Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words.
The idea is simple, just answer the three W’s!
What am I currently reading?
What did I just finish?
What am I reading next?
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Currently Reading
Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes
Released: June 18, 2024
This book has been absolutely breathtaking in so many ways. It features a heavy emphasis on two close childhood friends that were pen pals across the country. Adult hood, and extenuating circumstances separated them, and now they’re back together trying to solve a small town mystery that impacted the previous generation. Filled with stunning visuals of living in an old mining town and the beauty of the world around us.
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A lost treasure. A riddled quest. The healing power of friendship.
Legends are tucked into every fold of the Colorado mountains surrounding the quaint town of Mercy Peak, where residents are the stuff of tall tales, the peaks are taller still, and a lost treasure has etched mystery into the very terrain.
In 1948, when outsider Mercy Windsor arrives after a scandal shatters her gilded world as Hollywood’s beloved leading lady, she is determined to forge a new life in obscurity in this time-forgotten Colorado haven. She purchases Wildwood, an abandoned estate with a haunting history, and begins to restore it to its former glory.
But as she does, her every move tugs at the threads of the mountain’s lore, unearthing what became of her long-lost pen pal Rusty Bright, and the whereabouts of the infamous Galloping Goose Railcar No. 8, which vanished years ago–along with the mailbag it carried, whose contents could change the course of countless lives. Not to mention the fabled treasure that–if found–could right so many wrongs.
Among the towering mountains that stand as silent witnesses, the ghosts of the past entangle with the courage of the present to find a place where healing, friendship, and hope can abide amid a world forever changed.
Just Finished Reading
Hard to Fake by Piper Lawson
Released: June 18, 2024
Loved this book! It’s a new series in the Denver Kodiaks world and features two of the most fun characters from the previous story set that I really enjoyed. You can read my full review HERE if you want to learn more!
It’s not every day you ask your older brother’s teammate to be your fake boyfriend. But desperate times call for gorgeous, impulsive measures.
Miles Garrett is a pro basketball player with a heartstopping smile and infamous cocky charm.
But to me, he’s always been more than a celebrity. Miles is the guy who puts friends and family first…and my college crush.
When my sorority sister decides to bring my ex to our reunion, I need a plus-one who can have my back and save my pride. Asking Miles is the perfect solution.
Until he raises the stakes for both of us.
He says he’s only playing to win. He’ll be the best fake boyfriend I’ve ever had.
But his gaze hunts mine across a crowded room. He protects me with a fierceness that steals my breath. Our just-for-show kisses ignite a wildfire inside me.
I’m fighting feelings that have been simmering for years. Soon our pretend relationship starts feeling dangerously legit…
Because it’s hard to fake what’s always been real.
Reading Next
Rocky Mountain Journey by Misty M. Beller
Releasing: June 18, 2024
I’ve been looking forward to reading this one for a few weeks now and it’s finally coming up in my rotation and I cannot wait! I’ve heard amazing things about this author and the story sounds riveting. A woman traversing the wilderness on her own and under the guise of being a man. Should be an interesting story!
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Faith Collins embarks on a perilous journey through the untamed wilderness of the Rocky Mountains in search of the Peigan Blackfoot woman who once saved her father’s life. Masquerading as a man, she follows a group of trappers who may be able to lead her to the place the woman is hiding, but keeping Faith’s identity a secret proves more difficult than she imagined.
Grant Allen is searching for his younger brother who was separated from him when their parents died many years ago. After receiving word that his brother went west to the Rockies, he joins a band of trappers, hoping they can lead him to his brother’s location. Soon Grant realizes there’s a woman hiding among the men, and he’s determined to find out her identity, what she’s hiding, and how he can keep her safe in this country of wild animals and even wilder men.
What are you reading and are you loving it?
Wishing you all a wonderful and beautiful day!
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