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We are launching our first ever limited edition candle collection, celebrating our 20th anniversary.
There's a 20th Anniversary candle, and a Bad Decisions Book Club candle - the perfect amount of light for late night reading.
Launching Friday - sign up to be notified!
bit.ly/SBTB-cndl
There's a 20th Anniversary candle, and a Bad Decisions Book Club candle - the perfect amount of light for late night reading.
Launching Friday - sign up to be notified!
bit.ly/SBTB-cndl
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We are launching our first ever limited edition candle collection, celebrating our 20th anniversary.
There's a 20th Anniversary candle, and a Bad Decisions Book Club candle - the perfect amount of light for late night reading.
Launching Friday - sign up to be notified!
bit.ly/SBTB-cndl
There's a 20th Anniversary candle, and a Bad Decisions Book Club candle - the perfect amount of light for late night reading.
Launching Friday - sign up to be notified!
bit.ly/SBTB-cndl
If you like:
🏒 Hockey romances where both leads are athletes
🥅 Rivalry, like gloves off, hollering rivalry
🕯️ A sloooow burn between two competitive adversaries
Then you'll like PUCK YOU by Flynn Novak. Available wherever you get your favorite stories!
More info & recs: https://bit.ly/SBPuckYou
🏒 Hockey romances where both leads are athletes
🥅 Rivalry, like gloves off, hollering rivalry
🕯️ A sloooow burn between two competitive adversaries
Then you'll like PUCK YOU by Flynn Novak. Available wherever you get your favorite stories!
More info & recs: https://bit.ly/SBPuckYou
November 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
If you like:
🏒 Hockey romances where both leads are athletes
🥅 Rivalry, like gloves off, hollering rivalry
🕯️ A sloooow burn between two competitive adversaries
Then you'll like PUCK YOU by Flynn Novak. Available wherever you get your favorite stories!
More info & recs: https://bit.ly/SBPuckYou
🏒 Hockey romances where both leads are athletes
🥅 Rivalry, like gloves off, hollering rivalry
🕯️ A sloooow burn between two competitive adversaries
Then you'll like PUCK YOU by Flynn Novak. Available wherever you get your favorite stories!
More info & recs: https://bit.ly/SBPuckYou
What the hell is this.
It's like an inch away from the back of the sink. I could put a 10lb turkey in this sink just fine. But only one wing tip would get wet.
What is with teensy tiny hotel faucets at the back of a boat sized sink?
It's like an inch away from the back of the sink. I could put a 10lb turkey in this sink just fine. But only one wing tip would get wet.
What is with teensy tiny hotel faucets at the back of a boat sized sink?
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
What the hell is this.
It's like an inch away from the back of the sink. I could put a 10lb turkey in this sink just fine. But only one wing tip would get wet.
What is with teensy tiny hotel faucets at the back of a boat sized sink?
It's like an inch away from the back of the sink. I could put a 10lb turkey in this sink just fine. But only one wing tip would get wet.
What is with teensy tiny hotel faucets at the back of a boat sized sink?
There is a lot going on in the world and I don't want to take up too much room with this but...
I have a hotel sink that is so ridiculous I need to show everyone. This sink is probably a foot from front to back.
The faucet, however...
I have a hotel sink that is so ridiculous I need to show everyone. This sink is probably a foot from front to back.
The faucet, however...
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
There is a lot going on in the world and I don't want to take up too much room with this but...
I have a hotel sink that is so ridiculous I need to show everyone. This sink is probably a foot from front to back.
The faucet, however...
I have a hotel sink that is so ridiculous I need to show everyone. This sink is probably a foot from front to back.
The faucet, however...
Amanda built a custom game board to help tackle her TBR pile! Want to make your own? https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/11/gamify-your-tbr
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Amanda built a custom game board to help tackle her TBR pile! Want to make your own? https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/11/gamify-your-tbr
Lara LOVED The Marriage Method by Mimi Matthews, out tomorrow! It's the newest book in The Crinoline Academy series, a series Lara adores, which is all about "women with a feminist outlook operating in a decidedly patriarchal world."
Her full review: https://bit.ly/MarriageMethodA
Her full review: https://bit.ly/MarriageMethodA
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lara LOVED The Marriage Method by Mimi Matthews, out tomorrow! It's the newest book in The Crinoline Academy series, a series Lara adores, which is all about "women with a feminist outlook operating in a decidedly patriarchal world."
Her full review: https://bit.ly/MarriageMethodA
Her full review: https://bit.ly/MarriageMethodA
I am so delighted! This is better than my $7 royalty checks, honestly. There's only so much Trader Joe's wine I can buy to celebrate, but THIS. THIS is a GIFT of ETERNAL JOY.
I did run the text of this email through a scanner: 100
I did run the text of this email through a scanner: 100
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I am so delighted! This is better than my $7 royalty checks, honestly. There's only so much Trader Joe's wine I can buy to celebrate, but THIS. THIS is a GIFT of ETERNAL JOY.
I did run the text of this email through a scanner: 100
I did run the text of this email through a scanner: 100
Hey, remember the Salem Stalker and the mysterious island?
Amye Archer from Little Miss Recap is my guest to talk about soap operas! The history, the mayhem, and the ways that soap fans and romance fans overlap.
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts! https://bit.ly/692SoapOperas
Amye Archer from Little Miss Recap is my guest to talk about soap operas! The history, the mayhem, and the ways that soap fans and romance fans overlap.
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts! https://bit.ly/692SoapOperas
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Hey, remember the Salem Stalker and the mysterious island?
Amye Archer from Little Miss Recap is my guest to talk about soap operas! The history, the mayhem, and the ways that soap fans and romance fans overlap.
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts! https://bit.ly/692SoapOperas
Amye Archer from Little Miss Recap is my guest to talk about soap operas! The history, the mayhem, and the ways that soap fans and romance fans overlap.
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts! https://bit.ly/692SoapOperas
This week for our holiday gift guide, Elyse is sharing some of the patterns she's using for her knitting gifts, and I share some cross stitch patterns that I love (or covet).
If you're looking to shop your stash and hand craft some presents, we've got ideas for you:
https://bit.ly/GGKnitStitch
If you're looking to shop your stash and hand craft some presents, we've got ideas for you:
https://bit.ly/GGKnitStitch
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This week for our holiday gift guide, Elyse is sharing some of the patterns she's using for her knitting gifts, and I share some cross stitch patterns that I love (or covet).
If you're looking to shop your stash and hand craft some presents, we've got ideas for you:
https://bit.ly/GGKnitStitch
If you're looking to shop your stash and hand craft some presents, we've got ideas for you:
https://bit.ly/GGKnitStitch
If you attended or read RT, you know Heather Graham. Every time Amanda and I recap an issue of Romantic Times, Heather is in it.
In this clip: when Heather met Kathryn Falk at the beginning of Romantic Times.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧🎙️ https://f.mtr.cool/mgxnrylukh
In this clip: when Heather met Kathryn Falk at the beginning of Romantic Times.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧🎙️ https://f.mtr.cool/mgxnrylukh
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If you attended or read RT, you know Heather Graham. Every time Amanda and I recap an issue of Romantic Times, Heather is in it.
In this clip: when Heather met Kathryn Falk at the beginning of Romantic Times.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧🎙️ https://f.mtr.cool/mgxnrylukh
In this clip: when Heather met Kathryn Falk at the beginning of Romantic Times.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧🎙️ https://f.mtr.cool/mgxnrylukh
Today my guest is author Lux Raven, and we are discussing disability in romance, and living with invisible disabilities.
Are you ready for your new favorite character type description?
I hope so!
Listen here, or wherever you get your nifty podcasts!
bit.ly/690Disabilit...
Are you ready for your new favorite character type description?
I hope so!
Listen here, or wherever you get your nifty podcasts!
bit.ly/690Disabilit...
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Today my guest is author Lux Raven, and we are discussing disability in romance, and living with invisible disabilities.
Are you ready for your new favorite character type description?
I hope so!
Listen here, or wherever you get your nifty podcasts!
bit.ly/690Disabilit...
Are you ready for your new favorite character type description?
I hope so!
Listen here, or wherever you get your nifty podcasts!
bit.ly/690Disabilit...
Our suggestions so far:
Yakity Sax
Tubthumping
Henry VIII
A choir singing all verses of 99 bottles of beer on the wall
The Vengabus.
Yakity Sax
Tubthumping
Henry VIII
A choir singing all verses of 99 bottles of beer on the wall
The Vengabus.
October 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our suggestions so far:
Yakity Sax
Tubthumping
Henry VIII
A choir singing all verses of 99 bottles of beer on the wall
The Vengabus.
Yakity Sax
Tubthumping
Henry VIII
A choir singing all verses of 99 bottles of beer on the wall
The Vengabus.
How about @rosiedanan.bsky.social and Karla Nikole?
September 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
How about @rosiedanan.bsky.social and Karla Nikole?
Plus Suzanne Young, @katchowrites.bsky.social , Renee Ahdieh, and @rachelharrison.bsky.social
What's your pick?
What's your pick?
September 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Plus Suzanne Young, @katchowrites.bsky.social , Renee Ahdieh, and @rachelharrison.bsky.social
What's your pick?
What's your pick?
I've got jokes AND I've got recs!
@stephanieburgis.bsky.social , @rebeccayarros.bsky.social, @isabelcanas.bsky.social and Ali Hazelwood, of course.
@stephanieburgis.bsky.social , @rebeccayarros.bsky.social, @isabelcanas.bsky.social and Ali Hazelwood, of course.
September 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I've got jokes AND I've got recs!
@stephanieburgis.bsky.social , @rebeccayarros.bsky.social, @isabelcanas.bsky.social and Ali Hazelwood, of course.
@stephanieburgis.bsky.social , @rebeccayarros.bsky.social, @isabelcanas.bsky.social and Ali Hazelwood, of course.
And, look, the graphic on the article is great.
But this is mine, because graphic design is my passion™.
But this is mine, because graphic design is my passion™.
September 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
And, look, the graphic on the article is great.
But this is mine, because graphic design is my passion™.
But this is mine, because graphic design is my passion™.
This is, as the academics say, a rich text.
I'd say look at all that chest hair but I can't look away from all that chest hair and I assume the same is true for you.
I'd say look at all that chest hair but I can't look away from all that chest hair and I assume the same is true for you.
September 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is, as the academics say, a rich text.
I'd say look at all that chest hair but I can't look away from all that chest hair and I assume the same is true for you.
I'd say look at all that chest hair but I can't look away from all that chest hair and I assume the same is true for you.
This won't be uncomfortable to read.
A book called White Dreams with a woman in a buckskin fringe dress (the default uniform for Indigenous heroines in old skool romances, sort of like the studded leather Hot Topic Urban Fantasy belt, except more racist) with a guy in uniform.
Nice erect cactus!
A book called White Dreams with a woman in a buckskin fringe dress (the default uniform for Indigenous heroines in old skool romances, sort of like the studded leather Hot Topic Urban Fantasy belt, except more racist) with a guy in uniform.
Nice erect cactus!
September 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This won't be uncomfortable to read.
A book called White Dreams with a woman in a buckskin fringe dress (the default uniform for Indigenous heroines in old skool romances, sort of like the studded leather Hot Topic Urban Fantasy belt, except more racist) with a guy in uniform.
Nice erect cactus!
A book called White Dreams with a woman in a buckskin fringe dress (the default uniform for Indigenous heroines in old skool romances, sort of like the studded leather Hot Topic Urban Fantasy belt, except more racist) with a guy in uniform.
Nice erect cactus!
There are so many to choose from. I'm not kidding. Look at this.
I won't find anything problematic in this book called...White Nights.
Those folks in the covered wagon are full on creepers.
I won't find anything problematic in this book called...White Nights.
Those folks in the covered wagon are full on creepers.
September 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
There are so many to choose from. I'm not kidding. Look at this.
I won't find anything problematic in this book called...White Nights.
Those folks in the covered wagon are full on creepers.
I won't find anything problematic in this book called...White Nights.
Those folks in the covered wagon are full on creepers.
I went to a protest and got a mini zine "Don't be an Imperial Feminist!"
Freaking awesome little zine
Freaking awesome little zine
September 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I went to a protest and got a mini zine "Don't be an Imperial Feminist!"
Freaking awesome little zine
Freaking awesome little zine
Can you believe this pathetic display was signed off on? Like, "Yup, good show there, Graeme. No, no, doesn't reflect poorly on you at all. Let's print this straight away!"
September 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Can you believe this pathetic display was signed off on? Like, "Yup, good show there, Graeme. No, no, doesn't reflect poorly on you at all. Let's print this straight away!"
Holly Black is my guest on the latest episode of the podcast talking about her Night duology, plus haunted places, shadow magic, and Kelly Clarkson.
In this clip: writing romance is all about calibration.
Listen here: bit.ly/684HollyBlack
In this clip: writing romance is all about calibration.
Listen here: bit.ly/684HollyBlack
September 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Holly Black is my guest on the latest episode of the podcast talking about her Night duology, plus haunted places, shadow magic, and Kelly Clarkson.
In this clip: writing romance is all about calibration.
Listen here: bit.ly/684HollyBlack
In this clip: writing romance is all about calibration.
Listen here: bit.ly/684HollyBlack
Amanda shared a post from writer/illustrator Odette Locke about her work in progress, and my brain caught fire:
FANTASY OSHA
FANTASY OSHA
September 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Amanda shared a post from writer/illustrator Odette Locke about her work in progress, and my brain caught fire:
FANTASY OSHA
FANTASY OSHA
Well that makes this meme even more hilarious.
September 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Well that makes this meme even more hilarious.