I have been waiting for this challenge to be posted. This year 2017 I was not able to participate but I need to clean up my TBR and bookshelves so I'm giving it a go this year. If someone sees a book that doesn't belong to a category let me know so I can change it. I am not familiar with sub-genre categories, I just like to read romance. I will be trying for Romance Guru and below are my choices for each category (LGBTQ has only one pick because is an anthology of more than 5 books).

My Picks:

♥ Paranormal Romance

• The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones
• The Thief by J. R. Ward
• Blood Fury by J. R. Ward
• How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days by Kerrelyn Sparks
• Feel the Burn by G. A. Aiken

♥ Urban Fantasy

• Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs
• Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
• Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
• Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill
• On the Edge by Ilona Andrews

♥ Young Adult (fantasy or contemporary both qualify)

• Hidden by P. C. Cast + Kristen Cast
• Frozen by Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston
• Gates of Paradise by Melissa de la Cruz
• Intensity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• Reckoning by Lili St. Crow

♥ New Adult

• Double-Sided Magic McKenzie Hunter
• Obsidian Magic by McKenzie Hunter
• Miss Fix-It by Emma Hart
• Sweet Little Thing by Abbi Glines
• Easy by Tammara Webber

♥ Erotic Romance 

• Playing to Win by Jaci Burton
• Simon Says: Mine by Cherise Sinclair
• Nauti Intentions by Lora Leigh
• The Alien's Mail-Order Bride by Ruby Dixon
• Nobody's Lost by Kalypso Masters

♥ Sci-Fi (can be romance or straight sci-fi)

• Insurrection by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• Renegades by Marissa Meyer
• Cheerleaders From Planet X by Lysa Chiavari
• Veronica's Dragon by Ruby Dixon
• Lauren's Barbarian by Ruby Dixon

♥ Historical Romance

• Someone's Been Sleeping In My Bed by Linda Jones
• Big Bad Wolf by Linda Jones
• The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
• When We Meet Again by Victoria Alexander
• Seduction of a Proper Gentleman by Victoria Alexander

♥ Steampunk

• Soulless by Gail Carriger
• Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster
• A Lady Can Never Be Too Curious by Mary Wine
• Firelight by Kristen Callihan
• The Iron Wyrm Affair by Lilith Saintcrow

♥ Contemporary Romance

• Officer Next Door by Renae Rose
• Hard as It Gets by Laura Kaye
• A Love to Call Her Own by Marilyn Pappano
• Without a Doubt by Ann Lister
• Trained for Seduction by Mia Downing

♥ Romantic Suspense

• Built to Last by Julie Ann Walker
• Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti
• Edge of Sight by Roxanne St. Claire
• Sweet Talk by Julie Garwood
• The Broken by Shelley Coriell

♥ LGBT Romance

• O Come All Ye Kinky Anthology

♥ Fantasy (not to be confused with paranormal romance!)

• Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
• Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
• Heartless by Marissa Meyer
• Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
• The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

♥ Mystery (not romance focused, can be cozy mystery or thrillers)

• Gone With The Ghost by Erin McCarthy
• Death Overdue by Allison Brook
• Silence of the Ghost by Erin McCarthy
• Read and Gone by Allison Brook
• Storm Front by Jim Butcher