Waiting on Wednesday

Jill at Breaking the Spine hosts "Waiting On" Wednesday, a weekly event that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.



Straight from the Hip
book 3 in the Lonestar Sisters Trilogy

384 pages
HQN
mass market paperback
June 30 (yes, yesterday)



I need to be hit upside the head on this one! I can hardly believe I didn't tell you about this one since I'll be ordering it on my kindle ASAP. I read books 1 & 2 about a week apart and I've had to WAIT for this one. I may even have it read by the time you read this ;-)


from amazon:

Izzy has always been the fearless Titan sister. But when an oil rig blows up, leaving her barely able to see, her sisters find themselves as concerned by her emotional withdrawal as by the possibility that the explosion was no accident. Are the mind games their long-lost brother Garth has been playing turning physical? Or is someone else out to get them?When her sisters enroll her in a survivor training camp, Izzy is not happy. Nick, her instructor, is determined that she won't be left in the dark. In more ways than one. But if he tells her the terrible truth behind why he's helping her, he'll never see her again. Unless they're both willing to take the biggest risk of all.

Amazon.com's sales rank as of 6-24: #747 in books
#2 in books > Romance > Authors, A-Z > (M) > Mallery, Susan
#25 in Books > Romance > Contemporary




Burn
Linda Howard

Ballantine
384 pages
release date: July 7





Product Description from amazon:

It’s true what they say: Money changes everything. And in Linda Howard’s red-hot novel Burn, the changes come fast, furious, and filled with the kind of sexy suspense, heart-stopping romance, beautiful people, and risky business guaranteed to give you the most bang for your buck.

Money certainly changes Jenner Redwine’s life when she wins a lottery jackpot. But it also costs her plenty: Her father rips her off and disappears, her fortune-hunting boyfriend soon becomes her ex, and friends-turned-freeloaders give her the cold shoulder when she stops paying for everything.

Flush with new money, Jenner can’t imagine ever finding a place in the world of the wealthy. Seven years later, though, she’s rubbing elbows with the rich, despite the fact she still feels like a party crasher. Luckily she finds an ally–and a guide to the rarefied realm of privilege–in shy, kind-hearted heiress Sydney Hazlett, who quickly becomes Jenner’s confidante and surrogate sister.

When Sydney invites Jenner on a charity cruise aboard a luxury liner, Jenner reluctantly agrees. But while she’s expecting–and dreading–two weeks of masquerade balls, art auctions, and preening glitterati, what she gets is more like a Hitchcock movie than a Love Boat episode. Taken hostage by a menacing stranger, Jenner must cooperate in a mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme–or else. With nowhere to run, and with Sydney’s life as well as her own at risk, Jenner is drawn into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger. But as her panic gives way to exhilaration, and fear of her captor turns to fascination, Jenner rediscovers feelings she hasn’t had in years–and realizes she’s found a life worth living. If she survives.

Amazon.com's Sales Rank on June 24: #357 in books
#1 in books > Romance > Authors, A-Z > (H) > Howard, Linda
#3 in books > Romance > Romantic Suspense
#79 in books > Mystery & Thrillers


Ice
Linda Howard

Ballantine
224 pages
release date: November 10

as of June 24, Random House has no product description but I can't help but think that since Ice follows Burn there are repeating characters....

Amazon.com's Sales Rank on June 24: #3,146 in Books