MONTHLY RATINGS: December 2017 Ratings
Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:48am — Emily Walton
Monthly Edition:
TOP PICKS!
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Moonlight Over Manhattan Sarah Morgan HQN
Wrong to Need You Alisha Rai Avon
Cherish Hard Nalini Singh Singh
EROTICA
Sharing Body Heat Lexie Davis Carina
HISTORICAL FICTION
The Lady Traveler’s Guide to Larceny With a Dashing Stranger Victoria Alexander HQN
A Duke in Shining Armor Loretta Chase Avon
A Hope Divided Alyssa Cole Kensington (5G!)
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
A Column of Fire Ken Follet Viking
INSPIRATIONAL
The Esther Paradigm Sarah Monzon Radiant Publications
All This Time Melissa Tagg Larkspur Publishing
MYSTERY, SUSPENSE & THRILLER
Murder in the Lincoln White House C. M. Gleason Kensington
The Demon Crown James Rollins William Morrow
The Vanishing Season Joanna Schaffhausen Minotaur
MAINSTREAM
The Sisters of Glass Ferry Kim Michele Richardson Kensington
PARANORMAL
The Kingpin of Camelot Cassandra Gannon Star Turtle Publishing
The Dreamer's Song Lynn Kurland Berkley
Heart Sight Robin Owens Berkley
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
The Chameleon Michele Hauf Lyrical
SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
The Will to Battle Ada Palmer Tor (5G!)
God's Last Breath Sam Syke Orbit
URBAN FANTASY
Danger’s Vice Amanda Carlson Carlson
Midnight Labyrinth Elizabeth Hunter Hunter
YOUNG ADULT
Prince in Disguise Stephanie Kate Strohm Disney
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Annabeth Albert | Wheels Up | 9781335906946 | Carina |
| 4 | Kristen Ashley | The Time in Between | 9781545505489 | Ashley |
| 4 | B.J. Daniels | Cowboy's Legacy | 9780373803705 | HQN |
| 4 | A.R. Barley | On Duty | B076B1GDXH | Carina |
| 4 | Victoria Denault | Slammed | 9781455597680 | Forever |
| 4 | Emma Douglas | No Place Like You | 9781250111029 | St. Martin's |
| 4 | Anne Elizabeth | The Power of a SEAL | 9781492650928 | Sourcebooks |
| 4 | Lori Foster | Close Contact | 9780373789979 | HQN |
| 4 | Melissa Foster | Only for You | 9781542049016 | Montlake |
| 4 | Jen Gilroy | Back Home at Firefly Lake | 9781455569618 | Forever |
| 4 | Jennifer Gracen | Between You and Me | 9781420145281 | Zebra |
| 4 | Andrew Grey | Taming the Beast | 9781640800052 | Dreamspinner |
| 4 | Denise Grover Swank | Always You | 9781455539819 | Forever |
| 4 | Nicole Helm | Want You More | 9781420142808 | Zebra |
| 4 | Sandra Hill | Cajun Crazy | 9780062566393 | Avon |
| 4 | Christina Lauren | Roomies | 9781501165832 | Gallery |
| 4 | Rachel Lacey | Can't Forget You | 9781455537587 | Forever |
| 3 | Garrett Leigh | Junkyard Heart | 9781626495494 | Riptide |
| 4 | Mary Ann Marlowe | A Crazy Kind of Love | 9781496708083 | Kensington |
| 3 | Louisa Masters | The Bunny and the Billionaire | 9781635338751 | Dreamspinner |
| 4 | Kate Meader | So Over You | 9781501180897 | |
| 4 | Rhenna Morgan | Tempted & Taken | 9781335006059 | Carina |
| 4 1/2 TP | Sarah Morgan | Moonlight Over Manhattan | 9780373804030 | HQN |
| 4 | Radclyffe | Love After Hours | 9781635550900 | Bold Strokes Books |
| 4 1/2 TP | Alisha Rai | Wrong to Need You | 9780062566751 | Avon |
| 4 | Aurora Rey | Summer's Cove | 9781626399716 | Bold Strokes Books |
| 4 | Katee Robert | Undercover Attraction | 9781455597079 | Forever |
| 4 1/2 TP | Nalini Singh | Cherish Hard | 9781942356615 | Singh |
| 3 | Harper Sloan | Cowboy Up | 9781501155277 | |
| 4 | Roxanne Snopek | Sunset Bay Sanctuary | 9781420144222 | Zebra Shout |
| 3 | Rachel Van Dyken | The Bachelor Contract | 9781455542130 | Forever |
| 4 | Kristin Vayden | Heart of a Cowboy | 9781516105625 | Lyrical Caress** |
| 2 | Paris Wynters | Hearts Unleashed | 9781507206492 | Crimson |
| 3 | Anna Zabo | Outside the Lines | 9781626496538 | Riptide |
| 3 | Lindy Zart | The Map to You | 9781516105809 | Lyrical Shine** |
EROTICA RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chelle Bliss | Merger | N/A | Self-Published |
| 4 | Cairo | Passion Island | 9781593096984 | Strebor |
| 4 1/2 TP | Lexie Davis | Sharing Body Heat | N/A | Carina** |
| 3 | Daaimah S. Poole | My Boo | B06ZZ1YD8K | Pocket Star** |
| 4 | Brenda L. Thomas | Every New Year | B071RBPGCS | Pocket Star** |
HISTORICAL ROMANCE RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 1/2 TP | Victoria Alexander | The Lady Traveler’s Guide to Larceny With a Dashing Stranger | 9780373804009 | HQN |
| 3 | Rue Allyn | The French Duchess | 9781507206485 | Crimson |
| 4 | Carol Arens | The Rancher's Inconvenient Bride | 9780373299553 | Harlequin Historical |
| 4 | Jane Ashford | The Duke Knows Best | 9781492621683 | Sourcebooks |
| 3 | Mary Brendan | Rescued by the Forbidden Rake | 9780373631971 | Harlequin Historical |
| 4 | Terri Brisbin, Lecia Cornwall, Bronwen Evans, Lavinia Kent & May McGoldrick | Christmas in Kilts | B0746M7X9W | Swerve |
| 4 1/2 TP | Loretta Chase | A Duke in Shining Armor | 9780062457387 | Avon |
| 5G | Alyssa Cole | A Hope Divided | 9781496707468 | Kensington |
| 4 | Gina Conkle | The Lord Meets His Lady | 9781492651901 | Sourcebooks |
| 4 | Pema Donyo | Stars in Their Eyes | 9781507206461 | Crimson |
| 3 | Jenni Fletcher | Besieged and Betrothed | 9780373299584 | Harlequin Historical |
| 4 | Amelia Grey | To the Duke, With Love | 9781250102515 | St. Martin's |
| 4 | Sophia James | A Secret Consequence for the Viscount | 9780373299560 | Harlequin Historical |
| 4 | Marguerite Kaye & Bronwyn Scott | Scandal at the Christmas Ball | 9780373299577 | Harlequin Historical |
| 4 | Betina Krahn | A Good Day to Marry a Duke | 9781420143478 | Zebra |
| 4 | Licie Laine | My Fair Baron | 9781507206096 | Crimson |
| 3 | Laura Martin | An Unlikely Debutante | 9780373631964 | Harlequin Historical |
| 4 | Sarah McCarty | Luke's Cut | 9780373804238 | HQN |
| 4 | Rachael Miles | Enchanting Ophelia | 9781420146554 | Zebra** |
| 4 | Maya Rodale | It's Hard Out Here for a Duke | 9780062386816 | Avon |
| 3 | Sabrina York | The Highlander is All That | B0746MVRWN | Swerve** |
| Historical Fiction | ||||
| 4 | Jennifer Chiverini | Enchantress of Numbers | 9781101985205 | Dutton* |
| 4 1/2 TP | Ken Follet | A Column of Fire | 9780525954972 | Viking* |
| 4 | Jamie Ford | Love and Other Consolation Prizes | 9780804176750 | Ballantine* |
| 4 | Maria Riva | There You Were Before My Eyes | 9781681775074 | Pegasus* |
PARANORMAL ROMANCE RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Kate Baxter | The Wicked Vampire | 9781250125439 | St. Martin's |
| 4 | Deborah Blake | Dangerously Divine | 9781101987186 | Berkley |
| 4 | Anna Butler | The Jackal's House | 978-1-63533-943-7 | Dreamspinner |
| 4 | Catherine Cerveny | The Chaos of Luck | 9780316510554 | Orbit |
| 4 | Jeaniene Frost | The Brightest Embers | 9780373789429 | HQN |
| 5G | Cassandra Gannon | The Kingpin of Camelot | B074G5XRRJ | Star Turtle Publishing |
| 1 | Mikea Howard | Soul Song | Soul Mate Publishing | |
| 4 1/2 TP | Lynn Kurland | The Dreamer's Song | 9780425282199 | Berkley |
| 4 1/2 TP | Robin Owens | Heart Sight | 9780451488176 | Berkley |
INSPIRATIONAL RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Rick Acker | Guilty Blood | 9781503942936 | Waterfall |
| 3 | Andrea Boyd | Hearts Desire | 9781975708627** | Dreamer Publishing |
| 4 | Barbara Cameron | Seeds of Hope | 9781683700555 | Gilead Publishing |
| 4 | Tanya Eavenson | To Gain a Bodyguard | 9781945961012 | All Roads Publishing |
| 3 | Miralee Ferrell | Runaway Romance | 9781943959419 | Mountain Brook Ink |
| 4 | Linda Hanna & Deborah J. Dulworth | The Promise of Spring | 9781943959178 | Mountain Brook Ink |
| 4 | Robin Lee Hatcher | You're Gonna Love Me | 9780718085971 | Thomas Nelson |
| 4 | Regina Jennings | Holding the Fort | 9780764231193 | Bethany House* |
| 4 | Julie Klassen | The Ladies of Ivy Cottage | 9780764218163 | Bethany House* |
| 4 | Kelly Long | An Amish Courtship on Ice Mountain | 9781420141252 | Kensington |
| 4 | Bill Myers, Frank Peretti, Angela Hunt & Alton Gansky | Probing | 9780764219764 | Bethany House |
| 4 1/2 TP | Sarah Monzon | The Esther Paradigm | 9781944638054 | Radiant Publications |
| 3 | Golden Keyes Parsons | The Gift of the Inn | 9781939023872 | WhiteFire Publishing |
| 4 | Cara Putman | Imperfect Justice | 9780718083489 | Thomas Nelson |
| 3 | Amy K. Rognlie | Make Haste Slowly | 9781943959334 | Mountain Brook Ink |
| 4 1/2 TP | Melissa Tagg | All This Time | 9780997964219 | Larkspur Publishing |
| 3 | Jamie Jo Wright | The House on Foster Hill | 9780764231209 | Bethany House* |
MAINSTREAM FICTION RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Pino Corrias | We'll Sleep When We're Old | 9781501144950 | Atria* |
| 4 | Shelly Ellis | To Love & Betray | 9781496708816 | Dafina |
| 4 | Ashley Hay | A Hundred Small Lessons | 9781501165139 | Atria* |
| 4 | Ashton Lee | Book Club Babies | 9781496705808 | Kensington |
| 4 | Savannah Page | Everything the Heart Wants | 9781542046039 | Lake Union |
| 4 1/2 TP | Kim Michele Richardson | The Sisters of Glass Ferry | 9781496709554 | Kensington |
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Elizabeth Dyer | Defenseless | 9781542048637 | Montlake |
| 4 1/2 TP | Michele Hauf | The Chameleon | 9781516102006 | Lyrical |
| 4 | Cordelia Kingsbridge | Kill Game | 9781626496200 | Riptide |
| 4 | Kari Lemor | Fatal Evidence | 9781516100743 | Lyrical Underground |
| 4 | Paige Tyler | Wolf Hunger | 9781492642374 | Sourcebooks |
SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Fiction | ||||
| 4 | Ian Douglas | Darkness Falling | 9780062379221 | Harper Voyager |
| 3 | Spencer Ellsworth | Shadow Sun Seven | 9780765395757 | Tor.com |
| 3 | Kristin Landon | Windhome | 9781936460793 | Candlemark & Gleam |
| 4 | Kari Maaren | Weave a Circle Round | 9780765386281 | Tor |
| 5G | Ada Palmer | The Will to Battle | 9780765378040 | 9780765378040 |
| 3 | Ken Scholes | Hymn | 9780765321312 | Tor* |
| Fantasy | ||||
| 4 | Katherine Arden | The Girl in the Tower | 9781101885963 | Del Rey* |
| 4 | Ellen Datlow, ed. | Mad Hatters and March Hares | 9780765391063 | Tor* |
| 4 | Francesca Haig | The Forever Ship | 9781476767208 | Gallery* |
| 4 | Alex Marshall | A War in Crimson Embers | 9780316340724 | Orbit |
| 3 | K. J. Parker | The Two of Swords: Volume Three | 9780316270908 | Orbit |
| 4 1/2 TP | Sam Syke | God's Last Breath | 9780316374934 | Orbit |
URBAN FANTASY REVIEWS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 1/2 TP | Amanda Carlson | Danger’s Vice | 9781944431037 | Carlson |
| 4 | Yasmine Galenorn | Fury Calling | Galenorn | |
| 4 | Faith Hunter | Flame in the Dark | 9780451473332 | Ace |
| 4 1/2 TP | Elizabeth Hunter | Midnight Labyrinth | B07583KBQP | Hunter |
| 4 | Steven Savile | Glass Town | 9781250077837 | St. Martin's* |
| 4 | Jon Skovron | Blood and Tempest | 9780316268202 | Orbit |
YOUNG ADULT REVIEWS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Laura Creedle | The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily | 9780544932050 | HMH* |
| 3 | Christine Hurley Deriso | All the Wrong Chords | 9781635830101 | Flux |
| 4 | Julie Durango & Tyler Terrones | Here, There, Everywhere | 9780062314031 | HarperTeen* |
| 4 | Marissa Meyer | Renegades | 9781250044662 | Feiwel & Friends* |
| 4 | Emma Mills | Foolish Hearts | 9781627799379 | Henry Holt* |
| 3 | Norah Olson | Before Now | 9780062347077 | Katherine Tegen* |
| 4 | Marcella Pixley | Ready to Fall | 9780374303587 | Farrar Straus Giroux* |
| 3 | Amanda Searcy | The Truth Beneath the Lies | 9781524700898 | Delacorte* |
| 4 | Leah Scheier | Rules of Rain | 9781492654261 | Sourcebooks Fire |
| 4 1/2 TP | Stephanie Kate Strohm | Prince in Disguise | 9781484768174 | Disney* |
| 4 | Kasie West | Love, Life and the List | 9780062675774 | HarperTeen* |
| 3 | Natalie C. Parker, ed. | Three Sides of a Heart | 9780062424471 | HarperTeen* |
MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/TRILLER RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery | ||||
| 4 | Casey Barrett | Under Water | 9781496709684 | Kensington |
| 3 | Christine E. Blum | Full Bodied Murder | 9781496712103 | Kensington |
| 4 | V.M. Burns | The Plot Is Murder | 9781496711816 | Kensington |
| 4 | Harry Dolan | The Man in the Crooked Hat | 9780399157974 | Putnam* |
| 3 | J.C. Eaton | Ditched 4 Murder | 9781496708571 | Kensington |
| 4 1/2 TP | C. M. Gleason | Murder in the Lincoln White House | 9781496710192 | Kensington |
| 3 | Lene Kaaberbøl | A Lady in Shadows | 9781476731421 | Atria |
| 4 | Gayle Leeson | Honey-Baked Homicide | 9781101990827 | Berkley |
| 3 | Olivia Matthews | Mayhem & Mass | 9781496709387 | Kensington |
| 4 | Peter Robinson | Not Safe After Dark | 9780062673893 | William Morrow |
| 4 | Clover Tate | Live and Let Fly | 9780425283554 | Berkley |
| 3 | Adi Tantimedh | Her Beautiful Monster | 9781501130601 | Atria/Leopoldo* |
| Suspense | ||||
| 4 | John Marrs | The Good Samaritan | 9781542046633 | Thomas & Mercer |
| Thriller | ||||
| 4 | Kjell Eriksson | Stone Coffin | 9781250025517 | Minotaur* |
| 4 | Nicholas Guild | The Macedonian | 9780765378460 | Forge* |
| 4 1/2 TP | James Rollins | The Demon Crown | 9780062381736 | William Morrow* |
| 4 1/2 TP | Joanna Schaffhausen | The Vanishing Season | 9781250126047 | Minotaur* |
SERIES RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desire | ||||
| 4 | Brenda Jackson | His Secret Son | 9780373838844 | Desire |
| Heartwarming | ||||
| 4 | Rula Sinara | Every Serengeti Sunrise | 9780373368648 | Heartwarming |
| Kimani | ||||
| 3 | Kianna Alexander | A Love Like This | 9780373865260 | Kimani |
| Medical | ||||
| 2 | Carol Marinelli | Christmas Bride for the Sheikh | 9780373215706 | Medical |
| Nocturne | ||||
| 4 | Deborah LeBlanc | The Witch's Thirst | Nocturne | |
| Presents | ||||
| 4 | Julia James | Carrying His Scandalous Heir | 9780373061204 | Presents |
| Romantic Suspense | ||||
| 4 | Karen Whiddon | Wyoming Undercover | 9780373402380 | Romantic Suspense |
| Intrigue | ||||
| 4 | Delores Fossen | Always a Lawman | 9781335721372 | Intrigue |
| Western Romance | ||||
| 4 | Patricia Johns | Montana Mistletoe Baby | 9780373757886 | Western Romance |
| H Romance | ||||
| 4 | Nina Singh | Snowed in with the Reluctant Tycoon | 9780373744602 | H Romance |
| H Special Edition | ||||
| 4 | Helen Lacey | A Fortunes of Texas Christmas | 9780373623907 | H Special Edition |
| Love Inspired | ||||
| 3 | Carrie Lighte | Amish Triplets for Christmas | 9780373623167 | Love Inspired |
| Love Inspired Historical | ||||
| 3 | Winnie Griggs | Once Upon a Texas Christmas | 9780373425518 | Love Inspired Historical |
| Love Inspired Suspense | ||||
| 4 | Susan Sleeman | Holiday Secrets | 9780373457496 | Love Inspired Suspense |