NOMINATIONS FOR BOTM - August 2023 - KIDNAPPING

[Sandra]

For the month of AUGUST 2023, we will be reading HRs that feature KIDNAPPING: Includes books that feature kidnapping or abduction. MCs may have done the abduction or saved the MCs from abduction.

To see definitions for the month theme, check out message 7 in the Theme thread

Rules of Nominations :

1. Not more than 2 novel nominations per member.
2. No book we have read as a group read in the last 2 yrs. (Please check the group's Bookshelf)
3. No author we have read in the last one year.

(*we are no longer including novella’s as a separate BOTM. If a novella is nominated, please note the number of pages)

>> Nominations end on JUNE 15th. <<

Authors ineligible for August 2023:

Tessa Dare – July 2023
Amalie Howard – July 2023
Julie Garwood – July 2023
Jennifer Ashley – June 2023
Elisa Braden – June 2023
Mimi Matthews – June 2023
Sarah MacLean – May 2023
Kate Bateman – May 2023
Suzanne Enoch – May 2923
Mary Jo Putney – April 2023
Anne Gracie – April 2023
Eva Leigh – April 2023
Julia Quinn – March 2023
Reid, Stacy – March 2023
Ivory, Judith – March 2023
Jayne Fresina – Feb 2023
KJ Charles – Feb 2023
Wendy Vella – Feb 2023
Harris Channing – Feb 2023
Joanna Shupe – Jan 2023
Amy Rose Bennett – Jan 2023
Jill Barnett – Jan 2023
Grace Burrowes – Jan 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

[Oleander]

I nominate Pirate's Bride by Lynette Vinet and If You Dare by Kresley Cole

[Sandra]

Hi, I know there's a post somewhere with reference to a few lists regarding the themes for the BOTM, but I can't find it!!! :-'(

If someone have the link, pls post here. In the meanwhile, there's this one that I found:

Historical Romances with Kidnapped/Sold/Captive Heroine
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

Sadly, it seems a bit dated...

[Sandra]

I nominate:



What a Gentleman Wants, Caroline Linden


The Abduction of Julia, Karen Hawkins

[Sandra]

Sandra wrote: "Hi, I know there's a post somewhere with reference to a few lists regarding the themes for the BOTM, but I can't find it!!! :-'(

If someone have the link, pls post here. In the meanwhile, there's ..."

And this one: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Olivia]

I'd like to nominate Captured by the Highlander by Julianne MacLean and Only With Your Love by Lisa Kleypas.

[Susan]

I will nominate

Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue by Stephanie Laurens

[&#x1f41d; Shaz &#x1f41d;]

I nominate
The Mysterious Lord Marlowe
By Anne Herries.

The Highlander’s Stolen Bride
By Madeline Martin.

[Maureen]

I would like to nominate:The Raider by Monica McCarty
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

[Lauren]

I nominate: Seducing The Rake by Christine Skye, and Dream of Me by Josie Litton

[Susan]

I am going to go very old school and nominate:

The Windflower by Laura London

[Lauren]

Susan, thar is old school. I didn't know it existed. I'm going to look ar more Ladon books.

Oleander, Pirate's Bride is a personal favorite of mine

[Susan]

Nominations are closed. I will get the voting links up soon :)

[Sandra]

Thanks, Susan!!