reviews_and_ramblings | Gay Romance Challenge: June 2012

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) Tailor Made by James Brock
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/161845076X/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Beau to Beau Books (April 17, 2012)

2) The Alpha's Pet (Dark Hollow Wolf Pack 1) by Shannon West
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00839I6AQ/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Secret Cravings Publishing (May 8, 2012)

3) We Danced by Jeff Erno
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613725302/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (June 1, 2012)
4) Play It Again, Charlie by R. Cooper
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613724527/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1608278.html
5) What He Wants by Kate Aaron
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007YUJCN0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (April 28, 2012)
6) One Small Thing by M.J. O'Shea & Piper Vaughn
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0080HKOTW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 3, 2012)
7) Frog by Mary Calmes
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007XAFECY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1592819.html
8) Redemption by Fire (Redemption by Fire Series) by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007ZSFMD0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 1, 2012)

9) Learning the Ropes (Sex Sells) by Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0089MSTTU/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Resplendence Publishing (June 6, 2012)

10) Perfect Day by Josh Lanyon
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0086WQ72O/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Just Joshin (May 27, 2012)

11) Hot Head by Damon Suede
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00564ACK8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1327655.html
12) Coming Home by M.J. O'Shea
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/161372442X/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (April 9, 2012)

13) Chuffed (Finnshifters) by Tia Fielding
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0089ARZJ2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (June 5, 2012)
14) Redemption by Olivia Duncan Craig
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007QERCAO/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1615184.html
15) Complete Faith by Sue Brown
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613724756/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (April 30, 2012)

16) Love Less Complicated by Lisa Marie Davis
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088L4VMQ/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (June 3, 2012)

17) Whelp (Wolves of Icaria, Alpha Shifter Gay Romance) by Sov Skaars
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0083UL878/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (May 15, 2012)
18) Unintended by M.J. O'Shea
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007U1QKDI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (April 13, 2012)

19) Armed & Dangerous (Cut & Run Series) by Abigail Roux
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613725124/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 18, 2012)

20) Hope for a Buffalo (Kontra's Menagerie) by Charlie Richards
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0085HB2YI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: eXtasy Books (May 15, 2012)

21) A Werewolf's Soldier (Warwolves) by Kayley Scott
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0087HNX8E/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: DLZ Entertainment (May 29, 2012)
22) Wishes by J.C. Owens
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00806PEHK/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Etopia Press (May 2, 2012)

23) Ervin's Dilemma (Wayne County Wolves book 1) by Stephani Hecht
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0085XBX6O/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: eXtasy Books (May 15, 2012)

24) Acrobat by Mary Calmes
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613725000/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 7, 2012)

25) The Wolfing Way (Lifting the Veil) by Susan Laine
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0083UU2X4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 15, 2012)
26) Who We Are by TJ Klune
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613724608/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (April 27, 2012)

27) Knockout by Leora Stark
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0089AO13U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (June 5, 2012)

28) Still Waters (A Sanctuary Story) by RJ Scott
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0084UB8I6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (May 19, 2012)

29) The Helpful Swan (Cob Brothers Series, Book Three) by Stephani Hecht & Amber Kell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0086WQYQS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Resplendence Publishing (May 27, 2012)
30) False Start by Janey Chapel
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007XAFER4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (April 24, 2012)

31) Casey's Love Bite (Wolves of Stone Ridge) by Charlie Richards
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0081NXWTO/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: eXtasy Books (May 1, 2012)
32) Country Mouse by Amy Lane & Aleksandr Voinov
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007WIEFHW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Riptide Publishing (April 21, 2012)
33) Ty Hard (Willow Springs Ranch) by Laura Harner
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005GRDWC0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Hot Corner Press (July 25, 2011)
34) Latakia by JF Smith
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006I2RN9U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1560467.html
35) Manhandled by S.A. Reid & Rosemary O'Malley
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007XZRW6A/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Lyonnesse (April 26, 2012)
36) Bear, Otter, and the Kid by TJ Klune
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613720874/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1600326.html
37) Shattered Glass by Dani Alexander
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00741MBZU/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1539387.html

38) Need You Now by Mercy Celeste
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088IXC3S/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (June 2, 2012)
39) Something Like Summer by Jay Bell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004I6DKPY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1233202.html

40) Red+Blue (Opposites Attract) by A.B. Gayle
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613725205/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 25, 2012)

41) Switching Payne by Amber Kell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0084TP76G/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (May 19, 2012)

42) Priceless by Cat Grant
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0082TQLMM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Riptide Publishing (May 12, 2012)
43) Things I'll Never Say by M.J. O'Shea
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SJVTRY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: M.J. O'Shea (April 8, 2012)

44) Little Brat Lost (Friends to Lovers) by Stephani Hecht
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0081NXWPS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: eXtasy Books (May 1, 2012)

45) Levi (Leopard's Spots) by Bailey Bradford
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0857159844/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing (April 16, 2012)

46) Forbidden Fruit by Edward Kendrick
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088IMK1S/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (June 2, 2012)

47) Raise Your Glass (Tales of Foster High) by John Goode
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0087FR33W/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 29, 2012)
48) A Marked Man (Assassin/Shifter) by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006WBJDLI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: DIASQ Publishing (January 10, 2012)
49) Mind Magic (Triad) by Poppy Dennison
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/161372456X/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (April 23, 2012)

50) Places in Time by Cardeno C.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008854FAK/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 31, 2012)

51) Gambling Men by Amy Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613724985/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 7, 2012)
52) Chalice (Planetary Submissives) by Amber Kell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TVCUEC/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing (January 16, 2012)

53) Touch and Trust, a Velvet Glove story by Sean Michael
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0089DQ9I2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Torquere Press (June 5, 2012)
54) Kamikaze Boys by Jay Bell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1468198149/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: CreateSpace (March 5, 2012)
55) Frat Boy and Toppy by Anne Tenino
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/193755130X/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1578327.html

56) Beach Balls (Balls to the Wall) by Tara Lain
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0087GUGMG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Etopia Press (May 29, 2012)

57) Frankie's Vamp (Hot Encounters) by Toni Griffin
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0082OGTPG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (May 11, 2012)
58) Catlin's Appaloosa (Kontra's Menagerie) by Charlie Richards
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007WTJC38/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: eXtasy Books (April 15, 2012)
59) Chase of a Lifetime by Ryan Field
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R6POYM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Ryan Field Press (March 24, 2012)
60) Professor's Keeper by Nicole Dennis
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Z3QZVS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (April 28, 2012)
61) The Art of Words by RJ Scott & Meredith Russell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007U06V60/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (April 13, 2012)
62) Chase in Shadow by Amy Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613724217/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1556308.html
63) Absent-Minded Astrophysicist by TN Tarrant
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Z0KSCI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (April 28, 2012)
64) 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)
65) Brothers in Arms by Kendall McKenna
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007S6PZCM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (April 6, 2012)
66) Colby and the Little Wolf (Lost Shifter) by Stephani Hecht
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007WO21SG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: eXtasy Books (April 15, 2012)
67) Alaska, with Love (Assassin/Shifter) by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00739XOCM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: DIASQ (January 29, 2012)

68) William (Enemies to Lovers) by Anyta Sunday
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0086POVJM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Anyta Sunday (May 26, 2012)

69) Judgment by Mary Calmes
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008854CE4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 31, 2012)

70) Ensnared by Dawn H. Hawkes
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088IMK7M/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (June 2, 2012)
71) Good Bones by Kim Fielding
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613724853/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (April 20, 2012)

72) An Exception (Jewel Bonds) by Megan Derr
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0089EAMRA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (June 5, 2012)

73) How To Break A Cowboy (Savage Shorts) by Daire St. Denis
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007QW5S3E/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (April 1, 2012)

74) For Your Entertainment by Remmy Duchene
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0086WR30O/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (May 26, 2012)
75) Face Value (A Sanctuary Story) by RJ Scott
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007S6QXFK/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (April 6, 2012)

76) Market Day, a Hammer story by Sean Michael
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00895GN04/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Torquere Press (May 30, 2012)
77) Shane and Trey (Enemies to Lovers) by Anyta Sunday
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0070FDJPG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (January 21, 2012)
78) Kissing Orion (A Vampire's Kiss) by Amber Kell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007X7CTTI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1144391.html

79) Heart of Ice (Demon Souls) by S.A. Welsh
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0082OXXEQ/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (May 11, 2012)
80) Home by William Neale
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1608202127/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1316663.html
81) Volley Balls (Balls to the Wall) by Tara Lain
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0059W2CF0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Etopia Press (July 1, 2011)
82) Always MJ by SJD Peterson
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Z0MW2C/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (April 28, 2012)
83) Again by Mary Calmes
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005CK4CXE/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1365351.html

84) Don't Judge a Book… by Scarlet Blackwell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Z3QYZA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (April 28, 2012)
85) Mutegi's Sweet One (Kontra's Menagerie) by Charlie Richards
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007NQNCNG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: eXtasy Books (March 15, 2012)
86) Divide & Conquer (Cut & Run) by Abigail Roux & Madeleine Urban
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005VQGJ0I/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (October 13, 2011)

87) Another Way by Anna Martin
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613721609/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (September 30, 2011)
88) My Subby Valentine by Amber Kell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007ZZNXYI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing (February 6, 2012)

89) Kaden's Colors by Ryan Loveless
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0089DXDLI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (June 5, 2012)
90) Bareback Boys (Volume One) (The Bareback Boys Club for Men Series #1) by John Lucke
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006DJYGR0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (Nov 23, 2011)
91) The 51st Thursday by Mercy Celeste
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00722Z5K4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1523900.html

92) Do-over by Amy Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088545XW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 31, 2012)
93) Super Sock Man (Knitting) by Amy Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007N4ENVI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (March 21, 2012)
94) Power Play: Resistance by Rachel Haimowitz & Cat Grant
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SAFDFW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Riptide Publishing (April 6, 2012)
95) Protection by S.A. Reid
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0615597440/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Lyonnesse Books (January 30, 2012)

96) Texas Winter (Sequel to The Heart of Texas) by RJ Scott
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1614953759/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Silver Publishing (December 15, 2011)

97) Shadow Soldier (Cattle Valley) by Carol Lynne
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0084GM96U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing (February 20, 2012)

98) Heart of the Warrior (All the King's Men) by Donya Lynne
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0085WGUMM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Phoenix Press (May 23, 2012)
99) Scrap Metal by Harper Fox
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006H9B70U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1575408.html
100) St-St-Stuffed by Anyta Sunday
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0070FDVHC/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (January 21, 2012)

Gay Romance Challenge: June 2012

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I hope you get around to mine, Elisa. Hugs.
I never cease to be amazed by how many m/m books get released each month. You sure will never run out of reading material...
Alison

I think we are more or less at 200 each month.

That sort of number is scary for what, let's face it, is a pretty niche genre.

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