What I'm Reading
2017
- The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet
- The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
- The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker
- Promise by KJ Jackson
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath
- This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
- Behind Her Eyes by Sara Pinborough
- One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Midtown Masters by Cara McKenna
- I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Gretchen McNeil
- Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
- Illegal Contact by Santino Hassell
- Send by Patty Blount
- Must Love Cowboys by Cheryl Brooks
- Brokedown Cowboy by Maisey Yates
- Bad News Cowboy by Maisey Yates
- Status Update by Annabeth Albert
- Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance
- Fearless Writing by William Kenower
- The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich
- The Hot Shot by Kristen Callihan
- Every Wild Heart by Meg Donahue
- The Dry by Jane Harper
- The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
- Servants of the Storm by Delilah Dawson
- Reset Your Child's Brain by Victoria Dunkley
- Glow Kids by Nicholas Kardaras
- Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
- The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
- Still Writing by Dani Shapiro
- What Falls From the Sky by Esther Emery
- The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey
- The Power of Off by Nancy Colier
- Deep Work by Cal Newport (reread)
- The End of Absence by Michael Harris
- Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage by Dani Shapiro
- Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle
- Around the Writer's Block by Rosanne Bane
- Someday Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham
- The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
- The Story Genius by Lisa Cron
- The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn
- A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold
- Hamlet's Blackberry by William Powers
- Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
2016
- The Twisted Road to You by Barbara Longley
- Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Mr. and Mr. Smith by Helen Kay Dimon
- One Wish by Robyn Carr
- A Match Made in Montana by Joanna Sims
- With or Without Him by Barbara Elsborg
- Signs of Life by Melanie Hansen
- Act Like It by Lucy Parker
- This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
- One Night Charmer by Maisey Yates
- Tempting Fate by Jane Green
- American Girls by Allison Umminger
- Always on My Mind by Jill Shalvis
- It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell
- The Madness of Lorn Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley
- Better When It Hurts by Skye Warren
- The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women by Dr. Valerie Young
- True North by Tamsen Parker
- Columbine by Dave Cullen
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
- Sex, Lies, and Online Dating by Rachel Gibson
- Misfits by Garrett Leigh
- The Courage of Eli Jackson by Kelly Hunter
- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
- Essentialism by Greg Keown
- Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl
- Her Halloween Treat by Tiffany Reisz
- How Not to Die by Michael Greger
- 10% Happier by Dan Harris
- Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
- Her Naughty Holiday by Tiffany Reisz
- Daring Fate by Megan Erikson
- Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan
- One Hot December by Tiffany Reisz
- Holiday with a Twist by Shannon Stacey
- The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
- The More of Less by Joshua Becker
- The Desire Map by Danielle LaPorte
2015
- Glitterland by Alexis Hall
- Forbidden by Charlotte Stein
- Be My Reason by Samantha Christy
- Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
- Super Structure by James Scott Bell
- Looking for Trouble by Victoria Dahl
- Spirited by Mary Behre
- On the Way Home by Skye Warren
- The First 50 Pages by Jeff Gerke
- The Companion Contract by Solace Ames
- Hold by Claire Kent
- Two-Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
- No Such Thing by A.M. Arthur
- Curious by R.G. Alexander
- The Other Brother by Lauren Hawkeye and Tawny Stokes
- Diary of a Submissive by Sophie Morgan
- Power Exchange by A.J. Rose
- Safeword by A.J. Rose
- The Mane Squeeze by Shelley Laurenston
- Reawakening by Charlotte Stein
- Taken by Charlotte Stein
- Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan
- The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
- Fly With Me by Chanel Cleeton
- Stepbrother Dearest by Penelope Ward
- Special Delivery by Heidi Cullinan
- Wanderlust by Skye Warren
- The Hostage Bargain by Annika Martin
- One Cut Deeper by Joely Sue Burkhart
- Falling by Barbara Elsborg
- Every Day by David Levithan
- The Girl in 6E by A.R. Torre
- Asking For It by Lilah Pace
- Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
- Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg
- Begging For It by Lilah Pace
- Theirs to Cherish by Shayla Black
- Trust the Focus by Megan Erickson
- One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton
- The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
- The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- Love the Way You Lie by Skye Warren
- Sutphin Boulevard by Santino Hassell
- Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD by Susan Pinsky
- Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
- Serving Pleasure by Alisha Rai
- On a Night Like This by Barbara Freethy
- Static by L.A. Witt
- Tempting Meridith by Samantha Ann King
- Crosstown Crush by Cara McKenna
- Voice by James Scott Bell
- VB6: Vegan Before Six by Mark Bittman
- Off the Ice by Julie Cross
- Thug Kitchen
- The Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee Smith
- One for the Money by Janet Evanovitch
- Obsession Falls by Christina Dodd
2014
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Danse Macabre by Stephen King
- The Dom Project by Heloise Belleau and Solace Ames
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- My Heartache Cowboy by Z.A. Maxfield
- Love and Other Scandals by Caroline Linden
- Lethal Pursuit by Kaylea Cross
- Take Me On by Cherrie Lynn
- Once She Was Tempted by Anne Barton
- Linger by Lauren Jameson (Read ARC for cover quote)
- Poe by J. Lincoln Fenn
- Telling Tales by Charlotte Stein
- Addicted by Charlotte Stein
- Master of the Island (Invitation to Eden) by Lauren Hawkeye
- Uninvited by Sophie Jordan
- Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
- Spin by Catherine McKenzie
- Third Degree by Julie Cross
- Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
- Writing From the Middle by James Scott Bell
- Hard Time by Cara McKenna
- The Gentleman and the Rogue by Bonnie Dee and Summer Devon
- Winter: The Haunted Heart by Josh Lanyon
- Foreplay by Sophie Jordan
- Before You Break by Christina Lee
- Possess Me by R.G. Alexander
- Archetype by M.D. Waters
- Darkening Around Me by Barbara Hancock
- Fire in Fiction by Donald Maass
- The Joy of Less by Francine Jay
- 600 Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster
- Outlining Your Novel by K.M. Weiland
- Story Trumps Structure by Steven James
- The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
- Tear You Apart by Megan Hart
- Wallbanger by Alice Clayton
- It's So Easy: And Other Lies by Duff McKagan
- Six Years by Harlan Coben
- Sea Swept by Nora Roberts
- Things I Can't Forget by Miranda Kenneally
- Control by Charlotte Stein
- The Saint by Tiffany Reisz
- The Duff by Kody Keplinger
- Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
- Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
- Take by Ella Frank
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- Blue Notes by Shira Anthony
- Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas
- Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
- Cost of Repairs by A.M Arthur
- Rough Justice by Sarah Castille (Read ARC for quote)
- The Hook Up by Kristen Callihan
- Blindfolded Innocence by Alessandra Torre
- The Headmaster by Tiffany Reisz
- Bonds of Trust by Lynda Aicher
- Escorted by Claire Kent
- Prisoner by Annika Martin and Skye Warren
- The Flame by Christopher Rice
- Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross
- Intrusion by Charlotte Stein
- Creed by Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie
- In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
- 100 Days of Real Food by Lisa Leake
- The King by Tiffany Reisz
- Mimi-Missions for Simplicity by Courtney Carver
- Simplify by Joshua Becker
2013
- Enslaved by Shoshanna Evers
- Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught
- Rush by Maya Banks
- On Her Side by Beth Andrews
- Moonglow by Kristen Callihan
- Painted Faces by L.H. Cosway
- Miracle In New Hope by Kaki Warner
- The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
- Jackson Hole Valentine by Cindy Kirk
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
- Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin
- A Knight In Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
- Sinful by Charlotte Featherstone
- A Taste of You by Sorcha Grace
- The Other Woman by Hank Phillipi Ryan
- Fever by Maya Banks
- Perfect by Judith McNaught
- The Art of War for Writers by James Scott Bell
- After Hours by Cara McKenna
- Halfway Perfecy by Julie Cross and Mark Perrini (ARC read for endorsement quote)
- All of You by Christina Lee (ARC read for endorsement quote)
- Ours to Love by Shayla Black
- My Story Can Beat Up Your Story by Jeffrey Alan Schechter
- Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Fringes of American Sexuality by Suzy Spencer
- The Seduction Hypothesis by Delphine Dryden
- Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendare Blake
- This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
- The Mistress Files by Tiffany Reisz
- Sin and Syntax by Constance Hale
- The Mistress by Tiffany Reisz
- Games People Play by Shelby Reed
- Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon
- Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
- Frat Boy & Toppy by Anne Tenino
- Aftermath by Cara Dee
- Consequences by Aleatha Romig
- Burn by Maya Banks
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- Parenting book
- On the Island by Tracy Garvis Graves
- A Little Too Far by Lisa Desrochers
- Bad Company by K.A. Mitchell
- Rules of Entanglement by Gina Maxwell
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
- The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
- The Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee Smith
- Unbound by Cara McKenna
- Addicted to You by Krista and Becca Ritchie
- Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
- Never Enough by Lauren Dane
- A Little Too Much by Lisa Desrochers
- Try by Ella Frank
- My Cowboy Heart by Z.A. Maxfield
2012
- Dark Citadel by Cherise Sinclair
- Desire's Edge by Eve Berlin
- The Principal's Office by Jasmine Haynes
- Immersed in Pleasure by Tiffany Reisz
- Writing Love: Screenwriting Tricks for Authors by Alexandra Sokoloff
- Saddled and Spurred by Lorelei James
- An Ordinary Girl by Barbara Elsborg
- Cowboys Down by Barbara Elsoborg
- The Gift of Fear by Gavin DeBecker
- Bared to You by Sylvia Day
- The Reason Is You by Sharla Lovelace
- The Dark Garden by Eden Bradley
- Sheltered by Charlotte Stein
- Willing Victim by Cara McKenna
- The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff
- Mine to Hold by Shayla Black
- Restraint by Charlotte Stein
- Sweet Addiction by Maya Banks
- Yours to Take by Joely Sue Burkhart
- The Theory of Attraction by Delphine Dryden
- Collision Course by K.A. Mitchell
- Hot Head by Damon Suede
- Wife for Hire by Christine Bell
- Defying the Odds by Kele Moon
- Because You Are Mine by Beth Kery
- More Like Her by Liza Palmer
- What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
- On Dublin Street by Samantha Young
- Beyond Shame by Kit Rocha
- Laid Open by Lauren Dane
- Ten by Gretchen McNeil
- Easy by Tammara Webber
- Deep Desires by Charlotte Stein
- The Angel by Tiffany Reisz
- Captive in the Dark by C. J. Roberts
- Seduced in the Dark by C. J. Roberts
- Losing It by Cora Carmack
- The Prince by Tiffany Reisz
- Between by Jessica Warman
- Reflected in You by Sylvia Day
- Flat Out Love by Jessica Park
- Breath on Embers by Anne Calhoun
2011
1. Behind the Duke's Door by Lynne Silver
2. Strange Attractions by Emma Holly
3. Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly
4. Beyond Eden by Kele Moon
5. Undercover by Lauren Dane
6. Smash Cut by Sandra Brown
7. By the Book by Scarlett Parrish
8. Naked by Megan Hart
9. The Dom's Dungeon by Cherise Sinclair
10. Trial by Fire by Jo Davis
11. Sweet Possession by Maya Banks
12. Surrender to Me by Shayla Black
13. Corralled by Lorelei James
14. Copping to It by Ava Meyers
15. Falling Under by Gwen Hayes
16. Three to Tango by Lauren Dane, Megan Hart, Emma Holly, and Bethany Kane
17. Are You There Blog? It's Me, Writer by Kristen Lamb
18. The Siren by Tiffany Reisz
19. Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
20. Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder
21. Save the Cat Strikes Back by Blake Snyder
22. Pleasure's Edge by Eve Berlin
23. Finding Eden by Kele Moon
24. Romancing the Countess by Ashley March
25. Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros
26. Haunting Beauty by Erin Quinn
27. 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James
28. Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
29. Sweet Surrender by Maya Banks (reread)
30. Sweet Persuasion by Maya Banks (reread)
31. Belong to Me by Shayla Black