2013 RT Book Reviews (Awarded by RT BookReviews Magazine)

Awards List

Top Pick

Promise Me Today // Sisters of Mercy Flats
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Lori Copeland

Pride's Run
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Cat Kalen

At His Majesty's Request
(*)
Maisey Yates

Blessed By a Demon's Mark
(*)
E.S. Moore

Blood of the Sorceress
(*)
Maggie Shayne

Blood Winter
(*)
Diana Pharaoh Francis

Blowback
(*)
Valerie Plame; Sarah Lovett

By Private Invitation
(*)
Stephanie Julian

Caleb
(*)
Emma Lang

The Darkness Dwellers
(*)
Kirsten Miller

The Dilemma of Charlotte Farrow
(*)
Olivia Newport

Dream Eyes
(*)
Jayne Ann Krentz

The Explorer
(*)
James Smythe

Falling For Her Fiance
(*)
Cindi Madsen

Footprints in the Sand
(*)
Mary Jane Clark

Gilded
(*)
Karina Cooper

Her Rancher Hero // Until There Was You
(*)
Ann Roth

Just One Day
(*)
Gayle Forman

Keeper of the Night
(*)
Heather Graham

Killing Time
(*)
Cindy Gerard

The Lawyer's Lawyer
(*)
James Sheehan

Mistress of My Fate
(*)
Hallie Rubenhold

Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
(*)
Jennifer Chiaverini

Never Love a Lord
(*)
Heather Grothaus

The One I Left Behind
(*)
Jennifer McMahon

Perfect Fit
(*)
Carly Phillips

Primitive Nights
(*)
Candi Wall

Rule of Three
(*)
Kelly Jamieson

The Seduction of Elliot McBride
(*)
Jennifer Ashley

Seven Kings
(*)
John R. Fultz

Shades of Earth
(*)
Beth Revis

Shadow Woman
(*)
Linda Howard

A Study in Revenge
(*)
Kieran Shields

Touch of the Demon
(*)
Diana Rowland

True
(*)
Erin McCarthy
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Bachelor Unclaimed
(*)
Brenda Jackson

Bedroom Diplomacy
(*)
Michelle Celmer

The Best of All Possible Worlds
(*)
Karen Lord

Blood Oranges
(*)
Kathleen Tierney

The Burning Air
(*)
Erin Kelly

The Cowboy's Pregnant Bride
(*)
Crystal Green

Crystal Cove
(*)
Lisa Kleypas

Dead Things
(*)
Stephen Blackmoore

Demon Hunting in a Dive Bar
(*)
Lexi George

Did You Miss Me?
(*)
Karen Rose

The Eldritch Conspiracy
(*)
Cat Adams

Flora's Wish
(*)
Kathleen Y'Barbo

Haevyn
(*)
Darcy Abriel

Here I Go Again
(*)
Jen Lancaster

How to Lead a Life of Crime
(*)
Kirsten Miller

Hysteria
(*)
Megan Miranda

It Stings So Sweet
(*)
Stephanie Draven

Lady Eve's Indiscretion
(*)
Grace Burrowes

The Lass Wore Black
(*)
Karen Ranney

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination
(*)
John Joseph Adams

The Marriage Campaign
(*)
Karen Templeton

Midnight Alias
(*)
Elle Kennedy

No Mercy
(*)
Jenna McCormick

No More Sweet Surrender
(*)
Caitlin Crews

Omega
(*)
Susannah Sandlin

One Good Earl Deserves a Lover
(*)
Sarah MacLean

The One That Got Away
(*)
Kelly Hunter

The Power Trip
(*)
Jackie Collins

The Prey
(*)
Andrew Fukuda

The Reece Malcolm List
(*)
Amy Spalding

A SEAL's Seduction
(*)
Tawny Weber

The Secret of the Nightingale Palace
(*)
Dana Sachs

Sex and the Single Fireman
(*)
Jennifer Bernard

Sold to the Enemy
(*)
Sarah Morgan

Speaking From Among the Bones
(*)
Alan Bradley

The Temptation of Your Touch
(*)
Teresa Medeiros

That Night on Thistle Lane
(*)
Carla Neggers

That Scandalous Summer
(*)
Meredith Duran

This Wicked Magic
(*)
Michele Hauf

Touch & Go
(*)
Lisa Gardner

Ultimate Cowboy
(*)
Rita Herron

Veil of Destruction
(*)
Shiloh Walker

When She Said I Do
(*)
Celeste Bradley

17 & Gone
(*)
Nova Ren Suma

Bad Blood
(*)
Dana Stabenow

Behind Palace Doors
(*)
Jules Bennett

Bomber's Moon
(*)
Alex Beecroft

Bungalow Nights
(*)
Christie Ridgway

Calculated in Death
(*)
J.D. Robb

The Chalice
(*)
Nancy Bilyeau

The Chosen
(*)
Theresa Meyers

Dark Tide
(*)
Elizabeth Haynes

The Dark Heroine: Dinner with a Vampire
(*)
Abigail Gibbs

The Fallen Greek Bride
(*)
Jane Porter

Family Pictures
(*)
Jane Green

Frost Burned
(*)
Patricia Briggs

A Good Man
(*)
J.J. Murray

The Heart of a Hero
(*)
Janet Chapman

The Heiress's Homecoming
(*)
Regina Scott

I'll Take What She Has
(*)
Samantha Wilde

If You Give a Rake a Ruby
(*)
Shana Galen

An Inquiry Into Love and Death
(*)
Simone St. James

Lord of Darkness
(*)
Elizabeth Hoyt

Lost in You
(*)
Lauren Dane

Me, Him, Them, and It
(*)
Caela Carter

Night Blade
(*)
J.C. Daniels

Perfect Timing
(*)
Catherine Anderson

The Practice Proposal
(*)
Tracy March

Secrets over Sweet Tea
(*)
Denise Hildreth / Denise Hildreth Jones

Shattered Pillars
(*)
Elizabeth Bear

The Sky Beneath My Feet
(*)
Lisa Samson

Stranger on Raven's Ridge
(*)
Jenna Ryan

Wait For You
(*)
J. Lynn

Wings of Glass
(*)
Gina Holmes

Winterblaze
(*)
Kristen Callihan

Written In Red
(*)
Anne Bishop

Blood of Dragons
(*)
Robin Hobb

Bristol House
(*)
Beverly Swerling

Buried
(*)
Kendra Elliot

Count Valieri's Prisoner
(*)
Sara Craven

Darius: Lord of Pleasures
(*)
Grace Burrowes

Daughter of Jerusalem
(*)
Joan Wolf

Deadly Sting
(*)
Jennifer Estep

Driving Her Crazy
(*)
Amy Andrews

End Me a Tenor
(*)
Joelle Charbonneau

Fever
(*)
Maya Banks

The Handbook to Handling His Lordship
(*)
Suzanne Enoch

Hard Way
(*)
Katie Porter

Her Highness and the Bodyguard
(*)
Christine Rimmer

His Mountain Miss
(*)
Karen Kirst

Hot Blooded
(*)
Amanda Carlson

The House at the End of Hope Street
(*)
Menna van Praag

In the Rancher's Arms
(*)
Kathie DeNosky

Invisible
(*)
Ginny L. Yttrup

Let It Be Me
(*)
Kate Noble

London Falling
(*)
Paul Cornell

Lover at Last
(*)
J.R. Ward

Maya's Notebook
(*)
Isabel Allende

Midnight at Marble Arch
(*)
Anne Perry

The Money Kill
(*)
Katia Lief

My Life After Now
(*)
Jessica Verdi

Office Affair
(*)
Jess Dee

Orphan Train
(*)
Christina Baker Kline

Reconstructing Amelia
(*)
Kimberly McCreight

Rising Darkness
(*)
Thea Harrison

The Rules
(*)
Stacey Kade

Secrets of a Runaway Bride
(*)
Valerie Bowman

Secure Location
(*)
Beverly Long

Shifting Selves
(*)
Mia Marshall

Something About Sophie
(*)
Mary Kay McComas

Sparks Fly with the Billionaire
(*)
Marion Lennox

Twice Tempted
(*)
Jeaniene Frost

Wedding Night
(*)
Sophie Kinsella

When the Morning Glory Blooms
(*)
Cynthia Ruchti

Whiskey Beach
(*)
Nora Roberts

Without a Summer
(*)
Mary Robinette Kowal

Wolf with Benefits
(*)
Shelly Laurenston

Alien in the House
(*)
Gini Koch

The Apple Orchard
(*)
Susan Wiggs

Between Heaven and Texas
(*)
Marie Bostwick

The Boleyn King
(*)
Laura Andersen

Dead Ever After
(*)
Charlaine Harris

The Face of the Earth
(*)
Deborah Raney

A Family Reunited
(*)
Dorie Graham

Heir to a Dark Inheritance
(*)
Maisey Yates

His Majesty's Hope
(*)
Susan Elia MacNeal

How to Pursue a Princess
(*)
Karen Hawkins

The Human Division
(*)
John Scalzi

It Was Only a Kiss
(*)
Joss Wood

The Last Girl
(*)
Jane Casey

Lord of Wicked Intentions
(*)
Lorraine Heath

Made in Texas!
(*)
Crystal Green

The Marshal's Hostage
(*)
Delores Fossen

More Than You Know
(*)
Nan Rossiter

Murder in Chelsea
(*)
Victoria Thompson

Murder as a Fine Art
(*)
David Morrell

Necessary Evil
(*)
Ian Tregillis

No Strings Attached
(*)
Kate Angell

No Strings...
(*)
Janelle Denison

Obsession
(*)
Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Perfume Collector
(*)
Kathleen Tessaro

The Seduction of Victor Hugo
(*)
M.J. Rose

The Seduction Hypothesis
(*)
Delphine Dryden

Stolen
(*)
Daniel Palmer

Temporarily His Princess
(*)
Olivia Gates

This Girl
(*)
Colleen Hoover

The Tyrant's Law
(*)
Daniel Abraham

Unwritten
(*)
Charles Martin

When Honey Got Married
(*)
Kelly Hunter

When the Devil Drives
(*)
Christopher Brookmyre

Widow of Gettysburg
(*)
Jocelyn Green

And When She Was Good
(*)
Laura Lippman

Any Duchess Will Do
(*)
Tessa Dare

Binding the Shadows
(*)
Jenn Bennett

Bled & Breakfast
(*)
Michelle Rowen

A Brother's Honor
(*)
Brenda Jackson

A Change of Fortune
(*)
Crystal Green

The City
(*)
Stella Gemmell

Cold Steel
(*)
Kate Elliott

Dare You To
(*)
Katie McGarry

Deeply Odd
(*)
Dean Koontz

Dirty Rotten Liar
(*)
Noire

The Duchess Hunt
(*)
Jennifer Haymore

Faking It
(*)
Cora Carmack

Falling for the Rebel Falcon
(*)
Lucy Gordon

The Firebird
(*)
Susanna Kearsley

Flirting with Disaster
(*)
Ruthie Knox

Gameboard of the Gods
(*)
Richelle Mead

The Guardian of Bastet
(*)
Jacqueline M. Battisti

Heart of Obsidian
(*)
Nalini Singh

A Hopeful Heart
(*)
Amy Clipston

How to Tame Your Duke
(*)
Juliana Gray

A Hundred Summers
(*)
Beatriz Williams

The Hunter
(*)
Monica McCarty

Into the Fire
(*)
Amanda Usen

An Invitation to Sin
(*)
Sarah Morgan

It Happened One Midnight
(*)
Julie Anne Long

Lost
(*)
S.J. Bolton

Never Say Never
(*)
Victoria Christopher Murray

Once Upon a Tower
(*)
Eloisa James

An Open Heart
(*)
Harry Lee Kraus Jr. / Harry Kraus M.D.

Secret Vows
(*)
Rochelle Alers

Seducing the Highlander
(*)
Michele Sinclair

The Shambling Guide to New York City
(*)
Mur Lafferty

The Shining Girls
(*)
Lauren Beukes

Siege and Storm
(*)
Leigh Bardugo

A Simple Song
(*)
Melody Carlson

Somewhere Between Luck and Trust
(*)
Emilie Richards

A Stitch in Time
(*)
Amanda James

Stolen
(*)
Allison Brennan

Summer at Mustang Ridge
(*)
Jesse Hayworth

Sunset Seduction
(*)
Charlene Sands

Sweet Revenge
(*)
Zoe Archer

Sweet Salt Air
(*)
Barbara Delinsky

The Sweet Spot
(*)
Laura Drake

Take Me Under
(*)
Rhyannon Byrd

Tempest Reborn
(*)
Nicole Peeler

The Time Between
(*)
Karen White

Undercover Texas
(*)
Robin Perini

Unspeakable
(*)
Kevin O'Brien

The Way You Look Tonight
(*)
Bella Andre

What a Wicked Earl Wants
(*)
Vicky Dreiling

What the Duke Desires
(*)
Sabrina Jeffries

A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses
(*)
Molly Harper

Because of Low
(*)
Abbi Glines

Bending Over Backwards
(*)
Samantha Hunter

Chains and Canes
(*)
Katie Porter

The Curiosity
(*)
Stephen P. Kiernan

Finding Colin Firth
(*)
Mia March

Forgotten Sins
(*)
Rebecca Zanetti

Guarded Desires
(*)
Lexxie Couper

Her McKnight in Shining Armor
(*)
Teresa Southwick

His Brand of Passion
(*)
Kate Hewitt

Home to Sparrow Lake
(*)
Lynn Patrick

The House of Tides
(*)
Hannah Richell

Hunting Eve
(*)
Iris Johansen

Letters from Skye
(*)
Jessica Brockmole

A Little Harmless Ride
(*)
Melissa Schroeder

London's Last True Scoundrel
(*)
Christina Brooke

Macrieve
(*)
Kresley Cole

The Never List
(*)
Koethi Zan

Of Grave Concern
(*)
Max McCoy

Outlaw Lawman
(*)
Delores Fossen

The Outlaw's Redemption
(*)
Renee Ryan

Proof of Their Sin
(*)
Dani Collins

Rancher to the Rescue
(*)
Jennifer Faye

Rumor Has It
(*)
Maureen Child

Shadows of Glass
(*)
Kassy Tayler

Sweet Nothings
(*)
Janis Thomas

Time of Dying
(*)
Hailey Edwards

Two of a Kind
(*)
Susan Mallery

The White Princess
(*)
Philippa Gregory

White Trash Zombie Apocalypse
(*)
Diana Rowland

The Widow of Conard County
(*)
Rachel Lee

Wild at Heart // Wild About the Cowboy
(*)
Vicki Lewis Thompson

And Then Comes Marriage
(*)
Celeste Bradley

The Beast
(*)
Faye Kellerman

Blood Warrior
(*)
Lindsey Piper

Burning Sky
(*)
Lori Benton

The Courting Campaign
(*)
Regina Scott

The Derby Girl
(*)
Tamara Morgan

Do or Diner
(*)
Christine Wenger

Emperor of Thorns
(*)
Mark Lawrence

Eva's Eye
(*)
Karin Fossum

Fiance by Friday
(*)
Catherine Bybee

Fire with Fire
(*)
Jenny Han; Siobhan Vivian

The Ghost Bride
(*)
Yangsze Choo

Guardian Demon
(*)
Meljean Brook

Heirs and Graces
(*)
Rhys Bowen

His Long-Lost Family
(*)
Brenda Harlen

How to Lose a Bride in One Night
(*)
Sophie Jordan

In His Command
(*)
Rie Warren

An Inheritance of Shame
(*)
Kate Hewitt

Justice for Sara
(*)
Erica Spindler

Magic Rises
(*)
Ilona Andrews

Midnight Games
(*)
Elle Kennedy

Millie's Treasure
(*)
Kathleen Y'Barbo

The Mistress
(*)
Tiffany Reisz

Multiple Exposure
(*)
Ellen Crosby

Murder on the Rocks
(*)
Allyson K. Abbott

Notorious Atherton
(*)
Patricia Rice

Omens
(*)
Kelley Armstrong

Once Upon a Tartan
(*)
Grace Burrowes

The Other Side of Divine
(*)
Vanessa Davis Griggs

Seduction in Silk
(*)
Jo Beverley

Shake Down the Stars
(*)
Renee Swindle

Silver Mine
(*)
Vivian Arend

Slow Surrender
(*)
Cecilia Tan

Smoky Ridge Curse
(*)
Paula Graves

Strong Rain Falling
(*)
Jon Land

Tall, Dark, and Vampire
(*)
Sara Humphreys

Three Little Words
(*)
Susan Mallery

Wedding Belles
(*)
Beth Albright

Why Dukes Say I Do
(*)
Manda Collins

Wicked Beat
(*)
Olivia Cunning

Always on My Mind
(*)
Jill Shalvis

The Arrangement
(*)
Mary Balogh

Blood Bond
(*)
Jeanne C. Stein

The Bonus Mom
(*)
Jennifer Greene

Cast in Sorrow
(*)
Michelle Sagara