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January’s New Releases

Happy 2019, everyone! Are you ready for a new year of some great reading? I know we are. Especially, Elyse, who you should all hold personally responsible for the weight of your TBR pile this January.

Here are a couple other titles releasing this month:

  • Leigh Bardugo begins a new duology with King of Scars ( A | BN | K | G | AB ).
  •  The Wicked King by Holly Black ( A | BN | K | G | AB ) comes out this month!
  • Seanan McGuire continues her Wayward Children series with In An Absent Dream ( A | BN | K | G | AB ).
  • Marie Force goes historical with Duchess by Deception ( A | BN | K | G | AB ).
  • Nightchaser

    Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet

    Author: Amanda Bouchet
    Released: January 1, 2019 by Sourcebooks Casablanca
    Genre: ,
    Series: Endeavor #1

    Happy 2019, everyone! Are you ready for a new year of some great reading? I know we are. Especially, Elyse, who you should all hold personally responsible for the weight of your TBR pile this January.

    Here are a couple other titles releasing this month:

    • Leigh Bardugo begins a new duology with King of Scars ( A | BN | K | G | AB ).
    •  The Wicked King by Holly Black ( A | BN | K | G | AB ) comes out this month!
    • Seanan McGuire continues her Wayward Children series with In An Absent Dream ( A | BN | K | G | AB ).
    • Marie Force goes historical with Duchess by Deception ( A | BN | K | G | AB ).

    Amanda: I’ve been waiting for this book for AGES!

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  • The One You Fight For

    The One You Fight For by Roni Loren

    Author: Roni Loren
    Released: January 1, 2019 by Sourcebooks Casablanca
    Genre: ,
    Series: The Ones Who Got Away #3

    How hard would you fight for the one you love?

    Taryn Landry was there that awful night fourteen years ago when Long Acre changed from the name of a town to the title of a national tragedy. Everyone knows she lost her younger sister. No one knows it was her fault. Since then, psychology professor Taryn has dedicated her life’s work to preventing something like that from ever happening again. Falling in love was never part of the plan…

    Shaw Miller has spent more than a decade dealing with the fallout of his brother’s horrific actions. After losing everything—his chance at Olympic gold, his family, almost his sanity—he’s changed his name, his look, and he’s finally starting a new life. As long as he keeps a low profile and his identity secret, everything will be okay, right?

    When the world and everyone you know defines you by one catastrophic tragedy…
    How do you find your happy ending?

    Amanda: When this book’s editor told me about it at BEA this year, I got goosebumps. This series is so good.

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  • The Au Pair

    The Au Pair by Emma Rous

    Author: Emma Rous
    Released: January 8, 2019 by Berkley
    Genre:

    If V. C. Andrews and Kate Morton had a literary love child, Emma Rous’ The Au Pair would be it.

    Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother, Danny, were born in the middle of summer at their family’s estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth, their mother threw herself from the cliffs, the au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of dark cloaks, changelings, and the aloof couple who drew a young nanny into their inner circle.

    Now an adult, Seraphine mourns the recent death of her father. While going through his belongings, she uncovers a family photograph that raises dangerous questions. It was taken on the day the twins were born, and in the photo, their mother, surrounded by her husband and her young son, is smiling serenely and holding just one baby.

    Who is the child, and what really happened that day?

    Elyse’s pick!

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  • How to Date Men When You Hate Men

    How to Date Men When You Hate Men by Blythe Roberson

    Author: Blythe Roberson
    Released: January 8, 2019 by Flatiron Books
    Genre:

    From New Yorker and Onion writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, How to Date Men When You Hate Men is a comedy philosophy book aimed at interrogating what it means to date men within the trappings of modern society. Blythe Roberson’s sharp observational humor is met by her open-hearted willingness to revel in the ugliest warts and shimmering highs of choosing to live our lives amongst other humans. She collects her crushes like ill cared-for pets, skewers her own suspect decisions, and assures readers that any date you can mess up, she can top tenfold. And really, was that date even a date in the first place?

    With sections like Real Interviews With Men About Whether Or Not It Was A Date; Good Flirts That Work; Bad Flirts That Do Not Work; and Definitive Proof That Tom Hanks Is The Villain Of You’ve Got Mail, How to Date Men When You Hate Men is a one stop shop for dating advice when you love men but don’t like them.

    Amanda: If it’s anything like Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me, I’m going to love it.

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  • In Dog We Trust

    In Dog We Trust by Beth Kendrick

    Author: Beth Kendrick
    Released: January 8, 2019 by Berkley
    Genre: ,
    Series: Black Dog Bay #5

    From the author of Once Upon a Wine, a new novel set in the charming seashore town of Black Dog Bay, Delaware.

    When Jocelyn Hilliard finds herself named legal guardian for the late Mr. Allardyce’s pack of prized Labrador retriever show dogs, her world is flipped upside down. She’s spent her entire life in Black Dog Bay, Delaware, but never expected to be living the pampered life of a seasonal resident in an oceanside mansion with a generous stipend. But her new role isn’t without its challenges: the dogs (although cute) are difficult to manage, her boyfriend leaves her, and suddenly she’s contending with her late benefactor’s estranged son, Liam, who thinks he’s entitled to the inheritance that was left to the dogs.

    But Jocelyn has worked too hard, and her mother has sacrificed too much, for her to back down without a fight. She uncovers Mr. Allardyce’s secrets, connects with her mother on new levels, and learns more about her own father’s legacy while trying to find common ground with Liam.

    As Jocelyn fights to keep her new fur-family together, she is faced with a new rival who threatens to take everything.

    Sarah: Women’s fiction with dogs! I’m very curious.

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  • She Lies in Wait

    She Lies in Wait by Gytha Lodge

    Author: Gytha Lodge
    Released: January 8, 2019 by Random House
    Genre:
    Series: DCI Jonah Sheens #1

    Get ready for the biggest crime debut of 2019…

    Six friends. One killer. Who do you trust?

    “A dark, deep, terrific thriller and a scorching portrait of friendship and its betrayal” Nicci French

    On a hot July night in 1983, six school friends go camping in the forest. Bright and brilliant, they are destined for great things, and young Aurora Jackson is dazzled to be allowed to tag along.

    Thirty years later, a body is discovered. DCI Sheens is called to the scene, but he already knows what’s waiting for him: Aurora Jackson, found at long last.

    But that’s not all. The friends have all maintained their innocence, but the body is found in a hideaway only the six of them knew about.

    It seems the killer has always lurked very close to home…

    Elyse: A cold case mystery recommended for fans of Tana French (one of my favorite authors).

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  • Wrong Bed, Right Roommate

    Wrong Bed, Right Roommate by Rebecca Brooks

    Author: Rebecca Brooks
    Released: January 14, 2019 by Entangled: Brazen
    Genre: ,

    It’s not every day you wake up to a stranger getting into your bed.

    Only, he isn’t a stranger at all, he’s my best friend’s hot older brother…and apparently my new roommate.

    Having him in my space, driving me crazy, isn’t a problem at all. Nope.

    All I need to do is keep control of the situation…

    But that’s easier said than done. Shawn Lassiter is the kind of distraction I don’t need.
    First he accidentally gets into my bed, half-naked, the night before my first day at my new job.

    Hello, muscles and tattoos!

    Then he’s there, in nothing but a towel, making me coffee in the morning. It’s more than any girl can resist. Right? But Shawn is off-limits, even if his eyes are saying differently.

    Years ago, back when I still had my crush, he destroyed friendships with his reckless playboy antics. There’s no way I’m touching those perfectly formed abs now. I don’t care how nice and responsible he’s acting. I don’t want a boyfriend anyway. That’s what my trusty vibrator is for.

    I’m the smart girl—the glasses-wearing, book-reading workaholic. I can totally do this. After all, it’s only for two and a half months.

    I’ll be on my best behavior…even if Shawn isn’t.

    Elyse: This romance features roommates falling for each other and sounds delightfully tropey.

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  • Echo North

    Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer

    Author: Joanna Ruth Meyer
    Released: January 15, 2019 by Page Street Kids
    Genre: ,

    Echo Alkaev’s safe and carefully structured world falls apart when her father leaves for the city and mysteriously disappears. Believing he is lost forever, Echo is shocked to find him half-frozen in the winter forest six months later, guarded by a strange talking wolf—the same creature who attacked her as a child. The wolf presents Echo with an ultimatum: if she lives with him for one year, he will ensure her father makes it home safely. But there is more to the wolf than Echo realizes.

    In his enchanted house beneath a mountain, each room must be sewn together to keep the home from unraveling, and something new and dark and strange lies behind every door. When centuries-old secrets unfold, Echo discovers a magical library full of books- turned-mirrors, and a young man named Hal who is trapped inside of them. As the year ticks by, the rooms begin to disappear and Echo must solve the mystery of the wolf’s enchantment before her time is up otherwise Echo, the wolf, and Hal will be lost forever.

    Elyse: This novel has lots of dark fairytale elements to it, which is right up my alley.

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  • The Gilded Wolves

    The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

    Author: Roshani Chokshi
    Released: January 15, 2019 by Wednesday Books
    Genre: ,
    Series: The Gilded Wolves #1

    Set in a darkly glamorous world, The Gilded Wolves is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous but thrilling adventure.

    Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society, the Order of Babel, seeks him out for help, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance.

    To find the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin will need help from a band of experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. A historian who can’t yet go home. A dancer with a sinister past. And a brother in all but blood, who might care too much.

    Together, they’ll have to use their wits and knowledge to hunt the artifact through the dark and glittering heart of Paris. What they find might change the world, but only if they can stay alive.

    Amanda: Chokshi is a wonderful storyteller and I’m so excited for this new series.

    Sarah: Me too!

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  • Unmarriageable

    Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal

    Author: Soniah Kamal
    Released: January 22, 2019 by Ballantine Books
    Genre: ,

    In this one-of-a-kind retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in modern-day Pakistan, Alys Binat has sworn never to marry—until an encounter with one Mr. Darsee at a wedding makes her reconsider.

    A scandal and vicious rumor concerning the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects for desirable marriages, but Alys, the second and most practical of the five Binat daughters, has found happiness teaching English literature to schoolgirls. Knowing that many of her students won’t make it to graduation before dropping out to marry and have children, Alys teaches them about Jane Austen and her other literary heroes and hopes to inspire the girls to dream of more.

    When an invitation arrives to the biggest wedding their small town has seen in years, Mrs. Binat, certain that their luck is about to change, excitedly sets to work preparing her daughters to fish for rich, eligible bachelors. On the first night of the festivities, Alys’s lovely older sister, Jena, catches the eye of Fahad “Bungles” Bingla, the wildly successful—and single—entrepreneur. But Bungles’s friend Valentine Darsee is clearly unimpressed by the Binat family. Alys accidentally overhears his unflattering assessment of her and quickly dismisses him and his snobbish ways. As the days of lavish wedding parties unfold, the Binats wait breathlessly to see if Jena will land a proposal—and Alys begins to realize that Darsee’s brusque manner may be hiding a very different man from the one she saw at first glance.

    Told with wry wit and colorful prose, Unmarriageable is a charming update on Jane Austen’s beloved novel and an exhilarating exploration of love, marriage, class, and sisterhood.

    ElysePride and Prejudice set in Pakistan!

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  • White Stag

    White Stag by Kara Barbieri

    Author: Kara Barbieri
    Released: January 8, 2019 by Wednesday Books
    Genre: ,
    Series: Permafrost #1

    The first book in a brutally stunning series where a young girl finds herself becoming more monster than human and must uncover dangerous truths about who she is and the place that has become her home.

    As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters were becoming wives and mothers, she was taught to hunt, track, and fight. On the day her village was burned to the ground, Janneke—as the only survivor—wastaken captive by the malicious Lydian and eventually sent to work for his nephew Soren.

    Janneke’s survival in the court of merciless monsters has come at the cost ofher connection to the human world. And when the Goblin King’s death ignites anancient hunt for the next king, Soren senses an opportunity for her to finally fully accept the ways of the brutal Permafrost. But every action he takes to bring her deeper into his world only shows him that a little humanity isn’t bad—especially when it comes to those you care about.

    Through every battle they survive, Janneke’s loyalty to Soren deepens. After dangerous truths are revealed, Janneke must choose between holding on or letting go of her last connections to a world she no longer belongs to. She must make the right choice to save the only thing keeping both worlds from crumbling.

    Elyse: This YA novel features a heroine who is “becoming more monster than girl” and I am so here for female rage, fairytale themes, and a Goblin King.

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  • Playing for Keeps

    Playing for Keeps by Jill Shalvis

    Author: Jill Shalvis
    Released: January 22, 2019 by Avon
    Genre: ,
    Series: Heartbreaker Bay #7

    If you’re planning on falling in love… 

    When it comes to the confident, charismatic Caleb Parker, Sadie Lane feels the spark—the kind that comes from rubbing each other the wrong way. She’s a tattoo artist, he’s a straight-laced mogul. But after they accidentally co-rescue an abandoned dog from a storm, Sadie sees a vulnerable side to the seemingly invincible hottie.

    you’d better be sure… 

    Caleb doesn’t do emotions. Growing up the underdog, he’s learned the hard way to build up an impenetrable wall. Perfect for business. Disastrous for relationships. He’s never worried about it before—not until he finally gets behind Sadie’s armor and begins to fall.

    … someone is there to catch you. 

    Both guarded and vulnerable, Sadie and Caleb are complete opposites. Or are they? Shocked at their undeniable connection, can they ever admit to wanting more? That all depends on what they’re each willing to risk.

    Elyse: Shalvis’ books are typically feel-good reads for me.

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  • The Suspect

    The Suspect by Fiona Barton

    Author: Fiona Barton
    Released: January 22, 2019 by Berkley
    Genre:
    Series: Kate Waters #3

    The New York Times bestselling author of The Widow and The Child returns with a brand-new novel of twisting psychological suspense.

    When two British teenage girls go missing in Bangkok following a hostel fire, journalist Kate Waters is sent to follow the story. Despite the circumstances, she’s thrilled to go, as her estranged son, Jake, is volunteering at a conservancy project a few hours away and she is desperate for a reunion. When she arrives, she’s just one of dozens of journalists vying for interviews with grieving families, and to her shock, the main suspect in the investigation is Jake.

    Suddenly Kate finds herself struggling to protect her son from the press and the police while trying to figure out if she can even trust him. More determined than ever to find the truth, Kate dives deeper into her exploration of the fire and the missing girls. It’s the most personal investigation she’s ever worked–but how can she maintain clarity and objectivity when the story is her own flesh and blood?

    Elyse: I love Barton’s psychological thrillers and I’m looking forward to her latest.

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  • The Witches of St. Petersberg

    The Witches of St. Petersberg by Imogen Edwards-Jones

    Author: Imogen Edwards-Jones
    Released: January 22, 2019 by Harper Paperbacks
    Genre: , ,

    Inspired by real characters, this transporting historical fiction debut spins the fascinating story of two princesses in the Romanov court who practiced black magic, befriended the Tsarina, and invited Rasputin into their lives—forever changing the course of Russian history.

    As daughters of the impoverished King of Montenegro, Militza and Stana must fulfill their duty to their father and leave their beloved home for St. Petersburg to be married into senior positions in the Romanov court. For their new alliances to the Russian nobility will help secure the future of the sisters’ native country. Immediately, Militza and Stana feel like outcasts as the aristocracy shuns them for their provincial ways and for dabbling in the occult. Undeterred, the sisters become resolved to make their mark by falling in with the lonely, depressed Tsarina Alexandra, who—as an Anglo-German—is also an outsider and is not fully accepted by members of the court. After numerous failed attempts to precipitate the birth of a son and heir, the Tsarina is desperate and decides to place her faith in the sisters’ expertise with black magic.

    Promising the Tsarina that they will be able to secure an heir for the Russian dynasty, Militza and Stana hold séances and experiment with rituals and spells. Gurus, clairvoyants, holy fools, and charlatans all try their luck. The closer they become to the Tsarina and the royal family, the more their status—and power—is elevated. But when the sisters invoke a spiritual shaman, who goes by the name of Rasputin, the die is cast. For they have not only irrevocably sealed their own fates—but also that of Russia itself.

    Brimming with black magic, sex and intrigue, The Witches of St. Petersburg is an exquisite historical fiction debut novel filled with lush historical details from the Romanov era.

    Elyse: Witches, Imperial Russia, sex, intrigue…how can I pass this up?

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  • 99 Percent Mine

    99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne

    Author: Sally Thorne
    Released: January 29, 2019 by William Morrow Books
    Genre: ,

    Crush: a strong and often short-lived infatuation, particularly for someone beyond your reach…

    … If Darcy Barrett hadn’t met her dream man when she was eight years old, the rest of the male population wouldn’t be such a let-down. No one measures up to Tom Valeska, aka the best man on Earth, not in looks, brain or heart. Even worse is the knowledge that her twin brother Jamie saw him first, and claimed him forever as his best friend.

    Tom’s off limits and loyal to her brother, 99%. One percent of Tom has had to be enough for Darcy, and her adoration has been sustained by his shy kindness. And if she’s honest, his tight t-shirts.

    Now Darcy’s got three months left to get her life together before her twin insists on selling the tumble-down cottage they inherited from their grandmother. By night, she’s working in a seedy bar, shooting down lame pickups from bikers. By day, she’s sewing underwear for her best friend and wasting her award-winning photography skills on website shots of pens and novelty mugs. She’s enjoying living the messy life, and a glass of wine or ten… until that one night, when she finds a six-foot-six perfect package on her porch.

    Tom’s here, he’s bearing power tools—and he’s single for the first time in a decade.

    As a house flipper extraordinaire, Tom has been dispatched by Jamie to give the cottage a drastic facelift that will result in a ton of cash. Darcy doesn’t appreciate Tom’s unsentimental approach to knocking down walls, and he really, really doesn’t approve of her current burnout boyfriend. They can’t be in the same room together without sparks flying – and it’s not the faulty wiring. One bedroom wall separates them at night, and even that’s looking flimsy.

    Will Tom ever see Darcy as anything other than a little-sister obstacle to get around? And can she stand up to her most formidable opponent—her twin? This time around, she’s determined to make Tom Valeska 99 percent hers, and he’s never managed to say no to her yet…

    Sarah’s pick!

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  • A Curse So Dark and Lonely

    A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

    Author: Brigid Kemmerer
    Released: January 29, 2019 by Bloomsbury YA
    Genre: ,
    Series: A Curse So Dark and Lonely #1

    In a lush, contemporary fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Brigid Kemmerer gives readers another compulsively readable romance perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer.

    Fall in love, break the curse. 

    It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope.

    Nothing has ever been easy for Harper. With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother barely holding their family together while constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, she learned to be tough enough to survive. But when she tries to save someone else on the streets of Washington, DC, she’s instead somehow sucked into Rhen’s cursed world.

    Break the curse, save the kingdom. 

    A prince? A monster? A curse? Harper doesn’t know where she is or what to believe. But as she spends time with Rhen in this enchanted land, she begins to understand what’s at stake. And as Rhen realizes Harper is not just another girl to charm, his hope comes flooding back. But powerful forces are standing against Emberfall . . . and it will take more than a broken curse to save Harper, Rhen, and his people from utter ruin.

    Elyse: A YA retelling of Beauty and the Beast.

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  • Crazy Cupid Love

    Crazy Cupid Love by Amanda Heger

    Author: Amanda Heger
    Released: January 29, 2019 by Sourcebooks Casablanca
    Genre: , , ,
    Series: Let's Get Mythical #1

    Have you fallen deeply in love,
    But get nervous approaching your dove?
    Don’t be stupid;
    Hire a cupid!
    ‘Cause sometimes love needs a shove.

    Eliza Herman (a.k.a. The World’s Worst Cupid) has spent her entire life carefully avoiding her calling as a Descendant of Eros. After all, happily-ever-afters are nothing but a myth. But when a family crisis requires her to fill in at the local Cupid-for-hire shop, Eliza finds herself enchanting couples under the watchful eye of her assigned mentor, Jake Sanders…the one man she could never get out of her head.

    Before long, Eliza is rethinking her stance on romance—until things start going terribly wrong with her enchantments. Now Eliza and Jake must fight to unravel a conspiracy that could destroy thousands of relationships, including their own…and spell the end of Love itself.

    No pressure, right?

    Sarah: There’s mythology and comedy – the book was described as “Percy Jackson + romance” so I am intrigued.

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  • The Wolf in the Whale

    The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky

    Author: Jordanna Max Brodsky
    Released: January 29, 2019 by Redhook
    Genre: ,

    The heroic journey of an Inuit shaman and a Viking warrior in an epic tale of survival, love, and clashing gods in the frozen Arctic of 1000 AD.

    Born with the soul of a hunter and the language of the gods, Omat is destined to become a shaman like her grandfather. To protect her people, she invokes the spirits of the sky, the sea, and the air.

    But the gods have stopped listening, the seals won’t come, and Omat’s family is starving.

    Desperate to save them, Omat journeys through the icy wastes, fighting for survival with every step. When she meets a Viking warrior and his strange new gods, together they set in motion a conflict that could shatter her world…or save it.

    The Wolf in the Whale is a powerful tale of magic, discovery and adventure, featuring an unforgettable narrator ready to confront the gods themselves.

    Sarah: There’s Inuit and Viking mythology, fantasy elements, ass-kicking, and a writer who I know is way talented.

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  1. lora says:

    What about Winter of the Witch? Am I the only one who’s been waiting impatiently since I finished Girl in the Tower???
    I got a gift card to amazon for christmas and immediately preordered 99 Percent Mine and Winter of the Witch. Best 24.98 I’ve spent in a long time because it’s the promise of much anticipated books! Happy New year to all.

  2. JoS says:

    Yes to the new Sally Thorne and Jordanna Max Brodsky!

  3. Sarah R says:

    I REALLY hope the author of “Wrong Bed, Right Roommate” chose the name Shawn Lassiter as a Psych call-out, because then I will definitely be buying this book. I wonder if the heroine is Karen O’Hara…

  4. genie says:

    @Iora – you are not alone! I’m on the waitlist at my library already for Winter of the Witch and it’s going to take all my will power to wait for it (I’m 4th)!

  5. DonnaMarie says:

    You’ve hit most of my list: Roni Loren, Brodsky, Thorne, but I’m also looking forward to the latest Truly, Devious installment from Maureen Johnson and, at this point is should go without saying, Untouchable from Jayne Ann Krentz. I’m ALWAYS up for a new JAK. I’d also like to recommend A Cathedral of Myth and Bone from Kat Howard:

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    Rating details · 18 ratings · 9 reviews
    In these sixteen exquisite stories Kat Howard deftly weaves in and out of the countries of myth and hagiography to write the lives of women untold and unexplored.

    A woman being written into her boyfriend’s fiction is at first flattered to be his muse, but then finds her real life literally consumed and overtaken by his. A desperate young woman makes a prayer to the Saint of Sidewalks, but the miracle she receives isn’t what she expected. A painter spies a naked man, crouched by the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, transform into a beautiful white bird and decides to paint him, and becomes involved in his curse. Jeanne, a duelist and a sacred blade for God and Her holy saints, finds that the price of truth is always blood. And in the novella “Once, Future” Howard reimagines the Arthurian romance on a modern college campus as a story that is told, and told again, until the ending is right.

    Thanks for bringing The Witches of St. Petersburg to my attention. What’s one more addition to the TBR pile, at this point?

  6. DonnaMarie says:

    Sorry ladies, don’t know how all the extraneous crap got attached to that post.

  7. Crystal says:

    January is a bloodbath for me. The One You Fight For by Roni Loren, The Wicked King by Holly Black, Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden, Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus, and Slayer by Kiersten White (I’m Buffy trash forever, and I regret nothing).

  8. Iris says:

    It seems as though I’ve been waiting for ages for Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones. I’m also looking forward to enjoying a squee with my 14 year old niece discussing both The Wicked King and the King of Scars because the fun of recommending books is talking about them afterwards.

  9. Leena says:

    I’m also looking forward to the next Katherine Arden book! They’ve been great to read in the winter months. Winter of the Witch is perfectly named. In case this is helpful to anyone since I know a lot of good books comes out this month, Hoopla Digital, if you have it through your library, has the newest Roni Loren and Amanda Bouchet books. There may be others but those are the ones I checked for. (I hope its ok I said this. I apologize if its not). Obviously you can tell the ones I’m excited for.

  10. Amanda says:

    @Leena: Of course it’s okay. We love libraries and fully support getting your reading in however you can!

  11. Natalie says:

    The new Roni Loren is AMAZING. I binged the whole thing yesterday and have major book hangover today. So many feels!

  12. Lucy says:

    I’m two-thirds through the new Roni Loren and loving it.
    Mhairi McFarlane’s new one is out since yesterday and I’m constantly wishing the day would end so I can get into bed and get back to reading it. So far, I’m loving it and anticipating a Darcy-esque love interest.

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