It’s another release week! For us, this week is a bit daintier on release that are on our personal TBR piles. But half the fun is seeing what the community is excited for. I love seeing everyone trade recommendations in the comments.
What releases are on your list? Tell us in the comments!
Blood
Author: Jen Gunter
Released: January 23, 2024 by Citadel Press
Genre: NonfictionThe latest by Dr. Jen Gunter!
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Author: Saara El-Arifi
Released: January 23, 2024 by Del Rey
Genre: LGBTQIA, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Series: Faebound #1From the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FINAL STRIFE, comes an enchanting new trilogy.
DIVIDED BY BLOOD.
IMPRISONED BY FATE.
BOUND BY DESIRE.
WELCOME TO THE INTOXICATING WORLD OF THE FAE.
Yeeran is a warrior in the elven army and has known nothing but violence her whole life. Her sister, Lettle, is trying to make a living as a diviner, seeking prophecies of a better future.
When a fatal mistake leads to Yeeran’s exile from the Elven lands, they are both forced into the terrifying wilderness beyond their borders. There they encounter the impossible: the fae court.
The fae haven’t been seen for a millennium. But now Yeeran and Lettle are thrust into their seductive world – torn between their loyalty to each other, their elven homeland, and their hearts. . .
Aarya: Always here for queernormative romantasy.
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Author: Emma Lord
Released: January 23, 2024 by Wednesday Books
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Young AdultThe day of her high school graduation, Riley realizes two things: One, that she has spent the last four years trying so hard to be a Good Kid for her mom that she has no idea who she really is anymore, and two, she has no idea what she wants because of it. The solution? Pack her bags and move to New York for the summer, where her childhood best friend Tom and co-creator of The Getaway List ― a list of all the adventures they’ve wanted to do together since he moved away ― will hopefully help her get in touch with her old adventurous self, and pave the road to a new future.
Riley isn’t sure what to expect from Tom, who has been distant since his famous mom’s scriptwriting career pulled him away. But when Riley arrives in the city, their reconnection is as effortless as it was when they were young―except with one, unexpected complication that will pull Riley’s feelings in a direction she didn’t know they could take. As she, Tom, and their newfound friends work their way through the delightfully chaotic items on The Getaway List, Riley learns that sometimes the biggest adventure is not one you take, but one you feel in your heart.
Inescapably romantic and brimming with Emma Lord’s signature cheer, The Getaway List is an uplifting and romantic read that will settle into your heart and never leave.
Lord’s YA romances have been anticipated on previous Hide Your Wallet posts!
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Author: Lydia San Andres
Released: January 23, 2024 by Harlequin Historical
Genre: Historical: Other, Romance
Series: Caribbean Courtships #3Journey to the Caribbean in this exciting Harlequin Historical romance
An unforgettable first kiss
An unexpected second chance…
It’s been five years since the night Leandro Díaz kissed heiress Lucía Troncoso before she left for Europe. He’d known they were from different worlds and would have to part, yet losing her still hurt… Now she’s returned but Leo isn’t the man he once was. Hardened by life, he holds Lucía at a distance and refuses to give in to their reignited attraction. Until danger hits and they’re forced closer than ever before…
Aarya: Love this author.
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Author: Opal Wei
Released: January 23, 2024 by Harlequin
Genre: Contemporary Romance, RomanceThey’re walking on the wild side…
The Plan was simple: find a cure for the cancer that nearly took her sister’s life. But for Zoey Fong, something about The Plan isn’t working anymore. Maybe it’s her unsuccessful research, maybe it’s burnout. But when a crucial tissue sample accidentally winds up in the hands of a very distracting—and disarmingly handsome—visitor, Zoey jumps at the chance to follow him home to retrieve it.
Davy Hsieh’s rugged island estate is no manicured suburban park. His plan is simple: establish a legitimate animal sanctuary and embrace life as a hermit to make up for a sketchy past. Zoey invading his fortress of solitude should not, under any circumstances, be a romantic development.
And yet it’s the single most invigorating week of their lives…when they’re able to set their many differences aside and embrace it. Stranded amid all manner of flora and fauna—including a semidomesticated cougar called Baby—Davy and Zoey first have to survive the island. Then they’ll need to take a leap of faith, maybe even trusting in each other, to save it.
Aarya: A screwball comedy written by Ruby Lang’s pseudonym.
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Toxic by Sarah Ditum about how 9 women were treated by the paparazzi and media during the ‘long aughts’ and what that means for all of us.
The Breakup Tour by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemond-Broka. Is it TSwift fanfic? Yes. Am I going to read it anyway? Also yes.
On the tbr this week: new HPs from two of my queens of angsty heartache: Caitlin Crews’s WEDDING NIGHT IN THE KING’S BED and Jackie Ashenden’s A VOW TO REDEEM THE GREEK, both releasing today. Karla Sorensen’s property-renovation romance, HEAD OVER HEELS (January 24). Ainsley Booth’s THE SCORING SECRET, blurbed as “You’ve Got Mail for the Tinder generation” (January 25).
I absolutely loved Wild Life!
All on the TBR
I just saw that Ainsley Booth’s THE SCORING SECRET (reference in my comment above) has been postponed until February 23. On the bright side, I saw that Maisey Yates—another of my favorite angsty-heartache queens—released a new HP today: THE ITALIAN’S PREGNANT ENEMY. With new HPs from Ashenden, Crews, and Yates, I’ll be spending the rest of the week riding the angst train all the way to heartache town!
@D3, That’s uh, quite a title.
Amazon just published a set of six short stories called The Improbable Meet Cute Collecton. They’re in Kindle Unlimited with audio and currently on on sale for $0.99 each (and then the audio is free) or $1.39 each for audio separately. Or you can buy a collection but it currently costs more. The authors are:
* Jasmine Guillory
* Abby Jimenez
* Christina Lauren
* Ashley Poston
* Sally Thorne
* Sariah Wilson
I am always fascinated by the oddly specific titles of Harlequin Presents: An Heir for the Vengeful Billionaire, Christmas Baby with Her Ultra-Rich Boss!, Hired For the Billionaire’s Secret Son, His Housekeeper’s Twin Baby Confession. Some of them sound like Madlibs.
@Carol S: those HP titles are designed to let readers know exactly which brand of operatic heartache they’ll be getting in the book. I’m at the point where I’ve read so many HPs, I just glance at the titles and say to myself, ah yes, secret baby, unplanned pregnancy, marriage of convenience, arranged marriage, impoverished heroine catches billionaire’s eye, poor little rich girl, must marry because of the terms of someone’s will or to please a dying parent, royal romance, sheikh romance, business rivals…well, you get the picture.
Beastly weather. Using SAD Light daily but it’s a battle. Splurging on book load this week just to help with Hide Out and Blanket Fort. Bought entire set of Mick Herron British Spy Thrillers Slow Horses and entire set of Katee Roberts Neon God’s.
Not sure if I’m interested in FAEBOUND but I like its cover.
The blank look on the nose-thumbing hero of THE GETAWAY LIST’s cover makes him look oddly like a figure from an old Egyptian or medieval picture.
WILD LIFE has now put the Talking Heads song in my head.
@ChefCheyanne, I’m so sorry you’re experiencing ghastly weather, but any excuse for a blanket fort is a good thing! I would love to know your thoughts on Mick Herron because I’ve been eying Slow Horses for awhile now and have been hesitant to commit.