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Books to Fall in Love With 2017

Valentine's Day (Books To Fall in Love With)

Books to Fall in Love With 2017

Congratulations to the five winners of our Valentine's Day contest! These readers received a copy of each of our eight featured books and some delicious chocolate. Those who entered had the option of responding to the question “Who is your all-time literary crush?” which many of you answered, much to our delight. We had so much fun compiling your top 10 “Literary Loves and Lusts,” which you can see below. Many thanks to all who participated!

This year's featured Valentine’s Day titles were:

  • AFTER YOU by Jojo Moyes
  • THE ARRANGEMENT by Ashley Warlick
  • CALL TO HONOR: A SEAL Brotherhood Novel, by Tawny Weber
  • FORGED IN DESIRE by Brenda Jackson
  • ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
  • UNDER PRESSURE: A Body Armor Novel, by Lori Foster
  • WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES by Georgia Hunter
  • WILD WICKED SCOT: The Highland Grooms, Book 1 by Julia London

Winners

Carol from Voorheesville, NY
Jessica from Macomb, MI
Kariann from Greenville, WI
Melissa from Emmaus, PA
Susan from Santa Barbara, CA

The Top 10 Literary Loves and Lusts
1. Rhett Butler from GONE WITH THE WIND
2. Heathcliff from WUTHERING HEIGHTS
3. Jamie Fraser from the Outlander series
4. Jack Reacher from the Jack Reacher series
5. Mr. Darcy from PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
6. Noah Calhoun from THE NOTEBOOK
7. Ranger from the Stephanie Plum series
8. Will Traynor from ME BEFORE YOU
9. Atticus Finch from TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
10. Sherlock Holmes from the Sherlock Holmes series
 

After You by Jojo Moyes - Romance


After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, Louisa Clark is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can’t help but feel she’s right back where she started. Thanks to the members of the Moving On support group, Lou meets strong, capable Sam Fielding, a paramedic whose business is life and death, and the one man who might be able to understand her. Then a figure from Will’s past appears and hijacks all her plans, propelling her into a very different future.

The Arrangement by Ashley Warlick - Historical Fiction


Los Angeles, 1934. Mary Frances is young, restlessly married, and returning from her first sojourn in France. She is hungry, and not just for food: she wants Tim, her husband Al’s charming friend, who encourages her writing and seems to understand her better than anyone. After a night’s transgression, it’s only a matter of time before Mary Frances claims what she truly desires, plunging all three of them into a tangled triangle of affection that will have far-reaching effects on their families, their careers and their lives.

Call to Honor: A SEAL Brotherhood Novel by Tawny Weber - Romance


With a team member killed and the body missing, Lieutenant Diego Torres' honor is sorely tested in the SEALs. His career and reputation are on the line, and a traitor is hiding among them. Diego wants answers…and only one woman has them. Single mom Harper Maclean has two priorities: raising her son and starting a new life. Her mysterious new neighbor may be impossibly charming, but Diego asks too many questions about her past --- and about the father of her child. She fears these questions will reveal her burning attraction for Diego and ultimately put them all in danger's path.

Forged in Desire by Brenda Jackson - Romance


When good girl Margo Connelly becomes Lamar "Striker" Jennings' latest assignment, she knows she's in trouble --- and not because he's been hired to protect her from an underworld criminal. Though Striker is now living on the right side of the law, he is convinced his troubled past keeps Margo out of his league. But physical chemistry explodes into full-blown passion when they go on the run together. Surrendering to desire could be a deadly distraction --- or finally prove that he's the only man qualified to keep her safe, and win her love.

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - Romance


Louisa Clark takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair-bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life and is pretty sure he cannot live the way he is. Louisa refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.

Under Pressure: A Body Armor Novel by Lori Foster - Romantic Suspense


Leese Phelps’ road hasn’t been an easy one, but it’s brought him to the perfect job --- working for the elite Body Armor security agency. However, being drawn to Catalina Nicholson is a dangerous complication, especially since it could be the very man who hired Leese who’s threatening her. What Catalina knows could get her killed. But who’d believe the sordid truth about her powerful stepfather? Beyond Leese’s ripped body and brooding gaze is a man of impeccable honor. He’s the last person she expects to trust --- and the first who’s ever made her feel safe. And he’s the only one who can help her expose a deadly secret, if they can just stay alive long enough.

We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter - Historical Fiction

It is the spring of 1939, and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable, and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety. As one sibling is forced into exile, another attempts to flee the continent, while others struggle to escape certain death. Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity and inner strength to persevere.

Wild Wicked Scot: The Highland Grooms, Book 1 by Julia London - Romance


Born into riches and groomed in English luxury, Margot Armstrong didn't belong in a Scottish chieftain's devil-may-care world. Three years ago she fled their marriage of convenience and hasn't looked back --- except to relive the moments spent in wild, rugged Arran McKenzie's passionate embrace. But as their respective countries' fragile unity threatens to unravel, Margot must return to her husband to uncover his role in the treachery before her family can be accused of it. Red-haired, green-eyed Margot was Arran's beautiful bride. Her loss has haunted him, but her return threatens everything he has gained. As the Highland mists carry whispers of an English plot to seize McKenzie territory, he must outmaneuver her in games of espionage…and seduction.