Connie N.’s Comments (group member since Sep 03, 2013)

Connie N.’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

All done with the medieval wonders!

7 Wonders of the Medieval World
Timeframe: 3/18/17 to 4/20/18
110/110
7/7 Wonders

Stonehenge (10/10)
S - Sweet Revenge by Rebecca Zanetti - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
T – Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan by Mandy Baxter - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Necessary Evil by Jamie K. Schmidt - 3/25/17 ♥♥♥
E – Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis - 4/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Julie Garwood - The Bride - 3/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥

Colosseum (9/9)
C - Carides's Forgotten Wife by Maisey Yates - 3/24/17 ♥♥♥
O - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
L – Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - 8/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - 4/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Susan Mallery - The Marcelli Princess - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Richard Paul Evans - The Road to Grace - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
M - The Mystery of the Tolling Bell by Carolyn Keene - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (23/23)
C - Creation in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author A.M. Madden - Vanishing Act - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Talk Show Murders by Al Roker - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥
A - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Craving by Helen Hardt - 4/27/17 ♥♥♥
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Jenn McKinlay - Buttercream Bump Off - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin - 3/23/17 ♥♥♥
S - Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Overruled by Emma Chase - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Dick Francis - Smokescreen - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/21/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Manda Collins - Duke with Benefits - 7/17/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Herman Koch - The Dinner - 4/24/17 ♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
Q – Author Julia Quinn - The Lady Most Willing... - 5/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Haven - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
F – Author Jeaniene Frost - Destined for an Early Grave - 8/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - 4/26/17 ♥♥♥♥

Great Wall of China (16/16)
G - God Save The Child by Robert B. Parker - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
E – Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
T - Tied by Emma Chase - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne - 4/29/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
L – Author C.S. Lewis - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - 9/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - Prince Caspian - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Barbara O'Neal - The All You Can Dream Buffet - 8/28/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
F - Author Dalene Flannigan - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Kathy Clark - Deep Night - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥
H - The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥

Porcelain Tower of Nanjing (23/23)
P - The Proposal by Mary Balogh - 5/10/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - On Fire by Rachel Kramer Bussel - 10/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Blakely - Mister O - 7/25/17 ♥♥♥
A - Any Day Now by Robyn Carr - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Kelly Jamieson - 11/9/17 ♥♥♥
W - Worth It All by Claudia Connor - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R – Author Katie Rose - Hard to Hold - 8/15/17 ♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Thorne - Rock Me Hard - 1/11/18 ♥♥♥
F - Author Jeaniene Frost - At Grave's End - 6/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nora Roberts - From This Day - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥
A - Abby: Mail Order Bride by Verna Clay - 6/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
J - Author Jaci Burton - Don't Let Go - 4/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Hagia Sophia (11/11)
H - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Arrangement by Mary Balogh - 6/15/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker - 8/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Desire - 6/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Clare Connelly - 1/14/18 ♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - 16th Seduction - 6/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author A.J. Banner - The Good Neighbor - 9/3/17 ♥♥♥

Leaning Tower of Pisa (18/18)
L - Lured In by Laura Drewry - 7/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
A - At Bluebonnet Lake by Amanda Cabot - 9/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews - 10/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Not That Easy by Radhika Sanghani - 11/29/17 ♥♥♥
G - Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins - 8/20/17 ♥♥♥
T - Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich - 3/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
W - When We Fall by Marquita Valentine - 6/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Lord of Darkness - 4/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rosalind James - Just This Once - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥
F - Falling Hard by Tina Wainscott - 6/20/17 ♥♥♥
P - Promises in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi - 10/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - 7/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 4/20/18******

Quests & Legends - Part 2

Narrative (9/9)
N - Author Natasha Preston - You Will Be Mine - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Richard Doetsch - The 13th Hour - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Make It Hurt - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

Ode (3/3)
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
D – Author Diane Mott Davidson - The Last Suppers - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥

Parable (7/7)
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥

Quest (5/5)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
S - Someone like You by Lauren Layne - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Rune (4/4)
R - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥

Saga (4/4)
S - Serena's Plight by Carol Madison - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥

Tale (4/4)
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥

Undertaking (11/11)
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Caressed by Ice - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Laura Drewry - How Forever Feels - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
K – Author Kelly Jamieson - Body Shot - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥

Valor (5/5)
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Legendary Lord - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Hard Sell - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥

Wayfarer (8/8)
W - When Love Comes by J.H. Croix - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Six Geese A-Slaying - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Jeaniene Frost - Home for the Holidays - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
A – Author Jackie Ashenden - Take Me Deeper - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

X - Expedition (10/10)
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
P - Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
D - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥

Y - Voyage (6/6)
V - Author Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Can't Hurry Love by Lee Kilraine - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Z - Wizard (6/6)
W - Author Yvonne Whittal - The Light Within - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
Z – Author Allen Zadoff - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A – Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Renegade - 4/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna VanLiere - The Christmas Star - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 4/3/19*******

Quests & Legends
Timeframe: 4/20/18 to 4/3/19
164/164
26/26 Words

Adventure (9/9)
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Wrong for Me - 4/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Darynda Jones - The Curse of Tenth Grave - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Victoria Vane - Hell on Heels - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nina LaCour - You Know Me Well - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
T – Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
R – River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥

Bold (4/4)
B – Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥

Crusade (7/7)
C – A Cowboy's Christmas Promise by Maggie McGinnis - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Sawyer Bennett - Bishop - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Devil's Own by Megan Crane - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥

Daring (6/6)
D - Do Over by Serena Bell - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - L is for Lawless - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥

Epic (4/4)
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Counting Stars by Kathleen Long - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥

Fearless (8/8)
F - The Final Score by Jaci Burton - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
S - Author Sandra Brown - Breakfast in Bed - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
S – A Snowbound Scandal by Jessica Lemmon - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥

Goal (4/4)
G - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Hot Asset - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Hero (4/4)
H – Author Joanne Harris - Chocolat - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥

Imagination (11/11)
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - The Crown Prince's Bride - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
N – Author Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

Journey (7/7)
J - Jacked Up by Samantha Kane - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

K - Folklore (8/8)
F - Author Cory Franklin - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Saw Red - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
K - The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
L – Lifeguard by James Patterson - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
O - Odin's Shadow by Erin S. Riley - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder Off the Beaten Path - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥

Legend (6/6)
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Hollow - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Diane Mott Davidson - Killer Pancake - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Myth (4/4)
M - Author Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥
T - Author Terri Brisbin - Christmas in Kilts - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥

Answer the Question - Part 2

Levy (4/4)
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

Mention (7/7)
M - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Caressed by Ice - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥

Negotiate (9/9)
N - Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
G - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
E – Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥

Observe (7/7)
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Someone like You by Lauren Layne - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Victoria Laurie - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥

Probe (5/5)
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥

Question (8/8)
Q - Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own by Doreen Orion - 11/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Serena's Plight by Carol Madison - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥

Report (6/6)
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
P – Author Amanda Prowse - The Art of Hiding - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - 12 Rounds by Lauren Hammond - 2/17/19 ♥♥♥

Search (6/6)
S - Sawyer Bennett - Bishop - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Cory Franklin - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hard Sell by Lauren Layne - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

Third degree (11/11)
T - Take the Fall by Marquita Valentine - 3/19/19 ♥♥
H - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Diane Mott Davidson - The Last Suppers - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Laura Drewry - How Forever Feels - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder Off the Beaten Path - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Urge (4/4)
U - The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

V - Delve (5/5)
D - Don't Call Me Sweetheart by Codi Gary - 11/11/18 ♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
V - Valerie Bowman - The Legendary Lord - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥

Wonder (6/6)
W - Author Yvonne Whittal - The Light Within - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Diane Mott Davidson - Killer Pancake - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

X - Examine (7/7)
E - Estep, Jennifer - Venom - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
A – A.A. Milne - The Sunny Side: Short Stories and Poems for Proper Grown-Ups - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eve Langlais - In the Mood Fur Love - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥

Y - Query (5/5)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity by Ross Petras - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
R - Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥

Z - Puzzle (6/6)
P - Author James Patterson - Lifeguard - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
U - Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
Z – Author Allen Zadoff - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Z - Author Lindy Zart - Love without a Compass - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
E - Eternal Summer by Anne Hampson - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 11/14/19*****

I've finally decided on my words for the spell-out version.

Answer the Question
Timeframe: 4/15/18 to 11/14/19
183/183
26/26 Words

Answer (6/6)
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Wrong for Me - 4/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Now and Then by Mira Lyn Kelly - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥
S – A Snowbound Scandal by Jessica Lemmon - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
W - When Love Comes by J.H. Croix - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Renegade by Kristen Ashley - 4/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Beseech (7/7)
B - A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥
S - The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hell on Heels by Victoria Vane - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥

Consult (7/7)
C - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nina LaCour - You Know Me Well - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
S - Author Sandra Brown - Breakfast in Bed - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥

Demand (6/6)
D - Devil's Own by Megan Crane - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Make It Hurt by Jackie Ashenden - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
A – Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Do Over by Serena Bell - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥

Entreat (7/7)
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Terri Brisbin - Christmas in Kilts - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin S. Riley - Odin's Shadow - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Feedback (8/8)
F - The Final Score by Jaci Burton - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
D - Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Body Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Crown Prince's Bride by Donna Alward - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
K - The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥

Guess (5/5)
G - Author Sue Grafton - L is for Lawless - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Spurred On by Sabrina York - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥

Hit Up (5/5)
H - Hot Asset by Lauren Layne - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

Inquire (7/7)
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Hollow - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - Paw and Order - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

Justification (13/13)
J - Author Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥
T - The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Jeaniene Frost - Home for the Holidays - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

Knee jerk reaction (16/16)
K - Author Lee Kilraine - You Can't Hurry Love - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
J - Jacked Up by Samantha Kane - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Author Kathleen Long - Counting Stars - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Chocolat by Joanne Harris - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Natasha Preston - You Will Be Mine - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥

An update:

assam (5/5)
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Shari Lapena - The Couple Next Door - 12/2/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S – Summer Days by Susan Mallery - 12/19/17 ♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Marcelli Princess by Susan Mallery - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥

black (5/5)
B - Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Any Day Now by Robyn Carr - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
C - A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
K – Author Kathy Clark - Deep Night - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥

chai (4/4)
C - Author Claudia Connor - Worth It All - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hard and Fast by Erin McCarthy - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Abby: Mail Order Bride by Verna Clay - 6/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥

darjeeling (10/10)
D – Author Dick Francis - Enquiry - 1/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - 6/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Promises in Death - 7/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
J - Author Kelly Jamieson - Dancing in the Rain - 9/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lady Most Willing... by Julia Quinn - 5/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥
G - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Earl Gray (8/8)
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - The Arrangement by Mary Balogh - 6/15/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - The Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - Prince Caspian - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel by Dalene Flannigan - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Kindred in Death - 7/21/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Desire - 6/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

floral (6/6)
F - Author M.J. Fields - Morrison - 10/18/17 ♥
L - Author Lauren Blakely - Mister O - 7/25/17 ♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rosalind James - Just This Once - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lured In by Laura Drewry - 7/27/17 ♥♥♥♥

green (5/5)
G - The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker - 8/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Fantasy in Death - 8/19/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

herbal (6/6)
H - Hard to Hold by Katie Rose - 8/15/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
R - Rotten to the Core by Sheila Connolly - 10/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Turned On and Off - 11/30/17 ♥♥♥
A – All He Ever Desired by Shannon Stacey - 12/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - 8/10/17 ♥♥♥♥

iced (4/4)
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

jasmine (7/7)
J - Author J.H. Croix - Christmas Nights - 12/18/17 ♥♥♥
A - At Bluebonnet Lake by Amanda Cabot - 9/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
S – Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - 7/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
M – Moving On: A Romance About Love & Second Chances In A Beautiful Castle by Maggie Fox - 11/28/17 ♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Keemun (6/6)
K - Author Kate Meader - Flirting with Fire - 9/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Pursuit - 9/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Manda Collins - Duke with Benefits - 7/17/17 ♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

lemongrass (10/10)
L - Author Lauren Layne - Ready to Run - 8/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - 9/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
M – Author Manda Collins - With This Christmas Ring - 1/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews - 10/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins - 8/20/17 ♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Strangers in Death - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podell - 9/6/17 ♥♥♥
S - Skinny Bitch Gets Hitched by Kim Barnouin - 8/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - Fallen - 8/29/17 ♥♥♥♥

matcha (6/6)
M - Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker - 9/12/17 ♥♥♥
A - Accelerate by Tracy Wolff - 9/16/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Author Megan Crane - Devil's Honor - 10/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Pull Me Close - 8/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Welcome to Forever - 9/17/17 ♥♥♥♥

White Elephant - Part 3

Twelve Days (10/10)
T - The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
W - When Love Comes by J.H. Croix - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Can't Hurry Love by Lee Kilraine - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Suzanne Brockmann - The Unsung Hero - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥

U - Drummers Drumming (16/16)
D - Do Over by Serena Bell - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Jael McHenry - The Kitchen Daughter - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Make It Hurt by Jackie Ashenden - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sawyer Bennett - Hawke - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥
D - Author Donna VanLiere - The Christmas Star - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
M - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis - 3/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
N - Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author G.A. McKevett - Bitter Sweets - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥

V - Turtle Doves (11/11)
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lora Leigh - Rugged Texas Cowboy - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
O – One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
S - Someone like You by Lauren Layne - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥

Worship (7/7)
W - Wrangled and Tangled by Lorelei James - 3/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Stacey Lynn - Fake Wife - 3/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot & Heavy by Tracy Wolff - 3/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Paw and Order by Spencer Quinn - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥

X - Joyeux Noel (10/10)
J – Joanne Harris - Chocolat - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - The Pagan Stone - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Erin S. Riley - Odin's Shadow - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lauren Hammond - 12 Rounds- 2/17/19 ♥♥♥

Yuletide (8/8)
Y – You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse by Ross Petras - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
U – Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity by Ross Petras - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Robert Lacey - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Driven to Ink by Karen E. Olson - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
E – Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥

Z - Feliz Navidad (12/12)
F - Far from the Tree by Robin Benway - 2/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
L – Author Jessica Lemmon - Arm Candy - 3/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥
Z – Author Rebecca Zanetti - Claimed - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
N – Natasha Preston - You Will Be Mine - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Marc Aronson - One Death, Nine Stories - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Marquita Valentine - Take the Fall - 3/19/19 ♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Breaks - 1/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Donna Alward - The Crown Prince's Bride - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Renegade - 4/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
D – Donna Andrews - Six Geese A-Slaying - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/28/20*****

White Elephant - Part 2

Joy (3/3)
J - Author James Patterson - Kiss the Girls - 3/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
Y – The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride by Leanne Banks - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥

King (4/4)
K - Kiss Me Back by Sidney Halston - 2/23/19 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No One to Trust by Katie Reus - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥
G - Author Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Lords a Leaping (13/13)
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sandra Brown - Breakfast in Bed - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - Lifeguard - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Hollow - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥

Maids a Milking (13/13)
M - Author Carol Madison - Serena's Plight - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Diane Mott Davidson - Killer Pancake - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Samantha Kane - Jacked Up - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Legendary Lord by Valerie Bowman - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Kelly Jamieson - Top Shelf - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥

Nutcracker (10/10)
N - Author Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlucky in Love by Maggie McGinnis - 3/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Counting Stars by Kathleen Long - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder Off the Beaten Path - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Cassie Ryan - My Addiction - 3/22/19 ♥♥♥
K - Author Kelly Jamieson - Body Shot - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Offering (8/8)
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Jeaniene Frost - Home for the Holidays - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
F - Festive in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/13/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Isobel Chace - To Marry a Tiger - 4/20/19 ♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Roxane Gay - Difficult Women - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥

Partridge (9/9)
P – Author Piper Kerman - Orange Is the New Black- 4/20/18 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Regret by Kristen Ashley - 2/24/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥
R - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Fated - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Kyra Davis - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
G – Author Lois Greiman - Unplugged - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

Quiet (5/5)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Rings (5/5)
R - Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis - 3/26/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nina LaCour - You Know Me Well - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
G - Author Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Lynsay Sands - A Bite to Remember - 3/29/19 ♥♥♥♥

Swans a Swimming (14/14)
S - Author Sawyer Bennett - Bishop - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
W - Welcoming the Bad Boy by Annie Rains - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - A Snowbound Scandal by Jessica Lemmon - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Allen Zadoff - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Snowflakes, Iced Cakes and Second Chances by Sue Watson - 1/25/19 ♥♥♥
W - Author Yvonne Whittal - The Light Within - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
M - Author Maggie McGinnis - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Christine Mangan - Tangerine - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥

It's a little past the Christmas season, but I'm still in for the spell-out version.

White Elephant
Timeframe: 3/15/18 to 1/28/20
243/243
26/26 Items

Angels (6/6)
A - Author Anna Bennett - My Brown-Eyed Earl - 3/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing Personal by Jaci Burton - 4/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Anne George - Murder Runs in the Family - 4/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellen Marie Wiseman - The Life She Was Given - 4/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - The Silver Chair - 4/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Jeff Soloway - The Travel Writer: A Mystery - 3/25/18 ♥♥

B - Calling Birds (12/12)
C - Author Charlaine Harris - A Bone to Pick - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Celia Aaron - Cleat Chaser - 4/10/19 ♥♥
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Indiscreet by Kasey Michaels - 4/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Now and Then by Mira Lyn Kelly - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - L is for Lawless - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Risk It by Jennifer Chance - 4/2/18 ♥♥♥
D - Doing It for Love by Cassie Mae - 3/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands - 3/22/18 ♥♥♥♥

Carol (5/5)
C - Christmas in Kilts by Terri Brisbin - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Wrong for Me - 4/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author Ruthie Knox - Madly - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
O – The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lynsay Sands - Tall, Dark & Hungry - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥

D - Ladies Dancing (13/13)
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Saw Red - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Almost Forever by Kathy Clark - 4/13/18 ♥♥♥
D - Author Darynda Jones - The Curse of Tenth Grave - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Escape Diaries by Juliet Rosetti - 4/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - Criminal - 3/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author A.A. Milne - The Sunny Side: Short Stories and Poems for Proper Grown-Ups - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
N – The Nightingale Nurses by Donna Douglas - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
C – Cancun by Kimberly Fox - 3/27/19 ♥♥♥
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥

E - Pear Tree (8/8)
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Celebrity in Death - 4/5/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T – Author Trish McCallan - Forged In Ash - 3/17/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥

French Hens (10/10)
F - The Final Score by Jaci Burton - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Cory Franklin - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hell on Heels by Victoria Vane - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥
H - Hot Asset by Lauren Layne - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret of the Wooden Lady by Carolyn Keene - 3/31/18 ♥♥♥♥

Geese a Laying (12/12)
G - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
S - Summer Nights by Susan Mallery - 4/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
G - Author George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥

Holiday (7/7)
H - Hard Sell by Lauren Layne - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Drewry - How Forever Feels - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
D - Devil's Own by Megan Crane - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Annie Rains - Stolen Kisses - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥

I - Pipers Piping (12/12)
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Caressed by Ice - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥

A few words completed:

accord (6/6)
A – Author Amy Swifton - She Do Run Run: A Shot of Romantic Suspense - 11/6/17 ♥♥♥
C - A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
C – Confess, Fletch by Gregory McDonald - 10/26/17 ♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Treachery in Death - 12/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Deep Night by Kathy Clark - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥

back down (8/8)
B - Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Arrangement by Mary Balogh - 6/15/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
K – Author Sophie Kinsella - Shopaholic Takes Manhattan - 11/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
W - The Winter Bride by Anne Gracie - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥

connect (7/7)
C - A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Overruled by Emma Chase - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C – Code of Honor by Missy Johnson - 11/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan by Mandy Baxter - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥

defer (5/5)
D – Author Donna Alward - The Playboy Prince and the Nanny - 11/12/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
F – Author Jessica Fechtor - Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home - 11/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - The Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥

ego (3/3)
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
G - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel by Dalene Flannigan - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥

follow (6/6)
F - Author Jeaniene Frost - At Grave's End - 6/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
L – Love Bites by Lynsay Sands - 11/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Barbara O'Neal - The All You Can Dream Buffet - 8/28/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - When We Fall by Marquita Valentine - 6/12/17 ♥♥♥♥

group (5/5)
G - The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker - 8/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend - 6/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - On Fire by Rachel Kramer Bussel - 10/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
P – Author Paula Paul - Medium Dead - 9/30/17 ♥♥♥

hassle (6/6)
H - Hard to Hold by Katie Rose - 8/15/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author A.J. Banner - The Good Neighbor - 9/3/17 ♥♥♥
S - Author Susan Mallery - The Marcelli Princess - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥
S – Author Jill Shalvis - A Christmas to Remember - 11/11/17 ♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - Prince Caspian - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥

influence (9/9)
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
F - Falling Hard by Tina Wainscott - 6/20/17 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Blakely - Mister O - 7/25/17 ♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
N - No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews - 10/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Manda Collins - Good Earl Gone Bad - 8/20/17 ♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥

join (4/4)
J - Author Julia Alvarez - In the Time of the Butterflies - 10/30/17 ♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Kelly Jamieson - 11/9/17 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
N - Not That Easy by Radhika Sanghani - 11/29/17 ♥♥♥

kids (4/4)
K - Author Kate Meader - Flirting with Fire - 9/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Duke with Benefits by Manda Collins - 7/17/17 ♥♥♥
S - Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥

link (4/4)
L - Lured In by Laura Drewry - 7/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
K – Author Kelly Jamieson - Major Misconduct - 8/17/17 ♥♥♥♥

mold (4/4)
M – Moon Called by Patricia Briggs - 10/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Thorne - Rock Me Hard - 1/11/18 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Ready to Run - 8/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

nudge (5/5)
N - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb - 2/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 12/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Deal Breakers by Laura Lee - 9/13/17 ♥♥♥
G - Giving It All by Christi Barth - 10/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥

A few words completed:

antediluvian (12/12)
A - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥
T - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Don't Let Go by Jaci Burton - 4/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥
L – Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Turned On and Off - 11/30/17 ♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
V - Vanishing Act by A.M. Madden - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - 4/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

bedraggled (10/10)
B - Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
D – The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones - 11/30/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
G - God Save The Child by Robert B. Parker - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Deep Night by Kathy Clark - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥

creaky (6/6)
C – The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena - 12/2/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Carolyn Keene - The Mystery of the Tolling Bell - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

dated (5/5)
D - Author Diane Mott Davidson - The Cereal Murders - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Jackie Ashenden - Dirty For Me - 12/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Talk Show Murders by Al Roker - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Tied - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥

enduring (8/8)
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
D – Author Debbie Macomber - Rose Harbor in Bloom - 1/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel by Dalene Flannigan - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥

fossil (6/6)
F - Author M.J. Fields - Morrison - 10/18/17 ♥
O - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
S – Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella - 11/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Susan Mallery - The Marcelli Princess - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - Prince Caspian - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥

gray (4/4)
G - The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker - 8/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley - 12/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - 6/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

A couple more wonders completed:

Great Wall of China (16/16)
G - God Save The Child by Robert B. Parker - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
E – Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
T - Tied by Emma Chase - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne - 4/29/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
L – Author C.S. Lewis - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - 9/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - Prince Caspian - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Barbara O'Neal - The All You Can Dream Buffet - 8/28/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
F - Author Dalene Flannigan - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Kathy Clark - Deep Night - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥
H - The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥

Porcelain Tower of Nanjing (23/23)
P - The Proposal by Mary Balogh - 5/10/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - On Fire by Rachel Kramer Bussel - 10/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Blakely - Mister O - 7/25/17 ♥♥♥
A - Any Day Now by Robyn Carr - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Kelly Jamieson - 11/9/17 ♥♥♥
W - Worth It All by Claudia Connor - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R – Author Katie Rose - Hard to Hold - 8/15/17 ♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Thorne - Rock Me Hard - 1/11/18 ♥♥♥
F - Author Jeaniene Frost - At Grave's End - 6/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nora Roberts - From This Day - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥
A - Abby: Mail Order Bride by Verna Clay - 6/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
J - Author Jaci Burton - Don't Let Go - 4/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS - Part 2

raincoat (8/8)
R - The Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez - 10/30/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Overruled by Emma Chase - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Any Day Now by Robyn Carr - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Accelerate - 9/16/17 ♥♥♥

sun (3/3)
S - Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 12/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

tennis balls (11/11)
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - Winter Street - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews - 10/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Must Be Christmas: Three Holiday Stories by Jennifer Crusie - 11/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - 7/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Broken by Karin Slaughter - 2/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Abby: Mail Order Bride by Verna Clay - 6/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
L – Author C.S. Lewis - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - 9/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Shannon Stacey - Yours to Keep - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

umbrella (8/8)
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
M - Major Misconduct by Kelly Jamieson - 8/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin - 3/23/17 ♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Desire by Vivian Arend - 6/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - Prince Caspian - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Blakely - Mister O - 7/25/17 ♥♥♥
A - At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - 6/11/17 ♥♥♥♥

vegetable (9/9)
V - Author Violet Duke - Jackson's Trust - 2/4/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
G - The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker - 8/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
T – Author Tina Wainscott - Falling Hard - 6/20/17 ♥♥♥
A - The Arrangement by Mary Balogh - 6/15/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lured In by Laura Drewry - 7/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥

warbler (7/7)
W - When We Fall by Marquita Valentine - 6/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Annie Jocoby - Exposure - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥
R - Author Rosalind James - Just This Once - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author A.J. Banner - The Good Neighbor - 9/3/17 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - 8/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Lord of Darkness- 4/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Ready to Run by Lauren Layne - 8/31/17 ♥♥♥♥

taxi (4/4)
T - This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 10/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - The All You Can Dream Buffet by Barbara O'Neal - 8/28/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - XVI by Julia Karr - 3/15/17 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes - 1/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

yolk (4/4)
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
L – Author Lisa Kleypas - Smooth Talking Stranger - 1/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Kim Barnouin - Skinny Bitch Gets Hitched - 8/25/17 ♥♥♥♥

topaz (5/5)
T - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
P – Author Robert B. Parker - God Save The Child - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - At Bluebonnet Lake by Amanda Cabot - 9/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Sweet Revenge - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 2/5/18*****

Spell-out is done!

LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS
Timeframe: 1/1/17 to 2/5/18
181/181
26/26 Words

awning (6/6)
A - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda - 1/9/17 ♥♥♥
W - Wanting It All by Christi Barth - 2/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥
I - Intimate Strangers by Laura Taylor - 1/31/17 ♥♥♥
N - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich - 2/9/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - The Girl from the Sea by Shalini Boland - 1/12/17 ♥♥♥♥

butter (6/6)
B - Batter Up by Robyn Neeley - 1/30/17 ♥♥
U - The Untamed Earl by Valerie Bowman - 1/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier - 1/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rules of Contact by Jaci Burton - 2/19/17 ♥♥♥♥

corn (4/4)
C - Author Lauren Conrad - Sugar and Spice - 2/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 1/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant - 2/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nailed by Opal Carew - 2/18/17 ♥♥♥

daffodil (8/8)
D - The Deal by Elle Kennedy - 1/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton - 1/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
F - Forged in Fire by Trish McCallan - 1/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
F - Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery - 2/14/17 ♥♥♥
O - Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra - 2/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson - 1/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - The Life She Wants by Robyn Carr - 1/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

eggs (4/4)
E - Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich - 1/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis - 1/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Julie Garwood - The Bride - 3/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/23/17 ♥♥♥♥

fish (4/4)
F - Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/19/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - 3/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Karin Slaughter - Fallen - 8/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis - 4/17/17 ♥♥♥♥

gladiola (8/8)
G – Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins - 8/20/17 ♥♥♥
L - Leap by Jodi Lundgren - 2/23/17 ♥♥♥
A – Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podell - 9/6/17 ♥♥♥
D - Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning - 2/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥
O - Over the Edge by Meredith Wild - 3/18/17 ♥♥♥
L - Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass - 3/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author A.M. Madden - Vanishing Act - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥

highlighter (11/11)
H - Author Herman Koch - The Dinner - 4/24/17 ♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
G - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Letters to Love by Soraya Lane - 3/11/17 ♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel by Dalene Flannigan - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥
H - Hard to Hold by Katie Rose - 8/15/17 ♥♥♥
T - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author Robert B. Parker - Mortal Stakes - 9/12/17 ♥♥♥

iceland poppy (12/12)
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
C - Carides's Forgotten Wife by Maisey Yates - 3/24/17 ♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - The Pursuit - 9/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Griffin - Snapped - 3/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - A Negotiated Marriage by Noelle Adams - 2/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Dick Francis - Smokescreen - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Perfection by R.L. Mathewson - 1/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Plain Jayne by Laura Drewry - 2/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Stud for Hire - 2/25/17 ♥♥♥♥

jacket (6/6)
J - Author Jeaniene Frost - Destined for an Early Grave - 8/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - 4/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Creation in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Author Carolyn Keene - The Mystery of the Tolling Bell - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Mistake - 3/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
T – Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan by Mandy Baxter - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥

knickers (8/8)
K - Author Kerrigan Byrne - The Highwayman - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - From This Day - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Craving by Helen Hardt - 4/27/17 ♥♥♥
K - Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/21/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
S - Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - 4/19/17 ♥♥♥♥

lemon (5/5)
L – Author Laura Drewry - Catch and Release - 9/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh - 2/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Necessary Evil by Jamie K. Schmidt - 3/25/17 ♥♥♥

mustard (7/7)
M - Make Me Stay by Jaci Burton - 2/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Susan Mallery - The Marcelli Princess - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥
T - Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich - 3/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
D - Don't Let Go by Jaci Burton - 4/10/17 ♥♥♥♥

number two pencil (15/15)
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
M - Mistletoe Games: A Play-by-Play Anthology by Jaci Burton - 2/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
B - Born in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E – Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - 9/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Talk Show Murders by Al Roker - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥
W - Wedding Night With the Earl - Amelia Grey - 3/7/17 ♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - The Proposal by Mary Balogh - 5/10/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N – Author Celeste Ng - Everything I Never Told You - 3/3/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Kathy Clark - Deep Night - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥
I - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Walk of Shame - 4/29/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

orchid (6/6)
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Strangers in Death - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Pull Me Close - 8/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi - 10/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Duke with Benefits by Manda Collins - 7/17/17 ♥♥♥

pepper (6/6)
P - Author James Patterson - 16th Seduction - 6/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Emily March - Angel's Rest - 10/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs by Nick Trout - 6/9/17 ♥♥
P - Promises in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Thief of Shadows - 3/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R – Author Annie Rains - Welcome to Forever - 9/17/17 ♥♥♥♥

quince (6/6)
Q – Author Julia Quinn - The Lady Most Willing... - 5/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Hard - 3/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Claudia Connor - Worth It All - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Tied - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Yellow Submarine - Part 2

McCartney (9/9)
M - Author Jael McHenry - The Kitchen Daughter - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Christmas in Kilts by Terri Brisbin - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Chocolat by Joanne Harris - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Travel Writer: A Mystery by Jeff Soloway - 3/25/18 ♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

Nowhere (7/7)
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
W - Author Yvonne Whittal - The Light Within - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
H - Hard Sell by Lauren Layne - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Richard Paul Evans - A Step of Faith - 3/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author Roxanne St. Claire - Space in His Heart - 3/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Turbo Twenty-Three - 2/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Ono (3/3)
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥

Paul (4/4)
P - Author Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - The Crown Prince's Bride - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Drewry - How Forever Feels - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥

Quarrymen (9/9)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
M - Make It Hurt by Jackie Ashenden - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥

Ringo (5/5)
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder Off the Beaten Path - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
G - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Odin's Shadow by Erin S. Riley - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

Starr (5/5)
S - Summer Nights by Susan Mallery - 4/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Richard Doetsch - The 13th Hour - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥

Twist (5/5)
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wrong for Me by Jackie Ashenden - 4/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis - 4/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

U - USSR (4/4)
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
S - The Sunny Side: Short Stories and Poems for Proper Grown-Ups by A.A. Milne - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥

V - Revolution (10/10)
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
V - Author Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lee Kilraine - You Can't Hurry Love - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Natasha Preston - You Will Be Mine - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥

White Album (10/10)
W - When Love Comes by J.H. Croix - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥
I - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
B - Author Serena Bell - Do Over - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥

X - Sixties (7/7)
S - Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Someone like You by Lauren Layne - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥

Yellow Submarine (15/15)
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
L - The Legendary Lord by Valerie Bowman - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Death, Nine Stories by Marc Aronson - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas by Jennifer AlLee - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥
B - Author Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Carol Madison - Serena's Plight - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Caressed by Ice - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Emma Douglas - Need You Now - 3/4/18 ♥♥♥♥

Zebra Crossing (13/13)
Z - Zoned for Murder by Evelyn David - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author R.L. Mathewson - Checkmate - 2/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Cory Franklin - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Samantha Kane - Jacked Up - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
S - Author Sawyer Bennett - Bishop - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Hollow - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

****************CHALLENGE COMPLETE 5/20/19**************

I'm in for the spell-out version.

YELLOW SUBMARINE
Timeframe: 2/1/18 to 5/20/19
200/200
26/26 Words

Apple Records (12/12)
A - Accidental Cowgirl by Maggie McGinnis - 2/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing Dirty by C.L. Parker - 2/11/18 ♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
L – Author Lauren Layne - I Think I Love You - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie - 2/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Redemption by Kristen Ashley - 3/2/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hardcore Twenty-Four - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
C – Author Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin - 12/7/18 ♥♥
O - One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
D – Author Diane Mott Davidson - Killer Pancake - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella - 2/6/18 ♥♥♥♥

Beatles (7/7)
B - A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellen Marie Wiseman - The Life She Was Given - 4/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Arm Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 3/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
T – Truth or Die by Jack Lynch - 3/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Escape Diaries by Juliet Rosetti - 4/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
S – Author Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥

Cavern Club (10/10)
C - Author Cassie Mae - Doing It for Love - 3/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Praveen Asthana - The Woman in the Movie Star Dress - 2/20/18 ♥♥
V - Author Virna DePaul - Mr. Rich - 2/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Risk It by Jennifer Chance - 4/2/18 ♥♥♥
N - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb - 2/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unpredictable by Eileen Cook - 2/13/18 ♥♥♥
B - Body Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥

Drummers (8/8)
D - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Celebrity in Death - 4/5/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
M - Author Megan Crane - Devil's Mark - 2/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
M – Author Maggie McGinnis - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Renegade by Kristen Ashley - 4/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands - 3/22/18 ♥♥♥♥

Ed Sullivan (10/10)
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥
D - Don't Call Me Sweetheart by Codi Gary - 11/11/18 ♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - Criminal - 3/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlucky in Love by Maggie McGinnis - 3/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Saw Red - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs - 2/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anna Bennett - My Brown-Eyed Earl - 3/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Slave to Sensation - 2/16/18 ♥♥♥♥

Fab Four (7/7)
F - The Final Score by Jaci Burton - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Breakfast in Bed by Sandra Brown - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
F - Fatal Affair by Marie Force - 2/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

George (6/6)
G - Author George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

Harrison (8/8)
H - Hell on Heels by Victoria Vane - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥
A -Author Anne George - Murder Runs in the Family - 4/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Indiscreet by Kasey Michaels - 4/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - The Secret of the Wooden Lady by Carolyn Keene - 3/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - A Will and a Way - 2/28/18 ♥♥♥♥

Imagine Peace (12/12)
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Author Trish McCallan - Forged In Ash - 3/17/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Almost Forever by Kathy Clark - 4/13/18 ♥♥♥
G - Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner - 3/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Sheryl Nantus - Game On - 3/1/18 ♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Megan Crane - Devil's Own - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥

John (4/4)
J – Author Jenn McKinlay - Death by the Dozen - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Asset by Lauren Layne - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The Necklace by Claire McMillan - 3/3/18 ♥♥♥

K - Yoko (4/4)
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
K - Author Kathleen Long - Counting Stars - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥

Lennon (6/6)
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing Personal by Jaci Burton - 4/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Now and Then by Mira Lyn Kelly - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥

Vanguard - Part 3

Reconnoiter (11/11)
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
C - Author C.S. Lewis - The Silver Chair - 4/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Hollow - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

Source (6/6)
S – Author Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
O - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder Off the Beaten Path - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Chocolat by Joanne Harris - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Eileen Cook - Unpredictable - 2/13/18 ♥♥♥

Trend (5/5)
T – Author Tracy H. Tucker - I Kill Me: Tales of A Jilted Hypochondriac - 1/26/18 ♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Turbo Twenty-Three - 2/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Diane Mott Davidson - Killer Pancake - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Ultramodern (11/11)
U - Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
L – Author Lauren Layne - Someone like You - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Make It Hurt by Jackie Ashenden - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Richard Doetsch - The 13th Hour - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Caressed by Ice - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥

Vanguard (8/8)
V - Author Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
G – Author Sue Grafton - L is for Lawless - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥
D - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥

W - New Wave (7/7)
N - Author Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
W - When Love Comes by J.H. Croix - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
W - Author Yvonne Whittal - The Light Within - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Legendary Lord - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

X - Explorer (8/8)
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
P - Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
O - One Death, Nine Stories by Marc Aronson - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Emma Douglas - Need You Now - 3/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥

Y - Preliminary (11/11)
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
L - Author Laura Drewry - How Forever Feels - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
I - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
M - Author Carol Madison - Serena's Plight - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rugged Texas Cowboy by Lora Leigh - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

Z - Trailblazer (11/11)
T - The Travel Writer: A Mystery by Jeff Soloway - 3/25/18 ♥♥
R - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Total Surrender - 1/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Praveen Asthana - The Woman in the Movie Star Dress - 2/20/18 ♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes - 1/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lee Kilraine - You Can't Hurry Love - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Arm Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 3/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Blind Faith - 1/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Reluctant Duchess by Sharon Cullen - 1/18/18 ♥♥♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 4/3/19*******

Vanguard - Part 2

Innovation (10/10)
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Author Victoria Vane - Hell on Heels - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥
A – Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

J - Get the jump on (12/12)
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Truth or Die by Jack Lynch - 3/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Trish McCallan - Forged In Ash - 3/17/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hard Sell by Lauren Layne - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
J - Jacked Up by Samantha Kane - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
M - Make Me Stay by Sidney Halston - 1/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
N – No One to Trust by Katie Reus - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥

Kickoff (6/7)
K - Author Carolyn Keene - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
C – Author Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin - 12/7/18 ♥♥
K - Author Kathleen Long - Counting Stars - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Odin's Shadow by Erin S. Riley - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Cory Franklin - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Jeaniene Frost - Home for the Holidays - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥

Leader (6/6)
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Do Over by Serena Bell - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Maverick (8/8)
M - Author Susan Mallery - Summer Nights - 4/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Wrong for Me - 4/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Unexpected Duchess - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Renegade by Kristen Ashley - 4/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Indiscreet by Kasey Michaels - 4/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
K - The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥

Navigate (8/8)
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - The Crown Prince's Bride - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Six Geese A-Slaying - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Origin (6/6)
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Natasha Preston - You Will Be Mine - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥

Pioneer (7/7)
P – Author Amanda Prowse - The Art of Hiding - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥

Q - Prequel (7/7)
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlucky in Love by Maggie McGinnis - 3/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥

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Vanguard
Timeframe: 1/15/18 to 4/3/19
218/218
26/26 Words

Antecedent (10/10)
A - Author Anna Bennett - My Brown-Eyed Earl - 3/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing Personal by Jaci Burton - 4/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellen Marie Wiseman - The Life She Was Given - 4/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Criminal by Karin Slaughter - 3/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Escape Diaries by Juliet Rosetti - 4/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Author Darynda Jones - The Curse of Tenth Grave - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Now and Then by Mira Lyn Kelly - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥

Beginning (9/9)
B - A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie - 2/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner - 3/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
I – I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb - 2/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Slave to Sensation - 2/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs - 2/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - A Will and a Way - 2/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Anne George - Murder Runs in the Family - 4/10/18 ♥♥♥♥

Catalyst (8/8)
C - Author Carolyn Keene - The Secret of the Wooden Lady - 3/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Almost Forever by Kathy Clark - 4/13/18 ♥♥♥
T - Author Terri Brisbin - Christmas in Kilts - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author A.A. Milne - The Sunny Side: Short Stories and Poems for Proper Grown-Ups - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
L – Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Sawyer Bennett - Hawke - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Develop (7/7)
D - Devil's Mark by Megan Crane - 2/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Christy English - How to Tame a Willful Wife - 1/23/18 ♥♥♥
V - Author Virna DePaul - Mr. Rich - 2/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Easy by Tammara Webber - 1/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lynsay Sands - Single White Vampire - 3/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing Dirty by C.L. Parker - 2/11/18 ♥♥♥

Edgy (4/4)
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥
D - Devil's Own by Megan Crane - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥

Forefront (9/9)
F - Fatal Affair by Marie Force - 2/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author R.L. Mathewson - Checkmate - 2/2/28 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Richard Paul Evans - A Step of Faith - 3/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - The Final Score by Jaci Burton - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Redemption by Kristen Ashley - 3/2/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Sheryl Nantus - Game On - 3/1/18 ♥♥♥
T – Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥

Groundbreaker (13/13)
G - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Roxanne St. Claire - Space in His Heart - 3/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
U – Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The Necklace by Claire McMillan - 3/3/18 ♥♥♥
D - Doing It for Love by Cassie Mae - 3/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Body Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Risk It by Jennifer Chance - 4/2/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hardcore Twenty-Four - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Accidental Cowgirl by Maggie McGinnis - 2/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Sophie Kinsella - Shopaholic Ties the Knot - 2/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Celebrity in Death - 4/5/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Harbinger (9/9)
H - Hot Asset by Lauren Layne - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Breakfast in Bed by Sandra Brown - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nina LaCour - You Know Me Well - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
G - Author George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥

Historical Eras - Part 2

Modern (6/6)
M - Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier - 12/20/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Over the Edge by Meredith Wild - 3/18/17 ♥♥♥
D – Deep Night by Kathy Clark - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥
E – Author Elle Kennedy - The Deal - 1/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robyn Carr - The Life She Wants - 1/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich - 2/9/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Napoleon (8/8)
N - A Negotiated Marriage by Noelle Adams - 2/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Perfection by R.L. Mathewson - 1/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love the One You're With by Lauren Layne - 8/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Celeste Ng - Everything I Never Told You - 3/3/17 ♥♥♥

Old West (7/7)
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Just One Night - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson - 1/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
W - Wanting It All by Christi Barth - 2/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - The Scarlet Slipper Mystery by Carolyn Keene - 10/13/16 ♥♥♥
T - Author Todd Burpo - Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back - 9/18/16 ♥♥♥

Progressive (11/11)
P - Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Born in Death - 2/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Only Yours by Susan Mallery - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis - 1/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Strangers in Death - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elle Casey - Wrong Number, Right Guy - 10/2/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Lynsay Sands - A Quick Bite - 10/24/16 - ♥♥♥
S – Author Jill Shalvis - He's So Fine - 4/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - 3/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
V - Vintage Dreams by Jannie Lund - 9/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥

Q - Baroque (7/7)
B - Author Jaci Burton - Make Me Stay - 2/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - 4/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rules of Contact by Jaci Burton - 2/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Overruled by Emma Chase - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Julia Quinn - The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy - 9/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undone by Karin Slaughter - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Regency (7/7)
R – Author J.D. Robb - Salvation in Death - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Thief of Shadows - 3/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Author Laura Griffin - Snapped - 3/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Richard Paul Evans - The Road to Grace - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - From This Day - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Diane Chamberlain - The Midwife's Confession - 10/5/16 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Maisey Yates - Carides's Forgotten Wife - 3/24/17 ♥♥♥

Sovereign (9/9)
S - Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad - 12/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
V – Author Marquita Valentine - When We Fall - 6/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Visions of Sugar Plums - 9/18/16 ♥♥♥
R - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Sweet Revenge - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Takedown Twenty - 3/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥
G - Author Julie Garwood - The Bride - 3/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Necessary Evil by Jamie K. Schmidt - 3/25/17 ♥♥♥

The Confederacy (14/14)
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 9/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery - 11/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
F - Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery - 2/14/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
D - Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning - 2/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Al Roker - The Talk Show Murders - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥
C - Author Pamela Clare - Hard Evidence - 12/2/16 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

The Union (8/8)
T - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier - 1/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hope Ignites by Jaci Burton - 9/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
U - UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn - 11/6/16 ♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Hard - 3/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
O - Author Barbara O'Neal - The All You Can Dream Buffet - 8/28/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥

Victorian Era (12/12)
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Untamed Earl - 1/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
C - Cuff Me by Lauren Layne - 12/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Trish McCallan - Forged in Fire - 1/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - On Fire by Rachel Kramer Bussel - 10/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Creation in Death - 4/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Anita Diamant - The Red Tent - 2/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
A - Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥

World wars (9/9)
W – Worth It All by Claudia Connor - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Kelly Jamieson - 11/9/17 ♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Survivor In Death - 11/13/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Love After All by Jaci Burton - 12/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Dick Francis - Smokescreen - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne - 4/29/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Robert B. Parker - God Save The Child - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas - 1/24/17 ♥♥♥♥

tax (3/3)
T – Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - XVI by Julia Karr - 3/15/17 ♥♥♥

Y - monarchy (8/8)
M - A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh - 2/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Thorne - Rock Me Hard - 1/11/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Lauren Conrad - Sugar and Spice - 2/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hope Burns by Jaci Burton - 11/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Z - Elizabethan (11/11)
E - Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Leap by Jodi Lundgren - 2/23/17 ♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Author Rececca Zanetti - Forgotten Sins - 7/17/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Any Day Now by Robyn Carr - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
B - Author Jaci Burton - Mistletoe Games: A Play-by-Play Anthology - 2/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - Winter Street - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
T – Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan by Mandy Baxter - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
H – The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Abby: Mail Order Bride by Verna Clay - 6/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/11/18*******