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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Off Limits Attraction
Author: Jayci Lee
Released: December 15, 2020 by Harlequin Desire
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romance
Series: The Heirs of Hansol #3Love triumphs in this uplifting workplace romance, part of The Heirs of Hansol series. Come along for the ride as Jayci Lee transports you into the glamorous world of high fashion where passion clashes with familial duty!
Mixing business with pleasure changes the entire script…
But that’s no reason to stop…
Jihae Park’s icy heiress facade is quickly melting—all because of Colin Song. A fling with the sexy film producer could jeopardize her one shot at achieving her own success—and the movie they’re making together. But resistance to her searing attraction—and Colin’s breathtaking bedroom skills—proves futile. Even as Colin’s ulterior motives threaten to destroy their chance at a picture-perfect ending…
Lara: I loved the first book in this series, meh for the second, but I’m holding out hope for the third!
Ellen: Like Lara, I loved the 1st but was so-so on the second. But from what we’ve seen of the hero and heroine in the previous installments I’m VERY intrigued.
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A Spy in the Struggle
Author: Aya de Leon
Released: December 29, 2020 by Dafina
Genre: Mystery/ThrillerThe Washington Post Featured Thriller That Will Have You On The Edge Of Your Seat
Bustle’s Most Anticipated Reads for December
Book Riot Featured Hispanic Heritage Month Book
CrimeReads Most Anticipated Crime Books of Fall 2020
Novel Suspects Featured December New Release“A passionately felt stand-alone with an affecting personal story at its center.” – The Washington Post
Winner of the International Latino Book Award, Aya de Leon, returns with a thrilling and timely story of feminism, climate, and corporate justice—as one successful lawyer must decide whether to put everything on the line to right the deep inequities faced in one under-served Bay Area, California community.
Since childhood, Yolanda Vance has forged her desire to escape poverty into a laser-like focus that took her through prep school and Harvard Law. So when her prestigious New York law firm is raided by the FBI, Yolanda turns in her corrupt bosses to save her career—and goes to work for the Bureau. Soon she’s sent undercover at Red, Black, and Green—an African-American “extremist” activist group back in her California college town. They claim a biotech corporation fueled by Pentagon funding is exploiting the neighborhood. But Yolanda is determined to put this assignment in her win column, head back to corporate law, and regain her comfortable life…
Until an unexpected romance opens her heart—and a suspicious death opens her eyes. Menacing dark money forces will do anything to bury Yolanda and the movement. Fueled by memories of who she once was—and what once really mattered most—how can she tell those who’ve come to trust her that she’s been spying? As the stakes escalate, and one misstep could cost her life, Yolanda will have to choose between betraying the cause of her people or invoking the wrath of the country’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
Maya: 1) THAT COVER 2) de León’s Justice Hustlers series was highly recommended to me by a friend of mine and 3) wow does that look like a complicated and engaging story!
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The Dark Archive
Author: Genevieve Cogman
Released: December 29, 2020 by Ace
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Series: The Invisible Library #7A professional spy for a mysterious Library which harvests fiction from different realities, Irene faces a series of assassination attempts that threaten to destroy her and everything she has worked for.
Irene is teaching her new assistant the fundamentals of a Librarian’s job, and finding that training a young Fae is more difficult than she expected. But when they both narrowly avoid getting killed in an assassination attempt, she decides that learning by doing is the only option they have left – especially when the assassins keep coming for them, and for Irene’s other friends as well…
In order to protect themselves, Irene and her friends must do what they do best: search for information to defeat the overwhelming threat they face and identify their unseen enemy. To do that, Irene will have to delve deeper into her own history than she ever has before, face an ancient foe, and uncover secrets that will change her life and the course of the Library forever.
Catherine: These books are just so much fun – pure adventure with a touch of romance.
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Fairy Godmothers, Inc.
Author: Saranna DeWylde
Released: December 29, 2020 by Zebra Books
Genre: Fantasy/Fairy Tale Romance, Paranormal, RomanceFirst in a magical new series full of edgy and hilarious antics, this is the read you need to finally give your year the fairy-tale ending it deserves! An enchanting story of love, dreams, and second chances—a delightful read for cold winter nights that fans of Christina Lauren, Tessa Bailey, and Kerry Winfrey can’t miss…
If love is the source of all the magic in the universe, and the town of Ever After, Missouri, is the epicenter of enchantment, then the locals are in dire need of a reboot. At least according to resident fairy godmothers Petunia, Jonquil, and Bluebonnet. Their solution? Blow a bit of fairy dust in the direction of those in need of romance…what could possibly go wrong?
SOME KIND OF AWFUL…
Lucky Fujiki’s first name is a cosmic joke. Her luck is so bad, even the number seven steers clear of her. But when her adorable godmothers ask for a favor, Lucky can’t say no–even if she can already feel the bad juju waiting to strike. And her mission is even worse than she imagined: to promote Ever After as a wedding destination by faking a marriage to her first love and long-time ex, Ransom Payne–he of the Embarrassing Incident that neither of them will ever live down…OR ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL?
Ransom Payne has spent years building an impressive new reputation for himself, and now his godmothers want him to pretend to wed the one girl he’d like most to forget? Sure, weddings in Ever After could be a huge boon for his chocolate business, but risking more up-close-and-personal time with Lucky? Considering the stakes, it’s a curse he’ll have to bear, at the risk of being humiliated–or perhaps, bewitched…Aarya: I’m really in the mood for frothy, fluffy PNR.
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Pretty Little Wife
Author: Darby Kane
Released: December 29, 2020 by William Morrow Paperbacks
Genre: Mystery/ThrillerDebut author Darby Kane thrills with this twisty domestic suspense novel that asks one central question: shouldn’t a dead husband stay dead?
Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. Lila isn’t what she seems.A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila’s husband, Aaron, is also missing. At first these cases are treated as horrible coincidences until it’s discovered the student is really the third of three unexplained disappearances over the last few years. The police are desperate to find the connection, if there even is one. Little do they know they might be stumbling over only part of the truth….
With the small town in an uproar, everyone is worried about the whereabouts of their beloved high school teacher. Everyone except Lila, his wife. She’s definitely confused about her missing husband but only because she was the last person to see his body, and now it’s gone.
Elyse: Darby Kane is a pseudonym for HelenKay Dimon and I adore her romantic suspense novels.
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The Princess and the Rogue
Author: Kate Bateman
Released: December 29, 2020 by St. Martin's Paperbacks
Genre: Historical: European, Romance
Series: Bow Street Bachelors #3A princess in disguise is forced to live with a rogue in order to protect her from danger in this fun, sexy regency romance.
Bow Street agent Sebastien Wolff, Earl of Mowbray, doesn’t believe in love―until a passionate kiss with a beautiful stranger in a brothel forces him to reconsider. When the mysterious woman is linked to an intrigue involving a missing Russian princess, however, Seb realizes her air of innocence was too good to be true.
Princess Anastasia Denisova has been hiding in London as plain ‘Anna Brown’. With a dangerous traitor hot on her trail, her best option is to accept Wolff’s offer of protection―and accommodation―at his gambling hell. But living in such close quarters, and aiding Wolff in his Bow Street cases, fans the flames of their mutual attraction. If Anya’s true identity is revealed, does their romance stand a chance? Could a princess ever marry a rogue?
Elyse: I loved the previous book in this series.
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The Stormbringer
Author: Isabel Cooper
Released: December 29, 2020 by Sourcebooks Casablanca
Genre: Fantasy/Fairy Tale Romance, Romance
Series: Stormbringer #1The Witcher goes fiercely feminist in this gripping paranormal romance from noted author Isabel Cooper.
Raised to be weapons against the darkness, Sentinels spend their lives fighting the monsters that prey upon humanity. Their hands will shape the world, and their swords will seal its fate.
A warrior lost to time…
Pursuing her latest quarry deep into the wilderness, Sentinel Darya finds herself in an ancient city that should no longer exist. There she comes upon a handsome warrior in ancient clothing, held in a deathlike sleep—Amris, hero of the last great battle against the Traitor God. His discovery, and the weakening wards about the city, can only mean one thing: the Traitor is gathering his armies again, and the storms are returning.
Amris has been trapped in dreamless sleep since the final battle raged centuries ago. Now he is awake…and so, it seems, is humanity’s greatest threat. Determined to save the world from being swallowed by the oncoming storm, Amris and the fiercely beautiful Darya must learn to trust each other—and the powerful bond that’s formed between them—as they fight their way through a land swarming with monsters in a last desperate bid to get word back to their allies before it’s too late…
Ellen: I enjoyed Cooper’s book Highland Dragon Warrior and never got around to finishing that series but this new historical dragon series sounds really fun!
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Yay! I’ve heard that end-of-December releases aren’t great for books and I’ve no idea if that’s true, but I love them. That week between Christmas and New Years is that weird liminal time when the house is clean, the fridge is stocked with holiday leftovers, company has come and gone and the only thing to do is read. I love it so much!
Ooh, I really enjoyed the first two books in that Kate Bateman series, so I’m stoked to read the third as post-Christmas decompression.
Also “fluffy PNR” is one of my favorite genres! There’s just not enough of it! I love these posts because I inevitably find something super appealing to add to my TBR.
Ooh, definitely looking forward to the Cogman and the Bateman. Enjoyed the previous ones in both series.
Oh, I love Isabel Cooper and I’m so glad to see she’s publishing again. I really liked her Engelfield series, and I’m not usually into PNR. I think she’s really under-rated and I suggest reading her.
A Spy in the Struggle and Fairy Godmothers Inc are on my TBR pile! I’m still reading Bateman on and off and need to read Cooper again!
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