candy pumpkins. I’ve gone on the record before that I think…
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Seasonal Reading
Fan Service RECOMMENDED: Fan Service by Rosie Danan is $1.99! Lara loved this one and gave it an A : If you’re in the mood for some giddy happiness, then I humbly put forward Fan Service as a plentiful source of it. The truth is stranger than fan fiction in the next sexy…
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HaBO: Friends to Lovers on a Cruise Ship
This HaBO comes from Happy Highlights, who is looking for this contemporary romance: Contemporary Romance – Main characters are longtime friends who pretend to be a couple on a cruise featuring a show/movie fan meet, where the heroine’s favourite actor turns out to be a creep!…