NOMINATIONS FOR BOTM – Jan 2023 – OVERLOOKED HEROINE

[Susan]

For the month of JANUARY 2023, we will be reading HRs that feature OVERLOOKED HEROINE: This is can be any novel which includes Spinster, Wallflower or Bluestocking tropes.

Rules of Nominations:

1. Not more than 2 novel nominations per member.
2. Not more than 1 novella nomination per member. We will track novella nominations separately.
3. No book we have read as a group read in the last 2 yrs. (Please check the group's Bookshelf)
4. No author we have read in the last one year (see below).

>> Nominations end on November 15th. <<

Authors ineligible for January 2023:
Carolyn Jewel - Dec 2022
Liz Carlyle - Dec 2022
Alice Coldbreath - Dec 2022
Christina Courtenay - Dec 2022
Amanda Quick/Jayne Ann Krantz - Nov 2022
Lorraine Heath - Nov 2022
Celeste Bradley - Nov 2022
Mary Lancaster - Nov 2022
Judith McNaught – Oct 2022
Laura Kinsale – Oct 2022
Jude Devereaux – Oct 2022
Mary Balogh – Sept 2022
Sherry Thomas – Sept 2022
Meredith Durran – Sept 2022
Eloisa James – Sept 2022
Sabrina Jeffries – August 2022
Anne Stuart – August 2022
Georgette Heyer – August 2022
Kathleen Ayers – August 2022
Elizabeth Hoyt – July 2022
Joanna Bourne – July 2022
Madeline Hunter – July 2022
Kerrigan Byrne – July 2022
Minerva Spencer – June 2022
Courtney Milan – June 2022
India Holton – June 2022
Cat Sebastian – May 2022
Mackenzi Lee – May 2022
Sally Malcolm – May 2022
E.E. Ottoman – May 2022
Loretta Chase - April 2022
Johanna Lindsey - April 2022
Lila DiPasqua - April 2022
K.C. Bateman - April 2022
Tessa Dare - March 2022
Erica Ridley - March 2022
Kat Martin - March 2022
Alyssa Cole - March 2022
Jennifer Ashley - February 2022
Evie Dunmore - February 2022
Maya Banks - February 2022
Karen Hawkins - February 2022
Virginia Heath - January 2022
Lisa Kleypas - January 2022
Julie Garwood - January 2022
Carolyn Lee - January 2022

[Oleander]

O boy did a lot of Amanda Quick books in my TBR fit this theme. I had to wade through them to find some others.
So Starting the nominations with:

The Duke's Holiday by Maggie Fenton
Soulless by Gail Carriger

[Susan]

Oh, I loved the Duke's Holiday. Good pick

[Lauren]

Does abandon wifes fall in this category?

[Merry]

I looked at my Kindle Unlimited and picked out 2 books that looked like they fit the topic and had good ratings and were the first in the series.

[Susan]

I nominate:
The Lady Gets Lucky by Joanna Shupe, and
Up All Night with a Good Duke by Amy Rose Bennett

[Susan]

Lauren wrote: "Does abandon wifes fall in this category?"

Hi Lauren - I don't think it does. The trope is more about a heroine who is not a beautiful, alluring debutant - who is generally overlooked on the marriage mart for various reasons (she may be a bluestocking, a wallflower, too old, shy, reclusive). However there may be a book with an abandoned wife who meets the brief.

[Maureen]

I would like to nominate these two novels:

The Duke and The Wallflower by Jessie Clever
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

The Merry Lives of Spinsters by Rebecca Connolly
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Maureen]

I would like to change the Jessie Clever novel to:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Once a Wallflower at Last His Love by Christi Caldwell

[Lauren]

Novella:

Books: she's highly intelligent and isolated nun til forced to marry

bluestocking, plain, not loved by family

If these don't count let me know. There is slways Bewitching or Annie's Song

[Mariana]

If it counts, I would like to nominate Annie's Song.

[Topastro]

Guilty Pleasures
A new all time favorite! If any of my fellow readers know of similar books please let me know, I am a little obssesed.

[Jan]

The Bounce in the Captain's Boots by Jayne Fresina


The Dollar Prince's Wife by Paula Marshall


Novella: The Courtship by Grace Burrowes (available on kindle in The Windham Ducal Duet: Ther Courtship / The Duke and His Duchess

[Susan]

Mariana wrote: "If it counts, I would like to nominate Annie's Song."

Hi Mariana - I will count that as a nomination from you

[Mariana]

Susan wrote: "Mariana wrote: "If it counts, I would like to nominate Annie's Song."

Hi Mariana - I will count that as a nomination from you"

Thanks!

[Oleander]

Somebody please nominate Bewitching as suggested by Lauren. It looks really good and I've already nominated two. ⛄⛄⛄

[Mariana]

Sure. I'll nominate Bewitching by Jill Barnett. It's free right now.

[Lauren]

Thanks for Mariana for nominating Annie's song and Bewitching. I'm glad others enjoy those books too.

@oleander, even if not chosen I'd recommend Bewitching. It's so cute and a favorite of mine

[Lauren]

Jan, can The Bounce In Tge Captain's Boots be read as a Standalone? it looks good!

[Susan]

Lauren wrote: "Jan, can The Bounce In Tge Captain's Boots be read as a Standalone? it looks good!"

Hi Lauren. From memory, I think it can. It is a good series - I have the first book in the series 5 stars (and the next two 4 stars each). I don't often give 5 stars.

[Susan]

Mariana wrote: "Sure. I'll nominate Bewitching by Jill Barnett. It's free right now."

I just looked this ebook up on amazon and it was free! (amazon australia that is, not sure if that extends worldwide)

[Oleander]

Mariana wrote: "Sure. I'll nominate Bewitching by Jill Barnett. It's free right now."
Thank you Mariana.

@Lauren...Yes, I plan to read it regardless. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[Jan]

Lauren wrote: "Jan, can The Bounce In Tge Captain's Boots be read as a Standalone? it looks good!"

Yes it can definitely be a standalone. It's a lovely read.

[jenny867]

Lots of books on my TBR popping up! I already know I'm going to have a hard time choosing but I'm still going to add one more to the list. 🤣

I'd like to nominate Love and Other Scandals by Caroline Linden.

[Mariana]

jenny867 wrote: "Lots of books on my TBR popping up! I already know I'm going to have a hard time choosing but I'm still going to add one more to the list. 🤣

I'd like to nominate [book:Love and Other Scandals|1606..."

That's a good one too!

[Sandra]

I nominate:




Madame Fiocca (Heroes of War #2) by Suzy Henderson




The Resistance Lily: A WW2 Historical Novel
by Dana Levy Elgrod