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CHALLENGE COMPLETED
Year of Romance Part 1
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2013

Themes Completed 15/15

1 Adventures During Dark Times 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔Incarceron - Incarceron 01 - Donna Grant 5★'s (Feb 14, 2013)
2. ✔Sapphique - Incarceron 02 - Catherine Fisher 5★'s (Feb 16, 2013)
3. ✔ If I Die - Soul Screamers 05 - Rachel Vincent 5★'s (Apr , 2013)
4. ✔ Before I Wake - Soul Screamers 06 - Rachel Vincent 5★'s (May 1, 2013)
5. ✔ With All My Soul - Soul Screamers 07 - Rachel Vincent 5★'s (May 6, 2013)
6. ✔Book of Dreams - Traci Harding 5★'s (May 17, 2013)
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2 Chicks that Kick Butt 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔ The Bride - Julie Garwood 4★'s (Apr 4, 2013)
2. ✔ My Soul to Take - Soul Screamers 01 - Rachel Vincent 5★'s (Apr 20, 2013)
3. ✔ My Soul to Lose - Soul Screamers 00.5 - Rachel Vincent 5★'s (Apr 23, 2013)
4. ✔ My Soul to Save - Soul Screamers 02 - Rachel Vincent 5★'s (Apr 23, 2013)
5. My Soul to Keep - Soul Screamers 03- Rachel Vincent 5★'s (Apr 27, 2013)
6. ✔ My Soul to Steal - Soul Screamers 04 - Rachel Vincent 5★'s (Apr 28, 2013)
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3 Dangerous Heroes 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔ The Prize - Julie Garwood 4★'s (Mar 14, 2013)
2. ✔Saving Grace - Julie Garwood 4★'s (May 2, 2013)
3. ✔The Wedding -Julie Garwood 4★'s (May 5, 2013)
4. ✔City of Bones - Mortal Instruments 01 - Cassandra Clare 4★'s (May 23, 2013)
5. ✔ City of Ashes - Mortal Instruments 02 - Cassandra Clare 5★'s (May 25, 2013)
6. ✔ City of Glass - Mortal Instruments 03 - AuthorLink 5★'s (May 28, 2013)
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4 Dark Creatures 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔Demons - Hex Hall - Hex Hall #1 - Rachel Hawkins 5★'s Jan 22, 2013
2. ✔Demons - Demonglass - Hex Hall #2 - Rachel Hawkinsr 5★'s Jan 24, 2013
3. ✔Demons - Spell Bound - Hex Hall #3 - Rachel Hawkins 5★'s Jan 25, 2013 Hawkins
4. ✔ Gargoyle - Blood from a Stone - Cynthia Lucas 5★'s Jan 27, 2013
5. ✔ Demons - Toil and Trouble - Jolie Wilkins #2 - H.P. Mallory 5★'s (Feb 5, 2013)
6. ✔Demons - Witchful Thinking - Jolie Wilkins #3 - H.P. Mallory 5★'s (Feb 6, 2013)
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5 Dragons 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔ Eon: Dragoneye Reborn - Eon #1 - Alison Goodman 5★'s (Jan 30, 2013)
2. ✔Eona - Alison Goodman 5★'s (Feb 3, 2013
3. ✔ Dark Lover – Black Dagger Brotherhood 01 - J.R. Ward 5★'s (May 29, 2013)
4. ✔ Lover Eternal - Black Dagger Brotherhood 02 - J.R. Ward 5★'s (June 1, 2013)
5. ✔ Lover Awakened - Black Dagger Brotherhood 03 - J.R. Ward 5★'s (Jun 3, 2013)
6. ✔Dark Craving - Dark Kings 01 - Donna Grant 5★'s (Feb 11, 2013)

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6 Emotionally Tortured 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔Unearthly - Unearthly 01 - Cynthia Hand 5★'s Feb 21, 2013
2. ✔ Hallowed - Unearthly 02 - Cynthia Hand 5★'s Feb 23, 2013
3. ✔ Boundless - Unearthly 03 - Cynthia Hand 5★'s (Feb 25, 2013)
4. ✔ One Night - Margaret Wild 5★'s (Mar 9, 2013)
5. ✔ Off Leash - Jenna Anderson 5★'s (Mar 10, 2013)
6. ✔ Castles/The Lion's Lady - Julie Garwood 4★'s (Mar 16, 2013)
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7 Fae/Fairies 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔ - Iron Fey 01 - Julie Kagawa 5★'s (Apr 9, 2013)
2. ✔ The Iron Daughter - Iron Fey 02 - Julie Kagawa 5★'s (Apr 10, 2013)
3. ✔The Iron Queen - Iron Fey 03 - Julie Kagawa 5★'s (Apr 13, 2013)
4. ✔The Iron Knight - Iron Fey 04 - Julie Kagawa 5★'s (Apr 17, 2013)
5. ✔The Iron Legends - Iron Fey 01.5, 03.5, 04.5 - Julie Kagawa 5★'s (Apr 17, 2013)
6. ✔ Wings - Wings 01 - Aprilynne Pike 5★'s (Jun 1, 2013)
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8 Ghosts 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔Born at Midnight - Shadow Falls 01 - C.C. Hunter 5★'s (May 8, 2013)
2. ✔ Awake at Dawn - Shadow Falls 02- C.C. Hunter 5★'s (May 9, 2013)
3. ✔Taken at Dusk - Shadow Falls 03 - C.C. Hunter 5★'s (May 11, 2013)
4. ✔Existence - Existence 01 - Abbi Glines 5★'s (May 14, 2013)
5. ✔Predestined - Existence 02.0 - Abbi Glines 5★'s (May 15, 2013)
6. ✔Ceaseless - Existence 03 - Abbi Glines 5★'s (May 16, 2013)
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Year of Romance Part 2

9 Magic 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔Enchanted, Inc. - Enchanted, Inc 01 - Shanna Swendson 5★'s (Mar 2, 2013)
2. ✔Once Upon Stilettos - Enchanted, Inc 01 - Shanna Swendson - Enchanted, Inc 03 - Shanna Swendson 5★'s (Mar 5, 2013)
4. ✔ Don't Hex with Texas - Enchanted, Inc 04 - Shanna Swendson 5★'s (Mar 6, 2013)
5. ✔ Much Ado About Magic - Enchanted, Inc 05 - Shanna Swendson 5★'s (Mar 7, 2013)
6. ✔ No Quest For The Wicked - Enchanted, Inc 06 - Shanna Swendson 5★'s (Mar 8, 2013)
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10 Mixing Up PNR-Beings THEME DONE 6/6
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1. ✔The Witch Is Back - Jolie Wilkins #4 - H.P. Mallory 5★'s (Feb 7, 2013)
2. ✔Something Witchy This Way Comes - Jolie Wilkins #5 - H.P. Mallory 5★'s (Feb 8, 2013)
3. ✔ Moon Called - Mercy Thompson 01 - Patricia Briggs 5★'s (Mar 24, 2013)
4. ✔ Blood Bound - Mercy Thompson 02 - Patricia Briggs 5★'s (Mar 26, 2013)
5. ✔Iron Kissed - Mercy Thompson 03 - Patricia Briggs 5★'s (Mar , 2013)
6. ✔Bone Crossed - Mercy Thompson 04 - Patricia Briggs 5★'s (Mar 28, 2013)

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11 Urban 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔ Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble - Jolie Wilkins #1 - H.P. Mallory 5★'s (Feb 4, 2013)
2. ✔ Sweet Talk - Julie Garwood 5★'s (Mar 13, 2013)
3. ✔ Gone to Green - Green 01 - Judy Christie 4★'s (Mar 12, 2013)
4. ✔Silver Borne - Mercy Thompson 05 - Patricia Briggs 5★'s (Mar 29, 2013)
5. ✔ River Marked - Mercy Thompson 06 - Patricia Briggs 5★'s (Mar 31, 2013)
6. ✔ Wolfsbane and Mistletoe - Patricia Briggs 5★'s (Apr 3, 2013)

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12 Vamp's 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔Job from Hell - Ancient Legends 01 by Jayde Scott 4★'s Jan 4, 2013 (Vamps, PNR, YA, Fantasy, UF, Magic, Demons)
2. ✔ Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) - Kimberly Pauley
3. ✔Still Sucks to Be Me: More All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton Smith, Teen Vampire - Kimberly Pauley
4. ✔Whispers at Moonrise - Shadow Falls 04 - C.C. Hunter 5★'s (May 12, 2013)
5. ✔Saved at Sunrise - Shadow Falls 04.5 - C.C. Hunter 4★'s (May 12, 2013)
6. ✔ Chosen at Nightfall - Shadow Falls 05 - C.C. Hunter 5★'s (May 13, 2013)
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13 Were's/Shifters 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔Stray - Shifters 1 - Rachel Vincent 4★'s Jan 8, 2013
2. ✔Rogue - Shifters 2 - Rachel Vincent 4★'s Jan 10, 2013
3. ✔Pride - Shifters 3 - Rachel Vincent 5★'s Jan 12, 2013
4. ✔Prey - Shifters 4 - Rachel Vincent 5★'s Jan 13, 2013
5. ✔Shift - Shifters 5 - Rachel Vincent 5★'s Jan 14, 2013
6. ✔Alpha - Shifters 6 - Rachel Vincent (Jan)

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14 Witches & Warlocks 6/6 THEME DONE
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1.✔ The Magicians' Guild - Black Magician 01 - Trudi Canavan 5★'s (Mar 18 , 2013)
2.✔ The Novice - Black Magician 02 - Trudi Canavan 5★'s (Mar 22, 2013)
3.✔ The High Lord - Black Magician 03 - Trudi Canavan 5★'s (Mar 23, 2013)
4. 4. ✔ Blood, Smoke and Mirrors – Bad Witch 01 - Robyn Bachar 4★'s (Jul 3, 2013)
5. ✔ Magic Bites Kate Daniels 01 - Ilona Andrews 5★'s (Aug 15, 2013)
6. ✔ Magic Burns Kate Daniels 02 - Ilona Andrews 5★'s (Aug 16, 2013)

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15 Walking Dead-Zombies-Like 6/6 THEME DONE
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1. ✔Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion 5★'s (Feb 28, 2013)
2. ✔Frost Burned - Mercy Thompson 07 - Patricia Briggs 5★'s (April 1, 2013)
3.✔ Shade - Shade 01 - Jeri Smith-Ready 5★'s (Sep 16, 2013)
4.✔ Shift – Shade 02 - Jeri Smith-Ready 5★'s (Sep 19, 2013)
5.✔ Shine – Shade 03 - Jeri Smith-Ready 5★'s (Sep 21, 2013)
6. ✔ Beguilement - Sharing Knife 01 - Lois McMaster Bujold 5★'s (Oct 28, 2013

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CHALLENGING
January 2013 - December 2013
DONE !!!!!

Theme 1 = Regency/Victorian/Colonial: DONE!
1. A Duke's Temptation✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 05.03.2013
2. Silver Storm✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 27.04.2013
3. Again the Magic✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 18.05.2013
4. Pleasures of a Tempted Lady✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 20.06.2013
5. Secrets of a Summer Night✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 05.08.2013
6. It Happened One Autumn✔♥ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 20.09.2013


Theme 2 = Emotionally Tortured Hero: DONE!
1. Fifty Shades of Grey✔ ♥ review 21.03.2013
2. Tie Me Down✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 03.02.2013
3. Mermaid's Ransom✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 08.06.2013
4. Beautiful Disaster✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 23.06.2013
5. Gabriel's Inferno✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 09.07.2013
6. Fifty Shades Darker✔ ♥ ♥ review 04.09.2013


Theme 3 = Emotional Baggage/Afraid of Getting Hurt Heroine: DONE!
1. Taking a Shot✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 27.01.2013
2. Beauty or the Bitch✔ ♥ ♥1/2 review 25.02.2013
3. Lawful Escort✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 03.04.2013
4. Her Russian Billionaire✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 22.05.2013
5. Waking up Married✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 16.06.2013
6. On Dublin Street✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 01.08.2013


Theme 4 = Military Heroes: DONE!
1. Wicked Ties✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 06.03.2013
2. Hot in Handcuffs✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 25.03.2013
3. No Risk Refused✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 11.04.2013
4. Shadow Woman✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 15.07.2013
5. Lucky One✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 20.07.2013
6. Sweet Surrender✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 9.12.2013


Theme 5 = Witches & Warlocks: DONE!
1. Blood, She Read✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 09.01.2013
2. Entangled✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 23.03.2013
3. Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 29.03.2013
4. To Kill a Warlock✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 21.10.2013
5. Jinx✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 14.11.2013
6. Dark Witch✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 18.12.2013


Theme 6 = Vampires: DONE!
1. Dark Lover✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 08.01.2013
2. Covet✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 15.01.2013
3. Father Mine✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 6.11.2013
4. Vampire Academy✔ ♥ ♥ review 3.06.2013
5. Lover Awakened✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 29.08.2013
6. Lover Revealed✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 29.09.2013


Theme 7 = Chicks Who Kick Butt: DONE!
1. Succubus Blues✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 19.02.2013
2. Daughter of Smoke and Bone✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 01.01.2013
3. Darkfever✔ ♥ ♥ review 06.01.2013
4. Two For the Dough✔ ♥ ♥ review 02.05.2013
5. Wasteland✔ ♥ ♥ review 26.06.2013
6. Revenge Wears Prada✔ ♥ 1/2 review 23.09.2013


Theme 8 = Romances Set in Texas/Modern Cowboys:DONE!
1. Corralled✔ ♥ ♥ review 06.02.2013
2. Texas Tornado✔ ♥ ♥ review 28.01.2013
3. Texas: Chase!✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 09.09.2013
4. Texas: Sage!✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 16.10.2013
5. Protector✔ ♥ ♥ review 5.11.2013
6. Merciless✔ ♥ review 26.12.2013


Theme 9 = Holiday Romance:DONE!
1. The Delaney Christmas Carol✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 08.04.2013
2. Harlequin Holiday Collection✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 17.09.2013
3. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 14.10.2013
4. Wrapped in Seduction✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 15.10.2013
5. Santa's Hot Secrets✔ ♥ ♥ review 26.11.2013
6. Naughty and Nice✔ ♥ ♥ review 5.01.2014


Theme 10 = Fairy Tale Romance: DONE!
1. Enchanted✔ ♥ 1/2 review 01.05.2013
2. Stardust✔ ♥ ♥ review 16.07.2013
3. Ella Enchanted✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 5.07.2013
4. A Bride and the Beast✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 7.09.2013
5. Ever After✔ ♥ ♥ review 3.11.2013
6. Storming the Castle✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 5.11.2013

Continued

Theme 11 = Plain Jane: DONE!
1. Next Always✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 30.01.2013
2. Submission✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 09.06.2013
3. Voyeur✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 02.08.2013
4. Safe Haven✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 26.08.2013
5. Moonlight Masquerade✔ ♥ review 23.09.2013
6. Rebecca✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 2.10.2013


Theme 12 = Psychic Abilities: DONE!
1. Copper Beach✔ ♥ ♥ review 26.07.2013
2. White Lies✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 21.08.2013
3. Lover Unbound✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 23.10.2013
4. Lover Avenged✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 30.11.2013
5. Perfect Poison✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 4.12.2013
6. Quicksilver✔ ♥ ♥ review 2.1.2014


Theme 13 = Childhood Sweethearts: DONE!
1. A Stiff Kiss✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 2.06.2013
2. Stranger in the Moonlight✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 29.07.2013
3. The Princess Diaries✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 11.08.2013
4. Cherished✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 07.03.2013
5. Wedding Night✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 28.09.2013
6. Rock the Heart✔ ♥ ♥ review 01.11.2013


Theme 14 = Kidnapping: DONE!
1. Burning Up Flint✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 28.08.2013
2. Kidnapped the Wrong Sister✔ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 11.10.2013
3. Captive Dreams✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 02.11.2013
4. Captive in the Dark✔ ♥ ♥ review 09.11.2013
5. Kingdom of Dreams✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 13.12.2013
6. Claimed by Pleasure✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ review 06.09.2013


Theme 15 = Shapeshifters: DONE!
1. Dark Prince✔ ♥ review 25.03.2013
2. My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding✔ ♥ ♥ review 13.01.2013
3. Dead in the Family✔ ♥ review 24.01.2013
4. Tempting the Beast✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 10.09.2013
5. Breaking Dawn✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 12.05.2013
6. Lover Eternal✔ ♥ ♥ ♥ 1/2 review 02.07.2013

A Year of Romance Challenge
Duration: 26th November 2013 - 25th November 2014
Level: gonna start of Easy and work from there
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Theme 1: Werewolves

1.Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
2.Moon's Sweet Poison by Scarlet Hyacinth
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Theme 2: Vampires

1.Just A Vampire by Stormy Glenn
2.A Very Marius Christmas by Joyee Flynn
3.Gabriel by Joyee Flynn
4.Virgil by Joyee Flynn
5.Travis Rhodes by Joyee Flynn
6.Maverick Danker by Joyee Flynn


Theme 3: Magic & Magical Creatures

1.Ferris Braden by Joyee Flynn
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Theme 4: Dangerous Heroes

1.The Darkest Day by Britt Bury
2.MacRieve by Kresley Cole
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A Year of Romance Challenge
Duration: Jan. 1, 2014 - Dec. 31, 2014
Level - Medium

Regency
1. The Random Gentleman - 1/7/14 **
2. Charity Girl - 1/8/14 ****
3. The Girl from Red Lion Square - 1/9/14 ***
4. As You Are - 1/15/14 ****
5. Bath Tangle - 1/20/14 ****
6. Lord Sidley's Last Season - 2/13/14 ***

Beauty and the Beast
1. The Cold King - 2/13/14 ****
2. Beauty and the Beast - 3/5/14 ***
3. Beauty - 5/25/14 ****
4. The Invisible Husband - 5/26/14 ***
5. Lord Beast - 5/29/14 **
6. Just Impossible - 6/19/14 ***

Ghosts
1. Jaclyn's Ghost - 3/8/14 ***
2. Maybe This Time - 3/17/14 ****
3. It’s a Dog’s Life - 3/27/14 ***
4. Talking to the Dead - 3/30/14 ***
5. The Ghost of Squire House - 6/13/14 ***
6. The Ghost and Jacob Moorhead 7/14/14 ***

Holiday
1. Love In A Small Town - 1/9/14 *** (4th of July)
2. Sadie - 1/16/14 *** (New Year's Eve)
3. Be Mine This Christmas Night - 3/15/14 ** (Christmas)
4. Foxy's Tale - 5/4/14 ** (Thanksgiving)
5. Christmas in July - 6/14 *** (4th of July)
6. Snowbound - 6/11/14 *** (Christmas)

Christian/Inspirational
1. The Enchanted Barn - 1/10/14 ****
2. The Hills of Refuge - 1/15/14 ****
3. Before the Season Ends - 1/22/14 **
4. To Win Her Heart - 2/12/14 ***
5. The Maid of Maiden Lane - 2/24/14 ***
6. The Memory - 3/9/14 ***

Jane Austen FanFic
1. Mr. Darcy's Refuge: A Pride & Prejudice Variation - 1/13/14 ***
2. The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane Austen Twist - 2/2/14 ****
3. Pride and Platypus: Mr. Darcy's Dreadful Secret - 2/4/14 **
4. Charlotte Collins: A Continuation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice - 5/29/14 ***
5. He Taught Me to Hope: Darcy and the Young Knight's Quest - 5/29/14 ***
6. A Touch of Night - 6/5/14 ***

This is gonna be interesting as I usually don't read much in this genre. But I think that it's time for something new.

A Year of Romance 2014
Level: Medium
Read: 9/36

I. Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers
1. Divide & Conquer by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban Jan 2, 2014 ****
2. Mexican Heat by Laura Baumbach & Josh Lanyon Feb 2, 2014 ***



II. Dangerous Heroes
Warrior's Cross by Madeleine Urban Jan 9, 2014 ****



III. Fairy Tale Romance


IV. Werewolves/Shifters
1. The Mark of an Alpha by Kim Dare Jan 4, 2014 **
2. The Strength of a Gamma by Kim Dare Jan 5, 2014 *




V. Virgin Heroes
Promises by Marie Sexton Feb 15, 2014 ***




VI. Military/Law Enforcement Heroes
Love & Loyalty by Tere Michaels Jan 14, 2014 **
Duty & Devotion by Tere Michaels Jan 18, 2014 ****
Cherish by Tere Michaels Jan 18, 2014 ***

A Year of Romance
Duration: 11 Jan 2014 - 10 Jan 2015

Read: 1/78

♥ Themes:

•Chicks Who Kick Butt


•Dangerous Curves


•Military Heroes


•Emotionally Tortured Hero


•Childhood Sweethearts


•Time-Travel Romances
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•Mail-Order Brides


•May and December Romances


•Beauty and the Beast


•Revenge


•Bad Boys


•Vampires


•Marriage of Convenience

CHALLENGING - DONE!!!!!
January 2014 - December 2014

Topics 1 - 10

Topics 11 +

1/24/14-12/14

Level Medium

Witches
1. Witch Song 3-17-14
2. Iron Witch 3-30-14
3. House of Ivy and Sorrow 6-29-14
4. Zel 9-3-14
5. Caged Graves 9-19-14
6. The Fever 9-21-14

Fairytale
1. Iron Fey 1-26-14
2. Book of 1000 Days 3-3-14
3. Goose Girl 4-5-14
4. This is What Happy Looks Like 4-17-14
5. Faerie Path 5-21-14
6. Tiger Lily 5-23-14

Ghosts
1. Between 3-21-14
2. Girl of Nightmares 6-2-14
3. Ghosts Child 7-29-14
4. Leisl and Po 8-9-14
5. Messages From Heaven 8-19-14
6. The Vanishing Season 9-2-14

Psychic Abilities
1. Evolution of Mara Dyer 1-24-14
2. Crewel 4-7-14
3. 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare 4-14-14
4. Fracture 4-25-14
5. Six Months Later 5-30-14
6. Pretties 6-13-14

Paranormal
1. Evertrue 2-20-14
2. Onyx 3-13-14
3. Half-Blood 3-23-14
4. Revel 5-18-14
5. 13 to Life 6-5-14
6. Daughter of Smoke and Bone 6-19-14

Childhood Sweethearts
1. Shatter Me 1-28-14
2. Losing Hope 2-22-14
3. Little House By Boston Bay 3-8-14
4. The Hallowed Ones 4-2-14
5. Lost Lake 5-5-14
6. Museum of Intangible Things 5-27-14

One topic at a time starting January 1, 2014
Romance with Animals:
You Slay Me 1/20
Fire Me Up 1/22
Light My Fire 1/27
Holy Smokes 1/29
Cupid's Love Potion : Mystery of the Golden Arrow 2/10
The Adventurer 2/22
Psychic Abilities
Shield's Lady 1/10
The Perfect Poison 1/31
The Mystery Woman 2/17
Gift of Gold 2/27
Gift of Fire 3/1
White Lies 3/26
Dangerous Heroes
Diamond Bay 1/11
The Darkest Fire 3/14
The Darkest Night 3/15
Agent I1: Tristan
Heart Of A Warrior 4/2
The Mercenary 4/10
Vampires
Insatiable 1/14
Overbite 1/15
Master of Wolves 4/4
Master of Swords 4/7
Master of Dragons 4/8
Master of Fire 4/14
Ghosts
Jewels of the Sun 3/4
Tears of the Moon 3/5
Heart of the Sea 3/8
A Man In A Kilt 3/11
Maybe This Time 4/11
A Shared Dream 4/23
Plain Jane
Gamemaster 2/6
Instant Attraction 2/5
Instant Gratification 2/6
Against the Rules 1/17
Test of Time2/12
All I Want for Christmas is You 5/3
Revenge
The Wedding Night 1/17
Love in a Nutshell 3/20
Crystal Flame 1/9
The River Knows 4/26
Otherwise Engaged 4/26
Dragon Heat 5/12
Military Heroes
A SEAL's Surrender 4/28
All Night Long 5/1
Smitten 5/3
Promise Cove 5/6
Up Close and Dangerous 5/16
Intimate Strangers 5/17
Second Wife
Ice 1/12
River Road 4/19
No Knight Needed 5/1
Family Man 6/4
Summer in Eclipse Bay 6/9
Finding Pride 6/13
Regency
The Bargain Bride 3/3
The Husband List 2/14
Mine, All Mine 1/31
Scandal 5/12
Surrender 5/23
The Autumn Bride 6/19
Werewolves
A Certain Wolfish Charm 4/3
New Beginnings 4/28
Kissing with Fangs 5/7
Cry Wolf 6/3
The Spell 6/18
The Werewolf Upstairs 6/22
Magic and Magical Creatures
Heart of the Dragon
Master of Smoke 4/15
Dragon's Moon 6/10
Enchanting the Lady 6/26
Double Enchantment 6/27
The Black Dragon 6/29
Tropical Setting
High Seas Deception 7/7
Serpent In Paradise 7/10
Midnight Rainbow 7/16
A Pirate's Love 7/18
The Pirate 7/19
A Coral Kiss 7/21

13 categories completed!!

Easy
March 2014 - March 2015

0/18

Plain Jane:
1. Silver Lining
2. Bridget Jones's Diary
3. The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
4. Measuring Up
5. Falling for the Ghost of You
6. On the Plus Side



Time Travel:
1. The Ruby Brooch
2. Outlander
3. Ruby Red
4. My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century
5. Time Between Us
6. The Winter Sea



Childhood Sweethearts:
1. Eleanor & Park
2. Flipped
3. Forget You
4. Sweet Love
5. The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window
6. Perfect You

A Year of Romance


Goal: Hard - 10 Themes (53/60 books)
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Rate it and Justify Theme

I. Fairy Tale Romance
1. The Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron Dokey (01/04/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Based off of the Arabian Nights story
2. Cress by Marissa Meyer (03/15/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Romances are based off Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, & Rapunzel
3. Entwined by Heather Dixon (08/15/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Based off 12 Dancing Princesses
4. Delicious by Sherry Thomas (10/22/14), ✮✮✮
      Reminiscent of Cinderella
5. The One by Kiera Cass (10/26/14), ✮✮✮✮
      The story is part The Bachelor, part dystopian, part fairy tale
6.



✓ II. Chicks Who Kick Butt
1. Specials by Scott Westerfeld (01/07/14), ✮✮✮
      Tally literally kicks butt
2. Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi (02/27/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Aria fights for and protects her loved ones
3. Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout (04/24/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Alex is training to become a Sentinel (a daimon hunter)
4. Angelfall by Susan Ee (04/28/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Penryn is trained to physically defend herself and others
5. Into the Deep by Samantha Young (05/28/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Charley is nicknamed "Supergirl" for being tough and brave
6. Breakable by Tammara Webber (06/25/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Jacqueline learns to physically protect herself by taking self-defense classes



✓ III. Bad Boys
1. Crash by Nicole Williams (01/09/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Jude Ryder has a reputation for being trouble
2. Mine by Katy Evans (02/18/14), ✮✮✮
      Remy is an underground boxer
3. Tangled by Emma Chase (04/10/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Drew has a reputation for sleeping around
4. Four Years Later by Monica Murphy (05/20/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Owen is suspended from the football team, failing classes, sleeping around, and smoking weed
5. Bully by Penelope Douglas (06/03/14), ✮✮✮
      Jared is a bully who drives fast cars, sleeps around, and gets into fights
6. Before We Fall by Courtney Cole (07/25/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Dominic sleeps around and doesn't care who he hurts



✓ IV. Military Heroes
1. Rome by Jay Crownover (01/15/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Rome returns home after spending years in the army
2. These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (03/08/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Tarver is a young war hero
3. Every Last Kiss by Courtney Cole (06/20/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Hasani is an army general
4. Undeclared by Jen Frederick (06/29/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Noah is a marine
5. Until We Fly by Courtney Cole (07/31/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Brand is a former Army Ranger
6. Empress of the Seven Hills by Kate Quinn (10/09/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Vix is a military hero in ancient Rome



✓ V. Emotionally Tortured Hero
1. The Perfect Game by J. Sterling (01/25/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Jack is tortured by the mistakes he has made
2. Masquerade by Nyrae Dawn (02/04/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Maddox is emotionally tortured by his past
3. The Redemption of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen (02/10/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Kayden tries to cope after being mentally, physically, and emotionally abused by his father
4. Near and Far by Nicole Williams (03/12/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Jesse is emotionally tortured by his abusive childhood
5. One Week Girlfriend by Monica Murphy (03/16/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Drew is emotionally tortured by the abuse inflicted by his stepmother
6. Broken and Screwed by Tijan (03/30/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Jesse is emotionally torn up by the death of his best friend



✓ VI. Kidnapping
1. Tears of Tess by Pepper Winters (02/22/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Tess is kidnapped
2. Quintessentially Q by Pepper Winters (03/01/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Tess is kidnapped again
3. Fated by Courtney Cole (07/14/14), ✮✮✮
      Multiple characters are kidnapped
4. Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley (09/15/14), ✮✮✮✮
      MC is kidnapped multiple times
5. Frost Fire by Olivia Rivers (11/01/14), ✮✮✮✮
      MC has been kidnapped
6. Everneath by Brodi Ashton (11/14/14), ✮✮✮✮



VII. Romances Set in Texas
1. Losing It by Cora Carmack (03/04/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Set in a college in Texas
2. Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover (04/12/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Set in Austin, Texas
3. It Ain't Me, Babe by Tillie Cole (11/06/14), ✮✮✮
      Set in Austin, Texas
4.
5.
6.



✓ VIII. Unusual Occupations
1. Extras by Scott Westerfeld (01/24/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Aya is a kicker - she "kicks" stories to gain popularity
2. Racing Savannah by Miranda Kenneally (03/29/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Savannah is a horse jockey
3. One For The Money by Janet Evanovich (04/17/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Stephanie is a bounty hunter
4. Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec (05/21/14), ✮✮✮
      Claire sells sex toys for her best friend's business
5. Phenomenal X by Michelle A. Valentine (07/10/14), ✮✮
      X is a pro wrestler
6. The Destiny of Violet & Luke by Jessica Sorensen (08/30/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Violet is a drug dealer



IX. Tropical Settings
1. Finding My Forever by Heidi McLaughlin (02/05/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Jimmy and Jenna take a trip to Fiji
2. Drew + Fable Forever by Monica Murphy (04/19/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Drew and Fable get married in Hawaii
3. Twisted Together by Pepper Winters (11/10/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Q and Tess get married in the Seychelles
4.
5.
6.



✓ X. Reconciliation
1. The Game Changer by J. Sterling (01/27/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Jack and Cassie have reconciled and are now living in NYC
2. A Toast to the Good Times by Steph Campbell & Liz Reinhardt (03/10/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Landry reconciles with the family he hasn't talked to in a year
3. Second Chance Boyfriend by Monica Murphy (03/18/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Drew and Fable reconcile
4. The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen (03/20/14), ✮✮✮
      Ella and Micha reunite and reconcile after 8 months apart
5. Broken and Screwed 2 by Tijan (03/31/14), ✮✮✮✮
      Jesse and Alex are reunited after 8 months apart
6. Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas (04/05/14), ✮✮✮✮✮
      Leo and Bryony are reunited after 3 years apart

CHALLENGING - DONE!!!
January 2014 - December 2014
84/84 - DONE!!

Theme 1 = Vampires:
1. Lover Mine ♥♥ review 15.01.2014
2. Lover Unleashed ♥♥♥♥ review 23.01.2014
3. Lover Reborn ♥♥1/2 review 31.01.2014
4. Lover at Last ♥1/2 Review
5. Wicked Nights ♥♥1/2 Review
6. Vampire for Christmas ♥♥ review 23.07.2014



Theme 2 = Bad Boys:
1. Reaper's Property ♥♥♥ review 12.01.2014
2. Bared to You ♥♥♥ review 4.05.2014
3. Rush ♥♥♥1/2 review 17.05.2014
4. Walking Disaster ♥ review 19.05.2014
5. Party of Three ♥1/2 review 16.01.2014
6. Rock My Bed ♥♥♥1/2 Review



Theme 3 = Plain Jane:
1. Finding the Dream ♥♥♥1/2 review 23.07.2014
2. Season's Spankings ♥♥♥ review 15.06.2014
3. Consequences ♥♥1/2 review 26.04.2014
4. Holding the Dream ♥♥♥ review 16.03.2014
5. Mad About the Boy ♥♥ review 14.04.2014
6. Asking for Trouble ♥♥1/2 review 04.04.2014



Theme 4 = Mystery/Suspense:
1. Someone to Watch Over Me ♥♥♥ review 24.02.2014
2. Whiskey Beach ♥♥ review 27.06.2014
3. Santa, Baby ♥♥1/2 Review 15.11.2014
4. Low Pressure ♥♥♥1/2 review 9.05.2014
5. Sweet Talk ♥♥♥ review 4.06.2014
6. The Villa ♥♥♥ review 10.10.2014



Theme 5 = Ghosts:
1. The Last Boyfriend ♥♥ review 11.02.2014
2. The Perfect Hope ♥♥♥ review 7.03.2014
3. Heart of the Sea ♥♥1/2 review 13.03.2014
4. True Love ♥1/2 review 15.07.2014
5. Shadow Spell ♥♥1/2 review 30.07.2014
6. Souls Adrift in the Windy City ♥♥♥ review 1.03.2014



Theme 6 = Regency:
1. Only Scandal Will Do ♥♥♥ review 19.06.2014
2. Whitney My Love ♥♥♥ review 18.08.2014
3. Mine Till Midnight ♥♥♥1/2 review 23.09.2014
4. Ruined by a Rake ♥♥♥1/2 review 20.06.2014
5. The Earl's Inconvenient Wife ♥♥ review 13.07.2014
6. Seduce Me At Sunrise ♥♥♥1/2 review 20.10.2014



Theme 7 = Set in Scotland:
1. Beyond the Highland Mist ♥1/2 review 24.02.2014
2. Never Seduce a Scot ♥♥♥1/2 review 04.03.2014
3. Seduction of a Highland Lass ♥♥♥♥ review 27.02.2014
4. Never Love a Highlander ♥♥♥1/2 review 1.07.2014
5. Lingerie Wars ♥♥♥ Review 28.10.2014
6. Down London Road ♥♥♥ review 19.02.2014



Theme 8 = Fantasy/Sci-Fi:
1. Pleasures of the Night ♥♥♥1/2 review 14.02.2014
2. City of Ashes ♥♥ review 4.04.2014
3. Divergent ♥♥♥ review 30.05.2014
4. After Dark ♥♥ review 11.06.2014
5. Dream Eyes ♥1/2 review 29.07.2014
6. Dark Seduction ♥♥ Review 16.12.2014



Theme 9 = Emotionally Tortured Heroines:
1. Rainshadow Road ♥♥1/2 review 12.11.2014
2. Sweet Persuasion ♥♥ review 13.06.2014
3. Wallbanger ♥♥♥ review 10.04.2014
4. Perfection ♥♥ review 26.10.2014
5. The Sheik's Intimate Proposition ♥♥1/2 Review 3.9.2014
6. Pleasure Unbound ♥♥♥1/2 Review 27.11.2014

Theme 10 = Historical Romances:
1. Glamorous Illusions ♥♥1/2 review 17.06.2014
2. Stranger in My Arms ♥♥♥1/2 review 6.11.2014
3. Honor's Spelndour ♥♥♥♥ review 23.03.2014
4. Of Love and Lust ♥♥♥♥ review 20.12.2014
5. Wicked Mourning ♥♥ review 23.12.2014
6. Across a Moonlit Sea ♥♥♥♥ review 29.12.2014




Theme 11 = Marriage of Convenience :
1. Remember When ♥♥♥♥ review 24.06.2014
2. Beautiful Wedding ♥1/2 review 2.09.2014
3. Marriage Trap ♥♥♥ review 8.09.2014
4. Marriage Bargain ♥♥♥1/2 review 10.09.2014
5. Marriage Mistake ♥♥♥1/2 review 18.09.2014
6. The Paid Companion ♥♥♥ review 30.11.2014




Theme 12 = Twins:
1. Sweet Valley High ♥1/2 review 22.04.2014
2. Masks ♥♥♥ review 22.06.2014
3. Twin Fantasies ♥♥1/2 review 4.08.2014
4. Down to You ♥♥♥ review 26.08.2014
5. Mirror Image ♥♥♥1/2 review 15.9.2014
6. Tell Me Your Secrets ♥♥♥ Review 2.12.2014




Theme 13 = Military Heroes:
1. Skin Deep ♥♥♥ review 31.07.2014
2. Legacy of the Witch ♥♥1/2 review 25.09.2014
3. Immortal Rider ♥♥♥ review 10.11.2014
4. Prey ♥♥♥ review 22.05.2014
5. When She Was Bad ♥1/2 review 7.07.2014
6. Nauti Siren ♥♥♥ Review 5.12.2014




Theme 14 = Emotionally Tortured Hero:
1. Love Unscripted ♥♥ review 2.05.2014
2. Gabriel's Rapture ♥♥1/2 review 15.05.2014
3. Reason for Being ♥♥♥ review 14.06.2014
4. Anniversary Gift ♥♥♥ review 8.02.2014
5. The Druid Series, Volumes 1-3: Reapers, Bled & Harvest ♥♥ review 29.11.2014
6. Mirror Image ♥♥♥♥ review 20.11.2014

FINISHED!!

1/24/14-12/14

Level Medium

Witches
1. Witch Song 3-17-14
2. Iron Witch 3-30-14
3. House of Ivy and Sorrow 6-29-14
4. Zel 9-3-14
5. Caged Graves 9-19-14
6. The Fever 9-21-14

Fairytale
1. Iron Fey 1-26-14
2. Book of 1000 Days 3-3-14
3. Goose Girl 4-5-14
4. This is What Happy Looks Like 4-17-14
5. Faerie Path 5-21-14
6. Tiger Lily 5-23-14

Ghosts
1. Between 3-21-14
2. Girl of Nightmares 6-2-14
3. Ghosts Child 7-29-14
4. Leisl and Po 8-9-14
5. Messages From Heaven 8-19-14
6. The Vanishing Season 9-2-14

Psychic Abilities
1. Evolution of Mara Dyer 1-24-14
2. Crewel 4-7-14
3. 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare 4-14-14
4. Fracture 4-25-14
5. Six Months Later 5-30-14
6. Pretties 6-13-14

Paranormal
1. Evertrue 2-20-14
2. Onyx 3-13-14
3. Half-Blood 3-23-14
4. Revel 5-18-14
5. 13 to Life 6-5-14
6. Daughter of Smoke and Bone 6-19-14

Childhood Sweethearts
1. Shatter Me 1-28-14
2. Losing Hope 2-22-14
3. Little House By Boston Bay 3-8-14
4. The Hallowed Ones 4-2-14
5. Lost Lake 5-5-14
6. Museum of Intangible Things 5-27-14

9/23/14-9/23-15

Fairy Tale
1. Baby 10-1-14
2. Between the Lines 11-03-14
3. Fiona Thorn and the Carapacem Spell 11-05-14
4. Inkheart 11-21-14
5. A Tale Dark and Grimm 11-23-14
6. In a Glass Grimmly 12-19-14
Ghosts
1. The Night Tourist 10-12-14
2. Ruined 10-23-14
3. Rooms by Oliver 11-20-14
4. The Twilight Prisoner 1-3-14
5. The Year of the Rat 1-15-15
6. Castle Behind Thorns 3-11-15
Love and Laughter
1. Anna and the French Kiss by Perkins 11-18-14
2. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 12-3-14
3. Let it Snow 12-15-14
4. To All the Boys I've Loved Before 1-25-15
5. The Great God Pan 2-17-15
6. I Was Here 3-24-15
Psychic Abilities
1. Honey Queen 10-14-14
2. Salt and Storm 10-17-14
3. Time of the Fireflies 12-25-14
4. Stray 2-1-15
5. Compulsion 2-6-15
6. Cinder 3-21-15
The Second Wife
1. Dont Look Back 10-11-14
2. Walk Two Moons 11-07-14
3. The Smile 12-29-14
4. Bound 1-29-15
5. The Impossible Knife of Memory 2-22-15
6. Better To Wish 3-3-15
Love and War
1. Requiem 9-26-14
2. In the End 10-10-14
3. Neverhome by Laird Hunt 11-25-14
4. Deluge by Lisa Tawn Bergren 11-30-14
5. The Things They Carried 12-15-14
6. The Ever After Bird 3-9-15
Childhood Sweethearts
1. A Swift Pure Cry 10-5-14
2. Until it Hurts to Stop 11-14-14
3. Antigoddess 12-31-14
4. The Darkest Part of the Forest 1-27-15
5. The Book Of Ivy 2-15-15
6. I'll Be There 3-27-15
Frontier
1. Blue Jacket 11-14-14
2. A Gathering of Days by Joan Blos 12-1-14
3. Liberty Letters by Nancy LeSourd 12-9-14
4. Spirit Keeper 12-23-14
5. Alone Yet Not Alone 2-20-15
6. These is my Words 4-13-15
•Reconciliation
1. The Good Sister 11-01-14
2. Blackbird 1-9-15
3. Another Little Piece 2-4-15
4. After Us 2-26-15
5. Puddle Jumping 2-27-15
6. If He Had Been With Me 3-13-15
Emotionally Tortured
1. The Opposite of Love 9-30-14
2. The Secret Year 10-25-14
3. Imaginary Girls 10-28-14
4. And We Stay 12-28-14
5. The Truth About Alice 2-17-15
6. Beast 3-5-15
Bad Boys
1. A Bad Boy Can be Good For A Girl 10-4-14
2. The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey 12-7-14
3. Young Elites by Marie Lu 12-12-14
4. Before You 1-19-15
5. Poison Study 2-19-15
6. If You Stay 3-8-15
Bad To the Bone
1. Love in the Time of Global Warming 10-4-14
2. Evil Librarian 10-14-14
3. Saving Lucas Biggs 11-11-14
4. Property 1-9-15
5. The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant 2-9-15
6. How to Love 4-3-15
Historical
1. Heart is a Lonely Hunter 9-24-14
2. Christmas After All 10-20-14
3. The Alchemist 11-8-14
4. Lies We Tell Ourselves 12-14-14
5. Sophias War 2-10-15
6. Jeffersons Sons 4-1-15

Started 1/1/15 UPDATED 1/17

•Chicks Who Kick Butt
✔ 1)Kane's Mate 1-4
✔ 2)Fire in the Smokies 1/11
✔ 3)Among Monsters 1/17

•Dangerous Curves
✔ 1)Control 1/8

•Bad To The Bone...
•Werewolves
✔ 1)To Catch a Wolf 1-4
✔ 2)Jessica’s Wolves 1/16

•Military Heroes
✔ 1)The Summer Garden 1/8
✔ 2)Melting Ice 1/10
✔ 3)Zack and Ace 1/10

•Magic & Magical Creatures
•Vampires
•Tropical Settings
✔ 1)Unexpected Treasure 1-3

•Dangerous Heroes
✔ 1) Raze 1-1
✔ 2)Cautious 1/11

•Plain Jane
•Unusual Occupations
•Highwaymen
•Emotionally Tortured Hero
✔ 1)The Truth About Us 1-2
✔ 2)The Billionaire's First Christmas 1/13
✔ 3)Worth the Risk 1/16

•Holiday Romances
•Love and War
✔ 1)Matched 1-1/5-15

•Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers
•Psychic Abilities
✔ 1)Seeing Eye Mate-1-3-15

•Love & Laughter
•Love on the Job
✔ 1)Her Gentle Capture 1/14

•Childhood Sweethearts
✔ 1) Wait for Me 1-1-15

•Pretend Marriages
•Bad Girls
•Feuding Families
•Undercover Agents
•Romances with Animals
✔ 1)The Italian's Passionate Return 1/10

•Romances Set in Texas
✔ 1)Promise Me Darkness 1/9
✔ 2)Promise Me Light 1/9

•Terms of the Will
•Doctors and Nurses
•Revenge
•Bad Boys
✔ 1)Oil and Leather 1/7
✔ 2)Boarded by Love 1/12

•Vampires
✔ 1)Claimed 1/6

•Secret Babies
✔ 1)The Sweet Gum Tree 1-4-15

•Nursing Back to Health
•Imperfect "Perfect" Heroes
✔ 1)Blind Wolf 1-4-15

•Kidnapping
✔ 1)Defy Me 1/8

•Amnesia
✔ 1)Never Never 1/9
✔ 2)Never Far Away 1/ 15

•Marriage of Convenience
✔ 1)'Til Death 1/13

JAN.2015-DEC.2015
HARD - 96/96 DONE!

Theme 1 = Emotionally Tortured Hero:
1. Perfect ♥♥♥ review
2. Nauti Temptress ♥ review
3. Double Standards ♥♥♥ review
4. Hot Island Nights ♥♥♥ review
5. Reflected In You ♥♥♥ review
6. Entwined With You ♥1/2 review


Theme 2 = Emotionally Tortured Heroines:
1. Naked ♥♥ review
2. One Perfect Night ♥♥ review
3. Not Even For Love ♥♥ review
4. Wicked Burn ♥♥♥♥ review
5. Seduction's Spell ♥♥♥ review
6. Sweet Seduction ♥♥ review


Theme 3 = Regency:
1. Married By Morning ♥♥♥♥ review
2. Love in the Afternoon ♥♥♥♥ review
3. Miracles ♥♥♥♥ review
4. Until You ♥♥♥♥ review
5. Intimate Surrender ♥♥1/2 review
6. Husband List ♥♥♥ review


Theme 4 = Paranormal:
1. Wicked Nights ♥♥♥ review
2. Insatiable ♥♥♥ review
3. Waterbound ♥♥♥ review
4. Dream Lake ♥♥♥1/2 review
5. Wicked Business ♥♥ review
6. Venice Vampyr ♥♥ review


Theme 5 = Mystery:
1. Deadline ♥♥♥ review
2. First Faux Pas ♥♥ review
3. The Heiresses ♥♥♥1/2 review
4. Nora Roberts Land ♥♥♥ review
5. Keep Me Safe ♥♥ review
6. Something About You ♥♥♥♥1/2 review


Theme 6 = Witches:
1. Blood Magick ♥♥♥ review
2. Practical Magic ♥♥ review
3. Burkheart Witch Saga Books 1 & 2 ♥♥ review
4. One Wish (Burkheart Witch Saga #3) ♥♥ review
5. Crystal Cove ♥♥♥1/2 review
6. With For Hire ♥♥ review


Theme 7 = Marriage of Convenience/Arranged Marriage:
1. Tempt Me at Twilight ♥♥♥ review
2. Text Order Bride ♥♥ review
3. Intimate Deception ♥♥♥ review
4. River Lady ♥♥♥ review
5. Kiss an Angel ♥♥♥♥1/2 review
6. The Bride ♥♥♥♥ review


Theme 8 = Fantasy/Urban Fantasy:
1. Gameboard of the Gods ♥♥♥ review
2. Planet X ♥♥♥♥ review
3. Scarlet ♥♥♥ review
4. Third Grave Dead Ahead ♥♥♥ review
5. Cress ♥♥1/2 review
6. Bloodfever ♥♥ review

Theme 9 = Twins:
1. The Switch ♥♥♥1/2 review
2. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake ♥♥♥♥ review
3. Someone to Watch Over Me ♥♥♥♥ review
4. Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord ♥♥♥ review
5. Wild Child ♥♥ 1/2 review
6. The Wrong Billionaire's Bed ♥♥♥ 1/2 review


Theme 10 = Harlequin:
1. Blazing Midsummer Nights ♥♥ review
2.Take My Breath Away ♥♥1/2 review
3. Concubine ♥♥♥ review
4. Almost Naked Inc. ♥♥ review
5. The Pirate ♥♥ review
6. Enticed by His Forgotten Lover ♥♥ review


Theme 11 = In Serbian:
1. Kobne Zablude ♥ review
2.Samo Ovu Noc ♥♥♥♥ review
3. Nasledje Srca ♥♥ review
4. Do Poslednjeg Daha ♥♥ review
5. Ostani Zauvek ♥♥ review
6. Zlatne Jabuke Jorksira ♥ review


Theme 12 = Anabela Basalo:
1. Skriveno Srce ♥♥♥ review
2.Divljak ♥♥♥ review
3. Zaboravljeno Osecanje ♥♥♥ review
4. Cudni Su Putevi Ljubavi ♥♥♥♥ review
5. Opsesija ♥ review
6. Moj Dragi Neprijatelj ♥♥♥ review


Theme 13 = Small Town:
1. Call Me Irresistible ♥♥♥1/2 review
2. Sea Swept ♥♥1/2 review
3. After the Night ♥♥♥♥♥ review
4. The One & Only ♥♥♥ review
5. In a Class By Itself ♥♥ review
6. Blood Brothers ♥♥♥ review
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Theme 14 = Contemporary:
1. A Humble Heart ♥1/2 Review
2. Steal Me ♥♥♥ Review
3. Making Waves ♥♥1/2 Review
4. Shopaholic to the Stars ♥♥ Review
5. Cupid and Diana ♥ Review
6. Just the Sexiest Man Alive ♥♥1/2 Review


Theme 15 = Young Adult/College Romances:
1. Foreplay ♥♥♥♥ review
2. Tease ♥♥♥♥ review
3. Jase ♥ 1/2 review
4. Easy ♥♥♥ 1/2 review
5. Fallen Too Far ♥♥♥♥ review
6. Devoured ♥1/2 review


Theme 16 = Dated:
1. The Matchmakers ♥♥ review
2. Man You'll Marry ♥1/2 review
3. First Man You Meet ♥1/2 review
4. Fever ♥♥1/2 review
5. Glory Game ♥♥♥♥ review
6. Ghost of a Chance ♥♥♥ review

A Year of Romance
Level: Hard-10 themes
Duration: 03/01/15 to 02/29/16
Completed: 29/60

Rags to Riches
♥1. Winter Kisses 6/13/15 ✿✿✿
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Dangerous Curves
♥1. #1 Learn Pole Dancing 3/22/15 ✿✿✿
♥2. Eleanor & Park 3/24/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥3. Neanderthal Seeks Human 5/7/15 ✿✿✿✿✿
♥4. Neanderthal Marries Human 6/18/15 ✿✿✿✿✿
♥5. Learn to Cook 6/27/15 ✿✿✿
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Chicks Who Kick Butt
♥1. Aces Wild 3/11/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥2. Queen of Hearts 7/5/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥3. Last of the Demon Slayers 7/9/15 ✿✿✿✿✿
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Werewolves
♥1. Accidental Theft 6/14/15 ✿✿✿
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Vampires
♥1. Bound by Flames 3/1/15 ✿✿✿✿✿
♥2. A Quick Bite 6/24/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥3. Mate's Lore 7/10/15 ✿✿✿
♥4. Master of Swords 7/22/15 ✿✿✿✿
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Fairy Tale Romance
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Emotionally Tortured Hero
♥1. Real 5/31/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥2. Mine 6/22/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥3. Remy 7/13/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥4. Rogue 8/24/15 ✿✿✿✿
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Mystery, Suspense and Thrillers
♥1. Toys 3/25/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥2. Out of the Dark 4/4/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥3. Out of the Shadows 8/11/15 ✿✿✿
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Bad Boys
♥1. Sugar Kisses 6/30/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥2. Entangled Souls 7/28/15 ✿✿✿
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Magic and Magical Creatures
♥1. Kissed by a Dark Prince 3/20/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥2. Fish Out of Water 4/4/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥3. An Ice Cold Grave 5/10/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥4. The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers 6/11/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥5. A Tale of Two Demon Slayers 6/22/15 ✿✿✿✿
♥6. Grave Secret 6/30/15 ✿✿✿✿

Sign me up. I'm trying for the hardest level, but we'll see how I end up. ;)

TCF, ♦Yearly Challenges♦, A Year of Romance
Starting Date: 11-1-15
Ending Date: 11-1-16
Books Read: 48

Levels :
Easy - 1-4 Themes (6 to 24 books)
Medium - 5-8 Themes (30 to 48 books)
Hard - 9-12 Themes (54 to 72 books)
Challenging - 13+ Themes (78+ books)

Common Themes in Romance Novels:
✔•Chicks Who Kick Butt
1. Naked in Death J.D. Robb, 11-18-15, (4*) review Lt. Eve Dallas is a tough homicide detective in futuristic NYC (year 2058+).
2. Glory in Death #2 In Death series, J.D. Robb (4*) 12-17-15 review
3. Immortal in Death J.D. Robb, #3 “In Death” series, 1-8-16 (3-1/2*), review
4. Rapture in Death J.D. Robb, #4 “In Death” series, 1-19-16 (4*), review
5. Tricky Twenty-Two Janet Evanovich, #22 Stephanie Plum series, 1-30-16 (3-1/2*), review
6. Ceremony In Death J.D. Robb, #5 "In Death", 2-10-16 (3*), review

•Dangerous Curves
•Bad To The Bone...
•Werewolves
•Witches & Warlocks
•Military Heroes
•Magic & Magical Creatures
•Fairy Tale Romance
•Women Warriors
1.The Warlord Wants Forever Kresley Cole, #1 Immortals After Dark (IAD), 2-23-16 (3*), review
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•Asian Romances
1. Wildest Dreams Robyn Carr, #9 Thunder Point 2-4-16 (3*), review (h is AmerAsian/Vietnamese heritage)
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•There's No Business Like ... Show Business
1. Dance to the Piper Nora Roberts, #2 O'Hurleys, 1-25-16 (3-1/2*) review h is a theater performer
2. On Our Own Terms Adelaide Hipwell, 1-27-16 (3-1/2*), review (H is a rock star.)
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•Tropical Settings
•Reincarnation
•Dangerous Heroes
•Plain Jane
1. Hot in Here: Uncovered\Tailspin\An Honorable Man by Lori Foster, 11-8-15 (3*) In Tailspin, the h wears her hair up all the time, dresses frumpy and acts like a prude. She blossoms in the eyes of the hero as she learns to relax and trust him. (review)
2. Unexpected Treasure Melody Anne, The Lost Andersons Book 1, Billionaire Bachelors #8, 12-29-15 (3*), review MC asks a known playboy to give her lessons on seduction so she can get the nerve up to ask someone out. She starts out dressing really frumpy and hiding herself, etc.
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•Unusual Occupations
•Highwaymen
•Reconciliation
1. Snowflakes on the Sea Linda Lael Miller, 1-13-16 (2-1/2*) review fighting spouses figure out how to make it work
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•Emotionally Tortured Hero
1. The Air He Breathes Brittainy Cherry, 11-20-15, (5*) The H/h are both grieving--main focus of plot and is the glue that brings the two together.review
2. Dream a Little Dream Susan Elizabeth Phillips, 12-5-15 (5*) review H is grieving the loss of his wife and son; h provides the impetus needed for him to grab onto life again.
3. Grey E.L. James, #4 Fifty Shades, 2-1-16 (3*), review H suffered from child abuse/neglect which still affected him in adulthood.
4. Heartsong Cottage Emily March, #10 Eternity Springs, 2-2-16 (4*) review H's family killed in tragic circumstances.
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•Holiday Romances
1. The Christmas Secret #5 Christmas Hope series, Donna VanLiere (3*) 12-19-15 review
2. I'll Be Home for Christmas Lori Wilde, #6 Twilight, Texas, 12-27-15 (4*) review
3. Holiday in Death J.D. Robb, #7 “In Death”, 2-25-16 (3*), review
4. Once Upon a Winter's Heart Melody Carlson, #1 Valentine's Day, 2-28-16 (3*), review
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TCF, ♦Yearly Challenges♦, A Year of Romance (cont'd)
Starting Date: 11-1-15
Ending Date: 11-1-16

•Native Americans
•Love and War
•The Frontier
1. The Temptress Jude Deveraux, #11 Montgomery/#3 Taggert series, 2-16-16 (3*), review
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•Runaway Brides
•Medieval Knights
1. Honor's Splendour Julie Garwood, 3-7-16 (4*), review
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•Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers
1. Ice Linda Howard, 1-16-16 (3-1/2*), review H/h escaping drugged killers while outside in an ice storm.
2. Vengeance in Death J.D. Robb, #6 "In Death" series, 2-15-16 (4*), review
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•The Second Wife
1. The Trouble With Harry Katie MacAlister, 12-7-15 (4*), review A couple in their 40s marry; the husband failing to inform his new wife he has five obnoxious children (funny!).
2. A New Hope Robyn Carr, 12-23-15 (4*) review Both H/h remarry after having bad experiences with their first marriages.
3. Never Too Late Robyn Carr, 1-2-16 (3-1/2*) review H/h find new loves and remarry after previous divorces.
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•Psychic Abilities
•Virgin Heroes
•Love & Laughter
•Love on the Job
1. Beautiful Bastard Christina Lauren, 11-24-15, (4*) review Relationship between boss and assistant.
2. Top Secret Twenty-One Janet Evanovich, 11-29-15, (3-1/2*) review h is a bounty hunter, but often gets in over her head and relies on two love interests to help her, Ranger (security/former military) and Morelli (cop).
3. I Love My BREAKUP Sabrina Lacey, Pt. 1 "I Love My..." series, 2-12-16 (3*) review MC, Jessica, has affair with her boss' ex-boyfriend.
4. When Day Breaks Maya Banks, #9 KGI, 3-15-16 (3*), review H hired as personal security for h's protection.
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•Childhood Sweethearts
1. Game of Love Melissa Foster, (3*) 11-22-15 review H/h had relationship when they were younger but were separated by foster care system, etc. Reunite a few years later.
2. Almost a Bride Patricia McLinn, 1-3-16 (3*) review H/h had long-term relationship in their 20s; split and reunite 6 years later.
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•Regency
•Pretend Marriages
•Gothics
•Bad Girls
1. Faking It Cora Carmack, 12-10-15, (3*) review h has a rebellious streak until she meets H.
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•Romances Set in Scotland
•Feuding Families
1. When We Touch Brenda Novak, #.5 Whiskey Creek, 12-28-15 (4*) review h's sister cheats with h's boyfriend and gets pregnant/married to him. Horrible parents make h serve as wedding planner. (I know, right?)
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•Time-Travel Romances
1. Yellowstone Heart Song Peggy L. Henderson, Yellowstone Romance Bk 1, 12-30-15 (5*), review Time travel between 2010/1810.
2. Q Evan Mandery, 2-19-16 (3*), review
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•Mail-Order Brides
•Undercover Agents
•Pirates
•Romances with Animals
1. Back to Buckhorn Lori Foster, 1-15-16 (3*), review h is a pet groomer, takes in stray dog with H.
2. Walking in Circles Before Lying Down Merrill Markoe, 1-29-16 (3-1/2*), review h talks to her animals and can hear them speak in human voices
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•Viking
•Romances Set in Texas
1. The First Love Cookie Club Lori Wilde, 12-12-15 (3*) review Twilight, TX series #3
2. Maybe Someday Colleen Hoover, 1-13-16 (5*), review Austin, TX
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•Terms of the Will
1. Hard Sosie Frost, 12-9-15 (3*), review H/h find out they are to share h's father's will because he recently married H's mother. This makes them technically step-brother/sister. Unfortunately, they discover this after they have been together romantically.
2. Throwback Annie Windsor , #2 Dungeon Heat, 1-23-16 (2-1/2*), review H/h have to reach a compromise re their inheritance.
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•May and December Romances
•Beauty and the Beast
1. Beneath A Blood Red Moon, 11-4-15 (3*) review My review describes B&theB reference.
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•Rags to Riches/Riches to Rags
•Doctors and Nurses
•Revenge
•Presumed Dead
1. Unchained Hearts Palessa, 12-20-15 (3*), review Kidnapping/drug-induced amnesia occur which causes love interest to think other is dead for years.
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•Bad Boys
•Twins
•Vampires
1. Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) Kimberly Pauley, 1-5-16 (3*), review
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•Secret Babies
•Ghosts
1. Kiss & Hell Dakota Cassidy, #1 Hell, 3-9-16 (3*), review
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•Nursing Back to Health
•Disguised as a Male
•Imperfect "Perfect" Heroes
1. Cyrano De Bergerac Edmond Rostand, 1-31-16 (5*), review
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•Kidnapping
•Amnesia
1. Never Never Colleen Hoover, Part 1/3, 1-14-16 (5*), review A teenage couple lose their memory every 48 hours; this is their story on figuring out what's going on, as no one around them is affected by it or are aware of their predicament.
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•Marriage of Convenience

A Year of Romance
Starting Date: Nov 10, 2015
Level: Medium
Completed: 17/36

Chicks Who Kick Butt
1. Chimes at Midnight 12/09/2015
2. Scarlet 12/27/2015
3. Magic Rises 05/09/2016
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Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers
1. Crocodile on the Sandbank 11/20/2015
2. The Last Noel 12/25/2015
3. The Rossetti Letter 03/25/2016
4. The Curse of the Pharaohs 04/13/2016
5. The Devlin Diary 05/27/2016
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Ghosts
1. Strange Country 12/02/2015
2. The Silver Witch 05/14/2016
3. Chasing Magic
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Time-Travel Romances
1. The Firebird
2. The Silver Witch
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Love and War
1. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 03/01/2016
2. The Nightingale 7/31/2016
3. The Japanese Lover 09/30/2016
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Magic & Magical Creatures
1. Magic Bleeds 11/25/2015
2. Magic Slays 12/28/2015
3. Fire Touched 03/23/2016
4. Daughter of Smoke & Bone 07/17/2016
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Joining in!


A Year of Romance
Duration: 01 December 2015 - 30 November 2016
Level: starting with easy and working my way up!
Easy - 1-4 Themes (6 to 24 books)
Medium - 5-8 Themes (30 to 48 books)
Hard - 9-12 Themes (54 to 72 books)
Challenging - 13+ Themes (78+ books)

Witches & Warlocks
1. Some Girls Bite -3/6/2016; ★★★★
2. Friday Night Bites -3/15/2016; ★★★★
3. Half Bad - 3/17/2016 ★★★ 1/2
4. Twice Bitten - 4/14/2016 ★★★★
5. Flamecaster - 4/17/2016 ★★★★
6. Hard Bitten - 4/23/2016 ★★★★



Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers
1. Sector C -12/6/2015; ★★ (Romance between CDC Mike and Vet Donna during pandemic)
2. Immoral -12/28/2015; ★★★
3. The Ripper Gene: A Novel -1/7/2016; ★
4. Joyland -3/4/2016 ★★
5. Follow You Home -4/10/2016 ★★★★★
6. The Lake House -5/21/2016 ★★★★★



Kidnapping
1. Outlander -1/12/2016; ★★★★
2. After the Woods -3/28/2016; ★★★
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Magic & Magical Creatures

1. Discount Armageddon 12/1/2015 ★★★★
2. Mortal Obligation 12/31/2015 ★★ 1/2
3. Necromancing the Stone -1/16/2016 ★★★★
4. Magic Bites -1/30/2016 ★★★★
5. Air Awakens -2/15/2016 ★★★★★
6. Alice in Zombieland -2/18/2016 ★★★


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Childhood Acquaintances

1. Prick-5/2/2016 ★★★
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A Year of Romance
January 2016 - December 2016
108/108 DONE!

Theme 1: Unusual Occupations:
1. Chasing Fire (fire jumper) ♥♥ review
2. The Collector (house sitter) ♥♥♥1/2 review
3. Shiver (repo truck driver) ♥♥♥1/2 review
4. Reaper's Legacy (biker) ♥1/2 review
5. The Escort (escort) ♥♥ review
6. The Hooker and the Hermit (social media specialist & blogger) ♥♥♥1/2 review



Theme 2: Rags To Riches:
1. Sugar Daddy ♥♥♥1/2 review
2. Courageous ♥ review
3. The Road Taken ♥♥1/2 review
4. Billionaire and the Virgin ♥♥ review
5. Crazy Rich Asians ♥♥♥ review
6. Royally Screwed ♥♥1/2 review


Theme 3: Young Adult/New Adult:
1. Anna and the French Kiss ♥♥ review
2. Meet the Baumgartners ♥♥♥♥ review
3. Sweet Filthy Boy ♥♥1/2 review
4. Finding Audrey ♥♥♥ review
5. To All the Boys I've Loved Before ♥♥ review
6. Seduction and Snacks ♥♥♥ review



Theme 4: Mystery/Thriller:
1. Carnal Innocence ♥♥♥1/2 review
2. The Liar ♥♥♥ review
3. Sacred Sins ♥♥♥1/2 review
4. One Potion in the Grave ♥♥♥ review
5. Tides of Memory ♥♥1/2 review
6. Mean Streak ♥♥♥♥ review



Theme 5: Emotionally Tortured Heroine:
1. Naked ♥♥1/2 review
2. Truth ♥♥1/2 review
3. Rock Addiction ♥♥ review
4. Rock Hard ♥♥♥ review
5. Stay With Me ♥1/2 review
6. All In ♥♥1/2 review



Theme 6: Chicks Who Kick Butt:
1. The Heist ♥♥♥ review
2. Toil and Trouble ♥♥1/2 review
3. Concealed In Death ♥♥♥1/2 review
4. Triad ♥♥ review
5. Be Witched ♥♥ review
6. Girl in 6E ♥♥♥ review



Theme 7: Time Travel/Fantasy:
1. Legend ♥♥1/2 review
2. Landline ♥♥1/2 review
3. My Real Children ♥♥ review
4. Days of Blood and Starlight ♥♥1/2 review
5. Dreams of Gods and Monsters ♥♥ review
6. Knight of a Trillion Stars ♥1/2 review



Theme 8: Srpski Ljubici:
1. Zakletva ♥♥♥ review
2. Vrelina Tvog Dodira ♥♥♥♥ review
3. Novi Zivot ♥♥♥♥ review
4. Kisa Nad Parizom ♥♥♥ review
5. Nova Sansa ♥♥♥ review
6. Opasna Zelja ♥1/2 review

(continued!!)


Theme 9: In Serbian:
1. Noc Kada Su Dosli Svatovi ♥♥ review
2. Dnevnik Mlade Supruge ♥♥1/2 review
3. Moc Zudnje ♥♥♥ review
4. New York, Beograd ♥♥ review
5. Ti Si Meni Sve ♥♥ review
6. Knjiga Uspomena ♥♥ review



Theme 10: Historical Romances:
1. A Rose In the Storm ♥♥1/2 review
2. Romancing the Duke ♥♥♥♥ review
3. One Dance With a Duke ♥♥♥ review
4. Three Weeks With Lady X ♥♥♥ 1/2 review
5. 11 Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart ♥♥♥ 1/2 review
6. When the Rogue Returns ♥♥♥♥ review



Theme 11: Paranormal:
1. Dark Kiss of Rapture ♥♥1/2 review
2. The Winter King ♥♥♥1/2 review
3. Daring ♥1/2 review
4. The King ♥♥1/2 review
5. The Hollow ♥♥♥ review
6. The Pagan Stone ♥♥♥ review



Theme 12: Small Town:
1. Where You Least Expect ♥♥1/2 review
2. Loving Cara ♥♥1/2 review
3. The Search (dog trainer) ♥♥♥ review
4. Flash Storm ♥♥ review
5. Wicked Lust ♥♥♥♥ review
6. Wicked Need ♥♥♥♥ review



Theme 13: Emotionally Tortured Hero:
1. Rock Redemption ♥♥1/2 review
2. Bourbon Kings ♥♥1/2 review
3. Legal Affairs ♥♥1/2 review
4. Forgotten Sins ♥♥♥1/2 review
5. Beyond Addiction ♥♥ review
6. Angels' Share ♥♥♥ review


Theme 14: Anabela Basalo
1. Svetlost Tuznog Srca ♥♥♥ review
2. Vrteska Ljubavi ♥♥♥ review
3. Zvezda Padalica ♥♥♥ review
4. Trnoviti Put Do Ljubavi ♥♥♥♥1/2 review
5. Nekad I Sad ♥♥♥1/2 review
6. Odbrana Casti ♥♥1/2 review


Theme 15: Shapeshifters
1. Hostage to Pleasure ♥♥♥1/2 review
2. Branded by Fire ♥♥1/2 review
3. Slave To Sensation ♥♥♥1/2 review
4. Visions of Heat ♥♥♥ review
5. Caressed by Ice ♥♥♥1/2 review
6. Mine to Possess ♥♥♥1/2 review


Theme 16: Nonsensical Romance
1. Champagne Romance ♥ review
2. Mystery Man ♥♥ review
3. Willing Captive ♥1/2 review
4. Rock Chick ♥♥ review
5. The Best Kind of Trouble ♥♥1/2 review
6. Isla and the Happily Ever After ♥♥1/2 review


Theme 17: Srpski Ljubici2:
1. Naslednica ♥♥♥ review
2. Posle Tuge ♥♥♥ review
3. Viteska Cast ♥♥♥♥ review
4. Uzavrele Strasti ♥♥ review
5. Zabranjena Osecanja ♥1/2 review
6. Becki Valcer ♥♥♥ review



Theme 18: Friends-to-Lovers:
1. Big Rock ♥♥♥♥ review
2. Friend-zoned ♥1/2 review
3. Wicked Fall ♥♥♥1/2 review
4. Vincent Boys ♥♥♥♥ review
5. Lola and the Boy Next Door ♥1/2 review
6. Shatter Me ♥♥♥1/2 review

A Year of Romance

Challenge Accepted: November, 19, 2016
Challenge (hopefully) Completed: November 18, 2017

15 Common Themes in Romance Novels:

Updated through: 3-1-17 Missing Butterfly

Werewolves
1. Wild Wolf 12-13-16
2. A Werewolf in Manhattan 12-15-16
3. Mate Bond 12-21-16
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Military Heroes
1. Edge of Control by Trish Loye 11-26-16
2. A Marked Man 12-21-16
3. Alaska, with Love 12-23-16
4. Ice 1-2-17
5. Woman On The Run 1-12-17
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Vampires
1. A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands 11-26-16
2. Reclaiming by Sean Michael 12-2-16
3. Alliance in Blood by Ariel Tachna 12-8-16
4. Merrick by Claire Cray 1-31-17
5. Montana's Vamp by Lynn Hagen 2-6-17
6. My Man Declan by Amber Kell 2-6-17

Dangerous Heroes
1. Cut & Run by Madeline Urban and Abigail Roux 12-3-16
2. Leopard's Fury 12-10-16
3. Chase 12-29-16
4. Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh 2-4-17
5. Archangel's Storm by Nalini Singh 2-5-17
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Holiday Romances
1. Her Halloween Treat 12-18-16
2. Love and Snowball Fights 1-4-17
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Psychic Abilities
1. Crosstalk by Connie Willis 12-4-16
2. Oracle's Moon 12-12-16
3. Power Game by Christine Feehan 1-28-17
4. Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh 2-21-17
5. A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet 2-22-17
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Virgin Heroes
1. The Closet Boy by Sean Michael 12-1-16
2. The Virgin Manny 1-15-17
3. 959 Brenton Street 1-15-17
4. Finding His Home 1-15-17
5. Becoming Rafe 1-16-17
6. Widdershins 1-18-17

Love & Laughter
1. Vision in White by Nora Roberts 11-27-16
2. Coming Back by John Inman 11-30-16
3. Ben and Shiloh by John Inman 12-5-16
4. The Lightning-Struck Heart 1-1-17
5. Why I Love Geeks 1-11-17
6. Nutter Nero by Lynn Hagen 2-6-17

Love on the Job
1. Alex's Law by Jayce Ellis 11-30-16
2. His Fairy Godfather by Cate Ashwood 12-2-16
3. Collision Course 1-14-17
4. Making It Work 12-18-16
5. Unstable Stud 1-16-17
6. The Missing Butterfly by Megan Derr 3-1-17


Romances with Animals
1. Unleashed by Sara Humphreys 11-9-16
2. Sinner's Gin by Rhys Ford 11-19-16
3. Healing Hunter's Heart by Charlie Cochet 11-17-16
4. Bodyguard Bear by Zoe Chant 11-20-16
5. Untouched by Sara Humphreys 11-24-16
6. Freckles by Amy Lane 11-29-16

Doctors and Nurses
1. Hero Bear by Zoe Chant 12-4-16
2. Serenading Stanley by John Inman 12-6-16
3. A Forced Silence 1-13-17
4. A Fallen Heart 1-15-17
5. The Binds That Tie 1-16-17
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Chicks Who Kick Butt
1. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh 1-19-17
2. Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh 1-27-17
3. Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh 2-3-17
4. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb 2-9-17
5. Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh 2-11-17
6. Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb 2-17-17

Ghosts
1. The Ghost on My Couch 1-21-17
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Nursing Back to Health
1. Crossing Borders 1-2-17
2. His Needs 1-6-17
3. With All My Heart by 1-13-17
4. The Luckiest Master by Sean Michael 1-23-17
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A Year of Romance Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Level: Challenging (13+ Themes)
Read: 84/84

Chicks who Kick Butt
1. Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb-1/3/16
2. Driven to Distraction by Olivia Dade-1/8/17
3. The Drowned Girls by Loreth Anne White-6/26/17
4. Safe Haven: Love in Juniper Ridge by Heather Tullis-7/15/17
5. Snared by Jennifer Estep-7/17/17
6. Heat Rises by Richard Castle-9/16/17

Dangerous Curves (BBW Heroine)
1. Claimed by the Mate, Vol. 3 by Kate Douglas and A.C. Arthur-1/5/17
2. Thrown for a Curve by Sugar Jamison-4/14/17
3. PS... You're Mine by Alexa Riley-5/3/17
4. On the Plus Side by Alison Bliss-6/26/17
5. Can't Buy My Love by Shelli Stevens-7/8/17
6. Gentlemen Prefer Curves by Sugar Jamison-8/9/17

Bad to the Bone...
1. Reaper's Fire by Joanna Wylde-1/2/17
2. Passionate Addiction by Eden Summers-3/1/17
3. Ride Hard by Laura Kaye-3/5/17
4. Shade's Lady by Joanna Wylde-3/18/17
5. Zero to Sixty by Marie Harte-3/25/17
6. Tru Blue by Melissa Foster-5/28/17

Military Heroes
1. Sweet Thursday by Mari Carr-2/5/17
2. Unmatched by Stephanie Kay-2/26/17
3. Her Rebel Heart by Jamie Farrell-3/1/17
4. Stirring Attraction by Sara Jane Stone-3/5/17
5. Southern Fried Blues by Jamie Farrell-5/30/17
6. I Need a Hero by Codi Gary-7/5/17

Fairy Tale Romance
1. Royal Design by Sariah Wilson-2/11/17
2. Dark Sexy Knight by Katy Regnery-2/24/17
3. Don't Speak by Katy Regnery-2/28/17
4. Claimed by Pleasure by Jaymie Holland-3/21/17
5. The Scarecrow King by Jill Myles-5/18/17
6. Hood's Obsession by Marie Hall-8/12/17

There's No Business Like ... Show Business
1. To Win Her Heart by Mackenzie Crowne-1/15/17
2. Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb-2/7/17
3. Lazy Love by Kirsten Osbourne-2/9/17
4. Blind Attraction by Eden Summers-2/25/17
5. Treat Me, Thrill Me: One Night with Sole Regret Anthology by Olivia Cunning-4/1/17
6. Sultry Groove by Eden Summers-4/16/17

Unusual Occupations
1. Ready to Fall by Olivia Dade-1/8/17
2. To Win Her Trust by Mackenzie Crowne-1/14/17
3. Friday I'm in Love by Mari Carr-2/19/17
4. Mastering Her Senses by Laura Kaye-3/1/17
5. With This Click, I Thee Wed by Bonnie R. Paulson-3/15/17
6. Flipped! by Inés Saint-3/21/17

Holiday Romances
1. Tears to Cheers by Stacy Eaton-1/7/17 (New Year's)
2. My Reckless Valentine by Olivia Dade-1/6/17 (Valentine's Day)
3. Mayday by Olivia Dade-1/7/17 (Mayday/Ringing in the May)
4. Christmas in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk-2/3/17 (Christmas)
5. Be Mine in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk-2/9/17 (Valentine's Day)
6. Christmas from Hell by R.L. Mathewson-8/7/17 (Thanksgiving and Christmas)

Love and War
1. To Win Her Love by Mackenzie Crowne-1/13/17
2. Djinni and the Geek by Cindy Spencer Pape-4/16/17
3. A Merciful Truth by Kendra Elliot-6/7/17
4. Union of Sin by Eden Summers-7/8/17
5. Horde by Ann Aguirre-8/11/17
6. Temporarily Yours by Diane Alberts-9/7/17

Mystery, Suspense, and Thrillers
1. New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb-1/3/17
2. A Merciful Death by Kendra Elliot-1/12/17
3. Identity Crisis by Eliza Daly-2/12/17
4. Undesired Lust by Eden Summers-3/2/17
5. Axe to Grind by Savannah Skye-3/6/17
6. Without Warning by Lynette Eason-4/8/17

Love and Laughter (Romances that make me Laugh)
1. Jax by Lane Hart-2/15/17
2. Reckless Weekend by Eden Summers-3/1/17
3. Chaos by Jamie Shaw-5/2/17
4. Hot for the Fireman by Gina L. Maxwell-7/29/17
5. Fire & Brimstone by R.L. Mathewson-8/13/17
6. Delectable by R.L. Mathewson-8/25/17

Love on the Job
1. Hard Lesson by Savannah Skye-1/1/17
2. Broken Resolutions by Olivia Dade-1/6/17
3. The Perfect Match by Pat White-1/12/17
4. To Win Her Back by Mackenzie Crowne-1/15/17
5. Big Time by K.B. Winters-1/18/17
6. Summer in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk-2/4/17

Doctors and Nurses
1. Chaos in Death by J.D. Robb-1/4/17
2. Waiting for Wednesday by Mari Carr-1/22/17
3. Maybe It's You by Candace Calvert-1/28/17
4. Aroused by Jade Kerrion-3/18/17
5. Identity: Love in Juniper Ridge by Heather Tullis-6/29/17
6. The One Real Thing by Samantha Young-9/14/17

Bad Boys
1. It's In His Arms by Shelly Alexander-1/1/17
2. That Wilder Boy by Kim Vogel Sawyer-2/14/17
3. Born of Vengeance by Sherrilyn Kenyon-2/14/17
4. Breaking Colt (A Capestrana Crime Family Novel): dark, mafia, bad-boy romance by Savannah Skye-3/7/17
5. Set the Night on Fire by Jennifer Bernard-7/20/17
6. Wingman by Tess Oliver-7/22/17

Level: Easy (1-4 themes)
Duration: 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2018

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Magic and Magical Creatures
1. Touch of Flames: Vom Feuer berührt by Mariella Heyd - 05/29/17
2. Hunted by Meagan Spooner - 09/03/17
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Bad Boys
1. Wedding Games: Wer sich traut ... by June Reeler - 05/07/17
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A Year of Romance
January 2017 - December 2017

72 /60 - DONE!

♦ 1. Small Town = 6/6

1) Real Good Man Review ♥♥♥♥
2) Hollywood Dirt Review ♥♥♥ ( or "Small Town")
3) Cheasapeake Blue Review ♥♥♥ (also could be "Emot.Tor.Heroes")
4) Her Unexpected Hero Review ♥♥1/2 (also could be "Baby Drama" or "Emot.Tor.Heroes")
5) Real Good Love Review ♥♥♥
6)Inner Harbor Review ♥♥♥1/2


♦ 2. CHICK LIT = 6/6

1) I Think I Love You Review ♥♥
2) Gossip Review ♥♥
3) Size 12 Is Not Fat Review ♥♥1/2
4) Love Actually Review ♥♥♥
5) Twenties Girl Review ♥♥♥
6) Big Girl Panties Review ♥♥♥



♦ 3. WORKING TOGETHER ROMANCE = 6/6

1) Billionaire Wins the Game Review ♥♥♥ ("Marriage of Convenience" or "Baby Drama")
2) Billionaires Fall Review ♥♥♥ (also could be "Cowboys")
3) Still the One Review ♥♥♥
4) Alex Review ♥♥♥
5) Shopping for a Billionaire Review ♥♥1/2
6) Tempted By a Cowboy Review ♥♥



♦ 4. VAMPIRES = 6/6

1) One Foot in the Grave Review ♥♥♥1/2
2) At a Grave's End Review ♥♥♥
3) Destined for an Early Grave Review ♥♥♥♥
4) This Side of the Grave Review ♥♥
5) One Grave At a Time Review ♥♥♥
6) Bloodlines Review ♥♥


♦ 5. Mystery & Thriller = 6/6

1) Behind Closed Doors Review ♥♥♥
2) The Obsession Review ♥♥♥
3) Friction Review ♥♥♥
4) Sanctuary Review ♥♥♥1/2
5) The Switch Review ♥♥♥1/2
6) Sting Review ♥♥♥




♦ 6. Rich & Powerful Men = 6/6

1) Sheik's Dangerous Lover Review ♥♥1/2
2) Loving Evangeline Review ♥♥
3) Sugar Daddy Review ♥♥♥♥
4) The Master Review ♥♥♥♥
5) Sleepless in Manhattan Review ♥♥♥1/2
6) One Night With A Billionaire Review ♥♥



♦ 7. Emotionally Tortured Heroes = 6/6

1) Wicked Ride Review ♥♥♥
2) Uncivilized Review ♥♥♥1/2
3) Selling Scarlett Review ♥♥♥ (also could be "Rich and Powerful Men OR Mystery/Thriller")
4) The Professional Review ♥♥♥1/2 (also could be "Rich and Powerful Men")
5) Somebody's Lover Review ♥♥♥ (also could be "Emotionally Tort. Heroines" or "Small Town")
6) Rising Tides Review ♥♥♥

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A Year of Romance
January 2017 - December 2017

♦ 8. Regency = 6/6

1) The Hunter Review ♥♥♥♥♥
2) Art of Sinning Review ♥♥♥1/2
3) The Highlander Review ♥♥♥♥♥
4) The Study of Seduction Review ♥♥♥1/2
5) Cold-hearted Rake Review ♥♥♥♥
6) A Kiss To Remember Review ♥♥♥♥



♦ 9. Srpski ljubici = 6/6

1) Divlja Macka Review ♥♥♥
2) Prevara Kao Opomena Review ♥♥♥
3) Od Danas, Zauvek Review ♥♥♥
4) Zavera Tela Review ♥♥♥
5) Onaj Pravi Review ♥♥1/2
6) Najbolji Argument Review ♥♥



♦ 10. Srpski ljubici2 = 6/6

1) Plavokosa Zavodnica Review ♥♥1/2
2) Spasilac Review ♥
3) Opasna Veza Review ♥
4) Andreina Tajna Review ♥♥
5) Apsolutna Harmonija Review ♥♥
6) Kad se Tajne Otkriju Review ♥♥♥


!!!!BONUS!!!!!

♦ 11. MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE = 4/6

1) Billionaire's Dance Review ♥♥♥ (also could be "Baby Drama")
2) The Highwayman Review ♥♥♥♥♥ (also could be "Regency")
3) Duncan's Bride Review ♥♥♥1/2 (also could be "Cowboys" OR "Emot.Tor.Heroes" OR "small town")
4) The Player Review ♥♥1/2 (also could be "Trashy Heroines" OR "Emot.Tor.Heroes" OR "Rich and Powerful")
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♦ 12. Trashy Heroes/Heroines = 3/6

1) Devil's Game Review ♥♥
2) Reaper's Stand Review ♥♥♥1/2
3) Charged Review ♥♥1/2
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♦ 13. Emotionally Tortured Heroines = 3/6

1) Built Review ♥♥1/2
2) Deeper Review ♥♥1/2
3) Safe In His Arms Review ♥♥
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♦ 14. Paranormal = 2/6

1) Island of Glass Review ♥♥♥
2) Spenceworth Bride Review ♥♥
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A Year of Romance
January 1 – December 31, 2016

Level — Challenging (13+ themes)
Completed Themes — 16!
Completed Books — 96!

Bad To The Bone
Fracture, Callie Hart – 1/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Seven Sons, Lili St. Germain – 2/3/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Sugar Daddy, Sawyer Bennett – 6/11/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
This Side of the Grave, Jeaniene Frost – 9/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Archangel’s Heart, Nalini Singh – 11/16/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Ecstasy Unbound, Setta Jay – 12/14/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


Chicks Who Kick Butt
Dragon Actually, G.A. Aiken – 3/6/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Feverborn, Karen Marie Moning – 3/16/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Ceremony In Death, J.D. Robb – 5/3/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Cinder, Marissa Meyer – 6/15/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Yvette’s Haven, Tina Folsom – 6/22/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
One Grave at a Time, Jeaniene Frost – 9/6/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


Dangerous Heroes
Wild Man, Kristen Ashley – 1/27/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Dark Needs at Night’s Edge, Kresley Cole – 1/29/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Dark Desires After Dusk, Kresley Cole – 2/25/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Sticks & Stones, Madeleine Urban – 2/26/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Riding the Storm, Sydney Croft – 2/29/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Gabriel’s Mate, Tina Folsom – 3/29/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


Doctors and Nurses
Hard Ever After, Laura Kaye – 2/21/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Frog, Mary Calmes – 3/19/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Hook Me, Chelle Bliss – 4/27/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Collateral, Callie Hart – 9/12/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
The Rebuilding Year, Kaje Harper – 9/24/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
The Ghost on My Couch, L.A. Gilbert – 10/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


Emotionally Tortured Hero
Walk Through Fire, Kristen Ashley – 2/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Rapture, J.R. Ward – 3/4/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Hard Evidence, Pamela Clare – 3/21/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Burn, Callie Hart – 4/10/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Vagrant, Gemma James – 4/16/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
The Mistress, Tiffany Reisz – 4/22/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


The Frontier
Surrender, Pamela Clare – 2/14/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Sought, Evangeline Anderson – 3/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Untamed, Pamela Clare – 5/16/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Defiant, Pamela Clare – 5/25/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Upon a Winter’s Night, Pamela Clare – 5/28/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum – 7/22/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮


Holiday Romances
Holiday Games, Jaci Burton – 1/15/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Holiday on Ice, Jaci Burton – 1/26/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Love in the Light, Laura Kaye – 2/19/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift, Jennifer Ashley – 4/13/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Christmas with the Reeds, Tammy Falkner – 12/15/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, Lisa Kleypas – 12/24/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


Love on the Job
Cut & Run, Madeleine Urban – 1/17/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Rock Hard, Nalini Singh – 1/23/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
The Law of Attraction, N.M. Silber – 2/11/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
It Had to Be You, Susan Elizabeth Phillips – 5/19/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
The Men with the Golden Cuffs, Lexi Blake – 6/13/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Beautiful Redemption, Jamie McGuire – 9/22/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


Military Heroes
Night with a SEAL, Cat Johnson – 2/27/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Grabbed by Vicious, Lolita Lopez – 3/25/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
The Bound Prince, Michelle M. Pillow – 3/31/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Saved By A SEAL, Cat Johnson – 4/4/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
The Nurse and the Soldier, Victoria Wessex – 6/10/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Worth the Fall, Claudia Connor – 7/27/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮


Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers
Into the Crossfire, Lisa Marie Rice – 2/175/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Extreme Exposure(reread), Pamela Clare – 2/22/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Unfiltered & Unlawful, Payge Gavin – 4/29/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Unlawful Contact, Pamela Clare – 6/20/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Holiday in Death, J.D. Robb – 7/18/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Out of Control, Shannon McKenna – 8/13/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


Romances Set in Scotland
The Many Sins of Lord Cameron, Jennifer Ashley – 1/25/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Before Jamaica Lane, Samantha Young – 2/23/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Fall from India Place, Samantha Young – 3/18/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
The Duke’s Perfect Wife, Jennifer Ashley – 3/28/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Echoes of Scotland Street, Samantha Young – 4/15/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
The Seduction of Elliot McBride, Jennifer Ashley – 6/29/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮


Romances Set in Texas
Nikolai, Roxie Rivera – 2/8/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
The Dom Who Loved Me, Lexi Blake – 2/19/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Exquisite Trouble, Ann Mayburn – 3/14/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Exquisite Danger, Ann Mayburn – 4/12/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Temptation, Nicole Edwards – 4/19/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Sergei, Roxie Rivera – 5/8/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


Vampires
Fated, Rebecca Zanetti – 1/11/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Amaury’s Hellion, Tina Folsom – 1/12/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Kiss of Crimson, Lara Adrian – 1/19/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Claimed, Rebecca Zanetti – 2/21/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Midnight Awakening, Lara Adrian – 3/25/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
At Grave’s End, Jeaniene Frost – 3/26/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


Virgin Heroes
Their Virgin Captive, Shayla Black – 1/3/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Becoming the Whiskey Princess, Toni Aleo – 4/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Their Virgin’s Secret, Shayla Black & Lexi Blake – 7/6/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Their Virgin Concubine, Shayla Black & Lexi Blake – 8/28/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Their Virgin Princess, Shayla Black & Lexi Blake – 11/27/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Sacked, Jen Frederick – 11/30/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


Werewolves
Pack Challenge, Shelly Laurenston – 1/16/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Fool Moon, Jim Butcher – 5/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf, Molly Harper – 5/4/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
An American Werewolf in Hoboken, Dakota Cassidy – 5/23/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Allegiance of Honor, Nalini Singh – 9/17/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
How to Howl at the Moon, Eli Easton – 10/5/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


Women Warriors
Kiss of a Demon King, Kresley Cole – 4/17/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Destined for an Early Grave, Jeaniene Frost – 6/9/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Vengeance in Death, J.D. Robb – 6/24/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Deep Kiss of Winter, Kresley Cole – 9/29/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Sins of the Night, Sherrilyn Kenyon – 11/2/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Veil of Midnight, Lara Adrian – 10/3/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

A Year of Romance
Jan.-Dec. 2019
Easy Level, 1-4 themes, 6-24 books

Romances Set in Scotland
when a scot ties a knot
wild wicked scot
do you want to start a scandal (?)
the seduction of miss amelia bell
the wicked ways of alexander kidd
what happens in scotland
an english bride in scotland
how to abduct a highland lord
highland scandal
Regency/Historical Romance
the rogue not taken
if i only had a duke
how to tame your duke
a rogue by any other name
the perks of loving a scoundrel
secrets of a summer night
the duchess deal
how the duke was won
kisses she wrote
Manga Romance
1. Everyone's Getting Married, Vol. 1 May 15
2. Happy Marriage?!, Vol. 2 May 15-18
3. happy marriage 1
4. everyone's getting married 2
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paranormal romance
dragon actually
dragon heat
black dragon
lord of the fading lands
sweet starfire
sea witch
bewitching
enchanting the lady

interracial
forbidden beverly jenkins
mine till midnight
kiss me at sunrise
talk sweetly to me
an extraordinary union
forbidden jewel of india
the hidden blade

A Year of Romance
Start Date: 04-01-2017

Chicks Who Kick Butt
•Dangerous Curves
•Bad To The Bone...

•Werewolves: 1/6
1. Rebel Wolf, Amy Green ~04-19-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
2. Marrok, Julia Mills ~ 06-16-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮



•Witches & Warlocks

•Military Heroes: 5/6
1. The Vixen & the Vet, Katy Regnery ~ 04-17-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
2. Seducing the Bachelor, Sinclair Jayne ~ 05-01-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
3. Romanced by a SEAL, Cat Johnson ~ 05-04-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
4. Claiming Her SEAL, Kat Cantrell ~ 06-07-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
5. Special Forces Savior, Janie Crouch ~ 06-16-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮



•Magic & Magical Creatures
•Fairy Tale Romance
•Women Warriors
•Asian Romances
•There's No Business Like ... Show Business
•Vampires
•Tropical Settings
•Reincarnation

•Dangerous Heroes: 1/6
1. King's Warrior, by Kris Kennedy ~ 04-11-17 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮



•Plain Jane
•Unusual Occupations
•Highwaymen
•Reconciliation
•Emotionally Tortured Hero
•Holiday Romances
•Native Americans
•Love and War
•The Frontier
•Runaway Brides
•Medieval Knights
•Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers
•The Second Wife
•Psychic Abilities
•Virgin Heroes
•Love & Laughter

•Love on the Job: 4/6
1. Joshua's Mission, by Vannetta Chapman ~ 4-12-17 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
2. Right Name, Wrong Man, by Mona Risk ~ 4-25-17 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
3. One Wrong Move, by Angela Smith ~ 05-16-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
4. Crossing Hearts, by Kimberly Kincaid ~ 05-25-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
5. The Sapphire Affair, Lauren Blakely ~ 06-12-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮



•Childhood Sweethearts
•Regency
•Pretend Marriages
•Gothics
•Bad Girls
•Romances Set in Scotland

•Feuding Families: 1/6
1. My Kind of You, by Tracy Borgan ~ 05-03-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
2. Battle of the Bulbs, Shannyn Leah ~ 05-15-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮



•Time-Travel Romances: 4/6
1. Highlander's Challenge, by Jo Barrett ~ 04-02-17 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
2. A Knight to Remember , by Cynthia Luhrs ~ 04-04-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
3. Highlander's Kiss, by Joanne Wadsworth ~ 04-05-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
4. A Ride Through Time, by Charlene Raddon ~ 05-17-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮



•Mail-Order Brides: 1/6
1. The Rock Star's Email Order Bride, by Demelza Carlton ~ ✮✮✮✮✮



•Undercover Agents
•Pirates

•Romances with Animals: 3/6
1. Sourdough Creek, Caroline Fyffe ~ 04-23-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
2. Master of the Mountain, Cherise sinclair ~ 05-28-2017~ ✮✮✮✮✮
3. From the Moment On, Debra Clopton ~ 05-29-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮



•Viking

•Romances Set in Texas: 5/6
1. Once Upon a Cowboy, Lacy Williams ~ 04-06-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
2. Texas Twilight, Caroline Fyffe ~ 04-18-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
3. Treasure Me, Cowboy, Debra Clopman ~ 04-21-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
4. Texas Cowboy, Eve Gaddy ~ 05-21-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
5. Sharpe Mind, Lisa b. Thomas ~ 06-05-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮



•Terms of the Will
•May and December Romances
•Beauty and the Beast
•Rags to Riches/Riches to Rags
•Doctors and Nurses
•Revenge
•Presumed Dead
•Bad Boys
•Twins
•Vampires
•Secret Babies
•Ghosts
•Nursing Back to Health
•Disguised as a Male

•Imperfect "Perfect" Heroes: 4/6
1. Weston, Debra Kayn ~ 04-29-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
2. To Save a Sinner, Adele Clee ~ 05-27-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
3. Embracing My Submission, Jenna Jacobs ~ 05-31-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮
4. Royal Beast, Lexi Whitlow ~ 06-01-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮



•Kidnapping
•Amnesia

•Marriage of Convenience: 1/6
1. Triumph & Treasure, Collette Cameron ~ 04-08-2017 ~ ✮✮✮✮✮