2015 RT Book Reviews (Awarded by RT BookReviews Magazine)

Awards List

Top Pick

Vazkor, Son of Vazkor // Shadowfire
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Tanith Lee

A Woman Unknown
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Frances Brody

Escaping Reality
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Lisa Renee Jones

The Gospel of Loki
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Joanne M. Harris

The Billionaire Submissive
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Joely Sue Burkhart

Master of the Game
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Jane Kindred

Maybe Not
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Colleen Hoover

All Fall Down
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Ally Carter

All the Bright Places
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Jennifer Niven

Beneath the Forsaken City
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C.E. Laureano

Blind Faith
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Rebecca Zanetti

Bred to Kill
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Franck Thilliez

The Conspiracy of Us
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Maggie Hall

Dead of Winter
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Kresley Cole

Dogwood Hill
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Sherryl Woods

The Dress Shop of Dreams
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Menna van Praag

Foxglove Summer
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Ben Aaronovitch

Golden Son
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Pierce Brown

The Homecoming Queen Gets Her Man
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Shirley Jump

Hot and Bothered
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Serena Bell

Ignite
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Sara B. Larson

The Just City
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Jo Walton

Let Them Talk
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Susanna Carr

The Life Intended
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Kristin Harmel

Mountain Retreat
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Cassie Miles

The Naked Eye
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Iris Johansen; Roy Johansen

Naughty Bits: The Complete Novel
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Joey W. Hill

Nine Months to Redeem Him
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Jennie Lucas

Radiance
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Grace Draven

Reborn
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Jennifer Rush

Save Me
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Jenny Elliott

Say Yes to the Marquess
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Tessa Dare

A Thing of Beauty
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Lisa Samson

Trust No One
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Jayne Ann Krentz

The Unquiet Dead
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Ausma Zehanat Khan

All That Matters
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Erin Nicholas

Blue Stars
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Emily Gray Tedrowe

Bound by Flames
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Jeaniene Frost

Bridged
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Kendra Elliot

Bringing Home the Bad Boy
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Jessica Lemmon

The Cattleman
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Angi Morgan

Closer Than You Think
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Karen Rose

The Companion Contract
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Solace Ames

Deadly Spells
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Jaye Wells

The Dragon Conspiracy
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Lisa Shearin

Dreamless
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Jorgen Brekke

Dreaming Spies
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Laurie R. King

Earls Just Want to Have Fun
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Shana Galen

Edged Blade
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J.C. Daniels

First Time in Forever
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Sarah Morgan

Forbidden to Love the Duke
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Jillian Hunter

The Forgotten Girls
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Sara Blaedel

His Small-Town Sweetheart
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Amanda Berry

I Was Here
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Gayle Forman

If the Viscount Falls
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Sabrina Jeffries

Karen Memory
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Elizabeth Bear

The Last Time We Say Goodbye
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Cynthia Hand

Living in Secret
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Jackie Ashenden

Make Me Up // Killer Charm
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Avery Flynn

Murder in the Queen's Garden
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Amanda Carmack

The Nightingale
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Kristin Hannah

Obsession in Death
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J.D. Robb

Plain Peril
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Alison Stone

Playing by the Greek's Rules
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Sarah Morgan

Shadow of the Raven
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Tessa Harris

Signal to Noise
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A Sinful Deception
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Isabella Bradford

Soulbound
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Kristen Callihan

Thirty Days to Win His Wife
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Andrea Laurence

Viper Game
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Christine Feehan

Walking on Trampolines
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Frances Whiting

After a Fashion
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Jen Turano

At the Count's Bidding
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Caitlin Crews

Bone Gap
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Laura Ruby

Brash
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Laura Wright

The Cavendon Women
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Barbara Taylor Bradford

Dangerous Inheritance
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Barbara Warren

Dead Heat
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Patricia Briggs

Dog Crazy
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Meg Donohue

Endangered
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C.J. Box

The Fire Sermon
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Francesca Haig

Flirting with Fire
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Kate Meader

Formidable Lord Quentin
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Patricia Rice

Gideon
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Cherry Adair

Harrison Squared
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Daryl Gregory

Her Perfect Proposal
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Lynne Marshall

The Hidden Man
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Robin Blake

Infinity Bell
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Devon Monk

Of Silk and Steam
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Bec McMaster

The Pharaoh's Daughter
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Mesu Andrews

Pleasured
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Candace Camp

Reunited with Her Italian Ex
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Lucy Gordon

Rock Hard
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Nalini Singh

Royal Heirs Required
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Cat Schield

Senseless Acts of Beauty
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Lisa Verge Higgins

Shallow Graves
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Christina Wolfer

Slow and Steady Rush
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Laura Trentham

Stealing Rose
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Monica Murphy

Then Sings My Soul
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Amy K. Sorrells

Unraveled
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Lorelei James

Vampires Never Cry Wolf
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Sara Humphreys

Vanishing Girls
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Lauren Oliver

Vision in Silver
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Anne Bishop

The Walls Around Us
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Nova Ren Suma

Who Buries the Dead
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C.S. Harris

Wicked, My Love
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Susanna Ives

Would-Be Wilderness Wife
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Regina Scott

All for You
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Laura Florand

The Angel Court Affair
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Anne Perry

The Art of Losing Yourself
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Katie Ganshert

Blush
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Cherry Adair

Captive Prince
(*)
C.S. Pacat

Carrying the Greek's Heir
(*)
Sharon Kendrick

Challenger Deep
(*)
Neal Shusterman

Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke
(*)
Anne Blankman

The Day We Met
(*)
Rowan Coleman

A Decent Proposal
(*)
Teresa Southwick

The Diamond Conspiracy
(*)
Pip Ballantine; Tee Morris

Do Not Disturb
(*)
A.R. Torre

Edge of Dreams
(*)
Diana Pharaoh Francis

Fall with Me
(*)
J. Lynn

For His Brother's Wife
(*)
Kathie DeNosky

Four Nights with the Duke
(*)
Eloisa James

Gathered Waters
(*)
Cara Luecht

Girl Underwater
(*)
Claire Kells

Hit
(*)
Delilah S. Dawson

Instinct
(*)
Sherrilyn Kenyon

It Started with a Scandal
(*)
Julie Anne Long

The Liar
(*)
Nora Roberts

Lying Out Loud
(*)
Kody Keplinger

Moonlight and Diamonds
(*)
Michele Hauf

The Mourning Bells
(*)
Christine Trent

The Nanny Plan
(*)
Sarah M. Anderson

Normal
(*)
Graeme Cameron

The Other Side of Midnight
(*)
Simone St. James

Pleasantville
(*)
Attica Locke

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
(*)
Becky Albertalli

A Sparrow in Terezin
(*)
Kristy Cambron

Still the One
(*)
Jill Shalvis

SWAT Secret Admirer
(*)
Elizabeth Heiter

Taken
(*)
Charlotte Stein

This Heart of Mine
(*)
Brenda Novak

Too Dangerous for a Lady
(*)
Jo Beverley

Total Surrender
(*)
Rebecca Zanetti

Vengeance of the Demon
(*)
Diana Rowland

Vinnie's Diner
(*)
Jennifer AlLee

When I'm Gone
(*)
Abbi Glines

Wicked Stitch
(*)
Amanda Lee (2)

Wild Hearts
(*)
Sharon Sala

Alien Separation
(*)
Gini Koch

As Waters Gone by
(*)
Cynthia Ruchti

Beach Town
(*)
Mary Kay Andrews

Beyond Innocence
(*)
Kit Rocha

The Big Fix
(*)
Linda Grimes

Born of Defiance
(*)
Sherrilyn Kenyon

A Court of Thorns and Roses
(*)
Sarah J. Maas

The Daring Exploits of a Runaway Heiress
(*)
Victoria Alexander

Daughter of Deep Silence
(*)
Carrie Ryan

The Duke and the Lady in Red
(*)
Lorraine Heath

Eighth Grave After Dark
(*)
Darynda Jones

A Finely Knit Murder
(*)
Sally Goldenbaum

A God in Ruins
(*)
Kate Atkinson

Grave Phantoms
(*)
Jenn Bennett

The Harvest Man
(*)
Alex Grecian

Hold Me Like a Breath
(*)
Tiffany Schmidt

Liar's Bench
(*)
Kim Michele Richardson

Like a Love Song
(*)
Camille Eide

Little Black Lies
(*)
S.J. Bolton

Make You Mine
(*)
Jackie Ashenden

Midnight's Kiss
(*)
Thea Harrison

Murder on Amsterdam Avenue
(*)
Victoria Thompson

A Scoundrel by Moonlight
(*)
Anna Campbell

A Simple Prayer
(*)
Amy Clipston

Some Like It Witchy
(*)
Heather Blake

The Sound of Glass
(*)
Karen White

Tiffany Girl
(*)
Deeanne Gist

Until the Harvest
(*)
Sarah Loudin Thomas

Uprooted
(*)
Naomi Novik

Water from My Heart
(*)
Charles Martin

Whenever You Come Around
(*)
Robin Lee Hatcher

Where
(*)
Kit Reed

Wicked Exposure
(*)
Katana Collins

The Wrath and the Dawn
(*)
Renee Ahdieh

Your Next Breath
(*)
Iris Johansen

Back to You
(*)
Lauren Dane

A Cowboy's Redemption
(*)
Marin Thomas

Extraordinary Means
(*)
Robyn Schneider

Hearts Made Whole
(*)
Jody Hedlund

Kissing in America
(*)
Margo Rabb

The Liar's Key
(*)
Mark Lawrence

Night of the Highland Dragon
(*)
Isabel Cooper

Nowhere But Here
(*)
Katie McGarry

Only a Promise
(*)
Mary Balogh

Opening Up
(*)
Lauren Dane

The Precipice
(*)
Paul Doiron

Pure Blooded
(*)
Amanda Carlson

Ripped From the Pages
(*)
Kate Carlisle

Searching for Beautiful
(*)
Jennifer Probst

Serving Pleasure
(*)
Alisha Rai

Shards of Hope
(*)
Nalini Singh

Spiraled
(*)
Kendra Elliot

Suddenly a Father
(*)
Michelle Major

Summer Secrets
(*)
Jane Green

The Talon of the Hawk
(*)
Jeffe Kennedy

Through His Heart
(*)
Deborah Camp

Trouble on Tap
(*)
Avery Flynn

Untraceable // Conceal
(*)
Janie Crouch

The Virgin's Daughter
(*)
Laura Andersen

What Lies Behind
(*)
J.T. Ellison

The Wrong Man
(*)
Kate White

The Art of Sinning
(*)
Sabrina Jeffries

Can't Fight This Feeling
(*)
Christie Ridgway

Caught Up in the Touch
(*)
Laura Trentham

The Curiosity Keeper
(*)
Sarah E. Ladd

Dark Orbit
(*)
Carolyn Ives Gilman

Do Not Forsake Me
(*)
Rosanne Bittner

Emergency Reunion
(*)
Sandra Orchard

The Fixer
(*)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Hard to Let Go
(*)
Laura Kaye

Her Brother's Keeper
(*)
Beth Wiseman

Ink and Bone
(*)
Rachel Caine

Mama's Boy
(*)
ReShonda Tate Billingsley

The Marriage Agreement
(*)
Renee Ryan

The Nanny's New Family
(*)
Margaret Daley

The Philosopher Kings
(*)
Jo Walton

Pregnant by the Cowboy CEO
(*)
Catherine Mann

Prince's Gambit
(*)
C.S. Pacat

Second Chance Summer
(*)
Jill Shalvis

Signal // Only to Die Again
(*)
Patrick Lee

The Silenced
(*)
Heather Graham

Taming Lily
(*)
Monica Murphy

The Taming of the Queen
(*)
Philippa Gregory

Time Salvager
(*)
Wesley Chu

Vettori's Damsel in Distress
(*)
Liz Fielding

Alice
(*)
Christina Henry

The Best of Enemies
(*)
Jen Lancaster

Best Laid Plans
(*)
Allison Brennan

Brown-Eyed Girl
(*)
Lisa Kleypas

Cold Hearts
(*)
Sharon Sala

The Color of Light
(*)
Emilie Richards

The Cowboy's Secret Baby
(*)
Karen Rose Smith

The Curse of Crow Hollow
(*)
Billy Coffey

The Devil's Seal
(*)
Peter Tremayne

The Fifth Season
(*)
N.K. Jemisin

A Gilded Grave
(*)
Shelley Freydont

Gone But Knot Forgotten
(*)
Mary Marks

Having Her Boss's Baby
(*)
Maureen Child

The Highlander Takes a Bride
(*)
Lynsay Sands

Hot Point
(*)
M.L. Buchman / Matthew Lieber Buchman

The House of Shattered Wings
(*)
Aliette De Bodard

In a Dark, Dark Wood
(*)
Ruth Ware

Keeper's Reach
(*)
Carla Neggers

Killing Pretty
(*)
Richard Kadrey

Kitty Saves the World
(*)
Carrie Vaughn

Lady Be Good
(*)
Meredith Duran

Last Chance Llama Ranch
(*)
Hilary Fields

The Last Time I Saw Her
(*)
Karen Robards

Lonely Hearts
(*)
Heidi Cullinan

Luck Be a Lady
(*)
Meredith Duran

The Lure of the Moonflower
(*)
Lauren Willig

Magic Shifts
(*)
Ilona Andrews

My Very Best Friend
(*)
Cathy Lamb

Nightwise
(*)
R.S. Belcher

No One Needs to Know
(*)
Kevin O'Brien

Not Always a Saint
(*)
Mary Jo Putney

Of Dreams and Rust
(*)
Sarah Fine

One Good Dragon Deserves Another
(*)
Rachel Aaron

Reawakened
(*)
Colleen Houck

The Secret Sister
(*)
Brenda Novak

Siren's Call
(*)
Jayne Castle

Spider's Trap
(*)
Jennifer Estep

Tamed
(*)
Helenkay Dimon

Threads of Evidence
(*)
Lea Wait

To Dance with Dolphins
(*)
Bonnie Leon

Treasured by Thursday
(*)
Catherine Bybee

Tremaine's True Love
(*)
Grace Burrowes

War Room
(*)
Chris Fabry

We Never Asked for Wings
(*)
Vanessa Diffenbaugh

When a Scot Ties the Knot
(*)
Tessa Dare

A Will, a Wish...a Proposal
(*)
Jessica Gilmore

Wish Bound
(*)
J.C. Nelson

The Affair
(*)
Beth Kery

Archangel's Enigma
(*)
Nalini Singh

Ash & Bramble
(*)
Sarah Prineas

The Bachelor Takes a Bride
(*)
Brenda Harlen

Bathsheba: Reluctant Beauty
(*)
Angela Elwell Hunt

Beyond the Cherokee Trail
(*)
Lisa Carter

Brave the Heat
(*)
Sara Humphreys

Corridors of the Night
(*)
Anne Perry

Crucible Zero
(*)
Devon Monk

Dragon Heart
(*)
Cecelia Holland

Dumplin'
(*)
Julie Murphy

The End Begins
(*)
Sara Davison

The End Game
(*)
Catherine Coulter; J.T. Ellison

Hard Love
(*)
Meredith Wild

The Highwayman
(*)
Kerrigan Byrne

Hold On
(*)
Kristen Ashley

Insatiable
(*)
Leslie Kelly / Leslie A. Kelly

Jade Dragon Mountain
(*)
Elsa Hart

Library of Souls
(*)
Ransom Riggs

Make Me
(*)
Lee Child

The Matchmaker's Match
(*)
Jessica Nelson

The Memory Weaver
(*)
Jane Kirkpatrick

The Mistress of Tall Acre
(*)
Laura Frantz

A Noble Masquerade
(*)
Kristi Ann Hunter

Obsession Falls
(*)
Christina Dodd

One
(*)
Sarah Crossan

Only a Kiss
(*)
Mary Balogh

Paloma and the Horse Traders
(*)
Carla Kelly

Pretty Girls
(*)
Karin Slaughter

Queen of Shadows
(*)
Sarah J. Maas

The Rogue You Know
(*)
Shana Galen

The Sea Keeper's Daughters
(*)
Lisa Wingate

Secrets She Kept
(*)
Cathy Gohlke

Shadow Fall
(*)
Laura Griffin

Shadow Play
(*)
Iris Johansen

Sorcerer to the Crown
(*)
Zen Cho

Ungodly
(*)
Kendare Blake

Valley of Decision
(*)
Lynne Gentry

A.D. 33
(*)
Ted Dekker

The Abbey
(*)
James Martin

The Adventuress
(*)
Tasha Alexander

The Aeronaut's Windlass
(*)
Jim Butcher

All I Want
(*)
Jill Shalvis

Another Woman's Daughter
(*)
Fiona Sussman

The Bark Before Christmas
(*)
Laurien Berenson

The Bloodforged
(*)
Erin Lindsey

The Bollywood Bride
(*)
Sonali Dev

A Christmas Bride in Pinecraft
(*)
Shelley Shepard Gray

Claimed
(*)
Elle Kennedy

Everything I Left Unsaid
(*)
M. O'Keefe

Forever Your Earl
(*)
Eva Leigh

Ghost of a Potion
(*)
Heather Blake

The Good Girl's Second Chance
(*)
Christine Rimmer

Her Holiday Protector
(*)
Lenora Worth

His 24-Hour Wife
(*)
Rachel Bailey

Illuminae
(*)
Amie Kaufman; Jay Kristoff

Illusion
(*)
Lea Nolan

The Immortal Heights
(*)
Sherry Thomas

The Legend of Lyon Redmond
(*)
Julie Anne Long

Menagerie
(*)
Rachel Vincent

Mistletoe Rodeo
(*)
Amanda Renee

Playing with Fire
(*)
Kate Meader

Pretending to Dance
(*)
Diane Chamberlain

Radiance
(*)
Catherynne M. Valente

The Rebel
(*)
Adrienne Giordano

A Respectable Actress
(*)
Dorothy Love

Rock Redemption
(*)
Nalini Singh

Six of Crows
(*)
Leigh Bardugo

The Stolen MacKenzie Bride
(*)
Jennifer Ashley

Strong Light of Day
(*)
Jon Land

Tall, Dark and Wicked
(*)
Madeline Hunter

Thicker Than Water 3
(*)
Takerra Allen

Vendetta
(*)
Lisa Harris

What You See
(*)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

White Trash Zombie Gone Wild
(*)
Diana Rowland

Wicked Ever After
(*)
Delilah S. Dawson

Willow Brook Road
(*)
Sherryl Woods

Winter Stroll
(*)
Elin Hilderbrand

You Are Dead
(*)
Peter James

You Are Mine
(*)
Jackie Ashenden

Along the Infinite Sea
(*)
Beatriz Williams

The Anatomical Shape of a Heart
(*)
Jenn Bennett

The Black Wolves
(*)
Kate Elliott

A Blossom of Bright Light
(*)
Suzanne Chazin

Born of Betrayal
(*)
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Breaking Bailey's Rules
(*)
Brenda Jackson

Cast in Honor
(*)
Michelle Sagara

The Christmas Family
(*)
Linda Goodnight

Cold-Hearted Rake
(*)
Lisa Kleypas

Corrupted
(*)
Lisa Scottoline

A Cowboy for Christmas
(*)
Rachel Lee

Daniel's True Desire
(*)
Grace Burrowes

Death at the Abbey
(*)
Christine Trent

Falling Into Bed with a Duke
(*)
Lorraine Heath

The Five Times I Met Myself
(*)
James L. Rubart

The Game of Lives
(*)
James Dashner

The Guilty
(*)
David Baldacci

The Harder You Fall // Enemies to Lovers
(*)
Gena Showalter

His Lost-And-Found Bride
(*)
Scarlet Wilson

The Light of Hidden Flowers
(*)
Jennifer Handford

Mind Magic
(*)
Eileen Wilks

Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante
(*)
Susan Elia MacNeal

Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue
(*)
Victoria Thompson

No Good Deed
(*)
Allison Brennan

November 9
(*)
Colleen Hoover

Our Lady of the Ice
(*)
Cassandra Rose Clarke

The Promise
(*)
Robert Crais

Put a Ring on It
(*)
Beth Kendrick

Reap the Wind
(*)
Karen Chance

Scandal Takes the Stage
(*)
Eva Leigh

The Spinster's Guide to Scandalous Behavior
(*)
Jennifer McQuiston

The Stitching Hour
(*)
Amanda Lee (2)

Sweetest Scoundrel
(*)
Elizabeth Hoyt

Too Many Cooks
(*)
Dana Bate

Tower of Thorns
(*)
Juliet Marillier

The Virgin's Spy
(*)
Laura Andersen

Wake of Vultures
(*)
Lila Bowen

The Wedding Chapel
(*)
Rachel Hauck

White Collar Girl
(*)
Renee Rosen

Wicked Edge
(*)
Rebecca Zanetti

Wicked Release
(*)
Katana Collins

A Winter Wedding
(*)
Brenda Novak

Yarned and Dangerous
(*)
Sadie Hartwell

Yuletide Abduction
(*)
Virginia Vaughan

Alien in Chief
(*)
Gini Koch

Ashley Bell
(*)
Dean Koontz

The Bone Labyrinth
(*)
James Rollins

Broken Records
(*)
Lilah Suzanne

Christmas on the Silver Horn Ranch
(*)
Stella Bagwell

Coming Back
(*)
Lauren Dane

Harbour Street
(*)
Ann Cleeves

I Hope You Dance
(*)
Beth Moran

Killing Trail
(*)
Margaret Mizushima

Memorandom
(*)
Anders De La Motte

Missing in the Glades
(*)
Lena Diaz

Mistletoe Justice
(*)
Carol J. Post

Murder at Whitehall
(*)
Amanda Carmack

The Muse
(*)
Anne Calhoun

Once Shadows Fall
(*)
Robert Daniels

One Rogue at a Time
(*)
Jade Lee

Quincy
(*)
Linda Warren

A Ranger for the Holidays
(*)
Allie Pleiter

Secret Sisters
(*)
Jayne Ann Krentz

Shadow's End
(*)
Thea Harrison

Talos Claims His Virgin // Stolen by the Prince
(*)
Michelle Smart

The Memoir of Johnny Devine
(*)
Camille Eide

Time of Departure
(*)
Douglas Schofield

To Brew or Not to Brew
(*)
Joyce Tremel

Until the Dawn
(*)
Elizabeth Camden

The Wedding Tree
(*)
Robin Wells

What She Knew
(*)
Gilly MacMillan

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