Black 'n' Gold Girl's Book Spot

Jill over @  Breaking the Spine  hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. Eeep! I do so love weddings but what true romantic doesn't, right? I'm super excited to read Sandra Bricker's latest "Emma Rae" book and I'll bet after you read the blurb you will be too! Check it out below and tell me what you think! Always the Designer Never the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker Copyright 2012 Abingdon Press ISBN: 9781426732232 About the book: It’s taken Audrey Regan years to establish herself as a wedding dress designer, and to date she’s been roped into creating dresses for nine of her girlfriends. Request #10 follows her vow to “Just say no!” and comes from her very best friend. She can hardly turn Carly down! Audrey arrives in Atlanta early to perform all of her maid-of-honor duties along with final fi...

It's been a while since I've done one of these posts but thanks to my friend Rel @ Relz Reviewz and her great post on new Bethany House releases in Summer 2012 I had to post this! The book I'm looking forward to the most next summer is... Short-Straw Bride by Karen Witemeyer About the book: No one steps on Archer land. Not if they value their life. But when Meredith Hayes overhears a lethal plot to burn the Archer brothers off their ranch, a twelve-year-old debt compels her to take the risk. Fourteen years of constant vigilance hardens a man. Yet when Travis Archer confronts a female trespasser with the same vivid blue eyes as the courageous young girl he once aided, he can't bring himself to send her away. And when an act of sacrifice leaves her injured and her reputation in shreds, gratitude and guilt send him riding to her rescue once again. Four brothers. Four straws. One bride. Despite the fact that Travis is no longer the gallant youth Meredith once d...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. ******************************************************************************* Yes we're not even halfway through 2011 and I already have a book wishlist started for 2012! I know crazy right? Well check out the cover and blurb for the this book and I can almost guarantee that you'll be starting your own 2012 list if you haven't done so already! Blurb: Former Marine and current Nightshade team member Griffin Riddell is comfortable. So comfortable he never sees the set up that lands him in a maximum security prison, charged with murder. How will he ever prove his innocence stuck behind iron bars? Covert operative Kazi Faron is tasked with reassembling Nightshade—the black ops team someone dissected. Breaking Griffin out of a federal penitentiary amid explosiv...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. ******************************************************************************* I love author Mary Connealy's cowboy comedies so when I heard that she was branching out a bit, writing a darker suspense novel under a penname I was super excited! Read the description below and you'll be waiting on this one too I'll bet! Ten Plagues by Mary Nealy From CBD : Join the breakneck chase through Chicago for a murderous maniac. As the victims begin piling up, detective Keren Collins’s spiritual discernment is on high alert. Will she capture the killer before another body floats to the surface? Ex-cop, now mission pastor Paul Morris has seen his share of tragedy, but nothing prepared him to be a murderer’s messenger boy. Will his old ruthless cop personality take ove...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. ******************************************************************************* Julie Lessman is one of my absolute favorite romance writers so I'm definitely looking forward to her latest novel in the Winds of Change series, A Heart Revealed this September. Check out the cover and a short blurb below... I like this cover. With the dark clover background those yellow roses really pop! A Heart Revealed (Winds of Change, Book 2) by Julie Lessman From the publisher: Ten years ago, Emma Malloy fled Dublin for Boston as a battered woman, escaping the husband who scarred her beautiful face. The physical and emotional wounds have faded with time, and her life is finally full of purpose and free from the pain of her past. But when she falls for her friend Charity's ha...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. These past few weeks I've been neglecting YA fiction on this blog so I figured I would feature a book in a series that I want to read badly! So far I've only read book 1, City of Bones but this cover is SO awesome I just had to share it! What you think? City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments, Book 4) by Cassandra Clare From Goodreads : “Love, blood, betrayal and revenge — the stakes are higher than ever in City of Fallen Angels. Simon Lewis is having some trouble adjusting to his new life as a vampire, especially now that he hardly sees his best friend Clary, who is caught up in training to be a Shadowhunter—and spending time with her new boyfriend Jace. Not to mention that Simon doesn’t quite know how to handle the pressure of not-quite-dating two gir...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. Mary Connealy is one of my favorite Christian fiction authors, I love the fun and adventure that is pretty much a given in each of her books. I'm excited to read her next series, The Kincaid Brides which starts out with Out of Control . Check out the cute cover! Out of Control (The Kincaid Brides, Book 1) by Mary Connealy From the publisher : Julia Gilliland has always been interested in the natural world around her. She particularly enjoys her outings to the cavern near her father's homestead, where she explores for fossils and formations, and plans to write a book about her discoveries. The cave seems plenty safe--until the day a mysterious intruder steals the rope she uses to find her way out. Rafe Kincaid has spent years keeping his family...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. I loved Karen Witemeyer's A Tailor-Made Bride and when I saw the cover for her May 2011 release, To Win Her Heart I knew I HAD to have it! It quite possibly has the potential to be my favorite cover AND book of 2011! With so many great books releasing next year I'm not going to be doing anything but reading! To Win Her Heart by Karen Witemeyer From the publisher : Having completed his sentence for the unintentional crime that derailed his youthful plans for fame and fortune, Levi Grant looks to start over in the town of Spencer, Texas. Spencer needs a blacksmith, a trade he learned at his father's knee, and he needs a place where no one knows his past. But small towns leave little room for secrets.... Eden Spencer has sworn off men, choosing instead to d...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. This week's pick is from the pen of Christian fiction writer, Laura Frantz . I love the lush settings, drama and of course romance in her previous books and I'm sure I will once again be swept away by her upcoming book The Colonel's Lady . I hope you are too! This is a 2011 "Must Read" I'm sure! From the publisher : In 1779, when genteel Virginia spinster Roxanna Rowan arrives at the Kentucky fort commanded by Colonel Cassius McLinn, she finds that her officer father has died. Penniless and destitute, Roxanna is forced to take her father's place as scrivener. Before long, it's clear that the colonel himself is attracted to her. But she soon realizes the colonel has grave secrets of his own--some of which have to do with her father'...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. This week I chose the second book in the Christian fiction series set in the resort town of Lake Manawa entitled A Great Catch . Isn't the cover cute? From the publisher : It is the beginning of a new century at Lake Manawa Resort in Iowa, but some things never change. When 22-year-old Emily Graham's meddlesome aunts and grandmother take it upon themselves to find her a husband among the resort guests, the spunky suffragist is determined to politely decline each and every suitor. She has neither the time nor the need for a man in her busy life. Carter Stockton, a recent college graduate and pitcher for the Manawa Owls baseball team, intends to enjoy every minute of the summer at Lake Manawa, Iowa, before he is forced into the straitlaced business world of his fa...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. This week's pick is Wither by Lauren DeStefano, not only does it sound terrific but it definitely has one cool cover! Check it out! From the author's website : What if you knew exactly when you would die? Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out. When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Gatherers to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege. Despite her husband Linden's genuine love for her, and a tenuous trust among her sister wives, Rhine has one purpose: to escape—to find her twin brother an...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. This week my pick is Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead! I loved the first 5 books in the Vampire Academy series so I'm uber excited for the final book...I want to see how it ends! BTW I'm Team Dimitri ;-) Murder. Love. Jealousy. And the ultimate sacrifice. Now, with Rose on trial for her life and Lissa first in line for the Royal Throne, nothing will ever be the same between them. Pre-Order HERE ! If you love paranormal/vampire romance this is a terrific series. *Shhhh* don't tell but I think I like it better than the Twilight series!

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. This week my pick is Code Triage , Book 3 in the Mercy Hospital series by Candace Calvert! I got an ARC of this story last week and let me tell you if you're a fan of this series you will not be disappointed! I really loved it and I can't wait till it's official release so I can get a copy with the beautiful full color cover! Here's the (yummy) cover art and the blurb from the publisher: Dr. Leigh Stathos likes her ER shifts fast, furious, and adrenaline-infused—“Treat ’em and street ’em”—with no emotional complications. Life’s taught her a soul-rending lesson: nothing lasts forever, including marriage. And the clock is ticking toward the end of hers. Then an unwelcome confrontation with “the other woman” begins a whole new set of lessons. San Francisco ...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. This week my pick is Digitalis , Book 2 in the Discarded Heroes series by Ronie Kendig. I loved the first book Nightshade so much I read it in a day. If you like suspense, romance and hunky heroes this series is terrific! Watch for my review of Nightshade tomorrow and stop back next week for a guest post by the author! From Christianbook.com : Former Marine sniper Colton "Cowboy" Neeley is recovering from a life of bad choices. Piper Blum, daughter of dissident Yakov Rosenblum, is in hiding--from life and the assassins gunning for her family. When she begs Colton to help extract her father from Israel, Colton petitions the group Nightshade to consider the mission. The team agrees, and soon they're deep six--straight into the Holy Land for a s...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. This week my pick is Autumn's Promise, Seasons of Sugarcreek, Book 3 by Shelley Shepard Gray! I don't normally like a lot of Amish fiction but this series is really good so far. Maybe because each book has an English family, the Allens as well as an Amish family, the Grabers and is not solely centered around the Amish. I liked Winter's Awakening, (my review here ) Book 1 in the series but Spring's Renewal (review to come) was a lot better and from the Goodreads blurb for Autumn's Promise I can tell it's going to be even better! If you'd like to see for yourself I've included the blurb below! Let me know what you think about this series if you've read it or want to read or what you think about Amish fiction in general! From Goodreads...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. This week's WoW post is The Crimson Cipher by Susan Page Davis. I've read the first 2 books in Summerside Press' Christian Romantic Suspense line and I loved them so I can't wait to read their summer releases which also includes Stars in the Night by Cara Putnam! The Crimson Cipher by Susan Page Davis Copyright 2010 Summerside Press ISBN: 9781609360122 320 pages Fiction/Christian From ChristianBook : The year is 1915---and navy cryptographer Emma Shuster is determined to defend the U.S. against acts of German sabotage! Using the expertise she gained by helping her late father develop a cipher system, she teams up with Lt. John Patterson. But can they outwit the cunning adversary known only as Kobold---German for "goblin"? Available July 201...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. The book I've chosen for this week's WoW post is by an author who is new to me! I've never read any of her books but her upcoming Discarded Heroes series looks incredible! Here's a preview of book 1, Nightshade . Nightshade (Discarded Heroes, Book 1) by Ronie Kendig Copyright 2010 Barbour Books 368 pages ISBN: 9781602607774 Fiction/Christian/Romance From the author's website : Soldier and hero, now he faces the biggest battle... the homefront. After a tour of duty in a war-torn country, embattled former Navy SEAL Max Jacobs finds himself discarded and alienated from those he loves as he struggles with war-related PTSD. His wife, Sydney, files a restraining order against him, and a petition for divorce. Max is devastated. Then a mysterious a man appea...

Jill over @ Breaking the Spine hosts a weekly meme that features one book that you can't wait to be released! Be sure to visit Jill's site to see what she and other readers can't wait to get their hands on. As you may know I love YA fiction, Christian fiction and historical fiction so I am super excited to read The Healer's Apprentice the debut novel by Melanie Dickerson which is all three! Check out the pretty cover and the terrific book trailer! I don't know about you but I can't wait till Fall! The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson Copyright 2010 Zondervan 272 pages ISBN: 9780310721437 YA Fiction/Historical/Romance Book Blurb: When destiny sleeps, it can only be awakened by true love’s kiss. In this historical romance loosely based on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, a woodcutter’s daughter becomes the town healer’s apprentice. Rose’s job is to care for the sick and injured in Hagenheim Castle. But Rose gets sick at the sight of blood and is more...