Waiting On Wednesday (780) 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

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

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

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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