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"Waiting On" Wednesday  is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   What's your "waiting on" pick this week?  Find out how you can participate HERE! My next eagerly anticipated book is: Title: The Iron Warrior Series: The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten, #3 Genre:  YA Fantasy Author: Julie Kagawa Expected publication:  October 27th 2015 by Harlequin Teen The Iron Prince—my nephew—betrayed us all. He killed me. Then, I woke up. Waking after a month on the brink of death, Ethan Chase is stunned to learn that the Veil that conceals the fey from human sight was temporarily torn away. Although humankind's glimpse of the world of Faery lasted just a brief moment, the human world has been cast into chaos, and the emotion and glamour produced by fear and wonder has renewed the tremendous power of the Forgotten Queen. Now, she is at the forefro...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   What's your "waiting on" pick this week?  Find out how you can participate HERE! My next eagerly anticipated book is: Title: Bound by Flames Series: Night Prince #3 Author: Jeaniene Frost Mass Market Paperback , 384 pages Expected Publication: January 27th 2015 by Avon Play with fire, pay the price. Leila’s years on the carnie circuit were certainly an education. What she didn’t learn: how to be a vampire, or how to be married to the most famous vampire of them all. Adjusting to both has Leila teetering on a knife edge between passion and peril, and now the real danger is about to begin… Vlad must battle with a centuries-old enemy whose reach stretches across continents and whose strength equals his own. It isn’t like Vlad to feel fea...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   What's your "waiting on" pick this week?  Find out how you can participate HERE! My next eagerly anticipated book is: Title: Kissed by the Wave Series: The Forbidden Realm Author: Serena Gilley Fantasy/Romance Kindle Edition , 304 pages Expected publication: August 5th 2014 by Forever Yours Beyond the limits of sight, magical beings live in the Forbidden Realm. The two worlds were once connected, but the desires of man forced their separation. Now, desire may bring them back together . . . Aliya is a mermaid with an obsession. Though contact with humans is strictly forbidden, she can't seem to stay away from the incredibly handsome Devin, who visits her lake night after night. Her body and soul have never been drawn to anyone like thi...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   What's your "waiting on" pick this week?  Find out how you can participate HERE! My next eagerly anticipated book is: Title: The Heart's Game Series: Kelly Brothers #4 Author: Crista McHugh Contemporary Romance Expected publication: July 7th 2014 What happens at Comic-Con, stays at Comic-Con… Robotics engineer Jenny Nguyen has given up on finding Mr. Right. So when her brother and his husband approach her to act as surrogate for their child, she sees it as her only chance to have a child and accepts. One week after she initiates the process, however, she meets a man who gets her heart pumping for all the right reasons and gives into the temptation. When the test turns positive, she’s believes she can’t handle both the pregnancy and...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   My next eagerly anticipated book is:   Title: The Fine Art of Pretending Series: The Fine Art of Pretending #1 Author: Rachel Harris YA Contemporary Romance Paperback, 256 pages Expected publication: September 30th 2014 by Spencer Hill Contemporary According to the guys at Fairfield Academy, there are two types of girls: the kind you hook up with, and the kind you're friends with. Seventeen-year-old Alyssa Reed is the second type. And she hates it. With just one year left to change her rank, she devises a plan to become the first type by homecoming, and she sets her sights on the perfect date—Justin Carter, Fairfield Academy’s biggest hottie and most notorious player. With 57 days until the dance, Aly launches Operation Sex Appeal and sheds her tomboy image. The only thin...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   My next eagerly anticipated book is: Title: Crave The Night Series: (Midnight Breed #12) Author: Lara Adrian Hardcover , 288 pages Expected publication: August 5th 2014 by Delacorte Press Born and raised to be an emotionless killing machine, Nathan is one of the most lethal Breed vampires in existence. A key member of the Order—an elite group of warriors charged with protecting both mortals and vampires—Nathan executes each mission with flawless precision and a total lack of mercy. Now he must pursue a powerful, hidden enemy. But Nathan’s hard discipline and training are no match for the fierce pull he feels toward a young woman he has no right to desire—a woman of wealth and high social standing who has long been promised to another Breed male, an...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. My next eagerly anticipated book is: The Beautiful Ashes Broken Destiny #1 by Jeaniene Frost Paperback, 304 page Expected publication: August 26th 2014 by Harlequin HQN   In a world of shadows, anything is possible.  Except escaping your fate. Ever since she was a child, Ivy has been gripped by visions of strange realms just beyond her own. But when her sister goes missing, Ivy discovers the truth is far worse—her hallucinations are real, and her sister is trapped in a parallel realm. And the one person who believes her is the dangerously attractive guy who's bound by an ancient legacy to betray her. Adrian might have turned his back on those who raised him, but that doesn't mean he can change his fate…no matter how strong a pull he feels toward Ivy. Together they search for the powerful relic...

"Waiting On" Wednesday  is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   My next eagerly anticipated book is: Skin Game (The Dresden Files #15) by Jim Butcher Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Hardcover , 464 pages Expected publication: May 27th 2014 by Roc Hardcover Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day…. Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, it’s something awful. He doesn’t know the half of it…. Mab has just traded Harry’s skills to pay off one of her debts. And now he must help a group of supernatural villains—led by one of Harry’s most dreaded and despised enemies, Nicodemus Archleone—to break into the highest-security vault in town so that they can then access the highest-security vault in th...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   My next eagerly anticipated book is: Shield of Winter (Psy-Changeling #13) by Nalini Singh Hardcover , 448 pages Expected publication: June 3rd 2014 by Berkley Hardcover Assassin. Soldier. Arrow. That is who Vasic is, who he will always be. His soul drenched in blood, his conscience heavy with the weight of all he’s done, he exists in the shadows, far from the hope his people can almost touch—if only they do not first drown in the murderous insanity of a lethal contagion. To stop the wave of death, Vasic must complete the simplest and most difficult mission of his life. For if the Psy race is to survive, the empaths must wake… Having rebuilt her life after medical “treatment” that violated her mind and sought to stifle her abilities, Ivy should ha...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   My next eagerly anticipated book is: Tested (New World #3) by Janelle Stalder   Expected publication: June 24th 2014 Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye. Faced with the scariest decision of her life, Missy is going behind enemy lines to save the rebel that seems to haunt her every dream. Finding courage is one of the hardest things she’s ever done, especially when she comes face-to-face with a terrifying reality. The green eyes that have fascinated her, no longer gleam with recognition. Now Missy must find a way to not only get them out alive, but to save the mind of the man who is quickly capturing her heart. And she must do it all without getting caught. Put to the test, will Missy be able to rise above her fears and find love, or watch it all blow up in smo...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   My next eagerly anticipated book is: Take Me On (Pushing the Limits #4) by Katie McGarry Hardcover , 544 pages Expected publication: May 27th 2014 by Harlequin TEEN      Champion kickboxer Haley swore she'd never set foot in the ring again after one tragic night. But then the guy she can't stop thinking about accepts a mixed martial arts fight in her honor. Suddenly, Haley has to train West Young. All attitude, West is everything Haley promised herself she'd stay away from. Yet he won't last five seconds in the ring without her help. West is keeping a big secret from Haley. About who he really is. But helping her-fighting for her-is a shot at redemption. Especially since it's his fault his family is falling apart. He can't change the pas...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   My next eagerly anticipated book is: The Forever Song (Blood of Eden #3) by Julie Kagawa Hardcover, US, 416 pages Expected publication: April 15th 2014 by Harlequin Teen VENGEANCE WILL BE HERS Allison Sekemoto once struggled with the question: human or monster? With the death of her love, Zeke, she has her answer. MONSTER Allie will embrace her cold vampire side to hunt down and end Sarren, the psychopathic vampire who murdered Zeke. But the trail is bloody and long, and Sarren has left many surprises for Allie and her companions—her creator, Kanin, and her blood brother, Jackal. The trail is leading straight to the one place they must protect at any cost—the last vampire-free zone on Earth, Eden. And Sarren has one final, brutal shock in store for Allie. In a ruined world where no lif...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   My next eagerly anticipated book is: Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #3) by Laini Taylor By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in war-ravaged Eretz. Common enemy, common cause. When Jael's brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people. And, perhaps, for themselves. Toward a new way of living, and maybe even love. But there are bigger threats than Ja...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday   is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine   that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   My next eagerly anticipated book is: Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) by Patricia Briggs #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs’s Mercy Thompson series has been hailed as “one of the best” ( Fiction Vixen ). Now, Mercy must deal with an unwanted guest—one that brings a threat unlike anything she’s ever known. An unexpected phone call heralds a new challenge for Mercy. Her mate Adam’s ex-wife is in trouble, on the run from her new boyfriend. Adam isn’t the kind of man to turn away a person in need—and Mercy knows it. But with Christy holed up in Adam’s house, Mercy can’t shake the feeling that something about the situation isn’t right. Soon, her suspicions are confirmed when she learns that Christy has the farthest thing from good intentions. She wants Adam back and she’s wi...

  "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. My next eagerly anticipated book is: Allegiant (Divergent #3) by Veronica Roth One choice will define you. What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single revelation—like a single choice—changed everything? What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? The explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth’s #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.   Expected publication October 22, 2013     What's your "waiting on" pick this week?  Find out how you can participate HERE!

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.  My next eagerly anticipated book is: Doctor Sleep (The Shining #2) by Stephen King  Publication Date: September 24, 2013 Genre: Horror Available for pre-order from: Amazon and Barnes & Noble  Book Description:   On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless—mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the “steam” that children with the “shining” produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father’s legacy of despair, alcoholism, and vi...

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   My next eagerly anticipated book is: Kissing Fire by A.M. Hargrove Genre: Romance Publication Date: April 15, 2013 Preston Mitchell, undercover DEA agent, has led a life of danger and obscurity. Knowing his job would never allow a normal relationship, he’s never opened himself up to any woman...that is until the lovely Avery Middleton stumbles into his life. To the outsider, Avery has it all...wealth, family, connections and a great job. But on the inside, she’s miserable. Her social life is in the dumpster, the kooky gal next door has some zany plans for her and her selfish mother drives Avery to the point of insanity. Her only salvation is to get out of Charleston and start a new life. So that’s precisely what she does. She moves to Seattle and steps right into the path of hot and sexy, Pr...