Gay Romance Challenge: December 2011

[reviews_and_ramblings]

Here is the Bestsellers List on Amazon I'm referring to for the challenge:

Bestsellers in Gay Romance

And here is the actual situation (in bold the books I read with link to the review and marked as New the books entering the Challenge this month):

1) Something Like Summer by Jay Bell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004I6DKPY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1233202.html
2) Hot Head by Damon Suede
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00564ACK8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1327655.html
3) The New York Catch (Romantic Comedy) (The New York Series) by Amanda Hanna
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056IALCS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (June 16, 2011)
4) Change of Heart by Mary Calmes
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003T9US8S/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/907639.html
5) What's Done in The Dark (Volume II) by Solae Dehvine
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VS728U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: SexMentality (April 7, 2011)
6) Duck! by Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040GJDGC/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1202226.html
7) The Locker Room by Amy Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004XNNEKS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1285667.html
8) Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0025VL5YW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/658911.html
9) Home of His Own by T.A. Chase
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00408AXIM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/264349.html
10) Breaking Cover (Life Lessons) by Kaje Harper
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/160820409X/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1439020.html

11) Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001V7POB6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/541403.html
12) Without Reservations: With or Without, Book 1 by J. L. Langley
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WCWVSA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: Read Before LJ
13) Where He Ends and I Begin (Home Series) by Cardeno C.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0054RACL6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1379306.html
14) An Improper Holiday by K. A. Mitchell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VFPS4U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/892883.html
15) The Dickens With Love by Josh Lanyon
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VFPSD6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/892883.html
16) Kindred Hearts by Rowan Speedwell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YXAM4I/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1429377.html
17) Primal Passions by Stephani Hecht
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XREY40/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1279368.html
18) Dreams Come True by Lisa Marie Davis
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002C758JW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/699008.html
19) What's Done in The Dark (Volume III) by Solae Dehvine
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004X71G8G/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: SexMentality (April 18, 2011)
20) What's Done in The Dark (Volume IV) by Solae Dehvine
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0050BR1FQ/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: SexMentality (May 10, 2011)
21) All He Wants For Christmas by Remmy Duchene
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0013MYSJI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/220346.html
22) Sinnerman (The Warder Series) by Mary Calmes
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056ICE3M/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (June 16, 2011)
23) Shying Away by Kate Sherwood
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004W4ME7W/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1289553.html
24) Almost an Equal by Heather Boyd
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056BLFQG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Night Shift Publishing (June 15, 2011)
25) What's Done in The Dark (Volume V) by Solae Dehvine
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051BEBHG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: SexMentality (May 16, 2011)
26) Scrap Metal by Harper Fox
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006H9B70U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (March 27, 2012)
27) No Going Home by T.A. Chase
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003X976Q6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1908.html
28) The One That Got Away by Rhianne Aile
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001SASDN2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (November 27, 2009)
29) I Was An Alien Cat Toy by Ann Somerville
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YDPTMS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Ann Somerville via Smashwords (April 27, 2011)
30) With Love: A With or Without Story by J. L. Langley
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WCWUWM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/35920.html
31) Love Means... No Shame (Love Means...) by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002WC95MI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1011299.html
32) Home by William Neale
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1608202127/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1220447.html
33) Out of the Ashes by R.W. Day
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590210646/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1414000.html
34) Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590210492/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/462170.html
35) Strings Attached by Nick Nolan
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982555016/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1078527.html
36) Living Promises (Keeping Promise Rock) by Amy Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613720467/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1457084.html
37) Mark's Not Gay (Brac Pack 11) by Lynn Hagen
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0053HEMZY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Siren Publishing (May 31, 2011)
38) Gay Knights and Horny Heroes: Tales from the Court of King Arthur by Michael Gouda
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004WG5AOO/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1286832.html
39) Soul Mates: Bound by Blood by Jourdan Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030T1W1E/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: Read Before LJ
40) Seven Days by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004XWFXXU/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1293381.html
41) Keeping House (Truth or Dare) by Lee Brazil
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ZMVRYW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1342479.html
42) Hard Fall by James Buchanan
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1934531812/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/527214.html
43) The Englor Affair: Sci-Regency, Book 2 by J. L. Langley
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001K9JVP0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/427577.html
44) Beach Reading by Mark Abramson
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CAS75M/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Lethe Press (July 7, 2008)
45) Acting Naughty Book 1 of the Action! Series by GA Hauser
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00359FEJ0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/493312.html
46) Between Two Worlds by Shelter Somerset
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YXFV4O/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 1, 2011)
47) A Promise Kept by Stormy Glenn
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003F76AA4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/922491.html
48) Two In Hand by Mary Winter
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003VRZPG8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Pink Petal Books (July 13, 2010)
49) In My Father's House: A Novel by E. Lynn Harris
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312576234/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (August 2, 2011)
50) A Strong Hand by Catt Ford
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026FCJY2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/616564.html
51) The Best Revenge by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00200KN6O/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press; first edition (March 23, 2009)
52) Adder by Ally Blue
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HE1IK8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/583958.html
53) On Fire by Drew Zachary
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1934166510/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/34403.html
54) A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R. W. Day
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001QCWSQA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1281982.html
55) The Soccer Field Is Empty (Gay Youth Chronicles) by Mark A. Roeder
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001S2PR02/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Writers Club Press (April 16, 2002)
56) Not My Wolf by Eden Cole
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004OEIRNA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1254756.html
57) Turning Idolater by Edward C. Patterson
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001FWZ92Q/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: CreateSpace (September 15, 2008)
58) Taken by J. C. Owens
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004LGTJFG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1238461.html
59) Benediction by Jim Arnold
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1439248575/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/864572.html
60) Falling Off The Face Of The Earth by JF Smith
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0054LX3C2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (Jun 5, 2011)
61) A Serving of Love by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0052AHZWO/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 23, 2011)
62) Lorcan's Desire by SJD Peterson
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0053GKSE4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1445401.html
63) Smashed into Pieces (Clear Water Creek Chronicles) by Scarlet Blackwell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004WOYFI8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (April 14, 2011)
64) Spring Reassurance by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0024NJY08/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (April 2, 2009)
65) A Promise Given by Stormy Glenn
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003F76B6W/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1020269.html
66) Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DF4GW4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/938015.html
67) Safe Harbor: A Gay Age Play Spanking Romance by Bertram Maxwell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005BJU55U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Blushing Books Publications (July 4, 2011)
68) GayLife.com by Neil Plakcy
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1608200361/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/742697.html
69) The Rest of Our Lives by Dan Stone
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002AVTZ6M/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/680513.html
70) Handcuffs and Headlocks (Rawlings Men) by Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KSQWGE/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1249728.html
71) Coming to Terms (A Ron and Travis Romance) by Alex Berry
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004WOW04Y/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Sitting Bull Publishing (April 14, 2011)
72) Devlin And Garrick by Cameron Dane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00422LLMS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1225446.html
73) First Steps by Sean Michael
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00378L7L8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/49820.html
74) I love you, asshole! By Amy Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051I4VQA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 17, 2011)
75) Beneath the Neon Moon by Theda Black
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003VP9X7M/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1391706.html
76) A Better Place by Mark Roeder
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RZGYLI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1389827.html
77) The Wishing Cup by JM Gryffyn
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0050D8OD2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 10, 2011)
78) Trysts: A Triskaidecollection of Queer and Weird Stories by Steve Berman
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/159021000X/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Lethe Press (September 1, 2001)
79) The Glass Minstrel by Hayden Thorne
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982826710/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1265389.html
80) TLC 101 by Janey Chapel
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VWLLN0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/877199.html
81) Desert Sons by Mark Kendrick
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0049B3184/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1335223.html
82) Soldier by AKM Miles
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UVQQAS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: MLR Press (April 1, 2011)
83) She's Got Balls (Handcuffs and Lace) by Mia Watts
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002YQ2JA2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/901006.html
84) Handcuffs and Glory Holes (Rawlings Men) Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003WQBD9Q/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1229667.html
85) Handcuffs and Trouble (Rawlings Men) by Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GB1684/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1218548.html
86) Embrace by Megan Derr
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936202034/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (October 10, 2009)
87) Blood & Ash (Lost Realm) by Kate Aaron
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00589WJFW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (June 26, 2011)
88) Saihoshi: Redemption 2 by Studio Kosen
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0039UTKFE/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Yaoi Press (February 23, 2010)
89) Dirty Kiss by Rhys Ford
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005985W7O/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (June 30, 2011)
90) Soul Mates: Deceptions by Jourdan Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030T1WLY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1281300.html
91) Best Gay Romance 2012 by Richard Labonte
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1573447587/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Cleis Press (January 10, 2012)
92) The Thirteenth Child (A Section Thirteen Story) by J.L. O'Faolain
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613720033/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 2, 2011)
93) Stolen Hearts by Sasha L. Miller
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936202697/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (January 25, 2011)
94) Where The Heart Is: A Bay City Paranormal Investigations story by Ally Blue
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HE1GZ0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/501976.html
95) Disastrous Dates & Dream Boys (Gay Youth Chronicles) by Mark A. Roeder
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001S2RLWE/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
96) The Desire for Dearborne by V.B. Kildaire
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002DGROH6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/688416.html
97) Loving Lucas by Lisa Marie Davis
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001P05XYC/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/388779.html
98) Faggots by Larry Kramer
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802136915/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Grove Press (June 1, 2000)
99) Found by Sean Michael
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TG4NBU/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1264883.html
100) Ellery's Duty (Thrown to the Lions) by Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004C43HDC/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1227482.html

Comments

[lusiology.livejournal.com]

I've not read any of them. Clearly I must have considerably different tastes.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

the above is a list from Amazon on bestselling M/M romance ;-) probably you have slightly different taste or maybe you lean towards more mainstream novels

[lusiology.livejournal.com]

I meant in the m/m romance genre. No Alex Beecroft, Jaida Jones, Heidi Cullinan, PL Nunn, Vaughn R Demont, Kirby Crow or Erastes to name a few.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

well, the above is a "december" bestselling. From what I know, Alex Beecroft, Jaida Jones, P.L. Nunn and Kirby Crow have no releases in the last month. Erastes has one with Cheyenne but it's not exactly romance (her words); Demont has one has well, but it's probably more October/November than December. Cullinan has probably something even before of that.

ETA: to be an advocate devil, in the above list there are titles that were out well before December ;-)

[lusiology.livejournal.com]

Ah. Should have worn my glasses before attempting to read.