october

selected from 314 novels reviewed in this issue

Contemporary Romance

Getting Rowdy Lori Foster HQN Run to You Rachel Gibson Avon Starry Night Debbie Macomber Ballantine christmas on 4th Street Susan Mallery HQN

Mystery, Suspense & Thriller

Erotic Romance

the unidentified redhead A  lice Clayton

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Behind the shattered glass Tasha Alexander minotaur deadline Sandra Brown grand central dead mans time Peter James minotaur silencing eve Iris Johansen st. Martins blowback Valerie Plame & Sarah Lovett blue rider dark city F. Paul Wilson tor

soul survivor Katana Collins aphrodisia drawn together Lauren Dane berkley Border lair Bianca DArc samhain a little harmless ride M  elissa Schroeder
melissa schroeder

Paranormal

the night is forever Heather Graham mira

Romantic Suspense Series Romance

SLEEP WITH THE LIGHTS ON Maggie Shayne MIRA snowbound with the soldier Jennifer Faye harlequin romance the greeks marriage bargain Sharon Kendrick harlequin presents a weaver beginning A  llison Leigh
harlequin special edition

Historical Romance

the wicked deeds of daniel mackenzie Jennifer Ashley berkley sensation lady in red Mire Claremont signet eclipse a ladys secret weapon  Tracey Devlyn
sourcebooks

duke of midnight Elizabeth Hoyt grand central the counterfeit mistress  Madeline Hunter
Jove

my spy Dana Marton harlequin intrigue

destinys surrender Beverly Jenkins avon what a gentleman desires K  asey Michaels
HQN

Urban Fantasy Young Adult

Cold blooded Amanda Carlson orbit relic Renee Collins entangled the eye of minds James Dashner delacorte unbreakable Kami Garcia little, brown losing hope Colleen Hoover atria picture me gone Meg Rosoff Putnam endless Jessica Shirvington sourcebooks through the zombie glass Gena Showalter harlequin teen the final descent Rick Yancey simon & Schuster

NOTORIOUS ATHERTON Patricia Rice Patricia rice

Inspirational

Return to Me Lynn Austin Revell

Mainstream Fiction

the signature of all things Elizabeth Gilbert viking we are water Wally Lamb harper hush little baby S  uzanne Redfearn
grand central

series romanceratings
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HARLEQUIN AMERICAN ROMANCE Reviewed by Susan Mobley

1469 (4) Twins under the Christmas Tree 9780373754731 Marin Thomas 1470 (4H) Big Sky Christmas 9780373754748 C.J. Carmichael 1471 (4) Her Wyoming Hero 9780373754755 Rebecca Winters 1472 (4) A Ranchers Christmas 9780373754762 Ann Roth
Harlequin BLAZE Reviewed by Kim Jefferson

4937 (4) The Redemption of 9780373742622 Michelle Rico DAngelo Douglas 4398 (3) The christmas baby surprise 9780373742639 Shirley Jump
Harlequin romantic suspense Reviewed by Melanie Bates

767 (4) Lying in your arms 768 (3) The Mighty Quinns: Rourke 769 (3) The Bridesmaids Best Man 770 (4) Command Performance 2257 (3) Yuletide Baby Surprise 2258 (4) The Lone Star Cinderella 2259 (4) A Beauty Uncovered 2260 (3) A Wolff At Heart 2261 (4) A Cowboys Temptation 2262 (3) Countering His Claim 1449 (4) 1450 (4) 1451 (4) 1452 (4H) 1453 (4HTP) 1454 (4) Ready, Aim ... I DO! Trap, secure Cowboy Resurrected The Reunion My Spy Mountain Heiress

9780373797714 Leslie Kelly 9780373797721 Kate Hoffmann 9780373797738 Susanna Carr 9780373797745 Sara Jane Stone

1771 (4H) Killers prey 1772 (4) The Colton Bride 1773 (3) Texas Secrets, Lovers Lies 1774 (4) The London Deception

9780373278411 Rachel Lee 9780373278428 Carla Cassidy 9780373278435 Karen Whiddon 9780373278442 Addison Fox

Harlequin Special Edition Reviewed by Debbie Haupt

Harlequin Desire Reviewed by Susannah Balch

9780373732708 Catherine Mann 9780373732715 Maureen Child 9780373732722 Andrea Laurence 9780373732739 Janice Maynard 9780373732746 Barbara Dunlop 9780373732753 Rachel Bailey 9780373697168 Debra Webb 9780373697175 Carol Ericson 9780373697182 Elle James 9780373697199 Jana DeLeon 9780373697205 Dana Marton 9780373697212 Cassie Miles 9780373207329 Kimberly Lang 9780373207336 Natalie Anderson 9780373207343 Louisa George 9780373207350 Nina Harrington

2287 (4) Marrying Dr. Maverick 9780373657698 Karen Rose Smith 2288 (4HTP) A Weaver Beginning 9780373657704 Allison Leigh 2289 (4) Flirting with Destiny 9780373657711 Christyne Butler 2290 (4H) A Family, at last 9780373657728 Susan Crosby 2291 (4H) One Night with the Doctor 9780373657735 Cindy Kirk 2292 (4H) Lost and Found Husband 9780373657742 Sherri WhiteFeather
Harlequin Superromance Reviewed by Alexandra Kay

Harlequin intrigue Reviewed by Pat Cooper

1878 (4) His Brown-eyed girl 1879 (4) A Texas Family 1880 (4H) In this together 1881 (4) For the first time 1882 (4) Not Another Wedding 1883 (3) Because of Audrey 349 (2) This Winter night 350 (4) Designed by desire 351 (4) A Chance with you 352 (2) Let me hold you (4) (3) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (3) (3) (3)

9780373718788 Liz Talley 9780373718795 Linda Warren 9780373718801 Kara Lennox 9780373718818 Stephanie Doyle 9780373718825 Jennifer McKenzie 9780373718832 Mary Sullivan

Harlequin kiss Reviewed by Sabrina Madan

KIMANI romance Reviewed by B. Nakia Garner

33 (3) Last groom standing 34 (4) Whose Bed Is It Anyway? 35 (4H) Backstage with her Ex 36 (3) Blame it on the Champagne 169 (4) Claimed by the Demon 170 (4H) Out of the Night

9780373863242 Janice Sims 9780373863259 Pamela Yaye 9780373863266 Yahrah St. John 9780373863273 Melanie Schuster 9780373878413 9780373878420 9780373878437

Harlequin nocturne Reviewed by Alexandra Kay

Love INspired Reviewed by Leslie McKee

9780373885794 Doranna Durgin 9780373885800 Trish Milburn

Harlequin Presents Reviewed by Debbie Haupt

3177 (4HTP) The Greeks Marriage Bargain 3178 (4) A Faade to shatter 3179 (4) The Playboy of Puerto Banus 3180 (4) Never Underestimate a caffarelli 3181 (4) An Enticing Debt to Pay 3182 (4H) Marriage Made of secrets 3183 (4H) The Divorce Party 3184 (4H) A Hint of Scandal

9780373131839 Sharon Kendrick 9780373131846 9780373131853

Lynn Raye Harris Carol Marinelli

Storybook Romance White christmas in dry creek The Cowboys Christmas Courtship The Nurses secret suitor A Season of Love Lone Star Holiday A Family for Christmas The Secret Princess Taming the texas ranger An Unlikely Union

Lissa Manley Janet Tronstad Brenda Minton

9780373878444 Cheryl Wyatt 9780373878451 Kim Watters 9780373878468 Jolene Navarro 9780373829835 Winnie Griggs 9780373829842 Rachelle McCalla 9780373829859 Rhonda Gibson 9780373829866 Shannon Farrington

9780373131860 Melanie Milburne 9780373131877 Annie West 9780373131884 Maya Blake 9780373131891 9780373131907

LOVE INSPIRED historical Reviewed by Susan Mobley

Jennifer Hayward Tara Pammi

LOVE INSPIRED SUSPENSE Reviewed by Leslie McKee

Harlequin Romance Reviewed by Jaime A. Geraldi

4395 (3) Single Dads christmas miracle 9780373742608 Susan Meier 4396 (4HTP) SNOWBOUND WITH THE SOLDIER 9780373742615 Jennifer Faye

(4) Danger in Amish country 9780373445561 Marta Perry, Diane Burke & Kit Wilkinson (4H) Thread of suspicion 9780373445578 Susan Sleeman (4) The Reluctant Witness 9780373445585 Kathleen Tailer (4) Warning Signs 9780373445592 Katy Lee
TP = Top Pick

eroticaratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #356 October 2013
4 Lynda Aicher 3 Shayla Black & Rhyannon Byrd 4 Sara Brookes 3 Mari Carr 4HTP Alice Clayton 4HTP Katana Collins 4HTP Lauren Dane 4HTP Bianca DArc 3 Lisa Eugene 3 Cyndi Friberg 2 Kendall Grace 4 Jasmine Haynes 4 Kelly Jamieson 3 Lisa Renee Jones 4 Elle Kennedy 3 Cara McKenna 3 Tara Sue Me 4H Katie Porter 4 Christina Phillips 2 A.D. Robertson 4HTP Melissa Schroeder 4 Anthology 3 Anthology Bonds of Hope Wicked and Dangerous Rock Your Soul Screaming Orgasm The Unidentified Redhead Soul Survivor Drawn Together Border Lair Steal My Heart Therian Prize Thunderstruck The Naughty Corner Slammed Revealing Us Getting Hotter Unbound The Training Bare Knuckle Bloodlust Denied Captive A Little Harmless Ride High Octane Heroes Love Letters Vol. 4: Travel to Temptation
9781426896293 Carina* 9780425263754 Berkley 9781419944765 Elloras Cave* 9781419935800 Elloras Cave* 9781476741222 Gallery 9780758290137 Aphrodisia 9780425256091 Berkley 9781619215481 Samhain 9781490583402 Lisa Eugene 9781419946769 Elloras Cave* 9781419946257 Elloras Cave* 9780425266236 Berkley 9781619214613 Samhain* 9781476727226 Gallery 9781619214996 Samhain 9781101621998 InterMix* 9780451466242 NAL 9781619210943 Samhain* 9781419940200 Elloras Cave* 9780525954118 Dutton 9781939734075 Melissa Schroeder 9781573449694 Cleis 9781426895937 Carina*
* E-book

science fiction/fantasyratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #356 October 2013
3 Elizabeth Bear 4 Steve Bein 3 Steven Brust & Skyler White 4 Christopher Buehlman 4H Tina Connolly 4 Brenda Cooper 4 Laura Anne Gilman 4H Elliott James 2 K.W. Jeter 4 Ann Leckie 4 Scott Lynch 3 Adam Mansbach 4 Anne Rice 4 Kristine Kathryn Rusch Book of Iron Year of the Demon The Incrementalists The Necromancers House Copperhead The Diamond Deep Soul of Fire Charming Fiendish Schemes Ancillary Justice The Republic of Thieves The Dead Run The Wolves of Midwinter Skirmishes
9781596064744 9780451465191 9780765334220 9780425256657 9780765330604 9781616148553 9780373803576 9780316253390 9780765374028 9780316246620 9780553804690 9780062199652 9780385349963 9780615795249

Subterranean* Roc Tor* Ace* Tor* Pyr Luna Orbit Tor* Orbit Del Rey* Harper Voyager* Knopf* WMG
TP = Top Pick * Hardcover ** E-book

historical romanceratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #356 October 2013
4HTP Jennifer Ashley The Wicked Deeds of Daniel Mackenzie 9780425253953 Berkley Sensation 4H Valerie Bowman Secrets of a Scandalous Marriage 9781250008978 St. Martins 3 Cynthia Breeding Rogue of the Isles 9781619215450 Samhain** 3 Mary Brendan A Date with Dishonor 9780373297573 Harlequin 4 Grace Burrowes Lady Jennys Christmas Portrait 9781402263835 Sourcebooks 4HTP Mire Claremont Lady in Red 9780451418005 Signet Eclipse 4H Lily Dalton Never Desire a Duke 9781455524013 Forever 4 Jennifer Delamere A Lady Most Lovely 9781455518968 Forever 4HTP Tracey Devlyn A Ladys Secret Weapon 9781402258282 Sourcebooks 4H Alexa Egan Shadows Curse 9781451672923 Pocket 4 Joanna Fulford Defiant in the Vikings Bed 9780373297580 Harlequin 4H Karen Hawkins How to Entice an Enchantress 9781451685220 Pocket 4HTP Elizabeth Hoyt Duke of Midnight 9781455508341 Grand Central 4HTP Madeline Hunter The Counterfeit Mistress 9780515151381 Jove 9781420124019 Zebra 3 Jackie Ivie Laird of Ballanclaire 4HTP Beverly Jenkins Destinys Surrender 9780062231109 Avon 4 Coleen Kwan Darke London 9781619215573 Samhain** 3 Georgie Lee Engagement of Convenience 9780373297566 Harlequin 4H Mia Marlowe Plaid Tidings 9781420129731 Zebra 4H Jennifer McQuiston Summer is For Lovers 9780062231314 Avon 4HTP Kasey Michaels What a Gentleman Desires 9780373777839 HQN 4 Brenda Novak Through the Smoke 9781477808764 Montlake 4 Kaitlin ORiley His by Christmas 9781420112412 Zebra 4HTP Patricia Rice Notorious Atherton 9781611382631 Patricia Rice 4 Theresa Romain Season for Scandal 9781420132434 Zebra 4H Kate Rothwell Love Between the Lines 9781627763578 Kate Rothwell** 3 Gerri Russell A Laird for Christmas 9781477808870 Montlake 3 Pamela Sherwood A Song at Twilight 9781402273254 Sourcebooks 4 Bertrice Small Lucianna 9780451413741 NAL 4 Anthology Christmas Cowboy Kisses 9780373297559 Harlequin Historical Fiction 3 Jennifer Chiaverini The Spymistress 9780525953623 Dutton* 4 Lynn Cullen Mrs. Poe 9781476702919 Gallery* 4 Michelle Diener Banquet of Lies 9781451684452 Gallery 4H Kate Emerson Royal Inheritance 9781451661514 Gallery 4 Carolly Erickson The Spanish Queen 9781250000125 St. Martins Griffin* 4 Kate Furnivall Shadows on the Nile 9780425265086 Berkley 4 Shona Patel Teatime for the Firefly 9780778315476 Mira
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contemporary romanceratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #356 October 2013
4 Beth Albright 4 Lynnette Austin 4 Jennifer Bernard 4 Carolyn Brown 4 Melissa Cutler 3 Victoria Dahl 3 Janet Dailey 4HTP Lori Foster 3 Stacy Gail 4HTP Rachel Gibson 4 Michele Grant 3 Alexis Hall 3 Rachel Harris 3 Cat Johnson 4 Erin Kern 3 Adrianne Lee 3 Jessica Lemmon 4HTP Debbie Macomber 4HTP Susan Mallery 4 Hanna Martine 4 Debbie Mason 4 Teresa Mummert 3 J.J. Murray 4 Erin Nicholas 3 Shannon Richard 4 Scarlett Scott 4H Christina Skye 4H Juliana Stone 4H Sherryl Woods 4 Anthology 3 Anthology Sleigh Belles Nearest Thing to Heaven How to Tame a Wild Fireman The Cowboys Christmas Baby Cowboy JusticE So Tough to Tame Merry Christmas, Cowboy Getting Rowdy Ugly Ducklings Finish First Run to You Losing to Win Glitterland Taste the Heat Two Times as Hot Here Comes Trouble Delectable Hard to Handle Starry Night Christmas on 4th Street Long Shot The Trouble with Christmas White Trash Damaged You Give Good Love Hitched Undeniable Win My Love Butterfly Cove The Christmas He Loved Her A Seaside Christmas The Sugar Cookie Sweetheart Swap A Very Merry Temptation
9780778315308 Mira 9781455528387 Forever Yours** 9780062273659 Avon 9781402280498 Sourcebooks 9781420130065 Zebra 9780373777891 HQN 9781420124637 Zebra 9780373777792 HQN 9781426895890 Carina** 9780062069146 Avon 9780758289636 Dafina 9781626490253 Riptide 9781622660940 Entangled** 9780758285409 Brava 9781455573967 Forever 9781455549153 Forever Yours 9781455574100 Forever Yours 9780345528896 Ballantine* 9780373777822 HQN* 9780425267516 Berkley Sensation 9781455527687 Forever 9781476732084 Gallery 9780758277251 Kensington 9781619214316 Samhain** 9781455547425 Forever Yours 9781419946530 Elloras Cave** 9780373777853 HQN 9781402274831 Sourcebooks 9780778315117 Mira* 9780758290885 Kensington 9780373091416 Kimani/Arabesque

TP = Top Pick

* Hardcover

** E-book

paranormal romanceratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #356 October 2013
4H Cathryn Cade 4H Coreene Callahan 4H Jan DeLima 4H Dianne Duvall 4 Angie Fox 4HTP Heather Graham 4 Donna Grant 3 Marie Hall 4 Larissa Ione 4 Bec McMaster 4 Debra Mullins 4 Amy Raby 4H Alisha Rai 4 Kimberly Raye 4 Caris Roane 4 Lynsay Sands 4 Patricia Simpson 4 Terry Spear 4H Shelli Stevens 4 J.R. Ward 4 Anthology 4 Anthology Blooming in the Wild Fury of Desire Celtic Moon Darkness Rises My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding The Night is Forever Midnights Temptation Deaths Lover Bound by Night My Lady Quicksilver Prodigal Son Spys Honor Night Whispers The Devils in the Details Born in Chains One Lucky Vampire Gabriels Daughter A SEAL Wolf Christmas Savage Betrayal Possession Mirror, Mirror Christmas Ghosts
9781619214958 9781477809624 9780425266205 9781420129786 9781939661142 9780778315087 9781250017284 9781455549887 9781476700175 9781402270338 9780765336866 9780451417831 9781619215030 9781477807552 9781250035295 9780062078148 9780984041268 9781402284083 9781619215061 9780451240194 9780515154078 9780615783550

Samhain Montlake Ace Zebra Angie Fox Mira St. Martins Forever Yours Pocket Sourcebooks Tor Signet Eclipse Samhain Montlake St. Martins Avon Lucky Publishing Sourcebooks Samhain NAL* Jove Fiction River
TP = Top Pick * Hardcover ** E-book

urban fantasyratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #356 October 2013
4 Jacqueline Carey 4HTP Amanda Carlson 4 P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast 4H Karen Chance 4 Yasmine Galenorn 4 S.J. Harper 4 Emma Jane Holloway 2 Adrian Phoenix 4 Anton Strout Autumn Bones Cold Blooded Revealed Tempt the Stars Autumn Whispers Cursed A Study in Silks On Midnight Wings Stonecast
9780451465184 9780316205221 9780312594435 9780451419057 9780515152821 9780425263297 9780345537188 9781451645347 9780425256404

Roc* Orbit St. Martins Griffin* Signet Jove Roc Del Rey Pocket Ace
TP = Top Pick * Hardcover ** E-book

mystery, suspense & thrillerratings

RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #356 October 2013
4HTP Tasha Alexander 4HTP Sandra Brown 4 JoAnna Carl 4H Emma J. Chapman 3 Paula Daly 4 Jeffery Deaver 4HTP Peter James 4HTP Iris Johansen 4H Andrea Kane 3 Justin Kramon 4 Diane Kelly 4H Sofie Kelly 3 Kylie Logan 4H Leslie Meier 4 Tim OMara 4 Sara Paretsky 4 George Pelecanos 4H Leigh Perry 4H Linda Lee Peterson 4HTP Valerie Plame & Sarah Lovett 4H Thatcher Robinson 4 Sara Rosett 4 Wendy Corsi Staub 4H Scott Turow 4H Jeri Westerson 4HTP F. Paul Wilson Behind the Shattered Glass Deadline The Chocolate Book Bandit How to Be a Good Wife Just What Kind of Mother Are You? The October List Dead Mans Time Silencing Eve The Stranger You Know The Preservationist Death, Taxes and Green Tea Ice Cream Final Catcall Chili Con Carnage Christmas Carol Murder Crooked Numbers Critical Mass The Double A Skeleton in the Family The Devils Interval Blowback White Ginger Milkshakes, Mermaids, and Murder The Good Sister Identical Shadow of the Alchemist Dark City
9781250024701 9781455501519 9780451239549 9781250018199 9780802121622 9781455576647 9781250030184 9781250020024 9780778315018 9781605984803 9781250023087 9780451414700 9780425262412 9780758277015 9781250009005 9780399160561 9780316078399 9780425255841 9781938849114 9780399158209 9781616148171 9780758269225 9780062222374 9781455527205 9781250000309 9780765330154

Minotaur* Grand Central* Obsidian St. Martins* Grove* Grand Central* Minotaur* St. Martins* Mira* Pegasus* St. Martins Obsidian Prime Crime Kensington Minotaur* Putnam* Little, Brown* Prime Crime Prospect Park Blue Rider* Seventh Street Kensington Harper Grand Central* Minotaur* Tor*
TP = Top Pick * Hardcover ** E-book

inspirationalratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #356 October 2013
4HTP Lynn Austin Return to Me 4H Sandra D. Bricker Raw Edges 4H Janice Cantore Critical Pursuit 3 Melody Carlson First Date 4 Melody Carlson A Simple Christmas Wish 4 Judy Christie Sweet Olive 4 Mary Ellis A Little Bit of Charm 3 Ann H. Gabhart Christmas at Harmony Hill 4H Robin Lee Hatcher Beloved 3 Dee Henderson Unspoken 4 Melissa Jagears A Bride for Keeps 3 Myra Johnson When the Clouds Roll By 4H Beverly Lewis The Secret Keeper 4 Timothy Lewis Forever Friday 4H Nancy Mehl Unforeseeable 3 Serena B. Miller Under a Blackberry Moon 4 Nancy Moser The Journey of Josephine Cain 3 Deborah Raney Silver Bells 4 Jordyn Redwood Peril 4H Lauraine Snelling AN Untamed Heart 4 Rebecca St. James & Nancy Rue The Merciful Scar 4 Melissa Tagg Made to Last 4 Jen Turano A Talent for Trouble 4 Carrie Turansky The Governess of Highland Hall 4 Lis Wiehl & Pete Nelson Fatal Tide
9780764211508 Bethany House* 9781426752759 Abingdon 9781414375533 Tyndale 9780800721312 Revell 9780800719654 Revell* 9780310330547 Zondervan 9780736938686 Harvest House 9780800719821 Revell* 9780310257776 Zondervan 9780764211843 Bethany House* 9780764211683 Bethany House 9781426753565 Abingdon 9780764211485 Bethany House* 9780307732217 WaterBrook 9780764209291 Bethany House 9780800721183 Revell 9780824934279 Summerside 9780824934378 Summerside 9780825442131 Kregel 9780764211515 Bethany House* 9781401689223 Thomas Nelson 9780764211324 Bethany House 9780764211263 Bethany House 9781601424969 WaterBrook 9781595549464 Thomas Nelson*
TP = Top Pick * Hardcover

mainstream fictionratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #356 October 2013
4 V.C. Andrews 4H Barbara Davis 4HTP Elizabeth Gilbert 3 T. Greenwood 4HTPG Wally Lamb 3 Kathleen McCleary 3 Jane OConnor 4 Joseph Pittman 4 Naomi Ragen 4HTP Suzanne Redfearn 4 Kiki Swinson & Nikki Turner 4H Donna Tartt Roxys Story The Secrets She Carried The Signature of All Things Bodies of Water We are Water Leaving Haven Almost True Confessions The Memory Tree The Sisters Weiss Hush Little Baby Most Wanted THE GOLDFINCH
9781476706986 9780451418777 9780670024858 9780758250933 9780061941023 9780062106261 9780061240942 9780758289438 9780312570194 9781455573202 9780758280251 9380316055437

Pocket NAL Viking* Kensington Harper* Morrow Morrow Kensington St. Martins* Grand Central Dafina Little, Brown*
TP = Top Pick G = Gold * Hardcover