LATEST NEW RELEASES, RECOMMENDATIONS, & PRE-ORDERS — Week of July 25, 2016

RELEASED TODAY: 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
NOTE: this is the script for a play that takes place after the HP series. — 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.

 
(ARC) REVIEW & RECOMMENDATION: Swear On This Life by Renee Carlino (Read my Review)
OMG!!!!!!! I just finished reading this AMAZING BOOK!!!! I swear from the first pages, I was utterly CAPTIVATED by the story and I honestly COULD. NOT. PUT. IT. DOWN even for a minute. I haven’t moved from this spot even once since I started reading. HOLY HELL. THE FEELS!!! It’s one of the most UNIQUE, intense, consuming second chance romance stories I’ve read. MY HEART WAS RACING!!!! I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough and I was seriously freaking out as I got closer to the end but then BOOM — I read this this one particular line and just started SOBBING!!!! Happy tears sobbing!!!! Easily one of the BEST reading experiences I’ve had all year. LOVE LOVE LOVED it!!!! It’ll be released very soon so definitely be sure to pre-order a copy!!

WEEKLY NEW RELEASES RECAP

• To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne (romantic comedy, first standalone in Wedding Belles series)
• Broken Prince by Erin Watt (angsty romance, second book in The Royals Series)
• Banking The Billionaire by Max Monroe (romantic comedy standalone in Bad Boy Billionaires series)
• One by Jewel E Ann (he’s a football player, she’s a model for cutting-edge prosthetic legs, can standalone)
• Dirty Work by Chelle Bliss (sexy political romance, can standalone)
• Ultimate Courage by Piper J. Drake (retired Navy SEAL single dad falls for woman who is on the run)
• Fatal Identity by Marie Force (romantic suspense/mystery in The Fatal Series)
• The Angels’ Share by J.R. Ward (second book in The Bourbon Kings series)
• Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (sci-fi thriller standalone, he’s told his whole life was a dream)
• Don’t Tempt Me by Lori Foster (he falls for his new neighbor, can standalone)
• Don’t Let Go by Jaci Burton (she falls for a sexy mechanic with a tragic past, Hope Series)
• No Breaking My Heart by Kate Angell (light hearted sports romance, can standalone)
• Fearless by Kimberly Kincaid (firefighters fall in love, standalone in Rescue Squad series)
• Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty (Women’s Fiction standalone)
• Mr Right by JS Cooper (one night stand turns into more but he has a secret, standalone)
• Ignite by Rebecca Yarros (firefighter romance novella, can standalone)
• The Good Fight by Julianna Keyes (he’s a fighter turned businessman, she’s a neurosurgeon, can standalone)
• Thick & Thin by Eden Butler (second chance romance, Thin Love series)
• Perfect Rage by Nashoda Rose (military romantic suspense in Unyielding series)
• Perfectly Toxic by CM Owens (standalone romance in the Sterling Shore series)
• Mettle by JC Valentine (MC romance standalone in the Spartan Riders series)
• Eight Second Ride by Anne Jolin (cowboy romance standalone in the Willow Bay Stables series)
• Reckless by Janet Elizabeth Henderson (romantic suspense, can standalone)
• Meat by Opal Carew (romantic comedy standalone, her one-night stand is her new boss)
• Scorch by Liliana Hart (romatic suspense in The MacKenzie Family Series)
• Hell Breaks Loose by Sophie Jordan (romantic suspense, she gets captured and he saves her)
• Brutal Obsession by Kennedy Layne (romantic suspense, first standalone in The Safeguard Series)
• Where the Wild Things Bite by Molly Harper (paranormal romantic comedy, Half-Moon Hollow Series)
• City of Demons by Richelle Mead (re-release of previous published Georgina Kincaid novella)
• You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott (suspense/thriller about ambition/sacrifice, standalone)
• The Secrets She Kept by Brenda Novak (mystery/Women’s Fiction follow-up to The Secret Sister)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling (Official Script Book of the Original West End Production)

DETAILED LIST: NEW RELEASES

 

To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne — New Release!!

Can standalone: Discovering her fiancé is an international con man just moments before they exchange vows devastates her celebrity wedding planning business—and breaks her heart. She seeks a fresh start and thinks she’s found it with her first bridal client, a sweet, if slightly spoiled, hotel heiress. Then she meets the uptight businessman who’s holding the purse strings.

He wishes he could write a blank check and be done with his sister’s fancy-pants wedding. Unfortunately, micromanaging the event is his only chance at proving her fiancé is a liar. Standing directly in his way is the stunning blonde wedding planner whose practiced smiles and sassy comebacks both irritate and arouse him. He needs her help. But can he persuade a wedding planner on a comeback mission to unplan a wedding? And more importantly, how will he convince her that the wedding she should be planning…is theirs?

 

Broken Prince by Erin Watt — New Release!!

The Royals Series: “These Royals will ruin you… From fights and school brawls to crumbling lives inside glittery mansions, one guy tries to save himself. He has it all—looks, status, money. But he never gave a damn about anyone but his family until she walked into his life… What started off as burning resentment and the need to make his father’s new ward suffer turned into something else entirely—keep her close. Keep her safe. But when one foolish mistake drives her out of his arms and brings chaos to their household, his entire world begins to fall apart around him. She doesn’t want him anymore. She says they’ll only destroy each other. She might be right. Secrets. Betrayal. Enemies. It’s like nothing he has ever dealt with before, and if he’s going to win back his princess, he’ll need to prove himself worthy.”

 

Banking The Billionaire by Max Monroe — New Release!!

Can standalone: “Adrenaline-junkie. Jokester. Billionaire. Hot-as-sin. At six-foot-five, with muscles for days, and that perfect playful smile, he’s the kind of man you don’t want to deny.

Uninhibited. Sarcastic. Confident. Beautiful. With a thriving photography career that allows her to travel all over the world and capture the hottest of men behind her camera lens, she’s the woman who can’t be tamed.

Uncensored. Hilarious. And too damn hot to put into words. Get ready for one hell of a ride because when the opposite of opposites attract, things are bound to get messy.”

 

Ultimate Courage by Piper J. Drake — New Release!!

Standalone: He’s a retired Navy SEAL who is putting his life back together, one piece at a time. Being a single dad to his young daughter and working at the kennels to help rehab a former guard dog, he struggles every day to control his PTSD. But when she shows up, on the run and way too cautious, she unleashes his every protective instinct… Her past never stays in her rearview mirror for long, and she refuses to put anyone else in danger. But with him guarding her so fiercely yet looking at her so tenderly, she’s never felt safer or more terrified that the secrets she keeps could put countless people in grave peril. The only way for both to fully escape their demons will take the ultimate act of courage: letting go and learning to trust each other.

 

Fatal Identity by Marie Force — New Release!!

Fatal Series: Every family has its secrets… As the first anniversary of her marriage approaches, she’s dreaming of Bora Bora—sun, sand and a desperately needed break from the grind. But real life has a way of intervening, and she soon finds herself taking on one of the most perplexing cases of her career.

Government worker Josh Hamilton begs her to investigate his shocking claim that his parents stole him from another family thirty years ago. More complicated still, his “father” is none other than the FBI director. When a member of his family is brutally murdered, she begins to question how deep this cover-up goes. With a killer intent on deadly revenge and her team still reeling from a devastating loss, her plate is full—and when her husband and son take ill, is her dream of a tropical anniversary celebration in peril too?

 

The Angels’ Share by J.R. Ward — New Release!!

The Bourbon Series: In Charlemont, Kentucky, the Bradford family is the crème de la crème of high society—just like their exclusive brand of bourbon. And their complicated lives and vast estate are run by a discrete staff who inevitably become embroiled in their affairs. This is especially true now, when the apparent suicide of the family patriarch is starting to look more and more like murder…

No one is above suspicion—especially the eldest Bradford son, Edward. The bad blood between him and his father is known far and wide, and he is aware that he could be named a suspect. As the investigation into the death intensifies, he keeps himself busy at the bottom of a bottle—as well as with his former horse trainer’s daughter. Meanwhile, the family’s financial future lies in the perfectly manicured hands of a business rival, a woman who wants Edward all to herself.

Everything has consequences; everybody has secrets. And few can be trusted. Then, at the very brink of the family’s demise, someone thought lost to them forever returns to the fold. Maxwell Bradford has come home. But is he a savior…or the worst of all the sinners?

 

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch — New Release!!

Standalone: “Are you happy with your life?”
Those are the last words he hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man he’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.”

In this world he’s woken up to, his life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And he is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.

Is it this world or the other that’s the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can he possibly make it back to the family he loves?

 

Dirty Work by Chelle Bliss — New Release!!

Can standalone: After serving his country with distinction on the battlefield, there’s only one place left for him to fight – Washington, DC. The people welcomed home their hero, and it’s because of them that he’s running for Congress. But there’s a problem. His opponent is a temptation he can’t afford.

She grew up in politics, groomed from an early age to carry on the family tradition. She’s in the biggest fight of her life against him. It’s an uphill battle against one of the most eligible bachelors in Chicago, but she’s ready. With the backing of her family and friends, her campaign is a force to be reckoned with. What starts out as a fight for the ages turns into an attraction so intense they’ll both risk ruin for it.

 

Don’t Tempt Me by Lori Foster — New Release!!

Can standalone: He has no time for entanglements—between helping out his widowed brother and teenage nephew and getting his hometown back on its feet, his days are spoken for. But his nights are another story…

And when his lovely new neighbor reluctantly accepts his help in remodeling her house, he finds himself wishing his handyman skills could knock down the defenses she keeps building around herself…

 

Don’t Let Go by Jaci Burton — New Release!!

Can standalone: He is hardly the settling type, but when tragedy strikes in his family, he has no choice but to return home. Setting up shop to work on custom motorcycles and pass the time, he has no intention of letting anyone get close—until he meets her… She drawn to his quiet, brooding [nature]. Their connection is undeniable, and it quickly develops from physical attraction into something much stronger. But with him putting up barriers, she is afraid to truly open her heart—unless she can convince him to let go of the past…

 

No Breaking My Heart by Kate Angell — New Release!!

Can standalone: Relationship Status: Complicated. He’s a professional baseball player who doesn’t like failure, but he can never turn down a challenge. Especially when there’s a pretty woman involved. How else would he end up dressed as a rooster, helping a complete stranger compete on a wacky game show? Even when they’re eliminated after the first round, he isn’t about to lose the girl…

She’s stunned when he whisks her off for a dream vacation to the beach—she’s been let down by friends and even family so many times, she’s lost count. How can she convince the stubborn man that she doesn’t need his help—not when all she wants is his heart…

 

Fearless by Kimberly Kincaid — New Release!!

Can standalone: Firefighter Cole Everett’s life revolves around the firehouse. Committed to saving lives and to the guys who always have his back in the most dangerous moments on the job. When his captain asks him to mentor a rookie firefighter, he jumps at the chance, hoping it will help to prove his skill. But the new “guy” is none other than a female firefighter as stubbornly determined as he is, and a whole lot curvier in all the right places…

To stop a string of possible arsons, they will need to eliminate every distraction–but can they let their love go up in flames?

 

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty — New Release!!

Standalone: Sam and Clementine have a wonderful, albeit, busy life: they have two little girls, Sam has just started a new dream job and Clementine, a cellist, is busy preparing for the audition of a lifetime. If there’s anything they can count on, it’s each other. Clementine and Erika are each other’s oldest friends. A single look between them can convey an entire conversation. But theirs is a complicated relationship, so when Erika mentions a last minute invitation to a barbecue with her neighbors, they don’t hesitate.

Two months later, it won’t stop raining, and Clementine and Sam can’t stop asking themselves the question: What if we hadn’t gone?

 

Meat by Opal Carew — New Release!!

Standalone: I ran into him—literally—when I was trying to catch my flight and his muscled, tattooed arms stopped my fall. Then our flight gets canceled, and we’re stranded in the same hotel room together…it ended up being the steamiest night of my life. All I knew is that I had to see him again.

I just didn’t expect him to show up a week later in the restaurant I manage as our new head chef. But the generous, tender man I spent that night with is gone; instead he’s arrogant, demanding, and terrorizing the staff. But he won’t give up until we’re together… Which man is real? Who is he?

 

Hell Breaks Loose by Sophie Jordan — New Release!!

Can standalone: Shy and awkward, First Daughter Grace Reeves has always done what she’s told. Tired of taking orders, she escapes her security detail for a rare moment of peace. Except her worst nightmare comes to life when a ruthless gang of criminals abducts her. Her only choice is to place her trust in Reid Allister, an escaped convict whose piercing gaze awakens something deep inside her. Reid is nothing like her other captors.

He’s tougher, smarter…and one blistering look from him makes her hotter than any man ever has.

 

Brutal Obsession by Kennedy Layne — New Release!!

Can standalone: He never thought he’d survive to see a day past his latest deployment. That was six years ago and [a] unique opportunity to work for a top-shelf security and investigations firm in Florida is right up his alley.

She had everything she’d ever wanted—a high-profile career as a federal prosecutor, an upscale apartment in the city, and a beach house. All three are threatened when she realizes someone has been following her every move for a very long time. When she calls in a favor, she never expected her plea for assistance to materialize in the form of the one man who had every reason to revel in her misfortune…

 

The Good Fight by Julianna Keyes — New Release!!

Can standalone: I was born a fighter. You had to be to survive. Lucky for me, I loved it. The thrill, the pain, the glory. Until one night things went too far… So I swore off fighting. Never again. No matter how much I wanted it. I went to college. Got a degree. A job on Wall Street. Yet I still wasn’t smart enough to stay away. So now I’m back. And it’s just as bad as I remember. Enter a superstar neurosurgeon. She’s brilliant, she’s sexy and she’s a pain in my ass. I can’t get enough and she’s too busy for a relationship. But she keeps coming back. This place brings out the worst in people. Every day it drags me down. If I don’t start fighting for what I want, I’ll wind up with nothing. I didn’t come back for nothing. And when people hurt the things I care about, the gloves come off.

 

Thick & Thin by Eden Butler — New Release!!

Thin Love series: My love was thick. Her faith was thin. Somewhere in the middle is where life found us. I claimed her when I was a boy. I held her until I was a man. She was my first thought every morning, my last smile at night, and a million memories in between. Then one night, with her warmth still lingering on the sheets, she walked away from me, from us, from our life. They say time heals all wounds, but not for me. Not when my heart is empty. Not when there is nothing but a sea of meaningless faces wherever I go. It always comes back to her. She needs reminding of how drunk our love made us, before she forgets completely. Before we lose our chance.

 

Reckless by Janet Elizabeth Henderson — New Release!!

Can standalone: If the mission doesn’t kill him, his sexy partner just might.
They have a common enemy—the head of an organization…
They have similar motivation—his sister was taken by the organization, and her sister is threatened by it.
They have the same goal—eliminate their enemy and save their sisters.
Given they have so much in common, you would think working together would be a piece of cake. You would be wrong. While he brings skills and experience from years as a US Army Ranger to their partnership, she brings a background in failed career choices and an ability to cause trouble wherever she goes. Yet, even with so much at stake, he can’t resist her particular brand of crazy. She’s wild, she’s sexy and she’s fearless. An irresistible combination for a man who lives his life completely in control. Now, after almost a year with one all-consuming focus, he finds himself torn between rescuing his sister and protecting the woman he wants from herself. Before she gets them both killed.

 

One by Jewel E Ann — New Release!!

She’s a cover girl for cutting-edge prosthetic legs, a binge-watcher of Netflix, known to spy on her neighbor through her door’s peephole, and fond of laser games with her hairless cat. She’s also a bit sexually-frustrated. Until God bestows a breath of mercy upon her in the form of Minnesota’s NFL starting quarterback. But this gift is no stranger. She met him three years earlier.

It was one day. One moment. One kiss that resurrected her dreams of finding love. When life finally gives them their chance, it’s a humorous and heart-wrenching journey to find their place in the world.

 

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 — Live on Sunday!!

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, this new play is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on 30th July 2016.

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.

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