2015 Harlequin Presents Readers Create Your Own Challenge

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2015 Harlequin Presents Readers Create Your Own Challenge

Duration: 1 July - 31 December 2015

Introduction: For our July to December challenge, you can make up your own challenge.

Rules? Just a Few:

1. Books should be read between July 1st and December 31st. (Yes, you can go back to the beginning of July and count any books read on July 1st through July 5th).
2. A book may only count once for the challenge.
3. Books should be slated for the Harlequin Presents line (Mills and Boon title overseas but released as Harlequin Presents) in the United States.
4. Group members may sign up at any time or change their challenge at any time through 11:59 pm December 31st.
5. List the book read, the author, the date read and how it meets your challenge requirements.

Suggestions:

1. You could do a spell it out!
2. You could read according to themes.
3. Do you have any suggestions? I'll add them to the list!

Katie: Descending Numbers Challenge
Gege86: A to Z Hero/Heroine Name Challenge
Pam: Countries/Continents
Danielle: Favorite Themes

Challenge Participants

*KatieV
*Danielle TBH
*Gege86
*Pam
*Aisha
*Sara

[KatieV]

Maybe a descending numbers type of challenge where you set your own goal. For example do themes, authors, eras (80s HPs, 90s HP s, 2000s etc) or any combo.

Example - goal 15 books

5 books by Lynne Graham
4 books by Michelle Reid
3 books by Jacqueline Baird
2 books by Charlotte Lamb
1 book by Robyn Donald

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

That's a fun idea, Katie!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

Danielle's Harlequin Presents Readers Create Your Own Challenge

Duration: 1 July to 31 December 2015

Challenge: Read your favorite themes:

* Marriage of Convenience
* Blackmail Relationship
* Enemies to Lovers
* Unrequited Love
* Shotgun Marriage
* Virgin Heroine
* Revenge

Goal: 10 books (total and number of each may vary)

[Gege86]

I'm in.
I'll spell the alphabet with heroes first names as a start. I'm hoping to do the heroines too.

Duration: 1 July to 31 December 2015

Challenge: spell the alphabet

Goal: 26

completed: 25/26


A... Alain (Anne Mather - Castles of Sand) Date Read: 7/7
B... Burke (Violet Winspear - Wife Without Kisses) Date Read: 8/7
C... Cristo (Lynne Graham - Ravelli's Defiant Bride) Date Read: 13/8
D... Darius (Anne Hampson - Bride for a Night) Date Read: 4/7
E... Edward (Jennie Lucas - Nine Months to Redeem Him) Date Read: 13/9
F... Falkner (Carole Mortimer - His Bid for a Bride) Date Read: 19/9
G... Guy (Patricia Wilson - The Gift of Loving) Date Read: 5/9
H... Heraklion (Violet Winspear - The Child of Judas) Date Read: 9/7
I... Isandro (Kim Lawrence - Maid for Montero) Date Read: 8/9
J... Jacob (Kate Hewitt - The Lone Wolfe) Date Read: 23/7
K... Kadir (Lynn Raye Harris - Gambling with the Crown) Date Read: 24/8
L...Luke (Jacqueline Baird - Bought By The Greek Tycoon) Date Read: 26/7
M... Mark (Violet Winspear - The Unwilling Bride) Date Read: 13/7
N... Nik (Lynne Graham - Christakis's Rebellious Wife) Date Read: 23/8
O... Oliver (Anne Mather - Raw Silk) Date Read: 27/12
P... Presidio (Violet Winspear - No Man of Her Own) Date Read: 16/9
Q... Quinn (Sandra Marton - Cherish the Flame) Date Read: 28/12
R... Rashid (Lynn Raye Harris - Carrying the Sheikh's Heir) Date Read: 26/8
S... Solo (Jacqueline Baird - Wife: Bought and Paid for) Date Read: 8/8
T... Theo (Caitlin Crews - The Replacement Wife) Date Read: 24/9
U...
V... Vasco (Sara Craven - Witch's Harvest) Date Read: 11/8
W... Wolf (Helen Brooks - Fire Beneath the Ice) Date Read: 30/12
X... Xavier (Helen Bianchin - Bride, Bought and Paid For) Date Read: 31/12
Y... Yiannis (Anne McAllister - Savas's Wildcat) Date Read: 29/12
Z... Zarif ( Lynne Graham - Zarif's Convenient Queen) Date Read: 28/8

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

I added the challenge to the main group page. You can sign up here to create a shelf to count your books:

https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

[KatieV]

Okay, I've decided on what my actual challenge will be (sorry if there was confusion - above was just an example of how a descending numbers challenge would work).

15 books

5 written in the 1980s
15. Jilted by Sally Wentworth 7/2015
14. The Hard Man by Penny Jordan 7/2015
13. Devil Lover by Carole Mortimer 7/2015
12. Ever Since Eden by Catherine George 7/2015
11.

4 written in the 1990s
10. Bitter Betrayal by Penny Jordan 7/2015
9. Blind Obsession by Lee Wilkinson 8/2015
8. Past Loving by Penny Jordan 7/2015
7. Valley of the Devil by Yvonne Whittal 7/2015

3 written 2000-2009
6. The Greek's Innocent Virgin by Lucy Monroe 7/2015
5. The Italian's Stolen Bride by Emma Darcy 7/2015
4. The Contaxis Baby by Lynne Graham 8/2015

2 written the current decade
3. Sensible Housekeeper, Scandalously Pregnant by Jennie Lucas 7/2015
2. Married for Amari's Heir by Maisey Yates 8/2015

1 from an author I've never read before
1. For the Love of Sara by Anne Mather 7/2015

[Pam]

OOH I am in now what! I think I will start with something with countries or continents like the books could be set in or hero/heroines are from examples
6 from Europe
5 from North America
4 from Australia
3 from South America
2 from Africa/ME
1 from Asia

or something like

6 Greek men
5 Italian
4 Sheikhs
3 Scandinavian
2 Spaniard
1 American/British

[Aisha]

I'm in!! I love HP and I want to start with 30 books:

The Fifth Avenue series (7 books)
3 Lynne Graham books
The Chatsfield 2015 series (8 books)
12 books (from various authors including duets)

[Pam]

OOh I read three of the Chatsfield series so far I really like them.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

Aisha wrote: "I'm in!! I love HP and I want to start with 30 books:

The Fifth Avenue series (7 books)
3 Lynne Graham books
The Chatsfield 2015 series (8 books)
12 books (from various authors including duets)"


Welcome, Aisha. Keep in mind that only Harlequin Presents books count for this challenge. You could probably count the 5th Avenue series, but Duets wouldn't count because they are in the HP line. :)

[Pam]

Ok i have decided to see how many different HP books set in different countries that I can read. I will start at 15 before i start the list over. When I start list over the books setting can not be from the same city. Examples Italy-venice and Tuscany, France-Paris And Rivera or Australia-Sydney And a Outback cattle station. One of the reasons i have Love for Harlequin Presents is i get to visit all these fabulous countries i may never see in reality. Plus this helps the TBR pile.

[Pam]

I will be including some fantasy counties such as Barovnia or Illyria I love these new exciting places with some kind of royal or political unrest

[Pam]

1. ENGLAND,(FARM IN COUNTRY)- "THE DIAMOND BRIDE" BY CAROL MORTIMER
2. ZAMBIA, (FARM IN COUNTRY) -"SMOKESCREEN" BY ANNE MATHER
3. SOUTH AFRICA, PRETORIA - "THE AWAKENING" BY ROSEMARY CARTER
4. ITALY, MONTIVERNO -"ULTIMATE TEMPTATION" BY SARA CRAVEN

[Aisha]

Danielle The Book Huntress (Self-Proclaimed Book Ninja) wrote: "Welcome, Aisha. Keep in mind that only Harlequin Presents books count for this challenge. You could probably count the 5th Avenue series, but Duets wouldn't count because they are in the HP line. :)"

I mean duets from,HP authors, like The Notorious Greeks by Lynne Graham. Those can't be included in the challege even if they're HP??

P.s.: Thanks for the welcoming :)

[Pam]

1. ENGLAND,(FARM IN COUNTRY)- "THE DIAMOND BRIDE" BY CAROL MORTIMER 7/9
2. ZAMBIA, (FARM IN COUNTRY) -"SMOKESCREEN" BY ANNE MATHER 7/13
3. SOUTH AFRICA, PRETORIA - "THE AWAKENING" BY ROSEMARY CARTER7/12
4. ITALY, -MONTIVERNO "ULTIMATE TEMPTATION" BY SARA CRAVEN 7/10
5. GREECE, ATHENS "MIA AND THE POWERFUL GREEK" BY MICHELLE REID 7/14
6. NEW ZEALAND, PALM BEACH - "FORGOTTEN HUSBAND" BY HELEN BIANCHIN 7/18

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

Aisha wrote: " Danielle The Book Huntress (Self-Proclaimed Book Ninja) wrote: "Welcome, Aisha. Keep in mind that only Harlequin Presents books count for this challenge. You could probably count the 5th Avenue se..."

Oh that's fine. I misunderstood. Thought you were talking about the Harlequin Duets series line. Sorry!

[Sara]

I've just joined the challenge. I'm using Pam's international theme but have just limited it to HP Italian heros because they're my favorites. My biggest challenge wont be reading the books, it will be finding one I haven't read!

[Pam]

I really am enjoying this international theme. I have learned about some new places (that are real places) like The Bailiwick of Giersney. I had to look it up very interesting island.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

Welcome, Sara.

[Pam]

1. ENGLAND,(FARM IN COUNTRY)- "THE DIAMOND BRIDE" BY CAROL MORTIMER 7/9
2. ZAMBIA, (FARM IN COUNTRY) -"SMOKESCREEN" BY ANNE MATHER 7/13
3. SOUTH AFRICA, PRETORIA - "THE AWAKENING" BY ROSEMARY CARTER 7/12
4. ITALY, MONTIVERNO -"ULTIMATE TEMPTATION" BY SARA CRAVEN 7/10
5. GREECE, ATHENS "MIA AND THE POWERFUL GREEK" BY MICHELLE REID 7/14
6. NEW ZEALAND, PALM BEACH - "FORGOTTEN HUSBAND" BY HELEN BIANCHIN 7/18
7. ARGINTINIAN, BUENOS AIRES - "LAZARO'S REVENGE" BY JANE PORTER 7/24
8. FRANCE, FRENCH RIVIERA - "THE JILTED BRIDEGROOM" BY CAROL MORTIMER 7/25
9. MONACO-ENGLAND-FRANCE - "FORBIDDEN OR FOR BEDDING" BY JULIA JAMES 7/22
10. SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH CASTLE - "TO MARRY McALLISTER: BY CAROL MORTIMER 7/30
11. SWITZERLAND, ZUTICH - "SLAVE TO LOVE" BY MICHELLE REID 7/30
12. AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY - "MADDIE'S LOVE CHILD" BY MIRANDA LEE 7/28
13. BAROVNIA, CAPITAL? - "A BRIDE FOR THE TAKING" BY SANDRA MARTON 8/1

[Aisha]

Danielle The Book Huntress (Self-Proclaimed Book Ninja) wrote: "Oh that's fine. I misunderstood. Thought you were talking about the Harlequin Duets series line. Sorry!"

No problem!! ;)

[Pam]

1. ENGLAND (FARM IN COUNTRY)– THE DIAMOND BRIDE BY CAROL MORTIMER 7/9
2. ZAMBIA – “SMOKE SCREEN” BY ANN MATHERS 7/18
3. SOUTH AFRICA, PRETORIA “THE AWAKENING” BY ROSEMARY CARTER 7/12
4. ITALY ,MONTIVERNO – “ULTIMATE TEMPTATION” BY SARA CRAVEN 7/10
5. GREECE, ATHENS – “MIA AND THE POWERFUL GREEK” BY MICHELLE REID 7/14
6. NEW ZEALAND, PALM BEACH – “FORGOTTEN HUSBAND” BY HELEN BIANCHI 7/12
7. ARGENTINIA, BUENOS AIRES –“LAZARO’S REVENGE” BY JANE PORTER 7/24
8. FRANCE, FRENCH RIVIERA – “THE JILTED BRIDGROOM” BY CAROL MORTIMER 7/22
9. MONACO-ENGLAND-FRANCE-“FORBIDDEN OR FORBEDDING” BY JULIA JAMES7/25
10. SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH CASTLE – “TO MARRY A McALLISTER” BY CAROL MORTIMER 7/30
11. SWIZERLAND, ZURICH – “SLAVE TO LOVE” BY MICHELLE REID 7/30
12. AUSTRALIA, SYNDNEY – “MADDIE’S LOVE CHILD” BY MIRANDA LEE 7/28
13. BAROVNIA – “A BRIDE FOR THE TAKING“ BY SNDRA MARTON 8/1
14. ZARIFFTHOS – “THE PRINCE CHAMBERMAID” BY SHARON KENDRICK 8/4
15. CANADA, NEW FOUNDLAND “CONTRACT BRIDEGROOM” BY SARA FIELD 8/10

[KatieV]

Finished :) My challenge was a descending numbers type challenge based on decade of publication.

5 written in the 1980s
15. Jiltedby Sally Wentworth 7/2015
14. The Hard Man by Penny Jordan 7/2015
13. Devil Lover by Carole Mortimer 7/2015
12. Ever Since Eden by Catherine George 7/2015
11.Love's Tangled Web by Mary Lyons 12/2015

4 written in the 1990s
10. Bitter Betrayal by Penny Jordan 7/2015
9. Blind Obsession by Lee Wilkinson 8/2015
8. Past Loving by Penny Jordan 7/2015
7. Valley of the Devilby Yvonne Whittal 7/2015

3 written 2000-2009
6. The Greek's Innocent Virgin by Lucy Monroe 7/2015
5. The Italian's Stolen Bride by Emma Darcy 7/2015
4. The Contaxis Baby by Lynne Graham 8/2015

2 written the current decade
3. Sensible Housekeeper, Scandalously Pregnant by Jennie Lucas 7/2015
2. Married for Amari's Heir by Maisey Yates 8/2015

1 from an author I've never read before
1. For the Love of Sara by Anne Mather 7/2015

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

Way to go, Katie!

[Sara]

Congrats Katie! I'm hoping to have a complete Presents feast over Christmas. Which of the books you read for the challenge was your favourite?

[KatieV]

Sara wrote: "Congrats Katie! I'm hoping to have a complete Presents feast over Christmas. Which of the books you read for the challenge was your favourite?"

My fav was probably Blind Obsession, but Jilted was the runner up. Obviously have a thing for the OTT crazy and the oldies. :)

[Sara]

Thanks Katie, I've added them to my to read list for when I'm done with my Italian Heros.

[Gege86]

I couldn't finish the challenge because of the letter U. I spent most the time in the last month looking for a character name that start with u with no luck, but I'll consider this a personal challenge and continue searching (any help would be appreciated)

Congrats to you girls for finishing.
And as always this was so much fun.

Here is the challenge:
Challenge: spell the alphabet

Goal: 26

completed: 25/26


A... Alain (Anne Mather - Castles of Sand) Date Read: 7/7
B... Burke (Violet Winspear - Wife Without Kisses) Date Read: 8/7
C... Cristo (Lynne Graham - Ravelli's Defiant Bride) Date Read: 13/8
D... Darius (Anne Hampson - Bride for a Night) Date Read: 4/7
E... Edward (Jennie Lucas - Nine Months to Redeem Him) Date Read: 13/9
F... Falkner (Carole Mortimer - His Bid for a Bride) Date Read: 19/9
G... Guy (Patricia Wilson - The Gift of Loving) Date Read: 5/9
H... Heraklion (Violet Winspear - The Child of Judas) Date Read: 9/7
I... Isandro (Kim Lawrence - Maid for Montero) Date Read: 8/9
J... Jacob (Kate Hewitt - The Lone Wolfe) Date Read: 23/7
K... Kadir (Lynn Raye Harris - Gambling with the Crown) Date Read: 24/8
L...Luke (Jacqueline Baird - Bought By The Greek Tycoon) Date Read: 26/7
M... Mark (Violet Winspear - The Unwilling Bride) Date Read: 13/7
N... Nik (Lynne Graham - Christakis's Rebellious Wife) Date Read: 23/8
O... Oliver (Anne Mather - Raw Silk) Date Read: 27/12
P... Presidio (Violet Winspear - No Man of Her Own) Date Read: 16/9
Q... Quinn (Sandra Marton - Cherish the Flame) Date Read: 28/12
R... Rashid (Lynn Raye Harris - Carrying the Sheikh's Heir) Date Read: 26/8
S... Solo (Jacqueline Baird - Wife: Bought and Paid for) Date Read: 8/8
T... Theo (Caitlin Crews - The Replacement Wife) Date Read: 24/9
U...
V... Vasco (Sara Craven - Witch's Harvest) Date Read: 11/8
W... Wolf (Helen Brooks - Fire Beneath the Ice) Date Read: 30/12
X... Xavier (Helen Bianchin - Bride, Bought and Paid For) Date Read: 31/12
Y... Yiannis (Anne McAllister - Savas's Wildcat) Date Read: 29/12
Z... Zarif ( Lynne Graham - Zarif's Convenient Queen) Date Read: 28/8

Ps: I wanted to do the heroine names also and already found and read few of them, but I got lazy and didn't keep track of my progress, so maybe the next time :)

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

You did great, Gege! Congrats to everyone!