“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.
Gameboard of the Gods
Age of X, #1
By Richelle Mead
Publication Date: June 4, 2013
From Goodreads:
In a futuristic world
nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile
after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and
supernatural claims. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae
Koskinen comes to bring him back to the Republic of United North America
(RUNA). Raised in an aristocratic caste, Mae is now a member of the
military’s most elite and terrifying tier, a soldier with enhanced
reflexes and skills.
When Justin and Mae are assigned to work
together to solve a string of ritualistic murders, they soon realize
that their discoveries have exposed them to terrible danger. As their
investigation races forward, unknown enemies and powers greater than
they can imagine are gathering in the shadows, ready to reclaim the
world in which humans are merely game pieces on their board.
Gameboard
of the Gods, the first installment of Richelle Mead’s Age of X series,
will have all the elements that have made her YA Vampire Academy and
Bloodlines series such megasuccesses: sexy, irresistible characters;
romantic and mythological intrigue; and relentless action and suspense.
Ritualistic murders, mythology, supernatural ... I can't wait!
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Walking Disaster
Beautiful, #2
By Jamie McGuire
Publication Date: April 2, 2013
From Goodreads:
Finally, the highly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Beautiful Disaster. Can you love someone too much?
Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder.
In
Walking Disaster, the life of Travis is full of fast women, underground
gambling, and violence. But just when he thinks he is invincible, Abby
Abernathy brings him to his knees.
Every story has two sides. In Beautiful Disaster, Abby had her say. Now it’s time to see the story through Travis’s eyes.
I found Beautiful Disaster to be an emotional and volatile read, so I'm looking forward to reading things from Travis' POV.
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1304 - The Harbinger
By Christine Rains
Publication Date: March 13, 2013
From Goodreads:
The gods
never play fairly, though, so Meira needs to find ways to help Sam with the
challenges. She cannot outwardly cross her master, but she refuses to let the
man she loves lose his soul. They haven't even had a chance to start a life
together.
Meira Harper
loves both her jobs: talking about beautiful shoes and fetching souls for Zeus.
But the Thunder God threatens the harpy's loyalty to her job when she receives
the call to bring the soul of gorgeous Sam Wright. Meira pleads with her boss
to let him live. Zeus agrees, but Sam must fight for his life. If Sam can win
three challenges, he can keep his soul.
Sam's
soul is on the line. Meira's will be too if she's caught, but that's a risk
she's willing to take.
You mention Greek mythology and gods/goddesses, and I'm there. I can't wait to read 1304 - The Harbinger. If you're looking for unique paranormal romance novellas, then you'll want to try Rains' 13th Floor Series.
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Mad Max: Unintended Consequences
By Betsy Ashton
Publication Date: March 1, 2013
From Goodreads:
Mad Max Davies lives a privileged life in Manhattan when her only
daughter is seriously injured in an auto accident. She rushes to
Richmond, Virginia, to care for her daughter and her two grandchildren,
including the paranormally gifted twelve-year-old, Emilie. When her
mother’s behavior deteriorates, Emilie uses her special gift to feel the
thoughts of others, and acts as an early warning system . When her
daughter is murdered, Mad Max and her grandchildren set out to solve the
crime and bring the killer to justice.
Betsy Ashton is the President of my writers' group, and even though I'd only heard bits and pieces of Mad Max in my writers' group before getting a copy of this book, I couldn't wait to read more. Betsy has a fast-paced style that makes it easy for the reader to get swept away in the story.
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Bolero
By Joanie McDonell
Publication Date: March 5, 2013
From Goodreads:
Bolero introduces Nick
Sayler, the private investigator who lives aboard a Hudson River barge
with a brilliant savant, a retired psychiatrist and a stunning Creole
girl. But Sayler's haunted by memories of the woman who took a bullet
meant for him, so his good life is belied by a bad drinking habit. Then
an emergency room doctor's desperate call about a ballerina with no
memory and nothing on her except his card, changes everything. If he can
dip into his notorious past to uncover the secret that will save the
dancer, maybe he can finally save himself.
I had the fortune to read an ARC of Bolero. If you like PIs and a modern day noir feel, then you'll love Joanie McDonell's Bolero.
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1303 - The Dragonslayer
By Christine Rains
Publication Date: February 13, 2013
From Goodreads:
On the rooftop of
neighboring building, dragonslayer Xanthus Ehrensvard fires at his
target, Governor Whittaker. How he missed the shot, he doesn't know, but
fleeing the scene, he picks up an unwanted passenger. Gorgeous reporter
Lois King saw Xan's face, and she believes it's the story to make her
career. Except he can't let her walk away knowing what he looks like.
Xan has to show her the Governor is a bigger threat to the world than he
is.
Xan knows dragons never went extinct. They evolved with
human society, taking on mortal forms, and slithered their way into
positions of great influence and power, just like the Governor. But it's
no easy chore proving to someone that dragons still exist, and even
more so, they're disguised as famous people. Xan must convince Lois or
find another way to silence her. An option, as he gets to know her, he
likes less and less.
After all, dragonslayers are no longer
celebrated heroes but outlaws. Just as the dragons wish it. But this
outlaw must make a plan to slay the dragon or risk its retribution.
The Dragonslayer comes out today! Yay! I've loved Christine's 13th Floor series. It's so unique. And what can be better than a modern day dragonslayer story!
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Polar Night
By Julie Flanders
Publication Date: February 7, 2013
From Goodreads:
When Detective Danny
Fitzpatrick leaves his hometown of Chicago and moves to Fairbanks,
Alaska he wants nothing more than to escape the violence and heartbreak
that left his life in pieces. Numbed by alcohol and the frozen
temperatures of an Alaskan winter, Danny is content with a dead-end job
investigating Fairbanks' cold cases. That all changes when a pretty
blond woman goes missing on the winter solstice, and Danny stumbles upon
some surprising connections between her disappearance and that of
another Fairbanks woman three years earlier. Forced out of his lethargy,
Danny sets out to both find the missing woman and solve his own cold
case.
The investigation points Danny towards Aleksei Nechayev,
the handsome and charming proprietor of an old asylum turned haunted
tourist attraction in the Arctic town of Coldfoot. As he tries to find a
link between Nechayev and his case, Danny's instinct tells him that
Nechayev is much more than what he seems.
Danny has no idea that
Nechayev is hiding a secret that is much more horrifying than anything
he could ever have imagined. As his obsession with finding the missing
women grows, Danny finds his own life in danger. And when the truth is
finally revealed, the world as he knows it will never be the same.
I'm so excited about Julie Flanders' debut novel Polar Night! I've been following her blog for a while, and her book sounds so good. I love a good mystery, and this sounds like one.
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The Gathering Dark
By Christine Johnson
Publication Date: February 12, 2013
From Goodreads:
A mysterious
teen boy knows the secrets of Keira’s dangerous hallucinations in this
gripping romantic fantasy from the author of Claire de Lune.
Keira’s
hallucinating. First it’s a door hovering above the road; then it’s a
tree in her living room. But with her parents fighting and her best
friend not speaking to her, Keira can’t tell anyone about her breakdown.
Until she meets Walker. They have an electric connection, and somehow he can see the same shadowy images plaguing Keira.
But
trusting Walker may be more dangerous than Keira could have ever
imagined. The more she confides in him, the more intense—and
frightening—her visions become. Because Walker is not what he appears to
be. And neither are her visions.
I don't remember where I heard about this book, but the cover caught my attention right away. I love books that deal with visions and the like, so when I read the book description, it looked like a book I would enjoy reading.
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Liberty
By Annie Laurie Cechini
Publication Date: February 1, 2013
From Goodreads:
A STOLEN VIAL
Eternigen
is the miracle drug that allows humans to travel in deep space.
Seventeen-year-old space captain Tabitha “Dix” Dixon has the only vial
of Eternigen in existence.
A RELENTLESS ENEMY
Eira Ninge always gets what she wants. She wants the Eternigen, and she’ll do anything—and kill anyone—to get it.
A DEADLY CURSE
Since
Dix stole the vial, everyone she loves seems fated to die. When young
resistance messenger Jordan Berrett steals her heart, she has to decide
if it’s worth risking his life to let him get close. When Dix is
involved, even falling in love can turn deadly.
A CHANCE FOR FREEDOM
If
Dix can get her hands on more Eternigen, she and her crew can escape
the solar system, leaving her dark past behind. But getting the
Eternigen won’t be easy, and the bodies keep piling up. In the end, the
cost of freedom may be too high.
Okay, this is a bit of a cheat, since I have read this book, but man, if you like science fiction and young adult, then you'll want to read Liberty. It should be on your waiting list. It sucked me in and didn't want to let go.
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The Archived
By Victoria Schwab
Publication Date: January 22, 2013
From Goodreads:
Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.
Each
body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians
can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which
they rest is the Archive.
Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here
four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined
to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once
was, a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories
from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the
people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for
staying alive.
Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous-it's a
constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da's death was hard enough, but
now her little brother is gone too. Mac starts to wonder about the
boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive,
the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately
altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece
together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall.
In
this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin
lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit,
unbearable loss and hard-won redemption.
I had the pleasure of meeting Victoria Schwab at a book signing, and I'm looking forward to reading this book as well as the signed copy of The Near Witch, which has been on my to-read list forever.
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1302 - The Alpha
By Christine Rains
Publication Date: January 13, 2013
From Goodreads:
Having been cooped up in
her apartment for months, Stefanie Porter didn't think one run in the
woods would matter. The wolf within her needed to stretch her legs, but
obviously she didn't have very good instincts. Her former pack found
her, and they almost catch her too, but a mysterious lone wolf jumps in
to help Stefanie escape.
The pack is driven by their cruel Alpha,
Wyatt. He refuses to give Stefanie her freedom even after she lost the
challenge to lead them and left their territory. She can hide in her
apartment, or the lone wolf can teach her some of his unusual urban
survival tricks. James Roberts might be a bit geeky, but he's smart and
looks hot when the argyle sweater comes off. He has a ridiculous
ambition to become a superhero, and it might be admirable if Wyatt
couldn't rip him limb from limb.
With the pack scouring the city
for her, Stefanie must convince James to teach her, or fight not only
for her life, but his as well.
Christine always has the most original works, so I'm looking forward to reading this one again!
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Crash
By Lisa McMann
Publication Date: 1/8/2013
From Goodreads:
If what you see is what you get, Jules is in serious trouble. The suspenseful first of four books from the New York Times bestselling author of the Wake trilogy.
Jules
lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells
like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food
truck to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle
that.
What she can’t handle is the recurring vision that haunts
her. Over and over, Jules sees a careening truck hit a building and
explode...and nine body bags in the snow.
The vision is
everywhere—on billboards, television screens, windows—and she’s the only
one who sees it. And the more she sees it, the more she sees.
The vision is giving her clues, and soon Jules knows what she has to do.
Because now she can see the face in one of the body bags, and it’s
someone she knows. Someone she has been in love with for as long as she
can remember.
In this riveting start to a gripping series from New York Times bestselling author Lisa McMann, Jules has to act—and act fast—to keep her vision from becoming reality.
I love books that have visions involved with them. After all, the first book I wrote involves a prophetess. Hehe! So I'm really excited about this book.
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Teeth
By Hannah Moskowitz
Publication Date: 1/1/2013
From Goodreads:
A gritty, romantic modern fairy tale from the author of Break and Gone, Gone, Gone.
Be careful what you believe in.
Rudy’s
life is flipped upside-down when his family moves to a remote island in
a last attempt to save his sick younger brother. With nothing to do but
worry, Rudy sinks deeper and deeper into loneliness and lies awake at
night listening to the screams of the ocean beneath his family’s rickety
house.
Then he meets Diana, who makes him wonder what he even
knows about love, and Teeth, who makes him question what he knows about
anything. Rudy can’t remember the last time he felt so connected to
someone, but being friends with Teeth is more than a little bit
complicated. He soon learns that Teeth has terrible secrets. Violent
secrets. Secrets that will force Rudy to choose between his own
happiness and his brother’s life.
This book has me at the description "Be careful what you believe in." It sounds so good.
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The Marquis
The 13th Floor Series, #1301
By Christine Rains
Publication Date: December 13, 2012
From Goodreads:
Life after Hell isn't
more exciting than watching football and fixing a busted pipe. Once a
powerful demon, Marc enjoys his quiet existence and a good cup of
coffee. With big ambitions to gain his master's favor, a trickster demon
named Vetis shatters Marc's peace and vows to deliver Marc's head to
the fires of Hell. Not before he destroys everything Marc cares about,
of course.
Marc's power has diminished over the years. Heaven
will never grant him absolution, and he refuses to return to Hell.
Running isn't an option. The city of Carmine is his territory. It's also
home to his favorite cafe owner, Mae Hopkins. The dame has a lovely
smile, but it's her heart and soul that shine bright.
While his
city burns and his love is captured, Marc must decide to surrender or
let hate and anger fuel him to become the fearsome beast he so loathes:
The Marquis. If the Marquis rises, Vetis can be defeated and Mae saved,
but Marc would be lost to his demon forever.
Okay, I have actually already read this novella, twice, and I'm working my way through a third time. It's such a great book and a fantastic start to a new paranormal romance series by Christine Rains.
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Reaper
By L.S. Murphy
Publication Date: January 7, 2013
From Goodreads:
There's no way sixteen
year old Quincy Amarante will become the fifth grim reaper. None. Not
over her shiny blue Mustang. Her Jimmy Choos. Or her dead body.
She’s supposed to enjoy her sophomore year, not learn about some freaky future Destiny says she has no choice but to fulfill.
It
doesn’t take long for Quincy to realize the only way out of the game is
to play along especially since Death can find her anyway, anywhere,
anytime. And does.
Like when she’s reassuring her friends she
wants nothing to do with former best friend Ben Moorland, who’s returned
from god-knows-where, and fails. Miserably.
Instead of maintaining her coveted popularity status, Quincy’s goes down like the Titanic.
Maybe ... just maybe ... that’s okay.
It
seems, perhaps, becoming a grim reaper isn’t just about the dead but
more about a much needed shift in Quincy’s priorities—from who she
thinks she wants to be to who she really is.
This looks like such a good book! And I love novels involving reapers. So cool! I can't wait to read it!
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Shades of Earth
Across the Universe #3
Beth Revis
Publication Date: January 15, 2013
From Goodreads:
Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed
behind. They're ready to start life afresh--to build a home--on
Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles
across the universe to experience.
But this new Earth isn't the
paradise Amy had been hoping for. There are giant pterodactyl-like
birds, purple flowers with mind-numbing toxins, and mysterious,
unexplained ruins that hold more secrets than their stone walls first
let on. The biggest secret of all? Godspeed's former passengers aren't alone on this planet. And if they're going to stay, they'll have to fight.
Amy and Elder must race to discover who--or what--else is out there if
they are to have any hope of saving their struggling colony and building
a future together. They will have to look inward to the very core of
what makes them human on this, their most harrowing journey yet. Because
if the colony collapses? Then everything they have sacrificed--friends,
family, life on Earth--will have been for nothing.
FUELED BY LIES.
RULED BY CHAOS.
ALMOST HOME.
Oh, my! What can I say about this series! I absolutely loved Across the Universe and A Million Suns. I'm clearing my schedule, so I can do nothing but read this book as soon as it comes out.
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Let the Sky Fall
Let the Sky Fall #1
By Shannon Messenger
Publication Date: March 5, 2013
From Goodreads:
Seventeen-year-old
Vane Weston has no idea how he survived the category five tornado that
killed his parents. And he has no idea if the beautiful, dark-haired
girl who’s swept through his dreams every night since the storm is real.
But he hopes she is.
Seventeen-year-old Audra is a
sylph, an air elemental. She walks on the wind, can translate its
alluring songs, and can even coax it into a weapon with a simple string
of commands. She’s also a guardian—Vane’s guardian—and has sworn an oath
to protect Vane at all costs. Even if it means sacrificing her own
life.
When a hasty mistake reveals their location to the
enemy who murdered both of their families, Audra’s forced to help Vane
remember who he is. He has a power to claim—the secret language of the
West Wind, which only he can understand. But unlocking his heritage will
also unlock the memory Audra needs him to forget. And their greatest
danger is not the warriors coming to destroy them—but the forbidden
romance that’s grown between them.
I just love that Shannon wrote about sylphs. You just don't hear much about them in books. The cover is so cool too! So powerful. Plus, this book comes out a few days before my birthday!
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Gameboard of the Gods
