may

Make you mine Jackie Ashenden

St. Martins

Erotic Romance

wicked exposure Katana Collins

kensington

Historical Fiction

tiffany girl Deeanne Gist Howard

Historical Romance

the daring exploits of a runaway

heiress
Victoria Alexander Zebra
a scoundrel by moonlight Anna Campbell
forever

the duke and the lady in red

Lorraine Heath avon

Inspirational

Like a Love Song C amille Eide

Ashberry

Whenever You Come Around

Robin Lee Hatcher Thomas Nelson
Water from My Heart C harles Martin
Center Street

Mystery, Suspense & Thriller

Some Like it Witchy Heather Blake Obsidian

Little Black Lies Sharon Bolton Minotaur
A Finely Knit Murder Sally Goldenbaum NAL
The Harvest Man Alex Grecian Putnam
Your Next Breath Iris Johansen St. Martins
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue
Victoria Thompson Berkley

Paranormal

grave phantoms Jenn Bennett Berkley sensation

midnights kiss Thea Harrison Berkley sensation

Science Fiction & Fantasy

uprooted Naomi Novik Del rey
where Kit Reed tor

Urban Fantasy

edge of dreams Diana Pharaoh Francis

bell bridge

the big fix Linda Grimes tor

eighth grave after dark Darynda Jones
st. Martins

alien separation Gini Koch Daw

As Waters Gone By Cynthia Ruchti Abingdon

Until the Harvest S arah Loudin Thomas

Young Adult

Mainstream Fiction

LYING OUT LOUD Kody Keplinger SCHOLASTIC

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES S arah J. Maas

Bethany House

THE WRATH & THE DAWN Rene Ahdieh

PUTNAM

A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson Little, Brown

Liars Bench Kim Michele Richardson Kensington
The Sound of Glass Karen White NAL

BLOOMSBURY

HOLD ME LIKE A BREATH Tiffany Schmidt

BLOOMSBURY

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Contemporary Romance

series romanceratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #375 May 2015
HARLEQUIN AMERICAN ROMANCE Reviewed by Tori Benson

Harlequin romantic suspense Reviewed by Melanie Bates

1545 (3) The Cowboys Homecoming

1546 (4) Her Cowboy Groom
1547 (4H) The Ranchers Lullaby
1548 (4) Back to Texas

1847 (4) Heir to Murder

9780373279173 Elle James
1848 (3) Capturing the Huntsman
9780373279180
C.J. Miller
1849 (4) Killer Exposure
9780373279197 Lara Lacombe
1850 (4) Protecting His Brothers Bride 9780373279203 Jan Schliesman

9780373755660

Donna Alward
Trish Milburn
9780373755684
Leigh Duncan
9780373755691 Amanda Renee
9780373755677

Harlequin BLAZE Reviewed by Kim Jefferson

Harlequin Special Edition Reviewed by Debbie Haupt

843 (2) A SEALs Pleasure

844 (4) Intrigue Me
845 (4) The Hottest Ticket in Town
846 (3) Outrageously Yours

2401 (4H) Not Quite Married

2402 (4) My Fair Fortune
2403 (4) A Forever Kind
of Family
2404 (4) A Match Made
in Montana
2405 (4H) From Best Friend
to Bride
2406 (3) His Pregnant
Texas Sweetheart

9780373798476

Tawny Weber
Jo Leigh
9780373798490 Kimberly Van Meter
9780373798506 Susanna Carr
9780373798483

Harlequin Desire Reviewed by Anna Dougherty

2371 (4) Triple the Fun

2372 (4) Minding Her
Bosss Business
2373 (4) Kissed by a Rancher
2374 (4) The Sheikhs
Pregnancy Proposal
2375 (4H) Secret Heiress, Secret Baby
2376 (4) Sex, Lies and the CEO

9780373733842 Maureen Child

9780373733859

Janice Maynard

9780373733866 Sara Orwig

9780373733873

Fiona Brand

9780373733880 Emily McKay

9780373733897 Barbara Dunlop

Harlequin intrigue Reviewed by Susannah Balch

1563 (4) Showdown at

Shadow Junction
1564 (4) Two Souls Hollow
1565 (3) Scene of the Crime:
Killer Cove
1566 (4H) Navy SEAL Justice
1567 (3) Cowboy Incognito
1568 (4) Under Suspicion

9780373698301

Joanna Wayne

9780373698318

Paula Graves
Carla Cassidy

9780373698325

9780373698332 Elle James

9780373698349

Alice Sharpe

9780373698356 Mallory Kane

9780373658831

Christine Rimmer

9780373658848 Nancy Robards Thompson

9780373658855 Brenda Harlen
9780373658862

Joanna Sims

9780373658879

Jules Bennett

9780373658886

Amy Woods

KIMANI romance Reviewed by B. Nakia Garner

425 (4) My Stallion Heart

426 (2) Winning Her Love
427 (4) Beautiful Surrender
428 (3) Moonlight Kisses

9780373864010

Deborah Fletcher Mello

9780373864027 Harmony Evans

9780373864034 Sherelle Green
9780373864041

Phyllis Bourne

LOVE INSPIRED Reviewed by Leslie McKee

(4)
(4)
(3)
(4)
(4)
(4)

The Rancher Takes a Bride

The Doctors Second Chance
The Single Dad Finds a Wife
Winning the Teachers Heart
Bachelor to the Rescue
A Firefighters Promise

9780373879557 Brenda Minton

9780373879564 Missy Tippens
9780373879571

Felicia Mason
Jean C. Gordon
Lorraine Beatty
Patricia Johns

9780373879588
9780373879595
9780373879601

Harlequin Presents Reviewed by Debbie Haupt

LOVE INSPIRED historical Reviewed by Susannah Balch

3329 (4H) Greeks Last Redemption 9780373133352 Caitlin Crews

3330 (4) The Sheikhs Secret Babies 9780373133369 Lynne Graham
3331 (4H) The Greeks Pregnant Bride 9780373133376 Michelle Smart
3332 (4) The Sins of Sebastian
9780373133383 Kim Lawrence
Rey-Defoe
3333 (4H) The Marakaios Marriage 9780373133390 Kate Hewitt
3334 (3) At Her Bosss Pleasure
9780373133406 Cathy Williams
3335 (4) Captive of Kadar
9780373133413
Trish Morey
3336 (4) Craving Her Enemys Touch 9780373133420 Rachael Thomas

(4)
(3)
(4H)
(3)

Harlequin Romance Reviewed by Jaime A. Geraldi

4471 (4) The Pregnancy Secret

4472 (4) A Bride for the

Runaway Groom
4473 (4) The Wedding Planner

and the CEO
4474 (3) Bound by a Baby Bump

9780373743360

Cara Colter

9780373743377 Scarlet Wilson

9780373743384

Alison Roberts

9780373743391 Ellie Darkins

Wagon Train Sweetheart

Second Chance Hero
Love by Design
A Family Found

9780373283101

Lacy Williams

9780373283118 Winnie Griggs

9780373283125
9780373283132

Christine Johnson
Laura Abbot

LOVE INSPIRED SUSPENSE Reviewed by Leslie McKee

(4)
(4H)
(4)
(4)
(4H)
(3)

Trail of Evidence
Explosive Alliance
Gone Missing
Witness Undercover
Lethal Exposure
Into Thin Air

9780373446667

Lynette Eason

9780373446674 Susan Sleeman

9780373446681

Camy Tang
Debra Cowan
9780373446704 Elisabeth Rees
9780373446711 Mary Ellen Porter
9780373446698

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Harlequin SuperRomance will now be available only as e-books

and can be found on sites wherever e-books are sold.

eroticaratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #375 May 2015
4H
Jackie Ashenden
4 Rhian Cahill & Lexxie Couper
4HTP Katana Collins
4
Lila Dubois
4 Kelly Jamieson
4H Beth Kery
3 Sierra Kincade
3 Elizabeth Moss
1
C. L. Parker
4H Em Petrova
3
Anne Rainey
3
Anne Rice as A.N. Roquelaure
4
L.A. Witt & Aleksandr Voinov

Living in Sin
Party On
Wicked Exposure
Carnal Magic
Playing Dirty
Glimmer
The Confession
Wolf Bride
Playing Dirty
Reining Men
Hard to Handle, Volume 2
Beautys Kingdom
No Distance Left to Run

Samhain**
Samhain
Kensington
Samhain
Samhain
Berkley
Berkley
Sourcebooks
Bantam
Samhain**
Samhain
Viking*
Samhain

9781619228252
9781619224186
9781617736377
9781619225237
9781619227897
9780425279656
9780425278017
9781492613824
9781101882948
9781619228436
9781619225299
9780525427995
9781619225336
TP = Top Pick

* Hardcover

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science fiction/fantasyratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #375 May 2015
4 Steve Bein
2
James L. Cambias
4H
P. N. Elrod
3 Mary Robinette Kowal
4
Tracey Martin
4HTP Naomi Novik
4 Nnedi Okorafor
4HTP Kit Reed
4 M.J. Scott
3 Neal Stephenson
4H Marc Turner
4
David Wellington

Disciple of the Wind

Corsair
The Hanged Man
Of Noble Family
Revive
Uprooted
The Book of Phoenix
Where
The Shattered Court
Seveneves
When the Heavens Fall
Positive

9780451470201
9780765379108
9780765329714
9780765378361
9781619227170
9780804179034
9780756410193
9780765379825
9780451465399
9780062190376
9780765337122
9780062315373

Roc
Tor*
Tor*
Tor*
Samhain**
Del Rey*
Daw*
Tor*
Roc
William Morrow*
Tor*
Harper Voyager*
TP = Top Pick

* Hardcover

** E-book

historical romanceratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #375 May 2015
4HTP
Victoria Alexander
3 Sophie Barnes
4H Kelly Bowen
4
Valerie Bowman
4
Linda Broday
4HTP
Anna Campbell
3
Lynne Connolly
4H
Cara Elliott
4HTP
Lorraine Heath
4
Julia Justiss
4 Rowan Keats
4H
Jade Lee
4
Jeannie Lin
4
Julia London
4 Sarah Mallory
4
Victoria Roberts
4
Lauri Robinson
4H
Joanna Shupe
4 Emma Wildes

The Daring Exploits of a Runaway Heiress

Lady Sarahs Sinful Desires
A Good Rogue Is Hard to Find
The Unlikely Lady
Twice a Texas Bride
A Scoundrel by Moonlight
Arrows of Desire
Sinfully Yours
The Duke and the Lady in Red
The Rake to Reveal Her
What a Lass Wants
50 Ways to Ruin a Rake
A Dance With Danger
The Scoundrel and the Debutante
A Lady for Lord Randall
Kilts and Daggers
A Fortune for the Outlaws Daughter
The Harlot Countess
Far Too Tempted

9781420132281
9780062358851
9781455583836
9781250042095
9781492602842
9781455557936
9781619228412
9781455573240
9780062276261
9780373298327
9780451474414
9781492604990
9780373298341
9780373779512
9780373298327
9781402292033
9780373298310
9781420135541
9781619225275

Zebra
Avon
Forever
St. Martins
Sourcebooks
Forever
Samhain**
Forever
Avon
Harlequin
Signet Eclipse
Sourcebooks
Harlequin
HQN
Harlequin
Sourcebooks
Harlequin
Zebra
Samhain

HISTORICAL FICTION
4HTP
Deeanne Gist
4
C.C. Humphreys
3 Susan McGregor
4 Erika Robuck
4H M.J. Rose
3
Pamela Schoenewaldt

Tiffany Girl
The Curse of Anne Boleyn
The Harlot Saint
The House of Hawthorne
The Witch of Painted Sorrows
Under the Same Blue Sky

9781451692440
9781402282300
9781310117862
9780451418913
9781476778068
9780062326638

Howard*
Sourcebooks
Bygone Era
NAL*
Atria*
William Morrow
TP = Top Pick

* Hardcover

** E-book

contemporary romanceratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #375 May 2015
4 Marina Adair
3
Donna Alward
3 Kate Angell
4HTP
Jackie Ashenden
4H Emma Cane
4 Emma Chase
4 Nicole Helm
4
Cheris Hodges
4
Lauren Gallagher
4H Brenda Jackson
4
Cat Johnson
4
Joan Johnston
4
Christina Lee
2 Katie MacAlister
4H Susan Mallery
4
LuAnn McLane
4 Olivia Miles
4
Lucy Monroe
4
J.J. Murray
4
Josephine Myles
4H M.J. OShea & Anna Martin
2 Kristian F. Power
3 Melanie Scott
4H Kate Sherwood
4H
Lilah Suzanne
4
Vicki Lewis Thompson
4H
Ann Marie Walker & Amy K. Rogers
4H Shiloh Walker
4
Anthology

Sugar on Top
Summer on Lovers Island
No One Like You
Make You Mine
Ever After at Sweetheart Ranch
Overruled
Flight Delay
Rumor Has It
The Saints Wife
A Lovers Vow
Midnight Ride
Sinful
Two of Hearts
A Midsummer Nights Romp
Hold Me
Walking on Sunshine
A Match Made on Main Street
Wild Heat
Lets Stay Together
Stuff
Souffls at Sunrise
First Love
Lawless In Leather
Mark of Cain
Spice
Crazy for the Cowboy
Remind Me
Busted
Hot Alphas

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9781250045188
9780758291301
9781250051776
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9780778318002
9781420136210
9780804178662
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9780451470492
9781455557196
9781455575480
9781617734809
9781619225350
9781632167842
9781632164926
9781250040411
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9781941530252
9780451471390
9780698194762
9780425273937
9781250066886

Forever
St. Martins
Kensington
St. Martins
Avon
Gallery
Samhain
Dafina
Samhain**
Mira
Zebra
Dell
NAL
Signet Select
HQN
Signet Eclipse
Forever
Forever
Kensington
Samhain
Dreamspinner**
Dreamspinner**
St. Martins
Samhain
Interlude
Signet Select
Intermix**
Berkley Sensation
St. Martins Griffin
TP = Top Pick

* Hardcover

** E-book

paranormal romanceratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #375 May 2015
4HTP
Jenn Bennett
4H
Anna Butler
2 Summer Devon
4
Christine Feehan
4
Donna S. Frelick
4HTP
Thea Harrison
4
Cassiel Knight
3
Allison Merritt
4H
Lindsey Piper
4H
J.R. Ward

Grave Phantoms
The Gilded Scarab
Releasing the Shifter
Cats Lair
Unchained Memory
Midnights Kiss
The Death Skull
Eban
Hunted Warrior
The Shadows

9780425280768
9781632167729
9781619227163
9780515155563
9780692366455
9780425274385
9781619225244
9781619226340
9781451695939
9780451417077

Berkley Sensation
Dreamspinner
Samhain**
Jove
INKd
Berkley Sensation
Samhain
Samhain**
Pocket
NAL*
TP = Top Pick

* Hardcover

** E-book

urban fantasyratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #375 May 2015
4HTP
Diana Pharaoh Francis
4HTP
Linda Grimes
4
Charlaine Harris
4HTP
Darynda Jones
4HTP Gini Koch
4H
Colleen Vanderlinden

Edge of Dreams
The Big Fix
Day Shift
Eighth Grave After Dark
Alien Separation
Shadow Witch Rising

N/A
9780765376381
9780425263198
9781250045652
9780756409319
N/A

Bell Bridge**
Tor*
Ace*
St. Martins *
Daw
Colleen Vanderlinden**
TP = Top Pick

* Hardcover

** E-book

mystery, suspense & thrillerratings

RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #375 May 2015
4HTP Heather Blake
4HTP Sharon Bolton
4 M. P. Cooley
4 Isis Crawford
4HTP Sally Goldenbaum
4HTP
Alex Grecian
4 Nicholas Guild
4 Rachel Howzell Hall
4H
Carolyn Hart
4HTP Iris Johansen
3
Linda O. Johnston
4
Andrea Kane
3
Carey Nachenberg
4
Joyce Carol Oates
3 Katherine Hall Page
4 Michael Palmer & Daniel Palmer
4H
James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
4H Barbara Ross
4HTP
Victoria Thompson
4
Aime Thurlo & David Thurlo
4 Elaine Viets
4
James W. Ziskin

Some Like it Witchy

Little Black Lies
Flame Out
A Catered Mothers Day
A Finely Knit Murder
The Harvest Man
Blood Ties
Skies of Ash
Dont Go Home
Your Next Breath
Bite the Biscuit
The Silence That Speaks
The Florentine Deception
Jack of Spades
The Body in the Birches
Trauma
14th Deadly Sin
Musseled Out
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue
Grave Consequences
Checked Out
Stone Cold Dead

9780451465887
9781250028594
9780062300737
9781617733291
9780451471604
9780399166440
9780765378453
9780765336361
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9781250020086
9780738745039
9780778317371
9781504009225
9780802123947
9780062310828
9781250030894
9780316407021
9780758286895
9780425260470
9781250029003
9780451466327
9781633880481

Obsidian
Minotaur*
William Morrow*
Kensington*
NAL*
Putnam*
Forge*
Forge*
Berkley*
St. Martins*
Midnight Ink
Mira*
Carey Nachenberg
Mysterious Press*
William Morrow*
St. Martins*
Little, Brown*
Kensington
Berkley*
Minotaur*
NAL*
Seventh Street
TP = Top Pick

* Hardcover

** E-book

inspirationalratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #375 May 2015
4
Tamera Alexander
4
Amanda Cabot
4 Rachelle Dekker
4H Melanie Dickerson
4
Lynette Eason
4HTP
Camille Eide
4
Leslie Gould
4
Cliff Graham
4 Shelley Gray
4HTP Robin Lee Hatcher
2
Dee Henderson
3
Laura Hilton
4H
Lynne Hinton
4H Ronie Kendig
4
Peter Leavell
2 Kelly Long
4 Richard Mabry, M.D.
4HTP
Charles Martin
4HTP
Cynthia Ruchti
3
Lorna Sielstad
4HTP Sarah Loudin Thomas
3 Anthology

To Win Her Favor

In Firefly Valley
The Choosing
The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest
No Place to Hide
Like a Love Song
Amish Promises
Shadow of the Mountain: Exodus
Deception on Sable Hill
Whenever You Come Around
Taken
The Postcard
The Case of the Sin City Sister
Falcon
West for the Black Hills
An Amish Man of Ice Mountain
Fatal Trauma
Water from My Heart
As Waters Gone By
As Love Blooms
Until the Harvest
Chance of Loving You

9780310343448
9780800734350
9781496402257
9780718026240
9780800722104
N/A
9780764215087
9780764214752
9780310338505
9781401687694
9780764214080
9781629113593
9781401691479
9781624163197
9781941291085
9781420135466
9781630881160
9781455554706
9781426787270
9780800721831
9780764212260
9781496405371

Zondervan*
Revell
Tyndale*
Thomas Nelson
Revell
Ashberry Press**
Bethany House
Bethany House
Zondervan
Thomas Nelson
Bethany House*
Whitaker House
Thomas Nelson
Shiloh Run
Mountainview
Zebra
Abingdon
Center Street*
Abingdon
Revell
Bethany House
Tyndale
TP = Top Pick

* Hardcover

** E-book

mainstream fictionratings
RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #375 May 2015
4HTP Kate Atkinson
3
Polly Dugan
2 Bridget Foley
4H Elyssa Friedland
4 Kristy Woodson Harvey
3
Anita Hughes
4H Beverly Jenkins
4H Sally Kilpatrick
4
Jill Mansell
3 Mary McDonough
4
Fern Michaels
4 Rosalind Noonan
4HTP Kim Michele Richardson
4
Jennifer Scott
4
Lucy Sykes & Jo Piazza
3 Mary Ellen Taylor
4 Nancy Thayer
4 Sarah Vaughan
4HTP Karen White
4H Kim Wright

A God in Ruins
The Sweetheart Deal
Hugo & Rose
Love and Miss Communication
Dear Carolina
FRENCH COAST
For Your Love
The Happy Hour Choir
Making Your Mind Up
One Year
Perfect Match
Take Another Look
Liars Bench
Second Chance Friends
The Knockoff
At the Corner of King Street
The Guest Cottage
The Art of Baking Blind
The Sound of Glass
The Canterbury Sisters

9780316176538
9780316320351
9781250055798
9780062379849
9780425279984
9781250066107
9780062207999
9781617735684
9781492604440
9780758293497
9781617734588
9781617733253
9781617737336
9780451473233
9780385539586
9780425278253
9780345545510
9781250059406
9780451470898
9781501100765

Little, Brown*
Little, Brown*
St. Martins*
William Morrow
Berkley
St. Martins Griffin*
William Morrow
Kensington
Sourcebooks
Kensington*
Kensington*
Kensington
Kensington
NAL
Doubleday*
Berkley
Ballantine*
St. Martins*
NAL*
Gallery
TP = Top Pick

* Hardcover

** E-book

romantic suspense ratings

RT BOOK REVIEWS ISSUE #375 May 2015
4 Mary Burton
4
Jessica Clare & Jen Frederick
4
Cynthia Eden
4H
Lindsay McKenna
4
Paige Tyler

Be Afraid
Last Kiss
Twisted
Running Fire
Her Wild Hero

Zebra
Berkley
Avon
HQN
Sourcebooks

9781420132137
9780425281529
9780062349644
9780373788934
9781402292156
TP = Top Pick

* Hardcover

** E-book