If you’re new to Hide Your Wallet, this is where we list new releases we’re pretty excited for in the coming month.
Each reviewer has a book maximum (five per person), but we’ve separated HYW into two parts. The first HYW of the month will cover books that release from the 1st to the 14th. The second HYW will cover books released from the 15th to the end of the month.
We also think this will help us feature books from smaller publishers who don’t have buy links up as quickly as the big five.
As always, if we missed any books that you’re particularly looking forward to, tell us all about them in the comments.
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Cemetery Boys
Author: Aiden Thomas
Released: September 1, 2020 by Swoon Reads
Genre: LGBTQIA, Paranormal, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young AdultA trans boy determined to prove he’s a brujo to his Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave in Aiden Thomas’s paranormal YA debut.
Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him.Bestowed by the ancient goddess of death, Yadriel and the gifted members of his Latinx community can see spirits: women have the power to heal bodies and souls, while men can release lost spirits to the afterlife. But Yadriel, a trans boy, has never been able to perform the tasks of the brujas – because he is a brujo.
When his cousin suddenly dies, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free.
However, the ghost he summons is not his cousin. It’s Julian Diaz, the resident bad boy of his high school, and Julian is not about to go quietly into death. He’s determined to find out what happened and tie off some loose ends before he leaves.
Left with no choice, Yadriel agrees to help Julian, so that they can both get what they want. But the longer Yadriel spends with Julian, the less he wants to let him leave.
Ellen: This is weirdly specific but I love “inconvenient ghost oops now I’m in love with the ghost” stories.
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The Deadly Hours
Author: Susanna Kearsley
Released: September 1, 2020 by Poisoned Pen Press
Genre: Historical: European, Mystery/ThrillerA stellar line-up of historical mystery novelists weaves the tale of a priceless and cursed gold watch as it passes through time wreaking havoc from one owner to another. The characters are irrevocably linked by fate, each playing a key role in breaking the curse and destroying the watch once and for all.
From 1733 Italy to Edinburgh in 1831 to a series of chilling murders in 1870 London, and a lethal game of revenge decades later, the watch touches lives with misfortune, until it comes into the reach of one young woman who might be able to stop it for good.
Aarya: I’ve only read the Susanna Kearsley novella and I LOVED it. Perfect fan service for SK fans (we see Anna/Edmund, Mary/Hugh, and Daniel/Eva). It works as standalone though you might miss some nuance. I really need to read the rest of the antho.
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Fable
Author: Adrienne Young
Released: September 1, 2020 by Wednesday Books
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult
Series: Fable #1Welcome to a world made dangerous by the sea and by those who wish to profit from it. Where a young girl must find her place and her family while trying to survive in a world built for men.
As the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home seventeen-year-old Fable has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food. To survive she must keep to herself, learn to trust no one and rely on the unique skills her mother taught her. The only thing that keeps her going is the goal of getting off the island, finding her father and demanding her rightful place beside him and his crew. To do so Fable enlists the help of a young trader named West to get her off the island and across the Narrows to her father.
But her father’s rivalries and the dangers of his trading enterprise have only multiplied since she last saw him and Fable soon finds that West isn’t who he seems. Together, they will have to survive more than the treacherous storms that haunt the Narrows if they’re going to stay alive.
Amanda: Young always writes strong heroines in interesting settings and plots!
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The Inheritance Games
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Released: September 1, 2020 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Genre: Mystery/Thriller, Young Adult
Series: The Inheritance Games #1A Cinderella story with deadly stakes and thrilling twists, perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out.
Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why–or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man’s touch–and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes.
Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a con-woman, and he’s determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather’s last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.
Amanda: I’ve been searching for books that capture my love of Ready or Not and Knives Out.
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Punching the Air
Author: Ibi Zoboi
Released: September 1, 2020 by Balzer + Bray
Genre: Poetry, Young AdultThe story that I thought
was my life
didn’t start on the day
I was bornAmal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he’s seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighbourhood escalates into tragedy. “Boys just being boys” turns out to be true only when those boys are white.
The story that I think
will be my life
starts todaySuddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal’s bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it?
Aarya: Enough of my friends have loved Punching the Air that it’s going straight to the top of my TBR.
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Recommended for You
Author: Laura Silverman
Released: September 1, 2020 by Margaret K. McElderry Books
Genre: Romance, Young AdultTo All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets You’ve Got Mail in this charming and hilarious rom-com following two teen booksellers whose rivalry is taken to the next level as they compete for the top bookseller bonus.
Shoshanna Greenberg loves working at Once Upon, her favorite local bookstore. And with her moms fighting at home and her beloved car teetering on the brink of death, the store has become a welcome escape.
When her boss announces a holiday bonus to the person who sells the most books, Shoshanna sees an opportunity to at least fix her car, if none of her other problems. The only person standing in her way? New hire Jake Kaplan.
Jake is an affront to everything Shoshanna stands for. He doesn’t even read! But somehow his sales start to rival hers. Jake may be cute (really cute), and he may be an eligible Jewish single (hard to find south of Atlanta), but he’s also the enemy, and Shoshanna is ready to take him down.
But as the competition intensifies, Jake and Shoshanna grow closer and realize they might be more on the same page than either expects…
Shana: A Hanukkah romcom in a bookstore? Hello.
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Secret Crush Seduction
Author: Jayci Lee
Released: September 1, 2020 by Harlequin Desire
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romance
Series: The Heirs of Hanson #2She’s done waiting for what she really wants…
“If I don’t have you after that kiss,
I’ll burn to dust from the inside out…”
Aspiring fashion designer Adelaide Song wants to prove she’s more than just a pampered heiress. All she needs is a little courage—and the help of deliciously sexy Michael Reynolds, her childhood crush and her brother’s best friend. But when her secret crush turns into an illicit liaison, Adelaide realizes mixing business with pleasure spells trouble for all her plans…
Lara: Loved the first book in this series. Super tempted by the sequel!
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See What You Made Me Do
Author: Jess Hill
Released: September 1, 2020 by Sourcebooks
Genre: NonfictionAt the office of Safe Steps, Victoria’s dedicated 24/7 family violence response call centre, phone counsellors receive a call every three minutes. Many women are repeat callers: on average, they will go back to an abusive partner eight times before leaving for good.
‘You must get so frustrated when you think a woman’s ready to leave and then she decides to go back,’ I say.
‘No,’ replies one phone counsellor, pointedly. ‘I’m frustrated that even though he promised to stop, he chose to abuse her again.’
Women are abused or killed by their partners at astonishing rates: in Australia, almost 17 per cent of women over the age of fifteen – one in six – have been abused by an intimate partner.
In this confronting and deeply researched account, journalist Jess Hill uncovers the ways in which abusers exert control in the darkest – and most intimate – ways imaginable. She asks: What do we know about perpetrators? Why is it so hard to leave? What does successful intervention look like?
What emerges is not only a searing investigation of the violence so many women experience, but a dissection of how that violence can be enabled and reinforced by the judicial system we trust to protect us.
Combining exhaustive research with riveting storytelling, See What You Made Me Do dismantles the flawed logic of victim-blaming and challenges everything you thought you knew about domestic and family violence.
Sneezy: While women are more likely to be victims of domestic violence, we’re also fed bullshit about how we could have been safe if only we were smarter, better, stronger. Knowing what red flags to look for is important, but so is understanding intellectually and emotionally that the blame lies solely with the abuser, not the abused. Hoping this book is a robust read and challenges my thinking as it promises to do!
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The Smart Wife
Author: Yolande Strengers
Released: September 1, 2020 by The MIT Press
Genre: NonfictionA bold dive into the problematic development (and developers) of “smart wives”–feminized digital assistants who are friendly, sometimes flirty, docile, efficient, occasionally glitchy, and perpetually available.
Meet the Smart Wife–at your service, an eclectic collection of feminized AI, robotic, and smart devices. This digital assistant is friendly and sometimes flirty, docile and efficient, occasionally glitchy but perpetually available. She might go by Siri, or Alexa, or inhabit Google Home. She can keep us company, order groceries, vacuum the floor, turn out the lights. A Japanese digital voice assistant–a virtual anime hologram named Hikari Azuma–sends her “master” helpful messages during the day; an American sexbot named Roxxxy takes on other kinds of household chores. In The Smart Wife, Yolande Strengers and Jenny Kennedy examine the emergence of digital devices that carry out “wifework”–domestic responsibilities that have traditionally fallen to (human) wives. They show that the principal prototype for these virtual helpers–designed in male-dominated industries–is the 1950s housewife: white, middle class, heteronormative, and nurturing, with a spick-and-span home. It’s time, they say, to give the Smart Wife a reboot.
Sneezy: Going by the summary, this book will break down the ways technology is reproducing sexism, classism, and cis het structures. Very much here for and curious about how this book examines this issue and what solutions they suggest.
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The Tragedy of Heterosexuality
Author: Jane Ward
Released: September 1, 2020 by NYU Press
Genre: NonfictionA troubling account of heterosexual desire in the era of #MeToo
Heterosexuality is in crisis. Reports of sexual harassment, misconduct, and rape saturate the news in the era of #MeToo. Straight men and women spend thousands of dollars every day on relationship coaches, seduction boot camps, and couple’s therapy in a search for happiness.
In The Tragedy of Heterosexuality, Jane Ward smartly explores what, exactly, is wrong with heterosexuality in the twenty-first century, and what straight people can do to fix it for good. She shows how straight women, and to a lesser extent straight men, have tried to mend a fraught patriarchal system in which intimacy, sexual fulfillment, and mutual respect are expected to coexist alongside enduring forms of inequality, alienation, and violence in straight relationships.
Ward also takes an intriguing look at the multi-billion-dollar self-help industry, which markets goods and services to help heterosexual couples without addressing the root of their problems. Ultimately, she encourages straight men and women to take a page out of queer culture, reminding them “about the human capacity to desire, fuck, and show respect at the same time.”
Sneezy: Often it is asked, “Are the cis hets okay?” And 99.999% of the time, the answer…is no. But that’s hardly a surprise, is it? Fellow cis hets, let’s dig in and learn!
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Transcendent Kingdom
Author: Yaa Gyasi
Released: September 1, 2020 by Knopf
Genre: Literary FictionYaa Gyasi’s stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama
Gifty is a fifth year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine studying reward seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after a knee injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her. But even as she turns to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family’s loss, she finds herself hungering for her childhood faith, and grappling with the evangelical church in which she was raised, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive. Transcendent Kingdom is a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanain immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief–a novel about faith, science, religion, love. Exquisitely written, emotionally searing, this is an exceptionally powerful follow-up to Gyasi’s phenomenal debut.
Shana: Gyasi’s book Homegoing is one of my faves, so I’m looking forward to new and equally bittersweet sounding book.
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Trust Fund Fiance
Author: Naima Simone
Released: September 1, 2020 by Harlequin Desire
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romance
Series: Texas Cattleman's Club: Rags to Riches #4An intriguing proposal
mixes romance and finance…His friend needs a fiancé to claim a fortune.
But they both know it’s about more than money…
Ezekiel Holloway’s proposition could save his friend Reagan Sinclair’s inheritance and give her the freedom she craves. But when family scandals force Ezekiel to end their fake engagement, the heiress comes up with a counterproposal—and they elope to Vegas after all! Is there something more than mere convenience at stake here?
Sarah: Fake relationships? I am curious! And that cover is wowsers.
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Wayward Witch
Author: Zoraida Cordova
Released: September 1, 2020 by Sourcebooks Fire
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult
Series: Brooklyn Brujas #3Rose Mortiz has always been a fixer, but lately she’s been feeling lost. She has brand-new powers she doesn’t understand, and her family is still trying to figure out how to function in the wake of her amnesiac father’s return home. Then, on the night of her Deathday party, Rose discovers her father’s memory loss has been a lie.
As she rushes to his side, the two are ambushed and pulled through a portal to the land of Adas, a fairy realm hidden in the Caribbean Sea. There, Rose is forced to work with a group of others to save Adas. Soon, she begins to discover the scope of her powers, the troubling truth about her father’s past, and the sacrifices he made to save her sisters.
But if Rose wants to return home so she can repair her broken family, she must figure out how to heal Adas first.
Shana: I was promised Brown faeries and himbo princes, so I hope this delivers!
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When No One Is Watching
Author: Alyssa Cole
Released: September 15, 2020 by William Morrow
Genre: Horror, Mystery/ThrillerRear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning …
Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting like weeds, FOR SALE signs are popping up overnight, and the neighbors she’s known all her life are disappearing. To hold onto her community’s past and present, Sydney channels her frustration into a walking tour and finds an unlikely and unwanted assistant in one of the new arrivals to the block—her neighbor Theo.
But Sydney and Theo’s deep dive into history quickly becomes a dizzying descent into paranoia and fear. Their neighbors may not have moved to the suburbs after all, and the push to revitalize the community may be more deadly than advertised.
When does coincidence become conspiracy? Where do people go when gentrification pushes them out? Can Sydney and Theo trust each other—or themselves—long enough to find out before they too disappear?
Elyse: I’m so excited for Cole’s first thriller!
Sarah: Could not stop reading it.
Shana: The cover of this gives me the creeps, in such a good way.
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The Bone Shard Daughter
Author: Andrea Stewart
Released: September 8, 2020 by Orbit
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Series: The Drowning Empire #1In an empire controlled by bone shard magic, Lin, the former heir to the emperor will fight to reclaim her magic and her place on the throne. The Bone Shard Daughter marks the debut of a major new voice in epic fantasy.
The emperor’s reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire’s many islands.
Lin is the emperor’s daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic.
Yet such power carries a great cost, and when the revolution reaches the gates of the palace, Lin must decide how far she is willing to go to claim her birthright – and save her people.
Aarya: I really enjoyed my arc. It’s creepy as fuck, and that’s all I’m willing to say about it lest I spill spoilers. Loved the East Asian-inspired worldbuilding.
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Her Big City Neighbor
Author: Jackie Lau
Released: September 8, 2020 by Jackie Lau Books
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romance
Series: Cider Bar Sisters #1When small-town engineer Amy Sharpe inherits a house in Toronto, she decides it’s the perfect opportunity to start over and go back to school. Away from the family that takes her for granted, away from the ex who expected so much and gave little in return.
The new Amy enjoys wandering around the city and frequenting bubble tea shops, German beer halls, dim sum restaurants, and coffee bars serving Japanese pastries. She has a roommate with the same name as her favorite fictional character, and a group of friends who meet at a cider bar every couple of weeks.
The new Amy is also in lust with her brooding, tattooed next-door neighbor, Victor Choi, who is far from friendly but looks really hot cutting the grass without a shirt. Too bad the grass doesn’t grow faster.
As she starts telling him about her daily adventures—and as a little kissing in the garden becomes a regular activity—Amy finds her feelings are more than lust. But she fears she’s falling into her old patterns in relationships and refuses to let herself be underappreciated again.
Is Victor really more than a hot fling? And what’s he hiding behind that grumpy exterior?
Amanda: A brooding, tattooed neighbor, you say?!
Sneezy: I’m reading this right now, and it’s SO GOOD!!!! So far it’s exactly the balm my ass needed to get out of my reading slump. This book is baby, and anyone who disagrees SHALL EXIT THIS WORLD AT DAWN VIA MY STRAIGHT SWORD!
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Iron Heart
Author: Nina Varela
Released: September 8, 2020 by Quill Tree Books
Genre: LGBTQIA, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult
Series: Crier's War #2An unstoppable love between two girls—one human, one Made—both set on destroying the Iron Heart.
For too long the cruel, beautiful Automae have lorded over the kingdom of Rabu, oppressing the humans who live there. But the human revolution is on the rise, and at its heart is Ayla. Once handmaiden, now fugitive, Ayla escaped the palace of Lady Crier, the girl Ayla had planned to kill . . . but instead fell in love with. Now Ayla has pledged her allegiance to Queen Junn, whom she believes can accomplish the ultimate goal of the human rebellion: destroy the Iron Heart. Without it, the Automae will be weakened to the point of extinction.
But playing at Ayla’s memory are the powerful feelings she developed for Crier. And unbeknownst to her, Crier has also fled the palace, taking up among travelling rebels, determined to find and protect Ayla.
As their paths collide, neither are prepared for the dark secret underlying the Iron Heart.
In this stunning sequel to acclaimed author Nina Varela’s Crier’s War, the love that launched a revolution must now pave the way for a whole new era . . . and the ultimate change of heart.
Ellen: The first book was one of my fave reads of 2019 so I am VERY EXCITED for this duology closeout!!
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One by One
Author: Ruth Ware
Released: September 8, 2020 by Gallery/Scout Press
Genre: Mystery/ThrillerThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Turn of the Key and In a Dark Dark Wood returns with another suspenseful thriller set on a snow-covered mountain.
Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, and company to keep you warm. But what happens when that company is eight of your coworkers…and you can’t trust any of them?
When an off-site company retreat meant to promote mindfulness and collaboration goes utterly wrong when an avalanche hits, the corporate food chain becomes irrelevant and survival trumps togetherness. Come Monday morning, how many members short will the team be?
Elyse: I love a “locked room” mystery and this one features a group snowed in on the Alps.
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The Phlebotomist
Author: Chris Panatier
Released: September 8, 2020 by Angry Robot
Genre: Science Fiction/FantasyWar brought the Harvest. Willa Mae Wallace is a reaper.
To support herself and her grandson Isaiah, Willa works for the blood contractor Patriot. Instituted to support the war effort, the mandatory draw (The Harvest) has led to a society segregated by blood type. Hoping to put an end to it all, Willa draws on her decades-old phlebotomy training to resurrect an obsolete collection technique, but instead uncovers an awful truth.
Patriot will do anything to protect its secret. On the run and with nowhere else to turn, Willa seeks an alliance with Lock, a notorious blood-hacker who cheats the Harvest to support the children orphaned by it. But they soon find themselves in the grasp of a new type of evil.
Amanda: This sounds absolutely bonkers and I need it.
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It Will Just Be Us by Jo Kaplan: “A terrifying new gothic horror novel about two sisters and a haunted house that never sleeps, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle.” I at least want to pull the sample for that one.
Why is THE SMART WIFE (which looks interesting, btw) listed as “Not a Book”? It clearly seems to be a book and Sneezy’s blurb even includes the words “this book…”
I have quite a few books on my September list, but because several of them have been postponed from previous dates, I’m trying not to get my hopes up:
Of course, a new month brings new releases from my favorite Harlequin Presents and Dare authors. Clare Connelly’s HARDEN MY HART (from Dare) is the next in her series about the Hart siblings. The previous book in the series was really dull, so I’m hoping Connelly gets back on track with this one. Meanwhile, Jackie Ashenden has a new HP, THE MOST POWERFUL OF KINGS, obviously a royal romance. The hero here is the brother of the hero in her previous HP, PROMOTED TO HIS PRINCESS, which I liked very much, so I’m hoping she continues her streak.
September 15 is going to drain my book budget if all of these books do make their publication date: Skye Warren’s GOLDMINE, the second of a three-book series that started with DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH; J. Kenner’s MY FALLEN SAINT, the start of a new trilogy (and pricey for an ebook, $6.99–that may have to go to the “wait for a sale” list); Ainsley Booth’s much-postponed FILTHY LIAR, the fifth and final of her Forbidden Bodyguards series; and Natasha Knight’s UNHOLY INTENT—the first book of the duet, UNHOLY UNION, is out now, but I prefer to wait and read both books together.
Rachel Reid’s COMMON GOAL, her next m/m hockey romance, is scheduled for September 21. One of the heroes is apparently a retired player and the book appears to include the age-gap trope.
At the end of the month, Annika Martin concludes her Billionaires of Manhattan series with the fifth and final installment, RETURN BILLIONAIRE TO SENDER. We saw a little of the book’s h&h as background characters in the previous book, THE BILLIONAIRE’S FAKE FIANCÉE. The heroine is a mail carrier—which seems very timely right now.
Also at the end of the month comes CD Reiss’s CROWNE RULES, the next in her series about the Crowne family. In this one, the family’s black sheep son is staying in a house in Tuscany when a family friend, fleeing scandal, lands on his doorstep. Based on its description, this one appears to involve a D/s relationship.
I’ll have to read The Tragedy of Heterosexuality.
But I wonder about this:
“Ultimately, she encourages straight men and women to take a page out of queer culture, reminding them “about the human capacity to desire, fuck, and show respect at the same time.”
My Bi and Ace daughters might disagree with this assessment considering all the discrimination and rejection they’ve faced from the LGBTQ+ communities. Unfortunately, being queer doesn’t erase some people’s need to control and exclude.
@DDD: “Not a Book” and “Nonfiction” are rather close together. Fixed!
I had two books on my list released today! Blood and Honey by Shelby Mahurin downloaded this morning and the new Star Wars Thrawn book is out for delivery. I should have taken today off to read.
I’m intrigued by the cider bar book because I feel so left out of the microbrewery movement. I’ve never been a beer fan, but I love a crisp, dry cider. Throw in a good romance and it sounds like the perfect summer read! Thanks!
In addition to several you already covered, my list includes:
MASTER OF POISONS by Andrea Hairston on Sept 8. Epic fantasy with African folklore.
Also Sept 8, CHARMING AS A VERB by Ben Philippe. High school rom com.
I’ve been hearing good things about Jenny Holiday and I like royalty books so I’ve got A Princess for Christmas on my calendar for 9/15. And book 5 in Honor Raconteur’s Henri Davenforth series comes out sometime this month with no firm release date.
Love and Pretence by Stefanie Simpson is out next week and it looks like it’s a childhood friends to enemies to lovers with femdom and fake dating.
A Deception at Thornecrest, the 7th Amory Ames mystery is the only book on my early September list. I’m about two books behind here, and the blurb is a bit of a spoiler as Amory and Milo are noted to be anticipating the arrival of the plot device that ruins a good mystery solving couple. Sigh.
This week (month, year, life) is a book-buying bloodbath for me. Let’s see, today I copped When No One Is Watching and The Inheritance Games from the above list, along with None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney and A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore. Then there’s the rest of the month, in which I know I’ve preordered that new Ruth Ware, Legendborn by Tracy Deonn, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (I was a pretty big fan of both Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and The Ladies of Grace Adieu, and Piranesi sounds weird as hell, but the woman can write), The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan (I’m hearing rumors about banter, and I always live for banter), Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots, The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett, A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik, and Battle Ground by Jim Butcher.
I know, it’s appalling.
I am sooo far behind in my reading this year, but there are so many tempting books here. Sneezy, in particular, was on fire!
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I read an arc of The Deadly Hours and really enjoyed it. All are solid and work well together to explore a cursed gold watch traveling through Europe over a period of several hundred years, bringing death and destruction to nearly everyone unfortunate enough to cross its path. Susanna Kearsley’s novella is good, though C. S. Harris’s story is the best, I think, in the anthology.
I’m tentatively looking forward to A Rogue of One’s Own though I’ve been reading very mixed early reviews that discuss problematic content around racism and colonialism.
My other anticipated books are out in the second half of the month like The Roommate and The Duke Who Didn’t. Sept. is a good month for new releases.
On Sept 7 or 8 Fredrik Bachman’s ANXIOUS PEOPLE appears. Bachman doesn’t do romance, per se, but he really does interrogate relationships with others and with oneself.
The blurb: “Rich with Fredrik Backman’s “pitch-perfect dialogue and an unparalleled understanding of human nature” (Shelf Awareness), Anxious People is an ingeniously constructed story about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope — the things that save us, even in the most anxious times.”