Historical Romance Book Club discussion

For the month of MAY 2024, we will be reading historical romance with the following theme ‘Jilted

This includes books with an main character or characters with broken engagements in their pasts or were jilted at the altar.

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 March 16th <<

Authors ineligible for 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
Julie Anne Long - Dec 2023
Lara Temple - Dec 2023
Lisa Kleypas - Nov 2023
Gaelen Foley - Nov 2023
Maggie Fenton - Nov 2023
Maya Banks - Oct 2023
Lynsay Sands - Oct 2023
Laura Lee Guhrke - Sept 2023
Georgette Heyer - Sept 2023
Karen Hawkins - Sept 2023
Kerrigan Byrne – Aug 2023
Caroline Linden – Aug 2023
Kresley Cole – Aug 2023
Tessa Dare – July 2023
Amalie Howard – July 2023
Julie Garwood – July 2023
Jennifer Ashley – June 2023
Elisa Braden – June 2023
Mimi Matthews – June 2023
Sarah MacLean – May 2023
Kate Bateman – May 2023
Suzanne Enoch – May 2023

I will nominate His Jilted Bride by Rose Gordon

I'd like to nominate The Bride Goes Rogue by Joanna Shupe.

I LOVE His Jilted Bride by Rose Gordon!!! I know not everyone enjoys her writing as much as I do, but I hope this gets picked.

I'll nominate: and


I haven't read these books in 10 years so I hope they are as good as I remember them to be

I can't think of any books to nominate except a Meredith Duran (Wicked Becomes You), which is out because we already have a Duran read coming up. I don't have a GR shelf for 'Jilted', and although I'm sure I've read a few, I just can't recall them. Oh well, it will be interesting to see what others nominate.

All of my jilted themes are in contemporary romances, but I am interested in one of the books that has been nominated. Hopefully there will be a few more.

This is a tough theme.

My second nomination is An Earl in Wolf's Clothing by Emily Windsor

It is about a broken 'amost betrothal' which I think kind of fits the theme

:( I found a couple of Laura Lee Guhrke books I want to read that fit the theme, but she also is on the 'no' list. Darn.
(FYI the books are Wedding of the Season and Trouble at the Wedding.)

BTW, does anyone remember which Laura Lee Guhrke book we read as a BOTM back in September last year? Guhrke is listed above, but I can't see her book on the group bookshelf for Sep 2023 for some reason??

Jan - it was "How to Lose a Duke in 10 days".

i am almost tempted to let Laura Lee Guhrke be nominated - she wrote mamy books with this theme....and there are not many noms so far
Thoughts anyone?

Susan wrote: "Jan - it was "How to Lose a Duke in 10 days".

i am almost tempted to let Laura Lee Guhrke be nominated - she wrote mamy books with this theme....and there are not many noms so far
Thoughts anyone?"

Thank you, Susan. I wonder why it's not showing along with the other Sep 2023 books when I look on the group bookshelf? One of those annoying little computer things I guess. Oh well, never mind.

As for including LLG for this month's noms, I don't mind either way really. I will probably read the two books I mentioned anyway at some point. It's true there aren't many noms. I count 5 so far. Maybe we'll get more noms. Or maybe that's enough to vote on anyway? What do other members think?

I just finished and the character is kinda jilted. But I do tend to be very loosey goosey with my definitions. I really liked it but if there was a bunch of suggestions I wouldn't nominate it.

I don't have the link but Goodreads has a "left at the alter" list. I found several books for this category.

Examples:
Bride for a Night by Rosemary Rogers
The Bad Luck Bride by Janna MacGregor
Jilting the Duke by Rachel Miles
A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase

I loved the LLG book we read last September and I would shout an enthusiastic YES to adding more to the mix - if my library had the two books proposed. So I don't mind if we bend the rules or stick to them. Susan, your second nomination looks good, so that's two choices for me now.

Who uses three words when JILTED works lol other than goodreads

I nominate Sealed With a Kiss by Pamela Morsi and A Groom of One's Own by Maya Rodale. I have not read either, but I think they both have jilting based on the descriptions.

Very true Merry ;)

Just confirming that these are the nominations we have so far

His Jilted Bride – Rose Gordon (Susan)
The Bride Goes Rogue – Joanna Shupe (Olivia)
The Perfect Duchess – Erica Taylor (Lauren – cat)
The Seduction of an English Scoundrel – Jillian Hunter (Lauren – cat)
An Earl in Wolf’s Clothing – Emily Windsor (Susan)
Sealed with a Kiss – Pamela Morsi (Mariana)
A Groom of One’s Own – Maya Rodale (Mariana)


Nomrinations close on the 16th - so a few more days to go

I nominate
The Jilted Earl by Kelly Anne Bruce.
The Jilted Lady by Elizabeth Jane Anson.

Both KU reads.

Thanks for the nominations Shaz
I will note that both of those books are very short novellas:
The Jilted Earl is 61 pages
The Jilted Lady is 109 pages

I nominated Almost a Bride by Gayle Callen

Annestefia wrote: "I nominated Almost a Bride by Gayle Callen"

Hi Annestena. These nominations closed mid March.
I will close this post for comments