Waiting on Wednesday: REIGN OF SHADOWS (Reign of Shadows #1) by Sophie Jordan

“Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. This week I am excited about the upcoming release of Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan!

I am falling in love with Young Adult stories lately and this one if high on my TBR list. Sophie Jordan has such a wide range of books and genres under her belt and I am slowly working through them all! This new book and beginning to a new series sounds like a very interesting story I might just love! Reign of Shadows is LIVE on February 9, 2016! So mark your calendars and add it to your TBR list.

Destiny and darkness collide in this romantic, sweeping new fantasy series from New York Timesbestselling author Sophie Jordan.

Seventeen years ago, an eclipse cloaked the kingdom of Relhok in perpetual darkness. In the chaos, an evil chancellor murdered the king and queen and seized their throne. Luna, Relhok’s lost princess, has been hiding in a tower ever since. Luna’s survival depends on the world believing she is dead.

But that doesn’t stop Luna from wanting more. When she meets Fowler, a mysterious archer braving the woods outside her tower, Luna is drawn to him despite the risk. When the tower is attacked, Luna and Fowler escape together. But this world of darkness is more treacherous than Luna ever realized.

With every threat stacked against them, Luna and Fowler find solace in each other. But with secrets still unspoken between them, falling in love might be their most dangerous journey yet.

Waiting on Wednesday: BLACKHEARTS by Nicole Castroman

“Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. This week I am excited about the upcoming release of Blackhearts from Nicole Castroman!

There are some fantastic looking debut novels headed our way in 2016 and I am beyond excited to find some new authors to fangirl over. Blackhearts is the debut novel from Nicole Castroman and I am so excited to read this book.  I love stories reimagined and pirates are always a win for me. This book sounds like it will be a winner and I cannot wait to read it for myself. Blackhearts is LIVE on February 9, 2016! So make sure to mark your calendars. You can pre-order your copy on Amazon today! Check out the synopsis below!

In this stunningly creative debut, Nicole Castroman reimagines the origins of history’s most infamous pirate—Blackbeard—and tells the story of the girl who captured his heart and then broke it, setting him on a path to destruction.

When Edward “Teach” Drummond, son of one of Bristol’s richest merchants, returns home from a year at sea, he finds his life in shambles. Betrothed to a girl he doesn’t love and sick of the high society he was born into, all Teach wants is to return to the vast ocean he calls home. There’s just one problem: he must convince his father to let him leave and never come back.

Following the death of her parents, Anne Barrett is left penniless. Though she’s barely worked a day in her life, Anne takes a job as a maid in the home of Master Drummond. Lonely days stretch into weeks and Anne longs to escape the confines of her now mundane life. How will she ever achieve her dream of sailing to Curaçao—her mother’s birthplace—when she’s trapped in England?

From the moment Teach and Anne meet, they set the world ablaze. Drawn together by a shared desire for freedom, but kept apart by Teach’s father, their love is as passionate as it is forbidden. Faced with an impossible choice, Teach and Anne must decide whether to chase their dreams and leave England forever—or follow their hearts and stay together.