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EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: If you receive a marketing pitch from "Smart Bitches Strategic Partnerships," IT IS NOT US. Big thanks to the Cold War historian who forwarded me the scam email he received. AGAIN: NOT US.

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Black footed ferrets are not extinct.

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I was on the @smartbitches.bsky.social podcast (again - what an honour to be invited back)! We started by talking about my new book A Study In Sparkling, but we ranged far and wide after that (audio erotica! bonkbusters! romance scholarship! wine!)

The hit series Heated Rivalry: Season 1 is now available on Blu-ray™ & DVD! Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov are bound by ambition, rivalry, and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands. What begins as a secret fling evolves into a years-long journey of love, denial and self-discovery. #ad

My new book got featured in @smartbitches.bsky.social's Hide Your Wallet!! Ahhh!! So cool! Check it out along with other great releases this week smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2026/10/hide... 📚🌶️💙🌈

I have a guest review on @smartbitches.bsky.social blog today! It's for Thighs Wide Shut by Hayley Fleming, which I really liked, and it's here: smartbitchestrashybooks.com/reviews/thig...

HI FRIENDS PLEASE SHARE TO HELP ME REACH COOL FOLKS!   Do you have a shop, business, storefront, favorite thing that you think would be a good fit for the Smart Bitches weekly gift guide?  We're kicking off in November and I would LOVE to hear from you. Sarah AT smart bitches trashy books...com!

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Yes Amanda does personalized book recs once a quarter!

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I found it! Really captures the essence of the text

The audiobook for Dive Bar at the End of the Road is a Spotify Editors' Pick for October! Narrated by Helen Laser, Shane Ghostkeeper & Sean Patrick Hopkins, who did an amazing job bringing the story to life.

If you like your holiday romances extra spicy, your cowboys brooding, and your mistletoe encounters very heated, My Cowboy Under the Mistletoe is your next Christmas obsession.  🤠 🎄 ❤️‍🔥 My Cowboy Under the Mistletoe is available now wherever you get your books!  https://bit.ly/47Fcq8A📚 #ad #sponsored

First Friday of the month means I've got a new Queer Romances post up at @smartbitches.bsky.social, all full of Halloween and Christmas reads! smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2026/10/octo...

I had SO MUCH FUN talking Isn't He Romantic?, queer romance, and the extreme jealousy I have for people who got to experience RT with @smartbitches.bsky.social!!!

You won't believe it, but this clip was removed from Threads for encouraging sexual conduct or something. There is nothing encouraging about left bread's frog ass.

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If you didn’t know that Neagley was getting her own show and that it’s dropping the whole season this week, now you know! (And you can come back and read my profile once you’ve binged it.)

This issue was Fantastic and I cannot wait to edit these episodes. Thank you for being such a smart and hilarious guest!! Look for Avery's book, Marginal Virtue. Its got a sexy pomegranate on the cover!

I have seen my first bit of candy corn hate, and as the herald of "lol i bet it tastes like ass" jokes, my duty is clear. Come and preorder before prices go up and shipping begins October 1st. Happy Swalloween. www.funkittoys.com/shop/p/candy...

I was worried if my comic is perhaps too self indulgent, but then I remembered the words of Björk and now I need to make it even more self indulgent 🥰

Historical romance heroes have a few favorite options for revenge. Want to hang out while we look at the new releases from the February 2012 issue of Romantic Times magazine? Look for Smart Podcast Trashy Books where you get your shows, or join us on youtube!  📺 https://youtu.be/cAcTl6ApAHo

We Are Hiring! We're looking for a Content and Community Assistant.  This is a paid, part time remote position from Nov. 1 through June 1 2027, for a US-based person who is as into romance & discussion as they are into details & organization. You can find all the info here: http://bit.ly/SBTBTemp

If you love a story, thank curators and editors.  Jess Rothschild is the creator behind Finding Fire Island, a 2 season docu-podcast about the history of Fire Island. It's the perfect combo of history and gossip. Find us where you get your podcasts, or watch here: https://youtu.be/xf3eFBG2nyQ

When we have our characters chew over and over the same thing (their tragic past, how hot the love interest is, why they are Not Worthy To Be Loved, whatever), we may think that will help the reader believe whatever it is. It doesn't.

Happy happy book birthday to @booksbyintisar.bsky.social and Nafiza Azad's A Thousand Nights! This book looks amazing, and I cannot wait to read it: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813768... #booksky

Happy Labor Day! As has become tradition, I would like to bring back this cover of ALL-STORY LOVE STORIES (September 21, 1935). Artist probably Mary Frances Morgan. ❤️‍🔥 #pulp #romance #romancelandia

I received my Anthropic apportionment email. Our first book is with Simon and Schuster, and they have claimed 50%, which is the correct amount per the settlement. The second is with Sourcebooks. They have also claimed 50%, which is the correct amount. So it's not every publisher. 🧐

Publisher shenanigans have pissed off Ms Bev so hard she is summoning romance Armageddon What the hell did they think they were doing?

If you are agented by: The Wylie Agency, Malatesta Literary Agency, L. Perkins Agency, Global Lion Intellectual Property (formerly PMA Literary), Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agency, Sanford J. Greenburger, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency ...read this and consider hard.

Jess Rothschild is the creator of Finding Fire Island, a documentary podcast about the history of Fire Island, a creation of the gay imagination. Truly, this show is incredible history - go listen!  Find our conversation where you get your podcasts, or watch here: https://youtu.be/xf3eFBG2nyQ

I know I already posted about this...but to reiterate: Anthropic copyright settlement authors, PLEASE contact me (Writer Beware) if your publisher is making a claim on a book whose rights have reverted, or claiming anything other than a 50/50 split on an in-contract book. beware@sfwa.org

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In 1996, my husband studied at the London School of Economics, and at the time, the tabloids were all clutching their toxic pearls about women using "Ms." professionally.

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We Are Hiring! We're looking for a Content and Community Assistant.  This is a paid, part time remote position from Nov. 1 through June 1 2027, for a US-based person who is as into romance & discussion as they are into details & organization. You can find all the info here: http://bit.ly/SBTBTemp

Retro review time! Three years ago today, in a post I'm still incredibly proud of, I made the argument that Cornell Woolrich's 1948 classic noir novel, I MARRIED A DEAD MAN, was actually supposed to end *happily.*

THIS IS INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU.

This piece over on @smartbitches.bsky.social about an old book with a new AI cover is even more saddening given how much the characters within the story love art smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2026/08/the-...

“While Picasso was living in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II, one German officer allegedly asked him, upon seeing a photo of Guernica in his apartment, ‘Did you do that?’ Picasso responded, ‘No, you did.’” via pablopicasso.org The horse (loon) represents the people of Guernica (Minnesota)

🎉🎉🎉 WAY TO GO!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Good morning Bluesky ☀️ This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️