MONTHLY RATINGS: October 2017 Ratings
Mon, 08/21/2017 - 10:51am — Emily Walton
Monthly Edition:
TOP PICKS!
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Holiday Spice Samantha Chase Sourcebooks
No Time to Explain Kate Angell Kensington
Second Chance Girl Susan Mallery HQN
Barking Up the Wrong Tree Jenn McKinlay Berkley
New Tricks Kelly Moran Lyrical**
Chasing Christmas Eve Jill Shalvis Avon
Most of All You Mia Sheridan Forever (5G!)
HISTORICAL FICTION
I, Eliza Hamilton Susan Holloway Scott Kensington
Unforgivable Love Sophfronia Scott William Morrow
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
An Unsuitable Heir KJ Charles Loveswept
Duke of Desire Elizabeth Hoyt Grand Central
The Reunion Sara Portman Lyrical
The Ruin of a Rake Cat Sebastian Avon Impulse**
INSPIRATIONAL
Lady Jayne Disappears Joanna Politano Revell
Dangerous Illusions Irene Hannon Revell
The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck Bethany Turner Revell
MAINSTREAM FICTION
Without Merit Colleen Hoover Atria (5G!)
Fairytale Danielle Steel Delacorte*
MYSTERY, SUSPENSE & THRILLER
A Place in the Wind Suzanne Chazin Kensington*
The Orphan of Florence Jeanne Kalogridis St. Martin's Griffin
Deep Freeze John Sandford Putnam*
A Room with a Brew Joyce Tremel Berkley
Killing Season Faye Kellerman William Morrow (5G!)
PARANORMAL
Calling the Change Michelle Diener Diener
The Silent Elizabeth Hunter Elizabeth Hunter
Immortally Yours Lynsay Sands Avon
Archangel's Viper Nalini Singh Berkley
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Such a Pretty Girl Tess Diamond Avon
SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
Victorious Dead Marie Andreas Andreas
The Long Past Ginn Hale Blind Eye Books
URBAN FANTASY
Danger's Halo Amanda Carlson Carlson
Volatile Bonds Jaye Wells Indie
Godkiller Colleen Vanderlinden Vanderlinden
YOUNG ADULT
Akata Warrior Nnedi Okorafor Viking*
An Enchantment of Ravens Margaret Rogerson Margaret K. McElderry*
All the Crooked Saints Maggie Stiefvater Scholastic*
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Rochelle Allers, Cheris Hodges & Pamela Yaye | The Perfect Present | 9781496710185 | Zebra |
| 4 | Jackie Ashenden | The Wicked Billionaire | 9781250122810 | St. Martin's |
| 4 | Catherine Anderson | The Christmas Room | 9780399586316 | Berkley* |
| 4 1/2 TP | Kate Angell | No Time to Explain | 9781496703682 | Kensington |
| 4 | Tessa Bailey | Too Beautiful to Break | 9781455594221 | Forever |
| 4 1/2 TP | Samantha Chase | Holiday Spice | 9781492616375 | Sourcebooks |
| 3 | Janet Dailey | Just a Little Christmas | 9781420140088 | Zebra |
| 4 | Alexis Daria | Take the Lead | B0746MGC72 | Swerve** |
| 3 | Jennifer Dawson | Head over Heels | 9781420140156 | Zebra |
| 4 | Sierra Donovan | Do Not Open til Christmas | 9781420141528 | Zebra |
| 4 | Emma Douglas | A Season of You | 9781250111005 | St. Martin's |
| 4 | Chantal Fernando | Breaching the Contract | B01N199JK4 | Pocket Star** |
| 4 | Sarah Hegger | Becoming Bella | 9781420142457 | Zebra |
| 4 | Kieran Kramer | Christmas at Two Love Lane | 9781250111043 | St. Martin's |
| 3 | Jessica Lemmon | Arm Candy | B01N9VWXZT | Loveswept |
| 4 | Sharla Lovelace | Once a Charmer | 9781516101276 | Lyrical Shine** |
| 4 | Debbie Macomber | Merry and Bright | 9780399181221 | Ballantine* |
| 3 | AM Madden | Shock Jock | 9781635761160 | EverAfter Romance |
| 4 1/2 TP | Susan Mallery | Second Chance Girl | 9780373799350 | HQN |
| 4 1/2 TP | Jenn McKinlay | Barking Up the Wrong Tree | 9780399584749 | Berkley |
| 3 | Kelly Moran | Benediction | 9781546763550 | Moran |
| 4 1/2 TP | Kelly Moran | New Tricks | 9781516102785 | Lyrical** |
| 3 | Nancy Naigle | Hope at Christmas | 9781250108678 | St. Martin's Griffin |
| 4 | Priscilla Oliveras | His Perfect Partner | 9781420144284 | Zebra |
| 4 | Diana Palmer, Lindsay McKenna & Margaret Way | Christmas with My Cowboy | 9781420144697 | Zebra |
| 4 | Caridad Pineiro | One Summer Night | 9781492649649 | Sourcebooks |
| 4 | Kim Redford | A Very Cowboy Christmas | 9781492621539 | Sourcebooks |
| 4 | Lia Riley | The Corner of Forever and Always | 9781455568727 | Forever |
| 4 | Joya Ryan | Playing with Danger | 9781542048224 | Montlake |
| 4 1/2 TP | Jill Shalvis | Chasing Christmas Eve | 9780062448088 | Avon |
| 5 GOLD | Mia Sheridan | Most of All You | 9781538727348 | Forever |
| 4 | Jennifer Snow | Maybe This Christmas | 9781455594924 | Forever |
| 4 | Candis Terry | Tangled Up in Tinsel | 9780062471864 | Avon |
| 4 | RaeAnne Thayne | Sugar Pine Trail | 9780373803682 | HQN |
| 4 | L.A. Witt | Rank & File | 9781626496064 | Riptide |
| 3 | Sherryl Woods | Lilac Lane | 9780778331339 | MIRA* |
EROTICA RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Calista Fox | Addiction | B0722LWTP6 | Swerve** |
| 3 | Stacey Lynn | Long for Me | B072V9TDJG | Carina** |
| 3 | Tara Sue Me | The Flirtation | 9781101989333 | Berkley |
| 2 | Charmaine Pauls | Dubious | 9782956103103 | Charmaine Pauls** |
| 4 | Devon Scott | Commitments | 9781496702456 | Dafina |
HISTORICAL ROMANCE RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 1/2 TP | Katharine Ashe | The Duke | 9780062641724 | Avon |
| 4 | Anna Bradley | Lady Charlotte's First Love | 9781516105182 | Lyrical** |
| 4 1/2 TP | Kerrigan Byrne | The Scot Beds His Wife | 9781250122544 | St. Martin's |
| 4 1/2 TP | KJ Charles | An Unsuitable Heir | B01MZ7SF83 | Loveswept |
| 3 | Wilma Counts | My Fair Lord | 978-601839077 | Lyrical** |
| 4 | Leigh Greenwood, et al | Christmas in a Cowboy's Arms | 9781492656777 | Sourcebooks |
| 4 | Karen Hawkins | Caught by the Scot | 9781476786032 | |
| 4 | Virginia Heath | His Mistletoe Wager | 9780373629732 | Harlequin Historical |
| 4 | Heather Hiestand | Lady Be Good | 9781516102129 | Lyrical |
| 4 | Hannah Howell | The Scotsman Who Saved Me | 9781420143034 | Kensington |
| 4 1/2 TP | Elizabeth Hoyt | Duke of Desire | 9781455539147 | Grand Central |
| 4 | Lisa Kleypas, Lorraine Heath, Megan Frampton & Vivienne Lorret | A Christmas to Remember | 9780062747235 | Avon |
| 4 | Georgie Lee | Courting Danger with Mr. Dyer | 9780373299485 | Harlequin Historical |
| 3 | Ann Lethbridge | An Innocent Maid for the Duke | 9780373299492 | Harlequin Historical |
| 4 | Mimi Matthews | The Lost Letter | B071XM55YF | Perfectly Proper Press** |
| 4 | Alyson McLayne | Highland Promise | 9781492654506 | Sourcebooks |
| 4 1/2 TP | Sara Portman | The Reunion | 9781516100521 | Lyrical |
| 3 | Janice Preston | Scandal and Miss Markham | 9780373629749 | Harlequin Historical |
| 3 | Lauri Robinson, Lynna Banning & Carol Arens | Western Christmas Brides | 9780373299478 | Harlequin Historical |
| 4 1/2 TP | Cat Sebastian | The Ruin of a Rake | 9780062642523 | Avon Impulse** |
| 3 | Harper St. George | The Viking Warrior's Bride | 9780373299508 | Harlequin Historical |
| Historical Fiction | ||||
| 4 | Maria Duenas | The Vineyard | 9781501124532 | Atria* |
| 4 | Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb | Last Christmas in Paris | 9780062562685 | William Morrow |
| 4 1/2 TP | Susan Holloway Scott | I, Eliza Hamilton | 9781496712523 | Kensington |
| 4 1/2 TP | Sophfronia Scott | Unforgivable Love: A Retelling of Dangerous Liaisons | 9780062655653 | William Morrow |
| 4 | Wiley Cash | The Last Ballad | 9780062313119 | William Morrow |
PARANORMAL ROMANCE RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 1/2 TP | Michelle Diener | Calling the Change | B071K6JGL8 | Diener |
| 4 | Lexi George | Demon Hunting with a Sexy Ex | 9781601831804 | Lyrical |
| 4 1/2 TP | Elizabeth Hunter | The Silent | 9781548895426 | Elizabeth Hunter |
| 3 | Juliet Lyons | Drop Dead Gorgeous | 9781492645337 | Sourcebooks |
| 4 1/2 TP | Lynsay Sands | Immortally Yours | 9780062468956 | Avon |
| 4 1/2 TP | Nalini Singh | Archangel's Viper | 9780451488244 | Berkley |
| 4 | Terry Spear | Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas | 9781492645177 | Sourcebooks |
INSPIRATIONAL RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Tamera Alexander | Christmas at Carnton | 9780310293248 | Thomas Nelson |
| 4 | Lynn Austin | Where We Belong | 9780764217623 | Bethany House |
| 4 | Wanda Brunstetter and family | The Beloved Christmas Quilt | 9781683222255 | Shiloh Run |
| 4 | Elizabeth Camden | A Dangerous Legacy | 9780764218811 | Bethany House |
| 4 | Melody Carlson | The Christmas Blessing | 9780800722708 | Revell |
| 4 | Mary Connealy | Too Far Down | 9780764211836 | Bethany House |
| 4 | Leslie Gould | A Plain Leaving | 9780764219696 | Bethany House |
| 4 | Shelley Shepard Gray | Love Held Captive | 9780310345473 | Zondervan |
| 4 1/2 TP | Irene Hannon | Dangerous Illusions | 9780800727673 | Revell |
| 4 | Gayla Hiss | Dangerous Ground | 9781943959310 | Mountain Brook Ink |
| 3 | Charlotte Hubbard | A Simple Wish | 9781420138719 | Zebra |
| 4 | Beverly Lewis | The Proving | 9780764219665 | Bethany House |
| 4 | Kelly Long, Jennifer Beckstrand & Lisa Jones Baker | The Amish Christmas Candle | 9781496710154 | Kensington |
| 4 | Ane Mulligan | Life in Chapel Springs | 9781946016133 | Kensington |
| 3 | Olivia Newport | Colors of Christmas | 9781683223351 | Shiloh Run |
| 4 | Dani Pettrey | Blind Spot | 9780764212963 | Bethany House |
| 4 1/2 TP | Joanna Politano | Lady Jayne Disappears | 9780800728755 | Revell |
| 4 | Toni Shiloh | Returning Home | CreateSpace | |
| 4 1/2 TP | Bethany Turner | The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck | 9780800727666 | Revell |
| 4 | Courtney Walsh | Hometown Girl | 9781542045636 | Waterfall |
| 4 | Beth Wiseman | Home All Along | 9781401685973 | Thomas Nelson |
MAINSTREAM FICTION RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Tyrone Bentley | Pearl Tongue | 9781496715180 | Dafina |
| 4 | Robyn Carr | The Summer That Made Us | 9780778330868 | MIRA |
| 4 | Jenny Colgan | Christmas at the Little Beach Street Bakery | 9780062662996 | William Morrow |
| 4 | Melissa De La Cruz | Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe | 9781250141392 | St. Martin's* |
| 4 | Joshua Max Feldman | Start Without Me | 9780062668721 | William Morrow |
| 3 | Lisi Harrison | The Dirty Book Club | 9781451695977 | Gallery* |
| 4 | Elin Hilderbrand | Winter Solstice | 9780316435451 | Little, Brown* |
| 5G | Colleen Hoover | Without Merit | 9781501170621 | Atria |
| 4 | Francesca Hornak | Seven Days of Us | 9780451488756 | Berkley* |
| 2 | Anita Hughes | Christmas in London | 9781250145796 | St. Martin's Griffin |
| 3 | K'wan | The Diamond Empire | 9781250102638 | St. Martin's Griffin |
| 3 | Kayti McGee | That Thing You Do | 9781250086501 | St. Martin's |
| 4 | Fern Michaels | Holly and Ivy | 9781496703170 | Kensington* |
| 4 | Olivia Miles | The Winter Wedding Plan | 9781455567263 | Forever |
| 2 | Paige Roberts | Virtually Perfect | 9781496710093 | Kensington |
| 4 1/2 TP | Danielle Steel | Fairytale | 9781101884065 | Delacorte* |
| 4 | Danielle Wong | Swearing Off Stars | 9781631522840 | She Writes Press |
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Jade Chandler | Bail Out | 9781488030581 | Carina** |
| 4 1/2 TP | Tess Diamond | Such a Pretty Girl | 9780062655820 | Avon |
| 4 | Heather Graham | Wicked Deeds | 9780778330363 | MIRA |
| 4 | Desiree Holt | Hide and Seek | 9781516103676 | Lyrical Liason |
| 4 | Brenda Novak | Hello Again | 9781250076571 | St. Martin's |
| 4 | Sharon Sala | Life of Lies | 9780778330356 | MIRA |
| 4 | Milly Taiden | Mating Needs | B06XZQ4FVF | Intermix** |
SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Fiction | ||||
| 4 1/2 TP | Marie Andreas | Victorious Dead | B0717929PB | Andreas |
| 2 | Jacey Bedford | Nimbus | 9780756411893 | DAW |
| 3 | Elizabeth Bonesteel | Breach of Containment | 9780062413680 | Harper Voyager |
| 4 | Orson Scott Card | Children of the Fleet | 9780765377043 | Tor |
| 3 | Ann Leckie | Provenance | 9780316388672 | Orbit* |
| 3 | D. Nolan Clark | Forbidden Suns | 9780316355810 | Orbit |
| Fantasy | ||||
| 4 | Elizabeth Bear | The Stone in the Skull | 9780765380135 | Tor |
| 4 | Steven Brust | Vallista | 9780765324450 | Tor* |
| 4 | Gardner Dozois ed., George R.R. Martin, Robin Hobb & Scott Lynch | The Book of Swords | 9780399593765 | Bantam* |
| 4 1/2 TP | Ginn Hale | The Long Past: & Other Stories | 9781935560517 | Blind Eye Books |
| 4 | Kevin Hearne | A Plague of Giants | 9780345548603 | Del Rey* |
| 3 | Ed McDonald | Blackwing | 9780399587795 | Ace |
| 3 | Emma Newman | Weaver's Lament | 9780765394118 | Tor.com |
| 3 | K. J. Parker | The Two of Swords: Volume One | 9780316177726 | Orbit |
| 4 | Ausma Zehanat Khan | The Bloodprint | 9780062459190 | Harper Voyager |
URBAN FANTASY REVIEWS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 1/2 TP | Amanda Carlson | Danger's Halo | 9781944431020 | Carlson |
| 4 | Chloe Neill | The Hunt | 9780451473363 | Berkley |
| 4 | Yasmine Galenorn | Fury Awakened | B071KLX73L | NightQueen |
| 4 1/2 TP | Jaye Wells | Volatile Bonds | B074SDK39K | Self-Pubbed** |
| 4 1/2 TP | Colleen Vanderlinden | Godkiller | 9781521911495 | Vanderlinden |
YOUNG ADULT REVIEWS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Libba Bray | Before the Devil Breaks You | 9780316126069 | Little Brown* |
| 3 | PC Cast | Sun Warriors | 9781250100757 | Wednesday Books* |
| 4 | Julie C. Dao | Forest of a Thousand Lanterns | 9781524738297 | Philomel* |
| 4 | Lauren DeStefano | The Glass Spare | 9780062491282 | Balzer + Bray* |
| 3 | EK Johnston | That Inevitable Victorian Thing | 9781101994979 | Dutton* |
| 4 | Jen Lancaster | The Gatekeepers | 9780373212613 | Harlequin Teen* |
| 3 | Malinda Lo | A Line in the Dark | 978073522724 | Dutton* |
| 2 | Carmela Martino | Playing by Heart | 9781546799450 | Vinspire |
| 2 | Anna-Marie McLemore | Wild Beauty | 9781250124555 | Feiwel & Friends* |
| 4 1/2 TP | Nnedi Okorafor | Akata Warrior | 9780670785612 | Viking* |
| 4 | Tochi Onyebuchi | Beasts Made of Night | 9780448493909 | Razorbill* |
| 3 | Stephanie Perkins | There's Someone Inside Your House | 9780525426011 | Dutton* |
| 4 | Rebecca Podos | Like Water | 9780062373373 | Balzer + Bray* |
| 4 1/2 TP | Margaret Rogerson | An Enchantment of Ravens | 9781481497589 | Margaret K. McElderberry* |
| 4 | Erika L. Sánchez | I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter | 9781524700485 | Knopf* |
| 4 | Nic Stone | Dear Martin | 9781101939499 | Crown* |
| 4 1/2 TP | Maggie Stiefvater | All the Crooked Saints | 9780545930802 | Scholastic* |
| New Adult | ||||
| 4 | Nicole Blanchard | Toxic | 9781635762280 | EverAfter Romance |
MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/TRILLER RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery | ||||
| 4 | Ellie Alexander | Death on Tap | 9781250108630 | Minotaur* |
| 3 | Laurien Berenson | Wagging through the Snow | 9781496712981 | Kensington* |
| 4 | Diane Chamberlain | The Stolen Marriage | 9781250087270 | St. Martin's* |
| 4 1/2 TP | Suzanne Chazin | A Place in the Wind | 9781496705211 | Kensington* |
| 4 | Sara Driscoll | Before It's Too Late | 9781496704436 | Kensington* |
| 4 | Charlaine Harris | Sleep Like a Baby | 9781250090065 | Minotaur* |
| 4 | Anna Lee Huber | This Side of Murder | 9781496713155 | Kensington |
| 4 1/2 TP | Jeanne Kalogridis | The Orphan of Florence | 9780312675479 | St. Martin's Griffin |
| 4 | Gilly Macmillan | Odd Child Out | 9780062476821 | William Morrow |
| 4 1/2 TP | John Sandford | Deep Freeze | 9780399176067 | Putnam* |
| 4 1/2 TP | Joyce Tremel | A Room with a Brew | 9780425277713 | Berkley |
| 4 | Eileen Watkins | The Persian Always Meows Twice | 9781496710567 | Kensington |
| 4 | Rich Zahradnik | Lights Out Summer | 9781603812139 | Camel |
| Suspense | ||||
| 3 | Michelle Adams | If You Knew My Sister | 9781250126702 | St. Martin's |
| 3 | Jenny Blackhurst | How I Lost You | 9781501168826 | Atria |
| 4 | Liv Constantine | The Last Mrs. Parrish | 9780062667571 | Harper* |
| 4 | E. C. Diskin | Depth of Lies | 9781542045735 | Thomas & Mercer |
| 5G | Faye Kellerman | Killing Season | 9780062270245 | William Morrow |
| 4 | Kate Moretti | The Blackbird Season | 9781501118456 | Atria |
| 4 | Anna Snoekstra | Little Secrets | 9780778331094 | MIRA |
| Thriller | ||||
| 3 | Claire Kendal | The Second Sister | 9780062297648 | Harper |
SERIES RATINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desire | ||||
| 4 1/2 TP | Maureen Child | Fiancé in Name Only | 9780373838752 | Desire |
| Heartwarming | ||||
| 4 | Amie Denman | Until the Ride Stops | 9780373368563 | Heartwarming |
| Kimani | ||||
| 4 | Jamie Pope | Tempted at Twilight | 9780373865185 | Kimani |
| Nocturne | ||||
| 4 1/2 TP | Michele Hauf | The Witch's Quest | 9780373139965 | Nocturne |
| Presents | ||||
| 4 | Maisey Yates | The Italian's Pregnant Prisoner | 9780373061020 | Presents |
| Romantic Suspense | ||||
| 4 | Karen Anders | The Agent's Covert Affair | 9780373402304 | Romantic Suspense |
| H Romance | ||||
| 4 | Rebecca Winters | Whisked Away by Her Sicilian Boss | 9780373744527 | H Romance |
| Intrigue | ||||
| 4 | Amanda Stevens | Pine Lake | 9781335721266 | Intrigue |
| Western Romance | ||||
| 4 | Mary Leo | A Baby for the Sheriff | 9780373757800 | Western Romance |
| H Special Edition | ||||
| 4 | Kerri Carpenter | Bidding on the Bachelor | 9780373623792 | H Special Edition |
| Medical | ||||
| 4 | Marion Lennox | Reunited with Her Surgeon Prince | 9780373215591 | Medical |
| Love Inspired Historical | ||||
| 4 | Whitney Bailey | A Mistaken Match | 9780373425457 | Love Inspired Historical |
| Love Inspired Suspense | ||||
| 4 | Debby Giusti | Undercover Amish | 9780373457359 | Love Inspired Suspense |
| 4 | Jordyn Redwood | Taken Hostage | 9780373678495 | Love Inspired Suspense |
| Love Inspired | ||||
| 3 | Belle Calhoune | An Alaskan Christmas | 9780373623044 | Love Inspired |
