Nell’s Gossip and Book Hunt 5/28/17

This weekly installment is intended to help readers find out the news in the book world.  Pull up a chair and get in on the fun.  This Sunday, I feature new releases.  If you know of any that sound good and I missed, please let me know!

There are seriously so many good books being released that I feel my Mount TBR will avalanche all around me any minute.  I am happy to read them all, as I’m sure we all are!

•  This title is released by Harlequin, but if you know the name Jeaniene Frost, you know exactly the amount of adventure involved.

Title:  The Sweetest Burn
Author: Jeaniene Frost
Series:  Broken Destiny#2
Release date: June 27, 2017
Genre: Fantasy/Suspense/Romance
Publisher’s Description: Conquering a supernatural realm turned out to be easier than getting over a broken heart. But her initial victory has made Ivy a target for revenge, forcing her to reunite with the dangerous—and dangerously sexy—Adrian. Ivy isn’t sure which will be harder: finding the hallowed weapon that will repair the crumbling walls between the demon and human realms, or resisting Adrian, who’s decided that come hell or high water, he will make Ivy his. 

At first, Adrian tried to resist his feelings for Ivy. Now, determined to break the curse that dooms their love, he’s vowed to save her and to have her. If only he can persuade her to forgive his past sins. But defying destiny—and surrendering to the smoldering desire between them—will bring consequences and sacrifices they never imagined…

•  I love Bec MacMaster’s books.  The adventure and mystery is more of the story than the actual romance.  Her world of London Steampunk is so vivid and colorful that I feel like I’m right there with them.

Title: The Mech Who Loved Me
Author: Bec MacMaster
Series:  London Steampunk: The Blueblood Conspiracy #2
Release date: June 27, 2017
Genre: Steampunk Fantasy
Publisher’s Description:  Ava McLaren is tired of being both a virgin, and a mere laboratory assistant for the Company of Rogues. When a baffling mystery rears its head, it presents her with the opportunity to work a real case… and perhaps get a taste of the passion that eludes her.

Blue bloods are dying from a mysterious disease, which should be impossible. Ava suspects there’s more to the case than meets the eye and wants a chance to prove herself. There’s just one catch—she’s ordered to partner with the sexy mech, Kincaid, who’s a constant thorn in her side. Kincaid thinks the only good blue blood is a dead one. He’s also the very last man she would ever give her heart to… which makes him the perfect candidate for an affair.

The only rule? It ends when the case does.

But when an attempt on her life proves that Ava might be onto something, the only one who can protect her is Kincaid. Suddenly the greatest risk is not to their hearts, but whether they can survive a diabolical plot that threatens to destroy every blue blood in London—including Ava.

•  A whole new series by Kathy Reichs? Who can say no to that! I love Temperance Brennan, but it’s time to meet Sunday Night.

Title:  Two Nights
Author: Kathy Reichs
Release date: June 30, 2017
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
Publisher’s Description:  Meet Sunday Night, a woman with physical and psychological scars, and a killer instinct. . . .
Sunnie has spent years running from her past, burying secrets and building a life in which she needs no one and feels nothing.
But a girl has gone missing, lost in the chaos of a bomb explosion, and the family needs Sunnie s help.
Is the girl dead?Did someone take her?If she is out there, why doesn t she want to be found?
It s time for Sunnie to face her own demons because they just might lead her to the truth about what really happened all those years ago.

•  Don’t forget about the short story that Faith Hunter will be publishing in the new anthology released August 1, 2017.  The story is from Leo’s perspective.  If you don’t know who Leo is, pick up the Jane Yellowrock series that Faith writes.  You will not be sad because it is so very good.
•  A new series crossover will be released from Susan Stoker on September 5, 2017.  This looks like another I’ll get hooked on.

Title:  Protecting Dakota
Author:  Susan Stoker
Series:  Sleeper SEALS Book 1 crossover with SEAL of Protection series 
Genre:  Contemporary Military Romance
Release date:  September 5, 2017

Publisher’s Description:  The Sleeper SEALs, are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new CIA counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on U.S. soil.

PROTECTING DAKOTA

Dakota James’s life has become the stuff of nightmares. The leader of the Ansar al-Shari’a terrorist group has become obsessed with her, determined to take her as his wife. On the run, she’ll have to pin her hopes on the retired SEAL charged with finding and stopping Aziz Fourati before he can carry out plans to bomb more US airports.

Recently recruited to join a sleeper SEAL team tasked with fighting terrorism on US soil, Slade “Cutter” Cutsinger, with the help of some Special Forces friends, has located the one woman who can identify the deadly Ansar al-Shari’a leader. That was the easy part. Keeping her safe proves more difficult than anyone ever imagined.

When she and her new friend, Caroline, are kidnapped by the terrorist group, Dakota can only pray Cutter and the SEALs will reach them before they’re taken out of the country–and away from Cutter forever.

Title:  The Trouble with Twelfth Grave
Author: Darynda Jones
Series:  Charley Davidson 
Release Date:  October 31, 2017
Genre:  Urban Fantasy/Romance
Publisher’s Description:  Ever since Reyes escaped from a hell dimension in which Charley accidently trapped him, the son of Satan has been brimstone-bent on destroying the world his heavenly Brother created. His volatile tendencies have put Charley in a bit of a pickle. But that’s not the only briny vegetable on her plate. While trying to domesticate the feral being that used to be her husband, she also has to deal with her everyday life of annoying all manner of beings—some corporeal, some not so much—as she struggles to right the wrongs of society. Only this time she’s not uncovering a murder. This time she’s covering one up.

Add to that her new occupation of keeping a startup PI venture—the indomitable mystery-solving team of Amber Kowalski and Quentin Rutherford—out of trouble and dealing with the Vatican’s inquiries into her beloved daughter, and Charley is on the brink of throwing in the towel and becoming a professional shopper. Or possibly a live mannequin. But when someone starts attacking humans who are sensitive to the supernatural world, Charley knows it’s time to let loose her razor sharp claws. Then again, her number one suspect is the dark entity she’s loved for centuries. So the question becomes, can she tame the unruly beast before it destroys everything she’s worked so hard to protect?

 

 

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