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bringing home the bad boy
Jessica Lemmon forever
hot and bothered Kate Meader FOREVER
Erotic Romance
having her Jackie Ashenden samhain
as hot as it gets Elle Kennedy samhain
Historical Fiction
the nightingale Kristin Hannah St. martin’s
Historical Romance
earls just want to have fun Shana Galen
sourcebooks
forbidden to love the duke Jillian Hunter
Signet select
if the viscount falls Sabrina Jeffries pocket
Inspirational
Beneath the forsaken City C .E. Laureano
TH!NK
Mainstream Fiction
Walking on trampolines Frances Whiting
Gallery
Blue Stars Emily Gray Tedrowe St. Martin’s
Mystery, Suspense & Thriller
The Forgotten Girls Sara Blaedel Grand Central
Dreamless Jørgen Brekke Minotaur
A Woman Unknown Frances Brody Minotaur
MURDER IN THE QUEEN’S GARDEN
Amanda Carmack Obsidian
SHADOW OF THE RAVEN Tessa Harris Kensington
Obsession in Death J.D. Robb Putnam
selected from 248 novels reviewed in this issue
Contemporary Romance
Paranormal
viper game Christine Feehan jove
bound by flames Jeaniene Frost Avon
Romantic Suspense
closer than you think Karen Rose
Signet
Blind faith R ebecca Zanetti
Forever
Science Fiction & Fantasy
karen memory Elizabeth Bear tor
Series Romance
HIS SMALL-TOWN SWEETHEART
Amanda Berry harlequin special edition
LET THEM TALK Susanna Carr
harlequin blaze
THIRTY DAYS TO WIN HIS WIFE
Andrea Laurence harlequin desire
THE CATTLEMAN Angi Morgan harlequin intrigue
PLAYING BY THE GREEK’S RULES S arah Morgan
harlequin presents
PLAIN PERIL Alison Stone love inspired suspense
Urban Fantasy
the dragon conspiracy Lisa Shearin ace
deadly spells Jaye Wells orbit
Young Adult
All Fall Down Ally Carter Scholastic
Save Me Jenny Elliott Swoon reads
I Was Here Gayle Forman Viking
The Last Time We Say Goodbye C ynthia Hand
HarperTeen
Ignite Sara B. Larson Scholastic
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HARLEQUIN AMERICAN ROMANCE Reviewed by Susan Mobley
Harlequin romantic suspense Reviewed by Melanie Bates
1533(3)
1534(4)
1535(4)
1536(4)
1835(4) Carrying His Secret
1836(4) Operation Power Play
1837(4) Silken Threats
1838(3) Taken by the Con
The Twins’ Rodeo Rider
Lone Star Valentine
The Cowboy’s Valentine
Kissed by a Cowboy
9780373755547
Tina Leonard
9780373755554 Cathy Gillen Thacker
9780373755561Donna Alward
9780373755578
Pamela Britton
9780373279050Marie Ferrarella
9780373279067
Justine Davis
9780373279074Addison Fox
9780373279081
C.J. Miller
Harlequin BLAZE Reviewed by Kim Jefferson
Harlequin Special Edition Reviewed by Debbie Haupt
831(4)
832(3)
833(4)
834(4HTP)
2383(4H) Fortune’s Little
Heartbreaker
2384(4H) Her Baby and Her Beau
2385(4H) The Daddy Wish
2386(4) The Fireman’s Ready-
Made Family
2387(4H) Marry Me, Mackenzie!
2388(4HTP) His Small-Town Sweetheart
A SEAL’s Secret
The Perfect Indulgence
Rock Solid
Let Them Talk
9780373798353
Tawny Weber
9780373798360Isabel Sharpe
9780373798377Samantha Hunter
9780373798384Susanna Carr
Harlequin Desire Reviewed by Anna Dougherty
2353(4) Her Forbidden Cowboy 9780373733668 Charlene Sands
2354(4) His Lost and Found Family 9780373733675Sarah M. Anderson
2355(4) The Blackstone Heir
9780373733682Dani Wade
2356(4HTP)Thirty Days to Win His Wife 9780373733699Andrea Laurence
2357(4H) The Texan’s Royal M.D.
9780373733705Merline Lovelace
2358(4) Terms of a Texas Marriage 9780373733712
Lauren Canan
Harlequin intrigue Reviewed by Susannah Balch
1545(4) Confessions
9780373698127
Cynthia Eden
1546(4) Heart of a Hero
9780373698134Debra Webb
& Regan Black
1547(4) Disarming Detective 9780373698141Elizabeth Heiter
9780373698158Angi Morgan
1548(4HTP) The Cattleman
1549(3) Hard Target
9780373698165Barb Han
1550(4H) Countermeasures
9780373698172
Janie Crouch
Harlequin Presents Reviewed by Debbie Haupt
3305(4H) Delucca’s Marriage
9780373133116Abby Green
Contract
3306(4) The Redemption
9780373133123 Carole Mortimer
of Darius Sterne
3307(4HTP)Playing by the Greek’s Rules 9780373133130Sarah Morgan
3308(4H) The Sultan’s Harem Bride 9780373133147Annie West
3309(3) To Wear His Ring Again
9780373133154 Chantelle Shaw
3310(4) Innocent in His Diamonds 9780373133161Maya Blake
3311(4H) The Man to Be Reckoned With 9780373133178 Tara Pammi
3312(4) Claimed by the Sheikh
9780373133185 Rachael Thomas
9780373743247Susan Meier
9780373743254
Jessica Gilmore
9780373743261 Teresa Carpenter
9780373743278
Cindy Kirk
9780373658664
Victoria Pade
9780373658671Brenda Harlen
9780373658688
Jules Bennett
9780373658695
Joanna Sims
9780373658701Amanda Berry
Harlequin Superromance Reviewed by Alexandra Kay
1972(4H)
1973(4)
1974(4)
1975(4)
Sweet Talking Man
Tempted by the Soldier
A Perfect Catch
To Protect Her Son
9780373608966
Liz Talley
Patricia Potter
9780373608980Anna Sugden
9780373608997Stella MacLean
9780373608973
KIMANI romance Reviewed by B. Nakia Garner
413(3) The Way You Love Me
415(2) Thief of My Heart
416(4) Journey to Seduction
9780373863891Donna Hill
9780373863914
9780373863921
Janice Sims
Candace Shaw
LOVE INSPIRED Reviewed by Leslie McKee
(4) A Match for Addy
(4) Daddy Wanted
(4) Hometown Valentine
(4) The Fireman’s Secret
(4H) Healing the Widower’s Heart
(4) Falling for Texas
9780373879373Emma Miller
9780373879380
Renee Andrews
9780373879397
Lissa Manley
9780373879403
Jessica Keller
9780373879410Susan Anne Mason
9780373879427
Jill Lynn
LOVE INSPIRED historical Reviewed by Susan Mobley
(4H)
(4H)
(4)
(4)
Big Sky Homecoming
The Engagement Bargain
Sheltered by the Warrior
A Daughter’s Return
9780373282982
Linda Ford
9780373282999Sherri Shackelford
9780373283002Barbara Phinney
9780373283019
Janet Lee Barton
LOVE INSPIRED SUSPENSE Reviewed by Leslie McKee
Harlequin Romance Reviewed by Jaime A. Geraldi
4459(4H) Her Brooding Italian Boss
4460(3) The Heiress’s Secret Baby
4461(4) A Pregnancy, a Party & a Proposal
4462(3) Best Friend to Wife
and Mother?
9780373658657
Caroline Anderson
(3)
(4)
(4)
(4HTP)
(4)
(4H)
To Save Her Child
Fugitive Trackdown
Taken
Plain Peril
Silent Hunter
Manhunt
9780373446483Margaret Daley
9780373446490Sandra Robbins
9780373446506
Lisa Harris
9780373446513Alison Stone
9780373446520Maggie K. Black
9780373446537
Lisa Phillips
TP = Top Pick
eroticaratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS • ISSUE #372 • February 2015
4HTP
Jackie Ashenden 4
Jaci Burton
4Sarah Castille 4HTPElle Kennedy 4H
Jeffe Kennedy
3Sierra Kincade 4Em Petrova 3Nora Quick
3
Robin L. Rotham 4HDawn Ryder 4
Charlotte Stein
3
Victoria Sue
Having Her
Quarterback Draw
Rough Justice
As Hot as it Gets
Under His Touch
The Distraction
Somethin’ Dirty
Hidden Magic
Amorous Overnight
Filthy Rich
Forbidden
Raleigh Point: Rescue
9781619223431
9780425263006
9781250056603
9781619223394
9781426899461
9780425278000
9781619223479
9781603108713
9781619223387
9781402287152
9780062365101
9781631053733
Samhain
Berkley
St. Martin’s
Samhain
Carina*
Berkley
Samhain
Red Sage
Samhain
Sourcebooks
Avon Red/Impulse*
Secret Cravings*
TP = Top Pick
* Hardcover
** E-book
science fiction/fantasyratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS • ISSUE #372 • February 2015
4HTPElizabeth Bear
3
Jayde Brooks
4H
Viola Carr
4Sharon Lynn Fisher
4
Rhiannon Frater
3
Randy Henderson
4
Leanna Renee Hieber
3
Jim C. Hines
4Evie Manieri
4Walter Mosley
4
Cherie Priest
4
Jonas Samuelle
4HSam Sykes
4H
Greg van Eekhout
Karen Memory Daughter of Gods and Shadows
The Diabolical Miss Hyde
Echo 8 Dead Spots
Finn Fancy Necromancy
The Eterna Files
Unbound
Fortune’s Blight
Inside a Silver Box
Jacaranda
The Jovian Spark
The City Stained Red
Pacific Fire
9780765375247
9780312591113
9780062363084
9780765376374
9780765337153
9780765378088
9780765336743
9780756409685
9780765332356
9780765375216
9781596066847
N/A
9780316374873
9780765328564
Tor*
St. Martin’s Griffin
Harper Voyager
Tor
Tor
Tor*
Tor*
Daw*
Tor*
Tor*
Subterranean*
Jonas Samuelle
Orbit
Tor*
TP = Top Pick
* Hardcover
** E-book
historical romanceratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS • ISSUE #372 • February 2015
4Alex Beecroft
3
Kelly Boyce 4
Gwyn Cready 4H
Lily Dalton
4HTPShana Galen 4HTP
Jillian Hunter 4HTPSabrina Jeffries 4
Laura Lee Guhrke
4
Julia London
4Margaret McPhee 4
Julia Quinn 4H
Karen Ranney 4Bronwyn Scott 4Michelle Styles HISTORICAL FICTION
4
Kate Alcott
4Belinda Alexandra
4Hazel Gaynor 4HTP
Kristin Hannah
4HWilliam Klaber
4Susan Meissner
4H
Kate Riordan 4HHeather Webb
4Alison Weir The Reluctant Berserker
Salvation in the Sheriff’s Kiss
Just in Time for a Highlander Never Surrender to a Scoundrel
Earls Just Want to Have Fun
Forbidden to Love the Duke
If the Viscount Falls
Catch a Falling Heiress
The Devil Takes a Bride
The Lost Gentleman
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy
In Your Wildest Scottish Dreams
Breaking the Rake’s Rules
Taming His Viking Woman
9781619223455
9780373298198
9781492601937
9781455523993
9781402298714
9780451470133
9781476786049
9780062334657
9780373778904
9780373298211
9780062072948
9780062337474
9780373298204
9780373298228
Samhain
Harlequin
Sourcebooks
Forever
Sourcebooks
Signet Select
Pocket
Avon
HQN
Harlequin
Avon
Avon
Harlequin
Harlequin
A Touch of Stardust White Gardenia A Memory of Violets
The Nightingale
The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell
Secrets of a Charmed Life
Fiercombe Manor
Rodin’s Lover
the marriage game
9780385539043
9781476790312
9780062316899
9780312577223
9781250061874
9780451419927
9780062332943
9780142181751
9780345511911
Doubleday*
Gallery
William Morrow
St. Martin’s*
St. Martin’s*
NAL
Harper*
Plume
Ballantine*
TP = Top Pick
* Hardcover
** E-book
contemporary romanceratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS • ISSUE #372 • February 2015
3Sara Arden
4HBella Andre
4Beverly Barton
4Mandy Baxter
4
Grace Burrowes
4
Victoria Dahl
3Alice Gaines
3
Regina Hart
4H
Jesse Hayworth 4
Crystal Jordan
2
Joanne Kennedy
4
Kimberly Kincaid
4
Linda Lael Miller 4
Rachel Lacey
3Sydney Landon
4HTP
Jessica Lemmon 4
Catherine Mann
4
Jill Mansell
4Emily March 4H
Cara McKenna
4HTP
Kate Meader 4H
Carla Neggers
4H
Kristen Proby
2
Violetta Rand
4
R.C. Ryan 4
Kathryn Scarborough
4
Candis Terry 3
Victoria Vane 3Samantha Young
Unfaded Glory
It Must Be Your Love
Just the Way You Are
one kiss more
The First Kiss
Flirting With Disaster
Kiss the Frog
Wishing Lake
Firelight at Mustang Ridge
DESTINATION: Desire, Volume 1 How to Kiss a Cowboy
Fire Me Up The Marriage Charm For Keeps
Always Loving You
Bringing Home the Bad Boy Rescue Me
The Unexpected Consequences of Love
Teardrop Lane
Give It All
Hot and Bothered
Echo Lake
Falling for Jillian
Surrender
The Rebel of Copper Creek
This Just In ...
Sweet Surprise
Rough Rider
Hero
9780373779321
9780778317319
9781420135589
9781420134810
9781402278877
9780373779116
9781940854038
9781617735646
9780451470812
9781619223417
9781402283697
9781420136555
9780373778928
9781455582129
9780451472809
9781455531486
9780425269893
9781492602088
9780345542328
9780451471277
9781455599639
9780778317432
9781476759388
9781101882672
9781455572267
9781621353638
9780062351135
9781492601159
9780451475602
HQN
Mira
Zebra
Zebra
Sourcebooks
HQN
Alice Gaines
Dafina
Signet Eclipse
Samhain
Sourcebooks
Zebra
HQN
Forever
Signet Eclipse
Forever
Berkley Sensation
Sourcebooks
Ballantine
Signet Eclipse
Forever
Mira
Pocket
Loveswept**
Forever
Astraea**
Avon
Sourcebooks
NAL
TP = Top Pick
* Hardcover
** E-book
paranormal romanceratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS • ISSUE #372 • February 2015
4A. C. Arthur
3Dana Marie Bell
4HDakota Cassidy
4Donna June Cooper
4HTP
Christine Feehan
4HTP
Jeaniene Frost
4
Kimberly Frost
4
Robin D. Owens
3Marian Perera
4Erin Quinn
4
Katie Reus
4Anna Richland
4
Terry Spear
Hunger’s Mate
Bear Naked
The Accidental Dragon
More Than Magic
Viper Game
Bound by Flames
Casually Cursed
Ghost Killer
The Highest Tide
The Three Fates of Ryan Love
Hunter Reborn
The Second Lie
Jaguar Pride
9781250042927
9781619223400
9780425268636
9781619223448
9780515155549
9780062076083
9780425267837
9780425269831
9781619224537
9781476727493
9780451417961
9781426899492
9781402293795
St. Martin’s
Samhain
Berkley
Samhain
Jove
Avon
Berkley Sensation
Berkley Sensation
Samhain**
Pocket
Signet Eclipse
Carina**
Sourcebooks
TP = Top Pick
* Hardcover
** E-book
urban fantasyratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS • ISSUE #372 • February 2015
4H
Kelley Armstrong
4
Karina Cooper
4HYasmine Galenorn 4
Karen Marie Moning
4HTP
Lisa Shearin
4
Kathleen Tierney
4HTP
Jaye Wells
Forsaken
Transmuted
Panther Prowling Burned
The Dragon Conspiracy
Cherry Bomb
Deadly Spells
9781596066915
9781426899485
9780515154764
9780385344418
9780425266922
9780451416551
9780316228428
Subterranean*
Carina**
Jove
Delacorte*
Ace
Roc
Orbit
TP = Top Pick
* Hardcover
** E-book
mystery, suspense & thrillerratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS • ISSUE #372 • February 2015
4
Traci Andrighetti
4
Lucy Arlington
4Maggie Barbieri
3M.C. Beaton
4HTPSara Blaedel
3Sandra Block
4HTP
Jørgen Brekke
4HTPFrances Brody
4H
John Burley
4H
Kate Carlisle 4HTPAmanda Carmack
3
Charlie Cochrane
4Hy Conrad
4Monica Ferris
4H
Lisa Gardner 4HTP
Tessa Harris
4
Lene Kaaberbøl
4
Jonathan Kellerman
4HTP
J.D. Robb
3
Loretta Ross
4Shirley Rousseau & Pat J.J. Murphy 4
Karen Rose Smith
4Erica Spindler
Prosecco Pink
Played by the Book
Lies That Bind
Death of a Liar
The Forgotten Girls
Little Black Lies
Dreamless
A Woman Unknown The Forgetting Place
This Old Homicide
Murder in the Queen’s Garden
The Best Corpse for the Job
Toured to Death
Darned If You Do
Crash and Burn
Shadow of the Raven
Doctor Death
Motive
Obsession in Death
Death & the Redheaded Woman
The Cat, the Devil, the Last Escape
Gilt by Association
The First Wife
9781502974945
9780425276631
9781250011701
9781455504787
9781455581528
9781455583737
9781250016997
9781250037046
9780062227409
9780451469205
9780451415134
9781626491922
9781617736780
9780425270103
9780525954569
9780758293398
9781476731384
9780345541376
9780399170874
9780738743936
9780062269102
9780758284884
9781250012548
Gemma Halliday
Prime Crime
Minotaur*
Grand Central*
Grand Central*
Grand Central
Minotaur*
Minotaur*
William Morrow
Obsidian
Obsidian
Riptide
Kensington*
Berkley*
Dutton*
Kensington
Atria*
Ballantine*
Putnam*
Midnight Ink
William Morrow*
Kensington
St. Martin’s*
TP = Top Pick
* Hardcover
** E-book
inspirationalratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS • ISSUE #372 • February 2015
4H
Jennifer Beckstrand
4
Terri Blackstock
4HMaggie Brendan
4
Lisa Carter
4Mindy Starns Clark & Susan Meissner
4Debra Clopton
4
Kellie Coates Gilbert
4HShelley Shepard Gray
4Sally John
4HTP
C.E. Laureano
4Max Lucado
4HNancy Mehl
4Olivia Newport
4
Janette Oke & Laurel Oke Logan
4
Christa Parrish
4Allison Pataki
4Donita K. Paul
4Dani Pettrey
4Adina Senft
3Marissa Shrock
4
Kathryn Springer
4
Jill Eileen Smith
3
Liz Tolsma
4
Courtney Walsh
4HSusan May Warren
Huckleberry Spring
Twisted Innocence
The Trouble with Patience
Vines of Entanglement
The Amish Clockmaker
Betting on Hope
Where Rivers Part
Promise of Palm Grove
Heaven Help Heidi
Beneath the Forsaken City
Miracle at the Higher Grounds Café
Deadly Echoes
Meek and Mild
Where Trust Lies
Still Life
The Accidental Empress
Two Renegade Realms
Sabotaged
Keys of Heaven
The First Principle
The Dandelion Field
The Crimson Cord
Remember the Lilies
Paper Hearts
Always on My Mind
9781420136494
9780310332367
9780800722647
9781426795442
9780736957380
9781401690496
9780800722739
9780062337702
9780736954686
9781612916316
9780718000882
9780764211584
9781628366327
9780764213182
9781401689032
9781476790220
9780310735816
9780764211966
9781455548668
9780825443572
9780310339632
9780800720346
9781401689148
9781414398693
9781414378442
Zebra
Zondervan
Revell
Abingdon
Harvest House
Thomas Nelson
Revell
Avon Inspire
Harvest House
Th!nk
Thomas Nelson*
Bethany House
Shiloh Run
Bethany House
Thomas Nelson
Howard*
Zondervan
Bethany House
FaithWords
Kregel
Zondervan
Revell
Thomas Nelson
Tyndale
Tyndale
TP = Top Pick
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** E-book
mainstream fictionratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS • ISSUE #372 • February 2015
3
Robin Antalek
4
Tamar Cohen
4Melissa Falcon Field
4HTPEmily Gray Tedrowe
4Annie Groves
2Ella Harper
3Sally Hepworth
3Beth Kendrick
4Wendy Lee
4E.C. Osondu
4H
Liza Palmer
2
Kimberla Lawson Roby
4
Katie Schickel
4Amanda Eyre Ward
4HTPFrances Whiting
The Grown Ups
War of the Wives
What Burns Away
Blue Stars Child of the Mersey
Pieces of You
The Secrets of Midwives
New Uses For Old Boyfriends
Across a Green Ocean
This House is Not for Sale
Girl Before a Mirror The Prodigal Son
Housewitch
The Same Sky
Walking on Trampolines
9780062302472
9780778317487
9781492604563
9781250052483
9780007550807
9780007581108
9781250051899
9780451465863
9781617734878
9780061990885
9780062297242
9781455526116
9780765377302
9780553390506
9781476780016
William Morrow
Mira
Sourcebooks
St. Martin’s*
Harper360
Harper360
St. Martin’s*
NAL
Kensington
Harper*
William Morrow
Grand Central*
Forge*
Ballantine*
Gallery
TP = Top Pick
* Hardcover
** E-book
romantic suspense ratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS • ISSUE #372 • February 2015
4HMaya Banks
4HelenKay Dimon
3
Kat Martin
3Shannon McKenna
4Sandra Owens
4HSylvain Reynard
4H
Karen Robards
4HTP
Karen Rose
4HTP
Rebecca Zanetti
In His Keeping
Playing Dirty
Against the Sky
In for the Kill
Someone Like Her
The Raven Hush
Closer Than You Think
Blind Faith
Avon
Avon
Zebra
Kensington
Montlake
Berkley
Gallery*
Signet
Forever
9780062312488
9780062330055
9781420133844
9780758273512
9781477820902
9780425266496
9781476766584
9780451466730
9781455574476
TP = Top Pick
* Hardcover
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