Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses. Please take some time to visit the other participants and see what others are reading. So, let’s get to it!
- What am I currently reading?
- What did I just finish?
- What am I reading next?
Currently Reading
I’m starting The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren today and it looks like so much fun. It’ll only be my second Christina Lauren book – Holidaze being my first.
- Genre: Women’s Fiction
- Pages: 352 pages
- Publisher: Gallery Books
- Publication Date: May 14, 2024
Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam “West” Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought she’d signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways.
Three years later, Anna is a starving artist living paycheck to paycheck while West is a Stanford professor. He may be one of four heirs to the Weston Foods conglomerate, but he has little interest in working for the heartless corporation his family built from the ground up. He is interested, however, in his one-hundred-million-dollar inheritance. There’s just one catch.
Due to an antiquated clause in his grandfather’s will, Liam won’t see a penny until he’s been happily married for five years. Just when Liam thinks he’s in the home stretch, pressure mounts from his family to see this mysterious spouse, and he has no choice but to turn to the one person he’s afraid to introduce to his one-percenter parents—his unpolished, not-so-ex-wife.
But in the presence of his family, Liam’s fears quickly shift from whether the feisty, foul-mouthed, paint-splattered Anna can play the part to whether the toxic world of wealth will corrupt someone as pure of heart as his surprisingly grounded and loyal wife. Liam will have to ask himself if the price tag on his flimsy cover story is worth losing true love that sprouted from a lie.
Just Finished
I read Time-Marked Warlock by Shami Stovall for a blog tour. I’ve loved all of Stovall’s books and this one is no different. There’s something about a paranormal detective that I just love.
- Genre: Fantasy
- Pages: 402 pages
- Publisher: Tiny Tree
- Publication Date: June 2024
Adair Finch is the most powerful warlock in the world, and one of the best private investigators for hire. He has dealt with corporate vampires, murderous werewolves, and even fae royalty. Everything was perfect until he lost one case—the case where he also lost his brother.
So Finch retired. From magic. From PI work. From everything.
Bree Blackstone, a twelve-year-old witch, doesn’t know or care about any of that except Finch’s reputation. In the middle of the night, she bangs on Finch’s door. Her mother has been murdered, and now the assassin is after Bree as well.
Reluctantly, Finch agrees to help, only to discover something sinister has been brewing in town while he ignored the world… He’ll need to dust off all his old skills and magic before it’s too late.
Reading Next
I’m so curious about The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry and I’m finally going to read it after I finish The Paradise Problem.
- Genre: Dark Fantasy
- Pages: 320
- Publisher: Berkley
- Publication Date: May 14, 2023
A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifying secrets in the captivating new novel from the national bestselling author of Good Girls Don’t Die and Horseman.
Harry Adams has always loved horror movies, so it’s not a total coincidence that she took the job cleaning house for movie director Javier Castillo. His forbidding graystone Chicago mansion, Bright Horses, is filled from top to bottom with terrifying props and costumes, as well as glittering awards from his career making films that thrilled audiences—until family tragedy and scandal forced him to vanish from the industry.
Javier values discretion, and Harry has always tried to clean the house immaculately, keep her head down, and keep her job safe—she needs the money to support her son. But then she starts hearing noises from behind a locked door. Noises that sound remarkably like a human voice calling for help, even though Javier lives alone and never has visitors. Harry knows that not asking questions is a vital part of working for Javier, but she soon finds that the sinister house may be home to secrets she can’t ignore.
What are you reading? Do you love it?
Tessa Talks Books 
Time-Marked Warlock sounds interesting. I’m sure I will enjoy it. I haven’t read any book by Christina Lauren after Autoboyography. I need to start more of their books. Happy reading!
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The Paradise Problem sounds really good and I’ll be interested to see what you think of it. Hope you enjoy your reading this week.
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Glad you enjoying what you’re reading!
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So jealous you have The House that Horror Built – I got turned down. Time-Marked Warlock sounds like one I’d like.
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I’m trying desperately to hold off listening to the new CL book but am losing the battle. Didn’t know that this is only your second. If you ever get the chance, highly recommend Love and Other Words. That book still haunts me.
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Ooh, I was so tempted to join the tour for Stovall’s book cos I do enjoy her writing and stories! I’m excited to hear this one was great. It sounds awesome so I’m going to go add it to my TBR 😃 I haven’t read CLo in a while but this book sounds fun. I hope you enjoy it and the other reads you pick up!
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All three sound great.
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I hope you enjoy The Paradise Problem! I’m enjoying it! I really loved The Unhoneymooners.
Also, I hope you love the Christina Henry book! I’ve loved many of her books, my favourites have been Alice and Lost Boy.
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The Paradise Problem is on my list. Hope you’re liking it.
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