Is it officially fall yet? Because cooler weather means curling up with a good book, a fluffy blanket, and a warm drink, which is easily one of my favorite things to do. Below are some awesome books that the SBTB posse is totally pumped for, but here are some other important releases coming out this month:
- New Margaret Atwood! Hag-Seed ( A | BN | K | G | AB ) is a retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest
- Charlaine Harris returns to her Aurora Teagarden cozy mystery series with All the Little Liars ( A | BN | K | G | AB )
- Garth Nix’s Abhorsen series continues with Goldenhand ( A | BN | K | G | AB )
- The Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton is still going strong with book twenty-five – Crimson Death ( A | BN | K | G | AB )
And of course, we want to know all about what’s on your to-buy list this month!
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Beautiful
Author: Christina Lauren
Released: October 4, 2016 by Gallery Books
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romance
Series: Beautiful Bastard #5Featuring the entire BEAUTIFUL series cast for one final hurrah!
A FREE-SPIRITED GIRL IN NEED OF A BREAK.
A MAN WEIGHED DOWN BY RESPONSIBILITY.
A ROAD TRIP VACATION WHERE ALL BETS ARE OFF.
OH, AND A LOT OF WINE.After walking in on her boyfriend shagging another girl in their place, Pippa Bay Cox ditches London for the States to go on a drunken road trip with Ruby Miller and some of her Beautiful friends.
Scaling the career ladder is the default way to deal with heartbreak—and to just deal—for Jensen Bergstrom. Absolutely buried by his drive and workload, he rarely takes time for himself. But when his sister Hanna convinces him to join the gang on a two-week wine tour, he has a rare moment of cutting loose. Of course, it’s only once he’s committed that he realizes the strange girl he met briefly on the plane is coming along, too. She might be too much for him…or he might realize his life has become too small and needs her to make it bigger, crazier.
With this circle of friends there’s always something going on: from Chloe and Sara’s unexpected personality swaps to Will’s new domestic side to Bennett’s text message barrage and George’s own happily-ever-after. In short, their adventures in love, friendship, and hilarity are nothing short of Beautiful.
Elyse’s says: Lauren’s books are an instant pick-me-up.
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Bedmates
Author: Nichole Chase
Released: October 4, 2016 by William Morrow Paperbacks
Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult, Romance
Series: American Royalty #1From the bestselling author of Suddenly Royal comes the first in a sparkling new series about America’s favorite royal—the First Daughter.
Everyone makes mistakes, especially in college. But when you’re the daughter of the President of the United States, any little slip up is a huge embarrassment. Maddie McGuire’s latest error in judgment lands her in police custody, giving the press a field day. Agreeing to do community service as penance and to restore her tattered reputation, Maddie never dreams incredibly good looking but extremely annoying vice president’s son, Jake Simmon, will be along for the ride.
Recently returning from Afghanistan with a life-altering injury, Jake is wrestling with his own demons. He doesn’t have the time or patience to deal with the likes of Maddie. They’re like oil and water and every time they’re together, it’s combustible. But there’s a thin line between love and hate, and it’s not long before their fiery arguments give way to infinitely sexier encounters.
When Jake receives devastating news about the last remaining member of his unit, the darkness he’s resisted for so long begins to overwhelm him. Scared to let anyone close, he pushes Maddie away. But she isn’t about to give up on Jake that easily. Maddie’s fallen for him, and she’ll do anything to keep him from the edge as they both discover that love is a battlefield and there are some fights you just can’t lose.
Amanda says: Enemies to lovers romance between the president’s daughter and the vice president’s son!
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Four Letter Word
Author: J. Daniels
Released: October 4, 2016 by Forever
Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult, Romance
Series: Dirty Deeds #1Fate. Hate. Love. Lies.
Which four letter word will change their lives forever?
In an effort to avoid dealing with the shocking end of her marriage, Sydney Paige high-tails it Dogwood Beach, North Carolina to vent her anger onto the man who broke her best friend’s heart. But when she unknowingly dials the wrong number, Syd’s newly single world is turned upside down by a stranger who wants to keep her on the line.
Brian Savage is living a life he’s quickly come to hate- until Sydney and her innocently wild voice. But Brian has secrets, ones that could destroy everything between them. And when the woman on the phone becomes the lover in his bed, shielding her from the mistakes of his past becomes harder and harder…
Amanda says: The hero and heroine meet after the heroine tells the hero off via phone, only to find out she has the wrong number.
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Race the Darkness
Author: Abbie Roads
Released: October 4, 2016 by Sourcebooks Casablanca
Genre: Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Romance
Series: Fatal Dreams #1Cursed with a terrible gift…
Criminal investigator Xander Stone doesn’t have to question you-he can hear your thoughts. Scarred by lightning, burdened with a power that gives him no peace, Xander struggles to maintain his sanity against the voice that haunts him day and night-the voice of a woman begging him to save her.
A gift that threatens to engulf them
Isleen Walker has long since given up hope of escape from the nightmare of captivity and torture that is draining her life, her mind, and her soul. Except…there is the man in her feverish dreams, the strangely beautiful man who beckons her to freedom and wholeness. And when he comes, if he comes, it will take all their combined fury and faith to overcome a madman bent on fulfilling a deadly prophecy.
Elyse’s pick!
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Renegade Dragon
Author: Lolita Lopez
Released: October 4, 2016 by Forever Yours
Genre: Paranormal, Romance
Series: Dragon Heat #4When her best friend goes missing during Spring Break, bio-engineering student Eris Jones refuses to believe Ivy is dead and follows the trail of clues to a mysterious, secluded estate.
Locked away in the lair beneath his home, dragon shifter Niko Drakon suffers terribly from a massive overdose of a synthetic drug that forces his body into the mating heat. When her sweet, alluring scent hits him, Niko’s dragon overtakes him and he breaks free from his bonds.
Captured by the snarling, winged creature, Eris thinks she must be hallucinating when her touch transforms him into a human male-a dangerously sexy and highly seductive male. After one taste of Eris, Niko realizes a single week will never be enough. He wants her forever by his side and in his bed. But convincing the human to take a chance on a dragon won’t be easy and suddenly Niko is faced with the hardest choice in his centuries of life.
Sarah says: It says “dragon” and the heroine is a bio-engineering student.
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When the Moon was Ours
Author: Anna-Marie McLemore
Released: October 4, 2016 by Thomas Dunne Books
Genre: LGBTQIA, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young AdultWhen the Moon Was Ours follows two characters through a story that has multicultural elements and magical realism, but also has central LGBT themes—a transgender boy, the best friend he’s falling in love with, and both of them deciding how they want to define themselves.
To everyone who knows them, best friends Miel and Sam are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses grow out of Miel’s wrist, and rumors say that she spilled out of a water tower when she was five. Sam is known for the moons he paints and hangs in the trees, and for how little anyone knows about his life before he and his mother moved to town.
But as odd as everyone considers Miel and Sam, even they stay away from the Bonner girls, four beautiful sisters rumored to be witches. Now they want the roses that grow from Miel’s skin, convinced that their scent can make anyone fall in love. And they’re willing to use every secret Miel has fought to protect to make sure she gives them up.
Sarah says: The description reads like magical realism, fantasy and Southern gothic, with a trans lead character and witches – I’m so intrigued.
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The White Spell
Author: Lynn Kurland
Released: October 4, 2016 by Berkley
Genre: Fantasy/Fairy Tale Romance, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Series: Nine Kingdoms #10The New York Times bestselling Nine Kingdoms Saga continues in a land where light and dark magic vie, and where a reluctant hero and seemingly defenseless stable maid must join forces against an encroaching evil.
Acair of Ceangail, youngest bastard son of the worst black mage in history, has followed in his father’s footsteps, wreaking havoc throughout the world and leaving powerful enemies in his wake. After a year of reparation, he owes a final bit of penance: twelve months spent working in a barn without using his magic.Léirsinn of Sàraichte understands horses, stable work, and how to judge men’s hearts. When she starts seeing shadows where there should only be light, she knows there is evil afoot. Unfortunately, it’s something she can’t fight on her own.
Acair’s attempts to aid Léirsinn only draw the notice of dangerous mages against whom he is currently defenseless. With only each other to rely on, Acair and Léirsinn find themselves suddenly in a race to save the world before it’s consumed by darkness…
Elyse says: Not only is the cover on this gorgeous, but the hero seeking redemption intrigues me.
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You Can’t Touch My Hair
Author: Phoebe Robinson
Released: October 4, 2016 by Plume
Genre: Humor, NonfictionA hilarious and affecting essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from celebrated stand-up comedian and WNYC podcaster Phoebe Robinson.
Phoebe Robinson is a stand-up comic, which means that, often, her everyday experiences become points of comedic fodder. And as a black woman in America, she maintains, sometimes you need to have a sense of humor to deal with the absurdity you are handed on the daily. Robinson has experienced her fair share over the years: she’s been unceremoniously relegated to the role of “the black friend,” as if she is somehow the authority on all things racial; she’s been questioned about her love of U2 and Billy Joel (“isn’t that . . . white people music?”); she’s been called “uppity” for having an opinion in the workplace; she’s been followed around stores by security guards; and yes, people do ask her whether they can touch her hair all. the. time. Now, she’s ready to take these topics to the page—and she’s going to make you laugh as she’s doing it.
Using her trademark wit alongside pop-culture references galore, Robinson explores everything from why Lisa Bonet is “Queen. Bae. Jesus,” to breaking down the terrible nature of casting calls, to giving her less-than-traditional advice to the future female president, and demanding that the NFL clean up its act, all told in the same conversational voice that launched her podcast, 2 Dope Queens, to the top spot on iTunes. As personal as it is political, You Can’t Touch My Hair examines our cultural climate and skewers our biases with humor and heart, announcing Robinson as a writer on the rise.
Redheadedgirl says: Essays on race, gender, and pop culture from a podcaster and comedian.
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Hell On Wheels
Author: Rhyll Biest
Released: October 5, 2016 by Escape Publishing - Harlequin Enterprises, Australia Pty Ltd
Genre: Paranormal, RomanceAn imperious princess, an arrogant mercenary, a marriage of convenience, and one hell of a roller derby bout.
Princess Valeda fled Hell to hide from her mad brother, but a war on her realm sees her dragged straight back to seal a military alliance through marriage. Her betrothed? The Captain of Bloodshed and Slaughter, a royal bastard with blood black as night whose passion for her might prove as dangerous as the war with her brother. Valeda is going to need all of her wits, treachery and cunning—and some lessons learned through demon roller derby—to overcome her past, defeat the enemy, and survive her marriage.
Amanda says: I mentioned this on the recent Whatcha Reading – Hell royalty, an arranged marriage, and a roller derby bout with demons. Hell yeah!
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Beast
Author: Brie Spangler
Released: October 11, 2016 by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Genre: LGBTQIA, Young AdultTall, meaty, muscle-bound, and hairier than most throw rugs, Dylan doesn’t look like your average fifteen-year-old, so, naturally, high school has not been kind to him. To make matters worse, on the day his school bans hats (his preferred camouflage), Dylan goes up on his roof only to fall and wake up in the hospital with a broken leg—and a mandate to attend group therapy for self-harmers.
Dylan vows to say nothing and zones out at therapy—until he meets Jamie. She’s funny, smart, and so stunning, even his womanizing best friend, JP, would be jealous. She’s also the first person to ever call Dylan out on his self-pitying and superficiality. As Jamie’s humanity and wisdom begin to rub off on Dylan, they become more than just friends. But there is something Dylan doesn’t know about Jamie, something she shared with the group the day he wasn’t listening. Something that shouldn’t change a thing. She is who she’s always been—an amazing photographer and devoted friend, who also happens to be transgender. But will Dylan see it that way?
Redheadedgirl says: Beauty and the Beast with a transgender beauty. The reviews on Goodreads are very positive, especially from the reviewer who are trans themselves, so I’m looking forward to it!
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A Raven’s Heart
Author: K.C. Bateman
Released: October 18, 2016 by Loveswept
Genre: Historical: European, Romance
Series: Secrets and Spies #2August 1815. The war with France is officially over, Napoleon’s an exile on St Helena, but Europe is still a very dangerous place to be.
Kidnapped and held for ransom at nineteen, ducal heir William Ravenwood knows the only person he can rely on is himself. Now part of a spy ring that includes his friends Nicolas and Richard Hampden, he’s the smuggler known as The Raven, a ruthless agent who specializes in rescuing hostages and prisoners of war from captivity.
Raven longs to discover the fate of his colleague, Christopher ‘Kit’ Carlisle, who’s been missing, presumed dead, for over two years. He’s also equally determined to stay away from the one thing he knows is dangerous to his health – the bane of his life, his best friends’ infuriating and provocative little sister, Heloise.
Heloise is a brilliant code breaker, one of the English government’s most valuable assets. She’s also loved Raven for years, but considering that he rejected her at sixteen, before her face was scarred rescuing her brother from an icy river, she’s certain he doesn’t want her now, despite his outrageous flirting.
But when Heloise decodes a message that proves Kit is alive and a prisoner in Spain, Raven realizes she’s in grave danger. With French agents determined to silence her, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe – even if that means taking her to Spain with him as an unwilling hostage.
As they face French deserters and Spanish freedom fighters, Raven and Heloise try to ignore the simmering attraction that’s been building between them for eight long years. The differences between them are striking but they’ve always had a strange underlying bond. Heloise might be scarred outwardly, but Raven’s wounds are all on the inside. He knows he’s not worthy of her love—a shadowed Hades pining for sun-kissed Persephone—but he’s not above showing her passion for the short time they’re together.
A master at decoding complex messages, Heloise finds Raven frustratingly hard to read, but as their lives hang in the balance she’s determined to unravel his secrets and unlock his dark, elusive heart…
Redheadedgirl says: Spies and codebreakers and I hate you I hate you I hate you I can’t stop thinking about your hair DAMMIT so basically catnip all the way!
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A Study in Scarlet Women
Author: Sherry Thomas
Released: October 18, 2016 by Berkley
Genre: Historical: European, Mystery/Thriller
Series: Lady Sherlock #1USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas turns the story of the renowned Sherlock Holmes upside down…
With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the fairer sex in upper class society. But even she never thought that she would become a social pariah, an outcast fending for herself on the mean streets of London.
When the city is struck by a trio of unexpected deaths and suspicion falls on her sister and her father, Charlotte is desperate to find the true culprits and clear the family name. She’ll have help from friends new and old—a kind-hearted widow, a police inspector, and a man who has long loved her. But in the end, it will be up to Charlotte, under the assumed name Sherlock Holmes, to challenge society’s expectations and match wits against an unseen mastermind.
Sarah says: Gender-bending Sherlock Holmes with a romance that per the author will run through several books in the series. YES PLS.
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Camp Rewind
Author: Meghan O'Brien
Released: October 18, 2016 by Bold Strokes Books
Genre: LGBTQIA, New Adult, RomanceAlice Wu is at Camp Rewind only because her therapist thinks it’ll help her overcome the social anxiety she’s battled since childhood. She’s not sure she believes that theory, but will try anything to make a real friend. A casual fling would also be nice, but she’s not holding her breath.
Rosa Salazar hopes camp will be an escape from a life permanently altered. Eviscerated online for her feminist critique of a popular video game, Rosa has endured months of anonymous threats over social media, doxxing, and, worst of all, the posting of graphic, sexually explicit material stolen from her cloud storage—including a dirty video she made for an ex. Using a fake name, she enrolls in camp craving a return to a simpler time, before the shame.
Alice and Rosa soon discover that at Camp Rewind, anything is possible. Even an unlikely friendship that swiftly becomes something more.
Sarah says: It’s a romance set at a camp (YES PLS) and there’s feminism and online shaming and shyness and I’m here for this so you should move if you’re between me and the couch.
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Fueling His Hunger
Author: Sparrow Beckett
Released: October 18, 2016 by InterMix
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Erotica/Erotic Romance, Romance
Series: Masters of Adrenaline #2The author of Stealing His Thunder, Sparrow Beckett puts the pedal to the metal in their second Masters of Adrenaline novel.
Never one to back down from a dare, Luke Larson crashes an upscale house party to steal a car. Narrowly avoiding capture by security, Luke speeds off—only to discover he’s accidentally kidnapped a hot billionaire passed out drunk in the back seat.Having inherited a fortune upon her father’s death, Ophelia Covington’s life is spinning out of control. Of all the possible consequences of partying, she never thought kidnapping was likely. When she learns her tough and sexy abductor didn’t mean to take her at all, she’s strangely disappointed.
Ophelia’s irresistible curves and submissive nature fuels Luke’s hunger. But when old rivals target his crew, will Ophelia become collateral damage?
Amanda says: I loved the first book and I’m all about the set up of this one.
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Royally Screwed
Author: Emma Chase
Released: October 18, 2016 by EverAfter Romance
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romance
Series: Royally #1Nicholas Arthur Frederick Edward Pembrook, Crowned Prince of Wessco, aka His Royal Hotness, is wickedly charming, devastatingly handsome, and unabashedly arrogant; hard not to be when people are constantly bowing down to you.
Then, one snowy night in Manhattan, the prince meets a dark haired beauty who doesn’t bow down. Instead, she throws a pie in his face.
Nicholas wants to find out if she tastes as good as her pie, and this heir apparent is used to getting what he wants.
Dating a prince isn’t what waitress Olivia Hammond ever imagined it would be.
There’s a disapproving queen, a wildly inappropriate spare heir, relentless paparazzi, and brutal public scrutiny. While they’ve traded in horse drawn carriages for Rolls Royces, and haven’t chopped anyone’s head off lately, the royals are far from accepting of this commoner.
But to Olivia, Nicholas is worth it.
Nicholas grew up with the whole world watching, and now Marriage Watch is in full force. In the end, Nicholas has to decide who he is and, more importantly, who he wants to be: a King…or the man who gets to love Olivia forever.
Amanda says: The heroine meets a prince and throws a pie in his face. Hello!
Redheadedgirl says: Hot prince, sassy, pie throwing commoner, angry royal family, basically SOCK IT TO ME BABY.
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Along Came Love
Author: Tracey Livesay
Released: October 25, 2016 by Avon Impulse
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romance
Series: Shades of Love #2When a silly, impulsive decision lands free-spirited India Shaw behind bars in San Francisco, she has no choice but to call the only person she knows in the unfamiliar city—the very man she abandoned after a steamy two-day fling. The fact that she’s pregnant with his child is something she’d rather not divulge.
Tech executive Michael Black never thought he’d hear from the quirky beauty after she left his bed four months ago, much less be called upon to post bail. He’s got his hands full with a corporate merger that could make or break his career, but his honorable nature—and an overwhelming need to see her again—means he can’t just leave her in jail. And when India reveals the truth about her pregnancy, Mike insists she stay with him until the baby is born.
India doesn’t want to depend on him for anything, but their constant proximity stirs up feelings she can’t ignore. She’s never desired a family before and she knows a future with Mike isn’t possible . . . but then along came love to shake up all her plans.
Amanda says: Secret baby! Opposites attract!
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Baron
Author: Joanna Shupe
Released: October 25, 2016 by Zebra
Genre: Historical: American, Romance
Series: The Knickerbocker Club #2New York City’s Gilded Age shines as bright as the power-wielding men of the Knickerbocker Club. And one pragmatic industrialist is about to learn that a man may make his own destiny, but love is a matter of fortune . . .
Born into one of New York’s most respected families, William Sloane is a railroad baron who has all the right friends in all the right places. But no matter how much success he achieves, he always wants more. Having secured his place atop the city’s highest echelons of society, he’s now setting his sights on a political run. Nothing can distract him from his next pursuit—except, perhaps, the enchanting con artist he never saw coming . . .Ava Jones has eked out a living the only way she knows how. As “Madame Zolikoff,” she hoodwinks gullible audiences into believing she can communicate with the spirit world. But her carefully crafted persona is nearly destroyed when Will Sloane walks into her life—and lays bare her latest scheme. The charlatan is certain she can seduce the handsome millionaire into keeping her secret and using her skills for his campaign—unless he’s the one who’s already put a spell on her . . .
Elyse says: I don’t see many historicals set in the Gilded Age so I’m excited for this book.
Redheadedgirl says: I love this series SO FUCKING MUCH!
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I need that Sherry Thomas to come out four days earlier when I’m getting a wisdom tooth out. Somehow Lady Sherlock and narcotic painkillers seem like two great tastes that would go great together.
Also, I’d throw out that Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff is out this month. I don’t know if anyone else read Illuminae but I was utterly unable to put that bad boy down. I looked like Belle walking through the village with that one.
I have really enjoyed the Nine Kingdoms series. They pack a nice romantic punch while being very light on the sensual side. They are generally neck and neck with the Amish romances but with swashbuckling and magic instead of… a lot of pie. I am looking forward to being able to share them with my daughter. They engage me but would also be appropriate for any girl (or boy) entering their starry-eyed romantic phase. The women tend to find strength in unexpected ways- it’s not all about brute strength. I appreciate that.
My only caution would be that they have been solidly written as trilogies, thus far, and The White Spell would be the first in a new series. The cliffhangers haven’t been terrible but the storylines are not complete, either. But, within the series, you are generally fine to have read just that trilogy. You should be able to reasonably follow what’s going on without reading all 9 (soon to be 10) books although you’ll probably enjoy it more if you read the whole series. (The books move fairly quickly so that’s not quite the project it sounds like.) The middle trilogy about Sarah and Ruithneadh is weaker than the others, if you are going to skip, skip that.
What an enticingly dangerous collection of books. Hide your wallet, indeed!
Looking forward to the Sherry Thomas!
Also a heads up for the audible deal of the day – The Turn of the Screw read by Emma Thompson with the introduction read by Richard Armitage!
Can you hear that? It’s the sound of Courtney Milan’s Hold Me downloading into my Kindle. Yay!! I’m dog sitting, the weather is crappy and I have a warm puppy, hot tea, comfy quilt plan.
Also looking forward to new books this month from Julianna Grey, Anna Lee Huber and the latest Maggie Hope installment from Susan Elia MacNeil.
“Pansies” by Alexis Hall comes out on the 10th.
“Enjoy the Dance” by Heidi Cullinan comes out on the 11th.
“Interborough” by Santino Hassell comes out on the 24th.
What a lovely birthday month this is going to be for me! 🙂
Seconding the excitement for Pansies and Interborough. Oh, and for When The Moon Was Ours.
Other books I’m all shiny-eyed about:
* Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roherig (YA mystery featuring an MC who is a queer male) Oct. 4
* A Most Novel Revenge by Ashley Weaver (3rd book in the Amory Ames mystery series) Oct. 11
* A Darkly Beating Heartburn by Lindsay Smith (time-travel story with a bisexual Japanese-American young woman as the MC) Oct 25
* Hotline by Quinn Anderson (NA M/M romance about a telephone sex operator and the guy he falls for) Oct 31
* Tattoo Atlas by Tim Floreen (YA sci-fi about a teenage sociopath who gets “cured”. There’s an M/M romance between the leads) Oct 18
* Iron Cast by Destiny Diría (YA historical fantasy about two young women who use blood magic. The MCs are WOC.) Oct 11
* The Queer and the Restless by Kris Ripper (3rd book in the Queers of La Vista series. MC is a trans guy who works as a journalist. He’s trying to untangle a mystery.)
In short, October will be a TERRIBLE month for my wallet (and I couldn’t be happier.)
*A Darkly Beating Heart NOT Heartburn. *Shakes a tiny fist of fury at autocorrect*
LOL, Ariadna! 😀 Sounds like a chapter from “The Inner Workings of My Stomach”! No one is going to want to read that…
On my radar:
Ashley Weaver
Juliana Gray
Joanna Shupe
Also new Connie Willis book!!
Second in Ken Liu’s silkpunk fantasy epic.
Penny Reid’s next Winston Brothers book, Beard Science, comes out 10/18.
“Evelyn, After” by Victoria Helen Stone (Victoria Dahl). Kindle First available today! It is kinda dark… about 20% in.
My TBR just toppled over but I’m adding more — thank you SBTR!
Silent Revenge by Laura Landon is 99 cents today in the US. The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer: there’s a free version and I did not know this.
Happy reading!
I’ve missed Aurora.
So much love for Kurland’s Nine Kingdoms, but @Crystal, I am all over GEMINA. I read ILLUMINAE from the library and then bought the digital edition because I couldn’t stop thinking about the characters and story. I was concerned that digital wouldn’t convey the awesome-sauce of this epistolary tale, but that worry was unfounded. Cannot wait to see what happens next.
And uncharacteristically for me–always waiting for reviews–I pre-ordered Tracey Livesay’s book because it sounded great.
Thanks for all the links. My wallet isn’t even bothering to hide any more.
@DonnaMarie: What?!?!? Hold Me?!?! Where?!?!?! Have been regularly checking Courtney Milan’s website looking for the release date…. If it’s out please help!!
I am so looking forward to Baron. I love this series!
Sign me up for A Raven’s Heart. Regency, spies and a second chance. HIde my wallet indeed.
@Chris, sorry, spoke too soon. I had a plan, but assumed the release date hadn’t changed. So apparently it’s not out until maybe end of the month. Just as well as the doggie doesn’t like my reading any more than my typing.
I am excited about Sherry Thomas’s book!
Also, Victoria Dahl has her first book out under anew pen name, Victoria Stone. Evelyn, After, is not a romance,, but it is a gripping read. Free on Kindle First and only $1.99 right now.
@Chris, also, sorry, Apple store. Too many books on too many devices!
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Huh. I’m somewhat surprised that Harris is releasing a new Aurora Teagarden book after all this time. I read all of them back when, but don’t think I’ll read the new one. TBH, I thought Aurora was self-centered and awful. I can’t imagine her as a parent.
@DonnaMarie – Thanks! I thought I was losing it there for a minute…. I will continue to wait patiently! The Year of the Crocodile was a nice little teaser but it’s had me hungry for the next full-length novel in the series!!
Another peep excited for Gilded Age shenanigans with Baron. Railroads and seances – can’t wait for the romantic train wreck!
Thank goodness for free samples on Kindle as I am trying to stay strong…my resolution is no more new book purchases for 2016 because Mt. TBR is toppling and the budget needs to be allocated elsewhere, like possibly attending RT..but THE PULL IS SO STRONG. SHERRY THOMAS TAKE THE MONEY AND GIVE ME THE BOOK NOM NOM NOM.
Also, Renegade Dragon is looking quite sassy with his hip wave.
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