Waiting For Wentworth

Waiting On Wednesday (710) Crash Test by Amy James

Expected Publication: July 1, 2025

Genre: MM, Romance

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings
that spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating.
(WoW was previously hosted by Breaking The Spine.)

This is my favorite day of the week because I love sharing and discovering new books.

Synopsis from Goodreads:
Formula 1 meets Red, White, & Royal Blue in this contemporary romance in which an F1 phenom battling for the championship is sent spinning after his secret love is involved in a massive crash.

Twenty-four-year-old Formula 1 driver Travis Keeping is halfway through an incredible racing season, with the championship well within his sights. But when a massive crash in Formula 2 leaves driver Jacob Nichols in critical condition, Travis’s world is flipped upside down. No one knows, but he and Jacob have been dating for almost a year.

Now the only boy he’s ever loved is clinging to life, his F1 team can’t understand why his performance is faltering, and he’s locked in a cold war with Jacob’s parents, who want him as far away from their son as humanly possible. Travis is sure everything will get better when Jacob wakes up, but he soon realizes he’s underestimated Jacob’s parents’ influence on their son.

As the F1 season barrels on, Travis and Jacob find themselves alone and miserable on opposite sides of the globe. But with some new friends by their sides, both drivers will be pushed outside of their comfort zones and onto a journey of self-discovery—one that just might lead them back to each other in the end.

This is a new to me author. I've never read a book about F1 drivers before, so I'm hoping to really like this book! Wish me luck!

What are you waiting on this week?

Paternal Instincts
(Valor and Doyle Mysteries #8)
by Nicky James

Expected Publication: June 24, 2025

Genre: MM, Romance

This is my favorite day of the week because I love sharing and discovering new books.

Synopsis from Goodreads:
At the heart of a missing child case, Quaid and Aslan learn the true nature of fatherhood.

With their baby due any day, Quaid ends up tangled in a case on the last day of work before his leave begins.

With the help of supportive friends and colleagues, Quaid and Aslan are determined to solve the case before it’s too late.

When their surrogate goes into labor, Quaid struggles to let go of the case and walk away.

Can they find the missing child before their parental duties call?

I only have 2 highly anticipated books this year, and this is one of them. It's only been 1.5 years since the last book, but that's way too long. How dare the author take a break from this couple and write other books... I mean. Really? Sheesh. But it's all good now that she's back writing this series again. I'm ready for it.

What are you waiting on this week?

Kill Your Darlings
by Josh Lanyon

Expected Publication: June 27, 2025

Genre: MM, Romance

This is my favorite day of the week because I love sharing and discovering new books.

Synopsis from Goodreads:
At this mystery conference, murder is more than just another plot twist...

Nobody likes conferences, but they’re part of the job.

Millbrook House senior editor Keiran Chandler has spent years curating the best voices in crime lit, but when an unsolicited manuscript is handed to him at the Noir at the Shore mystery conference, truth collides with fiction. I Know What You Did is more than just another slush pile submission—it’s a direct threat.

U.N. Owen seems to know what really happened in Steeple Hill all those years ago. Who is Owen? How does he know these things? Clearly the mysterious author is after more than a book deal. But what?

With a potentially career-ending publishing merger on the horizon, the end of his affair with bestselling author and former homicide detective Finn Scott, and not so subtle threats from someone in his past, Keiran has a lot bigger problems than coming up with something witty to say on discussion panels.

Officially, I've already read this book. I follow this author on Patreon, and this book was serialized over the past 2 months. However, I'm still looking forward to reading the final edited version from beginning to end without any interruptions.

What are you waiting on this week?

He's to Die For
by Erin Dunn

Expected Publication: June 3, 2025

Genre: MM, Romance

This is my favorite day of the week because I love sharing and discovering new books.

Synopsis from Goodreads:
Brooklyn 99 meets The Charm Offensive in this sparkling romantic murder mystery: it's murder cute in the first degree when a detective finds himself falling for the lead suspect in a career-making case.

At 29, Detective Rav Trivedi is the youngest member of the NYPD’s homicide squad, and his future looks bright. He may be a bit of an outsider in the department—an ivy-league educated gay Brit with a weakness for designer suits—but his meteoric rise and solve rate prove he belongs.

So when his CO assigns him as lead on the high-profile murder of a record executive, Rav is ready for action. He won’t be distracted by TV crews, tabloids, or what’s trending on social media, nor by the ridiculously hot rock star with a clear motive and no alibi.

This is it, his big shot, and he is not going to screw it up—certainly not by falling in love with his number one suspect…

Another new to me author! (I saw this book few months ago and added it to my tbr because it sounds interesting to me. But now the ARC reviews are all "amazing 5 stars" and that just makes me leery!!) I hope I like this.

What are you waiting on this week?

Delicious: An MM Charity Anthology
by Various Authors

Expected Publication: May 27, 2025

Genre: MM, Anthology

This is my favorite day of the week because I love sharing and discovering new books.

Synopsis from Goodreads:
Love is delicious…

Join a fabulous group of authors for a brand new charity anthology that’s sure to make you hungry!

We’re serving up hot dishes, lamington kisses, cheesecake roses, and plenty of delicious indulgences. Accompanied by a buffet of your favourites like best friends to lovers, meet cutes, second chances, small towns, enemies, hot bosses, long time crushes, plenty of spice, and melt-in-the-mouth sweetness.

With taco trucks, celebrity chefs, bakers, pizza shops, and plenty of treats, Delicious has seventeen brand new contemporary short stories for you to savour!

I didn't originally have this anthology on my tbr, but I regularly read a lot of these authors, so I'll be checking this book out.

What are you waiting on this week?

Devil and the Deep Blue Fish
(Fish Out of Water #8)
by Amy Lane

Expected Publication: June 3, 2025

Genre: MM, Romance

This is my favorite day of the week because I love sharing and discovering new books.

Synopsis from Goodreads:
PI Jackson Rivers and Henry Worrall have gotten used to throwing themselves into danger as a team, so when Henry is hurt badly one night defending a friend and her teenage ward, it’s all hands on deck for Jackson, his fiancé Ellery Cramer, their firm, and their friends. Henry is battling for his life. The least they can do is hunt down Henry’s shooter and keep the intended victims safe.

Knowing Jackson will dedicate himself to tracking down a very dangerous assailant with no regard to his own safety, Ellery makes one stipulation: Jackson needs a temporary partner. Jackson finds a good one in someone from the firm’s past, but while Jackson’s figuring out a new rhythm on zero sleep and a lot of desperation, Ellery and their friends are putting together a puzzle with a lot more pieces than Henry’s random shooting. Somebody in their city is preying on teenagers in a most insidious way, and nobody in their circle is going to let this stand.

Jackson has spent a year and a half trying to heal from physical and emotional wounds, and this case is going to make him look at every choice he’s made to survive. Ellery―and Ellery’s mother―will do anything to help him, but does Jackson finally have emotional defenses to fight his own demons while he’s slaying dragons for the family he’s found, or will he drown in his own remorse? Sometimes, when you’re a kid on the streets, living past tomorrow means choosing between the Devil and the Deep Blue Fish.

I love this series so much. However, as the series has progressed, there has been WAY too much crossover with characters from her other series (that I haven't read). So I'm forced to read about a bunch of people that I don't give a crap about. I would seriously prefer focusing on the original couple and their personal and professional growth.

What are you waiting on this week?

The Complication
(Executive Suite Secrets #2)
by Jocelynn Drake

Expected Publication: May 30, 2025

Genre: MM, Romance

This is my favorite day of the week because I love sharing and discovering new books.

Synopsis from Goodreads:
It was just a fling.

A bit of fun on the weekends. Definitely not permanent.

Not that I wouldn’t love to crack the ice around rich and sexy Declan Foster’s heart.

And he was the last person I expected to ride to my rescue when I found myself suddenly homeless and a father.

Now he’s spoiling my daughter and me at every turn, offering the perfect life on a silver platter.

Should I risk my heart on a man who once said he never wanted kids?

I had never read anything by this author prior to this series, which I like enough to want to continue. It's not gritty and dark like I believe her other works are. (Evidently book covers and titles mean a LOT to me, because I haven't found her other books interesting enough to want to read. Oops.)

What are you waiting on this week?

Copper Script
by K.J. Charles

Expected Publication: May 29, 2025

Genre: MM, Romance, Historical

This is my favorite day of the week because I love sharing and discovering new books.

Synopsis from Goodreads:
Detective Sergeant Aaron Fowler of the Metropolitan Police doesn’t count himself a gullible man. When he encounters a graphologist who deduces people’s lives and personalities from their handwriting with impossible accuracy, he needs to find out how the trick is done. Even if that involves spending more time with the intriguing, flirtatious Joel Wildsmith than feels quite safe.

Joel’s not an admirer of the police, but DS Fowler has the most irresistible handwriting he’s ever seen. If the policeman’s tests let him spend time unnerving the handsome copper, why not play along?

But when Joel looks at a powerful man's handwriting and sees a murderer, the policeman and the graphologist are plunged into deadly danger. Their enemy will protect himself at any cost--unless the sparring pair can come together to prove his guilt and save each other.

I may not have explored a lot of this author's works yet, but I have adored everything I’ve read so far! I can't wait for this one!

What are you waiting on this week?

Pages

Waiting On Wednesday (710) Crash Test by Amy James

Waiting On Wednesday (709) Paternal Instincts (Valor and Doyle Mysteries #8) by Nicky James

Waiting On Wednesday (708) Kill Your Darlings by Josh Lanyon

Waiting On Wednesday (707) He's to Die For by Erin Dunn

Waiting On Wednesday (706) Delicious: An MM Charity Anthology by Various Authors

Waiting On Wednesday (705) Devil and the Deep Blue Fish (Fish Out of Water #8) by Amy Lane

Waiting On Wednesday (704) The Complication (Executive Suite Secrets #2) by Jocelynn Drake

Waiting On Wednesday (703) Copper Script by K.J. Charles