Historical Romance Book Club discussion

For the month of APRIL 2025 we will be reading historical romance novels that feature Proximity: Books featuring Shifted house parties trope to a broader context (Road trip, forced proximity, house parties, only one bed, etc.).

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 February 16th <<

Authors ineligible for April 2025:

Mary Balogh - March 2025
Amanda Quick - March 2025
Tessa Dare - March 2025
Liz Carlyle- Feb 2025
C.J. Archer – Feb 2025
Annie Burrows – Feb 2025
Georgette Heyer – January 2025
Judith Ivory – January 2025
Elisa Braden – 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

I nominate To Marry a Scottish Laird by Lynsay Sands and Dawn with a Duke by Erica Ridley (can be read as stand alone)

Beyond Sunrise by Candice Proctor


The Songbird's Seduction by Connie Brockway

It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas


The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean

Regency Reputations: The Gilvrys Of Dunross: A historical romance filled with spice, marriage convenience, and close proximity
by Ann Lethbridge

I'll nominate:
1. Run Wild or Escape With The Scoundrel by Shelly Thacker.
2. Devil's Grace: Renn Arelia's Story by Karen Dean Benson. The blurb doesnt't give enough detail. The h escapes her evil guardians. She stows away on the H's ship, which is going to Spain not France like she thought. So they are in forced PROXIMITY on the ship and in Spain. ;)

I nominate
The Earl’s Inconvenient Houseguest by Virginia Heath
The Kidnapped Bride by Christi Kay

I will nominate

Too Wicked to Kiss by Erica Ridley

Whisper of Scandal by Nicole Cornick

That's nice, we have a lot of nominations that can be used in RATA challenge. Thanks!! :)

Due to a problem in Excel file, this month voting will have to wait a bit, I hope it's fast :)

Debby *BabyDee* wrote: "Regency Reputations: The Gilvrys Of Dunross: A historical romance filled with spice, marriage convenience, and close proximity
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Hi, Debbie, Which of the books in the series do you want to nominate? It seems this is a link to the series itself, in this case 2 books: book 2 and 3.

Sandra wrote: "Debby *BabyDee* wrote: "Regency Reputations: The Gilvrys Of Dunross: A historical romance filled with spice, marriage convenience, and close proximity
[bookcover:Regency Reputation..."


Debbie, I've chose book 2 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...