Thursday, April 28, 2011

Shelf Cravings (15)


Welcome to Shelf Cravings a weekly feature hosted by me and is all about books- new releases, coming soon and cant wait to read. This week Im excited for....


~Coming Soon~



Dry as Rain by Gina Holmes
September 2011 by Tyndale House

From the bestselling author of Crossing Oceans comes a powerfully moving story that tests the limits of love’s forgiveness. Like many marriages, Eric and Kyra Yoshida’s has fallen apart slowly, one lost dream and misunderstanding at a time, until the ultimate betrayal finally pushes them beyond reconciliation. Just when it looks like forgive and forget is no longer an option, a car accident gives Eric the second chance of a lifetime. A concussion causes his wife to forget details of her life, including the chasm between them. No one knows when—or if—Kyra’s memory will return, but Eric seizes the opportunity to win back the woman he’s never stopped loving.






Forbidden by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee
September 2011 by Center Street


1200 years ago, during the Age of Chaos, life as people knew it was nearly annihilated by hatred, ambition, zealotry and war. From the aftermath of near destruction rose a message of hope through the establishment of a new order-one which elevated knowledge and control above the volatility of emotion and expression. No more would the world suffer the effects of malice, greed or passion. Strong, mitigating emotion exists only in historical memory...
After happening upon an ancient journal through strange circumstance, Rom's world is shattered. He learns that humanity long ago ceased to feel any emotion besides pain, that it exists today in a living death. In a terrible risk, Rom exposes himself to the vial of blood folded into the old leather of the journal. His change is fearful and fraught with mind-bending emotion. A once-pious observer of the Order's passionless statues, he is filled with uncontrollable impulses. He is filled with love. He is undone, terrified, and alone in the dead world.





Illuminated by Erica Orloff
December 2011 by Speak

Some loves are not made to last . . . Like Romeo and Juliet, Heloise and Abelard were doomed from the start, and their romance was destined to pass into history. Yet when sixteen-year-old Callie Martin discovers a diary hidden within an antique book, their story and her stakes on another life. For the diary leads Callie to the brilliant and handsome August, who is just as mysterious as the secret the diary hides. Their attraction is undeniable. As the two hunt down the truth behind the diary and that of Heloise and Abelard’s ancient romance their romance becomes all-consuming. But Callie knows it can’t last . . . love never does. Will their love that burns as bright as a shooting star flame out, or will these star-crossed lovers be able to defy history.





Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier 
May 2011 by Henry Holt Co.

Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era! Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon, the time traveler from a similarly gifted family that passes the gene through its male line, and whose presence becomes, in time, less insufferable and more essential. Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the 18th century and in contemporary London, they can trust.




The Muir House by Mary Demuth
June 2011 by Zondervan
(thanks for the heads up Relz)

You'll find home one day. Sure as sweet tea on a hot afternoon. Words from Willa Muir's sketchy childhood haunt her dreams and color her days with longing, regret, and fear. What do the words mean? Willa is far from sure. 



When Hale Landon places a ring on her finger, Willa panics, feeling she can't possibly say yes when so much in her past is a mystery. Bent on sorting out her history, Willa returns to Rockwall, Texas, to the Muir House Bed and Breakfast, a former funeral home. But the old place holds her empty memory close to itself. Willa's mother utters unintelligible clues from her deathbed, and the caretaker of the house keeps coveted answers carefully protected. Throw in an old flame, and Willa careens farther away from ever knowing the truth. Set in a growing suburb of Texas, The Muir House explores trauma, healing, love new and old, and the life-changing choices people make to keep their reputations intact.


~Cant Wait to Read~





Still Waters by Emma Carlson Berne
December 2011 by Simon Pulse

Hannah and Colin seem to have the perfect relationship, but as her second-to-last year of school draws to a close and Colin prepares to head off to college, Hannah feels he might be slipping away. She knows they need some real quality time alone if she’s going to hold on to him. So when she finds pictures of his old family lake house, she secretly schemes to get him there. But when they arrive, he’s not thrilled. Actually, he’s totally freaked out. And though she gets him to relax, his behavior become stranger by the day: he disappears for long stretches of the night, has a bizarre breakdown in a nearby diner, and when the car stops running, he seems completely unconcerned about fixing it. The lake house holds secrets, and what Hannah doesn’t know and Colin can’t remember just might kill them both...



Ecckk!! Im so crazy excited to get my hands on all of these books, I just pre-ordered a few of these and Im over the moon to get Gina Holmes new novel, her debut book Crossing Oceans was phenomenal!!




And.......This trailer gave me chill bumps.....cant wait to read THIS!!






3 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh the cover for Illuminated is absolutely gorgeous! I have a thing for sun flares in photography - I know I'm weird:) Can't wait to see what you think of Ruby Red, I have that one on my shelf and I'm really excited for it:)

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  2. Gah! That trailer did me in!

    Yes, I will now need to get my hands on The Muir House. Thanks for featuring it because I hadn't heard of it before.

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  3. Juju at Tales of Whimsy.comApril 29, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    Cool list.

    The Ruby Red cover is gorgeous.

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