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Only vote for ROMANCES in MAY. This is list - not a contest - but It does rank the books based on votes. A link to this list and a curated list of the books here will appear on USA Today's HEA on May 1.
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Bane (Sinners of Saint, #4)
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L.J. Shen (Goodreads Author)
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I Flipping Love You (Shacking Up, #3)
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Helena Hunting (Goodreads Author)
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Rebel Heart (Rush Duet, #2)
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Penelope Ward (Goodreads Author)
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Knotted (Trails of Sin, #1)
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Pam Godwin (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 15,098 ratings
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Bro Code
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Kendall Ryan (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 5,203 ratings
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Filthy Gods (American Gods, #0.5)
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R. Scarlett (Goodreads Author)
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Mogul (Manhattan, #2)
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Katy Evans (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 5,421 ratings
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The Ruthless Gentleman (Gentleman, #1)
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Louise Bay (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 8,077 ratings
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Lead Me Home (Fight for Me, #3)
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A.L. Jackson (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 7,440 ratings
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Complicated Parts (Complicated Parts, #1)
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Ashley Jade (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 5,845 ratings
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Worth the Risk (Everyday Heroes, #3)
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K. Bromberg (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 7,573 ratings
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Doppelbanger
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Heather M. Orgeron (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 9,691 ratings
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Rough Edge (The Edge, #1)
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C.D. Reiss (Goodreads Author)
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Marek (Cold Fury Hockey, #11)
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Sawyer Bennett (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 5,037 ratings
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Rogue Royalty (Savage Trilogy, #3)
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Meghan March (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 12,560 ratings
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Envy
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Dylan Allen (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 1,491 ratings
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My One Regret (My One, #1)
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Claudia Y. Burgoa (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 1,729 ratings
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Tulsa (The Crow Brothers, #2)
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S.L. Scott (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 1,809 ratings
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Arrogant Devil
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R.S. Grey (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 20,851 ratings
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Bittersweet Always (Gray Springs University, #2)
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Ella Fields (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 2,852 ratings
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One More Time (Hollywood Heat, #3)
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Laurelin Paige (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 2,579 ratings
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Aiden (Vested Interest, #2)
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Melanie Moreland (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 5,275 ratings
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The Wright Love (Wright Love Duet, #1)
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K.A. Linde (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,419 ratings
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Jock Row (Jock Hard, #1)
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Sara Ney (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 20,647 ratings
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Perfect Love Story (Love Story, #1)
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Natasha Madison (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 7,080 ratings
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Tacet a Mortuis (Elite Kings Club, #3)
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Amo Jones (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 15,728 ratings
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The Dating Experiment (The Experiment, #2)
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Emma Hart (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 2,688 ratings
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Melt for You (Slow Burn, #2)
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J.T. Geissinger (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 30,394 ratings
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Love at Last (Love in Bloom: The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor, #6.5)
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Melissa Foster (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
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Lennon Reborn (Preload, #4)
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Scarlett Cole (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 1,146 ratings
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The Wild Heir (Royal Romance, #2)
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Karina Halle (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 10,525 ratings
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The Wright One (Wright Love Duet, #2)
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K.A. Linde (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 2,243 ratings
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Hot Asset (21 Wall Street, #1)
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Birds of Paradise
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Anne Malcom (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
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Rumor Has It (Real Love, #4)
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Jessica Lemmon (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 756 ratings
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Another One (Lighter Ones, #2)
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Aleatha Romig (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 1,326 ratings
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Torched (Dark Kings, #13)
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Donna Grant (Goodreads Author)
4.61 avg rating — 1,343 ratings
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Once a Prince (Truly, Madly, Royally, #1)
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M.H. Soars (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Making Up (London Celebrities, #3)
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Lucy Parker (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 3,177 ratings
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The Controversial Princess (The Smoke & Mirrors Duology, #1)
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Jodi Ellen Malpas (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 8,305 ratings
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One Baby Daddy (Dating by Numbers, #3)
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Meghan Quinn (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 10,318 ratings
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Simmer (Never Too Late #2)
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Stephanie Rose (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 667 ratings
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Speakeasy (True North, #5)
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Sarina Bowen (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 8,277 ratings
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Dirty Rich Cinderella Story (Dirty Rich, #2)
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Lisa Renee Jones (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 3,709 ratings
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Straight Up Love (The Boys of Jackson Harbor, #2)
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Lexi Ryan (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 6,433 ratings
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Fighting for Everything (Warrior Fight Club, #1)
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Laura Kaye (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 1,881 ratings
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All the Little Lights
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Jamie McGuire (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 19,633 ratings
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A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 2,055,057 ratings
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Merciless
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Willow Winters (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 17,367 ratings
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From Ashes To Flames (West Brothers #1)
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A.M. Hargrove (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 3,811 ratings
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King's Reign (Sydney Storm MC, #6)
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Nina Levine (Goodreads Author)
4.61 avg rating — 2,370 ratings
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Fox (Stone Cold Fox Trilogy, #3)
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Max Monroe (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 2,538 ratings
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The Hookup (The Jordan Brothers, #1)
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Erin McCarthy (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 766 ratings
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King's Wrath (Sydney Storm MC, #5)
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Nina Levine (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 2,517 ratings
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My Every Breath (Becoming Us, #2)
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Brittney Sahin (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 3,856 ratings
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Inescapable
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C.J. Fallowfield (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 283 ratings
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Covet (Sinful Secrets, #3)
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Ella James (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 1,896 ratings
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His Pawn
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Emily Snow (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,146 ratings
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Defile (Civil Corruption, #2)
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Jessica Prince (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 2,151 ratings
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Big Talking Man (Kings of Castle Beach, #2)
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Good Girl (Vegas Billionaires, #1)
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Jana Aston (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 11,435 ratings
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Cocktales
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Penny Reid (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 2,368 ratings
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Rising (Vincent and Eve #1)
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Jessica Ruben (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 4,595 ratings
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Too Wilde to Wed (The Wildes of Lindow Castle, #2)
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Eloisa James (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 8,655 ratings
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Screwed
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Kelly Jamieson (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 582 ratings
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The Marriage Arrangement (Marriage to a Billionaire #0.5)
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Jennifer Probst (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 1,061 ratings
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Pas De Deux: A Dance For Two
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Lynn Turner (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 339 ratings
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Afternoon Delight (Charity Case, #2)
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Piper Rayne (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 1,901 ratings
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Scoring the Quarterback (The San Diegan, #2)
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S.M. Soto (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 1,363 ratings
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Power Player (Power Chain #2)
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Chelsea Camaron (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 397 ratings
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Inconvenient Wife (Charleston #2)
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Natasha Boyd (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 4,197 ratings
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Vanilla and Vice (Empire Sevens, #1)
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Tabatha Vargo (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 418 ratings
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Tiger Striped (Shifters Unbound, #11.5)
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Jennifer Ashley (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 1,861 ratings
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Dirty Bastard (Roughneck Billionaires, #3)
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Jessica Clare (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 842 ratings
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Guilty Sin (ALFA Investigations, #4)
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Chelle Bliss (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 1,185 ratings
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Craving Dragonflies
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Terri E. Laine (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 696 ratings
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The Only Thing (The Donnigans, #3)
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Marie Harte (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 1,282 ratings
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13 (The List, #2)
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Rhonda James (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 159 ratings
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Between the Lines
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Renee Harless (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 287 ratings
score: 592,
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The Prince (Devil's Duke, #4)
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Katharine Ashe (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 914 ratings
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The Girl Of His Dreams (Bachelor #1)
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Janet Nissenson (Goodreads Author)
4.48 avg rating — 478 ratings
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After The Storm (Project Artemis, #2)
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K.M. Scott (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Pick Six (Mavericks Tackle Love, #2)
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Max Monroe (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 5,628 ratings
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The Prophet (The Cloister, #2)
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Celia Aaron (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 1,881 ratings
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Tethered Souls (Nine Minutes Spin-Off, #2)
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Beth Flynn (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 1,931 ratings
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The Dragon Family (Lochguard Highland Dragons #5)
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Jessie Donovan (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 810 ratings
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Love Letters Boxset Volume 1 (Love Letters #1-3)
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K.L. Donn (Goodreads Author)
4.57 avg rating — 141 ratings
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Folsom (End of Men, #1)
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Tarryn Fisher (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 5,082 ratings
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Impossible Bachelor (Bachelor Tower #2)
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Ruth Cardello (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 1,066 ratings
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Bittersweet
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Carmen Jenner (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 404 ratings
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Lock Nut (The Plumber's Mate Mysteries, #5)
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J.L. Merrow (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 1,038 ratings
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Landslide
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Kathryn Nolan (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 1,923 ratings
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Atticus: Secret Lies (Adair Empire, #4)
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K.L. Donn (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 284 ratings
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Burning Up (Flirting with Fire, #1)
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Jennifer Blackwood (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 2,691 ratings
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Cupcake Explosion (Cupcakes #4)
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Bethany Lopez (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 353 ratings
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How to Tempt an Earl (The Raven Club, #1)
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Tina Gabrielle (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 366 ratings
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Rusty Nail (River Street Bar #2)
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Nazarea Andrews (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 40 ratings
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The Duke's Wayward Daughter (Forever Intertwined #1)
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J.L. Lahey (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Wanting It
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Scarlet Wilder (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 151 ratings
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Fat Cat Liar
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Ahren Sanders (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 631 ratings
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Mar 12, 2018 05:58PM
This is NOT a contest yet there is a particular author asking for votes. This pretty much ruined the most anticipated reading list. Hope USA Today comes up a better method.
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BookLover wrote: "This is NOT a contest yet there is a particular author asking for votes. This pretty much ruined the most anticipated reading list. Hope USA Today comes up a better method."I think it is ok if an author asks their fans for votes, but I am working with Goodreads to make the process better. The final list that publishes is curated, so not all are books are listed AND the list is not in ranked order. I hope this helps. Thanks for your input.
Thanks for responding, Mary. I’m looking forward to what you and Goodread come up with next.
BookLover wrote: "This is NOT a contest yet there is a particular author asking for votes. This pretty much ruined the most anticipated reading list. Hope USA Today comes up a better method."Hi Booklover,
I’m in a group where we are currently discussing shady things authors, their assistants, managers, friends/families and street teams do to promote their books. May I please get you to private message who that author is? If possible, may I please get a screenshot and/or link? I’ll love to share that to the group I’m in. Thank you.
Elizabeth wrote: "BookLover wrote: "This is NOT a contest yet there is a particular author asking for votes. This pretty much ruined the most anticipated reading list. Hope USA Today comes up a better method."Hi B..."
I couldn’t message you. You can message me and I’ll reply back with links and screenshots.
Elizabeth wrote: "BookLover wrote: "This is NOT a contest yet there is a particular author asking for votes. This pretty much ruined the most anticipated reading list. Hope USA Today comes up a better method."Hi B..."
I don't believe there is anything wrong with authors asking their fans to vote for them on a listopia list. If they are paying for votes, yes. I agree shady things happen, but I do not think this is one of them.
Mary at wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "BookLover wrote: "This is NOT a contest yet there is a particular author asking for votes. This pretty much ruined the most anticipated reading list. Hope USA Today comes up a bet..."Nothing is wrong with authors asking people to vote for their books but it does ruin the “most anticipated list”. And since my first comment, this author I speak of, has started a giveaway and one of the entries to the “giveaway” is a vote for her book on this list. Sure, she isn’t directly paying for votes but what she is doing is just as shady.
BookLover wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "BookLover wrote: "This is NOT a contest yet there is a particular author asking for votes. This pretty much ruined the most anticipated reading list. Hope USA Today comes up a bet..."I message you. Please check your inbox.
BookLover wrote: "Mary at wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "BookLover wrote: "This is NOT a contest yet there is a particular author asking for votes. This pretty much ruined the most anticipated reading list. Hope USA Toda..."Very deceitful in my opinion and needs to be share. Please send me the link or sceeenshot. Thank you.
Mary at wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "BookLover wrote: "This is NOT a contest yet there is a particular author asking for votes. This pretty much ruined the most anticipated reading list. Hope USA Today comes up a bet..."I would love to take this most anticipated list seriously but when you are allowing authors to ask for votes in exchange for an entry for a contest, not only is that shady but also skewing with the truth.
Elizabeth wrote: "Mary at wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "BookLover wrote: "This is NOT a contest yet there is a particular author asking for votes. This pretty much ruined the most anticipated reading list. Hope USA Toda..."Hi Elizabeth, I'm not allowing anything, because I am unable to control what authors do outside of Goodreads. I only use this list to curate books from it for the final list that posts, so I will not include a book if the votes seem unrealistic. (I did this for April.) This Listopia list is supposed to be fun and not a contest, so I am sorry. If it doesn't feel like an accurate representation then it makes sense for you to ignore the results.
Mary at wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Mary at wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "BookLover wrote: "This is NOT a contest yet there is a particular author asking for votes. This pretty much ruined the most anticipated reading l..."Hi Mary,
When I said you, it wasn’t meant directly at you and I should’ve made it clear in the first place. Yes, I agree that this list is supposed to be fun. There are some of us that have books that we can’t wait for and we have no connection to authors, their family, friends, street teams etc...To know that there is an author manipulating this is very disappointing and it does ruin the fun not to mention most anticipating book list. And yes, because I no longer think this is an accurate representation, I’ll make sure to share this so that people know what is going on. In no way, do I blame you, so no need to apologize. It’s not your fault an author chose to do shady things.
Cleaned up this list as some people have been voting on stories that have already been published or will be published after May.Please, please if you are going to vote on these types of lists, check the publication date. Thank you.
Rochelle ✨ wrote: "Cleaned up this list as some people have been voting on stories that have already been published or will be published after May.Please, please if you are going to vote on these types of lists, ch..."
You are the best! Thank you!
Mary at wrote: "Rochelle ✨ wrote: "Cleaned up this list as some people have been voting on stories that have already been published or will be published after May.Please, please if you are going to vote on these..."
No worries, Mary! Just doing my job as a librarian :)
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