Waiting On Wednesday (782) Trouble in Moose Falls (Moose Falls #3) by Emily Silver

Trouble in Moose Falls
(Moose Falls #3)
by Emily Silver

Expected Publication: November 13, 2026

Genre: MM, Romance, Holiday

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:

Getting arrested by the guy I hated in high school was not on my bingo card.

There is nothing worse than getting arrested. Except of course getting arrested by Harrison Brentwood…while in a snowman costume. It’s the most humiliating moment of my life—no matter how hot the man might be.

When the power goes out because of a blizzard, the two of us are stuck together. I don’t want to get to know him. I hate him. But I’m stuck with him until the lights come back on, so I don’t have a choice.

I get to see the person he is now. The nice, kind man. Maybe under the hate lies a different kind of tension. One I definitely want to act on.

If only getting into trouble wasn’t so much fun...

I know, I know. Another holiday story! But there's SO many of them on my tbr this year. It seems as though all of my auto buy authors just love to write holiday stories, so who an I to complain? I don't write 'em - I just buy 'em and read 'em!! And honestly, I don't mind that more than a few on my tbr are novellas and not full blown novels. Gives me a nice boost to my Goodreads challenge (even though I'm 5 books ahead currently, but I also picked a lower number of books to read this year.)

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Waiting On Wednesday (781) Midnight and Mistletoe (Christmas at Hall Farm #2) by Ana Ashley

Midnight and Mistletoe
(Christmas at Hall Farm #2)
by Ana Ashley

Expected Publication: October 30, 2026

Genre: MM, Romance, Holiday

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:

The biggest risk isn't telling a secret—it's keeping it.

It was a simple arrangement. No strings, no feelings, no complications. Just stolen moments in the dark when the world isn't watching.

Now I'm standing on his doorstep two weeks before Thanksgiving, breaking every rule we made. Ten years of loving him in the dark never prepared me for waking up next to Griffin Hall. But somewhere between shared meals and kisses on the couch that feel so much like a life I could have, I fell all the way in love with my best friend's younger brother.

When the world catches up to us, I'll have to choose—keep hiding, or finally fight for him.

And.... so it begins. I read a lot of Christmas stories every year, but my holiday tbr is always bigger than I could possibly read each season. So I have to pick and choose what to read now and what to save for my Christmas in July reading extravaganza!

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Waiting On Wednesday (780) In Too Deep (Whitton & Black Mystery #2) by C.F. White

In Too Deep
(Whitton & Black Mystery #2)
by C.F. White

Expected Publication: October 23, 2026

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:

Jake is an ex-con who doesn’t trust the police. Harrison is the detective reopening the case of his missing sister. They should have kept their distance.

They didn’t.

Now the attraction they fought so hard has become something neither of them can walk away from—and Harrison is beginning to realise he has far more to lose than his career.

Then a woman’s body is pulled from the river.

After thirteen years without answers, Jake has imagined every possible ending to his sister’s disappearance. Now one of them may be lying in a mortuary, and Harrison could be the man who has to give him the truth.

But first they need to know who she is.

And while Harrison has an unidentified woman, a suspicious death and an investigation demanding his full attention, Jake has thirteen years of unanswered questions and absolutely no intention of sitting quietly while the police look for answers.

Jake has waited too long to stay out of it.

Harrison cares about him far too much to let him get hurt.

And neither man is particularly good at doing what he’s told.

With every step closer to the truth, the line between Harrison’s investigation and Jake’s need for answers becomes harder to hold. Because whatever they find in Hartswick, one thing is already becoming dangerously clear: keeping their distance from each other is no longer an option.

For Harrison, falling too far could cost him everything he’s rebuilt. For Jake, digging too deep could put him in more danger than he realises. And this time, getting too close might be the most dangerous thing either of them can do.

So I just finished reading the first book in this series and I loved (LOVED!) it. I enjoy a good mystery with just a tiny bit of romance thrown in there to keep things interesting between the MCs.

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Waiting On Wednesday (779) Just This Kiss (Men Of Porth Luck #3) by Garrett Leigh

Just This Kiss
(Men Of Porth Luck #3)
by Garrett Leigh

Expected Publication: October 20, 2026

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:

A single dad. A deaf farmer. A bond they weren’t looking for—and yet…

Oscar is happy alone. He has his son, his boat, and no interest in men. He’d know by now, right?

So why can’t he stop thinking about the man he kissed two summers ago?

Poet is starting over in Porth Luck. He doesn’t need anyone, doesn’t do relationships, and certainly doesn’t have time for the beautiful fisherman who keeps crossing his path.

But Oscar’s voice is the first Poet has heard—and felt—in more than a decade. They fit together like sunshine and sand, like the earth and roots of the oldest trees on his land. And if Poet was raised to believe anything, it’s that sometimes the love that heals you is the love that makes a home.

Their home, if Oscar wants it to be, and all they’ve built survives the wildfire they never saw coming.

This author writes the angstiest angst that has ever angsted. And I mean ANGST. I'm totally here for it, but I have to be in a certain mood to read it (so I don't get depressed after the year I've had!)

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Waiting On Wednesday (778) Eternal Devotion by Nicky James

Eternal Devotion
by Nicky James

Expected Publication: October 15, 2026

Genre: MM, Romance, Paranormal

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:

My name is Mordecai Ashenvale, and I am a vampire.
My species exists on the outskirts of society. Segregated by choice. Forgettable by design.
We are myth and legend.
We were never meant to befriend humans, for it is dangerous.
We were never supposed to invite them into our world…
But that all changed one fateful night when power-hungry kin raised an army of human hunters, usurped the throne, and kidnapped the great elder, my uncle.
As his direct descendant, I’m the only one with the power to save him, but it’s the last thing I want to do.
Here is my secret: I despise the curse I carry, and it was he who cursed me. Since I don’t want to rule our people, rescuing him is my only option.
The journey requires integration with humans.
The last thing I expected was to form a bond with one of them.
For my long-dead heart to reawaken.
To find a love so glorious in its simplicity and so crushing in its impermanence.
Ensley Elowen is a blissful reprieve from misery that I don’t deserve.
I can’t be part of his life, but I refuse to curse him with mine.
Besides, I have a mission.
A dangerous mission that he can know nothing about.

I've read and enjoyed this author's previous books, which have all been contemporaries. This is her first foray into paranormal, so I'm here for it. I just hope I like it!!

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Waiting On Wednesday (777) Mountain Man (Wood Hollow Stories #3) by Lane Hayes

Mountain Man
(Wood Hollow Stories #3)
by Lane Hayes

Expected Publication: October 12, 2026

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:

Reg:

I don’t usually hand out tickets, but the new lumberjack isn’t barreling into town on my watch. We take law and order seriously in this area. And yes, okay…I’m a little curious about the mountain man.

Waylon is funny, charming, cool, and confident, and like it or not, I’m attracted to him.

Reality check: I’m also a single dad juggling stressful family issues and a high-profile job. My schedule doesn’t leave much room for extracurricular activities.

Waylon:

I should be irked about getting pulled over. I mean, c’mon. I wasn’t going that fast.

Thing is…I’ll take any excuse that puts me in the police chief’s orbit. Reg is a quintessential silver fox. Seriously. He’s also a good man, a great dad, and a cool human. I like him, and I love Wood Hollow, but at the end of my contract, I’m heading home. My family needs me.

In the meantime, there’s no crime against having some fun. And it’s not as if I’m gonna develop feelings, or—

Too late.

This is a series that I had no intention of reading, but somehow picked up the first book and enjoyed it, so here we are. 3 books deep and another book on the way for Christmas. These are pretty easy reading. Kinda cute and nothing too dramatic. And always an HEA.

Look what I got for my birthday! An actual physical book!! I can't even tell you how long it's been since I bought (much less read) a real live book. It was many, many moons ago. Luckily, my family took the HINT and gifted me this.

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Waiting On Wednesday (776) Built to Last (Common Grounds #3) by Merry Farmer

Built to Last
(Common Grounds #3)
by Merry Farmer

Expected Publication: October 2, 2026

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:

Gilbert:

Kyle Jameson broke my heart eight years ago and never looked back. Now he's flexing his construction muscles right next door to my family's café, and every hammer strike on the other side of that wall feels personal. I've spent eight years building a life and a business that doesn't need him in it. I don't care how good he looks swinging a sledgehammer. And I definitely don't care that some stubborn, hopeful part of me still lights up every time he walks through my door.

I do not care. I'm just very loud about not caring.

Kyle:

I panicked once. I let Gilbert Meyers go because I wasn't ready to be seen, and I've regretted it every day since. Now I'm building a shop next to his café, catching hell from him at every turn, facing him down on the baseball diamond, and losing my mind a little more every time he glares at me like he wants to kill me. Or maybe he wants to kiss me. I came back into his life to finish a project. I didn't expect to find out I still have unfinished business with the one guy I never stopped wanting.

This time, I'm done hiding. The only question is whether Gilbert will let me back in.

This is a series of novellas set around a family owned coffee shop, so no heavy storylines. Just nice, easy reading for days when you need a little pick me up and no drama or angst.

Happy Birthday to my son who just turned 32. Damn, I feel old.

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Waiting On Wednesday (775) Too Close to Home (Whitton & Black Mystery #1) by C.F. White

Too Close to Home
(Whitton & Black Mystery #1)
by C.F. White

Expected Publication: September 25, 2026

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:

Starting over might mean getting too close.

When DI Harrison Black transfers from the Met to the small Yorkshire town of Hartswick, he’s chasing distance—from London, guilt, and the grief of losing his husband. He expects a quieter life.

Instead, within hours of his arrival, a seventeen-year-old girl vanishes on a woodland path, plunging Harrison straight into a case with a chilling echo. Thirteen years earlier, another young woman disappeared from the very same place. Robyn Whitton was never found. Her brother Jake never stopped looking for her.

Jake Whitton is everything Harrison should keep at arm’s length. Roofer. Drummer. Ex-con. Local troublemaker with a temper and absolutely no faith in the police. He’s also fiercely loyal, infuriatingly persistent, and determined to involve himself in Harrison’s investigation whether Harrison likes it or not.

Jake knows better than to trust a copper. The police failed Robyn. Then they failed him. And DI Harrison Black, with his quiet authority, wedding ring and grief he wears like armour, should be the last man capable of getting beneath Jake’s skin.

As a present-day disappearance drags Robyn’s cold case back into the light, Harrison and Jake are pulled closer together, blurring the line between professional and personal. Because Harrison isn't only getting dangerously close to a man connected to his investigation.

He might finally be getting close to the truth. And in a town that has kept its secrets for thirteen years, someone will do anything to make sure they stay buried.

New to me author and the first book in a trilogy, so hopefully this book goes well and I can continue reading. I can't tell you how many series I have given up on after reading the first book. If I'm not invested in the story or not interested in the characters, it's bye bye for me. I've got no time to spare for mediocrity! (Not that I haven't read my share of duds, because I have, mostly because I hate to DNF anything if I can help it.)

Also, Happy 29th Birthday to my daughter. Bad Mom moment - for a hot minute I thought she was turning 28. She wasn't pleased with me. Jeez, it's been a rough freaking year and I'm just trying to survive out here!!

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