It’s that time of year again and we’re pleased to announce the books featured in seven out of our eight categories!
Our categories this year are Contemporary, Historical, Novella, Series/Category, Paranormal/Fantasy/SciFi, New Adult, and Novel with Strong Romantic Elements.
The eighth category will be filled with the top eight books as nominated by you. Yup. You nominate the books you think should be included that aren’t listed right now.
If you’re looking to nominate a book, fill out the form to enter your nominations. The form will close Saturday, March 12th at 12pm EST.
I should also mention that both Ilona Andrews (after her stunning win last year) and Beverly Jenkins (she’s on an awesome vacay!) politely requested not to be included this year. So keep that in mind while nominating!
The book nominated can be digital or print, but please, wherever possible, use the ASIN or ISBN number for the PRINT edition to minimize duplicate entries.
PLEASE NOTE! The book MUST have a copyright date of 2015. No exceptions, no reprints. No paperback version of 2014 hardcovers.
For those who are new to the DABWAHA madness, here’s an intro to this year’s competition!
Contemporary
The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
Suddenly One Summer by Julie James
Asking for It by Lilah Pace
The Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev
Good Time Bad Boy by Sonya Clark
Fearless by Lauren Gilley
Opening Up by Lauren Dane
Playing Dirty by HelenKay Dimon
Paranormal/Science Fiction/Fantasy
The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James
The Diabolical Miss Hyde by Viola Carr
Grave Phantoms by Jenn Bennett
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
Of Noble Family by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Highest Tide by Marian Perera
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
The Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee Smith
Novella
“The Warlord and the Nightingale” by Jeannie Lin
“The Sport of Baronets” by Theresa Romain
“A Pirate for Christmas” by Anna Campbell
“Craving Flight” by Tamsen Parker
“Let It Shine” by Alyssa Cole
“Luminous” by AE Ash
“So Sweet” by Rebekah Weatherspoon
“Waiting for Clark” by Annabeth Albert
Category/Series
Anticipation by Sarah Mayberry
Dirty Talk by Jane O’Reilly
Sleeping with Her Enemy by Jenny Holiday
Act Like It by Lucy Parker
Taming the Legend by Kat Latham
Playing by the Greek’s Rules by Sarah Morgan
Bound to the Warrior King by Maisey Yates
Lonely Shore by Jenn Burke and Kelly Jenson
Historical
Forever Your Earl by Eva Leigh
A Treasure of Gold by Piper Huguley
Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh
The Drifter by Anna Schmidt
A Fashionable Indulgence by KJ Charles
Lady of the Imperial City by Laura Kitchell
Unnatural by Joanna Chambers
Doing No Harm by Carla Kelly
New Adult
Lonely Hearts by Heidi Cullinan
Chase Me by Tessa Bailey
In the Middle of Somewhere by Roan Parrish
Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
The Deal by Elle Kennedy
Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley
Trust the Focus by Megan Erickson
Jefferson Blythe, Esquire by Josh Lanyon
Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig
Love is Red by Sophie Jaff
Tiffany Girl by Deeanne Gist
Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel Jose Older
A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley
Last Song Before Night by Ilana C. Myer
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
One Good Dragon Deserves Another by Rachel Aaron
UPDATE: Reader nominations are in!
Reader Nomination
Sutphin Boulevard by Santino Hassell
True Pretenses by Rose Lerner
Shards of Hope by Nalini Singh
Southern Spirits by Angie Fox
When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
The Duke and the Lady in Red by Lorraine Heath
Start planning your brackets and brushing up on your trash talk!
I added Luck Be a Lady and Lady Be Good by Meredith Duran. Also, The Duke & the Lady in red by Lorraine Heath and It Started With a Scandal by Julie Anne Long.
I’d like to nominate a wonderful sleeper find-a contemporary Irish setting romance that took my breath away
True Colors
by Vanessa Fox
This prompted me to move “Act Like It” off my TBR and into my eyeballs and it was SO GOOD! Though there is a kind of out of nowhere and somewhat lightly treated sexual assault that I hadn’t heard about? I would put a trigger warning on what is otherwise a thoroughly delightful read.
Considering how good my reading year was in 2015, I’m actually having a hard time coming up with books published IN 2015 I think are nomination worthy. I’m going to stick to an old faithful: Shards of Hope by Nalini Singh. Also The Marriage Contract by Katee Robert.
Hi, I’m really sorry, but when I nominated one of the books I chose, I accidentally wrote “Stacey Virginia Longmuir” (I copied and pasted it from Amazon). And when I started nominating my second book, I finally noticed that it was Last Name First Name.
I apologize once again! Might be because I’m a bit sleep-deprived this morning (just couldn’t sleep…) so I wasn’t reading carefully even though it was heavily emphasized. 🙁
Serena: No worries – it happens. Don’t stress – no big deal!
Thanks. 🙂
I have nominated Rise by Karina Bliss which was the rock star novel to end all rock star novels. Bliss is now my favourite author and after reading Rise I went and one clicked on her back list. No other book came close for me last year …and I read a lot of books.
I just saw that I was a part of this and really feel honored. Also looking forward to reading the other books after I finish the second one. Good luck to everyone!
I nominated “Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged” by Ayisha Malik, published by digital-first imprint twenty7 in 2015, though the paperback was published January this year. The easiest summary is “the Muslim Bridget Jones”, though I found the humor etc in Bridget Jones to be incomprehensible and could never read more than a chapter of it before putting it aside. Sofia is hilarious and less weight-obsessed than Bridget, and there’s definitely great banter and romance. 🙂