Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection are:
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Corazon Ferreira is a jaded woman. Turns out she was a vampire's mate in a past life. And no matter how distractingly gorgeous he is, she just can't get the image of him killing someone out of her head. But when her life depends on him, Corazon's going to have to stop overthinking things - and start trusting her heart ...
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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Signet (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451234928
ISBN-13: 978-0451234926
Slow Ride (Fast Track) [Paperback]
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As a tribute to her late journalist father, Tuesday Jones is planning a career benefit, auctioning off racing memorabilia and meet-and-greets with drivers. Ex-racing star Diesel Lange has had his own brush with death, and is determined not to waste another minute of his life- especially when he meets Tuesday. He wants nothing more than to shift their romance into high gear, but he knows she's still grieving. Can Diesel do the one thing he could never do on the track and take it slow?
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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Berkley (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425243966
ISBN-13: 978-0425243961
Down These Strange Streets [Hardcover]
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All new strange cases of death and magic in the city by some of the biggest names in urban fantasy.
In this all - new collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things that go bump in the night have something to fear ...
Includes stories by New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green, S. M. Stirling, and Carrie Vaughn, as well as tales by Glen Cook, Bradley Denton, M.L.N. Hanover, Conn Iggulden, Laurie R. King, Joe R. Lansdale, John Maddox Roberts, Steven Saylor, Melinda Snodgrass, and Lisa Tuttle.
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Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Ace Hardcover; 1 edition (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0441020747
ISBN-13: 978-0441020744
Alan Wake [Mass Market Paperback]
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Welcome to Bright Falls - a seemingly idyllic small town in the Pacific Northwest.
The perfect place for Alan Wake, a bestselling crime novelist, and his wife, Alice, to relax for a few weeks. Maybe a second honeymoon and the fresh air will cure Wake of his writer's block.
But when Alice goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Wake's desperate search for her leads him into a hell only he could imagine.
In the depths of nearby Cauldron Lake, a dark and malevolent presence has awakened from a long slumber.
It's reaching out now, turning the townsfolk into mindless killers. Sheathed in shadows, vulnerable only to light, they are Taken.
Wake's journey will lead him to the very edge of madness, and deep within the dark woods, he will come face - to -face with a story he has no recollection of ever writing.
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Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765366479
ISBN-13: 978-0765366474
The perfect place for Alan Wake, a bestselling crime novelist, and his wife, Alice, to relax for a few weeks. Maybe a second honeymoon and the fresh air will cure Wake of his writer's block.
But when Alice goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Wake's desperate search for her leads him into a hell only he could imagine.
In the depths of nearby Cauldron Lake, a dark and malevolent presence has awakened from a long slumber.
It's reaching out now, turning the townsfolk into mindless killers. Sheathed in shadows, vulnerable only to light, they are Taken.
Wake's journey will lead him to the very edge of madness, and deep within the dark woods, he will come face - to -face with a story he has no recollection of ever writing.
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Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765366479
ISBN-13: 978-0765366474
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The thrilling new Virgil Flowers novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.
The superstore chain PyeMart has its sights set on a Minnesota river town, but two very angry groups want to stop it: local merchants, fearing for their businesses, and environmentalists, predicting ecological disaster. The protests don't seem to be slowing the project, though, until someone decides to take matters into his own hands.
The first bomb goes off on the top floor of PyeMart's headquarters. The second one explodes at the construction site itself. The blasts are meant to inflict maximum damage - and they do. Who's behind the bombs, and how far will they go? It's Virgil Flowers's job to find out . . . before more people get killed.
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Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399157697
ISBN-13: 978-0399157691
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Anything can happen under the cover of darkness.
Kell Roberts has walked the thin line between life and death for so long that it now feels like home. He is a soldier, a survivor, and a loner. Still, Kell cannot turn his back on the beautiful woman caught in his firefight against the drug lords of Mexico. She says her name is Teddie, but Kell senses there’s much more to her story — and it’s about to pull him into a mission he didn’t sign on for: keeping her alive.
Teddie knows this lean, mean rescuer just saved her life, but the steel glint behind those soft gray eyes seem to be hiding something deep. The men after Teddie are deadly, but the man who holds her life in his hands and tempts her with his wicked touch is even more dangerous. He could make her dream about living and loving again. And if they can survive, maybe, just maybe, they can stop fighting the world and each other — and simply surrender.
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Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Dell (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0440423058
ISBN-13: 978-0440423058
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USA Today bestselling author Janelle Denison turns up the heat in her latest novel about the men of The Reliance Group, who mix business and pleasure with reckless abandon . . .
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS . . .
The son of a con-artist, Sean O'Brien learned the hard way that living by your own rules comes with a price. After a brief time behind bars, Sean is now ready to live an honest life, and pay for his past mistakes. But even his gorgeous face and seductive charms can't make up for his prison record . . .until a member of The Reliance Group sees Sean's potential for good and gives him a job at the Onyx Casino.
WILL KEEP THEM COMING BACK FOR MORE . . .
Zoe Russo has met all types of men on the Vegas strip. But when Sean pays a visit to her casino boutique, she knows she's in luck. They share an immediate, irresistible attraction, and for the first time in her life she's found a man she thinks she can trust. But when Zoe stumbles onto the truth about Sean and his reasons for persuing her, she can't help but question his feelings for her. Is he for real, or has she been a fool for love? Until now, nothing has prepared her for the thrill, and risk, of gambling on love.
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Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; First Edition edition (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312372280
ISBN-13: 978-0312372286
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One of the best manhunters in the business, Jake King usually chases fugitives on the run. But now he’s been hired to protect a beautiful private eye who’s flirting with danger. Her name is Angela, and the last thing she wants is hired muscle getting in the way of her investigation. But this time she’s so deep undercover, she could use all the muscle she can get her hands on …
Jake agrees to play by Angela’s rules — and lay low while she gets close to one of the deadliest crime lords to have entered the States. But the closer Angela gets to her target, the closer she feels to Jake. As her bodyguard, he has more than just a professional interest in her body — and he’ll do anything to keep her safe.
But Angela is playing a dangerous game with a criminal mastermind who can make any woman his slave. And she could be next …
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Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; First Edition edition (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312372183
ISBN-13: 978-0312372187
Jake agrees to play by Angela’s rules — and lay low while she gets close to one of the deadliest crime lords to have entered the States. But the closer Angela gets to her target, the closer she feels to Jake. As her bodyguard, he has more than just a professional interest in her body — and he’ll do anything to keep her safe.
But Angela is playing a dangerous game with a criminal mastermind who can make any woman his slave. And she could be next …
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Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; First Edition edition (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312372183
ISBN-13: 978-0312372187
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Jamie Kendrick went on a trip to hell at the hands of Stanford Reddington, a monster protected by money and power. Now, asking for Last Chance Rescue’s help, Jamie makes plans for her revenge. And Dylan Savage, one of LCR’s most skilled operatives, is given an assignment he despises but can’t refuse — to train the lovely Jamie but thwart her revenge plot at all costs. With tender ruthlessness, he pries open her most intimate secrets, and the attraction they’ve both tried to deny explodes into a scorching love affair — an affair that Dylan has to end. Months after Jamie stormed away from Dylan and LCR, the two meet again — at the home of Stanford Reddington. In the grips of hurt, anger, desire, and undercover danger, Jamie and Dylan will risk more than broken hearts: they’re risking everything to stop an evil fiend from destroying more lives, including their own.
Product Details Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1st edition (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345524055
ISBN-13: 978-0345524058
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Vampire Knight, Vol. 13 [Paperback]
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Reads R to L (Japanese Style).
Cross Adademy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires!
Yuki is attacked by another pureblood outside a graveyard for meddling in the ways of the vampire society. Injured, she returns home to Kaname, who shares with her his past memories and the truth behind the Kuran family.
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Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421540819
ISBN-13: 978-1421540818
Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura, Vol. 4 [Paperback]
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Reads R to L (Japanese Style).
Sakura is the granddaughter of a mysterious moon princess who slew demons with her Blood Cherry Blossom sword. All her life Sakura has been forbidden to look at the full moon without knowing why. Then one night, unhappy over her impending marriage, Sakura gazes up at the moon, only to see a demon attacking her ...
Sakura is taken away by Enju to live in his hidden palace. Once there, Sakura comes face - to - face with a mononoke who looks and sounds exactly like her. Sakura has met her double, and her double wants her dead!
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Paperback: 184 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421538857
ISBN-13: 978-1421538853
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Awesome picks. I so want Down These Strange Streets.
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