Historical Romance Book Club discussion

For the month of JANUARY 2025, we will be reading historical romance with the following theme ‘ Age Difference: Main characters with 10+ years in age difference

Rules of Nominations:

1. Not more than 2 novel nominations per member.
2. No book we have read as a group read in the last 2 yrs. (Please check the group's Bookshelf)
3. No author we have read in the last one year (see below).

(*we are no longer including novella’s as a separate BOTM. If a novella is nominated, please note the number of pages)

>> Nominations end on November 16th <<

Authors ineligible for January 2025:

Julie Garwood – December 2024
Jo Goodman – December 2024
Jodie Thomas – December 2024
Vivienne Lorret – November 2024
Candace Camp – November 2024
Olivia Parker – November 2024
Jane Feather – October 2024
LM Montgomery – October 2024
Laura Lee Guhrke – October 2024
Loretta Chase – September 2024
Grace Burrowes – September 2024
Minerva Spencer – September 2024
Shana Galen – August 2024
Alice Coldbreath – August 2024
Mimi Matthews – August 2024
Suzanne Enoch - July 2024
Lenora Bell - July 2024
Sabrina Jeffries - July 2024
Julia Quinn - June 2024
Virgina Henley - June 2024
Carla Kelly - June 2024
Jillian Hunter – May 2024
Joanna Shupe – May 2024
Rose Gordon – May 2024
Meredith Duran – April 2024
Stacey Reid – April 2024
Courtney Milan – April 2024
Sophie Jordan - March 2024
Stella Riley - March 2024
Johanna Lindsey - March 2024
Lauren Smith - Feb 2024
Amy Jarecki – Feb 2024
Lorraine Heath – Feb 2024
Mary Balogh - Jan 2024
Virginia Heath - Jan 2024
Eva Leigh - Jan 2024
Elizabeth Hoyt - Dec 2023

I will start the nominations with
Promise Me Heaven by Connie Brockway

Arabella by Georgette Heyer


My Season of Scandal by Julie Anne Long

Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas

I nominate
Cherish and the Duke

A Second Chance for the Broken Duke

I nominate

My second nomination is Indiscreet by Carolyn Jewel

I'll nominate: Never Tempt a Duke by Virginia Brown.
2nd nomination has been on my TBR list The Wickedness of a Highlander by Elisa Branden. This was on the age gap list but someone let me know if it counts. I also don't know if it can be read as a standalone

If it doesn't count then I'll nominate: The Gallant Guardian by Evelyn Richardson