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Where I’ve Been and My 2025 Anticipated Reads

It all begins with an idea… My first blog post highlighting my anticipated 2025 reads!

In 2023, I changed jobs that required a significant amount of international travel (I was gone a little more than 1/3 of 2024), got busy, and stopped finding time for myself and a creative outlet. I abandoned the podcast, stopped posting to social media, and just drowned in work.

In October 2024, I got the insatiable urge to be creative again. I felt like I would crawl out of my skin if I didn’t start talking to you all again, sharing my reads, and being an active member of bookstagram. I desperately needed the outlet that was entirely separate from everything else happening in my world. This leads us to 2025, when that need expanded even further to needing to start posting here again. I don’t think I am ready to have a regularly scheduled podcast again - I am still on the road too much for that - but I figured I could commit to a blog. Let’s face it: That is basically how I treat instagram right now. Why not do it formally on my own domain that I pay for and haven’t used in a year and a half.

So here it goes! I can’t promise regular updates, but I would love to connect with you again.

With that, since it is January, let’s dive into my most anticipated reads of 2025!

Book Author Release Date Publisher
Forced Proximity Tate James & Jaymin Eve January 7 Indie
Steal my Heart Laura Pavlov January 9 Indie
Lies that Break Us Rae Douglas January 31 Indie
In a Rush Kate Canterbary February 4 Indie
Wild Side Elsie Silver March 4 Bloom Books
Oathbound Tracy Deonn March 4 Simon & Schuster
The Twisted Throne Danielle L Jensen April 8 Del Rey
Wild and Wrangled Lyla Sage April 15 Dial Press
On Midnight Shores Julie Olivia April 17 Indie
The Charmer Ava Rani May 13 Avon Books
A Curse Carved in Bone Danielle L Jensen May 13 Del Rey
Rewind it Back Liz Tomforde May 20 Indie
Caught Up Navessa Allen June 10 Zando
Rose in Chains Julie Soto July 8 Forever Publishing
The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy Brigitte Knightley July Ace Books
The Fang Arrangement Sarah Blue September 26 Indie
Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal Meghan Quinn October 7 Bloom Books
Bewitching Rhaego Victoria Aveline Fall Indie

You can preorder all books on my Amazon or Bookshop.org storefronts! (affiliate links)

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