VOTE BY NOV 30th – BOTM Jan 2023 – Overlooked Heroines

[Susan]

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


VOTING IS NOW OPEN!

Please vote using this form to vote: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA... This requires that you put your Goodreads name.

You can vote for up to three full-length books. Here's how the points work:

> First (or only) choice = 3 points
> Second choice = 2 points
> Third choice = 1 point

There is also a separate vote for a novella.

You can view the current vote tally here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

To see which books are nominated or if you prefer to vote in-thread, check out the Nominations Thread. I have also listed the nominations below.

Please vote by NOVEMBER 30:. At the end of the voting period the top two or three vote-getters will be the BOTMs. If we need to break a tie, we will use number of first place votes, or if that doesn't work, number of second place votes as a tie-breaker. If we need another tie-breaker, we will discuss in thread and add to rules in future.

Happy voting!!

[Susan]

Please let me know if the links do not work and I will amend.

The links to the books are here:

Bewitching by Jill Barnett
Up All Night with a Good Duke – Amy Rose Bennett
One Wylde Night – Chasity Bowlin
Soulless – Gail Carriger
Once a Wallflower, At Last His Love– Christi Caldwell
Love Me, If You Dare – Alyssa Clarke
The Merry Lives of Spinsters – Rebecca Connolly
The Duke's Holiday – Maggie Fenton
Isle of Liess – Donna Fletcher
The Bounce in the Captain's Boots – Jayne Fresina
Guilty Pleasures – Laura Lee Guhrke
Madame Fiocca - Suzy Henderson
The Resistance Lily: A WW2 Historical Novel - Dana Levy Elgrod
Love and Other Scandals - Caroline Linden
The Dollar Prince's Wife Paula Marshall
The Bridled Tongue – Catherine Meyrick
The Lady Gets Lucky– Joanna Shupe
Annie's Song by Catherine Anderson (I cannot find an English blurb)

Novellas
Lord Gallant– Wendy Vella
The Courtship – Grace Burrowes

[Mariana]

Here is the English blurb for Annie's Song by Catherine Anderson:

Annie Trimble lives in a solitary world that no one enters or understands. As delicate and beautiful as the tender blossoms of the Oregon spring, she is shunned by a town that misinterprets her affliction. But cruelty cannot destroy the love Annie holds in her heart.

Alex Montgomery is horrified to learn his wild younger brother forced himself on a helpless "idiot girl." Tormented by guilt, Alex agrees to marry her and raise the babe she carries as his own. But he never dreams he will grow to cherish his lovely, mute, misjudged Annie and her childlike innocence, her womanly charms and the wondrous way she views her world. And he becomes determined to break through the wall of silence surrounding her; to heal...and to be healed by Annie's sweet song of love.

[Susan]

OK.....the winners are:

The Lady Gets Lucky - Joanna Shupe (32)
Up All Night with a Good Duke - Amy Rose Bennett (25)
Bewitching - Jill Barnett (22)
Novella: The Courtship by Grace Burrowes (23)

Bewitching won on count back (same number of first place votes, but more second place votes)

Once a Wallflower, At Last His Love– Christi Caldwell (22)
Annie’s Song– Catherine Anderson (19)
Love and Other Scandals - Caroline Linden (16)
Guilty Pleasures – Laura Lee Guhrke (12)
Isle of Lies – Donna Fletcher (12)
The Duke’s Holiday – Maggie Fenton (11)
Love Me, If You Dare – Alyssa Clarke (11)
Soulless – Gail Carriger (10)
The Bounce in the Captains Boots – Jayne Fresina (8)
The Merry Lives of Spinsters – Rebecca Connolly (8)
One Wyld Night – Chasity Bowlin (7)
The Bridled Tongue – Catherine Meyrick (5)
The Dollar Prince’s Wife – Paula Marshall (2)
The Resistance Lily: A WW2 Historical Novel - Dana Levy Elgrod (2)
Madame Fiocca - Suzy Henderson

Novella runner up - Lord Gallant, Wendy Vella - (11 votes)