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If you enjoy historical romance, July looks like it’s going to be a big month! Several favorite authors have releases this month, with new books coming from Sherry Thomas, Loretta Chase, Carrie Lofty, and Elizabeth Hoyt, among others. I can’t wait to have a few days off work to sink into some of these. And fans of other subgenres have plenty to make them happy as well, with quite a few contemporary, paranormal and other releases hitting shelves and e-readers just in time to kick off vacation season. What do you want to read this summer?

	Title and Author	Reviewer
	Ravishing the Heiress by Sherry Thomas	Blythe, Sandy, Lynn, Jean, Rike, Lee, Jane, Dabney, Lea
	Scandal Wears Satin by Loretta Chase	Lynn, Sandy,Lea, Jean, Wendy, Leigh, Lee
	Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt	Sandy,Lee, Lea, Pat, Jane
	Starlight by Carrie Lofty	Jean, Rike, Lynn, Blythe
	Can’t Buy Me Love by Molly O’Keefe	Leigh,Pat
	Carolina Home by Virginia Kantra	Pat, Leigh
	Wake of the Bloody Angel by Alex Bledsoe	Rike
	A Duchess to Remember by Christina Brooke	Wendy
	The Way Back Home by Barbara Freethy	Leigh
	Fire Kissed by Erin Kellison	Wendy
	My Lady Mage by Alexis Morgan	Louise
	Chasing Magic by Stacia Kane	Heather S.
	Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost	Lea
	Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot	Rike
	Defiant by Pamela Clare	Lynn
	Alliance Forged by Kylie Griffin	Louise
	An Escapade and an Engagement by Annie Burrows	Rike
	Montana Cowboy by Jillian Hart	Pat
	Moonshell Beach by JoAnn Ross	Leigh
	Hidden Agenda by Kara Lennox	Rike

Every month, I’m always curious to see which books are generating the most interest around here. Usually there’s a book or two that has lots of staffers looking for it. This June, we have plenty of reads that sound promising, but there’s a three-way tie for the book that interests the most staffers. We have a lot we want to read, but it looks like our staff is especially looking forward to the newest releases from Julia Quinn, Rachel Gibson and Carla Kelly. What about you?

	Title and Author	Reviewer
	A Night Like This by Julia Quinn	Sandy, Lynn,Blythe, Louise, Lee, Wendy,Dabney
	Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson	LinnieGayl, Maggie, Dabney, Lea, Wendy, Leigh, Heather S.
	Marriage of Mercy by Carla Kelly	Blythe, Lynn, Heather S., Lee, Wendy, Jean, Maggie
	Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews	Maggie, Leigh, LinnieGayl
	Gone Missing by Linda Castillo	Lynn, Maggie
	Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh	Cindy, Maggie
	Happily Ever After by Harriet Evans	Lee
	Beautiful Sacrifice by Elizabeth Lowell	Heather S.
	Slow Summer Kisses by Shannon Stacey	Lynn
	The Player by Jessica Bird/J.R.Ward	Cindy
	A Gentleman Undone by Cecilia Grant	Lee
	Lucky in Love by Jill Shalvis	Dabney
	One Naughty Night by Laurel McKee	Lynn
	Hex Appeal by P.N. Elrod (ed.)	Wendy
	The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty	Lee
	No One Left to Tell by Karen Rose	Maggie

When I started compiling everyone’s choices of the December books that they eagerly anticipate trying, I couldn’t help but wonder if the holidays were making us all a little nostalgic. Though our picks for the month still cover a variety of subgenres, we’re definitely heavier than usual on historicals. And among historicals, Carla Kelly’s Coming Home for Christmas anthology grabbed lots of people’s attention, with 9 AAR staffers adding it to their lists. So, does the holiday season make you a little more nostalgic in your reading or do you reading tastes stay pretty much the same?

	Title and Author	Reviewer
	Coming Home for Christmas by Carla Kelly	Blythe, Lynn,Wendy, Jean, Lee, Heather S., Dabney, Pat,
	A Place Called Home by Jo Goodman	Lee, Wendy,Pat
	Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis	Jane,Dabney, Pat
	A Scottish Love by Karen Ranney	Lynn, Lee
	Fate’s Edge by Ilona Andrews	Maggie,Wendy
	An Unexpected Gentleman by Alissa Johnson	Heather S., Lee
	Within the Flames by Marjorie M. Liu	Heather S.
	Walking Back to Happiness by Lucy Dillon	Leigh
	Some Like it Hot by Louisa Edwards	Pat
	True Shot by Joyce Lamb	Jane
	Into the Crossfire by Lisa Marie Rice	Heather S.
	Her Rebel Heart by Shannon Farrington	Lynn
	Hearts and Swords by Robin D. Owens	Leigh
	The Last Cowboy by Lindsay McKenna	Pat
	True Colors by Thea Harrison	Aimee