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Kay’s Best Books of 2012 List

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I tried, I really did try to get in to 10 books but i just couldn’t do it. Sorry.  (They are listed starting with #1 as most favorite.)
 

1. The Girl’s Guide To Manhunting-Jessica Clare

2. Lover Reborn-J.R.Ward

3.Howl For It- Shelly Laurenston

4.Never Seduce A Scot-Maya Banks

5.All Afternoon With A Scandalous Marquess-Alexandra Hawkins

6.All Summer Long-Susan Mallery

7.Lucky In Love- Jill Shalvis

8.Forever And A Day-Jill Shalvis

9.Lothaire-Kresley Cole

10.Infamous-Sherrilyn Kenyon

11.Caden’s Vow-Sarah McCarty

12.Playing For Keeps-R.L. Mathewson

13.Perfection-R.L. Mathewson

 

Honorable mentions:

Darker After Midnight-Lara Adrian

The Darkest Seduction-Gena Showalter

Meandros-Sasha White

Hot As Hades-Alisha Rai

Try Me-Olivia Cunning

The Care And Feeding Of An Alpha Male-Jessica Clare

Bared To You-Sylvia Day

Reflected In You-Sylvia Day

Dirty Girls’ Top Christmas Reads

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I love a good Christmas story.  I got a list of Kay’s favorites and put together this list of the Dirty Girls’ favorite Christmas romances.  Our list ended up heavy on the contemporary and historical. If you have other favorite holiday romances, please add them in the comments!
 

Contemporary
Only Us: A Fool's Gold Holiday Novella (Fool's Gold, #6.1)
Only Us by Susan Mallery – This is the sweet story of the veterinarian and and a pet groomer set at Christmastime in the town of Fool’s Gold. (Kay)

Home for the Holidays (Harlequin Superromance, #1599)
Home for the Holidays by Sarah Mayberry – I don’t konw if I’ve ever read a Sarah Mayberry book I didn’t like.  This is one of my favorites.  The instant dislike between these two is very believable, which makes their journey all the sweeter. (Anne)

Holiday Sparks
Holiday Sparks by Shannon Stacey (this novella is part of the Naughty and Nice anthology)  I loved this Carina Press Anthology.  My secret confession is that I very excitedly bought the Carina 2011 anthology, Holiday Kisses, and I have yet to read it! (Anne)

Lone Star
Lone Star by Josh Lanyon (part of the Men Under the Mistletoe anthology)  This is the novella that introduced me to Josh Lanyon, and started the Adrian English Glom of December 2011.  (Anne)

Historical
A Season of Seduction (James Family, #3)
A Season of Seduction by Jennifer Haymore – This is a story of second chances and what a person truly deserves. (Kay)

Scandal of the Season (The Spinster Club, #4)
Scandal of the Season by Christie Kelley – A fun story of a woman posing as her enemy’s mistress and her shock at her delight in it all. (Kay)

Confession

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Tart - Lauren Dane
I have a confession to make.  I bought this book today and I paid full price for it.  And I carved 20 minutes out of my day to read it.  In fact, I decided not to take my sewing machine in to be fixed, and I read instead.  You guys, I NEED to get my sewing machine fixed.  I just bought 12 yards of fabric to make matching pj pants for my family.  I can’t do that with a broken machine.  Still, I sat on my couch and read today, and I was so glad I did.  Nothing is relaxing like a good book is. Here’s hoping I get some reading time this evening, because staying up all night would not be a good choice. (Notice I’m not ruling it out…)