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November 2011 - June 2012
Month 1: Birthday Month
M: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
A: Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
Y: You Suck by Christopher Moore



Month 2: Birthstone Month
E: Ewan Chris, The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam
M: Michael Ledwidge and James Patterson, The Quickie
E: Eden Cynthia, Bound In Darkness
R: Riley Jenson Guardian series - Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur
A: Arthur Keri, Kissing Sin
L: Lost Colony series , Crystal Flame by Jayne Ann Krentz
D: Death Angel by Linda Howard







Month 3: Sign
T: Trust Me by Brenda Novak
A: Amanda Quick, Burning Lamp
U: Untraceable by Laura Griffin
R: Robb J.D., Salvation in Death
U: Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco
S: Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen






Month 4: Chinese zodiac sign
S: Singh Nalini, Visions of Heat
N: No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole
A: Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh
K: Kate Daniels series - Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews
E: Evanovich Janet, One for the Money





Month 5: Country I'd like to visit
1) England - Heartless by Gail Carriger
2) France - A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
3) United States - Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh



Month 6: My favorite genre
1) Suspense: Headhunters by Jo Nesbø
2) Romantic Suspense: Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell
3) Classic: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald



Month 7: My favorite flower
L: Lucifer's Daughter by Eve Langlais
I: The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
L: Linda Howard, Raintree: Inferno (Raintree Series, #1)
Y: You Belong To Me by Mary Higgins Clark




Month 8: My favorite authors
1) Jeffery Deaver (Edge)
2) Nora Roberts (High Noon)
3) Nora Roberts (Born in Fire)



Month 9: Covers that match the color of my birthstone - green
1) The Princess Bride by William Goldman
2) True Betrayals by Nora Roberts
3) Boundary Lines by Nora Roberts



Month 10:
P: The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton
A: Alexandra Ivy, When Darkness Comes
N: Novak Brenda, Stop Me
C: Chinooks Hockey Team series - True Love and Other Disasters by Rachel Gibson
A: Adrian Lara, Veil of Midnight
K: Karen Marie Moning, Darkfever
E: Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith
S: Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead








Month 11: Authors I've never read before
1) Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
2) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
3) The Halo Effect by M.J. Rose



Month 12: Book Crush
A: At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost
L: Lord of my Heart by Jo Beverley
E: Evangeline Anderson, Lena Matthews, Full Exposure
X: -
I: I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells
A: Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian
M: Mead Richelle, Succubus on Top
A: Angels' Flight by Nalini Singh
C: Castle Jayne, Silver Master
C: Cole Kresley, The Warlord Wants Forever
O: The Omegas by Annie Nicholas
N: The Next Always by Nora Roberts












Girls' Names
Aaliyah
Abby - When Darkness Comes by Alexandra Ivy
Abigail - The Ideal Wife by Mary Balogh
Addison - The Perfect Victim by Linda Castillo
Adriana - I'll Be Watching You by Tracy Montoya
Alana - When Passion Rules by Johanna Lindsey
Alexa - The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst
Alexandra - Untraceable by Laura Griffin
Alexis - Grave Witch by Kalayna Price
Allison - Night Shield by Nora Roberts
Alyssa - Gambler's Woman by Jayne Ann Krentz
Amelia - Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
Anna - For Now, Forever by Nora Roberts
Annabelle - Hide by Lisa Gardner
Arianna - Highland Avenger by Hannah Howell
Ashlyn - Vegas Love by Jillian Dodd
Aubrey - A Deal With the Devil by Liz Carlyle
Audrey - Don't Cry by Beverly Barton
Ava - The Perfect Liar by Brenda Novak
Avery - The Last Boyfriend by Roberts Nora
Bailey - Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard
Bella - Wild Card by Lora Leigh
Brianna - Born in Ice by Nora Roberts
Brooke - Love Irresistibly by Julie James
Brooklyn - Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle
Cadence - Scream For Me by Cynthia Eden
Camryn - The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
Carly - Whispers at Midnight by Karen Robards
Caroline - Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick
Charlotte - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
Chloe - Black Ice by Anne Stuart
Claire - Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Elizabeth - Undead and Unappreciated by MaryJanice Davidson
Ella - Every Move She Makes by Beverly Barton
Ellie - Brighter Than the Sun by Julia Quinn
Emily - An Angel for Emily by Jude Deveraux
Emma - Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Eva - Some Like It Hot by Louisa Edwards
Evelyn - Lick by Kylie Scott
Gabriella - Shadow Music by Julie Garwood
Gianna - Afterburn by Sylvia Day
Grace - The Wrong Hostage by Elizabeth Lowell
Gracie - Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Hailey - Hailey's Truth by Cate Beauman
Hannah - Rules of Attraction by Christina Dodd
Harper - Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
Isabella - In Too Deep by Jayne Ann Krentz
Isabelle - Hard to Hold by Stephanie Tyler
Jada - A Little Bit Naughty by Farrah Rochon
Jasmine - Stop Me by Brenda Novak
Jordyn - Extinguished by Kaylea Cross
Julia - Without Mercy by Lisa Jackson
Juliana - Seducing Sir Oliver by Nicole Byrd
Kaitlyn - Attraction by Penny Reid
Katherine - Then Comes Seduction by Mary Balogh
Kayla - Sleigh Bells in the Snow by Sarah Morgan
Kaylee - Too Hot to Hold by Stephanie Tyler
Keira - The Angel by Carla Neggers
Kendall - Deadly Night by Heather Graham
Kennedy - Nothing To Lose by Christy Reece
Kylie - Cold Midnight by Joyce Lamb
Lauren - The Quickie by James Patterson
Layla - Taking the Heat by Sylvia Day
Leah - I'll Never Let You Go by Mary Burton
Lillian - Black Hills by Nora Roberts
Lily - One Night for Love by Mary Balogh
Lucy - Now You Die by St. Claire Roxanne
Lyla - Wanted by Delores Fossen
Mackenzie - Faking It by Cora Carmack
Madelyn - Duncan's Bride by Linda Howard
Madison - If Looks Could Kill by Graham Heather
Makayla - Against the Ropes by Sarah Castille
Makenna - Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye
Maria - Passion for the Game by Sylvia Day
Maya - The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
Megan - Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen
Mia - Unforgivable by Laura Griffin
Molly - This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Morgan - The Halo Effect by M.J. Rose
Natalie - Breaking Point by Pamela Clare
Nevaeh - Relentless by Kaylea Cross
Nora - Cutting Edge by Allison Brennan
Olivia - Flash by Jayne Ann Krentz
Paige - Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr
Peyton - Hotshot by Julie Garwood
Reagan - Double Time by Olivia Cunning
Riley - Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
Sadie - Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson
Samantha - Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper
Sarah - Rajmund by D.B. Reynolds
Savannah - Playing to Win by Jaci Burton
Scarlett - Confessions by Cynthia Eden
Sophia - Sophia by D.B. Reynolds
Sophie - Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood
Stella - Free Fall by Catherine Mann
Sydney - Luring a Lady by Nora Roberts
Taylor - Where All the Dead Lie by Ellison J. T.
Victoria - Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky
Violet - The Husband Trap by Tracy Anne Warren
Zoe - Light In Shadow by Jayne Ann Krentz
Boys' Names
Aaron - Boundary Lines by Nora Roberts
Adam - Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick
Adrian - The Waiting Game by Krentz Jayne Ann
Aiden - Fast Track by Julie Garwood
Alex - Rage by Jonathan Kellerman
Alexander - Eternal Hunger by Laura Wright
Andrew - Play of Passion by Nalini Singh
Anthony - A Gentleman's Honor by Stephanie Laurens
Austin - One Fine Day by Theresa Weir
Benjamin - Tall, Dark and Wolfish by Lydia Dare
Blake - Extinguished by Kaylea Cross
Brady - The Pleasure Principle by Kimberly Raye
Brandon - Once More With Feeling by Nora Roberts
Brayden - Santa Assignment by Delores Fossen
Brody
Bryce - An Unnatural Worth by Mya Lairis
Caden - Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye
Caleb - Hidden Talents by Jayne Ann Krentz
Cameron - Divine Evil by Nora Roberts
Carson - The Hundredth Man by Jack Kerley
Carter - Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec
Charlie - The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan
Chase - After I Dream by Rachel Lee
Christian - The Edge of Desire by Stephanie Laurens
Christopher - Passion for the Game by Sylvia Day
Cole - Playing to Win by Jaci Burton
Colin - Sophia by D.B. Reynolds
Colton - Face of Danger by Roxanne St. Claire
Connor - Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco
Cooper - Black Hills by Nora Roberts
Daniel - Some Like It Hot by Louisa Edwards
David - Trust Me by Brenda Novak
Devin - Let Love Find You by Johanna Lindsey
Dominic - The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae by Stephanie Laurens
Dylan - Slow Burn by Julie Garwood
Eli - Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
Elijah - Lady Jenny's Christmas Portrait by Grace Burrowes
Ethan -Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill
Evan - Evan by Diana Palmer
Gabriel - Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
Gavin - Changing The Game by Jaci Burton
Grayson - Born in Ice by Nora Roberts
Hayden - The Rules Of Seduction by Madeline Hunter
Henry - Hot Under Pressure by Louisa Edwards
Hudson - Wicked Game by Lisa Jackson
Hunter - Reckless by Shannon Drake
Ian - The Madness Of Lord Ian MacKenzie by Jennifer Ashley
Isaac - Hexhunter by Jordan L. Hawk
Isaiah - My Sunshine by Catherine Anderson
Jack - Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood
Jackson - Silent Killer by Beverly Barton
Jacob - Touch of a Rogue by Mia Marlowe
Jake - On the Run by Iris Johansen
James - The Cove by Catherine Coulter
Jason - Archangel's Storm by Nalini Singh
Jayden
Jeremiah - Before Sunrise by Diana Palmer
John - The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot
Jonathan - Stolen Kisses by Suzanne Enoch
Jordan - Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught
Joseph - Next to Die by Marliss Melton
Joshua - Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh
Josiah - Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress by Theresa Romain
Julian - Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Justin - Playing the Odds by Nora Roberts
Landon - Her Perfect Mate by Paige Tyler
Levi - The Best Man by Kristan Higgins
Liam - Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
Logan - The Unseen by Graham Heather
Lucas - Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
Luke - Out of the Dark by Sharon Sala
Mason - River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz
Matthew - A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin
Max - Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh
Micah - Maverick by Lora Leigh
Michael - The Marriage Trap by Jennifer Probst
Miles - The Ideal Wife by Mary Balogh
Nathan - Untraceable by Laura Griffin
Nathaniel - Megan's Mate by Nora Roberts
Nicholas - Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood
Noah - The Halo Effect by M.J. Rose
Nolan - To the Edge by Cindy Gerard
Oliver - Seducing Sir Oliver by Nicole Byrd
Owen - Quicksilver by Amanda Quick
Parker - Envy by Sandra Brown
Riley - Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh
Robert - Hide by Lisa Gardner
Ryan - Once Upon a Crime by Dawn Stewardson
Ryder - The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts
Sam - Last Run by Hilary Norman
Samuel - The Evil Inside by Heather Graham
Sean - Drop Dead Gorgeous by Graham Heather
Sebastian - No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole
Thomas - Still Lake by Anne Stuart
Tristan - The Rake by Suzanne Enoch
Tyler - Taking a Shot by Jaci Burton
William - No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean
Wyatt - Drop Dead Gorgeous by Linda Howard
Xavier - Shadow Woman by Linda Howard
Zachary - Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell

April 2012 - April 2013
Alabama (AL) - Dying to Please by Linda Howard
Alaska (AK) - Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood
Arizona (AZ) - Light In Shadow by Jayne Ann Krentz
Arkansas (AR) - Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
California (CA) - Trust Me by Brenda Novak
Colorado (CO) - The Secret Sister by Elizabeth Lowell
Connecticut (CT) - Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts (re-read)
Florida (FL) - Dead on the Dance Floor by Heather Graham
Georgia (GA) - High Noon by Nora Roberts
Idaho (ID) - Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard
Illinois (IL) - Murder List by Julie Garwood
Indiana (IN) - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Iowa (IA) - Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood
Kentucky (KY) - Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
Louisiana (LA) - Stop Me by Brenda Novak
Maine (ME) - Persuader by Lee Child
Maryland (MD) - The Next Always by Nora Roberts
Massachusetts (MA) - Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco
Michigan (MI) - This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Minnesota (MN) - Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson
Mississippi (MS) - Ain't She Sweet by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Missouri (MO) - Out of the Dark by Sharon Sala
Montana (MT) - Boundary Lines by Nora Roberts
Nevada (NV) - Raintree: Inferno (Raintree Series, #1) by Linda Howard
New Hampshire (NH) - Holiday Wishes by Nora Roberts
New Jersey (NJ) - Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
New Mexico (NM) - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
New York (NY) - Rajmund by D.B. Reynolds
North Carolina (NC) - Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown
Ohio (OH) - Faking It by Jennifer Crusie
Oregon (OR) - Uneasy Alliance by Jayne Ann Krentz
Pennsylvania (PA) - Faking It by Cora Carmack
Rhode Island (RI) - Deadly Gift by Heather Graham
South Carolina (SC) - Slow Burn by Julie Garwood
South Dakota (SD) - 61 Hours by Lee Child
Tennessee (TN) - Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris
Texas (TX) - Untraceable by Laura Griffin
Vermont (VT) - Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton
Virginia (VA) - True Betrayals by Nora Roberts
Washington (WA) - Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
West Virginia (WV) - Edge by Jeffery Deaver
Wyoming (WY) - On the Run by Iris Johansen











































June 2012 - March 2013
Month 1: My nickname
F: Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
L: Lee Child, Persuader
E: Every Move She Makes by Beverly Barton
U: Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson
R: Reynolds D.B., Sophia
E: Eloisa James, When Beauty Tamed the Beast
T: To Protect An Heiress by Adrienne Basso
T: Thea Harrison, Dragon Bound
E: Envy by Sandra Brown









Month 2: My dream job
F: Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
A: Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train
S: Smythe-Smith Quartet #1 - Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
H: Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood
I: In The Dark by Mark Billingham
O: Out of the Dark by Sharon Sala
N: Norman Hilary, Last Run
D: Dead on the Dance Floor by Heather Graham
E: Eyes of the Wolf by Amanda Steiger
S: Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh
I: Ione Larissa, Pleasure Unbound
G: Garwood Julie, Murder List
N: Nalini Singh, Caressed By Ice
E: Eternal Hunger by Laura Wright
R: Robb J. D., Promises in Death















Month 3: My favorite color - black
1): Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick
2): Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
3): Seize the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
4): Divine Evil by Nora Roberts




Month 4: Series
1): Buchanan #7 - Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood
2): Whispering Springs #1 - Light In Shadow by Jayne Ann Krentz
3): Simply #2 - Simply Love by Mary Balogh
4): Harrison Investigation #2 - Ghost Walk by Heather Graham




Month 5: My dream car
J: Just One Look by Harlan Coben
A: Amanda Quick, Crystal Gardens
G: Gardner Lisa, Hide
U: Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard
A: The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
R: Rose Karen, I'm Watching You






Month 6: Birth Order
F: Faking It by Jennifer Crusie
I: The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook
R: Reynolds D.B., Duncan
S: Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas
T: This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips





Month 7: My favorite sport
F: Flynn Brothers 01 - Deadly Night by Heather Graham
O: Once More With Feeling by Nora Roberts
R: Roberts Nora, The Last Boyfriend
M: The Murder Game by Beverly Barton
U: Unforgivable by Laura Griffin
L: Lisa Kleypas, Mine Till Midnight
A: Archangel's Storm by Nalini Singh
O: On the Run by Iris Johansen
N: Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon
E: Elizabeth Lowell, The Secret Sister










Month 8: My best subject
S: Sandra Brown, Where There's Smoke
O: Orchid by Jayne Castle
C: Carla Neggers, The Widow
I: The Ideal Wife by Mary Balogh
A: Anne Stuart, Black Ice
L: Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
S: Sunset Embrace by Sandra Brown
T: Taming Natasha by Nora Roberts
U: Uneasy Alliance by Jayne Ann Krentz
D: Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Private Matter
I: The Island by Heather Graham
E: Evanovich Janet, Two for the Dough
S: Slow Burn by Julie Garwood













Month 9: Elements
Earth: Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
Wind: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Fire: Wildfire at Midnight by Stewart Mary
Water: Born in Ice by Nora Roberts




Month 10: My Kingdom - mineral
D: Diamond Bay by Linda Howard
I: Ione Larissa, Desire Unchained
A: Alex Delaware #19 - Rage by Jonathan Kellerman
M: Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh
O: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
N: Night Moves by Heather Graham
D: Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz







Month 11: My favorite media
P: Psy-Changeling #5 - Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh
A: Ain't She Sweet by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
P: Psy-Changeling #6 - Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh
E: Eleventh Hour by Catherine Coulter
R: Roberts Nora, Happy Ever After (re-read)
B: Brown Sandra, Smoke Screen
A: Agatha Christie, Cards on the Table
C: Charlaine Harris, Grave Surprise
K: Krentz Jayne Ann, Flash









Month 12: From First Challenge
P: Play of Passion by Nalini Singh
A: Amanda Quick, Ravished
N: Nora Roberts, Holiday Wishes
C: Charley Davidson #1 - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
A: Anderson Evangeline, Forever Broken
K: Krentz Jayne Ann, The Waiting Game
E: Eisler Barry, A Clean Kill in Tokyo
S: St. Claire Roxanne, Now You Die









Brazil: Two Graves by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

France: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
Black Ice by Anne Stuart


Germany: Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian

Ireland: Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Born in Ice by Nora Roberts
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts



Italy:
The Marriage Trap by Jennifer Probst

Japan: A Clean Kill in Tokyo by Eisler Barry

Morocco: On the Run by Iris Johansen

Saint Kitts and Nevis: Then You Hide by Roxanne St. Claire


November 2012 - December 2013
1) Rolled 4
INCOME TAX: Go to your Goodreads TBR list; read one of the first 10 books listed.
Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon
2) Rolled 3
CHANCE #1: Read a book recommended by a friend.
Black Ice by Anne Stuart
3) Rolled 2
CONNECTICUT AVENUE: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in “CONNECTICUT”
The Widow by Carla Neggers
4) Rolled 4
STATES AVENUE: Read a book whose title starts with S
The Secret Sister by Elizabeth Lowell
5) Rolled 6
NEW YORK AVENUE: Read a book whose title starts with N or Y
Night Moves by Heather Graham
6) Rolled 3
CHANCE #2: Read a book by one of your favorite authors
Once More With Feeling by Nora Roberts
7) Rolled 3
B&O RAILROAD: Read a book by an author whose first or last name begins with B or O
Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown
8) Rolled 6
PACIFIC AVENUE: Read a book by an author whose first or last initial can be found in “PACIFIC”
Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione
9) Rolled 6
PARK PLACE: Read a book by an author whose first or last initial can be found in “PLACE”
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
SECOND ROUND
10) Rolled 3
MEDITERRANEAN AVENUE: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in “MEDITERRANEAN”
Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts
11) Rolled 1
COMMMUNITY CHEST #1: Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh
12) Rolled 2
INCOME TAX: Go to your Goodreads TBR list; read one of the first 10 books listed.
61 Hours by Lee Child
13) Rolled 1
READING RAILROAD: Read a book by an author whose first and last names begin with the same letter, for example Michael Morpurgo or Cleo Coyle
Karaibska krucjata. La Tumba de los Piratas by Marcin Mortka
14) Rolled 5
VISITING JAIL: Roll the die again, move forward and do the task for that property.
Rolled 6
ST. JAMES PLACE: Read a book set in Europe
Ravished by Amanda Quick
15) Rolled 6
CHANCE #2: Read a book by one of your favorite authors
XO by Jeffery Deaver
16) Rolled 5
VENTNOR AVENUE: Read a book with a mostly yellow cover
Destiny's Woman by Lindsay McKenna
17) Rolled 5
NORTH CAROLINA AVENUE: Read a book whose title starts with an N or C
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
18) Rolled 1
COMMUNITY CHEST #3: Read any book from the CCC Bookshelf.
On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
19) Rolled 1
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE: Read a book by an author whose first or last initial can be found in “PENNSYLVANIA
The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst
20) Rolled 2
CHANCE #3: Read a book with a Goodreads rating higher than 3.0.
Playing to Win by Jaci Burton
21) Rolled 2
LUXURY TAX: Go to your Goodreads TBR list and read one of the first 75 books listed.
Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky
THIRD ROUND
22) Rolled 5
BALTIC AVENUE: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in “BALTICAVENUE”
Leave Me Breathless by Cherrie Lynn
23) Rolled 6
CONNECTICUT AVENUE: Read a book whose title (no sub-titles) includes at least one set of double letters, in consecutive order
All Night Long by Jayne Ann Krentz
24) Rolled 5
VIRGINIA AVENUE: Read a book with a mostly black cover
The Stranger I Married by Sylvia Day
25) Rolled 5
NEW YORK AVENUE: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in “NEWYORKAVENUE”
Black Hills by Nora Roberts
26) Rolled 6
B&O RAILROAD: Read a book by an author whose first or last name begins with B or O.
Killer Hair by Ellen Byerrum
27) Rolled 4
MARVIN GARDENS: Read a book by an author whose first or last initial can be found in “GARDENS”
Anne Bishop, Written in Red
28) Rolled 6
SHORT LINE RAILROAD: Read the shortest book on your TBR list.
Adventures by Mike Resnick
29) Rolled 1
CHANCE #3: Read a book with a Goodreads rating higher than 3.0.
Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen
THE END

A: Amanda Quick, Slightly Shady
L: Lee Child, 61 Hours
L: Lindsay McKenna, Destiny's Woman
I: Iris Johansen, Firestorm
G: Graham Heather, Drop Dead Gorgeous
A: Amanda Quick, Don't Look Back
T: Taking a Shot by Jaci Burton
O: Olivia Cunning, Backstage Pass
R: Roxanne St. Claire, First You Run









B: Burton Jaci, Playing to Win
L: Late for the Wedding by Amanda Quick
A: Adrian Lara, Shades of Midnight
C: Changing The Game by Jaci Burton
K: Kay Hooper, Hunting Fear
B: Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh
I: If Looks Could Kill by Graham Heather
R: Roberts Nora, The Perfect Hope
D: Deaver Jeffery, XO









C: Cunning Olivia, Double Time
H: Hieber Leanna Renee, The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker
E: Estep Jennifer, Spider's Bite
E: Estep Jennifer, Web of Lies
T: Then You Hide by Roxanne St. Claire
A: Adrian Lara, Taken by Midnight
H: Heather Graham, Long, Lean, and Lethal







D: Deadly Harvest by Graham Heather
I: Iris Johansen, Long After Midnight
N: Nalini Singh, Kiss of Snow
G: Galenorn Yasmine, Witchling
O: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean





E: Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong
A: Armstrong Kelley, Made to Be Broken
G: Graham Heather, The Unseen
L: Laurell K. Hamilton, A Kiss of Shadows
E: Elder Races #2 - Thea Harrison, Storm's Heart





F: The Face Of Deception by Iris Johansen
E: The Eyre Affair by Fforde Jasper
R: River Of Fire by Mary Jo Putney
R: A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
E: Ellen Byerrum, Killer Hair
T: Tongue In Chic by Dodd Christina






G: Graham Heather, The Killing Edge
O: The Others #1 - Anne Bishop, Written in Red
R: Robb J. D., Kindred in Death
I: Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky
L: Lover Enshrined by J. R. Ward
L: Lover Avenged by J. R. Ward
A: All Night Long by Jayne Ann Krentz







H: Howard Linda, Veil of Night
A: Alex Craft #1 - Kalayna Price, Grave Witch
W: Watch Me by Brenda Novak
K: Kittredge Caitlin, Demon Bound




I: Iris Johansen, Pandora's Daughter
M: The Marriage Trap by Jennifer Probst
P: Probst Jennifer, The Marriage Mistake
A: Adventures by Mike Resnick
L: Lover Mine by J. R. Ward
A: Alex Craft #2 - Kalayna Price, Grave Dance






J: Jones Darynda, Second Grave on the Left
A: Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick
C: Caitlin Kittredge, Street Magic
K: Katee Robert, Two Wrongs, One Right
A: Alex Craft #3 - Kalayna Price, Grave Memory
L: Leave Me Breathless by Cherrie Lynn






K: Karen Robards, Whispers at Midnight
A: Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag
N: No Flowers Required by Cari Quinn
G: Graham Heather, Deadly Gift
A: After I Dream by Rachel Lee
R: Roberts Nora, Black Hills
O: Once Upon a Crime by Dawn Stewardson
O: O'Connell Carol, The Man Who Lied To Women








L: Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston, Fever Dream
E: Evanovich Janet, Three to Get Deadly
M: Missing by Sharon Sala
U: Undertow by Cherry Adair
R: Richelle Mead, Storm Born





M: Mirror Image by Sandra Brown
U: Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
S: The Stranger I Married by Sylvia Day
T: Thrown by a Curve by Jaci Burton
A: Armstrong Kelley, Bitten
N: No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean
G: Galen Shana, When You Give a Duke a Diamond







N: Nalini Singh, Archangel's Legion
I: In Passion and Blood by Stephani Hecht
G: Green John, The Fault in Our Stars
H: Hecht Stephani, Saved by Love's Blood
T: Two Graves by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
I: In a Class by Itself by Brown Sandra
N: Nora Roberts, Dark Witch
G: Gardner Erle Stanley, The D.A. Draws a Circle
A: Armstrong Kelley, Stolen
L: Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston, Cold Vengeance
E: Ellison J. T., Where All the Dead Lie











O: Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost
P: Play Dirty by Sandra Brown
O: The Others #2 - Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
S: The Search by Nora Roberts
S: Serpent's Kiss by Thea Harrison
U: An Unnatural Worth by Mya Lairis
M: Mr. Monster by Dan Wells







P: Passion for the Game by Sylvia Day
A: Ask For It by Sylvia Day
N: Never Go Back by Lee Child
T: Touch of a Thief by Mia Marlowe
H: Hamilton Laurell K., A Caress of Twilight
E: Evil #1 - Speak No Evil by Allison Brennan
R: Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells







Q: A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
U: Urban Madeleine, Abigail Roux, Cut & Run
A: Aleksandr Voinov, If It Flies
I: In Death #30 - Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
L: Lincoln Rhyme #10 - The Kill Room by Jeffery Deaver





R: Rob Thurman, Nightlife
A: Aleksandr Voinov, If It Fornicates
T: Touch of a Rogue by Mia Marlowe
T: Thursday Next #2 -Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
L: Lisa Kleypas, Dream Lake
E: Eden Cynthia, Deadly Fear
S: Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
N: A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
A: Anna Campbell, Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed
K: Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Vaughn Carrie
E: Elizabeth Lowell, Death Echo












A: Amanda Quick, Don't Look Back
B: Brenda Novak, Watch Me
C: Caitlin Kittredge, Street Magic
D: Dodd Christina, Tongue In Chic
E: Estep Jennifer, Spider's Bite
F: Fforde Jasper, The Eyre Affair
G: Graham Heather, If Looks Could Kill
H: Hieber Leanna Renee, The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker
I: Iris Johansen, Firestorm
J: Johansen Iris, Long After Midnight
K: Kelley Armstrong, Exit Strategy
L: Lara Adrian, Shades of Midnight
M: MacLean Sarah, A Rogue by Any Other Name
N: Nalini Singh, Kiss of Snow
O: Olga Rudnicka, Martwe Jezioro
P: Putney Mary Jo, River Of Fire
Q: Quick Amanda, Slightly Shady
R: Robb J. D., Kindred in Death
S: Singh Nalini, Bonds of Justice
T: Thea Harrison, Storm's Heart
U: Unger Lisa, Beautiful Lies
V: Vaughn Carrie, Kitty and the Midnight Hour
W: Ward J. R., Lover Enshrined
Y: Yasmine Galenorn, Witchling
Z: Zanetti Rebecca, Forgotten Sins


























1. Color: First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost
2. Number: Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost
3. Things That Grow: Amaryllis by Jayne Castle
4. 4 Seasons: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole
5. First Name: Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Vaughn Carrie
6. Places: Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
7. Body Part: Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz
8. Weapon: Shadow Blade by Seressia Glass
9. Body of Water: Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas
10. Form of Water: Storm Born by Richelle Mead
11. Product of Fire: Firelight by Kristen Callihan
12. Heavenly Body: Moon Dance by Rain J. R.
13. Architecture: Better Homes and Hauntings by Molly Harper
14. 5 Senses: Touch the Dark by Karen Chance
15. Royal Title: Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead
16. Family Member: Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells
17. 4 Elements: Playing With Fire by Cynthia Eden
18. Time of Day: Pleasures of the Night by Sylvia Day
19. Metal: Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz
20. Emotion/Feeling: Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
21. Animal/Insect: Serpent's Kiss by Thea Harrison
22. Something to Read: Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
23. Gender Identifier: The Mystery Woman by Amanda Quick
24. Paranormal Being: Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh

























2014
1. Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
2. Fast Track by Julie Garwood
3. River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz
4. Burn For Me by Cynthia Eden
5. Better Homes and Hauntings by Molly Harper
6. The Chase by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg
7. The Collector by Nora Roberts
8. Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh
9. The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas, Jennifer Graham
10. You're Not Safe by Mary Burton
11. The Job by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg
12. Once Bitten, Twice Burned by Cynthia Eden
13. Playing With Fire by Cynthia Eden
14. Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh
2013
1. The Kill Room by Jeffery Deaver
2. No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean
3. Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh
4. Dark Witch by Nora Roberts
5. Never Go Back by Lee Child
6. If It Flies by Aleksandr Voinov
7. If It Fornicates by Aleksandr Voinov
8. Faking It by Cora Carmack
9. The Heist by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg
10. Forgotten Sins by Zanetti Rebecca
11. The Mystery Woman by Amanda Quick
12. The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn
13. Dangerous Refuge by Elizabeth Lowell
2012
1. Two Graves by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
2. Grave Memory by Kalayna Price
3. Touch of a Rogue by Mia Marlowe
4. Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas
5. When You Give a Duke a Diamond by Galen Shana
6. The Fault in Our Stars by Green John
7. Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed by Anna Campbell
8. Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost
9. The Unholy by Heather Graham
10. A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare
11. Wallbanger by Alice Clayton
12. Firelight by Kristen Callihan
2011
1. Grave Dance by Kalayna Price
2. Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick
3. Touch of a Thief by Mia Marlowe
4. Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
5. Where All the Dead Lie by Ellison J. T.
6. Serpent's Kiss by Thea Harrison
7. Hounded by Hearne Kevin
8. Hot Head by Damon Suede
9. A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
10. Hexed by Hearne Kevin
11. Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
2010
1. Undertow by Cherry Adair
2. The Search by Nora Roberts
3. Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
4. Tough Customer by Brown Sandra
5. Shattered by Robards Karen
6. Without Mercy by Lisa Jackson
7. Whisper of Scandal by Nicola Cornick
8. Deadly Fear by Eden Cynthia
9. Death Echo by Elizabeth Lowell
10. Shadow Blade by Seressia Glass
2009
1. Love at First Bight by Tymber Dalton
2. Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells
3. Skinwalker by Hunter Faith
4. Instruments of Darkness by Imogen Robertson
5. A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin
6. One Deadly Sin by Annie Solomon
7. Obsidian Prey by Jayne Castle
8. The Madness Of Lord Ian MacKenzie by Jennifer Ashley
9. Fireside by Susan Wiggs
2008
1. Storm Born by Richelle Mead
2. Deadly Gift by Graham Heather
3. An Unnatural Worth by Mya Lairis
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Smash Cut by Sandra Brown
6. Cut & Run by Urban Madeleine, Abigail Roux
7. Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin
8. Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead
2007
1. Virgin River by Robyn Carr
2. Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr
3. Passion for the Game by Sylvia Day
4. Speak No Evil by Allison Brennan
5. Pleasures of the Night by Sylvia Day
6. Dead Sexy by Amanda Ashley
7. Kissing Christmas Goodbye by M.C. Beaton
2006
1. Play Dirty by Sandra Brown
2. Vicious Circle by Mike Carey
3. Ask For It by Sylvia Day
4. Nightlife by Rob Thurman
5. The Kept Woman by Donovan Susan
6. Touch the Dark by Karen Chance
2005
1. Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Vaughn Carrie
2. A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
3. The Rosary Girls by Richard Montanari
4. Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare
5. If Angels Burn by Lynn Viehl

S: Smash Cut by Sandra Brown
A: Alice Clayton, Wallbanger
L: Love at First Bight by Tymber Dalton
A: Amanda Ashley, Dead Sexy
M: Mike Carey, Vicious Circle
A: Agatha Raisin #18 - Kissing Christmas Goodbye by M.C. Beaton
N: Nicola Cornick, Whisper of Scandal
D: Donovan Susan, The Kept Woman
E: Eden Cynthia, Burn For Me
R: Robards Karen, Shattered










T: Tough Customer by Brown Sandra
E: Evanovich Janet, Lee Goldberg, The Heist
R: Robyn Carr, Virgin River
M: A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin
I: Instruments of Darkness by Imogen Robertson
T: Tessa Dare, A Week to Be Wicked
E: Evanovich Janet, Lee Goldberg, The Chase







U: The Unholy by Heather Graham
M: Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
B: Buchanan-Renard #12 - Fast Track by Julie Garwood
R: Robyn Carr, Shelter Mountain
E: Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare
L: Lisa Jackson, Without Mercy
L: Losing It #2 - Faking It by Cora Carmack
A: Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh
B: Better Homes and Hauntings by Molly Harper
I: The Iron Druid Chronicles #1 - Hounded by Hearne Kevin
R: The Rosary Girls by Richard Montanari
D: Damon Suede, Hot Head












V: Viehl Lynn, If Angels Burn
I: The Iron Druid Chronicles #1 - Hexed by Hearne Kevin
P: Pleasures of the Night by Sylvia Day
E: Edwards Louisa, Some Like It Hot
R: River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz





W: Wiggs Susan, Fireside
A: Annie Solomon, One Deadly Sin
R: Roberts Nora, The Collector
T: The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas, Jennifer Graham
H: Hunter Faith, Skinwalker
O: Obsidian Prey by Jayne Castle
G: Goldberg Lee, Janet Evanovich, The Job







Y: You're Not Safe by Mary Burton
A: Amanda Quick, The Mystery Woman
K: Kristen Callihan, Firelight



Z: Zanetti Rebecca, Forgotten Sins
E: Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin
B: Barbara Bretton, Casting Spells
R: Richelle Mead, Thorn Queen
A: Ashley Jennifer, The Madness Of Lord Ian MacKenzie






November
1. POLITICIAN - Extreme Exposure, p.12, ...smart for a politician...
2. TURKEY - Extreme Exposure, p.241, ...a turkey sandwich...
3. FAMILY - Executive Privilege, p.63, ...to the first family...
4. LEAVES - Archangel's Shadows, p.243, The root systems, the trunk, the branches, the leaves...
5. FEATHER - Archangel's Shadows, p.549, “Feather,” he said...
6. NATIVE AMERICAN CHARACTER - If Angels Burn, p. 42, ...to save all those poor ignorant Indians’ souls.
7. MUD - Extreme Exposure, p.31, ...covered with mud...
8. COFFEE - Some Like It Hot, p.414, Time for their traditional coffee shop...
9. ACORN - The Job, p.158, ...and fed only acorns.
10. VOTE- Extreme Exposure, p.349, ...the final vote was counted...
11. SAINT - Archangel's Shadows, p.88, ...the patience of a saint...
12. BUTTERFLY - Some Like It Hot, p.224, ...a butterfly kiss...
13. SLEET - The Mystery Woman, p.24, ...something akin to panic sleeting through her.
14. KITCHEN - Some Like It Hot, p.253, Padding on bare feet to the kitchen...
15. FOOTBALL - Executive Privilege, p.49, ...that was about a football field...
16. NAP - Extreme Exposure, p.585, ... two-hour nap...
17. TABLE - Some Like It Hot, p.280, ...to his team’s table...
18. CENTERPIECE - Some Like It Hot, p.460, ...was the centerpiece...
19. FORK - Archangel's Shadows, p.281, She stabbed her fork into the cake...
20. CLOCK - Archangel's Shadows, p.368, ...and “clock” time had little meaning...







December
1. GLOVES/MITTENS - The Sum of All Kisses, p. 270, Neither was wearing gloves...
2. SCARF - Touch the Dark, p. 440, ...a glittery gray scarf.
3. CANDELABRA - The Sum of All Kisses, p. 69, ...closer to the candelabra...
4. COOKIE
5. SNOW - Casting Spells, p. 14, ...a quick walk around Snow Lake...
6. SOUP - Shadow Blade, p.409, ...their third bowls of harvest soup...
7. CHIMNEY - Casting Spells, p. 43, ...smoke rose from the twin chimneys...
8. CHESTNUT - Fireside, p.36, ...swaths of tall maple and chestnut trees.
9. POPCORN - Once Bitten, Twice Burned, p. 350, Eating popcorn.
10. RED CLOTHING - Dangerous Refuge, p. 54, ...the showgirl act in the red dress...
11. FUR - Casting Spells, p. 57, ...dark wiry tufts of gray-brown fur...
12. BALLET - Casting Spells, p.381, ...performed a ballet on ice...
13. GIFT - The Sum of All Kisses, p. 323, ...he was opening his gift...
14. ANGEL - Fireside, p. 110, ...he looked like an angel...
15. DEER - Casting Spells, p. 103, ...all-you-can-eat deer buffets.
16. TOY - Once Bitten, Twice Burned, p. 10, ...to play with a favorite toy.
17. BELL - Fireside, p. 162, ...a bell shrilled through the hallway.
18. BIRTH - Fireside, p. 153, ...the scary, exciting birth...
19. CAMEL
20. ROOF - Fireside, p. 141, ...reflected by the snow off the sloping roof...







January
From December:
4. COOKIE - Pride Mates, p.102, Baking cookies?
19. CAMEL - Mean Streak, p.81, ...and a camel-colored sweater.
1. BARTENDER - Moon Dance, p.137, ...the bartender remembered our drinks.
2. CHAMPAGNE - Amaryllis, p.59, ...canapés or champagne on Thursday night.
3. CONFETTI
4. BOWL - Amaryllis, p.280, ...a crudely painted bowl.
5. KING - Moon Dance, p.9, ...cheeseburgers from Burger King...
6. DREAM - Amaryllis, p.78, ...make me dream my own dreams.
7. FUNERAL - Amaryllis, p.176, ...Professor Landreth’s funeral.
8. MOURN - Pride Mates, p.34, ...she just didn't want to mourn...
9. GRANDMOTHER - Moon Dance, p.121, ...in my grandmother’s rocking chair...
10. ALICE (character) - Mean Streak, p.35, ...he and Alice were climbing into the shower...
11. DIARY
12. EPIPHANY - Mean Streak, p.282, No, I had an epiphany.
13. CARNATION
14. PECULIAR - Amaryllis, p.245, ...with his peculiar gait.
15. FRUITCAKE
16. PLUM - Shadow Spell, p.212, ...plucked a plump plum tomato from the vine...
17. MOLASSES
18. OATMEAL - Shadow Spell, p.156, ...she pushed oatmeal around in her bowl.
19. WOLVES - Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night, p.108, .. they truly are like wolves.
20. BLOOD - Moon Dance, p.176, ...my brain and blood...






February
From January:
3. CONFETTI
11. DIARY
13. CARNATION
15. FRUITCAKE - Hot Under Pressure, p.131, She was acting like a fruitcake.
17. MOLASSES - Hidden Talents, p.154, ...and several jars of unsulfured molasses.
1. ARROW - Wild Card, p.159, ...flaming arrows of sensation tearing through her body.
2. PINK CLOTHING - Silent Killer, p.708, ...who wore a spring pink dress and carried pink roses.
3. VALENTINE - Silent Killer, p.704, On Valentine’s Day, he proposed.
4. PRESIDENT - Wild Card, p.228, ...how close he was to the bank president...
5. GEORGE (Character) - Silent Killer, p.69, George Clayton, an old geezer, nearly eighty.
6. FOOTPRINT - Shadow Music, p.546, ...look for footprints.
7. FAT - Shadow Music, p.336, ...fat loaves of fresh brown bread
8. LENT - A Gentleman's Honor, p.7, ...she lent Trentham a helping hand.
9. FORTY - Wild Card, p.31, "Command center will based forty miles out of Alpine."
10. ROBIN - Love Irresistibly, p.168, He's a regular Robin Hood...
11. ASH - A Gentleman's Honor, p.20, Triumph had turned to ashes...
12. VIOLET - Wild Card, p.45, ...and the woman with gold and violet rays.
13. PURE - Shadow Music, p.258, ...skin as pure as cream...
14. SUPER - Hot Under Pressure, p.96, ...I'm super familiar with the local shops...
15. COUPLE - Silent Killer, p.45, ...with whom the couple had lived their entire married life...
16. PEPPERMINT - Hot Under Pressure, p.135, ...like a sip of peppermint tea...
17. CHERRY - Wild Card, p.289, ...and nails painted cherry red.
18. SHADOW - Shadow Music, p.51, The MacHugh was but a shadow with supernatural power...
19. HEART - Silent Killer, p.47, I have your best interests at heart...
20. LOVE - Shadow Music, p.61, Were passion and love and excitement...







March
From January:
3. CONFETTI - The Black Dahlia, ...lots of confetti on his chest...
11. DIARY - The Black Dahlia, I kept looking for a diary...
13. CARNATION - Luring a Lady, Between the roses and the carnations.
1. NEIGHBOR - Seduction and Snacks, p.54, ...your best friend’s neighbor’s ex-wife’s dog...
2. CURTAIN - Luring a Lady, ...a thick curtain of rain...
3. SPY - Seduction and Snacks, p.481, ...our first super secret spy interview.
4. CANE - Seducing Sir Oliver, p.42, ...the bite marks on the delicate cane chair.
5. LUCK - Luring a Lady, Good luck.
6. COIN - Seduction and Snacks, p.457, ...we listened to the clunk of coins...
7. FIRE - Seducing Sir Oliver, p.23, "Oh, hells fire!"
8. JOSEPH (Character) - One Night for Love, p.21, Joseph Fawcitt, Marquess of Attingsbomugh,...
9. LOUD - Seducing Sir Oliver, p.197, ...too loud for anything...
10. WIND - Breaking Point, p.173, ...but the wind had picked up...
11. WAR - Breaking Point, p.20, But war had interfered...
12. ROME/ROMAN - Seduction and Snacks, p.38, Rome was not built with two birds in your bush
13. LEMON - Seduction and Snacks, p.79, ...and a bowl of lemon slices...
14. PALM - Luring a Lady, He lifted one hand, palm up.
15. BASKETBALL - Indulgence in Death, p.81, ...like a basketball off the rim...
16. BRACKET - The Black Dahlia, In brackets beside her name...
17. SEED - Seducing Sir Oliver, p.118, ...the seed pearls will be just right...
18. MADNESS - Luring a Lady, I've escaped that particular madness.
19. HOPE - Seducing Sir Oliver, p.17, ...you have no hope of a good marriage.
20. TROPHY - Heaven, Texas, p.24, Shelves displayed trophies...









Month 1: Favorite music
R: Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh
O: Once Bitten, Twice Burned by Cynthia Eden
C: Cynthia Eden, Playing With Fire
K: Karen Chance, Touch the Dark
A: Amaryllis by Jayne Castle
N: Nora Roberts, Shadow Spell
D: Dangerous Refuge by Elizabeth Lowell
R: Rain J. R., Moon Dance
O: Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick
L: Linda Howard, Burn
L: Lisa Marie Rice, Midnight Angel











Month 2: Animals in the books
1) Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz - dog Newton
2) Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz - cat Max
3) Blood Magick by Nora Roberts - dogs Bugs and Kathel
4) Seducing Sir Oliver by Nicole Byrd - monkey Mia




Month 3: Favorite cartoon character
G: Glass Seressia, Shadow Blade
A: Ashley Jennifer, Pride Mates
R: Ricochet by Sandra Brown
F: First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost
I: Immortals After Dark #4 - Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole
E: Eve Silver, Dark Desires
L: Lora Leigh, Wild Card
D: Drugi przekręt Natalii by Olga Rudnicka








Month 4: Favorite artist
C: Chocolate Lovers #1 - Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec
A: Armstrong Kelley, The Gathering
S: The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn
P: Pamela Clare, Breaking Point
A: Afterburn by Sylvia Day
R: Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson
D: Duncan's Bride by Linda Howard
A: Anne Stuart, Still Lake
V: Vanessa Waltz, Married to the Bad Boy
I: Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb
D: Dodd Christina, Rules of Attraction
F: FBI/US Attorney #4 - Love Irresistibly by Julie James
R: The Rules Of Seduction by Madeline Hunter
I: Ice by Linda Howard
E: Edwards Louisa, Hot Under Pressure
D: Don't Cry by Beverly Barton
R: Roberts Nora, Whiskey Beach
I: Iris Johansen, Storm Winds
C: Chicago Stars #2 - Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
H: Highlands' Lairds #3 - Shadow Music by Julie Garwood




















Month 5: Favorite beverage
M: Mean Streak by Sandra Brown
I: If You Hear Her by Shiloh Walker
N: Nora Roberts, For Now, Forever
T: Tyler Stephanie, Hard to Hold




Month 6: Created by myself: Books in my favorite city - New York
1) The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver
2) Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb
3) The Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston
4) Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot




Month 7: Books into movies
1) The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
2) The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
3) Heat Wave by Richard Castle



Month 8: Favorite boardgame
C: The Cove by Catherine Coulter
L: Laurens Stephanie, A Gentleman's Honor
U:
E: Extinguished by Kaylea Cross
D: A Deal With the Devil by Liz Carlyle
O: One Night for Love by Mary Balogh





Month 9: Read 4 books by authors you've never read before
1) Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught
2) Her Perfect Mate by Paige Tyler
3) The Pleasure Principle by Kimberly Raye
4) To the Edge by Cindy Gerard




Month 10: Favorite bad guy
L: Let Love Find You by Johanna Lindsey
O: One Fine Day by Theresa Weir
C: Christy Reece, Nothing To Lose
K: Krentz Jayne Ann, Hidden Talents
E: Eden Cynthia, Scream For Me
L: The Lyndon Sisters #2 - Brighter Than the Sun by Julia Quinn
A: An Angel for Emily by Jude Deveraux
M: Megan's Mate by Nora Roberts
O: O'Neil Brothers #1 - Sleigh Bells in the Snow by Sarah Morgan
R: Roxanne St. Claire, Face of Danger
A: Allison Brennan, Cutting Edge











Month 11: Favorite holiday
C: The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae by Stephanie Laurens
H: Higgins Kristan, The Best Man
R: The Rake by Suzanne Enoch
I: I'll Be Watching You by Tracy Montoya
S: Silent Killer by Beverly Barton
T: Too Hot to Hold by Stephanie Tyler
M: Mary Balogh, Then Comes Seduction
A: The Angel by Carla Neggers
S: Shadow Woman by Linda Howard









Month 12: My favorite color - black
1) Maverick by Lora Leigh
2) Luring a Lady by Nora Roberts
3) Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye
4) Gambler's Woman by Jayne Ann Krentz





♥ Action-Adventure Romance: Breaking Point by Pamela Clare
♥ African-American Romance:
♥ Amish Romance:
♥ Amnesia Romance: Shadow Woman by Linda Howard
♥ Antebellum / Civil War / Reconstruction: Romance:
♥ Baby Love Romance: A Deal With the Devil by Liz Carlyle
♥ BDSM Romance: The One Worth Finding by Teresa Silberstern
♥ Bodice Ripper/Old School Romance: For Now, Forever by Nora Roberts
♥ Cabin/Road Trip Romances: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole
♥ Category Romances: Luring a Lady by Nora Roberts
♥ Celtic Romance: Tall, Dark and Wolfish by Lydia Dare
♥ Chick-lit Romance: Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec
♥ Classic Romance: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
♥ Colonial America / Pre-Revolutionary War / Revolutionary War Romance:
♥ Contemporary Romance: Love Irresistibly by Julie James
♥ Courtesans/Mistresses/Gigolo/Prostitutes Romance: The Duke by Gaelen Foley
♥ Dark Fantasy Romance:
♥ Dystopian Romance:
♥ Early 20th Century Romance / Turn of the Century Romance:
♥ Enemies to Lovers Romance: The Rake by Suzanne Enoch
♥ Erotica Romance: Married to the Bad Boy by Vanessa Waltz
♥ Exotic Locales Romance:
♥ Fantasy Romance: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
♥ Fairy Tale Romances: Midnight Angel by Lisa Marie Rice
♥ Fooled Around and Fell in Love Romance: The Pleasure Principle by Kimberly Raye
♥ Friends to Lovers Romance: Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts
♥ Frontier/Americana/Mail-Order-Bride Romance: Duncan's Bride by Linda Howard
♥ Georgian Era Romance: The Rules Of Seduction by Madeline Hunter
♥ GLBT Romance: If Only in My Dreams by Keira Andrew
♥ Glitz or Glamour Romance: Play by Kylie Scott
♥ Gothic Romance: Dark Desires by Eve Silver
♥ Heroine in Pursuit Romance: The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae by Stephanie Laurens
♥ Highlander Hero Romance: The Secret by Julie Garwood
♥ Historical Romance: Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick
♥ Holiday Romance: Sleigh Bells in the Snow by Sarah Morgan
♥ Horror Romance:
♥ Inspirational / Christian / Religious Romance:
♥ Love & Laughter / Humorous Romance: The Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood
♥ Magical Realism Romance:
♥ Marriage of Convenience Romance: Brighter Than the Sun by Julia Quinn
♥ Medical Romance: Next to Die by Marliss Melton
♥ Medieval Romance: Shadow Music by Julie Garwood
♥ Ménage à Trois Romance:
♥ Multicultural Romance: Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress by Theresa Romain
♥ Native American Romance: Mackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard
♥ New Adult Romance: Tempting the Best Man by J. Lynn
♥ Non-fiction Romance / Memoir Romance:
♥ Paranormal Romance: Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz
♥ Pirate/Sea Captain/Sheikh/Sultan Romance: Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood
♥ Post-Apocalypse Romance / Apocalyptic Romance:
♥ Regency Romance: A Gentleman's Honor by Stephanie Laurens
♥ Renaissance Romance:
♥ Roaring Twenties Romance:
♥ Rock ‘n Roll Romance: Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh
♥ Romantic Suspense: Mean Streak by Sandra Brown
♥ Royalty / In Line for the Throne / Romance: When Passion Rules by Johanna Lindsey
♥ Science Fiction Romance: Amaryllis by Jayne Castle
♥ Shape-shifter Romance: Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
♥ Shotgun Wedding Romance: Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught
♥ Small Town Lovin’ Romance: Silent Killer by Beverly Barton
♥ Sports Romance: Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
♥ Steampunk Romance: Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster
♥ Supernatural Romance: Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz
♥ Time-Travel Romance:
♥ Two-Hankie-Read Romance: Hot Under Pressure by Louisa Edwards
♥ Urban Fantasy Romance: Archangel's Enigma by Nalini Singh
♥ Vampire Romance: First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost
♥ Victorian Romance: Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
♥ Viking Romance:
♥ Virgin Hero Romance: Heart of Iron by Bec McMaster
♥ Wallflower/Bluestocking/Governess Romance: Rules of Attraction by Christina Dodd
♥ Western Romance-Contemporary: Evan by Diana Palmer
♥ Western Romance-Historical: Tender Is the Storm by Johanna Lindsey
♥ Witch Romance: Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
♥ World War II-Era Romance:
♥ Young Adult Romance:

























































1. By the fireplace, in the illusionary cave - Amaryllis by Jayne Castle
2. In the jungle, in the cave - Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole
3. In the bathroom, on the floor - Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
4. In the kitchen, on the counter - Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
5. In the park, sitting on the wall - Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
6. In the abandoned warehouse, on the cement floor - Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
7. In the bedroom, against the doors - Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts
8. In the bathroom, in the tub - Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
9. In the kitchen, on the chair - Midnight Angel by Lisa Marie Rice
10. In the stables, on the hay - Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick
11. In the kitchen, on the table - Wild Card by Lora Leigh
12. In the car - Wild Card by Lora Leigh
13. On the stairs - Wild Card by Lora Leigh
14. By the fireplace, on the floor - Wild Card by Lora Leigh
15. In the water of a bay - Hot Under Pressure by Louisa Edwards
16. In the closed restaurant, in the office - Hot Under Pressure by Louisa Edwards
17. In the dining room, on the glass table - Love Irresistibly by Julie James
18. In the restaurant kitchen, on the counter - Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec
19. On the grass, on the blanket - Seducing Sir Oliver by Nicole Byrd
20. On the sand, illegally crossing the border - Breaking Point by Pamela Clare
21. On the desert, in the spring - Breaking Point by Pamela Clare
22. In the bedroom, on the floor - Indulgence in Death by Robb J. D.
23. In the walk-in storage closet, by the cabinet - Extinguished by Kaylea Cross
24. In the attic, on the floor - The Rules Of Seduction by Madeline Hunter
25. In the bathroom, in the shower - Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
26. On the truck bed - Duncan's Bride by Linda Howard
27. In the butler's pantry, on the chair - Rules of Attraction by Christina Dodd
28. In the salon, on the silk carpet - The Edge of Desire by Stephanie Laurens
29. In the garden, on the swing - One Fine Day by Theresa Weir
30. In the cabin, on the table - One Fine Day by Theresa Weir
31. In the shed, against the post - Shadow Woman by Linda Howard
32. In the jungle, on the jungle floor - Too Hot to Hold by Stephanie Tyler
33. On the car, on the hood - Too Hot to Hold by Stephanie Tyler
34. On the meadow, on the grass- Then Comes Seduction by Mary Balogh
35. On the glade, by the tree - Then Comes Seduction by Mary Balogh
36. In the living room, on the sofa - Nothing To Lose by Christy Reece
37. In the orchard, on the grass - Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb
38. In the hotel room, on the bar - The Perfect Victim by Linda Castillo
39. On the shore, by the river - The Perfect Liar by Brenda Novak
40. In the carriage - Tall, Dark and Wolfish by Lydia Dare
41. In the closet, with friends outside - The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
42. In the indoor swimming pool - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
43. In the bathroom, in front of the mirror - Hard as It Gets by Laura Kaye
44. On the plane - Against the Ropes by Sarah Castille


































1) Weapon - Indulgence in Death
2) Warm colour cover - Her Perfect Mate
3) Cold colour cover - Shadow Music
4) Animal - Blood Magick
5) City skyline - Nothing To Lose
6) Water - Whiskey Beach
7) Transport - Hailey's Truth
8) Building - Drugi przekręt Natalii
9) Planet/Sun/Star/Moon - The Cove
10) Flower - Duncan's Bride
11) Jewellery - Hidden Talents
12) Scenic landscape - Something Wonderful
13) Fire/Flame/Bright Light - Face of Danger
14) Food - Seduction and Snacks
15) Book - Homicide in Hardcover
16) Sexy male - Wild Card
17) Sexy Female - Burn
18) Scary - Wicked Game
19) Beautiful - Otherwise Engaged
20) Child/Teenager on cover - The Gathering
21) Adult on cover - Hot Under Pressure
22) Weather - When Passion Rules
23) Mythical person - The Angel
24) Favourite cover - Silent Killer
25) Disliked cover - Midnight Angel
26) Spring Theme - The Best Man
27) Summer Theme - An Angel for Emily
28) Autumn Theme - Shadow Spell
29) Winter Theme - Mean Streak
30) This cover made me buy it! - The Black Dahlia
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12th in series:
1: The Truth About Love by Stephanie Laurens - Cynster
11th in series:
1: The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver - Lincoln Rhyme
2: Hotshot by Julie Garwood - Buchanan-Renard
10th in series:
1: Silent Killer by Beverly Barton - Griffin Powell
2: Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian - Midnight Breed
3: Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward - Black Dagger Brotherhood
9th in series:
1: Breaking Point by Suzanne Brockmann - Troubleshooters
2: Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward - Black Dagger Brotherhood
3: Archangel's Heart by Nalini Singh - Guild Hunter
4: Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston - Pendergast
8th in series:
1: Lady Jenny's Christmas Portrait by Grace Burrowes - Windham
2: Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
3: Archangel's Enigma by Nalini Singh - Guild Hunter
4: Evan by Diana Palmer - Long, Tall Texans
5: Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews - Kate Daniels
7th in series:
1: Seducing Sir Oliver by Nicole Byrd - Sinclair Family Saga
2: The Edge of Desire by Stephanie Laurens - Bastion Club
3: Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon - Dark-Hunter
4: Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews - Kate Daniels
5: Touch & Geaux by Abigail Roux - Cut & Run
6: Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh - Psy-Changeling
6th in series:
1: My Sunshine by Catherine Anderson - Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan
2: Wanted by Delores Fossen - The Marshals of Maverick County
3: Blood Rites by Jim Butcher - The Dresden Files
4: Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews - Kate Daniels
5: Biting Cold by Chloe Neill - Chicagoland Vampires
6: Stars & Stripes by Abigail Roux - Cut & Run
7: One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton - Play by Play
5th in series:
1: Breaking Point by Pamela Clare - I-Team
2: For Now, Forever by Nora Roberts - The MacGregors
3: Megan's Mate by Nora Roberts - The Calhouns
4: The Perfect Liar by Brenda Novak - Last Stand
5: The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich - Fox and O'Hare
6: This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - Night Huntress
7: Armed & Dangerous by Abigail Roux - Cut & Run
8: High Five by Janet Evanovich - Stephanie Plum
4th in series:
1: Love Irresistibly by Julie James - FBI/US Attorney
2: Extinguished by Kaylea Cross - Titanium Security
3: Let Love Find You by Johanna Lindsey - Reid Family
4: Rules of Attraction by Christina Dodd - Governess Brides
5: A Deal With the Devil by Liz Carlyle - Lorimer Family & Clan Cameron
6: The Evil Inside by Heather Graham - Krewe of Hunters
7: The Scam by Janet Evanovich - Fox and O'Hare
8: Relentless by Kaylea Cross - Suspense Series
9: Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong - Otherworld
3rd in series:
1: Shadow Music by Julie Garwood - Highlands' Lairds
2: Hot Under Pressure by Louisa Edwards - Rising Star Chef
3: Face of Danger by Roxanne St. Claire - The Guardian Angelinos
4: Scream For Me by Cynthia Eden - For Me
5: The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae by Stephanie Laurens - The Cynster Sisters Trilogy
6: Cutting Edge by Allison Brennan - FBI Trilogy
7: Hailey's Truth by Cate Beauman - The Bodyguards Of L.A. County
8: Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress by Theresa Romain - The Matchmaker Trilogy
9: Hammered by Kevin Hearne - The Iron Druid Chronicles
10: Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop - The Others
2nd in series:
1: A Gentleman's Honor by Stephanie Laurens - Bastion Club
2: Maverick by Lora Leigh - Elite Ops
3: Luring a Lady by Nora Roberts - The Stanislaskis: Those Wild Ukrainians
4: Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - Chicago Stars
5: Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught - Sequels
6: Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson - Lovett, Texas
7: Brighter Than the Sun by Julia Quinn - The Lyndon Sisters
8: One Fine Day by Theresa Weir - Molly
9: Too Hot to Hold by Stephanie Tyler - Too Hot to Hold
10: Then Comes Seduction by Mary Balogh - Huxtable Quintet
11: Storm Winds by Iris Johansen - Wind Dancer
1st in series:
1: Wild Card by Lora Leigh - Elite Ops
2: Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec - Chocolate Lovers
3: One Night for Love by Mary Balogh - Bedwyn Saga
4: The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen - Rizzoli & Isles
5: The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy - L.A. Quartet
6: The Rules Of Seduction by Madeline Hunter - Rothwell Brothers
7: Hard to Hold by Stephanie Tyler - Hold Trilogy
8: The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong - Darkness Rising
9: The Cove by Catherine Coulter - FBI Thriller
10: Duncan's Bride by Linda Howard - Patterson-Cannon Family
11: Her Perfect Mate by Paige Tyler - X-Ops
12: The Rake by Suzanne Enoch - Lessons in Love

April
1. DAISY - Rescue Me, p.116, ...and yellow daisy wallpaper her mother had hung...
2. HUNGER - Rescue Me, p.360, Devouring her with a hot hunger...
3. ARBOR - Rescue Me, p.77, ...one side of the heart-shaped arbor...
4. FOOL - Extinguished, p.32, ...to make a fool of herself a second time...
5. CRUEL - The Rules Of Seduction, p.11, 'I think such days are cruel...'
6. POISON - Whiskey Beach, p.701, ...a box of rat poison...
7. JAZZ - Whiskey Beach, p.667, She did some jazz hands...
8. ALLERGY - Hard to Hold, p.36, ...medication allergies and the like...
9. MARATHON - Whiskey Beach, p.70, ...the Shovel Snow for Pride Marathon...
10. CUCKOO
11. INSECT - Extinguished, p.153, The faint chirp of a few insects...
12. BIRD - Extinguished, p.191, ...the two sleek birds...
13. FRESH - Rescue Me, p.71, Their fresh faces changed over the years...
14. HATCH - Extinguished, p.87, ...the rear hatch...
15. SPRINKLE - Whiskey Beach, p.106, With sprinkles and gumdrops.
16. BUD - Extinguished, p.215, ...hard, rosy bud...
17. AWAKEN - Whiskey Beach, p.221, ...the ache of awaken...
18. SPROUT - The Cove, p.55, ...the youngest sprout within the town limits...
19. MERRY - The Gathering, p.137, ...like I'd just stepped off merry-go-round.
20. GENTLE - The Rules Of Seduction, p.133, And the gentle slope of her shoulders.







May
From April:
10. CUCKOO
1) BALLOON - Duncan's Bride, p.287, ...her balloon was fast going flat.
2) BULL - Face of Danger, p.48, ...a red flag in front of a bull.
3) BUTTERFLY - Her Perfect Mate, p.157, ...he enjoyed pulling the wings off butterflies.
4) CRAFT - Face of Danger, p.456, ...which was lined with smaller pleasure craft...
5) EMERALD - For Now, Forever, p.100, ...Myra's vivid emerald-green silk.
6) FIVE - Let Love Find You, p.15, Preston's five sisters used to entertain...
7) FLOWER - Let Love Find You, p.370, ...she'd asked her to be her flower girl.
8) GRADUATION - For Now, Forever, p.46, ...the dream—graduation, her internship.
9) HORSE - Let Love Find You, p.4, ...for a while on his horse farm in the country.
10) KENTUCKY - Scream For Me, p.68, “Up in Kentucky, they have Mammoth Caves.
11) LAMPSHADE
12) MEMORY - Duncan's Bride, p.333, The memory of all he'd said to her...
13) MILITARY - Face of Danger, p.207, ...folding it with military precision.
14) MOTHER - For Now, Forever, p.49, A man looking for a wife and a mother for his children...
15) POLE - Let Love Find You, p.235, ...bring your fishing pole along...
16) SHOWER - Face of Danger, p.113, She heard the shower start...
17) TENNIS - Scream For Me, p.71, ...her tennis shoe slipped.
18) TWIN - Face of Danger, p.30, “Is this not Cara Ferrari’s twin sister?”
19) UMBRELLA - Scream For Me, p.229, She had a small umbrella clutched tightly to her.
20) WEDDING - Let Love Find You, p.330, ...it's missing on your wedding night.







Scavenger Hunt XV
Duration: July 1st to September 30th, 2015
1. Talon
2. EMT - Nothing To Lose, p.15, ...and two EMTs were working on him.
3. Eclair - The Mane Event, p. 44, ...a large black coffee and an eclair...
4. Mustache - Then Comes Seduction, p.101, There was thin mustache of porter on his upper lip.
5. Pecans - The Mane Event, p.200, ...her sisters did make that pecan pie...
6. Mimosa
7. Hawk - Shadow Woman, p.289, ...focused like a hawk’s on his prey.
8. Dead Body - Shadow Woman, p.201, ...if the weapon could be traced back to the dead man.
9. Name Tag - Shadow Woman, p.210, The clerk—her name tag read Cindy — smiled...
10. Curly Hair - Shadow Woman, p.156, Thick dark hair, slightly curly, tousled now in sleep.
11. Kleenex/facial tissue
12. Top Floor - Too Hot to Hold, She took the rickety metal steps two at a time up to the top floor.
13. Post Office - The Skin Collector, p.410, "The answering service, post office box and website?"
14. Volcano - Megan's Mate, ...like the heat and rumble in the core of a volcano...
15. Poet - Nothing To Lose, p.14, ...grief was turning him into some kind of lame-assed poet.
16. Tactic - Shadow Woman, p.198, Best tactic was for them to do both: one coming up the trail, the other in the woods.
17. A Liar - Megan's Mate, “I'm a lousy liar.”
18. A Puppy - Shadow Woman, p.247, She had to be one sick puppy...
19. Throwing Weapon - Shadow Woman, p.284, But she did have a knife, and the willingness to use it.
20. Lemon Flavored Pastry - Megan's Mate, ...and lemon meringue pie.
21. Muffins - Megan's Mate, I've left you a nice basket of muffins.
22. Ice Cream Therapy
23. Skyscraper - Nothing To Lose, p.297, ...in one of the largest skyscrapers in downtown Dallas...
24. Tissue Paper
25. Raspberry
26. Lasagna - Nothing To Lose, p.11, She had taken a break late in the afternoon and prepared lasagna...
27. Marshmallow - The Mane Event, p.362, Giant imported marshmallow right on top.
28. Earthquake - Shadow Woman, p.28, ...the equivalent of an earthquake in her well-ordered life.
29. Puppet - The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae, p61, She hoped to make me her puppet...
30. Popsicle
31. Mailman - Shadow Woman, p.59, ...which would be the only reason the mailman would knock.
32. Fortune Cookie
33. Mud - Shadow Woman, p.27, ...which had pretty much been shredded and trampled in the mud...
34. Golf Club
35. Bus - Shadow Woman, p.35, He wouldn’t throw any of the black ops people under the bus;
36. Wallet - Shadow Woman, p.55, She got up and fetched her wallet...
37. Sand Castle - Then Comes Seduction, p.302, ...a grain of sand into a whole glorious sand castle...
38. Margarita - Nothing To Lose, p.138, Margarita glanced over at Justice.
39. Lemonade - Megan's Mate, Alex smacked his lips over the tart lemonade.
40. Wallpaper - Megan's Mate, Here, the wallpaper was still faded, peeling in spots.
Bonus Words
1. An Assassination - Shadow Woman, p.8, The assassination of the President of the United States by his own wife...
2. Someone Moves - Megan's Mate - Megan moves to the Calhouns'
3. Bad Hair Day - Sleigh Bells in the Snow, p.41, ...Kayla Green had never had a bad hear day...
4. Rescue Animal - Sleigh Bells in the Snow, Maple was rescued when someone left her in the woods.
5. Someone Bored - Shadow Woman, p.98, A store employee, a young and bored guy probably working a summer job...
6. A character who is friendly with their neighbor - Shadow Woman
7. A stupid question is asked - Then Comes Seduction, Jasper asks Katherine many silly questions.
8. Comic Book/Graphic Novel - Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot, p. 419, ...like a Marvel comic book superhero...
9. Thumbs Up - Shadow Woman, p.172, ...and gave Maggie a thumbs-up and a grin as she drove past.
10. Someone Faints - Megan's Mate - Nate faints after being beaten by two guys











August:
combat - Heat Wave by Richard Castle, p.18,
For Nikki Heat that meant her close-quarter combat training with Don...
disease - The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver, p.9
...and whatever other sexual diseases were popular.
drink - Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb, p.1,
Cracked tubes of soft drinks, power drinks, sports drinks...
federal - The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver, p.95,
...so he could rob the Federal Reserve...
forest - Storm Winds by Iris Johansen, p.27,
...girl running through the forest...
joyride - If You Hear Her by Shiloh Walker, p.92,
“I’m tired of those punks joyriding on my property.”
loophole - A Deal With the Devil by Liz Carlyle, p.189,
...to leave you with a loophole to slip through...
snake - The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver, p.34,
...as tight as a mouse in a snake's grip.
sunrise - Sleigh Bells in the Snow by Sarah Morgan, p. 114,
...couple wanting to do Sunrise and Powder...
twelve - The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae by Stephanie Laurens, p.61
I was twelve at the time.








September:
abandon - I'll Be Watching You by Tracy Montoya, p.50,
His dark gray suit jacket lay abandoned in the backseat...
absorb - To the Edge by Cindy Gerard, p.252,
The role reversal was a little much to absorb.
bad - The Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston, p.5,
Like ten miles of bad road in the hot desert...
chaotic
downward - Cutting Edge by Allison Brennan, p. 102,
Her eyes fluttered downward almost demurely.
guilt - To the Edge by Cindy Gerard, p.27,
She squeezed her eyes shut as love and guilt and the lingering and unwelcome threads of fear...
insect - Cutting Edge by Allison Brennan, p. 95,
...I would have seen evidence of greater insect activity.”
modern - Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot,
And she’s a modern twenty-first-century gal...
recluse - The Angel by Carla Neggers,
...she is goinig to end up a recluse...
worm - The Angel by Carla Neggers,
...you've open a can of worms...






October:
absent - Wicked Game by Lisa Jackson, p.246,
He'd tried to be absent when she arrived at the station this morning...
anywhere - Hailey's Truth by Cate Beauman, p.44,
He wouldn’t get anywhere or convince her of anything with her hackles up.
awesome - Hailey's Truth by Cate Beauman, p.87,
“This is awesome.”
bang - Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle, p.65,
The door swung open with a bang.
bitter/bitterness - Hotshot by Julie Garwood, p.90,
How could he be bitter?
contagious - When Passion Rules by Johanna Lindsey, p.274,
But then competition can be contagious...
filter - Wicked Game by Lisa Jackson, p.75,
He drew deeply on his filter tip.
opposition - The Evil Inside by Heather Graham, p.58,
...one of the best ways to do that is to think like our opposition.”
rust - Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle, p.376,
...the flower itself was the color of rust.
wolves - When Passion Rules by Johanna Lindsey, p.283,
"But it doesn't stop the wolves."






November:
abrasive - Tall, Dark and Wolfish by Lydia Dare, p.248,
...he could hear the tone of his voice and knew it was too abrasive...
alienate - Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress by Theresa Romain, p.183,
Part English and part alien;
black - Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress by Theresa Romain, p.4,
...he only folded his arms in his plain, black coat.
brick - My Sunshine by Catherine Anderson, p.1,
A sprawling brick structure with a wing at each end...
bully - Tall, Dark and Wolfish by Lydia Dare, p.195,
“Doona let her bully ye."
cross - My Sunshine by Catherine Anderson, p.217,
...another part of him seemed to be working at cross purposes...
elephant - Lady Jenny's Christmas Portrait by Grace Burrowes, p.41,
The sensible lad was about the size of an elephant...
guru
leather - My Sunshine by Catherine Anderson, p.10,
Hand hovering over the leather...
proposal - Lady Jenny's Christmas Portrait by Grace Burrowes, p.276,
If I capitulate to your proposal,...




December:
buzz
birthday
force - Hammered by Kevin Hearne, p. 267,
...with nothing more than the force of gravity...
muscular - Garden of Lies by Amanda Quick, p.26,
...man with a powerful, muscular build.
pill
raspberry
social - Garden of Lies by Amanda Quick, p.44,
...more rarified reaches of the social universe.
southern - Hammered by Kevin Hearne, p.87,
Do al the southern vampires know...
sticky
winter - Hammered by Kevin Hearne, p.50,
...was trimming down his cloud sage bush for the winter...


January:
badger
call - Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton, p.1,
No one calls at ten after the witching hour with good news.
content - Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton, p.170,
"I am content where I am."
excessive - Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton, p.58,
...no bail is excessive for a first offense.
goodbye - The Scam by Janet Evanovich, p.279,
The two of them got up, said their goodbyes to the others...
hook - The Scam by Janet Evanovich, p.79,
...who are actually the ones on the hook with the casino for everything.”
hover - Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop, p.11,
...she continued to hover in the doorway.
lantern - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, p.76,
The archway had a tiny room on the top, with windows on all sides like a lantern...
property - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, p.320,
...the kind used to close official correspondence and certify property transactions.
witness - The Scam by Janet Evanovich, p.271,
Then we’ll put you into the witness protection program.”




February:
banana/s - Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs, p.64,
...they went together like bananas and peanut butter.
demonstration - Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens, p.317,
...until his demonstration that a tyrant never changed his spots.
dirt - The Secret by Julie Garwood, p.105,
It was more dirt than grass,...
donut - Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville, p.330,
“Brought back donuts.”
dynasty - Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville, p.176,
...rule the empire together as a single dynasty...
enemy - The Secret by Julie Garwood, p.51,
"You don't want Brodick for an enemy, Judith"
group - Archangel's Enigma by Nalini Singh, p.220,
...the men were looking right at their small group.
panic - Dark Prince by Christine Feehan, p.225,
Raven closed her eyes; panic welled up.
pulse - Archangel's Enigma by Nalini Singh, p.27,
...sneaking over into Lijuan’s territory to check on the emotional pulse of it.
watch - The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann, p.16,
He glanced at his watch.
Bonus:
bloodstream - Archangel's Enigma by Nalini Singh, p.685,
Illium’s power surged up his arms and into his bloodstream.
graveyard - Dark Prince by Christine Feehan, p.306,
...steeple threw a darker shadow across the small graveyard.
coastal
dissolve - Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens, p. 235,
He fully expected her to dissolve into incoherent, ineffectual, disjointed gibberings...
connectivity







March:
acid - Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews, p.45,
Acid burned William’s mouth.
awake - Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster, p.414,
“Oh, Blade. You’re awake,” she whispered.
claw - Try Me by Olivia Cunning, p.46,
The dragon’s claws seemed to be reaching for his ear.
division - Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong, p.256,
...the case for a more equitable division of assets...
essence - Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood, p.29,
And time was of the essence.
fork - The Witness by Nora Roberts, p.145,
She got out two glasses, two small plates, two forks.
game - Mackenzie's Mission by Linda Howard, p.113,
"Oh, I like a little game now and then."
juice - In His Sights by Jo Davis, p.63,
There’s plenty of burgers and hot dogs, juice and soda.
light -Lick by Kylie Scott, p.15,
Lights were flashing.
stallion - Mackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard, p.240,
We had a stallion brought to us a couple of years ago.
Bonus:
crimson - In His Sights by Jo Davis, p.223,
And was shocked to see crimson.
droplet - Mackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard, p.257,
...and glittering droplets of water were caught in the dark curls...
founder
mutation - The Witness by Nora Roberts, p.208,
...as her mutation makes it impossible for her to safely touch...
propeller











A: Anderson Catherine, My Sunshine
R: Reckless by Shannon Drake
T: Taking the Heat by Sylvia Day
H: Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle
I: If Only in My Dreams by Keira Andrews
S: Stolen Kisses by Suzanne Enoch
T: Tall, Dark and Wolfish by Lydia Dare
O: The Others #3 - Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
R: Romain Theresa, Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress
Y:









B: Beauman Cate, Hailey's Truth
U: The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
S: Skylar M. Cates, The Holiday Hoax
I: The Iron Druid Chronicles #3 - Hammered by Kevin Hearne
N: Nancy Bush, Lisa Jackson, Wicked Game
E: The Evil Inside by Heather Graham
S: The Scam by Janet Evanovich
S: Stephanie Laurens, Devil's Bride








C: Castillo Linda, The Perfect Victim
R: Roberts Nora, The Witness
E: Evangeline Anderson, Charlie's Bargain
A: Amanda Quick, Garden of Lies
T: Tracy Anne Warren, The Husband Trap
I: In His Sights by Jo Davis
V: Vegas Love by Jillian Dodd
E: Evan by Diana Palmer
W: When Passion Rules by Lindsey Johanna
R: Relentless by Kaylea Cross
I: Ilona Andrews, Bayou Moon
T: Troubleshooters #9 - Breaking Point by Suzanne Brockmann
I: Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
N: Novak Brenda, The Perfect Liar
G: Garwood Julie, Hotshot















D: Delores Fossen, Wanted
I: In Death #33 - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
E: Elite Ops #3 - Heat Seeker by Lora Leigh
T: Tempting the Best Man by J. Lynn
E: Elite Force #4 - Free Fall by Catherine Mann
T: Traitor's Moon by Lynn Flewelling
I: Ione Larissa, Passion Unleashed
C: Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
S: The Secret by Julie Garwood









E: Evanovich Janet, Four to Score
C: Christine Feehan, Dark Prince
O: Olivia Cunning, Try Me
N: Nightrunner #1 - Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling
O: The One Worth Finding by Teresa Silberstern
M: Mackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard
I: Ilona Andrews, Fate's Edge
C: Crown's Spies #2 - Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood
S: Scott Kylie, Lick









F: Frost Jeaniene, Twice Tempted
A: Archangel's Enigma by Nalini Singh
S: Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon
H: Hamilton Laurell K., Blue Moon
I: Ilona Andrews, Magic Rises
O: Otherworld #3 - Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
N: Night Huntress #4 - Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost
D: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
E: Erica Spindler, Red
S: Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling
I: I'll Never Let You Go by Mary Burton
G: Grace Burrowes, Lady Jenny's Christmas Portrait
N: Neill Chloe, Biting Cold













G: Garwood Julie, The Lion's Lady
E: Evanovich Janet, The Pursuit
R: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
M: Mackenzie's Mission by Linda Howard
A: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
N: Nora Roberts, Tribute






H: The Hundredth Man by Jack Kerley
I: Ione Larissa, Ecstasy Unveiled
S: Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
T: Tara Janzen, Crazy Hot
O: One Dark Night by Jaid Black
R: Rune #1 - Manhattan Is My Beat by Jeffery Deaver
Y:






I: Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
N: Nora Roberts, Stars of Fortune
T: Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones
E: Evangeline Anderson, The Last Man on Earth
R: Roberts Nora, Public Secrets
N: Night Angel #1 - The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
A: All She Wrote by Josh Lanyon
T: This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
I: An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris
O: Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison
N: Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire
A: Alpha & Omega #2- Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
L: London Steampunk #1- Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster
R: Robards Karen, Paradise County
E: Exposure by Susan Andersen
L: Lanyon Josh, The Boy with the Painful Tattoo
A: Adrian Lara, Deeper Than Midnight
T: Taken by Barbara Freethy
I: Ilona Andrews, Magic Breaks
O: The Obsession by Nora Roberts
N: Never Romance a Rake by Liz Carlyle
S: Scott Kylie, Play






















J: Jim Butcher, Blood Rites
A: Attraction by Penny Reid
P: Patricia Briggs, Fair Game
A: Annie Solomon, Dead Shot
N: Neggers Carla, Betrayals
E: The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
S: Size 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
E: Evangeline Anderson, Picture Perfect








K: Kaye Laura, Hard as It Gets
O: One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton
R: Rylon Jayne, Morgan's Surprise
E: Edge of Dawn by Lara Adrian
A: Against the Ropes by Sarah Castille
N: Next to Die by Marliss Melton






L: London Steampunk #2 - Heart of Iron by Bec McMaster
A: Adrian Lara, Darker After Midnight
W: Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee
A: Armed & Dangerous by Abigail Roux
N: Nalini Singh, Blaze of Memory
D: Day Sylvia, Heat of the Night
S: Sandra Brown, Hello, Darkness
O: O'Connor Kaitlyn, Dark Solstice
C: Cold Midnight by Joyce Lamb
I: Into the Crossfire by Lisa Marie Rice
E: Evanovich Janet, High Five
T: Touch & Geaux by Abigail Roux
Y:













M: Mary Balogh, Slightly Tempted
A: Abigail Roux, Stars & Stripes
N: Nora Roberts, Playing the Odds
A: Alpha & Omega #4- Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs
G: The Golden Chance by Jayne Ann Krentz
E: Evidence #6- Cold Evidence by Rachel Grant
M: Moonglow by Kristen Callihan
E: Eden Cynthia, Confessions
N: No Good Deed by Allison Brennan
T: Tina Reber, Love Unscripted










N: Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas
U: Until Forever Comes by Cardeno C.
R: Rochon Farrah, A Little Bit Naughty
S: Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
I: Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
N: The Night Is Alive by Heather Graham
G: Garwood Julie, The Prize







O: An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
C: Chill Factor by Sandra Brown
E: Eternal Seduction by Jennifer Turner
A: Anne Bishop, Daughter of the Blood
N: New York Confidential #2- A Perfect Obsession by Heather Graham
O: O'Leary Caitlyn, Her Vigilant SEAL
G: Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
R: Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling
A: Ashley Jennifer, Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage
P: Patricia Briggs, Blood Bound
H: Hard to Be Good by Laura Kaye
Y:











P: Phillips Susan Elizabeth, First Lady
O:
L: Lead by Kylie Scott
I: Ilona Andrews, Magic Shifts
T: Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas
I: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
C: Charlie Huston, Skinner
A: Archangel's Heart by Nalini Singh
L: Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward
S: Santa Assignment by Delores Fossen
C: Covet by J.R. Ward
I: Ice Blue by Anne Stuart
E: Enoch Suzanne, Reforming a Rake
N: Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
C: Charlie Cochet, Hell & High Water
E: Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost















Q: Quinn Julia, When He Was Wicked
U: Urban Madeleine, Abigail Roux, Sticks & Stones
A: The Alienist by Caleb Carr
L: Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil
I: Immortals After Dark #5- Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole
T: Toni Anderson, Her Sanctuary
Y:
A: Abigail Roux, Shock & Awe
S: Scott Kylie, Deep
S: Slightly Wicked by Mary Balogh
U: Urban Madeleine, Abigail Roux, Fish & Chips
R: Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy
A: Ashley Jennifer, The Many Sins of Lord Cameron
N: Nora Roberts, Remember When
C: Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb
E: Evanovich Janet, Hot Six















R: Richelle Mead, Frostbite
E: Eve Langlais, The Geek Job
T: Tender Is the Storm by Johanna Lindsey
A: Anne Bishop, Marked in Flesh
I: Inferno by Dan Brown
L: Linda Howard, Mr. Perfect
M: Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey
A: Aaronovitch Ben, Moon Over Soho
N:
A: Ashley Kristen, Golden Trail
G: Grossman Lev, The Magicians
E: The English Assassin by Daniel Silva
M: McNaught Judith, Paradise
E:
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T: Tiffany Snow, No Turning Back













S: Somper Justin, Demons of the Ocean
T: Twisted by Andrea Kane
A: Among the Living by Jordan Castillo Price
T: Taylor V. Donovan, Six Degrees of Lust
I: Immortals After Dark #6 - Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole
S: Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Match Me If You Can
T: Turn to Me by Tiffany Snow
I: Impact by Douglas Preston
C: Castle Jayne, Ghost Hunter
S: Solitude Creek by Jeffery Deaver










T:
H: Highland Avenger by Hannah Howell
E:
A: The Art of Murder #1 - The Mermaid Murders by Josh Lanyon
T:
R: Ransom by Julie Garwood
E:



U: Urban Madeleine, Abigail Roux, Divide & Conquer
N:
D: Darynda Jones, Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
E:
C: Charles K.J., The Magpie Lord
L: Lori Foster, Bare It All
A: The Art of Murder #1 - The Monet Murders by Josh Lanyon
R: Ral's Woman by Laurann Dohner
E:
D: Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas







V: Vaughn Carrie, Kitty Goes to Washington
I: In Death #35 - Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb
T:
I: Interlude with Tattoos by K.J. Charles
C: Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver
U: Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson
L: Laura Kinsale, Flowers from the Storm
T:
U:
R: Rosalind James, Carry Me Home
E:







W: Ward J.R., Lover Reborn
I:
L: Lisa Kleypas, Married By Morning
D: Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
L: Linda Howard, Mackenzie's Pleasure
I:
F: First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh
E:





E:
X:
E:
R: A Reason To Believe by Diana Copland
C: Chasing Magic by Stacia Kane
I:
S: Sharon Sala, Going Once
E:
S: Sex Machine by Marie Force
C: A Case of Possession by K.J. Charles
I:
E:
N:
C: Charles K.J., Flight of Magpies
E:






Y:
O:
U:
T:
H: Howard Linda, A Game of Chance
D: The Duke by Gaelen Foley
E:
V: Victim by Gayle Wilson
E:
L: Lover at Last by J.R. Ward
O:
P: Patricia Briggs, Bone Crossed
M: McNaught Judith, A Kingdom of Dreams
E:
N:
T:






G:
L: Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas
O:
B: Brenda Joyce, The Conqueror
A:
L: Lanyon Josh, Winter Kill
I:
Z: Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville
A:
T:
I:
O:
N:




**Finished because of the lack of space**

A girl's name - Lady Jenny's Christmas Portrait by Grace Burrowes
Something you eat or drink - Dead Shot by Annie Solomon
A weapon - Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster
An emotion - Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione
A location - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
A man's name - Mackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard
A number - Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville
A color - Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton
A unit of time - Deeper Than Midnight by Lara Adrian
An animal - Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
A verb - Hammered by Kevin Hearne
A celestial object - Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews
Something Red - Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
A tragedy - Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon
A sport - Free Fall by Catherine Mann
A noun - The Scam by Janet Evanovich
Something dark - Tall, Dark and Wolfish by Lydia Dare
A form of weather - My Sunshine by Catherine Anderson
A plant - Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
An element - Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop





















1989: Mackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard
1990: The Golden Chance by Jayne Ann Krentz
1991: Evan by Diana Palmer
1992: Mackenzie's Mission by Linda Howard
1993: Falling for Rachel by Nora Roberts
1994: The Alienist by Caleb Carr
1995: Red by Erica Spindler
1996: Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling
1997: Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling
1998: Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
1999: Traitor's Moon by Lynn Flewelling
2000: First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
2001: Hello, Darkness by Sandra Brown
2002: The English Assassin by Daniel Silva
2003: Slightly Tempted by Mary Balogh
2004: Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
2005: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
2006: Size 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
2007: Dead Shot by Annie Solomon
2008: Heat of the Night by Sylvia Day
2009: Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon
2010: Relentless by Kaylea Cross
2011: New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
2012: Try Me by Olivia Cunning
2013: Lick by Kylie Scott
2014: Play by Kylie Scott
2015: Attraction by Penny Reid
2016: The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich





























Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Astronomy
1st April 2016 - ?
Words found:

black hole, cluster, crater, day, dust, Earth, earthbound, Jupiter, lens, mass, Mercury, moon, new moon, observatory, phase, planet, probe, revolve, rings, satellite, sky, space, starlight, sun, transit, twinkling, vacuum, Venus

lunar, nova, opposition, orbit, radiation, rocket, star, universe

celestial, corona, density, flare, meteor, spectrum

asteroid, comet

conjunction, solar system

eccentricity, full moon, magnitude, radiant, x-rays

crescent moon, falling star, inclination, mare, occultation, quarter moon, solstice

eclipse, gravity, half moon, solar, waning, waxing, zenith

galaxy

helium, wavelength

light-year, terrestrial

singularity

wormhole

Mars

astronaut, dark matter

free fall

NASA

ice giant

terminator

Neptune

Alpha Centauri, meteorite, partial eclipse

telescope

supernova

interstellar, shooting star

docking

totality

constellation

weightlessness

Milky Way

hydrogen

astronomer

zodiac

inertia, ionosphere, sunspot

cosmos

north star

space station

gibbous moon

event horizon, perigee, telemetry

astronomy

flyby

nadir

Pluto, Saturn

scientific notation

parallax

black body

cosmology

dwarf star, equinox, nebula

aperture, big bang theory

Doppler effect

cosmic rays

deep space

apogee, background radiation, ecliptic, elliptical orbit, escape velocity, gamma ray, geostationary, Hubble telescope, hyperbolic orbit, meteoroid, neutron star

pulsar

gravitation

gas giant

outer planets

declination

umbra

local group

total eclipse

plane of the ecliptic

minor planet, penumbra

scintillation

local arm

precession

azimuth, celestial equator, vernal equinox

geosynchronous

perturbation

asterism, binary star, double star, exoplanet, heliocentric, Kuiper belt, quasar, solar wind, space exploration, Uranus

pole star

red giant star, white dwarf, yellow dwarf

dwarf planet, parsec, red dwarf, Van Allen belt

cosmonaut

inner planets

astronomical unit, planetoid, spectroscope

interstellar dust

extragalactic

axial tilt, globular cluster, visual magnitude

inferior planets

orbital inclination, translunar

syzygy

Card #1
Task #1: Read 13 books that are Book #1 of a series.
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Card #2
Task #1: Read 12 books that are Book #2 of a series
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Task #2: Read 12 books with the #2 in the publication year
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Card #3
Task #1: Read 11 books that are Book #3 of a series
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Task #2: Read 11 books by Favorite Author Nora Roberts
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Task #3: Read 11 books with the #1 in the publication year
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Card #4
Task #1: Read 10 books that are Book #4 of a series
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Task #2: Read 10 books from Favorite Genre Romantic Suspense
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Task #3: Read 10 books whose title starts with the same letter as your name - M
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Task #4: Read 10 books with the #0 in the publication year
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Card #5
Task #1: Read 9 books that are Book #5 of a series
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Task #2: Read 9 books that are from another Goodreads Group Bookshelf
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Task #3: Read 9 books by an author whose first or last name begins with the same letter as your name - M
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Task #4: Read 9 books that you own
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Task #5: Read 9 books with the #9 in the publication year
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Card #6
Task #1: Read 8 books that are Book #6 of a series
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Task #2: Read 8 books that have your favorite color on the cover - black
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Task #3: Read 8 books that were free
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Task #4: Read 8 books from Favorite Author Jayne Ann Krentz / Amanda Quick
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Task #5: Read 8 books recommended to you based on your GR shelves
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Task #6: Read 8 books with the #8 in the publication year
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Card #7
Task #1: Read 7 books that are Book #7 of a series
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Task #2: Read 7 books from a new sub-genre
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Task #3: Read 7 books that have been on your TBR more than a year
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Task #4: Read 7 books from a Goodreads friend’s shelf
1. One Dark Night by Jaid Black (Jane Stewart)
2. The Alienist by Caleb Carr (Aisling)
3. Her Vigilant SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary (Sally906)
4. Him by Sarina Bowen (Rachel C.)
5. In the Wreckage by Hailey Turner (Shile loves books)
6. About That Night by Julie James (various)
7.






Task #5: Read 7 books that will help you complete a challenge in another group
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Task #6: Read 7 books from an ereader (Kindle/Nook, etc). If no e-reader, free books or library books will work
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Task #7: Read 7 books with the #7 in the publication year
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Card #8
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Task #2: Read 6 short books (less than 125 pages)
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Task #3: Read 6 books with a main character’s first or last name that begins with the first letter of your first, middle, or last name - MIS
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Task #4: Read 6 books from Favorite Genre UF/PNR
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Task #5: Read 6 books with the #3 in the publication year
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Task #6: Read 6 books from the Bottom 50 on your TBR
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Task #7: Read 6 books from Favorite Listopia Best Romantic Suspense
1. Next to Die by Marliss Melton (192nd)
2. Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard (1st)
3. After the Night by Linda Howard (2nd)
4. Cry No More by Linda Howard (12th)
5. The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks (24th)
6.





Task #8: Read 6 books with the #6 in the publication year
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Card #9
Task #1: Read 5 books that are Book #9 of a series
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Task #2: Read 5 books from the top 50 on your TBR
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Task #3: Read 5 books with a 5 letter work in the title
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Task #4: Read 5 books a color in the title
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Task #5: Read 5 books with a 4+ rating
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Task #6: Read 5 books with humor
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Task #7: Read 5 books from Listopia List Best ADULT Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance
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Task #8: Read 5 books set in the US
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Task #9: Read 5 books with the #5 in the publication year
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Card #10
Task #1: Read 4 books that are Book #10 or above in a series
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Task #2: Read 4 books from Favorite Author Nalini Singh
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Task #3: Read 4 books from Favorite Genre Regency Romance
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Task #4: Read 4 Books from Scars are sexy
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Task #5: Read 4 books set outside the US
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Task #6: Read 4 books that are rated below 4
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Task #7: Read 4 books with a 4 letter word in the title
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Task #8: Read 4 soft cover books
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Task #9: Read 4 hard cover books
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Task #10: Read 4 books with the #4 in the publication year
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Jack: Read 3 books published in the same year you joined Goodreads - 2010
1. Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
2. Painted Ladies by Robert B. Parker
3. The California Roll by John Vorhaus



Queen: Read 2 books from a Group Moderator’s bookshelf
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King: Read 1 book published in 2014
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Ace: Read 14 books of your choice
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Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Big Bang Theory












































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Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Eras
1st June 2016 - 30th May 2018

aggression: (p.152) I breathed in the aggression they exhaled...
alliance: (p.224) Perhaps because she would bring a political alliance.
ally: (p.53) Friend of the Pack would make him an ally.
ambush: (p.108) It meant the difference between an ambush predator...
architecture: (p.83) Persian, Greek, and modern architecture collided...
artillery: (p.57) Otobreda seventy-six-millimeter super-rapid artillery gun...
B.C.: (p.123) ...had been taken to Babylon around 600 BC...
Babylon: (p.123) ...had been taken to Babylon around 600 BC...
citizen: (p.70) “Are you worried senior citizens will start diving off the cliffs...
civil: (p.51) “There is no reason we can’t all be civil.”
Civil War: (p.26) ...we’d come back to a civil war.
civilization: (p.1) ...crushing our technological civilization...
classic: (p.148) “She was a really powerful enchantress in the classic sense of the word.
conquer: (p.265) ...their armies were often gone to conquer...
continental: (p.178) “The continental breakfast better kick ass...
culture: (p.127) Our entire culture is based on the idea...
current: (p.153) ...streamed in a rust-colored current to the right...
declaration: (p.266) The raw declaration of strength cracked through the mountains
descendant: (p.231) ...a German messer next to its descendant...
dynasty: (p.19)...hell-bent on making himself a dynasty.
Egypt: (p.43) ...what’s now known as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, and eastern Egypt.
emperor: (p.144) The Roman emperors had assumed the purple cloak...
empire: (p.123) The Assyrian Empire lay in a region I knew well.
era: (p.139) Long before the Common Era...
Europe: (p.16) “Did I ever tell you about the time I went to Europe?”
founder: (p.169) Except again Jarek Kral the founder of the dynasty...
generation: (p.221) ... a long time, perhaps years, perhaps generations...
Greece: (p.119) But the whole of Greece united against Paris.
invasion: (p.70) Theseus led the invasion of Crete...
liberate: (p.256) ...a detachment of Pomeranian cavalry to liberate...
lord: (p.4) He was the Beast Lord and I was his Consort...
Mediterranean: (p.49) “We don’t even know if his ships go to the Mediterranean,”
Mesopotamia: (p.126) ...conquer in ancient Mesopotamia for about two thousand years.
monument: (p.38) ...a monument to my father’s growing power and ambition.
myth: (p.21) ...Greek myths were lifesaving required reading...
mythology: (p.108) And what mythology did you jump out of?
neutral: (p.19) ...they found some sort of neutral guy who invited Desandra...
peasants: (p.187) ...we’re all just peasants.
poverty: (p.290) The people down in town live in poverty.
racial: (p.299) ...like an echo of some racial memory buried deep inside me...
republic: (p.52) ...coast of the Republic of Georgia.”
revenge: (p.133) ...tortured herself and others in revenge.
rights: (p.32) They will want to either kill him for the bragging rights...
Rome: (p.144) ...would ride through Rome in triumph...
social: (p.84) It wasn’t a social meeting.
society: (p.43) ...some radical ideas about how a society should be structured...
spy: (p.36) They took the whole spy thing to the next level.
time: (p.1) ...half of the time the phones didn’t work...
veteran: (p.29) I’d seen that kind of stare from veteran pit fighters.
warrior: (p.82) “Djigit” meant a skilled rider or a fierce warrior.
wealth: (p.92) ...with a wealth of golden hair...
wonder: (p.60) I wonder how long it will take them to get us started.

allies: (p.32) ...if my people are captured by allies.
crusade: (p.63) "Didn't the Crusades take place hundreds of years before...
event: (p.23) ...but this was my first formal event.
majority: (p.218) ...the majority of our guests had to be vampires.
period: (p.17) ...because I'd had my period...
royalty: (p.257) Romans are used to royalty.
temple: (p.63) ...the Knighthood of the Temple of Solomon had secret rituals...
underground: (p.152) ...below me in Vlad's underground dungeon!"

class: (p.20) ...he had refined tastes and class.
conflict: (p.72) Serving as a tactful referee in a conflict...
conquest: (p.357) She made conquests, not friends.
exploration: (p.12) ...engage in some exploration...
federal: (p.219) Was that grounds for making it into federal case?
independence: (p.90) ...I'm maintaining my independence."
international: (p.5) ...marketing for an international luxury-hotel chain.
national: (p.199) Not a national crisis.
tax: (p.10) ...attending a seminary on taxes and financial planning.
trial: (p.59) "Something about your testifying at a trial.

constitution: (p.50) ...less sturdy in form and constitution.
delegate: (p.225) One could delegate estate responsibilities to managers...
democracy: (p.34) ...democracy and monarchy and theocracy...
heroine: (p.60) ...novels featuring heroines who acquired airs and graces...
monarch: (p.377) ...the presence of a deposed monarch...
monarchy: (p.34) ...democracy and monarchy and theocracy...
primitive: (p.41) ...following the impulses of primitive feeling.
reconstruction: (p.66) ...prepared the Ramsay estate for reconstruction.

ancestor: (p.357) ...but thanks to the ancestor...
civil rights: (p.98) ...not to mention civil rights...
discrimination: (p.257) ...I had been a total ass over my discrimination.
foe: (p.243) ...to see if it was friend or foe...
rebel: (p.97) ...black man driving a truck with a Rebel flag.

barbarian: (p.268) I was like a fucking barbarian.

exile: (p.6) Exile really had seemed almost worse...
India: (p.65) ...many of them in India...
Napoleon: (p.9) He had been in Vienna when Napoleon Bonaparte escaped...
parliament: (p.139) ...taking the seat in Parliament...

literature: (p.166) ...I didn't have the supernatural literature chops...
oppression: (p.14) Woo her with your tales of oppression...
racism: (p.97) Racism is alive and well in the twenty-first century,"

Caesar: (p.218) ...eating grilled chicken Caesar salad.
rebellion: (p.109) Part of the rock star bit was a rebellion against that...

The Union: (p.236) “Why didn’t the Union army take it?”

antiquity: (p.65) ...collecting some antiquity off the ocean floor...

republican: (p.169) ...the other from the Republican Party.

feud: (p.20) ...she heard “The Family Feud’s” closing music.
revolution: (p.319) ...creaking with each revolution.
treason: (p.115) To offer her opinion was tantamount to treason.

dictator: (p.217) ...deposed a dictator for fun.”
immigrant: (p.158) ...and the immigrant, ethnic mix...
nomad: (p.264) ...inhabited by nomads and bandits.
overthrow: (p.191) ...ask me to overthrow a country, too, while we’re at it.”

Middle East: (p.100) With the upset in the Middle East...
proclamation: (p.129) ...hearing his father's proclamation from the grave...
representation: (p.199) ...a lawyer was used only for legal representation...

amendment: (p.279) By the third amendment to the common law...

unity: (p.266) ...an image of family unity.

atom bomb: (p.81) ...detonated like an atom bomb...
forefathers: (p.217) Our Ancient forefathers were not of this world...
patriot: (p.143) Our country lost a true patriot...
Senate: (p.45) ...he decided to run for a seat in the Senate...
United Nations: (p.2) ...bombed Boston's United Nations building...

Congress: (p.247) ...run naked down Congress Street...

atom: (p.5) ...trying to siphon every last atom of light the universe had to offer...

migrant workers: (p.30) There was a small group of migrant workers...
minority: (p.137) A significant minority of the wolves...
pharaoh: (p.130) ...like a Nubian guarding the Pharaoh.

current events: (p.168) ...not a discussion of current events...
elect: (p.344) ...elect me as their next United States Senator.
Founding Fathers: (p.349) ...fireplace that the Founding Fathers had probably gathered...

Declaration of Independence: (p.349) ...in my impassioned declaration of independence...

serf: (p.317) ...from the lowest serfs to the highest nobleman...

abolish: (p.249) She was careful to abolish any hint of censure...
liberator: (p.27) "A big-time professional auto liberator...

emancipation: (p.197) Yesterday had marked her emancipation from Dutch.

Renaissance: (p.118) ...she was alarmed by the renaissance of her senses...
Underground Railroad: (p.83) ...as part of the Underground Railroad.

Persia: (p.345) ...have taken her bones out of Persia.

Far East: (p.98) It called to mind drawings from the Far East.

Middle Ages: (p.184) ...Arthurian writers of the Middle Ages...

House of Representatives: (p.180) ...her candidacy for the House of Representatives...

emigration: (p.279) ...Kim’s emigration to the United States...
guerrillas: (p.70) ...a group called Vietcong guerrillas...
transcontinental: (p.266) ...the long, long transcontinental flight...

city-state: (p.343) ...independent City-State of Dharavi.
nationalism: (p.239) Russian nationalism, rise of.

feudal: (p.200) Feudal, unremittingly antiquated,...

Alexander the Great: (p.199) ...tapestry of Alexander the Great...

Hiroshima: (p.283) ...the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

The Confederacy: (p.93) The Sisters of The Confederacy...

abolitionist: (p.250) ...was a heartfelt abolitionist...

taxation: (p.55) ...taxation and insurance certificates...

migrate: (p.365) ...before they migrate to your long-term memory.

AD: (p.323) ...in the second and third centuries AD.
apartheid: (p.214) ...caused by the Group Areas Act under apartheid...

segregation: (p.147) ...fully aware that the segregation of the sexes...

atomic war: (p.267) ...to be a refuge in case of an atomic war.

secession: (p.90) ...the secession of a certain number of the malcontents...

desegregation: (p.94) Even after desegregation, a lot of black people continued...

Furniture - Lead by Kylie Scott
A form of art - This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
A Mythical Creature - Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones
An Animal - Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
A product of fire - Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost
A mode of transportation - Exposure by Susan Andersen
Something you'd see in an urban area - Manhattan Is My Beat by Jeffery Deaver
Something you'd see in a rural area - Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
A tattoo - Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
A weapon - Biting Cold by Chloe Neill
Jewelry - Slightly Tempted by Mary Balogh
Plant/Tree - Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee
A hat - One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton
Celestial Object - Fair Game by Patricia Briggs
Mountain(s) - Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
Mirror/Glass - Chill Factor by Sandra Brown
Water - Taken by Barbara Freethy
A source of light - Tribute by Nora Roberts
A woman - Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
A man - Against the Ropes by Sarah Castille





















Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Flowers
1st July 2016 - ?

azalea: (p.253) ...with young azaleas and rhododendrons...
baby's breath: (p.394) ...with a bouquet of pink roses and baby’s breath.
bouquet: (p.301) ...Tupperware container and a bouquet of flowers.
daffodil: (p.8) ...and stubborn daffodils shoved up through the thorny armor...
daisy: (p.201) White daisies sprang up out of a cobalt vase...
dianthus: (p.410) ...the dianthus in a big blue pot on the veranda.
dogwood: (p.318) ...a little dogwood tree.
flower: (p.10) The flowers were lovely.
goldenrod: (p.403) ...wild with thistle and goldenrod,...
hydrangea: (p.190) Roses, hydrangeas, spirea and old-fashioned weigela...
jasmine: (p.74) ...memory of the night-blooming jasmine...
lily: (p.3) ...lily pads in the pond at the Little Farm.
magnolia: (p.8) But the wonderful old magnolia rose...
mimosa: (p.349) I brought you two mimosas.
mistletoe: (p.436) ...he held mistletoe over his head.
rhododendron: (p.253) ...with young azaleas and rhododendrons...
rose: (p.8) But the wonderful old magnolia rose...
stock: (p.181) ...any champagne in stock?
sunflower: (p.301) ...like a bunch of sunflowers.
sweet pea: (p.414) The scents of roses, sweet peas, jasmine...
thistle: (p.403) ...wild with thistle and goldenrod...
violet: (p.93) Or the script for With Violets...
wisteria: (p.8) ...what she thought might be wisteria...

orchid: (p.10) “You turned down my black market orchids,”

iris: (p.246) ...the normally coffee-colored irises were completely black.
lavender: (p.38) Ty smelled like… lavender and vanilla.

honeysuckle: (p.164) ...she'd leaned against some wild honeysuckle...
wildflowers: (p.128) ...holding a handful of wildflowers Justin had given her...

florist: (p.201) “What was the name of the florist...
gardenia: (p.126) ...the faint scent of gardenias hovered in the air.
petal: (p.123) At the time she’d loved the delicate soft petals.

cosmo: (p.115) Goodbye Cosmo, hello Vogue.
oleander: (p.15) ...sprinkled with azalea and oleander bushes...
wallflower: (p.290) ...she preferred to be Becky Lynn the wallflower.
zinnia: (p.226) ...the fuchsia azaleas, fiery red zinnias...

lilac: (p.308) I unpack the boxes in my as-yet unrenovated lilac sanctuary...
peony: (p.245) ...frame smothered in thousands of blue peonies...

bougainvillea: (p.87) ...arched colonnade draped in blooming bougainvillea...

bluebells: (p.45) ...bluebells winding through the trees.
heather: (p.84) On the other side of this pile of rocks and heather...

poppy: (p.122) “The king will need some poppy wine...

narcissus: (p.67) “I call it Narcissus by Night.”

mayflower: (p.111) ...they came over on the Mayflower.
Venus flytrap: (p.29) ...into the open leaves of the Venus flytrap.

poinsettia: (p.69) ...bursting with the red and white poinsettias...

marigold: (p.64) Oh, and that Mistress Marigold keeps emailing.

dahlia: (p.123) You bought me dahlias?"
dandelion: (p.59) ...like I weighed no more than a dandelion.

buttercup: (p.96) ...hovering over a clump of buttercups.
hollyhock: (p.292) ...Lucy sitting in the hollyhocks...
pansy: (p.99) "Don't be a pansy."

myrtle: (p.89) ...this was hardly spring break on Myrtle Beach.

clover: (p.94) ...and under it grass, clover, buttercups twined together.
laurel: (p.97) ...the one wearing the laurel?
morning glory: (p.43) ...greedy morning glory smothering hedges...
orange blossom: (p.34) She smelled of orange blossoms...
passionflower: (p.24) ...and offered her a passionflower, richly purple.

aster: (p.281) She cut asters and mums from Bev's garden.
columbine: (p.24) ...garden with its nodding foxglove and bushy columbine...
foxglove: (p.24) ...garden with its nodding foxglove and bushy columbine...
hibiscus: (p.295) ...a basket of flowering hibiscus...
Indian blanket: (p.355) He tossed an Indian blanket in gray and red stripes...
snapdragon: (p.299) ...he dug up the snapdragons.
tulip: (p.223) There were fresh flowers in the blue vase. Tulips.

anemone: (p.267) See the row of anemones blooming...

mountain laurel: (p.17) ...start down the winding Mountain Laurel Road.

wolfsbane: (p.69) "The body didn't smell of wolfsbane."

butterfly bush: (p.155) Not the butterfly bush, not the granite rock...
veronica: (p.54) Then he called out, “McKenzie Veronica Sani...

bitterroot: (p.3) ...the crosshairs of wind above the Bitterroots...

calla lily: (p.10) ...with the real calla lilies in the Steuben vase.

chicory: (p.158) The smell of chicory and baking bread...
crocus: (p.225) ...the patches of spring crocuses growing...

cornflower: (p.54) ...cornflower - blue eyes of a painted figurine.

jonquil: ...decided to wear a jonquil-yellow...

carnation: (p.288) They embraced over a carnation bouquet...
chrysanthemum: (p.57) ...several pumpkins to complement the chrysanthemums...

begonia: (p.29) ...my chest like a begonia in spring.

apple blossom: (p.340) ...the apple blossom in the tall vases...

floret: (p.358) “Mason, do you remember how to floret a cauliflower?”
mock orange: (p.254) “You gotta have a mock orange.
trillium: (p.176) Snow-white trillium like fairy brides...

larkspur: (p.258) ...hollyhock, larkspur, sweet williams...
mallow: (p.19) ...with a rose mallow...

primrose: (p.263) ...the pink and the primrose yellow.

camellia: (p.26) ...filled with hyacinths and camellias...

hawthorn: (p.301) ...brighter than hawthorn leaves.

freesia: (p.319) ...I saw a bouquet of freesias sitting on the floor...
lily-of-the-valley: (p.200) ...mixed with some florals: lily-of-the-valley...

Queen Anne's lace: (p.70) ...along with Queen Anne’s lace.

black-eyed Susan: (p.159) ...with my favourite black-eyed Susans.

delphinium: (p.182) ...and her eyes were delphinium blue.

forget-me-not: (p.229) ...'you ought to say you are a forget-me-not.

tiger lily: (p.244) ...Stargazers and Tiger lillies swayed in a crystal vase...

Johnny-jump-up: (p.61) ...with Johnny-jump-ups running throughout.”
phlox: (p.61) ...followed by pinks, foxgloves, and phlox...

bluebonnet: (p.94) ...the ocean of blooming bluebonnets to pose...

bachelor’s button: (p.217) ...with wicker centerpieces filled with bachelor’s buttons...

plumeria: (p.162) The perfume of plumeria and their own scents...

vetch: (p.182) ...essentially weeds—Bishop’s Weed, vetch and water mint...

gillyflower: (p.353) ...intoxicated with the smell of roses and gillyflowers...

candytuft: (p.349) He says it's a flowering plant, candytuft...

peach blossom: (p.127) ...enveloped in a hug that smelled of peach blossoms.

nasturtium: (p.38) ...she’d pointed to the nasturtiums that grew beside the seat...

calendula: (p.297) Here were many oils: calendula, borage seed, primrose...

lady's slipper: (p.50) Asher glanced down. "Lady's slipper."

jessamine: (p.149) “Ellie Jessamine Mullins, if you ever even attempt to pull that trick...

kangaroo paw: (p.259) It was a pleasure to be able to say: ‘Ah, so that’s kangaroo paw.

gerbera daisy: (p.209) Now I smell like a freaking Gerbera daisy.

edelweiss: (p.177) ...her Austrian beer in its Edelweiss logo glass...

gladiolus: (p.79) ...big gladiolus and white lilies and long fronds of green fern...
lantana: (p.8) ...streaked with slime, peered out of overgrown lantana like ghosts.

sepal: (p.312) ...the delicate green sepals opening outward...

ranunculus: (p.17) ...ranunculus, and Wave petunias spilling liberally...

safflower: (p.60) I poured some safflower oil into my big frying pan, and let it heat.

bellflower: ...and clusters of butter-hued bellflowers, the symbol of farewell.

pussy willow: (p.6) There were pussy willow bushes near the school I went to...

pasque flower: (p.445) ...buried her on her old dower lands in a field of pasque flowers.

sego lily: (p.88) The ephemeral bloom of a sego lily...

canna: (p.12) I am Canna, the son of Canna...

corpse flower: (p.263) ...Amorphophallus titanum, the so-called corpse flower...

California poppy: (p.6) ...large Granville Redmond painting of California poppies...

Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Go Green
13 September 2016 - ?

Apples: (p.189) We also had some apples.
Bird: (p.1) ...like wings of a huge flock of birds...
Bottle: (p.79) ...she’d met a bottle of red hair dye...
Boxes: (p.82) ... and some gift boxes.
Bugs: (p.232) Warm summers here, lots of bugs.”
Candy: (p.33) ...working a piece of candy out of his jeans pocket.
Clothes: (p.47) ...I was wrapped in swaddling clothes.
Cups: (p.142) ...get my boobs in the cups...
Dark: (p.1) ...Tolliver has hair as dark as mine...
Dress: (p.14) There was no way to dress that up...
Dye: (p.79) ...she’d met a bottle of red hair dye...
Eyes: (p.1) ...is eyes are darker than my murky gray ones...
Floor: (p.86) Inside an old barn. Dirt floor.
Forest: (p.255) There was a steep slope down to the forest...
Glasses: (p.47) ...gleaming wire-rimmed glasses.
Grass: (p.236) There was a snake in the grass...
Green: (p.13) Like the Green River Killer...
Green beans: (p.64) ...and opened a can of green beans.
Hose: (p.93) She was wearing heavy support hose and loafers.
Leaf: (p.29) ...with all the leaves fallen...
Light: (p.44) “Tomorrow morning, when the light is good...
Mint: (p.197) Art Barfield had made a mint off us lately...
Mold: (p.182) “She’s definitely out of a different mold,”
Money: (p.3) ...it was very nearly a waste of money.
Nature: (p.67) ...the flawed side of human nature...
Notice: (p.161) I’d been too exhausted to notice it...
Observe: (p.52) We need to observe that head of yours.
Onion: (p.111) Cheese and sour cream, a little onion.
Ornament: (p.117) ...with big Italian glass ornaments...
Paint: (p.91) ...the paint was only clinging to the boards...
Pencils: (p.8) ...getting a pencil out of his bag...
Plates: (p.84) ...heating pad, a magazine, paper party plates...
Shoes: (p.27) ...too cold to pull my shoes off...
Snake: (p.236) There was a snake in the grass...
Spring: (p.2) ...it’s beautiful in the late spring...
Tennis ball: (p.153) ...which had sliced-open tennis balls fixed...
Trees: (p.27) ...behind a tangle of vines and young trees.
Varieties: (p.120) We’re variety.”
Vegetables: (p.3) “You must want some vegetables.”
Visible: (p.27) ...white frame house barely visible...
Wall: (p.2) ...any bodies in the walls or flooring.
Watch: (p.31) ...I didn’t want anyone else to watch...
Water: (p.12) “Are there bodies of water in the county?”
Woods: (p.12) ...met with some accident in the woods.”

Avocado: (p.97) ...the ancient avocado refrigerator...
Creme de menthe: (p.102) ...root beer schnapps and crème de menthe.
Emerald: (p.101) His eyes glittered like hard emeralds.
Insects: (p.230) ...the birds sang and insects hummed...
Jealousy: (p.44) “Jealousy,” Sam said.
Lime: (p.84) ...an abused wedge of lime in the bottom...
Olive : (p.84) ...a jar of olives littered the white countertop...
Plants : (p.38) ...the plants, dead leaves and pine needles...
Rainbow: (p.129) ...shot rainbows all over the fucking place.
Sea: (p.181) ...colorful fish, sea horses and starfish painted...
Shade: (p.15) ...eyes well hidden behind dark shades,
Shorts: (p.18) In khaki shorts and an orange and teal Dolphins T-shirt...
Sneakers: (p.11) ...a white tank top and sneakers...
Tile: (p.47) ...the pristine, ceramic tile floor...

Alligator: (p.20) ...an alligator and a crocodile, one saying, “See you later,”...
Markers: (p.107) “What mile marker are we near?”
Pepper: (p.146) ...we’ll get some Cheetos and Dr Pepper...
Turtle: (p.219) ...Zane darted into The Greene Turtle...
Yarn: (p.105) ...the jumbled ball of yarn inside his brain...

Kelly: (p.355) ...like Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly...
Sage: (p.17) She’d mixed rosemary and sage...
Stockings: (p.63) ...short skirt, high heels, black mesh stockings.
Turf: (p.150) ...the clubhouse and turf club sections...
Zucchini: (p.284) ...California rolls to fried zucchini...

Chrysalis: (p.145) ...got her wrapped up in a chrysalis...
Frog: (p.227) ...that Frog bitch know-it-all stop stealin' my business."
Grocer: (p.178) ...I'll pass his picture out to restaurants, delis, grocer...
Spectrum: (p.265) ...from one end of the spectrum...

Cabbage: (p.99) ...pet rabbit nibbing at a cabbage plant.
Envy: (p.103) ...his adolescent envy of his popular classmate.
Fatigues: (p.26) His entire body trembled with fatigue.
Pickles: (p.309) "Sweet pickles or dill?"
Watermelon: (p.81) "You've seen overripe watermelons...

Celery: (p.53) ...wall had been painted a soft celery green...
Frosting: (p.25) ...the icy frosting on the grass and pond...
Moss: (p.204) ...padded barefoot moss the floor toward him...
Parrots: (p.53) ...vividly colored china parrots...
Peter Pan: (p.280) ...blue dress with a white lace Peter Pan collar.
Seeds: (p.242) ...the seeds of a blond dandelion.

Algae: (p.108) ...garlands of frozen algae and icicles.
Broccoli: (p.106) ...I'd made broccoli for dinner.
Lizards: (p.116) ...scrambling over it like pallid lizards...
Slime: (p.17) ...a metal beam covered in pink slime...
Turquoise: (p.96) ...bright, electric turquoise...

Cactus : (p.54) ...covered with prickly pear cactus...
Pea: (p.206) "Np, sweet pea," Ty said.
Pears: (p.54) ...covered with prickly pear cactus...
Solar Panels: (p.65) ...broken only by solar panels on the roof...

Crafts: (p.95) ...I'm starting to think about crafts.
Gem: (p.315) To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame...
Grapes: (p.148) "What plumps the grapes on the vine.
Hue: (p.333) ...took on a faint, sickly green hue.
Ireland: (p.109) You ever been there? Ireland?
Leprechaun: (p.125) ...he looked less like a hillbilly leprechaun.
Spinach: (p.224) ...ham, cheese, tomatoes, some spinach.

Beret: (p.252) The man was wearing a black beret...
Lettuce: (p.67) ...tender tufts of baby lettuce...
Scarves: (p.39) ...lime green scarves around their shoulders...

Chartreuse: (p.248) ...embroidered with tiny chartreuse dragonflies.
Ferns: (p.145) Nearly lost amid the ferns...
Ivy: (p.7) Thick ivy rustled against her ear...
Jade: (p.247) There were eyes of the palest green jade...

Artichoke: (p.8) ...access to the hot artichoke dip.
Caterpillar: (p.277) ...like a caterpillar casting aside its cocoon.
Christmas lights: (p.216) The row of Christmas lights and neon wreaths...
Cleats: (p.99) ...nerd-germs creeping through her cleats...
Cucumber: (p.143) ...pulled the cucumber slices off her eyes.
Kiwis: (p.279) I was slicing kiwis and strawberries when Maxi returned.
Seaweed: (p.145) Between the seaweed and the salt and the New Age music...
Tadpole: (p.173) ...a pencil eraser, a tadpole?
Tissue paper: (p.30) ...rectangle wrapped in purple tissue paper.

Rotten food: (p.23) ...a faint chaser of rotten food...

Reeds: (p.53) "That's a slender reed to grasp, my dear," he said.

Verdant: (p.166) ...only dreams full of the verdant music.

Cypress: ...parked beneath the cypress trees...

Pistachio: (p.60) Everything but pistachios.

Asparagus: (p.217) ...fresh asparagus and a stack of soft pita bread.

St. Patrick Day: (p.207) ...pub was wildly popular on St. Patrick’s Day...

Peridot: (p.291) Emerald or peridot.

Praying mantis: (p.335) ...how the male praying mantis felt...

Jelly beans: (p.78) “Jelly beans are my favorite.”

Fungus: (p.221) ...slimy fungus-ridden dog turd...

Nile: (p.142) ...from Casablanca to the Nile.

Brussels Sprouts: (p.210) “That’ll go great with the Brussels sprouts...

Geckos: (p.362) ...like a gecko eating a spider...
Grasshopper: (p.120) A grasshopper collided with Quentin's pants...
Sea foam: (p.387) ...snuffing sea foam from its nostrils.

Evergreen trees: (p.65) ...snow-heavy evergreen trees.

Iceberg lettuce: (p.149) ...resting on shredded iceberg lettuce.

Shamrock : (p.5) ...across the spotless shamrock green kitchen tile.

Wind Power: (p.107) ...Coyote’s plan for solar and wind power...

Iguana: (p.38) Nobody around but the iguanas.

Quetzal: (p.256) ...except the feathers were from chickens rather than quetzal birds.

Irish beer: (p.85) He’s going to tell us about the Irish beers...
Irish flag: (p.143) I think I may just turn in the Irish flag and become Italian, Sal.

Green monster: (p.258) Then the green monster had dug into his gut...

Unripe bananas: (p.290) ...which sold mangoes and huge bunches of unripe bananas...

Loden: (p.55) ...part of Jasmine Talbot’s two businesses on Loden Street.

Pea pod: (p.264) Slender and shallow as a pea pod...

Duration: November 1, 2016 - January 31, 2017
List of Tags:
1. sci-fi - Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
2. default - Deep by Kylie Scott
3. own-to-read - Skinner by Charlie Huston
4. english - Paradise by Judith McNaught
5. novels - The Obsession by Nora Roberts
6. read-in-2012 - Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
7. my-library - Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey
8. thriller - Betrayals by Carla Neggers
9. historical-fiction - Never Romance a Rake by Liz Carlyle
10. books-to-buy - One Sweet Ride by Jaci Burton











Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Judge & Jury
31 October 2016 - ?
Words: 121

Anonymous: (p.20) ...I could be anonymous and invisible.
answer: (p.28) "A father" was the preferred answer.
bail: (p.230) ...bail me out after my inevitable arrest.
binder: (p.172) ...dusty, falling-apart, oversize binders...
brief: (p.48) ...a brief constitutional before I went to sleep.
closing: (p.219) my throat closing around that word.
common law: (p.55) ...my common-law husband.
complaint: (p.22) ...I'd never had any complaints...
consideration: (p.17) ...the thousands tiny acts of consideration...
contract: (p.212) ...a copy of the union contract...
conviction: (p.193) ...with more conviction than I felt.
court: (p.36) ...the homecoming court...
decision: (p.79) ...you'd made the wrong decision...
deed: (p.274) You're doing a good deed!
default: (p.209) ...somewhat by default...
discovery: (p.122) ...the men's room lest he risk discovery.
Eligible: (p.166) ...you want be eligible...
estate: (p.140) "I buy real estate."
evidence: (p.10) ...the physical evidence that we were really, truly over.
excuses: (p.25) ...come up with seventeen different excuses...
Exhibit: (p.302) ...she was the rarest exhibit in the zoo.
file: (p.217) "I'll file this away"
fixtures: (p.330) ...all dark wood and circa 1970 fixtures...
Instruction: (p.167) ...I was under strict instructions...
issue: (p.3) “Moxie. The new issue.
judge: (p.27) ...infidelities in front of a judge...
minor: (p.80) That minor detail was, of course, notably absent...
motion: (p.265) ...all in one motion that I would like to think...
opinion: (p.36) Desserts, in my opinion, were an entirely separate category...
parole: (p.9) “On parole?” I joked.
partition: (p.4) ...cast a puzzled look across the partition...
party: (p.7) I had met Bruce Guberman at a party...
patent: (p.279) ...Nifkin was sporting a patent-leather red collar...
procedure: (p.72) “There’s a procedure to this,” she said.
record: (p.98) ...and jazz records at Old Vinyl.
retainer: (p.294) ...keep a plastic surgeon on retainer.
reverse: (p.28) ...he parade would begin again, only in reverse...
sentence: (p.81) I gave the two-sentence synopsis...
standing: (p.21) ...feel him standing over me silently...
testimony: (p.20) ...cellulite crinkle would serve as testimony...
title: (p.24) ...was the column’s title.
trust: (p.91) ...I couldn’t trust my voice.
Zone: (p.125) ...rigorous diet, Pilates, and the Zone...

acquittal: (p.168) ...or Zee’s acquittal and safety.
appeal: (p.122) He had the same subtle appeal of a really good politician.
Deliberations: (p.82) My deliberations in the kitchen led me to the couch...
immunity: (p.11) ...should provide some immunity.
jurisdiction: (p.161) The Gray Lords don’t have jurisdiction over me.
liability: (p.107) The liability is too great if something happened.
panel: (p.20) ...polished oak panels lined the walls...
prosecute: (p.248) ...they’re going to prosecute Mercy for murder.
prosecutor: (p.248) ...a prosecutor could argue that her judgement was impaired...
toll: (p.209) ...but it took a toll.
trademark: (p.42) ...the tight harmony that was their trademark.
warrant: (p.44) ...I was signing O’Donnell’s death warrant...

counsel: (p.6) No one bothered to counsel him against walking...
creditor: (p.222) ...her creditors swooped down to pick over...
Felon: (p.417) He attacks like some felon.
judgment: (p.23) We must trust Xanthia’s judgment.
Pending: (p.262) ...your grandfather’s estate remains in trust pending...
settlement: (p.51) ...less Valigny’s cut of the settlement...
summons: (p.11) ...yet could not summon enough disdain...
trustee: (p.360) Gareth shall be your trustee.
venue: (p.201) ...premier auction venue for bloodstock...
witness: (p.317) And I’ll have no shortage of witnesses
Youth: (p.71) ...sweet-faced woman well past her youth...

defamation: (p.205) “You want me to sue for defamation?
mediation: (p.220) ...in the event of mediation failing.

damages: (p.151) ...I expect to receive in damages.
grounds for divorce: (p.219) I’ve given you no grounds for divorce.
heirs: (p.107) ...another impending heir to the Mackenzie throne.
quash: (p.77) “The fire brigade managed to quash the blaze...
uphold: (p.234) ...I expect you to uphold it.

admonition: (p.51) ...Savil added a last admonition.
bond: (p.87) ...even without the bond to her.
Impartial: (p.64) You have to be impartial.
negligence: (p.124) ...due to my negligence as anything he did.
precedent: (p.124) There's no precedent.
writ: (p.31) ...an' that one's Holy Writ!"

affidavit: They also wanted me to sign some affidavits...
bankruptcy: ...that was teetering on bankruptcy.
Challenges: ...new challenges all the time.
circumstantial evidence: ...you convicted me on circumstantial evidence.
collateral: ...as well as to put up additional collateral...
conflict of interest: They accused me of having a conflict of interest...
cross examination: ...subjected him to a lengthy cross examination...
deposition: "I was on my way to deposition...
docket: ...a fifty-year back-up on the dockets.
easement: ...hotel is encroaching on my easement...
good faith: ...both parties acted in good faith...
grand jury: ...appeared before a Florida grand jury...
gross negligence: ...accusing her for everything from gross negligence...
injunction: ...who slapped an injunction into his hand...
lawsuit: ...to protect itself from some future lawsuit...
misdemeanor: ...and told her misdemeanors...
partnership: he'd formed a limited partnership...
petition: ...served with the petition for divorce...
Postponement: ...ask for a postponement of any ruling.
punitive damages: ...grant him punitive damages...
summation: ...Farrell's psychological summation...
Unanimous: ...to have the unanimous approval...
verdict: ...acceptance of his verdict about Houston...
worker's compensation: things like workers compensation problem...
Zoning Commission: ...on the Southville zoning commission?

slander: (p.126) He had purposely thrown the slander against Lisa...
transcript: (p.243) ...a copy of our chat transcripts...

Ascertained: (p.348) ...before they've ascertained...
booking: (p.208) ...through his booking agent.
codicil: (p.4) Invisible codicils.

Admonishment: (p.26) ...to eye him with admonishment.
statute: (p.33) ...there’s no statute of limitations...
statute of limitations: (p.33) ...there’s no statute of limitations...

chambers: (p.87) “I ate the cheeses and nuts in my chambers,”

quid pro quo: (p.218) ...the humans’ blood in a kind of quid pro quo.

custodian: (p.61) ...a custodian mopped blood off the mat.
probation: (p.159) It’s the terms of my probation.”

clerk of court: (p.18) ...the Paces clerk of court.

community property: (p.94) ...all the community property we've got.

affirmed: (p.286) ...insanely in love with you,” she affirmed.
Controversy: (p.178) But if Ms. Belotti wanted a little controversy...
indictment: (p.53) ...T.J.’s – Ms. D’s – rather scathing indictment.

Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Karma
2 December 2016 - 15th April 2018

Admiration: (p.74) Admiration glinted in her eyes.
Adorable: (p.37) Izak was . . . well, he was adorable.
Affectionate: (p.27) ...but she’d also been an affectionate, loving mother.
Afraid: (p.16) “I’m afraid we will have to wait...
Aggravate: (p.35) ...something designed to aggravate her...
Aggressive: (p.148) ...you cannot put two such aggressive powers...
Alive: (p.7) “Yes. It keeps me alive.”
Angry: (p.57) So furiously angry and yet hurt.
Annoyed: (p.198) ...how much Tasha annoyed her...
Anxiety: (p.54) ...side dish of anxiety with my dessert.
Arrogance: (p.75) ...more than a touch of arrogance.
Attention: (p.19) Because Michaela loved attention...
Awake: (p.19) ...who should’ve never been awake...
Awareness: (p.6) Her blood hummed in awareness.
Awe: (p.38) ...Vivek in awe of anyone...
Awful: (p.21) ...but not awful, either.
Bitter: (p.264) ...was Tasha’s bitter response...
Blue: (p.2) ...the pale blue fabric was of a coat...
Blunt: (p.103) ...a blunt fringe of black hair against skin...
Bonds: (p.51) ...that destroyed all the bonds that tied...
Bored: (p.9) “And the prize for most bored goes to . . .”
Breathing: (p.14) Jeffrey might be walking and breathing...
Brilliant: (p.11) ...he’s brilliant for his age.”
Calm: (p.49) Relations seemed calm between the two...
Cautious: (p.218) She’d be cautious...
Cheerful: (p.21) ...a cheerful pot of daisies...
Church: (p.1) ...he always offered to close up the church...
Clarity: (p.107) ...the hard clarity of diamonds...
Clever: (p.113) ...it just meant he was clever...
Comfort: (p.68) ...given her comfort.
Content: (p.185) ...Deacon was content to live a mortal life.
Contrary: (p.281) “On the contrary.”
Control: (p.13) ...the vampires under control,
Cool: (p.67) ...she luxuriated in the cool air that ran over her wings...
Courtesy: (p.83) ...the separation is likely a simple courtesy.
Covetous: (p.242) “He looks at you with covetous eyes...
Cross: (p240) This may cross a fine line.”
Curious: (p.73) ...curious and respectful and aware...
Delight: (p.17) Delight kicked her bloodstream.
Delighted: (p.118) “She would be delighted to do so,”
Delusion: (p18) ...delusions of power he simply did not possess.
Despair: (p.58) The bleak despair that gripped him...
Development: (p.7) ...for his age and development.
Devoted: (p.18) ...the general was so utterly devoted...
Devotion: (p.373) He said it was a sign of his devotion.”
Discussion: (p.54) “Have you two finished your discussion?”
Distaste: (p.305) ...maybe even distaste by the immortal world.
Dream: (p.82) ...like trying to find a dream.
Embrace: (p.107) Drawing back from the embrace...
Emotion: (p.15) If anyone understood the complex emotions...
Engagement: (p.134) ...I’ve got a prior engagement.”
Enraged: (p.372) And when I became with child, he was enraged...
Envy: (p.77) “Raphael, I envy you.”
Evil: (p.40) ...I’m feeling extra evil.”
Excited: (p.25) ...excited to know something...
Exercise: (p.108) ...bonding exercise when Caliane...
Exhilaration: (p.33) ...her heart thumping with the exhilaration...
Expectation: (p.310) ...there was an expectation that she was apt...
Experience: (p.159) ...wanted to experience life in vibrant color...
Exuberance: (p.203) ...that with youthful exuberance.
Family: (p.7) ...the Seven were family.
Fear: (p.3) ...free of the shadow of fear.
Fearful: (p.216) ...spoke of a fearful rush of blood...
Fearless: (p.54) ...as courageous and as fearless as ever.
Feelings: (p.240) If the other woman did still have feelings...
Fierce: (p.50) ...Elena’s fierce honesty and wildfire spirit...
Focus: (p.32) ...Dmitri watching with dark-eyed focus...
Freedom: (p.39) He will need to explore in freedom...
Friends: (p.1) ...loved pretty clothes, coffee dates with friends...
Frustrated: (p.131) ...though I’m frustrated, too?
Furious: (p.49) ...Favashi was furious at what she saw...
Fury: (p.53) ...her eyes holding not fury...
Generous: (p.14) ...a wildly generous heart under the temper.
Gentle: (p.20) With those gentle words...
Giving: (p.24) ...only giving it to me when I was eighteen...
Grateful: (p.85) “I’m sure Elijah will be most grateful.
Grief: (p.15) ...broken shards of grief and guilt...
Habit: (p.1) ...her habit brushed the wooden floor...
Happy: (p.14) ...because it made her happy.
Harmony: (p.67) ...the two of them in perfect harmony...
Harsh: (p.17) ...you must brave a harsh trek...
Hatred: (p.213) ...beneath the fear burned a cold hatred.
Haughty: (p.89) ...was the outwardly haughty response...
Honored: (p.91) We honored his wishes at first...
Hope: (p.20) “If there is a child, I hope...
Horror: (p.3) ...that way lies only horror and death.
Humor: (p.14) ...this mischievous sense of humor...
Illusion: (p.80) “A well-executed illusion,”
Impartial: (p.11) ...to be impartial with it.”
Impatient: (p.368) He’d been impatient, cocky.
Innocent: (p.21) ...ever had to bury a tiny innocent...
Insightful: (p.203) It was an unexpected and insightful comment.
Isolated: (p.15) ...though only in isolated patches.
Jealous: (p.51) Another man might have been jealous...
Joy: (p.24) ...you and your sisters make my life a joy.”
Judgment: (p.12) ...Luminata must make a judgment call.
Kind: (p.3) ...but you were so kind to me...
Laughing: (p.7) ...he was laughing again...
Lazy: (p.95) A lazy, sated smile.
Listen: (p.38) I think he’d listen to Jason...
Lonely: (p.177) ...no hint that he found his choice lonely.
Lost: (p.5) If she lost him...
Love: (p.2) ...who knew only love.
Loyalty: (p.11) ...he had Illium’s unflinching loyalty.
Lucky: (p.155) Her work is beloved by those lucky...
Mad: (p.120) ...gone mad from the toxin...
Malice: (p.121) ...murmured with a touch of malice in her tone...
Mean: (p.20) Though that doesn’t mean anything...
Melancholy: (p.257) ...the words spoken melancholy.
Mental: (p.19) Grinning at the mental comment...
Misunderstanding: (p.379) ...there could be no misunderstanding.
Movement: (p.78) ...to permit her free movement.
Music: (p.51) She was music in his head...
Natural: (p.31) ...his natural scent as darkly seductive as chocolate...
Nature: (p.27) ...just the unique nature of my grandmother’s looks.
Naughty: (p.25) We will be naughty...
Observation: (p.126) ...Raphael told her of Aodhan’s observations...
Opinion: (p.106) His scowl made his opinion...
Overjoyed: (p.368) ...I was overjoyed that I would never have to worry...
Overwhelmed: (p.330) ...get it out before it overwhelmed her.
Pain: (p.31) ...she thought him a pain in the ass...
Patient: (p.282) ...Laric was hovering protectively beside his patient...
Perspective: (p.82) ...to have no end from this perspective.
Pity: (p.8) “A pity about the wings then.”
Powerful: (p.9) ...there’s no one more powerful...
Practice: (p.30) ...to stay in practice...
Pragmatic: (p.137) On a more pragmatic note...
Prayer: (p.2) Constance whispered a prayer...
Preparation: (p.6) ...in preparation for further Cascade madness.
Pride: (p.161) “You say that with pride...
Protective: (p.129) Gripping his protective instincts in a fierce hold...
Quest: (p.10) “Have they had any success in their quest?”
Questioning: (p.62) ...questioning his ability to look after himself.”
Quiet: (p.19) ...her eyes lit with quiet humor.
Rage: (p.60) ...a sound of raw rage erupting from his throat.
Reading: (p.44) ...he was reading on a handheld screen...
Relax: (p.210) ...that seemed to make the teenager relax.
Religion: (p.84) It might not be a religion...
Reputation: (p.20) ...Michaela did have a reputation...
Routine: (p.98) ...beyond my usual routine.
Rude: (p.113) ...I’ve been rude and watched you...
Security: (p.30) ...dealing with the overall security situation.
Serenity: (p.71) ...on the principles of perfect serenity...
Sharing: (p.103) ...his consort sharing a private joke.
Solution: (p.148) “Your solution is simple, Favashi,”
Sorrow: (p.56) ...she caught the sorrow in Illium’s eyes.
Success: (p.10) “Have they had any success in their quest?”
Support: (p.81) ...might provide guidance or support.
Talent: (p.119) ...you have a talent for understatement.
Teaching: (p.72) He’s teaching me to do a downward spiral...
Time: (p.1) ...that offered little time for the life...
Tranquility: (p.159) A tranquility to him that, all at once...
Trust: (p.2) ...with the sweet trust of a being...
Understood: (p.12) Elena now understood why Raphael had never met...
Unhappy: (p.19) ...it’s going to be an unhappy reunion...
Unique: (p.27) ...the unique nature of my grandmother’s looks.
Vibrant: (p.159) ...to experience life in vibrant color...
Violent: (p.8) ...imbued with a power so violently deep...
Vocal: (p.125) ...Aodhan stayed with vocal speech.
Volunteer: (p.204) ...a guard complement fed by volunteers...
Vow: (p.15) ...something else before I forget my vow.”
Warmth: (p.14) ...sitting close to her sister’s warmth...
Wicked: (p.95) ...she smiled a wicked smile...
Wisdom: (p.27) ...quest for luminescence, seek to gather wisdom...
Wise: (p.160) To her, he was a healer, wise and gifted.
Wish: (p.15) “I wish I could talk to Jeffrey sometimes,”
Wonder: (p.11) “I wonder what the sect will make of you, Elena.”
Worried: (p.13) “You’re worried about bloodlust?”
Worry: (p.34) “Don’t worry, Honor.
Worship: (p.1) ...who was in a house of worship...
Worthy: (p.115) “A worthy goal.”
Writing: (p.84) ...cream paper on a small white writing desk.
Youthful: (p.203) ...that with youthful exuberance.
Zone: (p.307) ...Manhattan a war zone.

Adrift: (p.129) She felt adrift at sea...
Agitated: (p.104) ...and her coiling grew agitated.
Alarm: (p.78) ...tornado warnings with smoke alarms going off.
Amends: (p.175) ...so that I may make amends.”
Appreciated: (p.92) While she appreciated that...
Ashamed: (p.151) ...and she was not ashamed of or embarrassed...
Bold: (p.210) ...written in a bold, feminine hand.
Bullying: (p.187) It was crude and obvious, like playground bullying.
Callous: (p.110) That last was so callous...
Carefree: (p.66) ...the same kind of happy, carefree childhood you had.
Challenges: (p.34) ...facing financial challenges and border strife...
Comical: (p.120) ...surprise on the baby’s face was so comical...
Compassionate: (p.36) A compassionate creature...
Contemptuous: (p.96) ...another one of his contemptuous looks.
Cranky: (p.20) He had started to act cranky yesterday...
Dread: (p.187) “I used to dread Lethe’s visits,”
Dynamic: (p.126) ...washed away by his dynamic energy.
Education: (p.161) ...regular continuing education...
Energized: (p.248) When he felt quite energized again...
Exhausted: (p.3) ...the poor baby boy was exhausted.
Flattered: (p.118) You should feel flattered.
Forgiving: (p.32) They were not known as forgiving creatures.
Frightened: (p.37) the Vampyres had frightened her.
Generosity: (p.123) ...her foolish compassion and generosity.
Greedy: (p.246) ...he was so damn greedy for everything...
Humanity: (p.204) ...all semblance of humanity ended.
Indifferent: (p.53) ...and altogether indifferent to her.
Loathing: (p.252) ...equal amounts of loathing and fear.
Nervous: (p.159) They make folks nervous.
Opportunities: (p.161) ...guilds with networking opportunities...
Overcome: (p.210) Overcome again, Grace slipped the note...
Powerless: (p.152) who was Powerless to call her to account.
Prompt: (p.181) ...what might prompt a Djinn to make...
Radical: (p.242) ...that was a far more radical thing...
Resigned: (p.33) ...who resigned from his position to work...
Sacrifice: (p.181) ...to make such an extreme sacrifice.
Tragic: (p.79) She thought of his brief, tragic statement...
Triumph: (p.91) ...neaky sense of triumph for goading...
Uncertain: (p.39) ...the Vampyres in no uncertain terms.

Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Karma part 2

Utilitarian: (p.207) ...a block-long, utilitarian brick building.
Vacation: (p.242) ...where he might go on vacation.
Vindictive: (p.142) I am a vindictive bitch...
Vitality: (p.243) ...her young body strong and filled with vitality.
Weary: (p.58) She looked so weary and discouraged...

Cordial: (p.242) She was cordial and had decent enough manners.
Defeated: (p.10) ...letting a defeated breath slip through my lips.
Disgust: (p.25) I crinkled my nose in disgust.
Disinterest: (p.179) ...is certainly not disinterest.
Doubtful: (p.36) Doubtful that phone lines sparked like that...
Forlorn: (p.57) The forlorn girl so in love with the god...
Heroic: (p.114) ...what he now knew about Reyes, was not heroic...
Improvement: (p.14) A definite improvement.
Inspired: (p.223) I was inspired by a crazy girl...
Label: (p.178) ...until he could read the label.
Moody: (p.15) ...sat in a grim, moody line;
Nasty: (p.14) ...examined the nasty scar on my cheek.
Obnoxious: (p.107) ...garishly obnoxious group of friends...
Obstinate: (p.54) You don’t have to get obstinate.
Qualified: (p.96) I’m totally qualified.
Query: (p.173) ...accepted my query with grace.
Reliable: (p.183) How reliable could his intel be?
Valiant: (p.77) ...valiant effort to shake Reyes off...

Anticipate: (p.290) ...I had enough brains to anticipate...
Defiant: (p.264) She stood defiant in the middle of the lawn...
Dejected: (p.20) I thought she was dejected...
Diplomatic: (p.237) Say something diplomatic...
Disciplined: (p.105) Disciplined and patient.
Discrimination: (p.9) This is discrimination.
Ethical: (p.25) It wouldn’t fit with his ethical code.
Inconsiderate: (p.164) “You’re an inconsiderate irresponsible ass.”
Miserable: (p.94) ...makes everyone involved miserable?
Vigilant: (p.235) ...like a vigilant hairless cat.
Worthwhile: (p.39) ...to make it worthwhile for us.
Wrath: (p.154) ...a look of holy wrath on her face.
Zealous: (p.82) “You were a zealous advocate of the Pack’s causes,”

Authoritative: (p.58) ...he was so authoritative on the subject of me...
Aversion: (p.113) ...I'll attach feelings of aversion and anxiety...
Fortunate: (p.198) ...people who were less fortunate.
Glee: (p.149) ...his turquoise eyes sparkling with glee.
Intolerant: (p.93) ...self-absorbed, intolerant of others' needs...
Maturity: (p.115) ...tempered by maturity.
Mindful: (p.134) ...he were being mindful not to crush me.
Querulous: (p.29) ...a little forgetful, a little querulous.
Soothe: (p.2) ...to soothe my rocketing heartbeat.
Usefulness: (p.50) ...in its usefulness as a way to manipulate...
Well-behaved: (p.42) ...how well behaved they were...
Whimsy: (p.150) "It adds a touch of whimsy,"
Woeful: (p.22) I asked, woeful and shamed
Yielding: (p.259) ...the snug, supple yielding, softness...

Acceptance: (p.65) ...the ultimate in acceptance from him.
Combative: (p.90) ...this overtly possessive or combative.
Feisty: (p.125) I do enjoy the feisty ones...
Lively: (p.141) ...out of the lively French Quarter...
Preconception: (p.163) ...set any of his preconceptions straight.
Relinquish: (p.241) ...and he didn’t relinquish Zane’s mouth.

Belligerent: (p.61) ...a belligerent young man erupted...
Excluded: (p.378) “We excluded the female employees...
Imaginative: (p.169) ...thinking up imaginative curses...

Disagreeable: (p.323) ...you have to be disagreeable on principle.
Nutrition: (p.263) I thought Psy lived on nutrition bars.
Vociferous: (p.192) ...becoming more and more vociferous.
Willingness: (p.373) ...in your willingness to love...

Cruelty: (p.34) ...by a horrible cruelty of fate...
Dainty: (p.89) The plate of dainty cucumber sandwiches...
Dutiful: (p.79) ...are very dutiful and I am very fortunate...
Glum: (p.254) ...at a large desk looking glum...
Jolly: (p.9) ...he would jolly well choose his own bride.
Mollified: (p.161) ...Julianna said, somewhat mollified...
Obtuse: (p.243) "You are being deliberately obtuse,"
Oppressive: (p.3) ...the oppressive resentment she felt...
Peers: (p.109) ...my family or my peers would expect me to choose...
Vigorous: (p.226) It had been a vigorous set...

Benevolent: (p.82) ...playing the benevolent third party...
Kinship: (p.70) ...a purely physical ache of kinship.

Reverent: (p.217) He stood in reverent silence for ten full seconds.

Camaraderie: (p.117) ...along with their camaraderie...
Discontent: (p.72) ...Rowdy feel his discontent.
Hazards: (p.14) ...she’d seen the hazards of his job.
Kindred: (p.61) “We’re kindred souls.”

Philanthropy: (p.47) Philanthropy is what she does best.
Resent: (p.159) ...I resent your interference in my everyday life.

Elated: (p.444) The nurseryman was clearly elated...
Exhibition: (p.392) ...Exhibition of Fireworks...
Innovative: (p.159) “We’ve instituted an innovative therapy...
Inquisitive: (p.108) ...an inquisitive aunt or cousin...
Meek: (p.294) She looked strangely small and meek.
Repentant: (p.101) ...he realized his repentant expression...
Wholesome: (p.42) ...a wholesome restraint was imposed...
Zeal: (p.51) ...active with great zeal in charities...

Jeer: (p.277) ...ducking his head to avoid the jeers...
Prompt: (p.181) Prompt, considering Rooster had been summoned...

Ostracized: (p.313) ...I wouldn't mind being ostracized...

Fulfillment: (p.241) ...every last ripple of fulfillment...
Idealistic: (p.217) Idealistic and possessed of a decidedly whimsical...
Optimism: (p.281) ...or Daisy's sparkling optimism...
Whimsical: (p.217) ...possessed of a decidedly whimsical bent...

Versatile: (p.188) "So versatile."
Well-balanced: (p.67) ...the impression of a well-balanced man...

Constructive: (p.328) ..to do anything constructive in Washington...
Ebullient: (p.428) I wouldn't call our mood exactly ebullient...
Jubilation: (p.402) ...her jubilation fading a bit.
Tireless: (p.420) ...thanks to Jake Riis's tireless campaigning.
Zest: (p.162) ...with rare zest...

Neurotic: (p.152) ...an immature, neurotic mess...
Validation: (p.316) ...our conversation was more validation of things...

Adversity: (p.303) a precocious acquaintance with adversity.

Piety: (p.233) ...God must have noticed her piety...
Poignancy: (p.161) The poignancy of the gesture was shattering...

Insensitivity: ...insightful lecture on the male insensitivity...

Detriment: (p.161) ...could be seen as a detriment to your duties...

Alienation: (p.127) ...tolerable to Anna than did the alienation of estrangement.

Visualization: (p.306) Let’s try the visualization again.

Xenon: (p.43) ...giant xenon work lights illuminated a Buick with a crumpled front end.

Exalt: (p.95) ...with the power to either destroy her or exalt her...

Xenia: (p.325) ...the thing Xenia Onatopp does with her thighs scares me.

Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Life Gives You Lemons
4 January 2017 - ?

Accomplished: (p.277) ...second-guessing accomplished nothing.
Adorable: (p.92) She hoped his wife was as, well, adorable as he was.
Alert: (p.315) ...one that put Xander on alert.
Alive: (p.66) ...she’d still be alive.
Amazing: (p.98) Inside the noise was amazing...
Appealing: (p.108) It looked so appealing sitting there, so quiet.
Appreciate: (p.88) “I appreciate the chance to look the place over.
Artistic: (p.278) ...an artistic clutter of pretty things,
Attractive: (p.103) No question he was attractive...
Awake: (p.3) Naomi went from sleep to awake in an instant...
Aware: (p.125) ...always aware of moods and moves.
Beaming: (p.315) Beaming right back...
Beautiful: (p.36) And her room was so beautiful.
Best: (p.24) This is best for all of us.
Blessed: (p.93) Evenings, in the blessed quiet,
Bliss: (p.83) ...as all the pressure lifted into sheer bliss.
Bold: (p.108) ...the bold red door and the blue neon...
Bright: (p.22) ...too bright in a face pale as a ghost...
Brilliant: (p.124) “Yes. He’s brilliant.”
Brisk: (p.61) October turned brisk...
Buoyant: (p.317) Obviously buoyant...
Butter: (p.89) ...her real bread and butter...
Calm: (p.102) It’s warm, and calm, right?
Capable: (p.121) ...appeared capable of doing it again.
Centered: (p.225) ...pine needles centered on them.
Certain: (p.30) “I can’t say for certain,
Charming: (p.167) She thought the house charming...
Cheerful: (p.144) ...who was cheerful and funny...
Cheese: (p.31) ...ate a grilled cheese sandwich...
Clear: (p.21) She wanted water—just cold and clear.
Clever: (p.168) It’s clever and happy.”
Competent: (p.311) ...slim hands competent with her tools...
Confident: (p.322) A confident man, and one who’d protect his sister.
Connected: (p.293) ...what happened here is connected.”
Considerate: (p.122) He was so sweet, so considerate,
Creative: (p.147) ...a sharp, creative, and discerning eye.
Daffodil: (p.255) ...naturalize some daffodils...
Delicious: (p.96) He found it, as always, delicious.
Delightful: (p.230) ...apparently found him delightful.
Determined: (p.197) Determined not to dwell on the disaster...
Discerning: (p.147) ...a sharp, creative, and discerning eye.
Eager: (p.226) Eager, avid, her mouth met his...
Easy: (p.23) In that same easy tone...
Efficient: (p.86) ...that’s going to be more energy efficient...
Elegant: (p.361) ...those slim, almost elegant hands.
Endless: (p.268) I wouldn’t get endless there-theres...
Energetic: (p.122) ...out of range of the energetic shaking...
Enhancing: (p.240) ...or just enhancing or adjusting...
Enormous: (p.123) ...at the enormous bag of dog food.
Excellent: (p.119) if the most excellent work...
Exceptional: (p.48) She studied hard, got exceptional grades...
Experienced: (p.322) ...instant déjà vu he experienced...
Fabulous: (p.45) “Wait until you see it. It’s fabulous.”
Fair: (p.5) It wasn’t fair...
Fascinating: (p.141) ...that deep, fascinating green...
Fine: (p.19) “They’re going to be fine.”
Flattering: (p.215) “That’s flattering, since we talked...
Flexible: (p.258) ...flexible about landscaping.
Free: (p.4) ...and since wishes were free...
Friendly: (p.96) He gave his horn a friendly honk...
Fun: (p.31) That’s the fun part.”
Generate: (p.183) ...it can generate income.
Generous: (p.48) ...with a generous allowance...
Genuine: (p.206) ...genuine and deep, deep envy.
Gift: (p.50) ...Ashley gave herself a gift.
Giggle: (p.6) ...to muffle the giggle.
Glorious: (p.182) ...yard of glorious flame-red hair...
Glowing: (p.147) ...the finish glowing...
Go: (p.6) ...telling herself to go back...
Good: (p.3) ...had given her a good shake...
Good-Looking: (p.49) ...he was whip-smart, good-looking...
Gorgeous: (p.82) ...okay, gorgeous old doors...
Grand: (p.348) ...you get the grand tour.
Great: (p.45) We found a great space...
Handsome: (p.31) ...in a face smooth and handsome...
Happy: (p.15) “Happy birthday.
Hardy: (p.14) The Hardy place is right over that way.
Healed: (p.148) ...tried to glue his nicely healed paws...
Healthy: (p.322) ...to believe healthy attachment...
Honest: (p.92) “But honest. I’ve got a Dumpster...
Hot: (p.3) ...like gauze soaked in hot water...
Humor: (p.154) ...he recognized humor...
Impressive: (p.48) ...an impressive portfolio she hoped to use...
Inspired: (p.211) ...the pizza had been inspired...
Intelligent: (p.359) He’s intelligent, organized, experienced.
Interested: (p.104) ...I was more interested in him...
Interesting: (p.87) ...figure out an interesting backsplash...
Juicy: (p.18) He smelled of Juicy Fruit gum...
Keen: (p.191) ...so sharp, cheekbones so keen,...
Kind: (p.8) And he was making a kind of grunting noise.
Knowing: (p.29) ...knowing what was back in the deep woods.
Kudos: (p.274) “Whoever he was, kudos.
Lemon: (p.31) ...how to squeeze lemons.
Loving: (p.71) They were kind and loving...
Lucky: (p.95) “Aren’t you lucky one just came along?
Magnificent: (p.340) ...eat this magnificent meal on.
Miraculous: (p.420) It feels . . . miraculous.”
Natural: (p.98) ...the natural stone fireplace...
Neat: (p.85) ...landed neat as a gymnast...
Nice: (p.14) “That’s a nice name.
Optimistic: (p.186) ...sunny, optimistic nature of yours.
Perfect: (p.60) ...hunt up the perfect accessories.
Positive: (p.432) “Aren’t you the positive thinker?”
Prepared: (p.59) ...she’d be prepared.
Productive: (p.382) ...isn’t healthy or productive.”
Proud: (p.21) I’m awful proud of you.
Qualified: (p.326) Mason qualified, wanting it lined up tight.
Quality: (p.165) ...to spend quality time in the kitchen...
Quick: (p.5) ...moving quick and sure...
Quiet: (p.5) ...quiet as a mouse.
Raincoat: (p.401) No DNA when you wore a raincoat...
Reasonable: (p.328) ...it’s reasonable to assume...
Refined: (p.384) ...he learned, he refined.”
Refreshing: (p.387) ...nearly as refreshing as a nap.
Reliable: (p.97) ...like reliable plumbing and a decent refrigerator...
Remarkable: (p.54) ...he said with remarkable ease to the waitress.
Safe: (p.10) ...back in her own bed, safe.
Satisfied: (p.60) ...a boy hadn’t been satisfied...
Secure: (p.22) With Bowes secure,...
Sensible: (p.251) ...good, sensible judgment...
Sensitive: (p.297) ...particularly sensitive to moods...
Smart: (p.14) “Okay. You’re smart.”
Smile: (p.19) ...a sad smile on her plump face.
Smooth: (p.31) ...in a face smooth and handsome...
Sparkling: (p.90) The sun hung low, sparkling over the blue.
Strong: (p.15) You’re really smart and strong and brave.
Sugar: (p.29) Lettie put sugar and water in a pot to boil.
Sunshine: (p.370) ...you were working outside in the sunshine.”
Tenacious: (p.374) ...mission-oriented, and tenacious.
Tennis Balls: (p.125) ...tossed a yellow tennis ball in it.
Terrific: (p.125) “A terrific chef.”
Thriving: (p.323) ...and a wildly thriving philodendron.
Trusting: (p.124) ...and completely trusting.
Try: (p.11) ...but didn’t try to cover herself.
Ultimate: (p.329) While the kill is the ultimate release...
Warm: (p.10) ...but now she wanted warm.
Water: (p.3) ...like gauze soaked in hot water...
Welcome: (p.19) “You’re more than welcome.
Well: (p.3) ...she knew as well as her own voice...
Whole: (p.8) ...about chores for a whole month.
Willing: (p.8) Willing to risk another splinter...
Win: (p.278) ...put down to win the war...
Wise: (p.214) “It’s impossible to love and be wise.”
Wonder: (p.11) For the first time she wondered...
Wonderful: (p.37) That was both scary and wonderful.
Worthy: (p.139) ...to find furniture worthy of that bed...
Wow: (p.64) “Wow. Is that your mom?”
Yeah: (p.17) Yeah, I know what time it is.
Yes: (p.12) It hurt, yes, it hurt to think.
Young: (p.16) ...a vague recognition of the young face...

Active: (p.94) ...Nazi cells that remained active...
Banana: (p.166) ...18 different kinds of banana bread...
Complete: (p.86) ...that comes complete with movable walls...
Corn: (p.68) ...by carrying corn dogs...
Daring: (p.13) ...daring us to ask her for the story.
Enthusiastic: (p.38) It was the first enthusiastic thing...
Exciting: (p.132) ...if this were the most exciting thing...
Gifted: (p.19) ...not supremely gifted in the area of fieldwork...
Ideal: (p.68) ...what I'd call ideal backup.
Mustard: (p.45) ...Tater Tot in some honey mustard dressing...
Persistent: (p.27) ...persistent, powerful...
Powerful: (p.27) ...persistent, powerful...
Precious: (p.154) ...to miss a single, precious word.
Respected: (p.36) So, either Macey hated us or respected us...
Seductive: (p.37) ...went all seductive in a way...
Sharing: (p.40) ...three girls sharing a four-girl suite.
Successful: (p.31) ...enables them to be highly successful."
Taxi: (p.95) ...and waving down taxis,
Unique: (p.50) Our curriculum unique.
Valuable: (p.22) Forty-five valuable and never-wasted minutes.
Warmth: (p.79) Under the warmth of that smile...
Wisdom: (p.134) ...bringing wisdom and truth...

Admired: (p.31) ...that Alice generally admired.
Agreeable: (p.92) “While you’re being so agreeable...”
Aligned: (p.274) ...he aligned their bodies.
Astute: (p.18) Not only was she astute...
Attentive: (p.124) ...a little outrageous, far too attentive...
Auspicious: (p.370) The women chose that auspicious moment...
Authentic: (p.373) You need to be that authentic...
Dandelion: (p.81) Rowdy leaned over to pluck a dandelion.
Desirable: (p.132) ...so desirable his teeth ached.
Discover: (p.55) ...made him anxious to discover more.
Dynamic: (p.364) “He doesn’t want to change the dynamics...
Enticing: (p.140) ...she presented an enticing little package...
Exquisite: (p.207) ...he might die from the exquisite pleasure...
Helpful: (p.166) That would be very helpful.”
Hilarity: (p.287) Alice spoke over Pepper’s hilarity.
Intuitive: (p.81) ...she’s too alert, too intuitive...
Inviting: (p.103) ...we’re not inviting any ‘plus one’ guests.”
Joyous: (p.152) ...more joyous snuffling and wiggling.
Luminous: (p.472) ...turned her eyes luminous...
Motivated: (p.230) ...anything had motivated her...
Nurturing: (p.210) ...her nurturing nature or cautious approach.
Peaceful: (p.59) ...that once felt peaceful with only her in it...
Pep: (p.59) Even with the pep talk...
Playful: (p.267) He gave a playful tug to the blanket...
Profound: (p.146) ...picking him apart in profound ways...
Relaxing: (p.262) Relaxing against her again...
Resolute: (p.189) She thought some more, then went resolute.
Resourceful: (p.160) He struck her as a very resourceful man.
Stunning: (p.456) ...at the stunning speed of the strike.
Swell: (p.201) ...each tempting swell.
Thankful: (p.102) ...I’m so thankful he showed up to help.
Truthful: (p.52) ...she couldn’t be truthful about everything else...
Valid: (p.50) “I have valid reasons for keeping some things...
Witty: (p.70) ...with a witty perspective on life...

Conscious: (p.116) ...she became conscious of him...
Convenient: (p.149) How utterly convenient.
Eloquent: (p.285) His speech was eloquent...
Fortunate: (p.49) ...I'm so very fortunate...
Gracious: (p.71) ...he was gracious enough to give me some of his time...
Lively: (p.207) ...and the conversation was lively.
Magical: (p.89) ...that magical tongue of yours.
Masterful: (p.91) ...and so damned masterful.
Mighty: (p.4) ...and mighty fine ass.
Passionate: (p.134) Something you're passionate about...
Plentiful: (p.162) ...beer and whiskey were plentiful...
Superb: (p.77) ...stories of his superb driving ability...
Swift: (p.79) ...give douchebag a swift kick...
Talented: (p.255) I had no idea you were so talented.
Thrilling: (p.116) ...a thrilling high-speed ride...

Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Life Gives You Lemons Part 2

Timely: (p.254) How utterly timely for him...
Valiant: (p.78) He made a valiant try at winking...
Youthful: (p.177) ...all those youthful dreams...

Abundant: (p.118) ...here's abundant plant life...
Fulfilled: (p.12) Neither wish was fulfilled.
Invincible: (p.123) ...they weren't invincible...
OK: (p.140) Stand here, ok?
Prosperous: (p.147) ...elements essential to prosperous growth.

Achieving: (p.219) ...not achieving an actual whisper...
Admirable: (p.37) ...under the admirable name...
Affluent: (p.215) The partner smiled his affluent smile.
Courageous: (p.222) A good man, courageous to confront Jervaulx
Dazzling: (p.293) ...a dazzling and disorganized necklace...
Effortless: (p.129) Effortless to generalize Pythagoras...
Flourishing: (p.44) ...with a flourishing practice...
Genial: (p.116) ...the most genial and mild voice...
Graceful: (p.255) ...in the light and graceful post coach...
Harmonious: (p.125) If a harmonious mix of the sexes...
Innovative: (p.159) “We’ve instituted an innovative therapy...
Judicious: (p.444) Butterfield made a judicious moue of his lips.
Noble: (p.13) ...the door of his noble house...
Pleasing: (p.301) ...as if he had pleasing dreams.
Robust: (p.325) The fire was robust...
Serene: (p.62) ...the house looked completely serene...
Skillful: (p.440) His coaxing skillful caresses...
Smashing: (p.375) ...smashing candelabra and Chinese bowls...
Spiritual: (p.13) ...interested in his spiritual condition.
Splendid: (p.221) ...a bizarrely splendid gentleman...
Vibrant: (p.39) ...more vibrant with spirit and substance.
Victorious: (p.188) He gave a harsh victorious laugh.
Vigorous: (p.51) “Physically he’s vigorous...
Vivid: (p.111) It was quite a vivid experience...
Wealthy: (p.427) ...spreading coin around like a wealthy Cit,
Wholehearted: (p.24) “It’s my wholehearted pleasure...
Worthwhile: (p.303) ...it did not seem worthwhile to argue...
Zeal: (p.51) ...active with great zeal in charities...

Adventurous: (p.62) “If you’re feeling really adventurous...
Engaging: (p.23) ...he wasn’t in the mood for engaging...
Radiant: (p.110) ...who looked as radiant as ever...

Astounding: (p.310) ...to collude with the rebels . . . astounding.”
Ingenious: (p.267) Mankind had always been ingenious...
Irresistible: (p.69) ...an irresistible urge to play hooky.”
Outstanding: (p.37) ...has no outstanding warrants.
Prompt: (p.181) Prompt, considering Rooster had been summoned...
Unerring: (p.19) They arrowed on an unerring path...

Marvelous: (p.187) ...this marvelous, wonderful, infuriating man...
Youthful: (p.315) ...Colin as a youthful rascal, charming and debonair...

Buttercup: (p.93) "How 'bout 'buttercup."
Inventive: (p.144) ...as well as endlessly inventive.
Limitless: (p.491) ...off into the limitless horizon...

Imaginative: (p.157) ...more persistent and imaginative...
Sunflower: (p.133) ...including one of sunflowers...
Yea: (p.7) Yea, I'll sing you a song of an ancient ship...

Canary: (p.288) It was overlooked by Canary Wharf...
Sensational: (p.4) ...the few sensational facts they knew.
Versatile: (p.188) ‘So versatile.’

Diligent: (p.237) ...she wasn't always that diligent...
Fruitful: (p.10) ...to be fruitful and multiply.

Custard: (p.132) ...as smooth as vanilla custard...

Enterprising: (p.406) A very enterprising man.
Vivacious: (p.244) ...and his vivacious mother.
Yolk: (p.334) ...where a yolk would have rested...
Zest: (p.162) ...with rare zest...

Rewarding: (p.48) It was both rewarding and extremely heartbreaking.
School bus: (p.3) A school bus had entered the intersection.

Humorous: (p.364) It was almost humorous...

Yearn: (p.30) ...to desperately yearn for me.

Bumblebee: (p.28) ...buzzed against the window like a bumblebee.
Industrious: (p.150) It had the clean, industrious air...

Oodles: (p.215) "Mari's got oodles of power...

Oomph: (p.215) ...and than let out a loud oomph!...

Upbeat: To her relief, the music stayed upbeat.

Big Bird: (p.69) The big bird landed clumsily near a scrap of cardboard...
Flamboyant: (p.229) everyone was watching the flamboyant ride...

Yippee: (p.155) And part of me wanted to go Yippee!

Transcend: (p.293) ...use technology to transcend the weaknesses...

Nifty: (p.43) ...because Butters is just that nifty.

User-friendly: (p.11) Yup, user-friendly was the name of the game now...

Self-Reliant: (p.121) I guess that’s where you learned to be so self-reliant.

Persevering: (p.291) ...it's worth persevering in the end.

Uplift: (p.136) But his power to uplift the spirit did have a limit...

Far-Sighted: (p.1) They were the eyes of a thinker, far-sighted yet focused.

Rubber Duck: (p.235) The Diaper Genie, and the rubber ducks, and the late days.

Splendiferous: (p.276) "It was a great fall, a splendiferous fall."

Superabundant: (p.62) ...the surly arrogance of its superabundant staff...

Unfetter: (p.650) ...a few Cavewights dropped from the attack to unfetter them...

Xanthophyll: (p.35) ...like carotene and xanthophyll on the blackboard...

Dice Roller
1. Square: 1 (paranormal-romance): Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward - 01/02
2. Square: 5 (historical-romance): Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas - 02/02
3. Square: 10 (Task 1 - Read a book on TBR for more than 1-year): Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper - 04/02
4. Square: 13 (mystery): The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith - 07/02
5. Square: 17 (Listopia: I've Loved You for Years): When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn - 09/02
6. Square: 22 (chick-lit): High Five by Janet Evanovich - 11/02
7. Square: 25 (Listopia: Best Fantasy and Paranormal Romances): Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead - 12/02
8. Square: 27 (Task 2 - Read a book from TBR that a friend gave 5 stars): The Alienist by Caleb Carr - 18/02
9. Square: 29 (Free Read): No Good Deed by Allison Brennan - 26/02
10. Square: 33 -> up to 56 (indie): Love Unscripted by Tina Reber - 03/03
11. Square: 58 (unrequited-love): Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas - 07/03
12. Square: 64 (Free Read): Cold Evidence by Rachel Grant 09/03
13. Square: 65 (Task 4 - Read a book from your TBR with less than 500 ratings): Confessions by Cynthia Eden (350) - 12/03
14. Square: 68 -> up to 101 (Task 7 - Read one of the 50th oldest books from your TBR): The Magicians by Lev Grossman - 16/03
15. Square: 105 (2010): Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl - dnf
16. Square: 107 (Listopia: Best Smut Books): Covet by J.R. Ward - 28/03
17. Square: 110 (5-star-romance): Married By Morning by Lisa Kleypas - 30/03
18. Square: 116 (Listopia: Scars are Sexy): Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole - 01/04
19. Square: 117 (series): Frostbite by Richelle Mead - 05/04
20. Square: 121 (marriage-of-convenience): First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh - 06/04
21. Square: 124 (freebie): Eternal Seduction by Jennifer Turner - 08/04
22. Square: 125 (contemporary): Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 14/04
23. Square: 129 (romantic-comedy): Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 17/05
24. Square: 134 (bodice-ripper): The Conqueror by Brenda Joyce - dnf
25. Square: 140 -> down to 123 (2013): Inferno by Dan Brown - 28/05
26. Square: 126 (Free Read): Victim by Gayle Wilson - 19/08
27. Square: 131 -> down to 109 (fiction): Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - 25/10
28. Square: 111 (Listopia: Starchy Hero Gets Unstarched): Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 20/02
29. Square: 115 (opposites-attract): Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas

Follow the Monkey - Monkey See....Monkey Do
01 February 2017 - 18 November 2017
- Read a book with a man in uniform on the cover
Hell & High Water by Charlie Cochet
- Read a book where the MC is a doctor or a nurse
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
- Read a book with a bicycle on the cover
Victim by Gayle Wilson
- Read a book where the MC is starting a new job
Mackenzie's Pleasure by Linda Howard
- Read a book with a book(s) on the cover or with a Librarian character
Golden Trail by Kristen Ashley
- Read a book with an animal on the cover you would find in a zoo
Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn
- Read a book with a kite on the cover or something else that flies in the air
The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles
- Read a book with fire on the cover or where the MC is a firefighter
Six Degrees of Lust by Taylor V. Donovan
- Read a book with a medal on the cover
Prince Joe by Suzanne Brockmann
- Read a book with a single letter prominent on the cover
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
- Read a book with food on the cover
Original Sin by Allison Brennan
- Read a book with a beach scene or water on the cover
Her Vigilant SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary
- Read a book with sea animals on the cover or set on water
Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper
- Read a book with a tent on the cover or set in the wilderness
A Game of Chance by Linda Howard
- Read a book with a dog(s) on the cover
Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis
- Read a book set in space
Ghost Hunter by Jayne Castle
- Read a book with trees on the cover
Confessions by Cynthia Eden
- Read a book with a cityscape on the cover
Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb
- Read a book with party decorations on the cover
Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson
- Read a book where the MC is a blue collar worker
Covet by J.R. Ward
- Read a book with a winter scene on the cover (snow, ice, etc.)
Carry Me Home by Rosalind James
- Read a book with a train on the cover or where the characters take a train ride
Inferno by Dan Brown
- Read a book where the MC plays a sport
Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Read a book with the word "Winter" in the title
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
- Read a book with mountains on the cover
White Mountain by Dinah McCall
- Read a book with "Ice" in the title
Ice Blue by Anne Stuart
- Read a book where the MC is struggling financially
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
- Read a book with "Sweet" or "Dream" in the title
A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught
- Read a book that makes you feel thankful
Eternal Seduction by Jennifer Turner
- Read a book where the characters attend the theater, ballet, opera, show, etc.
First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh
- Read a book with balloons on the cover
Timeless by Gail Carriger
- Read a book where the title text is different sizes
Love Unscripted by Tina Reber
- Read a book about a group of friends
Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward
- Read a book with a car on the cover
Going Once by Sharon Sala
- Read a book where the characters go on a road trip
Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas
- Read a book with a number in the title
High Five by Janet Evanovich
- Read a book where the cover is one of the colors of the rainbow
When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn (red)
- Read a book with a planet on the cover
Claimed by Evangeline Anderson
- Read a book with a boat on the cover
Cold Evidence by Rachel Grant
- Read a book where the MC has lost one of their 5 senses
Brute by Kim Fielding









































Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - New York New York
26 February 2017 - ?

Acre: (p.86) ...dominated five hundred acres.
Actress: (p.3) She was a damn good actress...
Bartender: (p.137) ...playing the bartender.
Capital: (p.335) Capital P Plan...
Center: (p.50) ...three from the detention center...
City: (p.9) ...a weekend in New York City...
Director: (p.47) ...assistant director of the FBI...
Downtown: (p.7) ...Joseph traversed downtown San Antonio.
Farming: (p.87) They were no longer interested in farming...
History: (p.36) Father Mateo had a sour history...
Immigration: (p.144) ...a friend of his in Immigration...
Irish: (p.82) ...a large, very close Irish Cuban family.
Largest: (p.412) ...the barn is the largest.
Magazine: (p.271) ...with a magazine of twelve rounds.
Model: (p.84) The house looked like a model home...
National: (p.10) ...she trained with the National Guard;
Park: (p.7) They were almost to Amistad Park...
Phoenix: (p.151) ...they were both in Phoenix.
Politician: (p.289) ...businessmen, other politicians.
Public: (p.138) In fucking public.
Punishment: (p.93) ...his punishments were severe...
Rose: (p.178) Brad rose.
South: (p.30) ...a rescue mission south of the border.
Struggling: (p.338) “Nita is still struggling...
Taxi: (p.63) He took a taxi from Dulles;
The Island: (p.121) ...while sitting at the island...
The Village: (p.49) ..who came through the village...
Underground: (p.32) Go underground for a week...
Vehicle: (p.4) ...without exiting the vehicle...
West: (p.52) ...we’ll focus west of the landing site.

Actor: (p.4) ...talked about the actors incessantly...
Bagels: (p.258) ...i took a bite of my bagel...
Billion: (p.413) "Billions!" I quickly replied.
Brooklyn: (p.301) ...all the way from Brooklyn.
Chef: (p.182) ...reliving me of chef duty.
Comedy: (p.567) Very memorable comedy...
Deli: (p.431) ...from my favorite corner deli...
Designer: (p.39) With their designer clothes...
Ithaca: (p.91) She worked in the admissions office at the Ithaca College.
Liberty: (p.89) I took the liberty to give him a few extra squeezes...
Manhattan: (p.71) ...a large brokerage firm in Manhattan...
Music: (p.37) Pete yelled over the music.
Newark: (p.206) He is catching the red-eye to Newark tonight.
Pizza: (p.107) How does pizza sound."
Premiere: (p.129) ...vision of me not being invited to any premieres...
Pretzels: (p.52) ...can you grab a bowl for the pretzels...
Producer: (p.67) ...meeting with my agent n producer...
Pub: (p.4) I had seen him once before in the pub...
Theater: (p.92) ...doing some local theatre at the time.
Upstate: (p.91) "Actually, I was born in upstate New York,"
Waitress: (p.318) ...before the waitress set in on the table.
Zip: (p.315) ...with my brown suede zip jacket...

Alps: (p.293) ...crossing the Alps from Italy into France...
Carriage ride: (p.277) ...on the carriage ride home...
Dancer: (p.117) ...as pliant as a belly dancer's.
Ferry: (p.292) ...before the bow of the ferry.
France: (p.75) ...before he left for France...
Library: (p.41) Specifically, in the library...
Oxford: (p.125) ...sampling of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Preserves: (p.277) ...preserves of Bryony's memory.
Statue: (p.127) ...like Pygmalion's statue brought to life.
Tourist: (p.49) ...with a trio of English tourists...
Villages: (p.169) Still there were villages along the way...
Zigzag: (p.151) ...turns for the road to zigzag up...

Author: (p.96) Who are your favorite authors?
Constitution: (p.210) ...an oath to defend the constitution...
Ground Zero: (p.209) ...what could become ground zero.
Seaman: (p.220) Yuri was a skilled seaman.

Ancestral: (p.232) ...back into his ancestral urn.
Chinatown: (p.46) ...it was anything like Chinatown...
Pike: (p.118) ...Takashi O'Brien's head on a pike.
Subway: (p.8) ...sarin-gas poisonings on the Tokyo subways...
Waiter: (p.9) ...they had an army of waiters to handle that...

Albany: (p.271) ...drove into Albany to shop for supplies;
Borough: (p.227) ...the outer-borough subway tour.
Buffalo: (p.271) “How was Buffalo?”
Café: (p.227) ...a windowless second-story café...
Dumplings: (p.227) They ate dumplings with Korean mystics...
Dutch: (p.7) ...of its gracious Old Dutch past.
Fifth Avenue: (p.5) But walking along Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn...
Hudson River: (p.182) The Hudson River had a dragon of its own...
Mohawk: (p.21) There were a few punks with mohawks...
Poughkeepsie: (p.68) “So I took a bus from Urbana to Poughkeepsie...
Presidential: (p.37) ...taken up by a presidential desk...
Queens: (p.227) ...second-story café on Queens Boulevard...
SoHo: (p.229) ...an apartment with Janet in Soho...
Staten Island: (p.227) ...they took the ferry across to Staten Island...
Statue of Liberty: (p.395) ...spike of the Statue of Liberty...
Stock Market: (p.74) ...ahead of the stock market crash.
Tribeca: (p.389) ...the apartment building in Tribeca...
Walden: (p.242) He had found his Walden.
Zany : (p.337) The setup had a zany Scooby Doo feeling.

Auburn: (p.15) Jenny's delicate auburn brows snapped together.
Debut: (p.88) ...made an ungraceful and early debut...

Agricultural: (p.339) Working on agricultural technology...
Chelsea: (p.51) ...accompany us to the Chelsea owe show...
Rye: (p.48) ...called by his Romany name, Rye.

Ballet: (p.209) It was like putting a bunch of ballet slippers...
Canal Street: (p.258) ...the taxi turn off onto Canal Street...
Foodie: (p.93) ...you’re a foodie and into gourmet lingo.
Hot Dogs: (p.15) ...one too many hot dogs in his belly...
New York Times: (p.273) ...arms full of the New York Times...
Skyscraper: (p.36) Caldwell’s twin bridges and all of its skyscrapers...
The Today Show: (p.141) ...the Today show turned it over...
Wall Street: (p.14) ...cesspool of finance known as Wall Street...

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway: (p.165) ...took the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway...
Brooklyn Bridge: (p.30) ...dominated by the Brooklyn Bridge.
Greenwich Village: (p.166) ...hard to tell in Greenwich Village.
New York Giants: (p.70) ...wearing a New York Giants T-shirt...
Zenith: (p.111) ...when the sun reached its zenith.

Cheesecake: (p.315) ...a slice of mango cheesecake...
Yankees: (p.103) ...like a Yankee Candles showroom.

Ames: (p.306) Lord Bretby and Mr. Ames needed no such thing.

Broadway: (p.2) Sure, Broadway and Times Square were great places.
Central Park: (p.198) ...a Veil breach in Central Park...
Naples: (p.152) ...his Father still called Naples...
Times Square: (p.2) ...Broadway and Times Square were great places.

Rochester: (p.84) ...a middle-aged couple with Rochester accents.

DUMBO: ...Dumbo and Cruelle de Vil had been slapping the back...
Jewish: "I'm Jewish."
Mayor: ...some pooh-bah in the mayor's office...
Plaza Hotel: ...and I live at the Plaza Hotel.
Socialite: Portia Power's second socialite of the evening...

Colony: (p.162) ...final colony Georgia after King George.
Ellis Island: (p.51) ...fresh from Ellis Island...

Bronx: (p.72) ...in a cemetery in Brooklyn or the Bronx.
Grand Central Station: (p.94) ...might have been at Grand Central Station...
Harlem: (p.22) ...grown up in Harlem...
Houston Street: (p.201)...boutique off Houston Street.
New Amsterdam: (p.165) ...when New Amsterdam became New York...
Publisher: (p.161) Fought with every publisher everywhere...
Rikers Island: (p.199) ...who ever sent me out to Rikers Island,”
Saks: (p.26) “It’s from Saks.”
Vendor: (p.253) ...there’s a more local vendor over here,”
Waldorf Astoria: (p.30) ...the land where the Waldorf Astoria sits...
Washington Heights: (p.113) ...graveyard up in Washington Heights.

Comedians: (p.94) Donnie was a natural comedian.
Germans: (p.408) ...when the Germans has rioted...
Macys: (p.326) ...Dance had snagged at Macy's.
Madison Square Garden: (p.331) Not like at Madison Square Garden...
Tourism: (p.140) Tourism on steroids.
Woodstock: (p.375) ...of Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock...

Cannoli: (p.215) Cookies, coffee cakes, and cannoli were bought...
Pickles: (p.55) ...you can buy them off with extra pickles.
The Burg: (p.19) The Mooner lives in the Burg...

Big Apple: (p.71) Hello, Big Apple.
Dairy: (p.147) A dairy farm flashed past as he took advantage...
Yiddish: (p.32) ...a cross between Serbo-Croatian and Yiddish.

Eggs Benedict: (p.49) ...Margie had given her Eggs Benedict.

Italians: (p.91) Leave it to the Italians.
JFK Airport: (p.163) ...toward JFK International Airport.
Opening Night: (p.350) ...she left the stage on opening night...

Hell's Kitchen: (p.140) ...to a building over in Hell’s Kitchen...
High Line: (p.188) It was right on the High Line...
Meat Packing District: (p.229) “Meat Packing District. It’s a bar...

Battery Park: (p.238) ...Asner's ride parked at the Battery Park Marina.
Egg Cream: (p.104) ..still does genuine egg creams.
Hamptons: (p.247) ...have a sporting yacht in the Hamptons.

Aurora: (p.298) I felt Aurora's blood drying on my skin...

Studio 54: (p.54) ...everything going Studio 54...

Toll Road: (p.155) ...or the toll road to Dulles in Washington, D.C....

George Washington: (p.50) They’re at the George Washington E.R....

Tammany Hall: (p.156) ...next to the more impressive Tammany Hall...
Tiffanys: (p.154) ...stopping at the great retail houses of the Tiffanys...

Alphabet City: (p.346) ...getting a face-lift in Alphabet City?"
Coney Island: (p.341) "He could have taken the girl to Coney Island...
Little Italy: (p.298) Italian place down in Little Italy.

Gracie Mansion: (p.365) ...she’d never get near Gracie Mansion, not today.

Norwich: (p.154) ‘Norwich,’ said Stephanopoulos. ‘Our friend’s been grazing again.’

FAO Schwarz: (p.58) ...annual Christmas outings to FAO Schwarz...
Madison Avenue: (p.193) Sloane headed toward Madison Avenue and Mount Sinai...
Port Authority: (p.103) “Yes. I took an express bus from the Port Authority.”

Staten Island Ferry: (p.72) Add the Staten Island Ferry Terminal...

Niagara Falls: (p.80) ...had gotten from their honeymoon in Niagara Falls...

Columbia University: (p.25) He has an M.D. from Columbia University...
Museum of Modern Art: (p.54) ...the museum of modern art that was part...

Wall Street Journal: (p.6) ...morning edition of theWall Street Journal...
Zest: (p.44) Lemon zest? Paprika?

Steamboat: (p.149) ...try the parasol on the steamboat’s engine.

Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - New York New York Part 2

New York Times Best Seller List: (p.22) Hansen may not have hit the New York Times bestseller list...

Corned Beef: (p.49) ...lox and cream cheese or corned beef sandwiches.
Lox: (p.49) ...lox and cream cheese or corned beef sandwiches.

Cato: (p.19) ...like my own personal Cato Fong.

Pastrami: (p.160) ...“smoked meat,” a fatter, spicier, Canadian version of pastrami.

Fashion Week: (p.33) ...she had to do to get ready for Fashion Week in February.
Lincoln Center: (p.259) ...he’d created walk the runway at Lincoln Center.
Rockefeller Center: (p.64) “This is Rockefeller Center.”

Entrepreneur: (p.10) ...pressures of the small-business entrepreneur.

Playwright: (p.29) He’s a playwright.

Adirondack Mountains: (p.347) We weren’t actually in the Adirondack Mountains...
Syracuse: (p.405) I booked us a flight to LaGuardia from Syracuse...
World Trade Center: (p.5) ...my old boss, Jack Koenig, died in the World Trade Center.

Lake Erie: (p.10) ...nine thousand men held at Johnson Island in western Lake Erie...

Carnegie Hall: (p.42) ...as if I were playing at Carnegie Hall!

United Nations: (p.318) The United Nations maintained the line...

Buffalo Wings: (p.146) ...the elderly man reaching for one of the buffalo wings...

Knicks: (p.182) ...arms long enough to be a center for the Knicks...

Investment Banking: (p.50) ...junior associate in the investment banking division...
Lake Ontario: (p.291) ...Lake Ontario reminds me too much of Lake Placid.

Avenue of the Americas: (p.24) Traffic wasn’t heavy on the Avenue of the Americas.
Chrysler Building: (p.120) The first two paintings had been of the Chrysler Building...
Empire State: (p.79) ...paintings had been of the Chrysler Building and the Empire State.
Lady Liberty: (p.125) ...putting Lady Liberty and the memories off...

New York Harbor: (p.202) ...black and blue like the water of New York Harbor at dusk.
SEC: (p.211) ‘The SEC and the FBI were investigating cash flow...

Xenophobic: (p.13) He was done with catering to a xenophobic asshole.

Yankee Stadium: (p.121) ...the president threw out the first pitch in Yankee Stadium...

Governors Island: (p.109) ...road that crossed Little Governors Island.

Obi: (p.133) Bribed by the lazy-assed, sneaky doorman, Obi, she bet.

New York Jets: (p.405) ...the Knicks from the Yankees from the New York Jets.
Yonkers: (p.211) ...clear Greenbriar of the people from New York, Yonkers...

Elma: (p.59) “I’m so sorry, Elma. Dr. Tynsdale will be here in a minute to talk to you.”
Food Cart: (p.179) Somewhere down the corridor, a food cart rattled.

Radio City Music Hall: (p.109) Dani strolled past Radio City Music Hall...

Flatiron Building: (p.21) They ended up near the Flatiron Building...

The Tonight Show: (p.111) ...watching Jimmy on The Tonight Show.

Bloomingdales: (p.2) ...leather shoes I’d bought in Bloomingdale’s...
Bronx Zoo: (p.106) ...reminded me of a snake I’d teased in the Bronx Zoo.

Hydroelectric power: (p.22) ...for flood control and hydroelectric power...
New York Police Department: (p.14) ...Marshals Service and New York Police Department...

Hunter College: (p.142) ...the train stopped at 59th, 68th St.–Hunter College...
Straphanger: (p.141) To the average straphanger, she looked every bit the typical...

Downstate: (p.126) ...has been transferred out of MCC and moved downstate to Pekin.

Norwood: (p.75) ...originally from Norwood, in upstate New York...

Genoa: (p.29) ...the Italians were as at home in Wapping as in Cherbourg or Genoa.

Lombardi: (p.155) And when it does, I’m taking you to Lombardi’s.

New York University: (p.188) ...and New York University was a congestion of traffic...

Megalopolis: (p.134) ...intellectual eccentricity floating in the Sea of Central Megalopolis.

Nolita: (p.224) ...an interesting little store a couple of blocks over in Nolita...
Rockettes: (p.142) With precision to rival the Rockettes...

Street Food: (p.493) ...and was now a hub for street food.

Pottersville: (p.83) Pottersville, population 613. Nearly two hours west of the city...

Utica: (p.58) There is a feeder flight which will get us to the Utica-Rome airport...

Metropolitan Opera House: (p.219) He surprised her by taking her to the Metropolitan Opera House...
New York City Ballet: (p.149) Grams used to take me to watch the New York City Ballet...
St. Patrick's Cathedral: (p.226) On impulse she walked into St. Patrick’s Cathedral...

NoHo: (p.1) ...at Electric Sound Studio in NoHo waiting to meet the latest wannabe...

Chelsea Market: (p.137) I got this recipe from a water sprite at the Chelsea Market.

Unisphere: (p.200) ...where we found an empty bandshell next to the Unisphere...

Erie Canal: (p.10) Up along the Mohawk Valley, the Erie Canal route...

Catskill Mountains: (p.3) ...and majestic foothills of the Catskill Mountains glowed...
Federal Hall: (p.193) ...attended services following his inauguration at Federal Hall...
Fishkill: (p.146) I was taking in the distant Catskill Mountains vista near East Fishkill...

New York Times Book Review: (p.251) According to the New York Times Book Review...
New York Times Crossword: (p.3) ...I’d forgotten to pack my Giant Book of New York Times Crossword Puzzles...

Cooperstown: (p.242) ...—Counting Pennies in Cooperstown...

Baseball Hall of Fame: (p.113) ...would be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame...

Vassar College: (p.345) Vassar College Just a couple of days till Millionaire.

Whitney Museum: (p.281) ...she was a young hotshot at the Whitney Museum...

Black Tuesday: (p.169) BLACK TUESDAY! proclaimed the headline.

Fashion Institute of Technology: (p.2) “She went to college in New York after high school, the Fashion Institute of Technology.”

Beacon Theatre: (p.333) ...Broadway near the Beacon Theatre.
Guggenheim Museum: (p.117) ...she caught sight of the Guggenheim Museum.

The LIE: (p.267) The next exit, three miles west of where he’d gotten on the LIE...

The GWB: (p.353) "But what's the GWB doing in Missouri?" Jake asked.

Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Over the Hill
3rd April 2017 - ?

Accomplished: (p.333) ...she was a more accomplished thief...
Ancient: (p.231) The ancient TV sat perched in the corner...
Antique: (p.335) The bed was antique and solidly made.
Battered: (p.136) He tipped his battered black cowboy hat...
Beat-up: (p.430) ...Sheriff Talbot’s beat-up old Blazer...
Been Around: (p.205) ...Nat had been around more than most.
Been There: (p.115) ...even if it had of been there...
Capable: (p.58) ...knew what he was capable of.
Cherished: (p.453) ...cherished the solid beat beneath her palm.
Competent: (p.193) ...Sarah’s competent fingers gently examined...
Constant: (p.356) ...carved by constant labor into planes...
Cultured: (p.247) ...he said in a beautifully cultured British accent...
Damaged: (p.256) ...she’d been damaged along the way.
Dexterous: (p.109) ...to naked twig with dexterous hops.
Dingy: (p.231) He walked down a small dingy hall...
Dynamite: (p.58) The old man was dynamite in the courtroom...
Endless: (p.243) ...his usually endless patience erased...
Exhausted: (p.81) ...Arab brood mare, was exhausted.
Experienced: (p.97) Or experienced the agonizing void...
Expert: (p.327) ...she knew what the experts advised.
Faded: (p.138) He faded off like it was a story...
Familiar: (p.430) ...rustled the tree branches in a familiar refrain.
Fragile: (p.205) ...there was something fragile about this woman.
Frail: (p.482) ...buzzed with a frail life force.
Geriatric: (p.74) ...like some geriatric smoker.
Gnarled: (p.177) ...was a sweet, gnarled old bear of a man...
Gray: (p.12) ...she’d been pasty gray...
Gray-haired: (p.291) The dignified, gray-haired newscaster...
Hardened: (p.314) ...fists tightened reflexively, thoughts hardened.
Important: (p.47) ...but he has more important things to worry...
Ingrained: (p.115) But ingrained manners had had him saying...
Innate: (p.411) ...with an innate sense of honor.
Instructed: (p.220) ...he didn’t do as instructed.
Late: (p.60) ...he’d gotten a late start.
Marred: (p.358) Grazes marred both knees.
Matriarch: (p.277) ...a direct command from the matriarch...
Mature: (p.421) Seven acres of mature forest...
Nurture: (p.250) ...plants in need of fussing and nurture.
Old: (p.8) She knew the old fraud better...
Old-fashioned: (p.43) ...pressed the old-fashioned intercom.
Past: (p.7) Swallowing past the wedge in her throat...
Perpetual: (p.451) ...had to maintain the perpetual motion...
Pinched: (p.368) Held it pinched between two fingers...
Practiced: (p.171) She’d practiced in the small corral...
Prepared: (p.8) ...prepared for the final chapter of her New York life.
Prime: (p.14) A few hundred acres of prime grazing land...
Professional: (p.49) ...the most wanted professional assassins...
Ramshackle: (p.434) He pointed to a ramshackle building...
Rare: (p.81) A rare event in equine labor...
Retired: (p.398) ...who should’ve retired years ago?
Rounded: (p.47) We rounded up the mob guys...
Settled: (p.12) Settled by his great, great grandparents...
Sophisticated: (p.218) ...she was sophisticated and discriminating...
Stubborn: (p.150) ...she was the most stubborn female...
Tested: (p.325) ...she’d first tested out her rifle.
Tired: (p.26) Too tired to even put one foot...
Trained: (p.312) “Elizabeth was a trained agent...
Tried: (p.12) Nat tried to force a smile...
Unremitting: (p.81) ...it was an unremitting roar...
Used: (p.43) ...with usually used deception...
Useful: (p.364) Probably the most useful gift a man could get.
Valuable: (p.293) ...accused of switching valuable pieces...
Wasted: (p.10) She was done with it, burned out, wasted...
Weak: (p.12) Old. Weak. Cantankerous.
Wise: (p.49) ...too wise to the games of the bureau...
Worn: (p.79) ...worn body padding under the flashy suit...
Wrinkled: (p.229) The face was heavily wrinkled and filthy...
Zombie: (p.411) “I walked around like a zombie for weeks...
Zenith: (p.164) ...when the sun reached its zenith.

Adept: (p.66) She wasn't so adept at skating.
Developed: (p.94) Moroi usually developed their element...
Handy: (p.138) “Handy, huh?
Neglected: (p.17) The neglected sidewalk and driveway...
Practical: (p.110) ...told reasonable, practical things...
Pro: (p.306) ...like an old pro now.
Senior: (p.41) ...I had almost caught up to the other seniors.
Threadbare: (p.272) ...trying to focus on the threadbare carpet...
Unkempt: (p.135) ...styled to appeal a little unkempt...

Accustomed: (p.68) ...he must be more accustomed to encounter...
Aged: (p.23) ...the children aged four to five...
Archaic: (p.103) ...narrow-windowed chambers and archaic sanitation...
Broken down: (p.183) And when she had broken down...
Classical: (p.187) ...the classical lines of your cheekbones...
Crumbling: (p.92) It was shabby and crumbling...
Cultivated: (p.90) ...surrounded by cultivated parldand...
Deft: (p.278) ...he merely found a deft way of avoiding...
Elderly: (p.8) ...elderly Mr. Fuller had prophesied...
Enduring: (p.16) ...one of the more enduring jokes among the ton.
Esteemed: (p.96) My esteemed parents had to wait...
Eternal: (p.24) ...to the eternal satisfaction of almost all...
Incapacitated: (p.96) ...that had incapacitated my mother...
Infirm: (p.22) ...feeding gruel to the elderly and infirm.
Jaded: (p.271) It was easy to become jaded with the luxuries...
Permanent: (p.123) ...you will have permanent lines...
Preceding: (p.7) ...the week or so preceding February 14.
Previous: (p.8) ...after church the previous Sunday.
Priceless: (p.360) Almost priceless ones...
Qualified: (p.38) ...he certainly still qualified for the epithet young.
Shabby: (p.49) ...despite a faded, shabby gown...
Skilled: (p.13) ...marvelously skilled in the bedroom arts...
Stately: (p.175) ...but to Vanessa it looked stately...
Undying: (p.134) ...declare an undying passion...

Apt: (p.109) ...who's more apt to piss on your foot...
Dilapidated: (p.3) ...through a dilapidated warehouse...
Durable: (p.19) ...constructed from durable materials like leather.
Feeble: (p.51) "I won't even spin your feeble human mind...
Fetid: (p.2) ...in jagged potholes teeming with fetid body fluids.
Flimsy: (p.72) The way the flimsy fabric of her top...
Habitual: (p.50) ...he’ll view your habitual drug use.
Insubstantial: (p.39) ...flickered between solid and insubstantial...
Long-lived: (p.54) Is he some long-lived upstanding member...
Perennial: (p.89) ...in his perennial black button down shirt...
Prowess: (p.42) ...her prowess for self expression...
Putrid: (p.35) ...with all manner of putrid substances...
Ratty: (p.2) Chopped cars, ratty clothes, filthy rich drug dealers.
Veteran: (p.148) ...a well informed veteran could pick...
Vintage: (p.43) ...she snatched up the wobbling vintage...

Bedraggled: (p.22) ...looked like a forlorn, bedraggled little owl.
Conventional: (p.6) ...to the more conventional fisticuffs...
Dated: (p.29) Certainly none of the men she'd dated...
Decrepit: (p.18) ...moved silently through the decrepit old building...
Haggard: (p.9) Ambassador Lovejoy looked even more haggard.
Primeval: (p.35) ...lost herself in the primeval joy.
Primitive: (p.18) Humans still clung to the primitive instincts...
Rickety: (p.20) ...foot braced against a rickety stack of boxes.
Shrewd: (p.5) Those shrewd, guarded eyes took note...

Persistent: (p.26) "You're persistent, aren't you?"
Seasoned: (p.72) ...where a seasoned veteran of the mattress wars...
Tottering: (p.4) ...his fingers while tottering first steps...

Abiding: ...your abiding declaration of love and devotion...
Authentic: ...and homey, authentic shabby chic...
Bygone: Maybe it's time to let bygones by bygones.
Crippled: He'll end up with a broken arm or crippled...
Deep-seated: ...a pair of masculine, deep-seated couches...
Derelict: ...this derelict house proved that Perfect for You was...
Dinosaur: ...if a big bad dinosaur has shown up...
Dog-eared: He whipped a dog-eared paper from his pants...
Insightful: He's very insightful.
Knowledgeable: ...where she wasn't knowledgeable...
Lifelong: ...justified her lifelong phobia of snakes.
Savvy: ...sports-savvy guy who made his way...
Seedy: ...such a seedy establishment could exist...
Wilted: He wilted even more.
Worldly: He needed someone worldly enough to survive...

Doddering: (p.121) ...he'd become a doddering old fool...
Matured: (p.78) Until Rose matured a little...
Proficient: (p.268) ...she'd been a less proficient teacher...
Quavering: (p.173) ...still trying to calm the uneasy quavering...
Scarce: (p.33) ...made himself scarce for this critical first meeting...
Scholarly: (p.148) ..to indulge scholarly pursuits.

Documented: (p.320) ...tidbits of history were well documented...
Getting On: (p.86) ...boy of about ten who was getting on...
No Spring Chicken: (p.27) ...he was certainly no spring chicken.

Broken In: (p.195) ...had apparently broken in to stay.
Decayed: (p.264) ...with decayed and crippled fingers...
Grizzled: (p.216) He’s always a little grizzled-looking.
Venerable: (p.15) ...such a venerable old building...
Worn-out: (p.249) Kieran set her serving tray on the bar, worn-out.

Attested: (p.269) ...as what she was lying on attested...
Impaired: (p.178) You are impaired from your new senses.
Perfected: (p.103) ...that beseeching way he has perfected.
Skillful: (p.19) ...was only due to the skillful way...
Versed: (p.146) ...I am well versed in them.
Well-versed: (p.146) ...I am well versed in them.
Withered: (p.292) ...except withered skin and bones.

Indelible: (p.39) ...a face marred by indelible sorrow.
Jaundiced: (p.434) ...fell on the jaundiced feline sculpture...

Mellow: (p.139) "Damn mellow of you, duder."
Senile: (p.162) ...he hadn't seemed senile or crazy...
Worthwhile: (p.89) "Learn anything worthwhile...

Creaky: (p.141) April led them up onto a creaky wooden porch.
Everlasting: (p.115) ...their new CD Everlasting Rainbows...
Out-of-date: (p.134) ...on the out-of-date butcher-block table...
Weather-beaten: (p.64) ...big, rambling, and weather-beaten...

Byzantine: (p.297) ...circular sanctuary were Byzantine in style...
Chronicled: (p.177) ...many historians had chronicled...
Fossil: (p.156) ...a perfect fossil of a nautilus shell...
Octogenarian: (p.269) ...a bunch of celibate male octogenarians...
Over the Hill: (p.440) ...an aircraft skimming up over the hill...
Run-down: (p.54) ...U.S. Consulate official in a run-down hotel.
Unceasing: (p.423) ...set against the unceasing thrum of people.
Unsound: (p.305) ...smeared hot pitch on their unsound vessels...

Obsolete: (p.274) ...a gadget that will be obsolete in three months...

Yearly: (p.169) I wondered what the yearly markup would be for...

Archival: (p.146) ...degrees in history and archival research...
Collectible: (p.233) ...a couple of highly collectible pre-Era of Discord...
Judicious: (p.156) ...a judicious amount of pre-Era of Discord art.
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