Swoon Thursday: Fate Succumbs (Timber Wolves Trilogy #3) by Tammy Blackwell

Swoon Thursday is a meme hosted by YABound.  

From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.

Today, I am spotlighting Fate Succumbs (Timber Wolves Trilogy #3) by Tammy Blackwell, the third and final book in the Timber Wolves Trilogy.  I just finished this series and it was so, so good!  I can't wait to read the recently release spin-off, Fragile Brilliance!  And now, on to the swoon:

"Why are you wearing that face?" he asked. 

I touched my cheek.  Thanks to my mom and Gramma Hagan, I was starting to gain weight, but my cheekbone still stuck out a bit too far.   

"This is the face God gave me," I said, trying to hide the hurt in my voice.  "I can't exactly take it off and put it on a shelf."   

"I'm talking about this."  A finger brushed against my mouth.  "And this."  He tapped the corner of each eye. 

"Those came with the face.  It was a package deal."   

"Did they come all scrunched up like that?  Because, in my experience, you only look like that when you're stressed or frustrated."  He huffed out a breath and rubbed the back of his head.  "Is it because I'm here?  I should have called you first.  Sorry.  I just wanted to surprise you."   

Something in my chest felt warm, probably the last little piece of my heart melting for him.   

"I'm frustrated because I want to touch you so bad I'm literally hurting my hand to prevent it, and I'm stressed because I don't know how you'll react when I lose control." 

[He]* looked at me like I was an alien for about half a second before crawling over me, one hand finding the back of my head to drag my lips to his.  He was enthustiastic in his kiss, and I responded in kind.  I didn't realize how much I missed the taste and feel of him until he was in my arms. 

*Taking out the name so there are no spoilers! 

Highly recommend this series for those who like paranormal YA!  I remember initially hearing about this series on another blog (can't remember whose) and that's just one of the many reasons why blogging is so great.  Who are you swooning over this week? Link up your Swoon below!

Waiting on Wednesday: Sweet Reckoning (The Sweet Trilogy #3) by Wendy Higgins

 "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that you are eagerly anticipating.

Today, I am waiting on Sweet Reckoning by Wendy Higgins!

From Goodreads:

It’s time. 

Evil is running rampant and sweet Anna Whitt is its target. Nobody knows when or how the Dukes will strike, but Anna and her Nephilim allies will do anything necessary to rid the earth of the demons and their oppressive ways.

The stakes are higher than ever, and Anna is determined that the love she feels will be her strength, not a liability. But trying to protect the ones she loves while running for her life and battling demonic forces proves to be perilous—especially as faces are changing and trust is fleeting. When the Duke of Lust sends Anna’s great love, Kaidan Rowe, to work against her, Anna must decide how much she’s prepared to risk.

In the most sensual and fast-paced installment yet, Sweet Reckoning brings all the beloved Neph together one last time to fight for their freedom.

I am SO, SO ready for this book and the conclusion of this series although I don't want it to be over!  Cannot wait to finds out with Anna and Kai and all of their friends.  Wendy Higgins just tweeted this the other day and I swear my heart stopped:

Um, okay, wow. I forgot how sexy that scene was and how much I didn't hold back. o.0 #AmEditing #SweetReckoning #MatureYA
— Wendy Higgins (@Wendy_Higgins) December 8, 2013

 I can't wait to read this book!  It is scheduled for release on April 29, 2014, and you can pre-order HERE.

What books are you waiting on this Wednesday??

Top Ten Books On My Winter TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the fab ladies at The Broke and the Bookish!

1.  Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher is supposed to be released this month!  Of course, we're not sure when but I will buy it as soon as it's released and devour it shortly thereafter.  Can't wait to read this! 

2.  I am always waiting for the next book in the Chicagoland Vampires series and luckily a new book is coming out this winter! Wild Things (Chicagoland Vampires #9) by Chloe Neill is scheduled to be released February 4, 2014.  I can never get enough Ethan/Merit!!

3.  I have been saving Racing Savannah (Hundred Oaks #4) by Miranda Kenneally, which came out last week on December 3, 2013,  to read over the winter holiday.  This is one of my absolute favorite series and I cannot wait to spend an entire day to reading it!!

4.  Masquerade (Games #3) by Nyrae Dawn is scheduled to be released January 7, 2014.  The next book in this steamy and emotional series will be perfect for those long winter nights.

5.  Today is actually the scheduled release day for Avoiding Temptation (Avoiding #3)
by K.A. Linde!  Cannot wait to read how this roller coaster ends!

6.  A new series I am looking forward to this winter is the Love Under the Big Sky series by Kristen Proby.  The first book, Loving Cara, is scheduled to be released on January 21, 2014.

7.  Be with Me (Wait for You #2) by J. Lynn aka Jennifer L. Armentrout is the highly anticipated second book in the Wait For You series and I know it is going to be so good!  Scheduled to be released February 4, 2014.

8.  I cannot wait for King's Men by Nora Sakavic, the third and final installment of the All for the Game series.  Nora recently posted that the new goal for release is January 2014 -- how is this amazing series going to end?!

9.  Another new series I can't wait to start this winter is the latest by Suzanne Brockmann!  She is releasing the first book, Do Or Die, in her new Reluctant Heroes series on February 4, 2014!  Can't wait for a new series by one of my favorite authors!   

10.  I have no shame in having two JLA books on this list!  Jennifer L. Armentrout just released Bitter Sweet Love, the first novella in The Dark Elements series.  White Hot Kiss, the first full length book in the new series, is set to release February 25, 2014, and I am counting the days! 

Swoon Thursday: Adore Me (The Keatyn Chronicles #4.5) by Jillian Dodd

Swoon Thursday is a meme hosted by YABound.  

From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering.

Today, I am spotlighting Adore Me (The Keatyn Chronicles #4.5) by Jillian Dodd, the thanksgiving novella recently release in one of my favorite series! I was upset after book #4 in the series but Adore Me was so, so good and I can't wait for the next book!  And now, on to the swoon:

I wake up and peek at the clock, shocked to see that it's almost nine. 

I'm not ready to get up though.  I want to lie in bed with Aiden all day.  Revel in the glory of him.  Sing praises about his chest.  Write poems about his tongue.  A sonnet about his lips.  Buy a billboard in Times Square thanking him for his amazing fingers.   

I pick his shirt up off the edge of the bed and pull it on, buttoning just the middle button.   

I hug mself, loving how his shirt feels on me.  And knowing that, somehow, I'm not letting it go home with him. 

I lie back down and run my hand down his arm, wanting him to wake up so I can see those gorgeous green eyes.

There were so many swoons in this book but I love Keatyn's internal monologue, always!  She is amazing at describing her own swoons!  Jillian Dodd is so good at description and voice that I always love reading her books and getting inside the character's minds.  Book #5 in the series, Hate Me, is scheduled to be released on April 12, 2014, and you can Pre-Order Here* or purchase Adore Me Here!!*  Who are you swooning over this week? Link up your Swoon below!



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Waiting on Wednesday: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

 "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that you are eagerly anticipating.

Today, I am waiting on To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han !

From Goodreads:

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.

This book sounds so good to me!  I think we've all had crazy crushes before and I can't even imagine something like what happens to Lara Jean happening to me -- the whole world reading your diary.  I can't wait to read this book!  It is scheduled for release on April 15, 2014, and you can pre-order HERE.
What books are you waiting on this Wednesday??

Top Ten 2014 Releases I'm Dying To Read

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the fab ladies at The Broke and the Bookish!

1.  Even though this may be released in late 2013, I am still including it in this list because this is the book I am waiting for the most! Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher, the author of the Love Me With Lies series otherwise known as the best series EVER!

2.  I am always waiting for the next book in the Chicagoland Vampires series -- Wild Things (Chicagoland Vampires #9) by Chloe Neill, which is scheduled to be released February 4, 2014.  I can never get enough Ethan/Merit!!

3.  During my hiatus and I started the Sweet Trilogy by Wendy Higgins -- I was immediately sucked in and I am counting the days until the final book, Sweet Reckoning, is released on April 29, 2014!

4.  So Origin was not what I was expecting -- in a good way!  Things are going so fast and I do not want this series to end.  No cover yet but Opposition (Lux #5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout is going to be a wild ride and will be released August 5, 2014.

5.  Oh Keatyn -- I loved the first two books in the Keatyn Chronicles series by Jillian Dodd and I liked the third book but the fourth book made me seriously question continuing with this series.  However, Adore Me was perfect and I cannot wait to read Hate Me, which is scheduled to be released April 12, 2014, and especially given the ending of Adore Me!!

6.  After the ending of The Fiery Heart, Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead has to be one of the most highly anticipated books for 2014.  It is scheduled to be released July 29, 2014, and I cannot wait!!

7.  I have no shame in having two JLA books on this list! Be with Me (Wait for You #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout is the highly anticipated second book in the Wait For You series and I know it is going to be so good!  Scheduled to be released February 4, 2014.

8.  I cannot wait for King's Men by Nora Sakavic, the third and final installment of the All for the Game series.  Nora recently posted that the new goal for release is January 2014 -- how is this amazing series going to end?!

9.  A new series I can't wait to start is the Record series starting with Off the Record (Record #1) by K.A. Linde.  The first book is scheduled to be released March 11, 2014, and I can't wait!   

10.  The third book in The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater is still Untitled but I cannot wait to read it!  The second book was so much better than I could have ever imagined (even after loving the first book) and I cannot wait to find out where this series is going to go . . . scheduled to be released sometime in 2014.

Waiting on Wednesday: Breakable by Tammara Webber

 "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that you are eagerly anticipating.

Today, I am waiting on Breakable by Tammara Webber -- a new book by one of my favorite authors!  If you read Easy, Breakable is prequel about Lucas! 

From Goodreads and Tammara's Blog:

He was lost and alone. Then he found her.
And the future seemed more fragile than ever.

As a child, Landon Lucas Maxfield believed his life was perfect and looked forward to a future filled with promise — until tragedy tore his family apart and made him doubt everything he ever believed.

All he wanted was to leave the past behind. When he met Jacqueline Wallace, his desire to be everything she needed came so easy…

As easy as it could be for a man who learned that the soul is breakable and that everything you hoped for could be ripped away in a heartbeat.

Note: "Breakable is not a sequel. It's a prequel story from Landon and the Easy story from Lucas. ...Breakable is Lucas's story - for those of you who wanted inside his head. It can be read as a stand-alone of its own, or as a companion to Easy.

Easy was one of my favorite books last year and Tammara has long said that she would not be writing a sequel.  However, I am so, so excited for a prequel and to learn more about Lucas!  I can't wait to read it!  It is scheduled for release on May 6, 2014.
What books are you waiting on this Wednesday??