LATEST NEW RELEASES, RECOMMENDATIONS, & PRE-ORDERS — Week of May 16, 2016

BOOKWORM NEWS UPDATES:

• The Goal by Elle Kennedy was just announced!! This is the next standalone romance in the highly-rated and crazy popular Off Campus sports romance series! Each book is a standalone and there are 3 already available!
• The Words We Leave Unspoken by LD Cedergreen was just announced! This is a standalone novel from the author of Gravity (my review) which I loved and had a surprising twist!



• Exploited by A. Meredith Walters was just announced!! She’s a hacker! — I’ve always been one step ahead. Until I fell in love. Because I’m sleeping with the man who’s hunting me. And he has no idea that I am his prey.
• Midnight Soul by Kristen Ashley was announced! Final Fantasyland series novel! — “Her masks slips and Noc knows it’s her—and he has to find a way to get her to come home with him. And then make her want to stay.”
• If you’re new to Kristen Ashley’s books, here’s my Recommended Reading Order for all Kristen Ashley Series!

 
TOP RECOMMENDATION: Wicked Heart by Leisa Rayven (Read my Review) 
SQUEEEEEEE!!!! OH. MY. GOSH!!!! This amazing book was absolutely unputdownable!!! Actually, Liam, the sexy, gorgeous hero might top my 2016 book boyfriend list. But holy heavens THE. ANGST. WAS. INTENSE!! I swooned, I laughed, actually cried, I fanned myself from the sheer HOTNESS, and my heart raced non-stop from the first time they met til the very last page. Their love seemed so impossible that my heart just HURT. But the surprising TWIST was absolutely brilliant. Gah. This book was PERFECT. Elissa and Liam’s love story was brimming with emotion, intensity, and hotness. Once you start reading this book, you won’t be able to stop. I highly recommend getting a copy immediately and clearing your schedules to read it because this is one of the BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR!! 5 STARS!

*whispers quietly* Ok guys, my personal opinion is that if there’s only ONE book that you get from this whole list this week, it should be Wicked Heart. Seriously, just trust me. IT WAS AMAZING & ADDICTIVE!!!

 
TOP RECOMMENDATION: The Problem With Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Read my Review)  
OMG!!! This was such a wonderful YA standalone! It’s a bit of a childhood friends-to-lovers / second chance romance style story… The hero and heroine grew up in the same foster home where he protected her each day and kept her as safe. Until one day he disappeared. Four years went by and she didn’t see or hear from him again even though she never forgot him. Until she walks into a new high school on the first day of her senior year and sees him again. And all the intensity between them comes rushing back… I absolutely LOVED their story. It kept my heart racing non-stop and took me right back to the thrills and emotions of falling in love for the first time. It’s definitely a NEW FAVORITE and luckily it’s now live!!

WEEKLY NEW RELEASES RECAP

• Wicked Heart by Leisa Rayven (TOP FAVORITE: can standalone, angsty forbidden second chance romance)
• The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout (TOP FAVORITE: standalone YA romance)
• Dirty Girl by Meghan March (sexy romance, first in the Dirty Girl Duet)
• Good Girl by Lauren Layne (standalone romance: brooding hero, famous heroine)
• Smut by Karina Halle (fun, sexy romantic comedy standalone)
• Showmance by L.H. Cosway (standalone Hollywood romance, mysterious/reclusive star hero)
• A Way To Get By by T. Torrest (“Best friends. Old enemies. Soul mates.”
• Too Hot to Handle by Tessa Bailey (can standalone, bad boy hero rescues her on a road trip)
• The Prince & The Player by Tia Louise (royals romance)
• Fooling Around by Noelle Adams (standalone, rich hero pays her a million $ to care for him after accident)
• Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica (psychological suspense/thriller standalone)
• Touched by Love by Melissa Foster (she’s blind, he’s a firefighter — can standalone)

DETAILED LIST: NEW RELEASES

 

Wicked Heart by Leisa Rayven — New Release!!

TOP FAVORITE! Can standalone: The one guy she can’t have is the one she can’t forget… He’s one of the biggest movie stars in the world and the only man she has ever truly loved. After being out of her life for six years, he and his gorgeous fiancé are set to star in the new Broadway show she’s stage managing. The only trouble is, when late night rehearsals bring them together, the line between what is and what could have been gets blurred. Now one moment of weakness is about to create a scandal that will echo around the world… She knows that falling for him again would be a tragedy in the making, but as any good romantic knows, love doesn’t always follow the script.

 

The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout — New Release!!

TOP FAVORITE! YA Standalone: “Of all the terrifying and exhilarating scenarios she’s imagined, there’s one she never dreamed of—that she’d run into the friend and protector she hasn’t seen since childhood, on her very first day… It doesn’t take long for her to realize that the connection she shared with him never really faded. Yet the deeper their bond grows, the more it becomes apparent that she’s not the only one grappling with lingering scars from the past. And as she watches his life spiral out of control, she must make a choice between staying silent and speaking out—for the people she loves…”

 

Dirty Girl by Meghan March — New Release!!

Dirty Girl Duet #1: “Waking up with a giant hangover to find my humiliating personal ad has gone viral is not my finest moment. Cue my look of shock when one of Hollywood’s hottest new bad boys comes knocking at my door and drops his pants to prove that he does indeed have a giant cock…

What he doesn’t have is an explanation for why he disappeared from my life without a word three years ago, only to show up on the big screen two years later, killing bad guys in action flicks. Now he wants me again. What the hell do I do now?”

 

Good Girl by Lauren Layne — New Release!!

Can standalone: “She moved to Nashville to write music, not get famous. But when her latest record goes double platinum, she’s suddenly one of the town’s biggest stars and the center of a tabloid scandal… With paparazzi tracking her every move, she flees to a remote mansion to write her next album. The only hiccup is the unexpected presence of a brooding young caretaker named Noah, whose foul mouth and snap judgments lead to constant bickering—and serious heat.

Noah really should tell Jenny that he’s Preston Noah Maxwell Walcott, the owner of the estate where the feisty country singer has made her spoiled self at home. But the charade gives Noah a much-needed break from his own troubles, and before long, their verbal sparring is indistinguishable from foreplay. But as sizzling nights give way to quiet pillow talk, Noah begins to realize that Jenny’s almost as complicated as he is. To fit into each other’s lives, they’ll need the courage to face their problems together—before the outside world catches up to them.

 

Smut by Karina Halle — New Release!!

Standalone: What happens when the kink between the pages leads to heat between the sheets? All he wants is to pass his creative writing course, get his university degree, and take over his dad’s ailing family business. What she wants is finish her novel and prove to her family that writing is a respectful career.

What they don’t want is to be paired up with each other for their final project, but that’s exactly what they both get when they’re forced to collaborate on a writing piece. Since she thinks he’s a pushy asshole (with a panty-melting smirk and British accent) and he thinks she has a stick up her ass (though it’s a brilliant ass), they fight tooth and nail until they discover they write well together. They also may find each other really attractive, but that’s neither here nor there.

When their writing project turns out to be a success, the two of them decide to start up a secret partnership using a pen name, infiltrating the self-publishing market in the lucrative genre of erotica. Naturally, with so much heat and passion between the pages, it’s not long before their dirty words become a dirty reality…

 

Showmance by L.H. Cosway — New Release!!

Standalone: “He was Hollywood’s golden boy. But his success came at a price, and almost a decade later he’s finally ready to make his return, starting with a lead role in a musical… She has never craved the attention of stardom. When rumours begin circulating of his involvement in her latest gig, she doesn’t predict how she will be thrust into the limelight, nor how the mysterious and strangely introverted man will need her to teach him how to be a star again… She knows that show crushes don’t last. Actors fall for each other during the intensity of a production. These kinds of affairs burn bright and then they fade. The question is, should she guard her heart from being broken after the final curtain call?”

 

Too Hot to Handle by Tessa Bailey — New Release!!

Can standalone: “The road trip was definitely a bad idea. Having flambéed her culinary career beyond recognition, she’s now stranded in God-Knows-Where with a busted-ass car and her three temperamental siblings, who she hasn’t seen in years. When rescue shows up—six-feet-plus of hot, charming sex on a motorcycle—she’s pretty certain she’s gone from the frying pan right into the fire…

He has a bad boy reputation in this town, and he loathes it. The moment he sees her, he [knows] there’s something real between them. And he has only a few days to show her that he isn’t just for tonight…he’s forever.”

 

The Prince & The Player by Tia Louise — New Release!!

Cinderella plays dirty…
One crown prince; one “playboy prince”…
One con artist; one petty thief…
One twisted plot for revenge.
When the Grand Duke is exiled in disgrace, he vows he won’t go down without a fight. Crossing paths with her at a gambling resort in Miami is the stroke of luck he needs… She’s the counterfeit courtier in his plan to humiliate the heir who kicked him out of the kingdom. If only she didn’t keep finding herself in a clutch with his playboy younger brother…

 

Fooling Around by Noelle Adams — New Release!!

Can standalone: “He isn’t in the habit of asking for help. He’s accustomed to getting his way and enjoying the fruits of his hard-earned success. Then all his illusions of dominance are shattered by a skiing accident that leaves him hobbled, facing a string of surgeries and months of immobility. The only way he’s going to survive is with someone by his side to anticipate his every desire. Someone like her… She has zero interest in playing personal assistant to a man who’s as arrogant as he is charismatic… until he ups the salary to one million dollars for three months’ work. Soon she’s struggling to bite her tongue—and resist the chemistry that draws her to him…”

 

Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica — New Release!!

Standalone (thriller): In downtown Chicago, a young woman named Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting letter addressed to My Dearest is found among her possessions, leaving her friend and roommate Quinn Collins to wonder where Esther is and whether or not she’s the person Quinn thought she knew.

Meanwhile, in a small Michigan harbor town an hour outside Chicago, a mysterious woman appears in the quiet coffee shop where eighteen-year-old Alex Gallo works as a dishwasher. He is immediately drawn to her charm and beauty, but what starts as an innocent crush quickly spirals into something far more dark and sinister than he ever expected.

As Quinn searches for answers about Esther, and Alex is drawn further under the stranger’s spell, [this book] takes readers on a taut and twisted thrill ride that builds to a stunning conclusion and shows that no matter how fast and far we run, the past always catches up with us in the end.

 

Touched by Love by Melissa Foster — New Release!!

Can standalone: “She’s always believed there were worse things in life than being blind, and she’s spent her life proving it. She’s moved away from her overprotective parents, built a life in New York City, and is one of the top technical editors in her company. That is, until an unfortunate accident turns her life upside down and she’s forced to give up the very independence she’s worked so hard to achieve…

He’s a firefighter who pushed past his tragic past and is weeks away from accomplishing his ultimate dream―being accepted into medical school. When he comes to her rescue, she’s forced to accept his help, and she discovers there’s more to the sexy-sounding office flirt than one-liners. But it turns out that she isn’t the only one who needs healing…

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