LATEST NEW RELEASES, RECOMMENDATIONS, & PRE-ORDERS — WEEK OF February 7, 2017

NEW RECOMMENDATION: Come Closer by Brenda Rothert (Read my Review) 
This was a really great new FORBIDDEN ROMANCE between a tattooed, former military doctor with a tortured past fighting an attraction to the one woman he can’t have — a beautiful new patient committed to his mental hospital. I loved the sexy slow burn of their relationship and the way they had to keep their feelings hidden from everyone around them… forbidden desire, when written well as it was in this book, can be SO HOT!!! The story also a suspenseful twist to it that throws them both in danger and left it up to him to put everything he’d built on the line to protect her… This was a wonderful read!! Sexy, suspenseful, and romantic!

 
BOOKWORM NEWS:

• The Hard Truth About Sunshine by Sawyer Bennett was just announced! — “An angry, bitter amputee. An optimist losing her eyesight. A dying kid. A suicidal thief. Four people with nothing in common but their destination… Despite having narrowly escaped death’s clutches, Christopher Barlow is grateful for nothing. His capacity to love has been crushed. He hates everyone and everything, completely unable to see past the gray stain of misery that coats his perception of the world. It’s only after he involuntarily joins a band of depressed misfits who are struggling to overcome their own problems, does Christopher start to re-evaluate his lot in life. What could they possibly learn from one another? How could they possibly help each other to heal? And the question that Christopher asks himself over and over again… can he learn to love again?

WEEKLY NEW RELEASES RECAP

• Come Closer by Brenda Rothert (doctor/patient romance, standalone)
• Singe by Aly Martinez (Alpha male romance, can standalone)
• Always by Sarah Jio (she recognizes a homeless man as the love of her life who she’d lost contact with)
• Reckless Hearts by Heather Van Fleet (single father hero falls in love, can standalone)
• One More Kiss by Samantha Chase (rock star romance, can standalone)
• Dare to Lie by Jen McLaughlin (he falls for boss’ sister while undercover, standalone in The Sons of Steel Row)
• Holding on Tighter by Shayla Black (he’s hired to protect her, standalone in the Wicked Lovers series)
• Make Me by Beth Kery (complete series bundled, billionaire romance)
• Valiant: Joker’s Wrath MC by Bella Jewel (biker romance, can standalone)
• Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb (mystery/romance in In Death series)
• Rise of Fire by Sophie Jordan (YA fantasy, Reign of Shadows series)
• Born of Vengeance by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Alpha male sci-fi romance in The League Series)
• King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard (YA fantasy, Red Queen series)
• War Poppy by Nicole Lynne (military romance duet by Stevie J. Cole and LP Lovell)
• Lion Eyes by Casey Peeler (love-hate football romance standalone)
• The Game Changer by Scott Hildreth (Mafia romance, sequel to The Gun Runner)
• Under Her Skin by Adriana Anders (quiet, scarred ex-con hero falls in love, can standalone)
• The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman (movie tie in edition, standalone historical fiction)
• Ilsa: A Novel by Madeleine L’Engle (re-release after almost six decades, a novel about the darker side of love)
• The Lost Woman by Sara Blaedel (crime thriller, can standalone)
• The Cruelty by Scott Bergstrom (action packed thriller standalone, has major movie deal)
• To Catch a Killer by Sheryl Scarborough (mystery crime thriller standalone)
• The Freedom Broker by KJ Howe (a kidnap-and-ransom thriller standalone)

DETAILED LIST: NEW RELEASES

 

Come Closer by Brenda Rothert — New Release!!

Standalone: “Sometimes appearances deceive. Take me, for instance. I look like a respectable doctor with his shit together, but the rural mental hospital I work at is actually a sanctuary from my demons. At just thirty-five years old, I’ve already failed on an epic scale. Treating patients is part of my atonement… I’ve found peace when a new patient turns me inside out. She’s a beautiful, haunted survivor who fell into silence after witnessing a murder. But even without words, I’m drawn to her. The closer we get, the more I’m tempted to cross my professional boundaries and give in to my desire…”

 

Singe by Aly Martinez — New Release!!

Can standalone: “She was my nightmare. Every time I closed my eyes, I watched her fall. Over and over, I failed to save her. I hadn’t been able to reach her, and the guilt only burned hotter over time. Four years later, I was the unreachable one. Heroes aren’t always saints. Sometimes, we’re nothing more than jaded sinners driven by sleepless nights and hearts full of darkness.
And then I met her. She was a dreamer who managed to soothe my scars and heal my wounds. But, as the flames closed in around us, I feared I wasn’t the right man to save her… That is until I realized she was the one woman I’d burn the world down to protect.”

 

Always by Sarah Jio — New Release!!

Standalone: A gripping novel about the kind of love that never lets go, and the heart’s capacity to remember…
Enjoying a romantic candlelit dinner with her fiancé, Ryan, at one of Seattle’s chicest restaurants, Kailey Crain can’t believe her good fortune: She has a great job as a journalist and is now engaged to a guy who is perfect in nearly every way. As she and Ryan leave the restaurant, Kailey spies a thin, bearded homeless man on the sidewalk. She approaches him to offer up her bag of leftovers, and is stunned when their eyes meet, then stricken to her very core: The man is the love of her life, Cade McAllister.

When Kailey met Cade ten years ago, their attraction was immediate and intense—everything connected and felt right. But it all ended suddenly, leaving Kailey devastated. Now the poor soul on the street is a faded version of her former beloved: His weathered and weary face is as handsome as Kailey remembers, but his mind has suffered in the intervening years. Over the next few weeks, Kailey helps Cade begin to piece his life together, something she initially keeps from Ryan. As she revisits her long-ago relationship, Kailey realizes that she must decide exactly what—and whom—she wants…

 

Reckless Hearts by Heather Van Fleet — New Release!!

Standalone: “Between boot camp and two TOD’s in Iraq, [the] last thing I ever expected was to find the biggest challenge of my life back home. My girlfriend died. I couldn’t even attend her funeral, let alone tell her goodbye or that I’m sorry I wasn’t there like I should’ve been.

But she left me a gift. The best and scariest one I could’ve ever asked for. One I didn’t think I could handle… until the day I saw her tiny blues looking up at me in that airport. Now here I am, raising my baby girl. Things couldn’t be better. Until she walked into my life… All I wanted was a nanny. Someone to take care of my girl when I couldn’t. What I didn’t count on was Addison, the brown-eyed temptress with a body of sin, and everything I didn’t need, but suddenly wanted.”

 

One More Kiss by Samantha Chase — New Release!!

Can standalone: He is hiding — from his fans, from his past, from a failure too painful to contemplate. Most of all, he is hiding from himself.

She is a woman who gives her all — to her friends and family, to her online food blog, to the man she loves. She will try anything and everything to coax him out of his self-imposed exile.

But for this to work, he is going to have to meet her halfway…

 

Dare to Lie by Jen McLaughlin — New Release!!

Can standalone: As an undercover DEA agent in the most powerful gang in Boston, he accepts the risks of living a double life. But when the leader assigns him to take his place in a bachelor’s auction sponsored by his sister’s sorority, he’s exposed to a whole new level of danger. Even though the leader makes it very clear—his sister is off limits—the second he sees her, he’s a goner.

But how does he tell her she’s falling for a man who doesn’t exist?

 

Holding on Tighter by Shayla Black — New Release!!

Can standalone: She’s a woman in charge. Her no-nonsense attitude has made her brand a household name. Nothing will stop her from achieving her goals—not even the gorgeous British security contractor who seems just as interested in seeing her personal assets as he is in protecting her professional ones.

After a tragedy left him broken, he made a rule of staying unattached. But she challenges him in a way he can’t ignore, and he isn’t used to backing down from a confrontation. As passion blazes between them, the stubborn, confident beauty arouses more than his desire. She touches his heart… When a mysterious enemy threatens her and her company, he is the only person she can trust to help. But working with him to save her business might put her dangerously at risk of falling in love…

 

Make Me by Beth Kery — New Release!!

Complete series: “She’s established herself as an investigative journalist by being both compassionate and fearless. After tragedy strikes, she moves to find some peace. But when a mysterious software mogul enters her life, her thoughts turn from her own healing to an insatiable desire to get closer to him…

No one knows what secrets lurk in his past. He built his corporation from nothing, but rumors abound about his mysterious rise to power. She is the last person he should let into his life. She could expose the truth about his origins. But he knows things about her past that draw him in. He wants nothing more than to make her his—and he is a man who gets what he wants…”

 

Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb — New Release!!

Can standalone: “As NY Lt. Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband Roarke are driving home, a young woman—dazed, naked, and bloody—suddenly stumbles out in front of their car. Roarke slams on the brakes and Eve springs into action.

She is rushed to the ER, but it’s too late for her husband. A brilliant orthopedic surgeon, he now lies dead amid the wreckage of his obsessively organized town house, his three safes opened and emptied. She would be a valuable witness, but in her terror and shock the only description of the perp she can offer is repeatedly calling him “the devil”… While it emerges that her husband was cold, controlling, and widely disliked, this is one case where the evidence doesn’t point to the spouse. So Eve and her team must get started on the legwork, interviewing everyone from dinner-party guests to professional colleagues to caterers, in a desperate race to answer some crucial questions:

What does the devil look like? And where will he show up next?”

 

Under Her Skin by Adriana Anders — New Release!!

Can standalone: “This quiet ex-con’s scarred hands may be the gentlest touch she’ll ever know…if only life were a fairy tale where Beauty was allowed to keep her Beast.

Who’d want a rough ex-con with a savior complex and a bad habit of bringing home helpless strays? Everyone knew he wasn’t good enough for the fine things in life; they knew he was too damaged to save… Until she came into his life. Until she changed everything. Until he realized he would do anything, fight anyone, tear the world apart if it meant saving her.”

 

King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard — New Release!!

“She’s a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, he continues weaving his dead mother’s web in an attempt to maintain control over his country—and his prisoner.

As her band continue organizing, training, and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows. And the exiled prince with his own claim on her heart, will stop at nothing to bring her back…”

 

Born of Vengeance by Sherrilyn Kenyon — New Release!!

Bastien Cabarro survived the brutal slaughter of his entire family only to have his wife pin their murders on him. Made Ravin by The League, he is now a target for their assassins-in-training to hunt and kill. The average life expectancy for such beings is six weeks. But defying the odds is what this Gyron Force officer does best, and Bastien won’t rest until he lays his betrayers in their graves.

Ten years later, he has one chance to balance the scales of justice, provided he relies on his former wingman— the very sister of the woman who testified against him.

 

Lion Eyes by Casey Peeler — New Release!!

Standalone: “It’s all I ever loved, all I ever wanted. Football is it for me. The lights, the turf, the feel of the ball in my hands, there’s nothing that means more to me. But then, I meet her. It’s a game changer right from the start. Now, all I want is her, everything about her.”

“It’s a love-hate relationship. I love the excitement, the thrill of the game, but despise everything it stands for. The day the game took away someone in my life, everything changed, for the better. And I couldn’t be happier. But then, I meet him. It’s a blitz right from the start. Now, I’m questioning it all…”

 

The Lost Woman by Sara Blaedel — New Release!!

Standalone: A housewife is the target of a shocking, methodical killing. Shot with a hunting rifle through her kitchen window, the woman is dead before she hits the ground.

Though murdered in England, it turns out that the woman, Sofie Parker, is actually a Danish citizen who’s been on the Missing Persons list for almost two decades-so Louise Rick is called on to the case. Then, in an unexpected twist, the police discover that Sofie had been reported missing eighteen years ago by none other than Eik, Louise Rick’s police colleague and lover… Impulsive as ever, Eik rushes to England, and ends up in jail on suspicion of Sofie’s murder. Completely blindsided by Eik’s connection to the case, Louise is thoroughly unsettled and sick with worry, yet she must set aside her own emotional turmoil if she hopes to find the killer in what will become her most controversial case yet…

 

The Cruelty by Scott Bergstrom — New Release!!

Standalone: When Gwendolyn Bloom’s father vanishes, she sets off on a journey she never bargained for. Traveling under a new identity in a world of assassins, spies, and criminal masterminds, she uncovers a disturbing truth. To bring her father back alive, she must become every bit as cruel as the men holding him captive.

Taken meets The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Bourne Identity in this action-packed debut thriller (optioned for film by Jerry Bruckheimer) from Scott Bergstrom.

 

To Catch a Killer by Sheryl Scarborough — New Release!!

Standalone: Erin Blake has one of those names. A name that, like Natalee Holloway or Elizabeth Smart, is inextricably linked to a grisly crime. As a toddler, Erin survived for three days alongside the corpse of her murdered mother, and the case—which remains unsolved—fascinated a nation. Her father’s identity unknown, Erin was taken in by her mother’s best friend and has become a relatively normal teen in spite of the looming questions about her past.

Fourteen years later, Erin is once again at the center of a brutal homicide when she finds the body of her biology teacher. When questioned by the police, Erin tells almost the whole truth, but never voices her suspicions that her mother’s killer has struck again in order to protect the casework she’s secretly doing on her own.

Inspired by her uncle, an FBI agent, Erin has ramped up her forensic hobby into a full-blown cold-case investigation. This new murder makes her certain she’s close to the truth, but when all the evidence starts to point the authorities straight to Erin, she turns to her longtime crush (and fellow suspect) Journey Michaels to help her crack the case before it’s too late.

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