Historical Romance Book Club discussion

For the month of DECEMBER 2022, we will be reading HRs that feature FORCED INTO MARRIAGE: Unlike Marriage of Convenience, there is no choice but to marry for at least one of the MCs.

To see definitions for the month theme, check out message 8 in the Theme thread

Rules of Nominations :

1. Not more than 2 novel nominations per member.
2. Not more than 1 novella nomination per member. We will track novella nominations separately.
3. No book we have read as a group read in the last 2 years. (Please check the group's Bookshelf)
4. No author we have read in the last one year.


>> Nominations end on OCTOBER 15th. <<

Authors ineligible for December 2022:

Mary Lancaster – Nov 2022
Celeste Bradley – Nov 2022
Lorraine Heath – Nov 2022
Amanda Quick – Nov 2022
Judith McNaught – Oct 2022
Laura Kinsale – Oct 2022
Jude Devereaux – Oct 2022
Mary Balogh – Sept 2022
Sherry Thomas – Sept 2022
Meredith Durran – Sept 2022
Eloisa James – Sept 2022
Sabrina Jeffries – August 2022
Anne Stuart – August 2022
Georgette Heyer – August 2022
Kathleen Ayers – August 2022
Elizabeth Hoyt – July 2022
Joanna Bourne – July 2022
Madeline Hunter – July 2022
Kerrigan Byrne – July 2022
Minerva Spencer – June 2022
Courtney Milan – June 2022
India Holton – June 2022
Cat Sebastian – May 2022
Mackenzi Lee – May 2022
Sally Malcolm – May 2022
E.E. Ottoman – May 2022
Loretta Chase - April 2022
Johanna Lindsey - April 2022
Lila DiPasqua - April 2022
K.C. Bateman - April 2022
Tessa Dare - March 2022
Erica Ridley - March 2022
Kat Martin - March 2022
Alyssa Cole - March 2022
Jennifer Ashley - February 2022
Evie Dunmore - February 2022
Maya Banks - February 2022
Karen Hawkins - February 2022
Virginia Heath - January 2022
Lisa Kleypas - January 2022
Julie Garwood - January 2022
Carolyn Lee - January 2022
Anna Bradley - December 2021
Eve Pendle - December 2021
Laura Lee Guhrke - December 2021
Nicola Davidson - December 2021

Lord Ruin by Carolyn Jewel

A Bride for the Prizefighter by Alice Coldbreath

I can't think of any novellas with this theme. Will be interested to see any novella noms.

Would an arranged marriage be a forced marriage? It sounds like it would from the definition?

Also, if you have to marry because your reputation was compromised (such as alone with a man), is that a forced marriage or a marriage of convenience?

Oleander - i would consider that a forced marriage.

Oleander wrote: "Also, if you have to marry because your reputation was compromised (such as alone with a man), is that a forced marriage or a marriage of convenience?"

Oleander. There is a lot of overlap between marriage of convenience and forced into marriage. They key difference would be that one of the main characters is forced into the marriage - this could be due to scandal, kidnapping. Sometimes in marriage of convenience novels, both the marriage is acceptable to both parties.

Jan wrote: "Lord Ruin by Carolyn Jewel

A Bride for the Prizefighter by Alice Coldbreath

I can't think of any novellas with this theme. Will be interested to see any novella noms."

They both look good Jan. Lord Ruin is already on my TBR list and the Alice Coldbreath is now on it!

Here are a couple I found on my GR shelves:

The Texan's Wager by Jodi Thomas
(Heroine enters a bride lottery to avoid jail.)

Let Me Be The One by Jo Goodman
(Heroine provides alibi for hero which necessitates marriage.)

Thank you, Susan, for the clarifications. 😊🍃

My nominations are and

An English Bride in Scotland by Lynsay Sands
Firelight by Kristen Callihan

I nominate Winds Of Fate by Lucia Omonobi.

I nominate
The Highlander’s Braw Lass by Fiona Grant . Novella.
The Earl’s Inconvenient Wife by Ruth Ann Nordin

I would like to nominate:
The Devil You Know by Liz Carlyle
and
The Madness of Viscount Atherbourne by Elisa Braden

I am adding The Haunting of a Duke by Chasity Bowlin

I'm trying resist Highlander books :)
I nomnate: Trials of Artemis Sue London and Pirate's Bride by Lynette Vinet

For a novella: Marry for Love by Christina Courtney

I would like to nominate The Debutante's Scandal by Sylvia McDaniel as a novella.

Hi, guys, nominations ends today, October 15th! Post your nominations until the end of the day!

Mariana wrote: "I nominate Winds Of Fate by Lucia Omonobi."

Hi, Mariana, I didn't include this book in the list because the book isn't available in the main online bookstores. Sorry!

I was just wondering what the trope for January will be?

We will do “overlooked heroine” for January. I have the theme survey ready for the rest of next year.

Hello all!

The voting form for the 2023 themes is available here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

Please vote by Nov. 25

Since the nomination time for January is coming up too soon, we will be using the "overlooked heroine" theme for January. This is one that was a popular option when narrowing the themes last year and was not one we did in the last year.

I will post this in multiple threads so it catches more members.