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This week’s topic is characters I’d name my pet after, but I decided to switch it up and do:
The Next 10 Books on my TBR
I’m not sure that I’ll stick completely to this TBR. I won a book by Lynsay Sands, and if that comes in soon, I’ll be reading that. If some of my Netgalley requests are approved, I may have to switch things up as well. Here’s my tentative TBR:
1. Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Publication Date: Feb.2, 2021
Synopsis: Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano’s adult debut Finlay Donovan Is Killing It is the first in a witty, fast-paced mystery series, following struggling suspense novelist and single mom Finlay Donovan, whose fiction treads dangerously close to the truth as she becomes tangled in real-life murder investigations..
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
2. Christmas Island by Natalie Normann
Publication Date: Nov. 30, 2020
Synopsis: Cosy up in front of a fire and discover Christmas the Norwegian way…full of romance, cosy traditions and hygge!
In the bleak midwinter…
A really frosty wind is making Holly’s life absolutely miserable
After all the years of hard work it took Londoner Holly Greene to become a doctor, now it could all be taken away and she only has herself to blame. She’s retreating to her brother’s rustic home on an island off the coast of Norway to lick her wounds. Only, it’s the middle of winter and icy slush plus endless darkness isn’t exactly the cheery, festive getaway she had imagined.
Nearly stumbling off the edge of a cliff in the dark, Holly is saved by Frøy, a yellow-eyed cat of fearsome but fluffy proportions, and his owner – grouchy, bearded recluse, Tor. Tor has his own problems to face but the inexplicable desire to leave a bag of freshly baked gingerbread men on Holly’s doorstep is seriously getting in the way of his hermit routine.
Call it kindness, call it Christmas, but Holly’s arrival means midwinter has never looked less bleak.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
3. Paws for Christmas by Mariah Lynne
Publication Date: Nov. 3, 2020
Synopsis: It’s the Holidays and Jessica Munroe seems destined for misery. Nonetheless she is trying to make the best of it. Her fiancé Jake, an emergency room doctor, dumped her for his nurse and just two weeks prior, she had to put her dog, her best friend, Mazy to sleep.
The pain of losing both the man she loved and her best friend has taken her to a new low. Jessica, determined not to stay down, is now hard at work trying to push through the holiday season by doubling up on Christmas lights and decorations she’s putting up outside her residence.
As Jessica works, a big brown scruffy dog appears in her yard and refuses to leave when she tries to shoo him away. He’s filthy, looks hungry, and seems like he needs help. A dog lover, Jessica takes him to her vet who discovers a metal bone shaped tag buried in his matted fur. The tag reveals his name, Sam, and a phone number to call if he is lost or injured.
Sam’s owner Trey Musgrove is in the hospital the victim of a head-on collision. Now Jessica’s life is about to change forever thanks to Sam, this big brown scruffy lovable dog.
Side effects of reading PAWS FOR CHRISTMAS are a happy heart, an uplifted spirit, new confidence in the future, and a smile on your face!
4. Gilded Serpent by Danielle L. Jensen
Series: Dark Shores (Book 3)
Publication Date: April 27, 2021
Synopsis: From bestselling author Danielle L. Jensen comes a thrilling new novel in the Dark Shores world, a series that Sarah J. Maas called “everything I look for in a fantasy novel.”
THEIR BATTLES ENDED IN VICTORY
Lydia returns to Mudaire to enter training at the healing temple. But instead of fighting to save lives, she’s convinced she is doing more harm than good. She delves into the history of the gods only to discover a truth that will change her life forever.
His birthright as commander of the Royal Army is finally in his grasp, but Killian feels anything but victorious. Burdened by his past, he embraces the darker side of his mark—and in doing so, risks starting a war.
BUT THE WAR HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN
Having defeated the tyrant Urcon, Marcus struggles to form a lasting alliance with the Arinoquians. But he is plagued by the knowledge that there is a traitor among his friends, and it could cost him everything that he’s fought for.
Torn between her growing allegiance to the Thirty-Seventh legion and her need to liberate her people, Teriana finds herself mired in a web of secrets. She embarks upon a path that will either save everyone she loves—or put them all in their graves.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
5. Truly Madly Plaid by Eliza Knight
Series: Prince Charlie’s Angels (Book 2)
Publication Date: Dec. 29, 2020
Synopsis: These Highland warriors are prepared to give up everything to fight for their country.
Annie MacPherson’s world was torn apart when her family’s castle was ravaged during the war. Determined to aid her countrymen, she braves the battlefield and finds Lieutenant Craig MacLean left for dead. Soon, her heart belongs to the fierce warrior.
As the English dragoons draw closer to Annie’s makeshift hospital, Craig knows they have to escape together if they’ll have any chance to survive. But when they come face-to-face with the enemy, and Craig is imprisoned, Annie will have to risk everything she has to save the man she can’t live without.
History and adventure come to life in Eliza Knight’s thrilling Scottish Highland romance. Annie is based loosely on Anne MacKay, Anne Leith and Lady Maxwell, who risked their lives to protect Jacobite soldiers by hiding them, healing their wounds, and aiding in their escape from enemy forces.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
6. The Little Swiss Ski Chalet by Julie Caplin
Series: Romantic Escapes (Book 7)
Publication Date: Jan. 22, 2021
Synopsis: It’s time to pack your bags and head to the breathtaking, snow-covered peaks of the Swiss Alps for velvety hot chocolates, delicious cheeses and a gorgeous love story…
Food technician Minna has always believed that chocolate will solve everything – and it’s just what she needs when her latest relationship mishap goes viral!
So with her bags packed and a new determination to sort her life out, Minna decides to drown her sorrows with the best hot chocolate in the world at her godmother’s cosy Swiss chalet. Chocolate: yes. Romance: no. Until she has a run in on an Alpine train with a mysterious but oh-so-gorgeous stranger…
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
7. Calder Brand by Janet Dailey
Series: Calder Brand #1
Publication Date: Feb. 23, 2021
Synopsis: Janet Dailey’s iconic Calder Saga is synonymous with everything readers have come to love in her novels: romance, adventure, and the epic mystique of the Old West. Now America’s First Lady of Romance invites readers on a new journey with Calder Brand, the first installment in a spin-off series beginning in the late 1800’s, as a cowboy named Joe Dollarhide joins the Calder brand on one of the first cattle drives from Texas to Montana…
Ambition drove Joe Dollarhide across the parched plains from Fort Sam Houston to Dodge City. He was determined to one day have a spread every bit as impressive as his employers’. But when a wild stampede separates him from the cattle drive, it’s not just survival that keeps him going. Joe has a burning need to settle the score with Benteen Calder, the cattle boss he used to worship. The man who’d left him for dead. Yet he’d soon have something greater than revenge to inspire him…
Sarah Foxworth is traveling toward her dream of becoming a doctor when she’s attacked by a violent gang. Luckily, Joe is the one to rescue her–and win her heart. Still, she presses on to the future awaiting her on the frontier. But her plans, and her reputation, are ruined when she gives birth to an illegitimate baby…
Years later, Sarah reappears in Joe’s world–with a son there’s no denying is his own. Now a prosperous rancher, Joe yearns to finally build a life with the woman he’s never forgotten. Only Joe’s own road to riches has been strewn with obstacles, some still standing in his way. But time has also shown him that nothing worth having comes easy. And that Sarah is a woman worth fighting for…
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
8. Christmas Ever After by Karen Schaler
Publication Date: Sept. 29, 2020
Synopsis: While promoting her next novel, a Christmas love story, author Riley Reynolds is caught off guard when she’s asked during a live national television interview how she can write about romance when she still hasn’t found “the one” herself. Scrambling for an answer, she quickly answers that she has had great love in her past and that love inspired her novels.
Little does she know that this one offhanded remark will turn her world upside down. Three of her ex-boyfriends see the interview, and each, believing she’s talking about him, shows up for her Christmas Camp book event at the Christmas Lake Lodge, determined to rewrite his happily-ever-after with her!
Over the festive weekend, Riley’s old boyfriends compete to win her heart, pulling out all the stops while planning the most romantic Christmas dates on the planet. Despite herself, Riley starts falling for each guy— again—but for different reasons. As Riley revisits each relationship and discovers more about herself, she embraces the magic of Christmas and finally finds true love and her own Christmas ever after…
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
9. Namesake by Adrienne Young
Series: Fable (Book 2)
Publication Date: March 16, 2021
Synopsis: Trader. Fighter. Survivor.
With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and its crew were set to start over. That freedom is short-lived when she becomes a pawn in a notorious thug’s scheme. In order to get to her intended destination she must help him to secure a partnership with Holland, a powerful gem trader who is more than she seems.
As Fable descends deeper into a world of betrayal and deception she learns that her mother was keeping secrets, and those secrets are now putting the people Fable cares about in danger. If Fable is going to save them then she must risk everything, including the boy she loves and the home she has finally found.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
10. Hit Me With Your Scot by Suzanne Enoch
Series: Wild Wicked Highlanders (Book 3)
Publication Date: Feb. 9, 2021
Synopsis: The MacTaggert brothers have one task: Find English brides or lose their land!
Coll MacTaggert, Viscount Glendarril, is a big, brawny Highlander who doesn’t like being told what to do—not even by his exasperated English mother who is determined to see her eldest son wedded and bedded. However, when he comes to the rescue of an irresistibly beautiful woman, Coll discovers that he may have found his perfect match…
The challenge isn’t that Persephone Jones is famous, wealthy, independent, and smarter than anyone he knows. The problem is that she is not interested in marrying any man—especially not a hot-headed Scot—even if he is the only man who seems to understand who she really is even when she’s not sure herself. When Coll learns that Persephone is actually a lady-in-hiding and someone is willing to kill her for what she stands to inherit…Well, Coll has never been one to turn down a fight. When hearts are involved, nothing comes between a Highlander and his lady.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
Have you read any of these? Are any on your TBR? What do you plan to read next? Comment below! 🙂
Top next ten- well depends on how you like at it.
1. Hans Christian Anderson- I am reading “A treasury of Hans Christian Anderson”. In a way, that is one book, but at the same time not
2. A Christmas Treasury- now Christmas classics
3. My first read of 2021 will be Chronicles of Narnia
4. After that, have no idea
Great TBR list! I hope you enjoy them! 🙂
My TBR list is much longer than that
Nice post! Nice top 10! Haven’t read any of the books, but a few seem interesting to me, if I have chance to read them I would love to give them a try (1,2,5,6). What is next on my TBR… well that depends on what I am in the mood for. I have a weekly TBR, so probably something from there, but who knows. 🙂
I totally get that. Lately, my mood shifts between romance and fantasy. I’ve been reading a lot more rom-coms lately, which is perfect for the holiday season! I never realized how popular holiday romances were. lol
I hope you get to these end enjoy them!
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Thanks, Evelyn! 🙂
Truly, Madly, Plaid and Hit me with your best Scot are two amazing titles (I don’t know about the books, they are not my usual cup of tea, but they made me laugh so… Who knows! Maybe I would try them out!!) thanks for sharing!!
I requested Hit Me With Your Best Scot solely because of the title! lol Of course, I love historical romance, but that title is fantastic!! I also want to tread the rom-com Kiss My Cupcake – every time I see it, I smile! 🙂
Kiss My Cupcake is a brilliant one too! I have to find that book on Goodreads!!
I hope you enjoy all of these. The holiday ones look especially good.
Thanks! I’ve been enjoying the holiday rom-coms lately. 🙂
Love the play on words for some of these titles! “Hit Me With Your Best Scot” is great 😂 A lot of these look really good and perfect for the upcoming holiday season! The covers are bringing all those heartwarming and feel-good cosy vibes 😍 Hope you enjoy them all!
NAMESAKE!!! I love these posts because it always has books that I need to add to my TBR or remember that I need to pre-order!! Hope you love these all.