Historical Romance Book Club discussion

For the month of MAY 2023, we will be reading HRs where the theme revolves around SECRET LOVE. Books where the main characters fall in love in secret. This might include forbidden loves, family feuds, "illegal" loves.

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 March 16th

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
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

I will nominate: Rogue with a Brogue by Suzanne Enoch.

Great theme!!

I would like to nominate: The Match of the Century by Cathy Maxwell https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

I'll nomiate: and

Wow, has March ever flown by! Here are my nominations:

The Earl She Should Never Desire by Lara Temple - This book has been on my reread radar because a book featuring the hero's (very intriguing!) best friend just came out.

I would also like to nominate The King's Man by Elizabeth Kingston.

I'll nominate Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins, A Reckless Match by Kate Bateman and Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare.

Hi Olivia. We are no longer taking nominations for novellas as a separate category. Therefore you will need to choose only 2 of the 3 books you have nominated.
If I don't hear from you I will eliminate the Tessa Dare which is the novella

I will add one last nomination - and then close nominations.
The Devil of Clan Sinclair by Karen Ranny

The voting link will be up soon :)