Waiting on Wednesday: THE FORBIDDEN WISH by Jessica Khoury

“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 The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury!

I love when my favorite childhood stories are remade into something fantastic and fresh. I cannot wait to see where Jessica takes her book, The Forbidden Wish. It is a retelling of Aladdin and that alone is intriguing enough. This beauty is LIVE on February 23, 2016. Add it to your GOODREADS TBR and pre-order your copy on Amazon today!

She is the most powerful Jinni of all. He is a boy from the streets. Their love will shake the world…

When Aladdin discovers Zahra’s jinni lamp, Zahra is thrust back into a world she hasn’t seen in hundreds of years — a world where magic is forbidden and Zahra’s very existence is illegal. She must disguise herself to stay alive, using ancient shape-shifting magic, until her new master has selected his three wishes.

But when the King of the Jinn offers Zahra a chance to be free of her lamp forever, she seizes the opportunity—only to discover she is falling in love with Aladdin. When saving herself means betraying him, Zahra must decide once and for all: is winning her freedom worth losing her heart?

As time unravels and her enemies close in, Zahra finds herself suspended between danger and desire in this dazzling retelling of Aladdin from acclaimed author Jessica Khoury.

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.

Waiting on Wednesday: FRIENDTRIP by M.E. Carter & Sara Ney

“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 Friendtrip by M.E. Carter and Sara Ney!

Nothing better than a book about best friends, am I right? I am excited to read this collaboration from M.E. Carter and Sara Ney, which I am sure is full of love, laughter, and heartfelt moments! Friendtrip is LIVE on December 22, 2015. Make sure to mark your calendars for this book!

“A best friend is someone you can trust; they make you laugh, they hold you when you cry… they drive you to the sex shop when you’re trying to spice up your marriage.”

Becky used to be “the fun one.” But after five kids, yes five, and ten years of marriage, she is becoming everything she swore she’d never be; complacent, content and boring in the bedroom.

Determined to spice things up her marriage, she leans on the one person besides her husband she can always count on for advice; her best friend Janine.

Outgoing and always outspoken Janine has issues of her own; she is tired of living the single life. After a bitter divorce leaves her struggling to find love again, she’s no longer content coming home to an empty apartment, and living vicariously through her best friends love life.

Online dating, confused husbands, and flirting with random porn stars lead to nothing but trouble. Because nothing with these two is easy—and nothing ever goes according to plan.

Ever. At all. Not even close.

Waiting on Wednesday: NEVER TEAR US APART (Never Tear Us Apart #1) by Monica Murphy

“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 Never Tear Us Apart by Monica Murphy!

This book sounds gripping and I am excited to see what Monica has in store for us. Check out more about the book and make sure to add it to you Goodreads TBR list. You can pre-order your copy today:

 Amazon US | iBooks | B&N | Kobo | Books-a-Million | Google Play | Penguin/Random House

Perfect for readers of Colleen Hoover, Jay Crownover, and K. A. Tucker, the first novel in this darkly sexy contemporary series from bestselling author Monica Murphy kicks off an emotionally powerful two-part tale of forbidden love.
 
Crazy how eight years can disappear in an instant. One look at Katie Watts, and I’m a fifteen-year-old again—the one who risked everything to save a terrified girl from her twisted kidnapper. She’s grown-up now—beautiful, quiet, composed—and telling her story to the world. A story that involves me in more ways than you can imagine. She used to call me her guardian angel. Sure, I risked my life, but she was worth dying for.

I need to make contact with her. Just to ensure that she’s safe.

Somehow we reconnect. We become friends . . . but I want more. I want to make her mine. And she wants me too. Does she know who I am? Has she figured me out? Not yet. But she will. In the meantime, I need to make sure that whatever hold that animal had on her is gone.

So, yeah, I’m stealing these moments with her. Savoring them. Knowing, dreading, that she’ll soon find out who I really am. And everything will fall apart. All because of that twisted, perverted monster sitting on death row. Her kidnapper. A convicted serial killer.

My father.

Waiting on Wednesday: LETTERS WRITTEN IN WHITE by Kathryn Perez

“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 Letters Written in White by Kathryn Perez!

When I saw this cover floating around social media, I was intrigued. When I read the synopsis and author note, I was hooked! I cannot wait to read this book and see what happens! Letters Written in White is LIVE on November 30, 2015. You can pre-order on Amazon and see what people are saying about the book on Goodreads!

What’s worse, living when you want to die or dying while you’re fighting to live?

I’m dead.

I’m cold and alone and I’m dead. There’s no air in my lungs. My chest is as cold and hollow as a cave on a snowcapped mountain side. My heart no longer beats there.

Frigid winds whistle through my ribs and the sadness inside me weeps like my favorite tree.

Days ago, I met with death face to face.
The mirror, our meeting place. My two darkened green eyes stared deeply into hers.
I tilted my head to the side. She did too.
“It’s time,” I whispered. “It’s time,” she whispered.

And with that I turned away from her, the woman in the mirror who knew all of my secrets and all of my pain. I walked away from her and yet we’d never been closer than we were in that moment.
The inner struggle was over.
No more arguing with the woman in the mirror.
No more arguing with myself.
The choice was made.
She was the victor. Or was I?

That was the day Riah Winter died.

Dear Readers,

This isn’t a romance novel written to sweep you off of your feet, nor is it a sexually infused fantasy laced with alpha males and six pack abs. You won’t find anything within the pages of this story comforting, at least not on the surface. Matter of fact, you’ll most likely feel uncomfortable during many of the scenes. But I will promise you this, once you delve beneath the surface, you’ll find comfort in many areas of Riah Winter’s layers of life and death. You may even find that you aren’t alone in your daily struggles as a mother, wife, single mom, stay at home mother, working mom or as a woman.

Riah Winter is YOU, YOU are Riah Winter. Beneath the mask we as women wear, is a person we rarely talk about or acknowledge. I’ve decided to bring her to life and say all of the dark and socially unacceptable things so many of us feel, go through, and fear.

We’re all wearing masks and we’re all drowning in something.

Riah has a message for us…she wants us not only to survive but to thrive because she knows what it feels like to die with regret.

I hope you’ll take a chance on a story that’s different from what you’re accustomed to reading. I look forward to sharing it with you.

-Kathryn

*Please be advised that this a 43K word book that may contain content which could possibly be triggering for some.*

Waiting on Wednesday: OBLIVION (Lux #1.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

“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 Oblivion by Jennifer L. Armentrout!

Years ago I started reading the Lux Series from Jennifer L. Armentrout and I have read it countless times since then. This series is one of my all time favorites. I can fall back into reading this series and it never gets old. I love all the characters coupled with the paranormal aspects and the writing is fantastic. Oblivion is like a special treat that you have been waiting for without knowing. It is part of the saga through Damien Black’s POV and that is something the world needs! This book is due to be released on December 1, 2015. You can bet my copy is already pre-ordered and I am excited to dive in when that baby hits my kindle.

Experience the epic love story of OBSIDIAN as told by its hero, Daemon Black…

I knew the moment Katy Swartz moved in next door, there was going to be trouble. Lots of it.

And trouble’s the last thing I need, since I’m not exactly from around here. My people arrived on Earth from Lux, a planet thirteen billion light years away. Plus, if there’s one thing I know, it’s that humans can’t be trusted. We scare them. We can do things they only dream about, and honestly, we make them look weak as hell. ‘Cuz they are.

But Kat is getting to me in ways no one else has, and I can’t stop myself from wanting her—or wanting to use my powers to protect her. She makes me weak, and I’m the strongest of our kind, tasked with protecting us all. So this one simple girl…she can mean the end for us. Because the Luxen have an even bigger enemy—the Arum, and I need to stay on my game.

Falling for Katy—a human—won’t just place her in danger. It could get us all killed, and that’s one thing I’ll never let happen…

Waiting on Wednesday: INVINCIBLE SUMMER by Seth King

“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 Invincible Summer by Seth King!

I am going to be honest, The Summer Remains destroyed me. I bawled like a baby and was affected long after the last word was read. So when I saw this book, I did not hesitate to add it to the TBR and wait anxiously to read it. Seth King is a brilliant master of words and this book is probably going to rip me apart yet again, but it hurts so good. Invincible Summer is set to release on November 17, 2015 and I am counting down the days till I am emotionally destroyed again!

“Breathtaking. This book will change your life.” – Schmexy Girl Book Blog

“Heart-achingly beautiful…I was speechless…my life ceased to exist while I read this book…enlightening and uplifting…this book is extraordinary.” – Relentless Book Chics Rambling and Reviews

We all remember our first love, that one affair that took custody of your heart and never really let it go. Readers around the world were touched by The Summer Remains, a heartbreaking and inspiring novel about one of these romances – but Cooper Nichols, the enigmatic young man at the center of the novel, was largely silent on the matter. Until now.

“I just can’t believe it’s over between you guys,” my best friend said as we walked down the pier. “You two were supposed to last forever.”

I stared out at the blue sea. “Oh, trust me, it’s not over. I am going to see that girl’s face in every crowd I look into, forever. And maybe a few forevers after that…”

And so begins the tale of young writer Cooper Nichols. Left in ruins after a tragic summer romance, Cooper is afraid the sun may have set on him for good – until his mother discovers a copy of Cooper’s journal he kept of that summer. As he reluctantly slips back into his own past in the pages of his notebook, Cooper starts to rethink everything he thought he knew about life, death, and all the love that can bloom in between – and what follows is a thrilling and breathtaking journey back to joy that will sink into you and stay there for the long haul.

Illuminating, romantic and soul-stirring, Invincible Summer is a testament to the miraculous power of love, in all its immortal glory and everlasting majesty. If you have ever found yourself drifting back to a long-lost romance during a quiet moment, prepare to be pulled under all over again.

“That one summer. Everyone’s got one, that fleeting season that rearranged you and imprinted itself onto your soul forever. You were mine. I swear I’ll never forget your hazel eyes. I swear I’ll never forget those few months when the winds roared. I’ll always think of you that way. And if you can, please come back to me. At the end of the day I’m just a boy who wants to get back to his first love, and I miss you. Just find a way back, please. I’ll be waiting.
Until then, I’ve got nothing…”

Waiting on Wednesday: DANGEROUS LIES by Becca Fitzpatrick

“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 Dangerous Lies by Becca Fitzpatrick!

I love a good suspense novel and this one sounds like it will fit the bill. Becca Fitzpartrick is a fantastic author and I am excited to see her take that brilliant mind and channel it into a story that sounds like a winner. This book will be release November 10 and I cannot wait to get my hands on it!

A teen is forced to make a fresh start after witnessing a violent crime—but love and danger find her anyway in this novel from Becca Fitzpatrick, the New York Times bestselling author of the Hush, Hush saga.

Stella Gordon’s life is a lie.

She does not belong in Thunder Basin, Nebraska. As the star witness in a murder trial against a drug dealer, Stella is now in the Witness Protection Program. The small town locals can never know who she really is. Not even Chet Falconer, the one boy who makes her want to reveal her true self. She knows that telling the truth will only bring violence to this safe haven.

Despite how hard Stella tries to stay under the radar, danger is fast-approaching. Criminals have a way of getting rid of witnesses, and Stella may have made the one mistake that could lead the cold-blooded men hunting for her right to her doorstep.

Waiting on Wednesday: NUTS (Hudson Valley #1) by Alice Clayton

“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 Nuts, a new book and the beginning of a brand new series from Alice Clayton!

Alice Clayton has a way with humor and romance. I am ready for more from her and a new series is something to get excited about. Nuts sounds like it will be steeped in romance and humor, giving readers exactly what they have come to expect from Alice’s writing. This book is only a few days away releasing on October 20, 2015.

From New York Times bestselling author Alice Clayton, the first in a brand-new romance series telling the humorously sexy tale of Roxie, a private chef who gets a taste of love—but is it to stay, or to go?

After losing almost all of her clients in one fell swoop following an accident involving whipped cream, private chef to Hollywood’s elite Roxie Callahan gets a call from her flighty mother, saying she’s needed home in upstate New York to run the family diner. Once she’s back in the Hudson Valley, local organic farmer Leo delivers Roxie a lovely bunch of walnuts, and soon sparks—and clothing—begin to fly. Leo believes that everything worth doing is worth doing slowly…and how! But will Roxie stay upstate, or will the lure of West Coast redemption tempt her back to Tinseltown?