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QLady48<\/strong><\/span> wins the advance copy of Stephanie Larens’ <\/em>THE UNTAMED BRIDE<\/span>. <\/strong>To collect your prize, please email your address to me at: theseason@smittenbybooks.com.<\/p>\n

In other news, we’re still voting for TOP PICKS <\/strong>for months January – July,<\/strong> and recently the poll for October TOP PICKS<\/strong> have gone up. Have you voted yet? Here’s the run down on how things currently stand:<\/p>\n

January <\/strong> <\/strong>
\n#1\u00a0 Between the Devil and Desire – Lorraine Heath (Avon) <\/span> <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span>
\n#2\u00a0 Tempt the Devil – Anna Campbell (Avon)<\/p>\n

February
\n<\/strong>#1\u00a0 Tempted All Night – Liz Carlyle (Pocket)<\/strong>
\n#2\u00a0 The Sins of Lord Easterbrook – Madeline Hunter (Dell)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

March
\n<\/strong>#1\u00a0 Every Time We Kiss – Christie Kelley (Zebra)<\/strong>
\n<\/span>#2\u00a0 First Comes Marriage – Mary Balogh (Dell)
\n#3 Temptation and Surrender – Stephanie Laurens (Avon)<\/p>\n

April<\/span><\/strong>
\n#1\u00a0 Then Comes Seduction – Mary Balogh (Dell)<\/strong><\/span>
\n#2\u00a0 Confessions of a Little Black Gown – Elizabeth Boyle (Avon)
\n#3\u00a0 Some Like It Wild – Teresa Medeiros (Avon)<\/p>\n

To vote for books in months January – April, click here. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

May <\/strong> <\/strong>
\n#1\u00a0 To Beguile a Beast – Elizabeth Hoyt (Grand Central) <\/strong> <\/span> <\/span>
\n#2 The Madness of Ian Mackenzie – Jennifer Ashley (Leisure)
\n#3\u00a0 The Conqueror – Kris Kennedy (Zebra)<\/p>\n

June
\n<\/strong> #1\u00a0 This Duchess of Mine – Eloisa James (Avon)<\/strong><\/span>
\n#2\u00a0 A Hint of Wicked – Jennifer Haymore (Grand Central)
\n#3\u00a0 Not Quite A Husband – Sherry Thomas (Bantam)<\/p>\n

July
\n#1\u00a0 What Happens in London – Julia Quinn (Avon)<\/span><\/strong>
\n#2\u00a0 Wicked Little Game – Christine Wells (Berkley)
\n#3\u00a0 Knight of Desire – Margaret Mallory (Grand Central)<\/p>\n

To vote for books in months May – July, click here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

And so far, for the fews days of voting in October<\/strong>, we have:<\/p>\n

#1\u00a0 When Seducing a Duke – Kathryn Smith (Avon)<\/span><\/strong>
\n#2\u00a0 Tempt Me At Twilight – Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin’s Press)
\n#3\u00a0 The Heart of Christmas – Balogh, Cornick, Milan (HQN)
\n#4\u00a0 A Lady of Persuasion – Tessa Dare (Ballantine)
\n#5\u00a0 Wicked All Day – Liz Carlyle (Pocket)
\n#5\u00a0 The Most Wicked of Sins – Kathryn Caskie (Avon)<\/p>\n

To vote for books in October, click here<\/span><\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t forget to cast your vote!<\/p>\n\n

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