Showing posts with label Betsy Cornwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Betsy Cornwell. Show all posts

Thursday, December 25, 2025

Will the Time Come #760, December 25th

Every Thursday I am going to list a book which I really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it! Thanks to Jodie from Books for Company for this meme!
Want to Join?
-Pick a book you have been meaning to read
-Do a post telling us about the book    
-Link the post up in the linky  
-Visit the other blogs

Nicolette’s awful stepsisters call her “Mechanica” to demean her, but the nickname fits: she learned to be an inventor at her mother’s knee. Her mom is gone now, though, and the Steps have turned her into a servant in her own home.

But on her sixteenth birthday, Nicolette discovers a secret workshop in the cellar and begins to dare to imagine a new life for herself. Could the mysterious books and tools hidden there—and the mechanical menagerie, led by a tiny metal horse named Jules—be the key to escaping her dreary existence? With a technological exposition and royal ball on the horizon, the timing might just be perfect for Nicolette to earn her freedom at last.

Gorgeous prose and themes of social justice and family shine in this richly imagined Cinderella retelling about an indomitable inventor who finds her prince . . . but realizes she doesn't want a fairy tale happy ending after all.

Why the time hasn't come yet...
I have no idea, I really loved one of her other books. I just have the find the time to read it, like all the other books! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Friday, November 4, 2022

Monthly ARC's Update 27

So I read my next book for Monthly ARC's and it was Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell, Silver in the Mist by Emily Victoria, and Leopard's Scar by Christine Feehan from the November list!

Here's the link to this month's post with my journey.

How it Works: 
This is my monthly ARC accountability challenge, to list out the books that I have as ARC's that are being published in the coming month, rounding them up at the start of the month, and seeing how well I did at the end, as well as rounding up the next month's books.   

Monday, October 31, 2022

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #595, October 31st

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!
What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #594
Teaser Tuesday #602
WWW Wednesday #602
WOW #598
Will the Time Come #595
Third Sentence Thursday #585
Random Reads #571
First Lines Friday #598
Book Blogger Hop #264
Monthly ARC's Update 26
The Reward Challenge Update #580
Wheel of TBR #127
How Well I Stuck to It #432
Wrote that Review Update #429

Week 43 Reviews:
Where Dreams Descend

Becca's BookoplAthon: 

ARCtober: 

Random:

OK, so I got 40 posts in 7 days, and yeah, read some really great books. Personally in the week wasn't great, I hurt my finger, and the pain caused me to faint, and I hit my head, and had to go to urgent car to make sure I didn't have a concussion. I didn't, and my finger is fine, and the goosebump on my head has gone away, but yeah, that wasn't fun. What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Awakening, The Witch King, and The Fae Keeper.

Set in alternate world of art deco beauty and steampunk horror, MONSTRESS tells the epic story of Maika Halfwolf, a teenage survivor of a cataclysmic war between humans and their hated enemies, the Arcanics. In the face of oppression and terrible danger, Maika is both hunter and hunted, searching for answers about her mysterious past as those who seek to use her remain just one step behind… and all the while, the monster within begins to awaken…

Collects MONSTRESS #1-6. 
To save a fae kingdom, a trans witch must face his traumatic past and the royal fiancé he left behind. This debut YA fantasy will leave you spellbound.

Wyatt would give anything to forget where he came from—but a kingdom demands its king.

In Asalin, fae rule and witches like Wyatt Croft…don't. Wyatt's betrothal to his best friend, fae prince Emyr North, was supposed to change that. But when Wyatt lost control of his magic one devastating night, he fled to the human world.

Now a coldly distant Emyr has hunted him down. Despite transgender Wyatt's newfound identity and troubling past, Emyr has no intention of dissolving their engagement. In fact, he claims they must marry now or risk losing the throne. Jaded, Wyatt strikes a deal with the enemy, hoping to escape Asalin forever. But as he gets to know Emyr, Wyatt realizes the boy he once loved may still exist. And as the witches face worsening conditions, he must decide once and for all what's more important—his people or his freedom.
In the heart-stopping sequel to The Witch King, Wyatt and Emyr attempt to rebuild Asalin despite unexpected new enemies within their kingdom.

Two weeks after the door to Faery closed once more, Asalin is still in turmoil. Emyr and Wyatt are hunting Derek and Clarke themselves after having abolished the corrupt Guard, and are trying to convince the other kingdoms to follow their lead. But when they uncover the hidden truth about the witches' real place in fae society, it becomes clear the problems run much deeper than anyone knew. And this may be more than the two of them can fix.

As Wyatt struggles to learn control of his magic and balance his own needs with the needs of a kingdom, he must finally decide on the future he wants—before he loses the future he and Emyr are building… 

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Week 43 Review: Reader, I Murdered Him

From Goodreads:
In this daring tale of female agency and revenge from a New York Times bestselling author, a girl becomes a teenage vigilante who roams Victorian England using her privilege and power to punish her friends' abusive suitors and keep other young women safe.

Adele grew up in the shadows--first watching from backstage at her mother's Parisian dance halls, then wandering around the gloomy, haunted rooms of her father's manor. When she's finally sent away to boarding school in London, she's happy to enter the brightly lit world of society girls and their wealthy suitors.

Yet there are shadows there, too. Many of the men that try to charm Adele's new friends do so with dark intentions. After a violent assault, she turns to a roguish young con woman for help. Together, they become vigilantes meting out justice. But can Adele save herself from the same fate as those she protects?

With a queer romance at its heart, this lush historical thriller offers readers an irresistible mix of vengeance and empowerment.

My Review:
Well I couldn't put this book down! The idea of a female taking revenge for all the wrongs done, and in a historical setting when things were harder for women, yeah, I had to read it! Plus the title address us readers, I had to pick it up!

I haven't read Jane Eyre. I'm not one for classics. But this is a retelling of it, from Adele's perspective, of Mr. Rochester's daughter, the one that Jane is brought there to teach. And that is about the first third of the book, of Adele's childhood. The later thirds were set afterwards, and that's when things really get going! 

Watching Adele gather up her strength and fight for her friends was such an excellent journey! The fact that these girls aren't protected, are hurt and hunted by those that are supposed to be protecting them, is infuriating. So it was really great to see Adele step up to the plate! 

The twists and turns that this story takes! I mean that reveal at the end, and the subsequent ending? That was really unexpected, but it was set up throughout the book, so it was really well done. It does make me wish that things could've been different, but alas! 

Loved reading this book, and I can't wait to read more by Betsy Cornwell! 

Author: Betsy Cornwell
Read: October 28th, 2022
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a Historical Fiction 2022 Book, SAC 2022 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Clarion Books
Expected Publication: November 15th 2022
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Friday, October 28, 2022

ARCtober Update 20

So I've read my next book for the ARCtober, and it was Reader, I Killed Him which is for the prompt Non-Fiction, and I'll be reading Silver in the Mist next! 

My Reading Journey:

Somebody That I Used to Know by Dana L. Davis
Prompt Fulfilled: Author of Colour
Started On: October 1st 
Finished On: October 1st, 4:01 PM 
Pages Read: 336

Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe
Prompt Fulfilled: October Release
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 3:56 PM
Pages Read: 512

I Am Margaret Moore by Hannah Capin
Prompt Fulfilled: Already Released
Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 5:15 PM
Pages Read: 336

A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: A Highly Anticipated ARC
Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 1:25 PM
Pages Read: 416

A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson
Prompt Fulfilled: An ARC You Forgot You Had
Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 6:52 PM
Pages Read: 368

The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever by Jeff Strand
Prompt Fulfilled: An Ugly Cover
Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 9:38 PM
Pages Read: 266

A Familiar Stranger by A.R. Torre
Prompt Fulfilled: Free Choice
Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 1:04 PM
Pages Read: 290

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard
Prompt Fulfilled: 1st in a Series
Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 8:00 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix
Prompt Fulfilled: Favourite Colour on the Cover
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 14th, 7:45 PM
Pages Read: 416

Wizard's Masquerade by Jay Pellegrin
Prompt Fulfilled: Debut Author
Started On: October 14th
Finished On: October 14th, 10:11 PM
Pages Read: 550

The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso
Prompt Fulfilled: Newest ARC
Started On: October 20th
Finished On: October 20th, 6:06 PM
Pages Read: 544

Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean
Prompt Fulfilled: Underhyped/Nobody is Talking About It
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 5:41 PM
Pages Read: 336

A Long Stretch of Bad Days by Mindy McGinnis
Prompt Fulfilled: Fits the Season
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 11:20 PM
Pages Read: 368

Ivory by Lola Dodge
Prompt Fulfilled: Indie Published
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 9:35 PM
Pages Read: 135

Temptress by Lola Dodge
Prompt Fulfilled: Shortest ARC
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 11:02 PM
Pages Read: 126

Raven Unveiled by Grace Draven
Prompt Fulfilled: An ARC from Your Favourite Publisher
Started On: October 26th
Finished On: October 26th, 4:56 PM
Pages Read: 350

Whiteout Anthology
Prompt Fulfilled: Own Voices Rep/Marginalized Community
Started On: October 26th
Finished On: October 26th, 9:24 PM
Pages Read: 304

How I'll Kill You by Ren DeStefano
Prompt Fulfilled: Cover Request
Started On: October 27th
Finished On: October 27th, 4:30 PM
Pages Read: 352

Greymist Fair by Francesca Zappia
Prompt Fulfilled: Graphic Novel
Started On: October 27th
Finished On: October 27th, 6:59 PM
Pages Read: 336

Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell
Prompt Fulfilled: Non-Fiction
Started On: October 28th
Finished On: October 28th 1:05 PM
Pages Read: 288

Silver in the Mist by Emily Victoria
Prompt Fulfilled: LGBTQ+ Representation
Started On: October 28th
Currently On: Page 0 of 368

Prompts Left: Everyone Is Talking About It, Oldest ARC, A Sequel, Heard About from Another BookTuber
Books Read: 20
Pages Read: 7013

Becca's BookoplAthon Update 40

So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, Roll as You Go edition, and it was Reader, I Murdered Him which is for the prompt Favourite Trope, and I'll be rolling for what I'm reading next below! 

My Reading Journey:

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 8:33 PM
Pages Read: 416

After the Bite by Lynsay Sands
Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 11:06 PM
Pages Read: 400

I Am Margaret Moore by Hannah Capin
Prompt Fulfilled: Favourite Genre
Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 5:15 PM
Pages Read: 336

A Bad Day For Sunshine by Darynda Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: Colour Wheel
Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 9:50 PM
Pages Read: 416

A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: Mood Read
Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 9:20 PM
Pages Read: 416

Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
Prompt Fulfilled: Big Book
Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 7:31 PM
Pages Read: 560

Enshadowed by Kelly Creagh
Prompt Fulfilled: People
Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 9:38 PM
Pages Read: 429

Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox by Forthright
Prompt Fulfilled: Dice Roulette
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 5:36 PM
Pages Read: 478

Kimiko and the Accidental Proposal by Forthright
Prompt Fulfilled: Favourite Genre
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 11:24 PM
Pages Read: 450

Game of Gravestones by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Features a Mystery
Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 5:05 PM
Pages Read: 184

The Hexed & the Hunted by Melissa Marr
Prompt Fulfilled: First Person
Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 11:15 PM
Pages Read: 319

A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: Highest Rated
Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 1:25 PM
Pages Read: 416

The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever by Jeff Strand
Prompt Fulfilled: Dice Roulette
Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 9:38 PM
Pages Read: 266

A Familiar Stranger by A.R. Torre
Prompt Fulfilled: Pub/Set Since 2020
Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 1:04 PM
Pages Read: 290

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard
Prompt Fulfilled: Emoji
Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 8:00 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert
Prompt Fulfilled: Letter
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 8:44 PM
Pages Read: 177

Fateful by Claudia Gray
Prompt Fulfilled: Features a Romance
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 10:01 PM
Pages Read: 328

My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann
Prompt Fulfilled: Spring
Started On: October 13th
Finished On: October 13th, 8:11 AM
Pages Read: 352

Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira
Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card
Started On: October 13th
Finished On: October 13th, 7:47 PM
Pages Read: 352

Wizard's Masquerade by Jay Pellegrin
Prompt Fulfilled: Pub/Set Since 2020
Started On: October 14th
Finished On: October 14th, 10:11 PM
Pages Read: 550

The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli
Prompt Fulfilled: Favourite Genre
Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 8:59 PM
Pages Read: 416

Blackout Anthology 
Prompt Fulfilled: Features a Romance
Started On: October 16th
Finished On: October 16th, 10:29 PM
Pages Read: 256

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Prompt Fulfilled: Third Person
Started On: October 17th
Finished On: October 17th, 7:19 PM
Pages Read: 432

The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso
Prompt Fulfilled: Winter
Started On: October 18th
Finished On: October 18th, 4:50 PM
Pages Read: 483

The Quicksilver Court by Melisa Caruso
Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card
Started On: October 19th
Finished On: October 18th, 8:30 PM
Pages Read: 544

The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso
Prompt Fulfilled: Buildings
Started On: October 20th
Finished On: October 20th, 6:06 PM
Pages Read: 544

Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean
Prompt Fulfilled: Sumer
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 5:41 PM
Pages Read: 336

A Long Stretch of Bad Days by Mindy McGinnis
Prompt Fulfilled: TBR Game
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 11:20 PM
Pages Read: 368

Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles
Prompt Fulfilled: Features a Romance
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 1:42 PM
Pages Read: 480

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Prompt Fulfilled: Features a Death
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 5:47 PM
Pages Read: 338

Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate by Forthright
Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 11:19 PM
Pages Read: 426

Pimiko and the Uncharted Island by Forthright
Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 8:28 PM
Pages Read: 414

Temptress by Lola Dodge
Prompt Fulfilled: Small Book
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 11:02 PM
Pages Read: 126

A Darkness At The Door by Intisar Khanani
Prompt Fulfilled: Dice Roulette
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 24th, 7:41 PM
Pages Read: 486

Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
Prompt Fulfilled: Favourite Setting
Started On: October 25th
Finished On: October 25th, 2:08 PM 
Pages Read: 381

War by Laura Thalassa
Prompt Fulfilled: Autumn
Started On: October 25th
Finished On: October 25th, 8:12 PM
Pages Read: 502

Raven Unveiled by Grace Draven
Prompt Fulfilled: Winter
Started On: October 26th
Finished On: October 26th, 4:56 PM
Pages Read: 350

Whiteout Anthology
Prompt Fulfilled: Short Book
Started On: October 26th
Finished On: October 26th, 9:24 PM
Pages Read: 304

For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten
Prompt Fulfilled: Buildings
Started On: October 27th
Finished On: October 27th, 9:03 PM
Pages Read: 481

Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell
Prompt Fulfilled: Favourite Trope
Started On: October 28th
Finished On: October 28th 1:05 PM
Pages Read: 288

Books Read: 40
Pages Read: 14645

Day 28, Roll 41:
A 3, which gets me to Favourite Genre. I'm going with Silver in the Mist by Emily Victoria, it's a YA, my favourite genre, so that works!

First Lines Friday #598, October 28th

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!

"All I could see was red darkness. The stain his blood made might only have been a shadow—a shadow like the one that concealed me, still standing where we'd stood when he fell. When I pushed him." -Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell

That's pretty intense! Must read more now! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Thursday, October 27, 2022

ARCtober Update 19

So I've read my next book for the ARCtober, and it was Greymist Fair which is for the prompt Graphic Novel, and I'll be reading Reader, I Killed Him next! 

My Reading Journey:

Somebody That I Used to Know by Dana L. Davis
Prompt Fulfilled: Author of Colour
Started On: October 1st 
Finished On: October 1st, 4:01 PM 
Pages Read: 336

Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe
Prompt Fulfilled: October Release
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 3:56 PM
Pages Read: 512

I Am Margaret Moore by Hannah Capin
Prompt Fulfilled: Already Released
Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 5:15 PM
Pages Read: 336

A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: A Highly Anticipated ARC
Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 1:25 PM
Pages Read: 416

A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson
Prompt Fulfilled: An ARC You Forgot You Had
Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 6:52 PM
Pages Read: 368

The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever by Jeff Strand
Prompt Fulfilled: An Ugly Cover
Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 9:38 PM
Pages Read: 266

A Familiar Stranger by A.R. Torre
Prompt Fulfilled: Free Choice
Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 1:04 PM
Pages Read: 290

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard
Prompt Fulfilled: 1st in a Series
Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 8:00 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix
Prompt Fulfilled: Favourite Colour on the Cover
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 14th, 7:45 PM
Pages Read: 416

Wizard's Masquerade by Jay Pellegrin
Prompt Fulfilled: Debut Author
Started On: October 14th
Finished On: October 14th, 10:11 PM
Pages Read: 550

The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso
Prompt Fulfilled: Newest ARC
Started On: October 20th
Finished On: October 20th, 6:06 PM
Pages Read: 544

Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean
Prompt Fulfilled: Underhyped/Nobody is Talking About It
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 5:41 PM
Pages Read: 336

A Long Stretch of Bad Days by Mindy McGinnis
Prompt Fulfilled: Fits the Season
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 11:20 PM
Pages Read: 368

Ivory by Lola Dodge
Prompt Fulfilled: Indie Published
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 9:35 PM
Pages Read: 135

Temptress by Lola Dodge
Prompt Fulfilled: Shortest ARC
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 11:02 PM
Pages Read: 126

Raven Unveiled by Grace Draven
Prompt Fulfilled: An ARC from Your Favourite Publisher
Started On: October 26th
Finished On: October 26th, 4:56 PM
Pages Read: 350

Whiteout Anthology
Prompt Fulfilled: Own Voices Rep/Marginalized Community
Started On: October 26th
Finished On: October 26th, 9:24 PM
Pages Read: 304

How I'll Kill You by Ren DeStefano
Prompt Fulfilled: Cover Request
Started On: October 27th
Finished On: October 27th, 4:30 PM
Pages Read: 352

Greymist Fair by Francesca Zappia
Prompt Fulfilled: Graphic Novel
Started On: October 27th
Finished On: October 27th, 6:59 PM
Pages Read: 336

Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell
Prompt Fulfilled: Non-Fiction
Started On: October 28th
Currently On: Page 0 of 288

Prompts Left: Everyone Is Talking About It, Oldest ARC, A Sequel, LGBTQ+ Representation, Heard About from Another BookTuber
Books Read: 19
Pages Read: 6725

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Waiting on Wednesday #596, October 12th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson
Expected Publication: November 15th, 2022
From Goodreads:
Return to #1 New York Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn world of Scadrial as its second era, which began with The Alloy of Law, comes to its earth-shattering conclusion in The Lost Metal.

For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set—with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders—since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. When Detective Marasi Colms and her partner Wayne find stockpiled weapons bound for the Outer City of Bilming, this opens a new lead. Conflict between Elendel and the Outer Cities only favors the Set, and their tendrils now reach to the Elendel Senate—whose corruption Wax and Steris have sought to expose—and Bilming is even more entangled.

After Wax discovers a new type of explosive that can unleash unprecedented destruction and realizes that the Set must already have it, an immortal kandra serving Scadrial’s god reveals that Harmony’s power is blocked in Bilming. That means the city has fallen under the influence of another god: Trell, worshipped by the Set. And Trell isn’t the only factor at play from the larger Cosmere—Marasi is recruited by offworlders with strange abilities who claim their goal is to protect Scadrial...at any cost.

Harmony’s vision of future possibilities comes to an abrupt halt tomorrow night, with only blackness after that. It’s a race against time, and Wax must choose whether to set aside his rocky relationship with God and once again become the Sword that Harmony has groomed him to be. If no one steps forward to be the hero Scadrial needs, the planet and its millions of people will come to a sudden and calamitous ruin.

A Light in the Flame by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
Expected Publication: November 15th, 2022
From Goodreads:
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book two in her Flesh and Fire series…

The only one who can save Sera now is the one she spent her life planning to kill.

The truth about Sera’s plan is out, shattering the fragile trust forged between her and Nyktos. Surrounded by those distrustful of her, all Sera has is her duty. She will do anything to end Kolis, the false King of Gods, and his tyrannical rule of Iliseeum, thus stopping the threat he poses to the mortal realm.

Nyktos has a plan, though, and as they work together, the last thing they need is the undeniable, scorching passion that continues to ignite between them. Sera cannot afford to fall for the tortured Primal, not when a life no longer bound to a destiny she never wanted is more attainable than ever. But memories of their shared pleasure and unrivaled desire are a siren’s call impossible to resist.

And as Sera begins to realize that she wants to be more than a Consort in name only, the danger surrounding them intensifies. The attacks on the Shadowlands are increasing, and when Kolis summons them to Court, a whole new risk becomes apparent. The Primal power of Life is growing inside her, pushing her closer to the end of her Culling. And without Nyktos’s love—an emotion he’s incapable of feeling—she won’t survive her Ascension. That is if she even makes it to her Ascension and Kolis doesn’t get to her first. Because time is running out. For both her and the realms.

Rise of the Demon by Diana Rowland
Expected Publication: November 15th, 2022
From Goodreads:
The long-awaited ninth book in the Demon series returns to the adventures of Kara Gillian and the supernatural threats that surround her

Kara’s drastic ceasefire deal with the formidable demon Imperator Dekkak slowed the attacks on Earth to a trickle, but her troubles are far from over. The god-like demahnk are desperate to return to their own kind, but unless they can stabilize the demon realm, they’ll be forever exiled—and they’ve subjugated Kara’s beloved Mzatal to further their hellacious cause. One faction of demonic lords and demahnk has a plan to fix their world, yet their salvation would come at the expense of Earth.

Meanwhile, Kara is wrestling with government bureaucracy, backstabbing allies, enemy lords, as well as the powerful young demonic lord Ashava, who’s packing the drama, angst, and rebellion of the terrible teen years into just a few months.

Kara’s in a race to stop an apocalypse, but in order to prevail she’ll have to make a terrible sacrifice or risk losing everything she holds dear.

Ghosts & Garlands by Kelley Armstrong
Expected Publication: November 15th, 2022
From Goodreads:
Victorian novelist Miranda Hastings is in London for a modern-day Christmas with the man she loves, and they want to see everything. Luckily, they have friends who are going to make sure they get their wish. They’re sent on a whirlwind holiday adventure, following their friends’ mysterious messages…until an encounter with a ghost who was part of an infamous gang of highwaymen. Murder, mystery, and a ghost in need? Now that’s Miranda’s idea of a holiday treat.

Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade
Expected Publication: November 15th, 2022
From Goodreads:
After All the Feels and Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade once again delivers a warm and wonderful romantic comedy about two co-stars who once had an incredible one-night stand—and after years of filming on the same remote island, are finally ready to yield to temptation again…

Maria’s one-night-stand—the thick-thighed, sexy Viking of a man she left without a word or a note—just reappeared. Apparently, Peter’s her surly Gods of the Gates co-star, and they’re about to spend the next six years filming on a desolate Irish island together. She still wants him…but he now wants nothing to do with her.

Peter knows this role could finally transform him from a forgettable character actor into a leading man. He also knows a failed relationship with Maria could poison the set, and he won’t sabotage his career for a woman who’s already walked away from him once. Given time, maybe they can be cooperative colleagues or friends—possibly even best friends—but not lovers again. No matter how much he aches for her.

For years, they don’t touch off-camera. But on their last night of filming, their mutual restraint finally shatters, and all their pent-up desire explodes into renewed passion. Too bad they still don’t have a future together, since Peter’s going back to Hollywood, while Maria’s returning to her native Sweden. She thinks she needs more than he can give her, but he’s determined to change her mind, and he’s spent the last six years waiting. Watching. Wanting.

His shipwrecked Swede doesn’t stand a chance.

The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks
Expected Publication: November 15th, 2022
From Goodreads:
Mariah Fredericks's The Lindbergh Nanny is powerful, propulsive novel about America’s most notorious kidnapping through the eyes of the woman who found herself at the heart of this deadly crime.

"A masterful blending of fact and fiction that is as compelling as it is entertaining."—Nelson DeMille

When the most famous toddler in America, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., is kidnapped from his family home in New Jersey in 1932, the case makes international headlines. Already celebrated for his flight across the Atlantic, his father, Charles, Sr., is the country’s golden boy, with his wealthy, lovely wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, by his side. But there’s someone else in their household—Betty Gow, a formerly obscure young woman, now known around the world by another name: the Lindbergh Nanny.

A Scottish immigrant deciphering the rules of her new homeland and its East Coast elite, Betty finds Colonel Lindbergh eccentric and often odd, Mrs. Lindbergh kind yet nervous, and Charlie simply a darling. Far from home and bruised from a love affair gone horribly wrong, Betty finds comfort in caring for the child, and warms to the attentions of handsome sailor Henrik, sometimes known as Red. Then, Charlie disappears.

Suddenly a suspect in the eyes of both the media and the public, Betty must find the truth about what really happened that night, in order to clear her own name—and to find justice for the child she loves.

Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Conrwell
Expected Publication: November 15th, 2022
From Goodreads:
In this daring tale of female agency and revenge from a New York Times bestselling author, a girl becomes a teenage vigilante who roams Victorian England using her privilege and power to punish her friends' abusive suitors and keep other young women safe.

Adele grew up in the shadows--first watching from backstage at her mother's Parisian dance halls, then wandering around the gloomy, haunted rooms of her father's manor. When she's finally sent away to boarding school in London, she's happy to enter the brightly lit world of society girls and their wealthy suitors.

Yet there are shadows there, too. Many of the men that try to charm Adele's new friends do so with dark intentions. After a violent assault, she turns to a roguish young con woman for help. Together, they become vigilantes meting out justice. But can Adele save herself from the same fate as those she protects?

With a queer romance at its heart, this lush historical thriller offers readers an irresistible mix of vengeance and empowerment.

Oh, wow, the middle of November has some fantastic books coming out that I can't wait to read! What about you guys? Happy reading!