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Gay Romance Challenge: January 2012
New Year, New Challenge ;-) for January 2012, I will consider as "new entry" the books not in December 2011 list, but aside from that, all is starting from scratch and this challenge will end in December 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) Hot Head by Damon Suede
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00564ACK8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1327655.html
2) Something Like Summer by Jay Bell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004I6DKPY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1233202.html
3) Awakenings by Tara LarsonLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006U7K3AY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (January 5, 2012)
4) Rendered (Southwestern Shifters) by Bailey BradfordLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006UAU04K/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing (October 10, 2011)
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) Noble Metals by L. A. WittLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006TSNZUO/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Carnal Passions (January 2, 2012)
7) Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001V7POB6/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/541403.html
8) Blue Moon by Rowena SudburyLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006TI8ENW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (January 3, 2012)
9) 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)
10) The Locker Room by Amy Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004XNNEKS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1285667.html
11) Something Different by S.A. ReidLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005RPETBY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (October 1, 2011)
12) 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)
13) The New York Catch (Romantic Comedy) (The New York Series Book 1) by Amanda Hanna
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056IALCS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (June 16, 2011)
14) Blue Notes by Shira AnthonyLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006RIHRD2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (December 29, 2011)
15) Embraced By the Sun by MyaLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006UJD8TK/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Ai Press (January 5, 2012)
16) Six Degrees of Lust by Taylor V. DonovanLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006RN0AEK/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: MLR Press (December 30, 2011)
17) Duck! By Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040GJDGC/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1202226.html
18) Veggie Burgers To Go (Real Werewolves Don't Eat Meat) by Karenna ColcroftLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006TZG9BO/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: MLR Press (January 4, 2012)
19) 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
20) What's Done in The Dark: Season 1 Finale (Volume V) by Solae Dehvine
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051BEBHG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: SexMentality (May 16, 2011)
21) 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
22) 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
23) Grown Men by Damon SuedeLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0060NP4UC/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1422577.html
24) Fallon's Jewel by Sedonia GuilloneLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003OIBHKM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1100328.html
25) 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
26) Delsyn's Blues (Vasquez & James Series) by Lou SylvreLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006SBC6KM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (January 1, 2012)
27) 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)
28) 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
29) Primal Passions by Stephani Hecht
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XREY40/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1279368.html
30) Mark's Not Gay [Brac Pack 11] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic ManLove) by Lynn Hagen
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0053HEMZY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1309593.html
31) The Painting of Porcupine City: A Novel by Ben MonopoliLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005K159H8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Ben Monopoli (August 29, 2011)
32) Connor's Journey, a Velvet Glove story by Sean MichaelLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006QYGADA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Torquere Press (December 27, 2011)
33) The One That Got Away by Rhianne Aile & Madeleine Urban
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001SASDN2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1482738.html
34) A Rare Thing by Alex DouglasLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006TFKE6U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Torquere Press (January 3, 2012)
35) 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
36) Passionate Desires (Suppressed Desires: Volume 1) by Solae DehvineLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00513D990/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (May 15, 2011)
37) Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay by Annie ProulxLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002XQAAOU/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: Read Before LJ
38) Shying Away by Kate Sherwood
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004W4ME7W/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1289553.html
39) Taken By the Pack (Phases) by Cheryl DragonLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KAA8QM/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1243841.html
40) Fire Play by Dany SireneLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006T8V79U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (January 3, 2012)
41) Kindred Hearts by Rowan Speedwell
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YXAM4I/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1429377.html
42) Hellbourne by Amber KellLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005EYT6IE/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/668716.html
43) Strings Attached by Nick Nolan
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982555016/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1078527.html
44) 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
45) 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
46) Forever by Shayla KerstenLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041OSC4W/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/24413.html
47) Love Means... No Shame by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002WC95MI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1011299.html
48) Handcuffs and Glory Holes (Rawlings Men) by Kim Dare
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003WQBD9Q/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1229667.html
49) The Love of a Mate (Pack Discipline) by Kim DareLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005KLXRWW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing (June 6, 2011)
50) Natural Disaster by Chris OwenLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058DI8Z8/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1401384.html
51) Snowed In by Madeleine Urban & Rhianne AileLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001NMT79O/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/483829.html
52) Sinnerman (The Warder Series) by Mary Calmes
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056ICE3M/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1469368.html
53) Surrender To The Wolf (Channing's Wolves) by Taylor McKayLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005KYMRUC/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Demanding Romance (September 2, 2011)
54) Out of the Blue by Josh LanyonLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002V1IO4A/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/898055.html
55) Loving Luki Vasquez (Vasquez & James Series) by Lou SylvreLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00571KIA4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (June 19, 2011)
56) Change of Heart by Mary Calmes
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003T9US8S/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/907639.html
57) Passionate Desires (Uncontrolled: Volume 3) by Solae DehvineLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0054R6SN2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: SexMentality LLC (June 6, 2011)
58) Handcuffs and Pretty Things (Rawlings Men Series, Book Eight) by Kim DareLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057ZJO7I/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Resplendence Publishing, LLC (June 23, 2011)
59) Protect and Serve by Eden ColeLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005J5V70S/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Risky Ink (August 24, 2011)
60) Devlin And Garrick by Cameron Dane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00422LLMS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1225446.html
61) 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
62) Brushback (An Evan Austin Mystery) by Jamie ScofieldLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0046ZRJE0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/722379.html
63) Bennington's Place by Gabriel GarçonnièreLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DQY6G4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: G's Spot (August 2, 2008)
64) A Strong Hand by Catt Ford
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026FCJY2/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/616564.html
65) A Better Place by Mark Roeder
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RZGYLI/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1389827.html
66) Games by Cooper WestLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006QSXE9E/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (December 27, 2011)
67) The Rent Boy Murders (Murder Most Gay) by John Simpson & Robert CummingsLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006NZSGJS/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (December 18, 2011)
68) Keeping Katie by Angela CastleLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005RPFH1K/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Rogue Phoenix Press (October 1, 2011)
69) Once Long Ago (Gay Romance) by Ethan CharlesLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003DTMTKY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (March 23, 2010)
70) Desert Sons by Mark Kendrick
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0049B3184/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1335223.html
71) Passionate Desires (Dangerous Desires: Volume 4) by Solae DehvineLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056BLC96/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: SexMentality (June 15, 2011)
72) A Note in the Margin by Isabelle RowanLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001XUQPQ4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/572016.html
73) Love Means...Freedom by Andrew GreyLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003URRSOQ/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (July 4, 2010)
74) Almost an Equal (The Hunt Club Chronicles Book 1) by Heather Boyd
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056BLFQG/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1475511.html
75) 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)
76) 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
77) Conversations by Stevie WoodsLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006TJQ3FW/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services (January 3, 2012)
78) I love you, asshole! By Amy Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051I4VQA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (May 17, 2011)
79) His to Save by BA TortugaLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006TFKGXQ/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Torquere Press (January 3, 2012)
80) Cheating Chance (Taking the Odds) by James BuchananLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003TU2I7G/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/260732.html
81) Love Means... Family by Andrew GreyLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006PIYPCA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (December 22, 2011)
82) 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
83) Into This World We're Thrown by Mark KendrickLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0047T7OUY/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1377550.html
84) Admit One by Jenna Hilary SinclairLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003T0HF4W/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (November 12, 2009)
85) UpLink ('NetWalkers: Original Series) by Jane S. FancherLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004V49HL4/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Closed Circle Publications (April 3, 2011)
86) Scrap Metal by Harper Fox
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006H9B70U/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (March 27, 2012)
87) 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
88) The Best Revenge by Andrew Grey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00200KN6O/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press; first edition (March 23, 2009)
89) An Admirer by Megan DerrLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004HYHCQ0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (October 1, 2010)
90) 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
91) 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
92) 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
93) 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
94) 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
95) Wicked Gentlemen (Hells Below) by Ginn HaleLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006IHFZEU/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Blind Eye Books (May 1, 2007)
96) Lord of the White Hell: Book Two (The Cadeleonian Series) by Ginn HaleLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0978986172/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Blind Eye Books (September 15, 2010)
97) 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)
98) 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
99) Just As I Am: A Novel by E. Lynn HarrisLink: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385469705/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Publisher: Anchor (February 15, 1995)
100) Soul Mates: Bound by Blood by Jourdan Lane
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030T1W1E/?tag=elimyrevandra-20
Review: Read Before LJ