My favorite read of the month was probably a tie between Sorority Sisters by Claudia Welch and One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean.  Both books were fabulous and I can’t recommend them enough.  My least favorite read of the month would probably go to Secrets and Lies by Ella Monroe.  I didn’t hate it but there were a few things that I didn’t like and compared to all of the books, I liked that one the least.

Holly: I binged on Kristen Ashley books in November. I blame Ames for this. She talked me into reading my first KA book and I couldn’t stop after that.

1. Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley
2. The Gamble by Kristen Ashley
3. Wild Man by Kristen Ashley
4. Mystery Man by Kristen Ashley
5. Lady Luck by Kristen Ashley
6. Rock Chick by Kristen Ashely
7. Breathe by Kristen Ashley
8. Never Enough by Lauren Dane (re-read)
9. Inside Out by Lauren Dane (re-read)
10. Heart Quest by Robin D. Owens (re-read)
11. Heart Dance by Robin D. Owens (re-read)
12. Exposure by Susan Andersen (re-read)

Of the KA books I read, I’d have to say The Gamle and Sweet Dreams were my favorites. My least favorites were Rock Chick and pretty much the entire Dream Man series. And..ok, kind of all of them were my least favorite. These books are…bad. And good. And terrible and awful. And wonderful. Srsly.

Of the books that I read in the month of October, my favorite goes to Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen.  I didn’t really count Guys Do Not Do Secret Santa by Miranda Kenneally because it’s not a full length book.  It’s a short story that I devoured and adored but it’s not an in depth story so it doesn’t really count.  Keeping the Moon was an enjoyable read and I loved it, like I do most of Dessen’s stories.  My least favorite read of the month would probably be Better than Chocolate by Sheila Roberts.  I liked it but I liked it the least of the other books that I read in October.

Holly: I did more re-reading in October. The truth is, I do a lot of re-reading when I don’t have a lot of time to read. Mostly because I breeze through comfort reads, but also because I can’t help myself. It’s a sickness. I should probably seek help for that.

1. The Seduction of Elliot McBride by Jennifer Ashley
2. Heart Fate by Robin D Owens (re-read)
3. Lean on Me by HelenKay Dimon
4. Perfect Fit by Carly Phillips
5. One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean
6. Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning (re-read)
7. The Dark Highlaner by Karen Marie Moning (re-read)
8. Heart of Danger by Lisa Marie Rice
9. Dark Nights by Christine Feehan (re-read)
10. Heart Duel by Robin D Owens (re-read)

My favorite reads of the month were The Seduction of Elliot McBride and One Good Earl Deserves a Lover. Both were extremely well done. Not that I expected less from MacLean and Ashley. They’re both tremendous talents. My least favorite read of the month was Heart of Danger. That book was way over the top. And kind of a hot mess. Yikes.

My favorite reads were probably my re-reads of the Karen Marie Moning books (Kiss of the Highlander, The Dark Highlander) that I did for my book club. It was so good to revisit my favorite characters from this series.  I’d completely forgotten how much I loved me some MacKeltar twins and I’d forgotten how enjoyable Kiss of the Highlander was.  My preferred twin has always been Dageus and he still is but I came to love Drustan a lot more than I remembered.  My least favorite read goes to Finally Home by Helen Scott Taylor.  It just didn’t work for me.

Holly: I’m dubbing September the month of re-reads. I need to work on reading more new releases and re-reading less. Probably. Someday.

1. Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas
2. After the Night by Linda Howard (re-read)
3. Tart by Linda Howard
4. Sway By Linda Howard
5. Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis
6. Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs (re-read)
7. Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs (re-read)
8. Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (re-read)
9. Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
10. HeartMate by Robin D Owens (reread)
11. Tears of the Renegade by Linda Howard (reread)

My favorite reads of the month were Tart and Dream Lake. Since all I really did was re-read, I didn’t have a least favorite. 

My favorite read of the month goes to Easy by Tammara Webber.  It was such a good story with characters that I came to love and I couldn’t love it more than I did.  I re-read the book last month and I loved it all over again.  Such a wonderfully romantic story about new adults that had me grinning like a crazy lady.  My least favorite reads of the month ties and go to both Narc by Crissa-Jean Chappell and Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl.  They both just didn’t work for me.  The story dragged in one and I never warmed up to any of the main characters enough to like them in both books and well, I wasn’t a fan of either book.

Holly: August was a much better month for me. I read 19 books.

1. Heart Search by Robin D. Owens
2. The Cutting Edge by Linda Howard (re-read)
3. Down to Business by HelenKay Dimon
4. Someone to Watch Over Me by Judith McNaught (re-read)
5. Running Wild by Linda Howard
6. Cover of Night by Linda Howard (re-read)
7. Overload by Judith McNaught (re-read)
8. Island of Secrets by Janni Nell
9. Almost Forever by Linda Howard (re-read)
10. Undercover Alliance by Lilly Cain
11. Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
12. Bluebird Winter by Linda Howard (re-read)
13. Heartbreaker by Linda Howard (re-read)
14. A Notorious Countess by Julie Anne Long
15. The Way Home by Linda Howard (re-read)
16. The Short and Fascinating Tale of Angelina Whitcombe by Sabrina Darby 
17. Against the Rules by Linda Howard (re-read)
18. His Voice, His Command by Vonna Harper

As you can see, I did another binge re-read of Linda Howard. I do this every so often. Howard is a master. I read one and I just can’t stop. Re-reads aside, I think my favorite read was The Notorious Countess Confesses. Long writes such beautiful historicals. My least favorite read was Beautiful Disaster. I actually enjoyed the first half of it, but the 2nd half went off the rails on a crazy train. It was bad.