NOMINATIONS FOR BOTM - March 2024 - Assumed or Misteken Identity

[Susan]

For the month of March 2024 we will be reading historical romance novels that feature Assumed/Mistaken Identity: Books where MCs take on a disguise or misrepresent themselves, where other characters think one of the leads is someone else. Also includes the Fake Fiancés/Spouses trope

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 (see below).

(*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 January 16th <<

[Susan]

Authors ineligible for March 2024:


Amy Jarecki – Feb 2024
Lorraine Heath – Feb 2024
Lauren Smith – Feb 2024
Mary Balogh - Jan 2024
Virginia Heath - Jan 2024
Eva Leigh - Jan 2024
Elizabeth Hoyt - Dec 2023
Julie Anne Long - Dec 2023
Lara Temple - Dec 2023
Lisa Kleypas - Nov 2023
Gaelen Foley - Nov 2023
Maggie Fenton - Nov 2023
Maya Banks - Oct 2023
Lynsay Sands - Oct 2023
Laura Lee Guhrke - Sept 2023
Georgette Heyer - Sept 2023
Karen Hawkins - Sept 2023
Kerrigan Byrne – Aug 2023
Caroline Linden – Aug 2023
Kresley Cole – Aug 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 2023
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

[Merry in and out for the next few days]

Would The Shadow Earl this one work? Since I haven't read it I don't know if its really "him"
My second book is A Dangerous Kind of Lady fake fiance"

[Susan]

Merry wrote: "Would The Shadow Earl this one work? Since I haven't read it I don't know if its really "him"
My second book is A Dangerous Kind of Lady fake fiance""

I think the Shadow Earl fits the theme...misrepresentation or assumed identity. I really like Stella Riley, so this may get my vote!!

[Oleander]

My nominations

Unmasking Miss Appleby and While the Duke Was Sleeping

[Susan]

I would like to nominate: I've Got My Duke to Keep Me Warm by Kelly Bowen

[Jan]

Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian. A lovely love story with a different feel.


The Forbidden Rose by Joanna Bourne. This is marked as #3 in a series, but actually it's chronologically the first book so can be read without having read the others. A terrific book and series. In the past I haven't really enjoyed spy-themed HRs, but this one converted me :)

[Lauren]

I nominate: By Love Unveiled by Sabrina Jeffries

[Susan]

Jan - we beleive we read both of those books in 2022. The Cat Sebastian in May 2022 and Forbidden Rose in July 2022. So they will not be eligible as they have been read in the past 2 years

[&#x1f41d; Shaz &#x1f41d;]

I nominate

[Jan]

Susan wrote: "Jan - we beleive we read both of those books in 2022. The Cat Sebastian in May 2022 and Forbidden Rose in July 2022. So they will not be eligible as they have been read in the past 2 years"

Oops. I checked the ineligible authors list but forgot to check the bookshelf. Sorry. I will nominate these instead:

Slowly Fell: A Tale of Love and Thumbscrews by Jayne Fresina


The Other Guy's Bride by Connie Brockway
. (I'm currently reading this one but it's fun and I'm sure others would enjoy.)

[Lauren]

My 2nd nomination: Scandalous Deceptions by Rosemary Rogers..

[Susan]

Nominations closed. Votoing links coming soon...