Best Books I Read 2014
Books and series that I consistently rate over 4 stars!
List created by Julie on Dec 23, 2014
List Votes: 1 Books: 53 Contributors: 1 Watchers: 0 List Type: Closed
List created by Julie on Dec 23, 2014
List Votes: 1 Books: 53 Contributors: 1 Watchers: 0 List Type: Closed
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The Look of Love (Sullivans, Bk 1) by Bella Andre
Chloe Peterson is having a bad night. A really bad night. The large bruise on her cheek can attest to that. And when her car skids off the side of a wet country road straight into a ditch, she's convinced even the gorgeous guy who rescues her in the middle of the rain storm... more
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From This Moment On (Sullivans, Bk 2) by Bella Andre
For thirty-six years, Marcus Sullivan has been the responsible older brother, stepping in to take care of his seven siblings after their father died when they were children. But when the perfectly ordered future he's planned for himself turns out to be nothing but a lie, Marcus needs one... more
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Can't Help Falling in Love (Sullivans, Bk 3) by Bella Andre
Gabe Sullivan risks his life every day as a firefighter in San Francisco. But after learning a brutal lesson about professional boundaries, he knows better than to risk his heart to his fire victims ever again. Especially the brave mother and daughter he saved from a deadly apartment... more
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I Only Have Eyes For You (Sullivans, Bk 4) by Bella Andre
The sweetest temptation…
Sophie Sullivan fell head over heels for Jake McCann at the age of five. Twenty years later, the notorious bad boy still sees her as the "nice" Sullivan twin. When they both get caught up in the magic of the first Sullivan wedding, she knows it's... more
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If You Were Mine (Sullivans, Bk 5) by Bella Andre
Finding forever…with you
The last thing Zach Sullivan wants is to take care of his brother's new puppy for two weeks. That is, until he meets the dog trainer. Heather is bright, beautiful…and she just might be the only woman on earth who wants nothing to do with... more
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Let Me Be the One (Sullivans, Bk 6) by Bella Andre
How far would you go for a friend? Back in San Francisco preparing for her big art show, Vicki Bennett needs help protecting herself and her career from the unwelcome advances of one of the judges. She knows that her longtime friend and baseball star, Ryan Sullivan, will know just how to... more
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Dark Wolf (Carpathians (Dark), Bk 25) by Christine Feehan
In Dark Lycan, Christine Feehan journeyed into the heart of the Carpathians, and into the souls of two lifemates stirred by the flush of passion and the threat of annihilation. In Dark Wolf, the breathtaking story continues as the bonds of family are imperiled, and the fate of two lovers lies... more
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Jacked Up (Fast Track, Bk 6) by Erin McCarthy
She’s holding tight. He’s hanging loose.
Eve Monroe is a stock-car PR pro who puts her career first -- until an on-track wardrobe malfunction reveals more than the sexy smile of her race-car brother’s jack-man, Nolan Ford. The video’s become an internet sensation,... more
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Full Throttle (Fast Track, Bk 7) by Erin McCarthy
Easing into the turns…
As one of only two girls on the tween racing circuit, Shawn Hamby has always run with a fast crowd. But now at thirty-two, she doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone. And she definitely doesn’t need a man bossing her around off of the... more
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The Lady's Tutor by Robin Schone
AN EDUCATION IN PLEASURE
Married young to a man handpicked by her father, Elizabeth Petre is an ideal Victorian lady. She has borne two sons and endured 16 years of selfless duty in a passionless marriage. Craving a man's loving touch yet loyal to her wedding vows, Elizabeth is... more
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Seven for a Secret (Timothy Wilde, Bk 2) by Lyndsay Faye
Six months after the formation of the NYPD, its most reluctant and talented officer, Timothy Wilde, thinks himself well versed in his city’s dark practices -- until he learns of the gruesome underworld of lies and corruption ruled by the “blackbirders,” who snatch free... more
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The Reluctant Dom by Tymber Dalton
Love hurts...if you're lucky.
Kaden's dying, but before he goes he has one problem to solve -- he must ask his oldest and dearest friend, Seth, to take over as Dom and Master to his beloved wife, Leah.
Seth has always seen himself as the perpetual screwup and Kaden as the strong... more
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The Denim Dom (Suncoast Society, Bk 5) by Tymber Dalton
Who needs leather when you can have denim? A denim Dom, that is. Shayla Pierce dumped her lying ex and moved to Florida to start a job at a magazine. An assignment to write about BDSM leads her to discover a new world and make a slew of new friends, including the sinfully sexy Tony Daniels.... more
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Sun, Sand, Sex: One Last Weekend / You Give Love a Good Name / My Kind of Town by Lin...
What's better than a long, lazy day at the shore? Think beach-blanket bingo with a sizzling hottie (or three). So sit back, relax, and don't worry about tan lines, because in this scorching collection, swimsuits are definitely optional...
One Last Weekend by Linda Lael... more
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Belong to the Night: The Wolf, the Witch and Her Lack of Wardrobe / In the Dark / Cit...
From lust till dawn...
Wanna know where the real wild things are... and what they like to do there?
THE WOLF, THE WITCH, AND HER LACK OF WARDROBE by Shelly Laurenston (Long Island Coven, Bk 2)
Jamie Meacham has enough trouble controlling her supernatural abilities. ... more
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Unrestrained by Joey W. Hill
Athena is a widow and an accomplished businesswoman. She's the type of person who exceeds expectations in business, family -- life in general. Since the death of her husband, she's had a desire to explore submissive cravings she's had for some time. The hitch is, Athena is known as a... more
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Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine Foundations by Le Cordon Bleu
Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine Foundations presents the definitive concepts and techniques of classic French cuisine in an artfully designed package that captures the rich tradition of Le Cordon Bleu in a contemporary, international setting. Extensively researched, this landmark texts traces French... more
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This Is Who I Am (Masters of the Shadowlands, Bk 7) by Cherise Sinclair
When trying to save a woman from slavers, Sam screwed up. Royally. Now Linda wants nothing to do with him. Or with BDSM. She won’t even admit she’s a masochist. As a dominant and sadist, he can give her what she needs, and when an opportunity arises, he slips into her life, intending... more
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If Only (Masters of the Shadowlands, Bk 8) by Cherise Sinclair
After the last fiasco, Sally gives up. She’ll never find a Dom of her own. Instead the computer whizz is job hunting in between bending the law -- just a bit -- to unearth the bastards who’d enslaved her friends. The clueless cops and Feds obviously need her help.
FBI special... more
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Practical Widow to Passionate Mistress (Historical Romance) by Louise Allen
From servants- quarters to master-s bedroom! Stranded in France, and desperate to reunite with her sisters, Meg finds passage to England with injured soldier Major Ross Brandon. Dangerously irresistible, Ross-s dark, searching eyes are those of a man with the weight of the world on his... more
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Vicar's Daughter to Viscount's Lady (Historical Romance) by Louise Allen
From prim church mouse- Seduced, abandoned and pregnant, Arabella Shelley is determined her baby-s father will support them. Horrified to discover his death, she is shocked at the demand of his brother, the handsome, inscrutable Viscount Hadleigh. To legitimise her unborn child, she must marry... more
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Innocent Courtesan to Adventurer's Bride (Transformation of the Shelley Sisters, Bk 3...
The Transformation of the Shelley Sisters: Three sisters, three escapades, three very different destinies!
OUT OF THE BROTHEL...
Wrongly accused of theft, innocent Celina Shelley is cast out of the brothel she calls home and flees to Quinn Ashley, Lord Dreycott, for safety. But... more
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Steel's Edge (Edge, Bk 4) by Ilona Andrews
The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale -- and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny…
Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they... more
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The Bastard (Baddest Boys in History) (Volume 1) by Inez Kelley
In the battle between good and evil, humans have never been more than collateral damage. Now they are prey. Mankind doesn?t need a hero. It needs a sinner. Corrupt. Wicked. Nefarious. Contemptible.... The Baddest Boys in History are back! You read about them in school. Now learn the truth. Real... more
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Edge of the Enforcer (Mountain Masters & Dark Haven, Bk 6) by Cherise Sinclair
One sadist. One submissive. One extraordinary love. Welcome to Dark Haven and may all your darkest wishes come true.
Fleeing false murder charges, Lindsey lands in San Francisco. There she builds a satisfying life until, in the notorious Dark Haven BDSM club, she encounters deVries. Moth,... more
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It Had to Be You (Chicago Stars, Bk 1) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The Windy City isn't quite ready for Phoebe Somerville -- the outrageous, curvaceous New York knockout who has just inherited the Chicago Stars football team. And Phoebe is definitely not prepared for the Stars' head coach Dan Celebow, a sexist jock taskmaster with a one-track mind.... more
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Heaven, Texas (Chicago Stars, Bk 2) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
THE ANGEL AND THE HELLRAISER
Come heck or high water, Gracie Snow is determined to track down the legendary ex-jock Bobby Tom Denton and drag him back home to Heaven, Texas, to begin shooting his first motion picture. But taming an egotistical cowboy in a '57 T-Bird might be more... more
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Nobody's Baby But Mine (Chicago Stars, Bk 3) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
THE PLAN
Genius physics professor Dr, Jane Darlington desperately wants a baby. But finding a father won't be easy. Jane's super-intelligence made her feel like a freak when she was growing up, and she's determined to spare her own child that suffering.... more
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Dream a Little Dream (Chicago Stars, Bk 4) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
A Desperate Young Mother
Rachel Stone's bad luck has taken a turn for the worse. With an empty wallet, a car's that's spilling smoke, and a five-year-old son to support, she's come home to a town that hates her. But this determined young widow with a scandalous past has... more
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This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Molly Somerville loves her career as the creator of the Daphne the Bunny children's book series, but the rest of her life could use some improvement. She has a reputation for trouble that started even before she gave away her fifteen-million-dollar inheritance. Then there's her long-term... more
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Match Me If You Can (Chicago Stars, Bk 6) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Annabelle is tired of being the lone failure in a family of overachievers. She's endured dead-end jobs and a broken engagement. Even her hair's a mess! But that's going to change now that she's taken over her late grandmother's matchmaking business.... more
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Natural Born Charmer (Chicago Stars, Bk 7) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Chicago Stars quarterback Dean Robillard is the luckiest man in the world. But life in the glory lane has started to pale, and Dean has set off on a trip to figure out what's gone wrong. When he hits a lonely stretch of Colorado highway, he spies something that will shake up his gilded life... more
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Mistress of Pleasure by Delilah Marvelle
REAL PLEASURE CAN'T BE TAKEN.... Granddaughter of a renowned courtesan, Maybelle de Maitenon has no interest in her grandmother's school in London where gentlemen receive instruction -- in the art of seduction. Her only desire in life is to remain indepedent, free from men and the shackles of... more
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Lord of Pleasure (School of Gallantry, Bk 2) by Delilah Marvelle
Once upon a time, Alexander William Baxendale, the Earl of Hawksford, was known to all of London and its besotted women as the Lord of Pleasure. Those days of frolicking, however, come to an abrupt end when he inherits not only the estate, but all of his father's responsibilities, including... more
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Lady of Pleasure (School of Gallantry, Bk 3) by Delilah Marvelle
Educating one's self in the art of love takes time...
Lady Caroline Arabella Starling has been in love with her older brother's best friend, Caldwell, since she was thirteen. Unfortunately, too many things keep getting in the way of proving her love. Her four younger sisters, her... more
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Romancing Lady Stone (School of Gallantry Novella) by Delilah Marvelle
At forty, Lady Cecilia Evangeline Stone thinks she has everything a woman could ever want. A title, a fortune, and four children who make her proud. After a marriage of convenience that was anything but convenient, she has no desire to complicate her life by including a man in it again. When her... more
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Night of Pleasure (School of Gallantry, Bk 4) by Delilah Marvelle
Derek Charles Holbrook, Viscount Banfield, knew his fate since he was seventeen when his father announced his union to the beautiful but mysterious American girl by the name of Miss Grey. To protect the troubled estate, Derek submits to his father's wishes, not realizing he's about to... more
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Zero Hour by Jordan Castillo Price
Ernest just turned thirty. It's time for retirement, freedom from the tedious drudgery of his job as a data clerk. Time to explore parts of the city he's never seen before, and hopefully meet some actual people. And at the end of the month? Time to die.
Will runs the counter at the historic... more
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The Silvered by Tanya Huff
From the author of the bestselling Blood books, a brilliant new tale of shape-changers, mages, soothsayers,and a power-mad emperor.
The Empire has declared war on the small, were-ruled kingdom of Aydori, capturing five women of the Mage-Pack, including the wife of the were Pack-leader. With... more
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Divergent (Divergent, Bk 1) by Veronica Roth
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue -- Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of... more
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Insurgent (Divergent, Bk 2) by Veronica Roth
One choice can transform you -- or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves -- and herself -- while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and... more
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Allegiant (Divergent, Bk 3) by Veronica Roth
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered -- fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find... more
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Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth
Fans of the Divergent series by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by Four: A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories told from Tobias Eaton's point of view. DIVERGENT - a major motion picture in 2014. Readers first... more
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Tangled (Tangled, Bk 1) by Emma Chase
Drew Evans is a winner. Handsome and arrogant, he makes multimillion-dollar business deals and seduces New York's most beautiful women with just a smile. He has loyal friends and an indulgent family. So why has he been shuttered in his apartment for seven days, miserable and depressed?... more
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Twisted (Tangled, Bk 2) by Emma Chase
When spontaneous and carefree meets cautious and responsible, falling in love can get just a little Twisted
There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones who look first, and the ones who leap. I’ve always been more of a looker. A planner. Cautious. Then I met Drew Evans. He... more
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Tamed (Tangled, Bk. 3) by Emma Chase
In the third unforgettable book by New York Times bestselling author Emma Chase, Matthew Fisher—the best friend of Drew Evans from Tangled and Twisted—wants to settle down, but he’ll have to overcome the mistrust of the vividly unique Dee Dee Warren.... more
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Tied (Tangled, Bk. 4) by Emma Chase
In the fourth sexy romance by the New York Times bestselling author of Tangled and Twisted, Drew and Kate can’t wait to tie the knot—if they can survive the pre-wedding festivities.
For most of my life, I never imagined I’d get married. But Kate did... more
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Kinked (Elder Races, Bk 6) by Thea Harrison
Two opponents must confront the cause of their obsessive fury in the latest Novel of the Elder Races…
As a harpy, Sentinel Aryal is accustomed to dealing with hate, but Sentinel Quentin Caeravorn manages to inspire in her a burning ire unlike anything she’s ever known.... more
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Dragos Takes a Holiday (Elder Races) by Thea Harrison
The Bermuda Triangle. Pirates. The Peanut. What could possibly go wrong?
Dragos Cuelebre needs a vacation. So does Pia, his mate. When the First Family of the Wyr head to Bermuda for some much needed R&R, it's no ordinary undertaking - and no ordinary weekend in the sun. Between... more
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Pia Saves The Day (Elder Races) by Thea Harrison
In the latest story of the Elder Races, two mates face their deadliest challenge yet?each other? Pia and Dragos?s magical young son Liam (the Peanut), is growing at an unprecedented rate, and if that isn't enough, he is also exhibiting new, and unpredictable, magical gifts. To protect him, the... more
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Peanut Goes to School (Elder Races) by Thea Harrison
Dragos Cuelebre is no longer the only dragon.
Dragos’s son Liam Cuelebre (a.k.a. Peanut) is springing into existence, reminiscent of the first of the Elder Races who were born at the beginning of the world. At just six months of age, he has already grown to the size of a large... more
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Come a Little Bit Closer (Sullivans, Bk 7) by Bella Andre
Fame, fortune, and falling in love? Movie star Smith Sullivan can't afford any distractions. He's staking his entire reputation on his new film -- but he can't stop thinking about Valentina Landon and the fire he sees smoldering just beneath the surface of her cool... more
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Always On My Mind (Sullivans, Bk 8) by Bella Andre
Can you find forever -- a second time?
After a tragic loss three years ago, Grayson Tyler left his life in New York City behind and started over in the rolling hills of the California coast. He’s convinced himself that all he’ll ever need again is the blue sky, a thousand... more