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 is:
Darkness Rising: A Dark Angels Novel [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
The sexy, thrilling adventures continue in bestselling author Keri Arthur’s new Dark Angels series, starring half-werewolf/half-Aedh Risa Jones.
Risa will go to any lengths to avenge her mother’s murder — even if it means making a pact with the most evil vampire she’s ever met. Lethal and powerful, Madeline Hunter is leader of the vampire council, and will put her resources behind finding the killer — for a price. The venerable vampire requires the assistance of Risa’s psychic powers. Quid pro quo.
Someone — or something — is targeting the elders of the local council, cursing the immortal vampires to rapidly age, sink into madness, and die. Risa must track down the vengeful being responsible. But Risa’s father, a rogue Aedh priest, also enlists her in a dangerous mission. And not even the great Madeline Hunter may be able to protect her from the shadowy forces that desire nothing less than Risa’s destruction.
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Dell; Original edition (October 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0440245737
ISBN-13: 978-0440245735
The Bite Before Christmas [Hardcover]
Product Description
In Lynsay Sands' "The Gift," Katricia Argeneau knows grey-eyed cop Teddy Brunswick is her life mate. She just needs to convince him they belong together, and being snowbound in a secluded cabin will make this a Christmas neither will forget.
It's "Home for the Holidays" in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series. Cat and Bones may long to wrap presents and set up a tree, but this Christmas, an evil vampire and long-buried family secrets will threaten to take a bite out of their holiday cheer.
Product Details
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: William Morrow (October 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062014072
ISBN-13: 978-0062014078
The Hollows Insider: New fiction, facts, maps, murders, and more in the world of Rachel Morgan [Hardcover]
Product Description
New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison has won legions of fans with her sexy supernatural novels featuring bounty-hunting witch Rachel Morgan. And now comes a unique look inside her beloved Hollows series that no fan should miss. . . .
The Hollows Insider
In the Hollows, the supernatural Inderlanders rule, and humanity must abide by their conventions, or else.
To survive among vampires, witches, Weres, gargoyles, trolls, fairies, and banshees — to say nothing of demons — humanity needs a guide. And now, written by Kim Harrison herself, here is an insider’s look at the supernatural world of the Hollows, from an overarching new story to character profiles, maps, spell guides, charm recipes, secret correspondence from the elusive Trent Kalamack, and much more.
Product Details
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Harper Voyager (October 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061974331
ISBN-13: 978-0061974335
Holly Lane: A Destiny Novel (Destiny, Ohio) [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
The weather outside is frightful, but kisses by the fire are so delightful . . .
Sue Ann Simpkins is working hard to rebuild her life and find some holiday spirit. A weekend away from Destiny in a cabin on nearby Bear Lake seems like the perfect Christmas gift to herself — until her ex’s best friend, Adam Becker, shows up at the door, claiming the cabin is his! And if that’s not trouble enough, how had she never noticed how gorgeous he was?
Alone for the holidays and forced to play a reindeer at the local department store, Adam’s been feeling rather Scrooge-ish himself. But finding the smart, sexy woman he’s admired since elementary school waiting in the house he rented is helping to brighten his humbug mood. And when a sudden snowstorm strands them together in very close quarters, leading to one very hot night together, Adam soon realizes that what he
really wants for Christmas is a second chance at love. Now all he has to do is convince Sue Ann . . .
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon; Original edition (October 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062024604
ISBN-13: 978-0062024602
Bring Me Home for Christmas (Virgin River) [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
This year, Becca Timm knows the number one item on her Christmas wish list — getting over Denny Cutler.
Three years ago, Denny broke her heart before heading off to war. It's time she got over her silly high-school relationship and moved on.
So she takes matters into her own hands and heads up to Virgin River, the rugged little mountain town that Denny calls home, as an uninvited guest on her brother's men-only hunting weekend. But when an accident turns her impromptu visit into an extended stay, Becca finds herself stranded in Virgin River. With Denny. In very close quarters.
As the power of Christmas envelops the little town, Becca discovers that the boy she once loved has become a strong and confident man. And the most delicious Christmas present she can imagine.
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Mira; Original edition (October 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778312712
ISBN-13: 978-0778312710
The Nine Lives of Christmas [Hardcover]
Product Description
Bestselling author Sheila Roberts brings us a humorous, heartwarming Christmas novel about a matchmaking cat who brings a couple together just in time for the holidays.
When a guy is in trouble, he starts making deals with his Creator … and Ambrose the cat is no exception. In danger of losing his ninth and final life, Ambrose makes a desperate plea. He’ll do anything— anything! — if he can just survive and enjoy a nice long, final life. His prayer is answered when a stranger comes along and saves him, and now it looks like he has to hold up his end of the bargain.
The stranger turns out to be a fire fighter named Zach, the quintessential commitment- phobe who’s in need of some serious romantic help. If Ambrose can just bring Zach together with Merilee, the nice lady who works at Pet Palace, it’s bound to earn him a healthy ninth life. Unfortunately for Ambrose, his mission is a lot harder than he ever anticipated. Now it’s going to take all his feline wiles — and a healthy dose of Christmas magic — to bring them all together in time for the holidays.
Product Details
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Press (October 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312594496
ISBN-13: 978-0312594497
New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper blends intrigue and romance in this classic tale of love lost and found — as an undercover agent recruits the woman he abandoned for a dangerous assignment.
Kyle Griffon has done more than flirt with danger over the past ten years; she’s embraced it with careless abandon. The rebel daughter of a powerful family, she’s walked on the wild side of everything from car racing to hang gliding — anything to fill the emptiness left by the man who loved and left her. Now Lucas Kendrick is back, needing Kyle’s help to catch an art thief. Is a woman game for adventure ready to trust the man who left her with so many unanswered questions?
Lucas was an undercover cop working a college drug ring when he fell for the beautiful coed. It was a mistake to leave, but he would have hurt her more if he had stayed. Now she’s his best shot at getting close to a man trading illegal guns for stolen artwork. Danger and desire are a reckless mix — but this time Lucas is staying close to protect the woman he loves . . . no matter what.
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Bantam (October 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553590626
ISBN-13: 978-0553590623
Against the Storm (The Raines of Wind Canyon) [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
Redheads like Maggie O'Connell are nothing but trouble. But Trace Rawlins, a former army ranger turned private investigator, takes the case anyway. After all, he knows a thing or two about women.
Trace can sense that something is wrong — Maggie isn't telling him everything. If these menacing calls and messages are real, why won't the police help her? And if they
aren't real, what is she hiding?
As Trace digs deeper to find the source of Maggie's threats, he discovers a secret that no one was meant to uncover. And the only puzzle left to be solved is whether the danger comes from an unknown stalker… or from the woman he's trying his hardest not to fall for.
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Mira; Original edition (October 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778312925
ISBN-13: 978-0778312925
In Close (Bulletproof) [Mass Market Paperback]
Product Description
Claire O'Toole's mother, Alana, went missing fifteen years ago. That was big news in Pineview, Montana, the kind of town where nothing much ever happens. Then, last year, Claire's husband, David, died in a freak accident — after launching his own investigation into Alana's disappearance.
Is Alana dead? Or did she simply abandon her husband and daughters? Claire is determined to find out — and her former boyfriend, Isaac Morgan, wants to help. Although their relationship didn't end well, he still has feelings for her. And yet it isn't until he starts to suspect David's death wasn't an accident that he's drawn back into her life.
Together, Claire and Isaac search for answers to the questions that have haunted Pineview all this time. But as they soon discover, someone's prepared to kill so those answers won't be found ….
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Mira; Original edition (October 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778312666
ISBN-13: 978-0778312666
