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Reading Challenge Log – Hard to Find Letters; Titles A-Z

Log For Keeping Track of Difficult Letters in the Read the Alphabet or A-Z Challenges

This will be the location to list books that start with those hard to find titles for letters used in the ABC challenges. Sorry, I haven’t read them all, so I don’t know if they are all HEA (Happily Ever After).

Let me know if you have any additions and I’ll add and sort them.

You do NOT need to alphabetize any list you post. However, if you would like to know of a great site that ignores the first indefinite ("a" "an" "some" "any") or the first definite ("the") articles, here is the link: http://alphabetizer.flap.tv/index.php

Note: BYMRBYD stands for "Books Your Must Read Before You Die"

Fabulous Beast, by Stephanie James/JAK
Faire Justice, by Michelle M. Pillow
Fairest of Them All, by Teresa Medeiros
Faith, Hope and Marriage, by by Emma Goldrick
A Falcon for a Queen, by Catherine Gaskin
The Falcon Prince, by Karen Kelley
Falling Awake, by Jayne Ann Krentz
A Familiar Face, by Marie Harte
Family Man, by Jayne Ann Krentz
The Family Way, by Jayne Ann Krentz
Fantasmagorical, by Annemarie McKenna
Feral, by Mina Carter
Feral, by Nathalie Gray
Feral Attraction, Paige McKellan
Feral Fascinations by Skhye Moncrief + rest of series


The File On Devlin, by Catherine Gaskin
Finders Keepers, by Linnea Sinclair
A Fine Passion, by Stephanie Laurens
Firebreather, by Marie Harte
Flash, by JAK
Forbidden Nights, with a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
Forced Mate, by Rowena Cherry
Found, by Lori Devoti
Found, by Evangeline Anderson
Friends & Lovers, by Helen MacInnes (old but good)
Frustration, by Charlotte Lamb
Full Bloom, by Janet Evanovich
Full Bloom, by JAK

I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1), by Lore, Pittacus
I Am the Only Running Footman(Richard Jury Mysteries 8), by Grimes, Martha
I Brake For Bad Boys (Includes: Wilde, #1), byFoster, Lori
I Do, I Do, I Do, by Osborne, Maggie
I is for Innocent (Kinsey Millhone, #9), by Grafton, Sue
I Kissed an Earl (Pennyroyal Green, #4), Long, Julie Anne
I Love Bad Boys, by Foster, Lori *
I Scream, You Scream (A Mystery A La Mode, #1), byWatson, Wendy Lyn
I Think I Love You, by Bond, Stephanie
I'll Be Home for Christmas (Includes: Bullet Catcher novella), by Miller, Linda Lael
I'll Be Watching You, by Montoya, Tracy
I'll Be Your Drill, Soldier, Rose, Crystal
I'm In No Mood For Love (Writer Friends, #2), Gibson, Rachel
I'm OK - You're OK, by Harris, Thomas A.
I'm the Vampire, That's Why (Broken Heart Vampires, #1), by Bardsley, Michele
Ice Blue (Ice, #3), by Stuart, Anne
Ice: A Novel, Howard, Linda
Icebound, Koontz, Dean
Icebound, Rowe, Julie *
The Icing on the Cake, byKent, Alison
The Ideal Bride, by Laurens, Stephanie
The Ideal Man, by Garwood, Julie
The Ideal Wife (Dark Angel, #5), by Balogh, Mary
If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People?: Smart Quotes for Dumb Times, by Lloyd, John
If Looks Could Chill (Passion For Danger, #2), Bruhns, Nina
If Wishes Were Horses..., by Duncan, Judith
If You Ask Me, by White, Betty
If You Dare, by Cole, Kresley
If You Deceive, by Cole, Kresley
If You Desire, by Cole, Kresley
Ill Wind (Weather Warden, #1), by Caine, Rachel
Illusions, by Bach, Richard
Images of Sound, by Leen, N.
Imagine, by Barnett, Jill
Imagine Us, by Smith, Maureen
The Immortal Highlander(Highlander, #6), by Moning, Karen Marie
Immortal in Death (In Death, #3), Robb, J.D.
Immortal Rider (Lords of Deliverance, #2), by Ione, Larissa *
Impetuous, by Foster, Lori *
The Importance of Being Earnest: Performance, by Wilde, Oscar

An Improper Proposal, by Cabot, Patricia
Impulse, by Camp, Candace
In Bed with a Highlander (McCabe Trilogy, #1), by Banks, Maya
In Bed With A Stranger (McJames, #1), by Wine, Mary
In Bed With the Devil (Scoundrels of St. James, #1), by Heath, Lorraine
In Bed with the Duke (Governess Brides, #8), by Dodd, Christina
In Cold Blood, by Capote, Truman
In Deep Voodoo, by Bond, Stephanie
In Her Shoes, by Weiner, Jennifer *
In My Wildest Dreams(Governess Brides, #4), by Dodd, Christina
In Plain Sight, by Wilson, Gayle
In Seconds (Bulletproof, #2), by Novak, Brenda
In The Arms Of A Marquess, by Ashe, Katharine
In the Bed of a Duke (Cameron Sisters, #3), by Maxwell, Cathy
In the Highlander's Bed(Cameron Sisters, #5), by Maxwell, Cathy
In the Prince's Bed (Royal Brotherhood, #1), by Jeffries, Sabrina
In the Shadow of Midnight(Robin Hood, #2), by Canham, Marsha
In the Thrill of the Night (Merry Widows, #1), by Hern, Candice
In The Warrior's Bed (McJames, #2), by Wine, Mary
In Too Deep (Looking Glass Trilogy, #1; Arcane Society, #10), by Krentz, Jayne Ann

Part I
Obsessed - Susan Andersen
Obsession - Karen Robards
Obsession Untamed - Pamela Palmer
Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton
Obsidian Prey by Jayne Castle
Oceans of Fire by Christine Feehan
Odalisque - Fiona McIntosh (fantasy)
Odinn's Child - Tim Severin (HF)
The Odyssey - Homer (classic)
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (classic)
The Offer - Catherine Coulter
An Offer From a Gentleman - Julia Quinn
Ogre, Ogre by Piers Anthony
Oh. My. Gods. - Terri Lynn Childs
Oh My Goth by Gena Showalter
Old Friends by Constance O'Day-Flannery
On Location by Elizabeth Sims
On Mystic Lake - Kristin Hannah
On Thin Ice - Cherry Adair
On Thin Ice - Susan Andersen
On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony
On a Wicked Dawn - Stephanie Laurens
On a Wild Night - Stephanie Laurens
Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin
Once Bitten Twice Dead by Bianca D'Arc
Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison
Once Smitten, Twice Shy by Lori Wilde
Once Upon Stilettos by Shanna Swendson
Once Upon a Castle by Nora Roberts
Once Upon a Kiss by Nora Roberts
Once Upon a Midnight by Nora Roberts
Once Upon a Pillow by Christina Dodd
Once Upon a Rose by Nora Roberts
Once Upon a Star by Nora Roberts
Once a Knight by Christina Dodd
Once a Thief by Kay Hooper
Once an Angel - Teresa Medeiros
Once and Always by Judith McNaught
Once and Forever by Constance O'Day-Flannery
The Once and Future King - T.H. White (fantasy)
Once in Every Life by Kristin Hannah
One Bite Stand by Nina Bangs
One Bite with a Stranger by Christine Warren
One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (classic)
One Enchanted Evening - Lynn Kurland
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
One Forbidden Evening - Jo Goodman
One Good Knight - Mercedes Lackey
One Hex of a Wedding by Yasmine Galenorn
One Kiss From You - Christina Dodd
One Little Sin - Liz Carlyle
One Moonlit Night - Samantha James
One Night With You - Sophie Jordan
One Night With a Prince - Sabrina Jeffries
One Night of Scandal by Teresa Medeiros
One Night of Sin - Gaelen Foley
One Night with a Goddess by Judi McCoy
One Night with a Spy - Celeste Bradley
One Reckless Summer - Toni Blake
One Salt Sea, by Seanan McGuire
One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
One Touch of Scandal - Liz Carlyle
One Week as Lovers - Victoria Dahl
One Whisper Away - Emma Wildes
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Only By Your Touch - Catherine Anderson
Only For You by Hannah Howell
Only His - Elizabeth Lowell
Only Yours, by Susan Mallery
Only a Duke Will Do - Sabrina Jeffries
Only for a Knight - Sue-Ellen Welfonder
Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
Only with Your Love - Lisa Kleypas
Only with a Highlander by Janet Chapman
On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
On the Prowl by Karen MacInerney
On the Way to the Wedding - Julia Quinn
Open Season by Linda Howard
Orchid by Jayne Castle
Organize Your Corpses by Mary Jane Maffini
Original Sin by Allison Brennan
An Original Sin by Nina Bangs
Origin of Death by J.D. Robb
The Other Wife by Shirley Jump
Our Wicked Mistake - Emma Wildes
Out Of Control - Shannon McKenna
Out Of Her League - Kaylea Cross
Out Of This World by Jill Shalvis
The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
The Outlaw Hearts - Rebecca Brandewyne
Outlaw Marriage by Laurie Paige
The Outlaw Viking - Sandra Hill
The Outlaw and the Lady - Lorraine Heath
Out of Control - Suzanne Brockmann
Out of Eden by Beth Ciotta
Out of Sight - Cherry Adair
Out of the Dark - Sharon Sala
Out of the Night - Robin T. Popp
Outrageous - Christina Dodd
Outsider - Diana Palmer
The Outstretched Shadow (fantasy)
Over My Dead Body by Michele Bardsley
Overnight Male by Elizabeth Bevarly
Over the Edge - Suzanne Brockmann
Over the Line by Cindy Gerard

~ O ~ Part II

Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
The Queen's Dollmaker by Christine Trent
The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
The Queen's Handmaiden by Jennifer Ashley
The Queen's Handmaiden by Jennifer Ashley
The Queen's Jewels by Jessica Fletcher/Donald Bain
The Queen's Lady by Shannon Drake
Queen Of Dragons by Shana Abe
The Queen and I by Sue Townsend
Queene of Light by Jennifer Armintrout
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
Queen of Diamonds by Barbara Metzger
Queen of Song and Souls (romantic fantasy and AMAZING series! - start with the first!)
Queen of Sorcery, by David Eddings
The Queen of the Big Time, by Adriana Trigiani
The Queen of the Damned ,by Anne Rice
Queen of the Darkness, by Anne Bishop
A Quick Bite, by Lynsay Sands
The Quick and the Thread, by Amanda Lee
Quicksand, by Iris Johansen
Quickstep to Murder, by Ella Barrick
The Quiet Gentleman, by Georgette Heyer
Quilt as Desired, by Arlene Sachitano
Quilt as You Go, by Arlene Sachitano
Quilter's Knot: A Harriet Truman/Loose Threads Mystery, by Arlene Sachitano
Quilting School: 2, by Ann Poe
Quozl, by Alan Dean Foster

Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld
Ultra Violet, by Nancy Bush
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera
Unbelievable (Fantasy/Tantalizing), by Lori Foster
Uncertain Magic, by Laura Kinsale
The Unclaimed Duchess, by Jenna Petersen
Unclaimed, by Courtney Milan
Undead and Unemployed ,by Mary Janice Davidson
Undead and Unwed, by Mary Janice Davidson
Undeniable, by Jess Michaels
UnderCover, by MaryJanice Davidson
Under Fire, by Jo Davis
Under The Boardwalk: A Dazzling Collection Of All New Summertime Love Stories - anthology by Linda Howard & others
Undercover in High Heels, by Gemma Holiday
Underground, by Kat Richardson
Under My Skin, by Judith Graves
Under the Boardwalk, by Carly Phillips
Under the Desert Moon, by Marsha Canham
Under the Wire, by Cindy Gerard
Undertow, by Cherry Adair
The Undomestic Goddess, by Sophie Kinsella
Unearthly, by Cynthia Hand
An Unforgettable Lady, by J.R. Ward
Unforgivable, by Laura Griffin
The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes, by Jennifer Crusie
Unhallowed Ground, by Heather Graham
The Unidentified, by Rae Mariz
The Unknown Ajax, by Georgette Heyer
Unlawful Contact, by Pamela Clare
Unleashing the Storm, by Sydney Croft
Unleash the Night (Dark-Hunter, #8), by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Unlikely Governess, by Karen Ranney
Unlikely Lover, Diana Palmer
Unlocked, by Courtney Milan
Unlucky, by Jana DeLeon
Unmanned, by Lois Greiman
Unplugged, by Lois Greiman
Unravel Me, by Christie Ridgway
Unraveled, by Gena Showalter
Unscrewed, by Lois Greiman
Unshapely Things, by Mark Del Franco
Unspeakable, by Laura Griffin
The Unsung Hero, by Suzanne Brockmann
Untamed , by Emma Wildes
Untamed, by Pamela Clare
The Untamed Bride, by Stephanie Laurens
The Untamed One, by Ronda Thompson
Until Forever, by Johanna Lindsey
Until You ,by Judith McNaught
Until the Knight Comes, by Sue-Ellen Welfonder
Untouched, by Anna Campbell
Untraceable, by Laura Griffin
Unveiled, by Courtney Milan
Unwind, by Neal Shusterman
Unwrapped, by Nina Bangs
Unzipped, by Lois Greiman
Up Close and Dangerous, by Linda Howard
Up in Smoke, by Katie MacAlister
Upon The Midnight Clear (Dark-Hunter, #13), by Sherrilyn Kenyon
User, by Blake Nelson

V., by Thomas Pynchon(on 1001 BYMRBYD list)
Valentine's Day Is Killing Me, by Mary Janice Davidson
Valentine's Day Is Killing Me, by Susanna Carr
Valentine, by Jane Feather
Valiant, by Holly Black
Valley of Silence, by Nora Roberts
Valley of the Shadow, by Charlotte Hughes
Vamped, by David Sosnowski
The Vampire's Bride, by Gena Showalter
Vampire, Interrupted, by Lynsay Sands
Vampire Academy, by Richelle Mead
Vampire Darcy's Desire: A Pride and Prejudice Adaptation, by Regina Jeffers
Vampire Kisses, by Ellen Schreiber
The Vampire Lestat, by Anne Rice
The Vampire Queen's Servant, by Joey W. Hill
The Vampire Who Loved Me, by Teresa Medeiros
Vampires are Forever, by Lynsay Sands
Vampireville, by Ellen Schreiber
Vamps and the City, by Kerrelyn Sparks
Vanishing Acts, by Jodi Picoult
Vanity, by Jane Feather
Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray (on 1001 BYMRBYD list)
Vanquished, by Hope Tarr
Vathek, by William Beckford (on 1001 BYMRBYD list)
A Veiled Deception, by Annette Blair
Veil of Midnight, by Lara Adrian
Veil of Night: A Novel, by Linda Howard
Velvet, Leather and Lace, by Suzanne Forster
Velvet, by Jane Feather
Velvet Angel, by Jude Deveraux
Velvet Is the Night, by Elizabeth Thornton
The Velvet Promise, by Jude Deveraux
Velvet Song, by Jude Deveraux
Venetia, by Georgette Heyer
Vengeance in Death, by J.D. Robb
Venom, by Jennifer Estep
Venus, by Jane Feather
Venus in Blue Jeans, by Meg Benjamin
Vernon God Little, by D.B.C. Pierre (on 1001 BYMRBYD list)
Veronika Decides to Die, by Paulo Coelho (on 1001 BYMRBYD list)
Vertigo, by W.G. Sebald
The Very Thought of You, by Lynn Kurland
The Very Virile Viking, by Sandra Hill
Vice, by Jane Feather
Vicious Circle, by Linda Robertson
Victoria and the Rogue, by Meg Cabot
Viking Heat, by Sandra Hill
The Viking Takes a Knight, by Sandra Hill
Viking Unchained, by Sandra Hill
Viking in Love, by Sandra Hill
Vinegar Hill, by A. Manette Ansay
The Vineyard, by Barbara Delinsky
Violet, by Jane Feather
Violet Eyes: A Retelling of the "Princess and the Pea" - by Debbie Viguié
Vipers' Tangle, by François Mauriac (on 1001 BYMRBYD list)
Virals, by Kathy Reichs
The Virgin's Lover, by Philippa Gregory
The Virgin's Secret, by Victoria Alexander
Virgin River, by Robyn Carr
A Virgin River Christmas, by Robyn Carr
Virtually His, by Gennita Low
Virtue, by Jane Feather
The Viscount Who Loved Me, by Julia Quinn
Vision in White (Bride Quartet #1), by Nora Roberts
A Vision of Murder, by Victoria Laurie
Visions in Death, by J.D. Robb
Visions of Heat, by Nalini Singh
Visions of Sugar Plums, by Janet Evanovich
Viva Las Bad Boys! by HelenKay Dimon
Vixen, by Jane Feather
Voss, by Patrick White (on 1001 BYMRBYD list)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis
Voyager, by Diana Gabaldon

X Isle, by Steve Augarde
X Isle, by Peter Lerangis
X-Rated Bloodsuckers, by Mario Acevedo
The X-Dames:A Lucy Ripken Mystery, by J.J. Henderson
X Marks the Spot, by Les Martin
X Marks the Spot, by Rin Sparrow
XVI, by Julia Karr
X Y Z, by Anna Katharine Green (free at Project Guttenberg)
The Xanadu Adventure, by Lloyd Alexander
The Xeno Solution, by Nelson Erlick
Xenocide, by Orson Scott Card
The Xenocide Mission, by Ben Jeapes
Xenocide, by Larry Kollar
Xenocide, by Lambert M. Surhone
Xerxes, by Jacob Abbot (free at Project Guttenberg)
The Xibalba Murders, by Lyn Hamilton
Xingu, by Edith Wharton (free at Project Guttenberg)
Xombies: Apocalypticon, by Walter Greatshell
Xone of Contention, by Piers Anthony

Yankee Doodle Dead, by Carolyn Hart
A Year and a Day, by Virginia Henley
The Year of Ice, by Brian Malloy (Gay)
Yesterday & Forever, by Victoria Alexander
Yesterday Once More, by Debbie Macomber
Yesterday's Hero, by Debbie Macomber
You're So Vein, by Christine Warren
You're the One that I Haunt, by Terri Garey
You've Been Warned, by James Patterson
You've Got Male, by Elizabeth Beverly
You've Got Murder, by Donna Andrews
You Are So Undead to Me, by Stacey Jay
You Bet Your Planet - anthology
You Can't Hide, by Karen Rose
You Don't Know Jack, by Erin McCarthy
You Only Love Twice, by Elizabeth Thornton
You Slay Me, by Katie MacAlister
You Wish, by Mandy Hubbard
You and No Other, by Cathy Maxwell
Your Cheatin' Heart, by Nancy Bartholomew
Your Coffin or Mine?, by Kimberly Raye
Your Every Desire, by Celeste Anwar
Your Planet or Mine?, by Susan Grant
Your Scandalous Ways, by Loretta Chase
Your Wicked Ways, by Eloisa James
Your Wish Is My Command, by Donna Kauffman
Yours To Keep, by Shannon Stacey
Yours Until Dawn, by Teresa Medeiros
Yukon Love Song, by Veronica Blake
Yule Be Mine, by Lori Foster

~ Z ~



Z, by Vassili Vassilikos (not in GRs database)
Zanoni: A Rosicrucian Tale, by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton - Free at Project Guttenberg.
Zapped, by Carol Higgins Clark
Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers
Zellia's Blade, by Kitty DuCane
Zen and the Art of Vampires, by Katie MacAlister
Zeno's Conscience, by Italo Svevo
Zero Control, by Lori Wilde
Zillionaire, by Gary Alexander
The Zillionaire Vampire Cowboy's Secret Werewolf Babies, by Nine Naughty Novelists
Zinnia, by Jayne Castle
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo, by Zlata Filipović
Zombie, Ohio, by Scott Kenemore
Zombie Moon, by Lori Devoti
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead, by Max Brooks
Zombies of the Gene Pool, by Sharon McCrumb
Zombiesque, by Stephen L. Antczak
Zombies Vs. Unicorns, by Holly Black
The Zookeeper's Wife, by Diane Ackerman
Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis(on 1001 BYMRBYD list)

Submissions welcome!

May be Tueday before I can submit anything. Sorry, been gone all day and tired.

I totally understand, Pamela. It is the holiday week-end. :)

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Fabulous Beast by Stephanie James/JAK
Faire Justice by Michelle M. Pillow
Fairest of Them All by Teresa Medeiros
Faith, Hope and Marriage by Emma Goldrick
A Falcon for a Queen by Catherine Gaskin
The Falcon Prince by Karen Kelley
Falling Awake by JAK
A Familiar Face by Marie Harte
Family Man by JAK
The Family Way by JAK
Fantasmagorical by Annemarie McKenna

That'll do to start, I need a break. LOL

Thanks, Sandra!

?? LOL! I may have to read that one just because of the title, LOL!

I gave it 4 stars LK :)

GTK, Sandra!

F continued

(Feral is very popular - plenty of books start with it, here are a few)
Feral by Mina Carter
Feral by Nathalie Gray
Feral Attraction by Paige McKellan
Feral Fascinations by Skhye Moncrief + rest of series


The File On Devlin by Catherine Gaskin
Finders Keepers by Linnea Sinclair
A Fine Passion by Stephanie Laurens
Firebreather by Marie Harte
Flash by JAK
Forbidden Nights with a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
Forced Mate by Rowena Cherry
Found by Lori Devoti
Found by Evangeline Anderson
Friends & Lovers by Helen MacInnes (old but good)
Frustration by Charlotte Lamb
Full Bloom by Janet Evanovich
Full Bloom by JAK

Goodie! Thanks, Sandra!