Happy Independence Day! We are
halfway through 2014. Can you believe it?? My kids’ summer vacation has flown
by, but we are certainly making the best of it. Today marks our country’s 238th
birthday! Hooray! Happy birthday, America We are celebrating it with a cookout and sparklers at our
house. What are your plans to celebrate the holiday today? Do share!
And it’s time for July’s new
releases! I’m currently reading two books: Who’s
Buried in Grant’s Tomb?: A Tour of Presidential Gravesites by Brian Lamb
(not a July book), and The Secret Diary
of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su and Kate Rorick (a July book). The first has
me fascinated and the second has me entertained. Both are great books! I’m
looking forward to reading Then Cam You
by Jill Shalvis, The Game and the
Governess by Kate Noble, and Straddling
the Line by Jaci Burton.
Which July
releases have you read? Of those, which ones do you recommend? Which ones are
you most looking forward to reading? Tell us and one lucky commenter will win a
random book from my prize stash!
Until August, happy reading!
Historical
The Boleyn Reckoning – Laura Andersen
(Historical Fiction)
The Escape – Mary Balogh
Bride if a Scottish Warrior – Adrienne Basso
The Visitors – Sally Beauman (Historical
Fiction)
With This Ring – Celeste Bradley
The Wickedest Lord Alive – Christina Brooke
Flight of the Sparrow – Amy Belding Brown (Historical Fiction)
The Captive – Grace Burrowes
The Summer Queen – Elizabeth Chadwick (Historical Fiction)
Vixen in Velvet – Loretta Chase
The Wild Dark Flowers – Elizabeth Cooke (Historical Fiction)
Trapped at the Altar – Jane Feather
The Secrets of a Scoundrel – Gaelen Foley
Take Me Home – Dorothy Garlock (Historical
Fiction)
A Lady of Notoriety – Diane Gaston
A Sword upon the Rose – Brenda Joyce
The Highlander’s Bargain – Barbara Longley
How to Lose a Lord in 10 Days or Less – Elizabeth Michels
Castle of the Wolf – Margaret Moore
Lady Windermere’s Lover – Miranda Neville
The Game and the Governess – Kate Noble
The Gentleman Jewel Thief – Jessica Peterson
To Marry a Scottish Laird – Lynsay Sands
Where the Horses Run – Kaki Warner
Undressed by the Earl – Michelle Willingham
Contemporary
Sweet Dreams – Kristen Ashley
What’s Done in the Dark – ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Women’s
Fiction)
Pastor Needs a Boo – Michele Andrea Bowen (Women’s Fiction)
The Longest Night – Kara Braden
How to Marry a Cowboy – Carolyn Brown
Riding the Wave – Lorelie Brown
One Lavender Ribbon – Heather Burch (Women’s Fiction)
The Promise – Robyn Carr
Talking After Midnight – Dakota Cassidy
For the Longest Time – Kendra Leigh Castle
The Beach Quilt – Holly Chamberlin (Women’s Fiction)
The Red Bikini – Lauren Christopher
In the Mood for Love – Beth Ciotta
Angels Make Their Hope Here – Breena Clarke (Women’s
Fiction)
For All Time – Jude Deveraux
Tempted by Her Boss – Karen Erickson
The Sweet Spot – Stephanie Evanovich
Little Mercies – Heather Gudenkauf (Women’s Fiction)
Expecting – Ann Lewis Hamilton (Women’s Fiction)
Exhale – Dakota Harrison
The Stories We Tell – Patti Callahan Henry (Women’s Fiction)
Ready, Set, I Do! – Cindy Kirk
Delicious – Adrianne Lee
The Millionaire Affair – Jessica Lemmon
Return to Homecoming Ranch – Julia London
Until We Touch – Susan Mallery
Best Supporting Role – Sue Margolis (Women’s Fiction)
Christmas in July – Debbie Mason
Kiss and Tell – Fern Michaels (Women’s Fiction)
The Texan’s Cowgirl Bride – Trish Milburn
Suddenly Last Summer – Sarah Morgan
One Plus One – Jojo Moyes (Women’s Fiction)
A Change in Altitude – Cindy Myers (Women’s Fiction)
How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky – Lydia Netzer (Women’s
Fiction)
Breakwater Bay – Shelley Noble (Women’s Fiction)
Never Been Kissed – Molly O’Keefe
The Last Kings of Sark – Rosa Rankin-Gee (Women’s Fiction)
No River Too Wide – Emilie Richards (Women’s Fiction)
The Tea Shop on Lavender Lane – Sheila Roberts
Last Night at the Blue Angel – Rebecca Rotert (Women’s
Fiction)
Landline – Rainbow Rowell (Women’s Fiction)
Then Came You – Jill Shalvis
The Girls of August – Anne Rivers Siddons (Women’s Fiction)
On Sunset Beach – Mariah Stewart
A Perfect Trade – Anna Sugden
Find My Way Home – Michele Summers
A Wedding in Provence – Ellen Sussman (Women’s Fiction)
Something Sweeter – Candis Terry
Wild Iris Ridge – RaeAnne Thayne
Riding Hard – Vicki Lewis Thompson
Vipers Run – Stephanie Tyler
The House on Mermaid Point – Wendy Wax (Women’s Fiction)
Rich Girl Problems – Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker
The Beekeeper’s Ball – Susan Wiggs
Talking Sense – Serenity Woods
The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet – Bernie Su & Kate
Rorick
YA/Teen
The Vanishing Season – Jodi Lynn Anderson (Paranormal)
The Things You Kiss Goodbye – Leslie Connor
Masquerade – Nyrae Dawn (New Adult)
Strange and Ever After – Susan Dennard (Historical,
Paranormal)
Complicit – Stephanie Kuehn
The Half Life of Molly Pierce – Katrina Leno
Beautiful Oblivion – Jamie McGuire (New Adult)
The Kiss of Deception – Mary E. Pearson (Fantasy)
Earthquake – Aprilynne Pike
Sinner – Maggie Stiefvater (Paranormal)
Idols – Margaret Stohl (Futuristic)
Rain – Amanda Sun (Fantasy)
On the Fence – Kasie West
Harder – Robin York (New Adult)
Romantic Suspense
When Day Breaks – Maya Banks
I’ll Find You – Nancy Bush
Deceptive Innocence – Kyra Davis
Never Surrender – Lindsay McKenna
Extreme Measures – Elisabeth Naughton
Abandon the Dark – Marta Perry
Betrayed – Rebecca York
Sweet Revenge – Rebecca Zanetti
Paranormal
Rebel – Cheryl Brooks
Awakened – Virna DePaul
Gilded Lily – Delphine Dryden
A Time of Dying – Hailey Edwards
Better Homes and Hauntings – Molly Harper
Vampire Trouble – Sara Humphreys
Born of Fury – Sherrilyn Kenyon
Scent of Salvation – Annie Nicholas
Chains of Darkness – Caris Roane
Haunted Wolves – Moira Rogers
Pride of the Lion – N.J. Walters
Urban Fantasy
Bloodshifted – Cassie Alexander
Fireborn – Keri Arthur
Poison Promise – Jennifer Estep
Night’s End – Yasmine Galenorn
Enslaved by the Others – Jess Haines
Shaman Rises – C.E. Murphy
How the White Trash Zombie Got Her Groove Back – Diana Rowland
Erotica/Erotic Romance
Beyond the Velvet Rope – Tiffany Ashley
Straddling the Line – Jaci Burton
In Your Corner – Sarah Castille
Tamed – Emma Chase
Stranded with a Billionaire – Jessica Clare
Rusty Nailed – Alice Clayton
Over Exposed – Stephanie Julian
Taken – Lora Leigh
Taken by the Duke – Jess Michaels (Historical)
Deeply in You – Sharon Page (Historical)
Innocence Defied – Lainey Reese
The Saint – Tiffany Reisz
Breaking Danger – Lisa Marie Rice
Reading Maya banks, jack button, who
ReplyDeleteKimh
Happy 4th!.
ReplyDeleteI was lucky enuf to get several contemp books from my wish list in the Christmas in July book swap that I run every year and I also picked up several with a g.c. that I had. I really look forward to The Promise by Carr.
Ones that are still on my wish list that I cant wait to read is Christmas in July by Debbie Mason, How to Marry a Cowby by Carolyn Brown, Then Came You by Jill Shalvis and Sheila Roberts' Tea Shop on Lavender Lane. Glad to see the contemporary list soooo long. LOL.
Pat L.
another month already? oh well, happy 4th :) tops on my list for this month have either finally here ready to be opened or on the way:
ReplyDeleteLady Windermere’s Lover – Miranda Neville
Awakened – Virna DePaul
Vampire Trouble – Sara Humphreys
looking forward to The Escape by Mary Balogh
ReplyDeleteI've already enjoyed The Perfect Trade by Anna Sudgen and am really looking forward to The Captive by Grace Burrowes (and especially all the other historicals) and Jill Shalvis too.
ReplyDeleteI’ve already read The Escape – Mary Balogh, Vixen in Velvet – Loretta Chase, Lady Windermere’s Lover – Miranda Neville, The Game and the Governess – Kate Noble, Return to Homecoming Ranch – Julia London, Until We Touch – Susan Mallery, Suddenly Last Summer – Sarah Morgan, Never Been Kissed – Molly O’Keefe, No River Too Wide – Emilie Richards, The Tea Shop on Lavender Lane – Sheila Roberts, On Sunset Beach – Mariah Stewart, A Perfect Trade – Anna Sugden, Something Sweeter – Candis Terry, Wild Iris Ridge – RaeAnne Thayne, and The Beekeeper’s Ball – Susan Wiggs.
ReplyDeleteThe book I’m reading today—Mr. Miracle by Debbie Macomber-- is an October release, but The Wickedest Lord Alive – Christina Brooke, The Captive – Grace Burrowes, Where the Horses Run – Kaki Warner, Then Came You – Jill Shalvis, and One Lavender Ribbon – Heather Burch are on my Kindle. I will read them soon.
And The Summer Queen – Elizabeth Chadwick, The Secrets of a Scoundrel – Gaelen Foley, A Lady of Notoriety – Diane Gaston, The Stories We Tell – Patti Callahan Henry, Delicious – Adrianne Lee, Best Supporting Role – Sue Margolis, Christmas in July – Debbie Mason, The Texan’s Cowgirl Bride – Trish Milburn, One Plus One – Jojo Moyes , A Change in Altitude – Cindy Myers , Landline – Rainbow Rowell , The Girls of August – Anne Rivers Siddons, Riding Hard – Vicki Lewis Thompson, The House on Mermaid Point – Wendy Wax, and The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet – Bernie Su & Kate Rorick are all on my TBB list.
So many sensational summer reads!
I've read Grace Burrowes' newest, The Captive. It's a lovely, evocative story of lost souls finding their way. I highly recommend it.
ReplyDeleteThere are lots more on this list I want to read, including books by Balogh, Chase, Mallory, Shalvis, Bush and Estep. What a great month for readers!
I've read When Day Breaks, Sweet Revenge, and Better Homes and Hauntings - all great!! Looking forward to: The Longest Night, Betrayed, Then Came You and Viper's Run.
ReplyDeletemlawson17 at Hotmail dot com
Happy Independence Day to all the Americans!!
ReplyDeleteI'm just going to add all of the Historicals to my reading list. I don't want to miss any.
I read Vixen in Velvet by Loretta Chase and For the Longest Time by Kendra Leigh Castle and they both were very good.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to The Game and the Governess by Kate Noble, The Escape by Mary Balogh, and Where the Horses Run by Kaki Warner.
ReplyDeleteWhen Day Breaks – Maya Banks
ReplyDeleteThe Escape – Mary Balogh
Bride if a Scottish Warrior – Adrienne Basso
With This Ring – Celeste Bradley
The Wickedest Lord Alive – Christina Brooke
The Captive – Grace Burrowes
Vixen in Velvet – Loretta Chase
The Wild Dark Flowers – Elizabeth Cooke (Historical Fiction)
Trapped at the Altar – Jane Feather
The Secrets of a Scoundrel – Gaelen Foley
A Lady of Notoriety – Diane Gaston
A Sword upon the Rose – Brenda Joyce
The Highlander’s Bargain – Barbara Longley
How to Lose a Lord in 10 Days or Less – Elizabeth Michels
Castle of the Wolf – Margaret Moore
Lady Windermere’s Lover – Miranda Neville
The Game and the Governess – Kate Noble
The Gentleman Jewel Thief – Jessica Peterson
To Marry a Scottish Laird – Lynsay Sands
Where the Horses Run – Kaki Warner
Undressed by the Earl – Michelle Willingham
The Beekeeper’s Ball – Susan Wiggs
Never Surrender – Lindsay McKenna
Wild Iris Ridge – RaeAnne Thayne
Riding Hard – Vicki Lewis Thompson
Straddling the Line – Jaci Burton
Taken – Lora Leigh
Taken by the Duke – Jess Michaels (Historical)
Deeply in You – Sharon Page (Historical)
Especially want to read the new Balogh, Chase, Noble, Burrowes and Neville.
ReplyDeleteI did read Fireborn, Keri Arthur's new Souls of Fire series; liked a lot,
Wow, another great months for books. How am I ever going to have time to do other things when there are so many fabulous books waiting for me! LOL :-) Here are the ones I'm most looking forward to:
ReplyDeleteThen Came You – Jill Shalvis
The Secrets of a Scoundrel – Gaelen Foley
Until We Touch – Susan Mallery
To Marry a Scottish Laird – Lynsay Sands
Never Been Kissed – Molly O’Keefe
Something Sweeter – Candis Terry
Straddling the Line – Jaci Burton
I've read Wild Iris Ridge by RaeAnn Thayne. It was really good.
ReplyDeletehaven't read any
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading Lady Windermere's lover, The Escape and Vixen in Velvet
ReplyDeleteOh it's my favorite time of the month! I love looking at these lists and compiling new additions for my TBR listing! This month, my must adds are....
ReplyDeleteUntil We Touch – Susan Mallery
Then Came You – Jill Shalvis
The Secrets of a Scoundrel – Gaelen Foley
With This Ring – Celeste Bradley
Suddenly Last Summer – Sarah Morgan
A Perfect Trade – Anna Sugden
Something Sweeter – Candis Terry
Straddling the Line – Jaci Burton
Lady Windermere’s Lover – Miranda Neville
How to Marry a Cowboy – Carolyn Brown
For the Longest Time – Kendra Leigh Castle
In the Mood for Love – Beth Ciotta
In Your Corner – Sarah Castille
Never Been Kissed – Molly O’Keefe
Tons of my favorite authors in this list!
Looking forward to Christmas in July and How to Marry a Cowboy. I recommend Straddling the Line and Suddenly Last Summer.
ReplyDeleteKaren T.
My Goodness! Your monthly list is getting longer and loooooonger!!
ReplyDeleteI have a few that I want to read right away: Gaelen Foley, Celeste Bradley, Dakota Cassidy, and Molly O'Keefe... right away. Of course the rest can just follow in the steady stream. ;)