Top 10 of 2018: My Top Book Boyfriends of the Year with Giveaway

This year I'm participating in the Top 10 of 2018 hosted by Kimberly Faye Reads.  Now today's actual topic was supposed to be captivating characters or favorite characters, but since I'd already kind of planned to do the same as last year's end of the year top 10, I am sticking with my favorite book boyfriends, which are, of course still characters.  These are in no particular order.

1.

Kip - who I started out picturing as a Jason Momoa lookalike, until it said he had blond hair.  Then I had to change my image a bit.  But what I loved most about Kip was his witty banter and snarkiness.

2.

Okay, that's not him, but Luke from this story is a great guy!  He's that best friend I wish I had, and again, I loved the banter and all the funny jokes and comments they made to each other.

3.

JLA always writes some of the best boyfriends, and Luc is no different.  He's no Daemon Black, but he's pretty close!  I can't wait to read more in this series, to learn just what all Luc is capable of.

4.

So, we didn't get much from his viewpoint, but I just loved Jake.  I think what I liked most about him was how he was able to deal with his love interest's sarcastic side, something that is totally me, something a guy would have to deal with me as well.

5.

Ash is the younger man I wish I could find.  I am a cougar technically because I like younger guys, but I am not a cougar really, because I am not aggressive at all.  So Ash is totally the type of guy I wish for all the time.




6.

Adam - hot and hilarious.  And I love that he give the main character's sarcasm and snarkiness right back to her.  Again, my perfect kind of guy.


7.

Pretty much any guy that K. Bromberg writes is a perfect book boyfriend. But Grayson Malone, hot dad, hot guy, yeah.  Just hot.  While some of the problems in the book were on his side and made me mad, I still would love to have my own Grayson.

8.

As much as I liked the first book in this series, Three Blind Dates, this second book which concentrated on Beck that we met in that first one, is my favorite.  Because, Beck.  'Nuff said.

9.

You've probably noticed this one on all the days this week. Well, of course it only makes sense that Leo is another of my new favorite book boyfriends.  He is just hilarious. The love-hate relationship is perfect. This is a book I can see reading over and over.

10.
Now I've got a tie here for this last one.

Okay, I love both of the boys in this series so far.  I can't decide which I liked more.  Miles, had to love him, how he dealt with his dirty-minded romance author woman.  But then there was Sam from Next in Line, and Sam was all man.  Outdoorsy, hot, hot, ginger, bearded.  Sigh.

RUNNER UP!!!

Okay, if you've followed me for very long, you know that Nate Sawyer from Before Jamaica Lane is tied for one of my three top book boyfriends.  Nate got a little novella this year, so he gets to make the list as a runner up, but I didn't count him as the top 10 since technically I've loved him for years.  

So, those are my top ten book boyfriends this year, top 11?  Top 12 actually?  How about you?  Do you have any new book boyfriends from this year?  Or, maybe in the spirit of the actual theme of Captivating Characters, who was your favorite character in the books you read this year?

Below is today's giveaway.  But I've posted three other giveaways this week on my other Top 10 posts:  Top 10 New to Me Authors, Top 10 Favorite Covers, and Top 10 Favorite Books.  

And hey, there aren't that many entries yet, so you have a good chance!  Go enter!  But share if you can!  Enter today and then come back tomorrow for yet another giveaway!  These will run until the end of 2018.

Giveaway:

Some more rules on this one.  There will be two prizes again. 

• US only - Choose a physical copy of  Wait with Me by Amy Daws, Jock Rule by Sara Ney, Kiss My Ash by Leddy Harper, Four Day Fling by Emma Hart, or ebook from Amazon of any of the above books.
• US or INT - Physical copy of The Darkest Star by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Can't Wait Wednesday #40: Bookish Boyfriends by Tiffany Schmidt

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine.   My pick this week is perfect since today is Valentine's Day, especially since the only boyfriend I have this year is a bookish one.  Here is the blurb from Goodreads:

In this contemporary YA, a teenager’s favorite literary heroes woo her in real life

The first of two books in an intended paperback original series about a girl whose classic literary crushes manifest in real life. Merrilee Campbell, 16, thinks boys are better in books, chivalry is dead, and there’d be nothing more romantic than having just one guy woo her like the heroes in classic stories. She’s about to get the chance to test these daydreams when she, her best friend, Eliza, and her younger sister, Rory, transfer into Reginald R. Hero High, where all their fantasies come true—often with surprising consequences.












So, sound good to you?  What book are you eagerly awaiting this week?  And hopefully you have much better romantic plans for tonight than I do.  Happy Valentine's Day!

Oh yeah, enjoy my current bookish boyfriend, Jamie Fraser.

 
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Top 10 of 2017 Day 4 - Best Book Boyfriends of 2017

The Top Ten of 2017 event is hosted by Jaime from Two Chicks on Books, Rachel from Fiktshun, Bridget from Dark Faerie Tales,  Fallon from Seeing Double in Neverland, and the ladies from Take Me Away To A Great Read!

Today is our top 10 book boyfriends from books that were published this year.  My list will not be in any particular order.  Here goes!

1.  Caine Carraway

2.  Gideon or Viscount Satterley

3.  Rylen

4.  Rhett

5.  Eli

6.  Easton Royal

7.  Hudson Wheeler

8.  Carter

9.  Henry

10.  Chase

Are you familiar with any of my book boyfriends?  Who are your favorite book boyfriends from this past year?


While you're here, make sure you check out my giveaways below!

• Midwinter's Eve Giveaway Hop
• End of the Year Double Giveaway
• 2017 Debut Authors Bash with Alexandra Ballard

If you want to check out all the books I read this year, you can go HERE. 

Cover Reveal with Giveaway: The Librarian by Christy Sloat

Today Christy Sloat and Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the cover for THE LIBRARIAN, which releases June 17, 2017! Check out the gorgeous cover and enter to win some awesome swag!

On to the reveal!

Title: THE LIBRARIAN

Author: Christy Sloat

Pub. Date: June 17, 2017

Publisher: CHBB Publishing

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 230

Find it: Goodreads

He’s from 1892 England, she’s in a small library in 2017. And that's just the start of their troubles.

Emme never meant to stay in Maine. She'd come only to find a librarian for her Gram's library, a custodian for the collection of mysterious books she'd promised to protect. On a dark, wintery night, alone in the library, she takes her first glance into one of the antique novels and finds herself transported to 1892 England staring into the eyes of handsome and dashing hero Jack Ridgewell. As each chapter passes she learns you can truly fall in love with a character in a book, that book boyfriends are real and Emme must choose between the real world, and his.

When the last page is read he's gone and Emme feels the cold loneliness of lost love. Will she find Jack again, or will their love be forever lost? The answer lies within the pages…

Exclusive Excerpt!

The Librarian excerpt

© Christy Sloat

I bent down on my hands and knees and felt along the floor hoping not to touch anything gross. My hands grazed something odd. I felt along its edges. It was hard and didn’t seem to belong there. Now my curiosity had me crouching in the dark trying to figure out what this was. Finally I found the flashlight and clicked it on. Focusing the light, I saw the odd thing sticking up like a broken piano key. It was a floorboard upended. I pushed it to get it back into place, but all that did was make it fly up further and then completely out of the floor.

“Well, that’s just great,” I told myself.

I was here in the dark talking to myself. I dared to take a look into the floor, hoping not to find a rat family living inside or a web housing a large spider. I did find something, but it wasn’t sinister; it was a set of books in a case covered in plastic wrap. Reaching in, I pulled them out. The dust on it was at least three inches thick. This must be the special book collection Gram told me to read and to keep safe. Anything that was precious to her, she hid—like the money I found pinned to her clothing in her closet, or the other jewelry she had taped to the back of her dresser.

I brushed the dust off and opened the plastic to find four books inside. They were pretty good in size and looked to be in great condition. They didn’t have traditional covers that you’d see in a bookstore. Instead they were covered in a thick material to keep the books clean and the binding solid. I pulled the first book from the case and placed the others back into the hole. Covering it back with the loose board was easier than taking it out. I held the book close, and instead of going upstairs I went to my book nook. I had just washed the blankets the day before. Cozied up in the nook, I stared out the window one last time before opening the book. I decided I would only read for a little while before going up to bed. Gram did want me to read them after all.

I opened the first page to the title page; it was blank. I flipped the page and snuggled deeper into the blankets preparing to read the first chapter and that’s when things changed. 

About Christy: 

I am Southern California native, now living in New Jersey! How did that happen? I am married and have  two beautiful little girls who love to read just like Mommy. I have had a passion for books since I was a little girl and an imagination for just as long. I hope my books can inspire others to read and to write too.

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Giveaway Details:

• 5 winners will receive a THE LIBRARIAN Magnet, US Only.

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Top 10 of 2016 - Best Book Boyfriend

Welcome to Day 4! Today's topic is best book boyfriend, which is a fun one for me because this year I found my top book boyfriend ever, followed by the runner up for the top one EVER!  This challenge is sponsored by Fiktshun, Tales of a Ravenous Reader, Two Chicks on Books, and Dark Faerie Tales.  If you decide to join in, make sure to sign up at one of their sites on the linky.  Today my choices are in order for the top two, then after that they are just a kind of random order.

1.

Nate Sawyer.  I love this guy.  I loved him so much that I made a tshirt I had to wear to show the author at NOLA Storycon back in October.  I can't imagine ever loving any book boyfriend more than him.  

2.

Mal Ericson.  This guy makes me laugh, is so very sexy and attentive to his woman.  Along with the book above, I pick this book up and reread it constantly.  It sits on my bedside table for that exact reason.  While he is hot on this cover, in the book his  hair is probably not my normal preferred style for a guy, and when we meet him in the first book in the series he supposedly has a nose ring, but we never hear about it in this book.  But I'd be okay with it, as much as I love him.  I want to try to make a shirt about  him for when I get to meet the author at Apollycon in March.  So stay tuned for that.

3.

Aelyx, my favorite alien since Daemon Black from the Lux series by JLA.

4.

Still  love Eight Beaufort.

5.

I know, I know, so many of you can't stand the way Reed is in this book, and honestly, I may actually have liked his brother Easton better.  But still.

6. and 7.

Jackson and Death.  I love them both.  I wish that Evie could pick Jackson until he dies, since he is mortal, and then she could spend the rest of her time with Death.  But I'm not done with the series, so maybe that will still happen?

8.

Nash Donovan.  Now, I'm not a huge fan of the guy on the cover, and really I love all the Marked Men, but Nash was my favorite in the series, so he gets a spot in the list.

9.

So, while Daemon Black and Roth have both been my JLA book boyfriends, I finally met Seth and Aiden this year.  And, I know he's the bad guy, and I do love Aiden too, but Seth totally wins.  And I think I'm going to get to meet the model for Seth at Apollycon!  

10.

I normally don't think about Italian guys, even though I am part Italian, but Marcello definitely won me over.

Those are my top book boyfriends of 2016.  Who are your top boyfriends?

Also, while you're here, there's still a few days left to go enter my Let's Get 2016 Over With Giveaway - Part 4.

Top 10 of 2015 Day 4: Best Book Boyfriends

I'm so excited to join into this challenge that is being hosted by several awesome blogs:  Fiktshun, Two Chicks on Books, Tales of a Ravenous Reader, and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads.   Today's topic has the requirement that the book must be published in 2015.  Here is my list, not really in any particular order again.  There will be a link to my review if I've published it yet!  Quite a few of these you might have seen yesterday as part of the bad boys list.

1.  Roth from Every Last Breath

2.  Daemon from Oblivion 

3.  Eight from Persuasion.  (Which I'm still searching for an ARC of this book to match my ARC of the first book in the series, Compulsion).

4.  Vincent from Until Beth.

 

5.  Guster from Nexis.

6.  Jack from Conspiracy of Us.

7.   Ren from Wicked.

8.  Prince Oliver from Off the Page.

9.  Fathom from Undertow.

10.  Tamlin from A Court of Thorns and Roses.

Now there was one other that I wanted to include, but none of the books in that series were published this year. And a couple of the boys above I read earlier books in the series, but I was able to still count them because they had a book come out in 2015, even if I haven't read it yet.  

So who are your book boyfriends from 2015?  

And while you're here, I've got some giveaways going on!

• Win a copy of 5 to 1 by Holly Bodger
• Win a copy of Denton Little's Deathdate by Lance Rubin
• Help me promote my It's New to Me Challenge, and join in if you'd like!