Market research for one of my undisclosed new year’s goals.

RANK TITLE AUTHOR PRICE RATING KU
1 Midnight Blue LJ Shen $2.99 5 (807) KU
2 The Rebound Winter Renshaw $0.99 4.5 (364) KU
3 Turn (Country Generations) Cora Brent $0.99 5 (183) KU
4 Claiming His Mountain Bride Madison Faye $0.99 4.5 (196) KU
5 The Dom’s Bride: A BDSM Romance Penelope Bloom $0.99 4.5 (150) KU
6 Amber (Red Hot Love Series Book 1) Elle Casey $4.99 4 (38) KU
7 Bastards & Whiskey (Top Shelf Book 1) Alta Hensley $0.99 4.5 (208) KU
8 #Starstruck (A #Lovestruck Novel) Sariah Wilson $3.99 5 (201) KU
9 A Discovery of Witches: A Novel (All Souls Trilogy, Book 1) Deborah Harkness $1.99 4.5 (5,452)
10 Delivering Her Secret: A Secret Baby Romance Kira Blakely $0.99 4.5 (294) KU
11 Saving Mel: A Bad Boy Romance Rye Hart $0.99 5 (302) KU
12 Big Man Penny Wylder $3.99 4.5 (206) KU
13 Mountain Man’s Baby Plan Nikki Chase $0.99 4.5 (66) KU
14 Ruthless Kira Blakely $0.99 4.5 (340) KU
15 Dirty Obsession Ella Miles $0.99 4.5 (59) KU
16 Inserparable Siobhan Davis $0.99 4.5 (183) KU
17 The Better Brother: A Bad Boy Romance Rye Hart $0.99 4.5 (337) KU
18 The Matchmaker’s Playbook [Kindle in Motion] (Wingmen Inc. 1) Rachel Van Dyken $4.99 4.5 (761) KU
19 Surprise Daddy Nicole Snow $0.99 4.5 (257) KU
20 Big Stranger’s Baby: A Bad Boy Secret Baby Romance BB Hamel $0.99 4.5 (195) KU

Some observations:

Be on Kindle Unlimited. The only book that’s not on KU is a “legit” novel that’s been around for years.

Bad boys and alpha males sell. So do secrets. The “secret baby” theme is a little surprising to me.

Price at $0.99 unless you have really good reviews.

Don’t be afraid to be obvious.

Put a muscley shirtless man on the cover. Also cursive text.

Pen name should be short, punchy, memorable, and googlable (ie Sariah over Sarah).