Books I'm looking forward to in 2018

Every year new books constantly come out making it hard for a reader to dwindle their too read list because we are constantly adding new books that we want to read.  I believe my too read list has reached into the 2,000 mark making the possibilities endless.  2018 is filled with releases of so many interesting and great novels from authors we know and love as well as break-out authors.  I have gone through and added at least 20 new books to my too read list and find myself realizing I have fallen behind on some reading, specifically from some of my favorite authors like Gena Showalter.  Here are some novels I am looking forward to getting and reading in the upcoming year.  Will I get able to get them...we shall see.

"The Traitor's Game" is about a young woman who has spent year in exile, but she is still drawn to the palace politics of her father as he is the right hand to King Endrick.  Because of this position, Kestra is the perfect bargaining chip.  Rebels kidnap Kestra on her way home and try to use her to obtain a mystical object that can destroy the king.  Kestra does not go willing and fights back against her captors.  She will destroy their plans by any means necessary.  But as secrets begin to emerge and be known, she will have to decide who and what she is fighting for, and is it worth fighting?


I love the premise of the story, the cover is gorgeous and it seems like it would be a good afternoon read.  I am looking forward to checking this novel out when it is release.









A theater festival is putting on a production of "The Hound of the Baskerville,s a production Gemma is excited to be a part of .  During a tea party Gemma meets with Sir Nigel Bellingham who will play the lead role of Holmes, then he goes missing!  Gemma finds him...at the bottom of a cliff.....dead. (GASP). Gemma decides to do some investigating and finds out that there is another actor who was given the role first.  Many people are suspect due to Nigel's attitude and behavior to them, but Leslie Wilson becomes the prime suspect because a part of her apron is found at the scene.  Now Gemma has to clear her friend's mother's name.


Cozy mysteries are a guilty pleasure of mine, they are so easy to read and don't have a lot of gore and stuff that typical mysteries have.  This book involves a great story, so I am excited to see what will become of it.

In this re-telling of Aladdin, he grows up alone an orphan.  He meets a woman named Kirstyn who's parents are both in positions of power, her father a duke; her mother the patroness of Aladdin's orphanage.  Aladdin becomes Kirstyn favorite companion, best friend even.  Aladdin rises in the ranks to obtain a position in the duke's house, but in order win Kirstyn's hand he must leave their kingdom is search of more.  Thus leaving Kirstyn vulnerable to thirsty men who want nothing more than to take her father's power.  Aladdin must now fight to win her hand and rescue her along the way.


I have always been a fan of Melanie Dickerson.  Her novels are romance in genre, but it is a pure romance.  This means no sex scenes (GASP the horror I know).  This is a great series and I am looking forward to more from this remarkable author.

Popular girls in a local high school are being murdered and arranged in a particular way.  The look almost perfect, except for the line of blood across their necks.  Penelope Malone is afraid that she will be next as all the other girls have been linked to her...and the boy from physics...the loner type.  The two pair up to try and figure this mystery out and try to stay one step ahead of the killer who wants all the pretty girls dead, including Penelope.


I find myself interested in this novel, it sounds like it will be a thrilling suspenseful read. I have high hopes for this novel and look forward to picking it up in the next year.


There are so many books coming out in the next year that it is hard to keep track of all of them or to even mention them within this post.  But you can be sure that I will be reading many new books throughout the year.    What are some of the books that you are looking forward to this coming year?  Let me know in the comments! 


Happy Reading!