2016 RT Book Reviews (Awarded by RT BookReviews Magazine)

Awards List

Top Pick

Burning Tracks
(*)
Lilah Suzanne
  • / General Fiction
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Dangerous Places
(*)
Elaine Raco Chase

Dark Corners
(*)
Elaine Raco Chase

The Reason
(*)
William Sirls

Black Dog Summer
(*)
Miranda Sherry

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
(*)
Becky Chambers

Unhinge
(*)
Calia Read

Dragos Goes to Washington: A Novella
(*)
Thea Harrison

Gaslight Hades
(*)
Grace Draven
in Beneath a Waning Moon

A Very Proper Monster
(*)
Elizabeth Hunter
in Beneath a Waning Moon

Christian
(*)
D.B. Reynolds

Pia Does Hollywood: A Novella
(*)
Thea Harrison

Sweep in Peace
(*)
Ilona Andrews

Waking Hearts
(*)
Elizabeth Hunter

At Blade's Edge
(*)
Lauren Dane

The Feathered Bone
(*)
Julie Cantrell

Magic Stars
(*)
Ilona Andrews

Passion Bites
(*)
Mary Hughes

Abby, Get Your Groom!
(*)
Victoria Pade

American Housewife: Stories
(*)
Helen Ellis

The Baby and the Cowboy SEAL
(*)
Laura Marie Altom

The Bitter Season
(*)
Tami Hoag

A Boy to Remember
(*)
Cynthia Thomason

The Center of the World
(*)
Jacqueline Sheehan

Confucius Jane
(*)
Katie Lynch

Cowboy Under Fire
(*)
Carla Cassidy

Curio
(*)
Evangeline Denmark

Dark Deeds
(*)
Michelle Diener

The Dirt on Ninth Grave
(*)
Darynda Jones

Dreamwalker
(*)
Allyson James

The Drifter
(*)
Nick Petrie

Dukes Prefer Blondes
(*)
Loretta Chase

Enraptured
(*)
Candace Camp

Fallen Land
(*)
Taylor Brown

False Positive
(*)
Andrew Grant

The Forgotten Room
(*)
Karen White

Foul Play
(*)
Elisabeth Rees

Game Over
(*)
Andrew Klavan

A Ghoul's Guide to Love and Murder
(*)
Victoria Laurie

The Good Goodbye
(*)
Carla Buckley

The Good, the Bad, and the Vampire
(*)
Sara Humphreys

Harley's Achilles
(*)
Sandrine Gasq-Dion

The Hole in the Middle
(*)
Kate Hilton

Kill Without Mercy
(*)
Alexandra Ivy

Midnight Taxi Tango
(*)
Daniel Jose Older

The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake
(*)
Terry Shames

Never Tear Us Apart
(*)
Monica Murphy

Pregnant by the Rival CEO
(*)
Karen Booth

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
(*)
Katarina Bivald; Alice Menzies

The Reader
(*)
Traci Chee

Red Hot
(*)
Lisa Childs

Renegade
(*)
Lisa Bingham

River Road
(*)
Carol Goodman

The Rock
(*)
Monica McCarty

The Rogue Not Taken
(*)
Sarah MacLean

The Rule of Luck
(*)
Catherine Cerveny

Runaway Bride
(*)
Mary Connealy
in With This Ring?

The Texas Ranger's Secret
(*)
DeWanna Pace

Theseus Discovers His Heir
(*)
Michelle Smart

To Have and to Master
(*)
Sparrow Beckett

Winter Ball
(*)
Amy Lane

All the Winters After
(*)
Sere Prince Halverson

Alone in the Dark
(*)
Karen Rose

Always Watching
(*)
Lynette Eason

Behold the Man
(*)
Bodie Thoene; Brock Thoene

Bitter Bite
(*)
Jennifer Estep

The Brimstone Deception
(*)
Lisa Shearin

Brotherhood in Death
(*)
J.D. Robb

Come Home, Cowboy
(*)
Cathy McDavid

Countdown to Zero Hour
(*)
Nico Rosso

Dare to Run
(*)
Jen McLaughlin

Darkness Raging
(*)
Yasmine Galenorn

Deadly Satisfaction
(*)
Trice Hickman

The Deepest Well
(*)
Juliette Cross

Duke of My Heart
(*)
Kelly Bowen

Enchanted Warrior
(*)
Sharon Ashwood

Everything's Relative
(*)
Jenna McCarthy

Find Her
(*)
Lisa Gardner

Firstlife
(*)
Gena Showalter

Forbidden
(*)
Beverly Jenkins

Free Men
(*)
Katy Simpson Smith

A Gathering of Shadows
(*)
V.E. Schwab

The God's Eye View
(*)
Barry Eisler

Good Girls
(*)
Glen Hirshberg

Helios Crowns His Mistress
(*)
Michelle Smart

The Hero's Sweetheart
(*)
Cheryl Wyatt

How to Sleep with the Boss
(*)
Janice Maynard

How to Wrangle a Cowboy
(*)
Joanne Kennedy

The Hunter
(*)
Kerrigan Byrne

Kings Rising
(*)
C.S. Pacat

The Language of Secrets
(*)
Ausma Zehanat Khan

Legend
(*)
Katy Evans

Little Secrets
(*)
Megan Hart

Midnight Revenge
(*)
Elle Kennedy

Morning Star
(*)
Pierce Brown

My American Duchess
(*)
Eloisa James

Night Study
(*)
Maria V. Snyder

No Ordinary Life
(*)
Suzanne Redfearn

No Ordinary Love
(*)
J.J. Murray

The Opposite of Everyone
(*)
Joshilyn Jackson

Out of the Blues
(*)
Trudy Nan Boyce

Packing Heat
(*)
Zuri Day

The Power
(*)
Jennifer L. Armentrout

A Prisoner in Malta
(*)
Phillip Depoy

Riders
(*)
Veronica Rossi

The Rogue
(*)
Katharine Ashe

Room for Hope
(*)
Kim Vogel Sawyer

The Rule of Mirrors
(*)
Caragh M. O'Brien

The Secret Language of Sisters
(*)
Luanne Rice

A Son's Vow
(*)
Shelley Shepard Gray

Spider Game
(*)
Christine Feehan

The Spring at Moss Hill
(*)
Carla Neggers

Summit Lake
(*)
Charlie Donlea

Unhooked
(*)
Lisa Maxwell

Waking Up Wed
(*)
Christy Jeffries

Wedding Bells, Magic Spells
(*)
Lisa Shearin

What Remains of Me
(*)
Alison Gaylin

Where I Lost Her
(*)
T. Greenwood

Who Killed Shelly Sinclair?
(*)
Carla Cassidy

Wicked Sexy Liar
(*)
Christina Lauren

Will's True Wish
(*)
Grace Burrowes

Winterwood
(*)
Jacey Bedford

You're the One That I Want
(*)
Susan May Warren

''I Do''...Take Two!
(*)
Merline Lovelace

All They Ever Wanted
(*)
Tracy Solheim

And Then There Were Nuns
(*)
Kylie Logan

Annabel Lee
(*)
Mike Nappa

Bride of a Distant Isle
(*)
Sandra Byrd

Broken Crowns
(*)
Lauren DeStefano

Brotherhood of the Wheel
(*)
R.S. Belcher

Carrying the King's Pride
(*)
Jennifer Hayward

Come On Closer
(*)
Kendra Leigh Castle

Cottage in the Mist
(*)
Dee Davis

Cowboy Strong
(*)
Kelli Ireland

Deadly Jewels
(*)
Jeannette De Beauvoir

Dear Emma
(*)
Katie Heaney

Fire Touched
(*)
Patricia Briggs

Flirtation Walk
(*)
Siri Mitchell

A Forbidden Temptation
(*)
Anne Mather

Ghost Gifts
(*)
Laura Spinella

The Hearts We Mend
(*)
Kathryn Springer

His Rodeo Sweetheart
(*)
Pamela Britton

A Home of Her Own
(*)
Keli Gwyn

Immortal Redeemed
(*)
Linda Thomas-Sundstrom

The Infamous Heir
(*)
Elizabeth Michels

Kidnapped by the Billionaire
(*)
Jackie Ashenden

Lady Midnight
(*)
Cassandra Clare

Loving Eleanor
(*)
Susan Wittig Albert

The Madwoman Upstairs
(*)
Catherine Lowell

Marked in Flesh
(*)
Anne Bishop

Midnight Marked
(*)
Chloe Neill

The Moon in the Palace
(*)
Weina Dai Randel

No One to Trust
(*)
Melody Carlson

One Texas Cowboy Too Many
(*)
Carolyn Brown

Playing the Part
(*)
Jen Turano

The Promise of Forgiveness
(*)
Marin Thomas

Sawbones
(*)
Melissa Lenhardt

Seven Black Diamonds
(*)
Melissa Marr

Shadow and Flame
(*)
Gail Z. Martin

Shotgun Justice
(*)
Angi Morgan

Sinner's Creed
(*)
Kim Jones

The Study of Seduction
(*)
Sabrina Jeffries

The Two-Family House
(*)
Lynda Cohen Loigman

What We Find
(*)
Robyn Carr

When Falcons Fall
(*)
C.S. Harris

The Winged Histories
(*)
Sofia Samatar

Arena
(*)
Holly Jennings

Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge
(*)
Ovidia Yu

The Beast
(*)
J.R. Ward

A Brush of Wings
(*)
Karen Kingsbury

Cinco de Mayhem
(*)
Ann Myers

Cuff Me
(*)
Lauren Layne

Dark Hearts
(*)
Sharon Sala

Darkness
(*)
Karen Robards

The Demonists
(*)
Thomas E. Sniegoski

Eidolon
(*)
Grace Draven

Eight Ways to Ecstasy
(*)
Jeanette Grey

Engaged to Her Ravensdale Enemy
(*)
Melanie Milburne

Fellside
(*)
M.R. Carey

From Here to Home
(*)
Marie Bostwick

Grim Tidings
(*)
Caitlin Kittredge

Her Werewolf Hero
(*)
Michele Hauf

Hope in the Land
(*)
Olivia Newport

Knit Tight
(*)
Annabeth Albert

The Land of 10,000 Madonnas
(*)
Kate Hattemer

The Last Mile
(*)
David Baldacci

Leaving Oxford
(*)
Janet W. Ferguson

Lies and Other Acts of Love
(*)
Kristy Woodson Harvey

Magic in the Stars
(*)
Patricia Rice

Mail Order Mix-Up
(*)
Christine Johnson

Most Wanted
(*)
Lisa Scottoline

Never Sweeter
(*)
Charlotte Stein

Nobody But You
(*)
Jill Shalvis

The Obsession
(*)
Nora Roberts

One Hot Summer
(*)
Melissa Cutler

One with You
(*)
Sylvia Day

Protect and Serve
(*)
Terri Reed

Reunion Mission
(*)
Virginia Vaughan

A Scandalous Proposal
(*)
Kasey Michaels

Seducing the Best Man
(*)
Sasha Summers

Selfie
(*)
Amy Lane

Shadowed Blade
(*)
J.C. Daniels

Some Women
(*)
Emily Liebert

Song of Silence
(*)
Cynthia Ruchti

Til Death Do Us Part
(*)
Amanda Quick

The Undoing
(*)
Shelly Laurenston

The Viscount Needs a Wife
(*)
Jo Beverley

The Winner's Kiss
(*)
Marie Rutkoski

And After the Fire
(*)
Lauren Belfer

At the Edge of Summer
(*)
Jessica Brockmole

Best of My Love
(*)
Susan Mallery

Billionaire Without a Past
(*)
Carol Marinelli

Britt-Marie Was Here
(*)
Fredrik Backman

Children of Earth and Sky
(*)
Guy Gavriel Kay

The City of Mirrors
(*)
Justin Cronin

The Cowboy's Twins
(*)
Debra Kastner

Day's End
(*)
Colleen Vanderlinden

Deadly Obsession
(*)
Elle James

Deep Dark
(*)
Laura Griffin

Diana's Altar
(*)
Barbara Cleverly

The Earl Takes All
(*)
Lorraine Heath

Extreme Prey
(*)
John Sandford

Fire Bound
(*)
Christine Feehan

The Fireman
(*)
Joe Hill

Flight Patterns
(*)
Karen White

Gone With the Witch
(*)
Heather Blake

Her Stubborn Cowboy
(*)
Patricia Johns

Hide Away
(*)
Iris Johansen

Highly Illogical Behavior
(*)
John Corey Whaley

His Prairie Sweetheart
(*)
Erica Vetsch

I Thee Wed
(*)
Celeste Bradley

In Shining Armor
(*)
Elliott James

In the Clearing
(*)
Robert Dugoni

James Bravo's Shotgun Bride
(*)
Christine Rimmer

Land of Silence
(*)
Tessa Afshar

The Last Star
(*)
Rick Yancey

Lead Me Home
(*)
Amy K. Sorrells

Leaving Blythe River
(*)
Catherine Ryan Hyde

Magnate
(*)
Joanna Shupe

Medical Judgment
(*)
Richard L. Mabry

The Most Scandalous Ravensdale
(*)
Melanie Milburne

Never Let You Go
(*)
Monica Murphy

Plain Protector
(*)
Alison Stone

The Raven King
(*)
Maggie Stiefvater

The Real Mrs. Price
(*)
J.D. Mason

Remembering Dresden
(*)
Dan Walsh

Rival Forces
(*)
D.D. Ayres

Scarlet Rain
(*)
Kristin Cast

The Second Life of Nick Mason
(*)
Steve Hamilton

The Sender
(*)
Kevin Elko; Bill Beusay

Sister Eve and the Blue Nun
(*)
Lynne Hinton

The Sudden Appearance of Hope
(*)
Claire North

Temptations of a Wallflower
(*)
Eva Leigh

Too Like the Lightning
(*)
Ada Palmer

Tribal Law
(*)
Jenna Kernan

Troublemaker
(*)
Linda Howard

Warrior Wench
(*)
Marie Andreas

The Weekenders
(*)
Mary Kay Andrews

Whisper to Me
(*)
Nick Lake

Whisper of Magic
(*)
Patricia Rice

Allegiance of Honor
(*)
Nalini Singh

Born of Legend
(*)
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Break Me Like a Promise
(*)
Tiffany Schmidt

The Cavendon Luck
(*)
Barbara Taylor Bradford

Death and Relaxation
(*)
Devon Monk

Duke of Sin
(*)
Elizabeth Hoyt

Expecting a Royal Scandal
(*)
Caitlin Crews

The Fairest of Them All
(*)
Cathy Maxwell

False Hearts
(*)
Laura Lam

A Gentleman Never Tells: A Novella
(*)
Eloisa James

The Ghost
(*)
Monica McCarty

The Girls
(*)
Emma Cline

The Harder He Falls
(*)
Lynda Aicher

A Haven on Orchard Lane
(*)
Lawana Blackwell

Hot in Hellcat Canyon
(*)
Julie Anne Long

In the Boss's Bed
(*)
J. Margot Critch

The Long Game
(*)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Lovegame
(*)
Tracy Wolff

Marrying Winterborne
(*)
Lisa Kleypas

Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray
(*)
Dorothy Love

The Pages of the Mind
(*)
Jeffe Kennedy

Redeeming the Billionaire Seal
(*)
Lauren Canan

The SEAL's Second Chance Baby
(*)
Laura Marie Altom

Since She Went Away
(*)
David Bell

Sleepless in Manhattan
(*)
Sarah Morgan

The Space Between Sisters
(*)
Mary McNear

Under the Harrow
(*)
Flynn Berry

The Wheel of Osheim
(*)
Mark Lawrence

When We Meet Again
(*)
Kristin Harmel

When We Were Sisters
(*)
Emilie Richards

Wicked Burn
(*)
Rebecca Zanetti

The Wicked Duke
(*)
Madeline Hunter

Within the Veil
(*)
Brandy Vallance

Addicted
(*)
Elle Kennedy

Almost Like Being in Love
(*)
Beth K. Vogt

Awakened
(*)
Kate Douglas

A Beauty Refined
(*)
Tracie Peterson

Billionaire in Wolf's Clothing
(*)
Terry Spear

The Bourbon Thief
(*)
Tiffany Reisz

A Certain Age
(*)
Beatriz Williams

Chasing Lady Amelia
(*)
Maya Rodale

Cowboy After Dark
(*)
Vicki Lewis Thompson

The Curse of Tenth Grave
(*)
Darynda Jones

A Dangerous Damsel
(*)
Kimberly Bell

Dark Minds
(*)
Michelle Diener

The Darkest Lie
(*)
Pintip Dunn

Daughters of the Bride
(*)
Susan Mallery

Empire of Dust
(*)
Eleanor Herman

Forevermore
(*)
Kristen Callihan

From Kiss to Queen
(*)
Janet Chapman

Heroine Complex
(*)
Sarah Kuhn

Illusion Town
(*)
Jayne Castle

Lawman on the Hunt
(*)
Cindi Myers

Little Girl Gone
(*)
Gerry Schmitt

Make Me Love You