SYTYCW 2014

It's closing day for the SYTYCW14 competition and I promised I would put up my top picks of what I've read so far. Most of these were read in the first few days so don't include later entries. And when it all comes down to it...it's a matter of personal taste.

Bear in mind I have read less than 100 chapters so I could be missing dozens of fabulous entries. I have also read less of imprints I don't usually read so there will be big holes in my choices.


My top picks consist of entries that have three things.

1. I like the story

2. I think the writing is of a high standard

3. The story is something I believe might appeal to the editors.

Please note: ..I...I...I...It's all subjective. (see graphic above)


So how did I do? 50% of my top ten made it into the Top 25 plus 2 of my recommended reads. I hadn't read 11 of the top 25 chapters. So of the 14 Top 25 chapters I had read, I picked 7. Additionally, one of my top picks was requested but withdrew due to time constraints. Just realised another of my top ten had to withdraw so I suppose if you don't count them it was 40% but if you do it's 60%.

Final List of Top 25 Picks

Leah Maser	Wanting the Detective
Tanya M. Burnstad	Remembrance
Alison French	Her Italian Man
Amanda Cinelli	Resisting the Sicilian Playboy
Traci Douglass	About That Night…
Chase Ewing	Love for Sale
R. Lynn Dewitt	Sophie’s Hart
T.R. McClure	A Perfect Match
Katherine Dane	Agent of Desire
Autumn Shelley	Fire and Iron
Carolyn Hector	Mistletoe Mischief
Ison Hill	Impulse
Karin Baine	Belfast Belle
Amy Jane	Learning To Love Again
Shelley Iñón	When the Bus Stopped
Thérèse Marie	A Foundation of Love
Jeannie Hall	Violation of Innocence
Analiesa Adams	In Desperate Search of Peace
Katie Meyer	Paradise Found
Sam(antha) Burns	Saving Greene Farm
Janet Lee Nye	Man Maid
Laura Brown	Perfect Together
Narelle Buxton	Changing Her Baby Plan
Darby Karchut	Stone’s Heart
Megan B Zehring	The Prodigal

Top 25 Picks So Far with Imprints

Paradise Found - Katie Meyer - (Special Edition) 
Belfast Belle - Karin Baine - (Medical)
Man Maid - Jan L Nye -  (Superrromance)
Perfect Together - Laura Brown -(Superromance)
About That Night - Traci Douglass - (Blaze)
Sophie's Hart - Gina DeWitt - (Heartwarming)
Mistletoe Mischief - Carolyn Hector - (Kimani)
Resisting the Sicilian Playboy - Amanda Cinelli - (Presents)
Violation of Innocence - Jeannie Hall - (Suspense)
Agent of Desire - Katherine Dane - (Historical)
Wanting The Detective - Leah Maser - (Intrigue) 
Faking It - Taryn Leigh Taylor - (Blaze) Withdrawn
Fire And Iron - Autumn Shelley - (Historical)
Twist of Fate - Susanah Loccarno - (American) Withdrawn
The Prodigal - Megan B Zehring - (Love Inspired)
Stone's Heart - Darby Karchut - (Love Inspired)
In Desperate Search of Peace - Analiesa Adams (Romantic Suspense)
Her Italian Man - Alison French - (Presents)
Saving Greene Farm - Samantha Burns - (Special Edition)
Impulse - Ison Hill - (Kimani)
Remembrance - Tanya M Burnstad - (Intrigue)
When the Bus Stopped - Shelly Inon - (Romance)
A Foundation of Love - Thérèse Marie - (Romance)
Changing Her Baby Plan - Narelle Buxton - (Superromance)
Love for Sale - Chase Ewing - (Desire)
A Perfect Match - T R McClure - (Heartwarming)
Learning to Love Again - Amy Jane - (Medical)

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In no particular order - My top picks so far.

Presents

At His Disposal - Danielle Doolittle


Savage Pride - Maggie Jones - Requested


The Rinaldo Heir - Dora Bramden


Resisting the Sicilian Playboy - Amanda Cinelli - SYTYCW Top 25

Blaze

About That Night - Traci Douglass - SYTYCW Top 25

Faking It - Taryn Leigh Taylor - SYTYCW Top 25 - Withdrawn

Medical

Learning to Love Again - Amy Jane -  SYTYCW Top 25

SuperRomance

Man Maid - Janet Lee Nye - SYTYCW Top 25

Special Edition

Rescuing Riley - Carol Opalinsky

Little Hot Mess - Devon McKay

But wait...there's more.

I'm putting a list of recommended reads here without links. These are ones I would have liked to put in my tops but felt they needed a little something extra.

Presents

Proof of Love

Kate Francis

Playboy Sheikh, Forbidden Heir - Requested through slush

Emily Keeler His Gilded Trap Calida Ally Paying the Sheikh's Price Sue Child Traitor in the Sheikh's Bed Ros Clarke

And this is my hero...Pascal...who belongs in this section in my opinion.

Blaze

Strip for Me

Jem Lowe

Discreet Pleasures

Megan Ryder

Over Easy

Casey Wyatt

Homegrown Rockstar

Heather Hopkins At Her Service Mia Sosa

Romance

Beauty & the Recluse

Ellie Gray Falling Deep Tasha Taylor

Just because I love this.

Desire Love for Sale - SYTYCW Top 25 Chase Ewing Medical Emergency:Two Blue Lines Catherine Coles Special Edition How Not to be a Tabloid Cover Story CA Speakman Wake Me Up Inside Gina Hagedorn Intrigue Hunted by the Past Jayne Evans Love Inspired Love Thy Enemy Erica D Hearns American The Cowgirl's Lost Love Sophia Sasson Historical Fire and Iron - SYTYCW Top 25 Autumn Shelley SuperRomance Love at First Flight Maria Michaels And just a couple of ones that I'm not sure if they are quite right for the line but they made me laugh...in a good way. Blaze Seducing the Senator Elle Marlow Intrigue Birthday Disaster TN Payne