LATEST NEW RELEASES, RECOMMENDATIONS, & PRE-ORDERS — Week of August 1, 2016

TOP RECOMMENDATION!!! It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover (Read my Review) 
This is without a doubt one of the most POWERFUL BOOKS of 2016. It’s one of those books that EVERYONE should read. A beautifully inspiring story that wasn’t anything like what I expected, but it delivered SO MUCH more than I ever hoped for. It’s the kind of story that I want to give to every woman and be like… READ THIS BOOK. NOW. Come to think of it, men should read it too. EVERYONE should read it. It’s a story of unshakable LOVE and finding the STRENGTH to make the right choice. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever been PROUDER of a heroine. I love this author’s books because she always writes UNIQUE stories… and this one left a lasting mark on my heart. It’s a profoundly UNFORGETTABLE story that will stay with me for a long time!

 
BOOKWORM NEWS:  

• Lost Rider by Harper Sloan was announced for pre-order! This is the first standalone in a new Western romance series! — “He’s forced to return home after a ten-year career as a rodeo star. After one too many head injuries, he’s off the circuit and in the horse farming business… She’s his younger sister’s best friend and someone whose heart he stomped all over when she confessed her crush to him ten years back. Now she’s back in his life, no longer the insecure, love-stricken teen—and he can’t help but take notice. Sparks fly between them, but will she be able to open her heart to the one man who broke it all those years ago?”
• Jed Had To Die by Tara Sivec was also just announced for pre-order! This is a fun romantic comedy! — “She wanted more for her life than a tiny town where everyone knows your business and you can’t find a decent cup of coffee for at least forty miles. Twelve years later, an unexpected phone call in the middle of the night has her packing up her life in Chicago and racing back home to the one person she ever regretted leaving behind. Upon her return, she sees that Leo Hudson, the scrawny boy who followed Payton around like a puppy and could recite cow insemination facts in his sleep, is long gone. Leo is still hot on her heels, but now he’s wearing a sheriff badge and dead set on solving a murder that may or may not involve her…”

WEEKLY NEW RELEASES RECAP

• It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL BOOKS OF 2016)
• Just What I Needed by Lorelei James (two strangers fall in love, standalone in the Need You Series)
• Penny In London by Fisher Amelie (quirky, heart-warming romance, standalone)
• Exiled by Jasinda Wilder (final book in the erotic mystery/romance Madame X series)
• Burn Down the Night by M. O’Keefe (a beautiful con woman takes a bad-boy biker hostage, can standalone)
• The Right Kind of Trouble by Shiloh Walker (protective police hero, second chance romance, can standalone)
• Man of Honor by Diana Gardin (brooding hero, damaged heroine, healing love, Battle Scars standalone)
• Break of Day by Mari Madison (contemporary romance)
• Hitched by Kendall Ryan (arranged marriage romance, final book in Imperfect Love series)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two (Special Rehearsal Edition): The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production by J.K. Rowling
• Your Forever Love by Layla Hagen (widowed single dad falls in love, standalone in The Bennet Family series)
• Worked Up by Tessa Bailey (fun/sexy pretend marriage romance, can standalone)
• Fool Me Once by Katee Robert (fun sexy enemies-to-lovers romance, standalone)
• The Effects of Falling by Mariah Dietz (book 2 in The Weight of Rain Duet)
• Dare To Stay by Jen McLaughlin (bad boy/childhood friends-to-lovers, standalone in Sons of Steel Row series)
• Dragonmark by Sherrilyn Kenyon (paranormal romance, Dark-Hunter Series)
• Watching Edie by Camilla Way(psychological thriller)
• Sweet Tomorrows by Debbie Macomber (small town fiction, conclusion to the Rose Harbor series)
• The House Between Tides by Sarah Maine (a woman discovers the century-old remains of a murder victim on her family’s estate)
• Aidan by Sydney Landon (new book in the Lucian & Lia series)
• Day Zero by Kresley Cole (Arcana Chronicles series anthology, YA post-apocalypic/Dystopian)
• Oxygen Deprived by Lani Lynn Vale (neighbors fall in love, standalone in Kilgore Fire series)
• Jonquils for Jax by Katy Regnery (opposites attract romance, standalone spin-off of Blueberry Lane Series)

DETAILED LIST: NEW RELEASES

 

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover — New Release!!

TOP RECOMMENDATION! Standalone: I’m not posting the blurb for this book on purpose. Yup, this is Aestas here and not a quote from the book blurb because I feel strongly that it’s best to dive into this book completely blind without knowing anything about what kind of story to expect. Just… let the book take you on a ride. If you’re a fan of romance, if you’re a fan of beautiful and inspiring and downright powerful stories, if you’re a fan of strong heroines, and if you love well-written books with a message that’ll stick with you long after you finish reading then, like I said, just DIVE IN and read this book. Trust me. It’s worth it. If you want, here’s my spoiler-free review.

 

Just What I Needed by Lorelei James — New Release!!

Can standalone: She might be having the worst day ever. And that was before she started drinking in a dive bar, right across from her ex and his new girlfriend. So when she finally decides enough is enough, she grabs hold of a hot, blond stranger and gives him the kiss of his life… He never expected that a chance at love would hit him right on the mouth. Since the moment his brother decided to settle down, he’s been dodging his family’s hopes that he’ll do the same. He’s never been interested in following in anyone’s footsteps. But when he discovers his sexy assailant has given him a fake name and number he suddenly finds himself in the mood for a little hot pursuit…

 

Hitched by Kendall Ryan — New Release!!

Imperfect Love series: I’ve ruined everything. I’ve broken the cardinal rule and fallen in love with my fake wife, and then I went and did the worst thing a husband can do.

Winning her back will be nearly impossible, but I’ve never backed down from a challenge before and I’m sure as hell not about to start now. She will be mine, and I can’t wait to put a bun in her oven… You won’t want to miss the way this over-the-top alpha male wins over his bride once and for all.

 

Exiled by Jasinda Wilder — New Release!!

Madame X series: My heart is torn in two. And now I have to choose… Caleb is everything to her: lover, caretaker, the man who gave her life meaning when she had none. But as she seeks the truth about herself and her past, she discovers that unravelling his web of lies might very well be impossible.

Logan is everything she never knew she wanted: freedom, joy, and a passion she couldn’t anticipate. But is his love enough to save her from herself, from Caleb, and from the tumultuous truth of her past? Caught between two equally compelling men, she must make the ultimate choice. But there’s more at stake than just her heart…

 

The Right Kind of Trouble by Shiloh Walker — New Release!!

Can standalone: Everybody knows that the handsome local police chief has been carrying a torch for her. It’s also no secret that she has been rejecting him since forever. But after an attack from a mysterious stranger, she becomes filled with distrust toward most men. Now she wonders whether she’s been wrong about him all along—and if it’s not too late to admit him back into her life and into her bed…

He has finally convinced his wasted heart to give up on the girl he’s loved since he was sixteen years old. Her attack changes everything, however—and he vows to protect her…

 

Man of Honor by Diana Gardin — New Release!!

Can standalone: After his mother’s funeral, ex-Army Ranger Drake Sullivan wants only to disappear and drown his sorrows in whiskey. Then he sees her. An untamed, sexy-as-hell whirlwind of energy. A few years ago, she showed him the best-and hottest-night of his life, then walked away without a backward glance. But he’s never stopped wanting more.

When it comes to guys, she has rules. One night. No dating. Whatever it takes to have control and keep it. With him, it’s pretty much the opposite of control. And that makes him dangerous as hell. But she soon finds out he’s incredibly single-minded when it comes to getting what he wants. And he’s determined to be the exception to all her rules.

 

Break of Day by Mari Madison — New Release!!

Can standalone: He’s an amazing surfer—with a body to match—but he’s pretty much the world’s worst weatherman… News 9 would love to fire him, but since he’s the son of the station owner, they’ll just have to get creative… She thinks she’s scored her dream job when she’s promoted to weather producer. Glorified babysitter is more like it—she’s now responsible for bringing him back. The problem is she wasn’t counting on her growing attraction to him. But if she can just weather this storm, she’ll be able to carve out a career to be proud of—and maybe even a place in her heart for love….

 

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two (Special Rehearsal Edition): The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production by J.K. Rowling — New Release!!

It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

 

Your Forever Love by Layla Hagen — New Release!!

Can standalone: He’s a powerful man, yet under the strict façade is a man who loves his daughter and would do anything for her. When he and his daughter move to San Francisco for three months, he has one thing in mind: expanding his business on the West Coast. As a widower, he’s not looking for love.

Until he meets her. She captivates him from the moment he sets eyes on her… She knows she should stay away from him. After going through a rough divorce, she doesn’t trust men anymore. But something about him just draws her in. Not to mention that seeing how adorable he is with his daughter melts her walls one by one. When it’s time for them to head back home, will he do everything in his power to remain by her side?

 

Dare To Stay by Jen McLaughlin — New Release!!

Bruised and bloodied on Boston’s mean streets, Chris O’Brien is reeling from the loss of his childhood best friend. But after barely escaping a hit placed on his head, Chris is desperate to live. A chance encounter leads him to the perfect safe haven—the home of a girl from his childhood, Molly Lachlan. Before he has fully considered what it would mean to involve her in his mess, he lets her take him home.

For Molly, letting Chris into her house means also letting him into her life. Danger and desperation are coming off of him like steam, and yet she can’t bring herself to turn him away. His bad boy charm always had a hold on her, but now there’s a soulfulness and sorrow in him that she’s never seen before. And despite the heart-stopping risk of helping him, she hopes against all reason that he’ll stay…

 

The Effects of Falling by Mariah Dietz — New Release!!

Weight of Rain Duet: “I have loved my best friend for eleven years.
Eleven years of celebrations. Eleven years of victories and losses.
Eleven years of inside jokes and shared smiles.
Eleven years of helping him raise his daughter as a single father.
He smiles at me and my world brightens. He ignores me and I forget how to function. He holds my hand and takes more of my heart. He leaves and time stops. We have both lost too much, but am I willing to risk the effects of falling again?”

 

Worked Up by Tessa Bailey — New Release!!

Can standalone: Factory mechanic Duke Crawford just wants to watch SportsCenter in peace. Unfortunately, living with four divorcee sisters doesn’t provide much silence, nor does it change his stance on relationships. But when a fellow commitment-phobe stumbles into his life, he can’t deny his protective instincts… Her brother just put her in an impossible situation. The only way out? Marry huge, gruff, gladiator look-alike Duke—for show, of course. She doesn’t make promises and this is no exception. As the blistering attraction between them grows, the lines around the no-strings relationship blur. But their marriage is only for show…or is it?

 

Dragonmark by Sherrilyn Kenyon — New Release!!

Dark-Hunter Series: Centuries ago, Illarion was betrayed– a dragon made human against his will, then forced to serve humanity as a dragonmount in their army, and to fight for them in barbaric wars, even while he hated everything about them. Enslaved and separated from everyone he knew and from his own dragon brothers, he was forced into exile in a fey realm where he lost the only thing he ever really loved.

Now he has a chance to regain what’s been lost— to have the one thing he covets most. But only if he gives up his brothers and forsakes the oaths he holds most dear. Yet what terrifies him most isn’t the cost his happiness might incur, it’s the fact that there is just enough human in his dragon’s heart that he might actually be willing to pay it and betray everything and everyone– to see the entire world burn…

 

Oxygen Deprived by Lani Lynn Vale — New Release!!

Can standalone: No take-backs. That was the motto that he lived by in all things, including his love life. He’s a player, pure and simple. He’s learned the hard way that women aren’t all hearts and flowers and he’s so freakin’ over crazy. Been there, done that. He has the divorce papers to prove it.

She needs a break. A long one that doesn’t include anything with a Y chromosome. Not even one as tempting as her new neighbor who just moved in across the street. Men are trouble with a capital freakin’ T, and she has the ankle monitor to prove it. House arrest never looked so good.

For the first time in a year, he’s thinking about his life, and how it would be a lot more enjoyable with a woman like her at his side. Maybe crazy isn’t so bad after all.

 

Jonquils for Jax by Katy Regnery — New Release!!

Can standalone: She’s vivacious, rich, smart and beautiful…but that doesn’t mean she’s lucky in love: she’s dated doctors, lawyers, actors and politicians who’ve all managed to end up disappointing her. In fact, she’s on a self-imposed hiatus from love when she has an unpleasant run-in with her neighbor’s gorgeous new landscaper. She’s is not accustomed to gruff, ill-mannered men that can’t be charmed, but when he saves her skin, she realizes that something about him intrigues her…and if she can find her way through the armor that surrounds his heart, she might finally find a love that won’t let her down.

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