.Waiting On Wednesday: Up From The Grave by @Jeaniene_Frost & Scorched by @marimancusi



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This week's WOW has one of my favorite paranormal romance series of all time, The Night Huntress series, Up From the Grave #7. Unfortunately, for all fans this book won't be released this year like originally planned :(   The release date has been moved to next year. My second WOW is due to release this September, and it is a Young Adult, fantasy read with Dragons, titled Scorched.

What are you waiting on? Share your link, below.








Up From the Grave (Night Huntress #7)

by Jeaniene Frost

Expected publication: January 28th 2014 by Avon

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There’s always one more grave to dig.

Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war…

A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities that threaten to raise tensions between humans and the undead to dangerous heights. Now Cat and Bones are in a race against time to save their friends from a fate worse than death…because the more secrets they unravel, the deadlier the consequences. And if they fail, their lives—and those of everyone they hold dear— will be hovering on the edge of the grave.

Scorched

by Mari Mancusi

Expected publication: September 3rd 2013 by Sourcebooks Fire

Goodreads

Sixteen-year-old Trinity Brown is used to her grandfather's crazy stories, so she never believed the latest treasure he brought home was a real dragon's egg. Not until their home is invaded by soldiers trying to steal it and a strange boy who tells her the world as she knows it will be wiped out in a fiery dragon war—unless they work together to stop it. Meantime, there's a different voice whispering to Trinity, calling to her, telling her what to do...the dragon inside her egg is not ready to give up without a fight

.Waiting On Wednesday The Falconer by @_ElizabethMay & Born In Chains by @carisroane

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This week I have The Falconer, a Young Adult, steampunk, historical fantasy, read with fairies! I'm not a huge fan of historicals but love fantasies with strong female characters, no matter what paranormal genre. My second pick has no Official blurb, yet, but COME ON, this cover totally won me over! Oh, and Lara Adrian is quoted on the cover, ummm, YES, Please!







The Falconer
by Elizabeth May

Expected publication: September 19th 2013 by Gollancz
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Heiress. Debutant. Murderer. A new generation of heroines has arrived.

Edinburgh, Scotland, 1844

18-year-old Lady Aileana Kameron, the only daughter of the Marquess of Douglas, was destined to a life carefully planned around Edinburgh’s social events – right up until a faery kills her mother.
Now it’s the 1844 winter season. Between a seeming endless number of parties, Aileana slaughters faeries in secret. Armed with modified percussion pistols and explosives, every night she sheds her aristocratic facade and goes hunting. She’s determined to track down the faery who murdered her mother, and to destroy any who prey on humans in the city’s many dark alleyways.
But she never even considered that she might become attracted to one. To the magnetic Kiaran MacKay, the faery who trained her to kill his own kind. Nor is she at all prepared for the revelation he’s going to bring. Because Midwinter is approaching, and with it an eclipse that has the ability to unlock a Fae prison and begin the Wild Hunt.
A battle looms, and Aileana is going to have to decide how much she’s willing to lose – and just how far she’ll go to avenge her mother’s murder.
 





No Official blurb, yet, but COME ON, this cover totally won me over! Oh, and Lara Adrian is quoted on the cover, ummm, YES, Please!





Born In Chains
by Caris Roane

Expected publication: October 1st 2013 by St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Link me up your WOW post and I'll pop over and see what your waiting on!

.Waiting On Wednesday: Raven Flight by Juliet Marillier & Spy's Honor by Amy Raby

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I've been on a Fantasy reading kick lately. I just finished reading Assassin's Gambit and really loved it. Maybe it was just my mood, but it met my expectations. I'll be posting my review, soon.
 My first pick is the second book in the Shadowfell Series. I read Shadowfell last year and really enjoyed it, so I can't wait to see what the next book, Raven Flight brings.
 My second pick, Spy's Honor is the Heart's and Thrones Series #2.


What are you waiting on? Leave me a link!

Raven Flight (Shadowfell #2)
by Juliet Marillier
Expected publication: July 9th 2013
Goodreads

Neryn has finally found the rebel group at Shadowfell, and now her task is to seek out the elusive Guardians, vital to her training as a Caller. These four powerful beings have been increasingly at odds with human kind, and Neryn must prove her worth to them. She desperately needs their help to use her gift without compromising herself or the cause of overthrowing the evil King Keldec.

Neryn must journey with the tough and steadfast Tali, who looks on Neryn's love for the double agent Flint as a needless vulnerability. And perhaps it is. What Flint learns from the king will change the battlefield entirely-but in whose favor, no one knows.

                                                                Shadowfell (Shadowfell #1)











*This may not be the official cover. I found this on Pinterest
There is no cover on Goodreads, yet*

Spy's Honor (Heart's and Thrones #2)
by Amy Raby

Paperback, 400 pages

Expected publication: October 1st 2013 by Signet

Goodreads

Rhianne, mind mage and Imperial Princess of Kjall, cannot openly challenge the emperor. Instead, she acts in secret to aid the victims of his worst excesses. But now the emperor plans to wed her to the cruel Augustan, the man leading Kjall’s attack against the nation of Mosar. Soon she will be torn from her supporters and shipped overseas, where she can help no one.

Mosari crown prince Janto is desperate to save his country from invasion. When one of his most trusted spies disappears while gathering intelligence at the Kjallan palace, Janto takes his place and continues searching for information that could save his people. But falling for the Imperial Princess was not part of his plan. Nor was having his true identity revealed…

Now Rhianne must make a choice—follow the path of tradition or the one of the heart, even if it means betraying her own race

Assassin's Gambit (Heart's And Thrones #1)

.Waiting On Wednesday: Reawakended A #OUAT Tale & The Sound by @sarahalderson

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One of my WOW's today features my favorite TV show on television, Once Upon A Time. OUAT features Grimm Fairy Tale re-tellings and I can't get enough of the show, so I'm hoping the book version is just as good. My second WOW is The Sound, by Sarah Alderson, the same author who penned Hunting Lila. The Sound, sounds (no pun intended) like a great beachy read. It seems filled with a great mystery of sorts as well. Since the setting of both of these  books is in New England, I already have a special liking to them.

So what's holding court on your WOW post? Link me, so I can visit.








A Once Upon A Time Tale
Reawakened
Expected publication: May 4th 2013 by Disney Hyperion Books
Goodreads 

Emma Swan's life has been anything but a fairy tale. She's been on her own since she was abandoned as a baby--that is, until the night of her twenty-eighth birthday, when Henry, a ten-year-old boy, shows up on her doorstep. He's the son Emma gave up for adoption, and this surprise visit turns her life upside down.
Henry takes Emma back to his home in Storybrooke, Maine, where, Henry claims, all the residents are actually fairy tale characters who can't remember their true identities. And if Henry's right, that means that his sweet-natured, lonely schoolteacher Mary Margaret Blanchard is really Snow White, the iconic princess ... and also Emma's long-lost mother.
In Fairy Tale Land, we meet Snow White as a bandit on the run, forced into exile by her stepmother, the Evil Queen. Snow's a young woman learning to become a hero, who will do anything to live happily ever after with her one true love, Prince Charming.
The closer Emma comes to Henry in Storybrooke, the harder it is for her to ignore the dark curse that haunts this small New England town and binds her to Mary Margaret. If Emma can learn to accept her destiny as Storybrooke's savior and break the curse, she just might get the family reunion she's dreamed about her entire life.
ABC's "ONCE UPON A TIME" is a modern adventure with thrilling twists and hints of darkness, brimming with wonder, and filled with the magic of our most beloved fairy tales





The Sound

by Sarah Alderson

Expected publication: August 1st 2013 by Simon & Schuster UK 

Goodreads

When aspiring music journalist Ren Kingston takes a job nannying for a wealthy family on the exclusive island of Nantucket, playground for Boston's elite, she's hoping for a low-key summer reading books and blogging about bands. Boys are firmly off the agenda.

What she doesn't count on is falling in with a bunch of party-loving private school kids who are hiding some dark secrets, falling (possibly) in love with the local bad boy, and falling out with a dangerous serial killer...

The gripping new stand-alone novel from the author of Hunting Lila. Out August 2013

.#WaitingOnWednesday Cover Reveal: A Summer To Remember by @JessGunhammer

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My WOW has me wanting A Summer To Remember. The cover looks HOT, and the synopsis sounds like a winner to me. Check out the cover released today, below and tell me what you think?

*Leave me a link to your WOW so I can see the book your waiting on!










A Summer to Remember

by Jessica Gunhammer

 

“A Summer to Remember” coming April 2013 

Synopsis: 

Eighteen-year-old Ava knows this summer is going to be one of the best ones yet, but it isn’t going how she originally planned. Her life takes an unexpected turn on graduation day, when Jason, the love of her life, suddenly dumps her. Blindsided and feeling betrayed Ava is determined to win him back at the end of year frat party. Something that was not in her plan, however, was being sidetracked by a complete and total stranger. Caught off guard by this unexplainable attraction, she can’t figure out why she’s having such a hard time forgetting about him. 

Adrian had one thing on his mind that night. It was to get through the summer and not have to worry about anything, but working with his dad and getting the hell out of this small town. When he meets Ava his whole world is turned upside down. He doesn’t know why but he knows that this is the girl he’s supposed to be with. The only problem is going to be trying to convince her of the same thing… 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

I’m twenty-three years old, I recently married my high school sweetheart and we live in paradise. I graduated college in May 2012 with a degree in fashion design and quickly realized it was not the right fit for me. So, after spending several years in a fast paced fashion industry, I started looking for something new to keep me busy. 

I have always loved to read, it was a passion of mine. However, I had put this passion on the back burner, as I had no time to read during college. Soon after, my mom and I started a publishing company. It was while working in the publishing industry that I had rediscovered my love for writing. I’ve always known I wanted to write, but I never considered making a career out of it. After some feedback and support from my amazing family I am proud to say, I am now a YA author! 

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Waiting on Wednesday: #28 Defiance by @cjredwine

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Having read and enjoyed the first book in the series, Defiance, HERE. I am eagerly awaiting to see what CJ has in store for the characters, and if Logan and Rachel will stand up and fight or run away from impending doom. Also, I love the cover! The tents, woods, clouds and of course Rachel, the main character, looks determined to fight. I love how the covers match!
So what are you waiting for?







Deception (Defiance #2)

by C.J. Redwine

Expected publication: August 27th 2013 by Balzer + Bray / Harper Collins
Goodreads

Baalboden has been ravaged. The brutal Commander's whereabouts are unknown. And Rachel, grief stricken over her father's death, needs Logan more than ever. With their ragged group of survivors struggling to forge a future, it's up to Logan to become the leader they need—with Rachel by his side. Under constant threat from rival Carrington's army, who is after the device that controls the Cursed One, the group decides to abandon the ruins of their home and take their chances in the Wasteland.



But soon their problems intensify tenfold: someone—possibly inside their ranks—is sabotaging the survivors, picking them off one by one. The chaos and uncertainty of each day puts unbearable strain on Rachel and Logan, and it isn't long before they feel their love splintering. Even worse, as it becomes clear that the Commander will stop at nothing to destroy them, the band of survivors begins to question whether the price of freedom may be too great—and whether, hunted by their enemies and the murderous traitor in their midst, they can make it out of the Wasteland alive.

In this daring sequel to Defiance, with the world they once loved forever destroyed, Rachel and Logan must decide between a life on the run and standing their ground to fight.

 

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.Waiting On Wednesday #27: Down London Road by @SYoungSFAuthor

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This wow I'm waiting for the second book in the On Dublin Street series. I loved the first book On Dublin Street, so I'm hoping this one will be just as good.
What are you waiting for??



Down London Road (On Dublin Street #2)

by Samantha Young

Expected publication: May 7th 2013 by NAL

Goodreads 

Johanna Walker is used to taking charge. But she’s about to meet someone who will make her lose control....

It has always been up to Johanna to care for her family, particularly her younger brother, Cole. With an absent father and a useless mother, she’s been making decisions based on what’s best for Cole for as long as she can remember. She even determines what men to date by how much they can provide for her brother and her, not on whatever sparks may—or may not—fly.

But with Cameron MacCabe, the attraction is undeniable. The sexy new bartender at work gives her butterflies every time she looks at him. And for once, Jo is tempted to put her needs first. Cam is just as obsessed with getting to know Jo, but her walls are too solid to let him get close enough to even try.

Then Cam moves into the flat below Jo’s, and their blistering connection becomes impossible to ignore. Especially since Cam is determined to uncover all of Jo’s secrets …even if it means taking apart her defenses piece by piece

 

 

 

 

 

 

.Waiting On Wednesday #26



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OMG, when I first saw this cover, I nearly fainted!! I LOVE IT!  The chick looks total bad a** and I love the dagger! Sounds like a little romance mixed in this one, too!

What do you think???








Assassin's Gambit (Hearts and Thrones #1)

by Amy Raby

 

Expected publication: April 2nd 2013 by Signet
Goodreads

Vitala Salonius, champion of the warlike game of Caturanga, is as deadly as she is beautiful. She’s a trained assassin for the resistance, and her true play is for ultimate power. Using her charm and wit, she plans to seduce her way into the emperor’s bed and deal him one final, fatal blow, sparking a battle of succession that could change the face of the empire.

As the ruler of a country on the brink of war and the son of a deposed emperor, Lucien must constantly be wary of an attempt on his life. But he’s drawn to the stunning Caturanga player visiting the palace. Vitala may be able to distract him from his woes for a while—and fulfill other needs, as well.

Lucien’s quick mind and considerable skills awaken unexpected desires in Vitala, weakening her resolve to finish her mission. An assassin cannot fall for her prey, but Vitala’s gut is telling her to protect this sexy, sensitive man. Now she must decide where her heart and loyalties lie and navigate the dangerous war of politics before her gambit causes her to lose both Lucien and her heart for good.

.Waiting On Wednesday #24

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My wow features two books! Both picks are book #2 in different series. First pick is the second book of the Shadowfell series. My  second pick is the second book in the Night Prince series. I loved Shadowfell it was a great ya fantasy adventure. Can't wait to see the adventure continue.
 
Even though I didn't care for the for the first book in the Night Prince series, I'm still a huge fan of Ms. Frost's writing and will continue on with this series, plus I'm hoping Bones and Cat make an appearance. ;)

Raven Flight (Shadowfell #2)
by Juliet Marillier
Expected publication: July 9th 2013
Goodreads

Neryn has finally found the rebel group at Shadowfell, and now her task is to seek out the elusive Guardians, vital to her training as a Caller. These four powerful beings have been increasingly at odds with human kind, and Neryn must prove her worth to them. She desperately needs their help to use her gift without compromising herself or the cause of overthrowing the evil King Keldec.Neryn must journey with the tough and steadfast Tali, who looks on Neryn's love for the double agent Flint as a needless vulnerability. And perhaps it is. What Flint learns from the king will change the battlefield entirely-but in whose favor, no one knows.

Twice Tempted
(Night Prince #2)
by Jeaniene Frost
Expected publication: March 26th 2013 by Avon
Goodreads

Dating the Prince of Darkness has its challenges . . .

Leila’s psychic abilities have been failing her, and now she isn’t sure what the future holds. If that weren’t enough, her lover Vlad has been acting distant. Though Leila is a mere mortal, she’s also a modern woman who refuses to accept the cold shoulder treatment forever–especially from the darkly handsome vampire who still won’t admit that he loves her . . .

Like choosing between eternal love and a loveless eternity . . .

Soon circumstances send Leila back to the carnival circuit, where tragedy strikes. And when she finds herself in the crosshairs of a killer who may be closer than she realizes, Leila must decide who to trust– the fiery vampire who arouses her passions like no other or the tortured knight who longs to be more than a friend? With danger stalking her every step of the way, all it takes is one wrong move to damn her for eternity.

.Waiting On Wednesday #21

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Since reading Down To You by M. Leighton, see my review HERE
I've been waiting for her next book in The Bad Boys series Up To Me, and it looks like I won't have to wait too much longer!!
My second wow pick is a paranormal/fantasy with a kick ass chick in it, let's hope it's as good as it sounds!











Up to Me (The Bad Boys Series #2)

by M. Leighton

Expected publication: January 6th 2013
Goodreads

Happily ever after doesn’t come easy. But for love, it’s always worth the fight.

Olivia finds bliss unlike any she’s ever known in Cash’s arms. He sets her skin on fire and melts her heart right inside her chest. Unfortunately, their happily ever after is short-lived when a shadow from Cash’s past threatens to turn their world upside down.

Dangerous people from his father’s world have discovered that Cash holds information that could put them away for a very long time. And they’re willing to do anything—and hurt anybody—to get it back. Giving it up means Cash must choose between the life of his father and the life of Olivia.

Having nearly overcome her wariness of bad boys, Olivia’s trust is shaken when this new threat arises. Now she finds that Cash is not only a danger to her heart, but his family has associations that are a danger to her life as well. She soon discovers that there are some situations in life where trust is a girl’s only option. And this is one of them. If she’s to live, she must trust Cash with her life. But to Olivia, that’s much, much easier than letting go and trusting him with her heart

Changed (The Hunters, #1)

by Rose J. Bell

 

Expected publication: January 2013

 

Goodreads

 

In a world, where hunters and angels reign, war is daily fare and one girl is destined for saving them all.

After the brutal murder of her father, Rosa Petrova has dedicated her life to the eradication of angels and the revenge of her father´s dead. Therefore she becomes one of the fastest, deadliest and best Hunters in the world.

As Rosa hunts those who caused her father ´s death, two Nephilim, the children and warriors of the archangels, appeared in Boston, although it is forbidden for them to enter the enemy’s city.

Rosa has to find out, why the Nephilim Jason and his friend risk their lives, but ends up in between the fonts, what forces her to make a dangerous decision that could change her live forever. At the same time, she is falling in love with the one person, she´s forbidden to love. And this love could kill her...