“Tis the Season” by Lorna Landvik is coming soon. Her books are nearly always good.

I have “The Edge of Desire” by Stephanie Laurens, “Power Play” by Deirdre Martin, and “A Wallflower Christmas” by Lisa Kleypas on hold. Hope to get them read by the end of the month.

The commentators on her LJ who’ve already read it quite like it. The series has a bit of careful romantic byplay with - so far - two possible suitors (and is being published by Luna Books), but I read it more for characters, dialogue and worldbuilding - so I would classify it as fantasy mostly (urban fantasy, even, since it always takes place in the capital of an ancient empire and concerns the various people, races, etc. living there - Kaylin works for what counts as their police there, but that’s just the beginning of her reluctant influence on city affairs, so it’s also epic fantasy). The plots are exiting, too, but I don’t really read for plot, heh. This is the fifth book, and they do depend on each other, so if you haven’t read them yet, you should start with Cast in Shadow.

The Magical Christmas Cat anthology by Lora Leigh and others, her Breed novella was the only story I read in it so far.. and it doesn’t really count but I really think the cover is wonderful.

Promises Reveal by Sarah McCarty, with a heroine/hero and storyline that were different, from other Western Historical books… in a good way. But if you haven’t read the other books in the series you’ll be a little lost with all the characters mentioned from the previous books. Reviewers are saying it’s not as erotic as the previous Promise books that were released by Ellora’s Cave …… but you couldn’t prove that by me.

Seduce Me At Sunrise by Stephaine Laurens… I like her writing so she’s an auto-buy for me and I thought this was another well-written Historical romance with a hero who is NOT A member of the nobility. Love that.

I really liked Night Falls Darkly by Kim Lenox - Paranormal Romance set in Victorian times, very atmospheric. Great pair of protagonists (out Oct 7th). It is a debut novel (with a few problems but a lot of potential;)

A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas - one of those heart-warming books with a GREAT hero (Rafe Bowman ) and some great scenes with the original Wallflowers (out Oct 14th)

Succubus Dreams by Richelle Mead. I haven’t read this but my blog partner Thea, did and she loved it. It is book 3 on an ongoing series.

I also read a few stories in the Mistletoe and Wolfsbane anthology but I found the theme (Christmas and werewolves) a little too narrow. Even though I generally like anthologies, I guess I prefer more variety in themes and supernatural beasties, especially when there are so many included stories.

Death of a Pirate King by Josh Lanyon, the fourth in the Adrien English mystery series. A gay mystery series, it has strong romantic elements as we follow amateur sleuth Adrien English on his quest–peppered with dead bodies, of course–for love. Lanyon’s usual spare, witty prose and the poignancy of this tale make it a superb addition to the series. I can’t recommend it highly enough.