This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine!
New York Times and USA Today bestseller Alyssa Cole’s second Runaway Royals novel is a queer Anastasia retelling, featuring a long-lost princess who finds love with the female investigator tasked with tracking her down.
Makeda Hicks has lost her job and her girlfriend in one fell swoop. The last thing she’s in the mood for is to rehash the story of her grandmother’s infamous summer fling with a runaway prince from Ibarania, or the investigator from the World Federation of Monarchies tasked with searching for Ibarania’s missing heir.
Yet when Beznaria Chetchevaliere crashes into her life, the sleek and sexy investigator exudes exactly the kind of chaos that organized and efficient Makeda finds irresistible, even if Bez is determined to drag her into a world of royal duty Makeda wants nothing to do with.
When a threat to her grandmother’s livelihood pushes Makeda to agree to return to Ibarania, Bez takes her on a transatlantic adventure with a crew of lovable weirdos, a fake marriage, and one-bed hijinks on the high seas. When they finally make it to Ibarania, they realize there’s more at stake than just cash and crown, and Makeda must learn what it means to fight for what she desires and not what she feels bound to by duty.
Published by: Avon
Expected Publication: May 25, 2021
Why I’m Waiting: Have you seen this cover? Because that is reason enough for ANYONE to want to read this. And let’s be honest, Alyssa Cole is a BEAST, so anything she writes is a hit. AND it’s LGBTQ?!?!?!?! Yaaaaaasssssss! In short, we all need this book. Not next year, but now. At least we don’t have to wait a year for this sequel tho. The first book in this series will be out December 1, 2020. That makes me ridiculously happy. In short, I’m excited for this book and you should be too!
What about you? What will you be waiting on this week? Will you be waiting on this one with me? What do you think of this cover? Let me know in the comments!