Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: Daughter of Dusk (Midnight Thief #2) by Livia Blackburne Expected Publication: August 4, 2015 by Disney-Hyperion Preorder Buy Link: Amazon After learning the truth about her bloodlines, Kyra can’t help but feel like a monster. Though she’s formed a tentative alliance with the Palace, Kyra must keep her identity a secret or risk being hunted like the rest of her Demon Rider kin. Tristam and the imprisoned assassin James are among the few who know about her heritage, but when Tristam reveals a heartbreaking secret of his own, Kyra’s not sure she can trust him. And with James’s fate in the hands of the palace, Kyra fears that he will give her away to save himself. As tensions rise between Forge and neighboring Edlan, and vicious Demon Rider attacks continue in surrounding vi...

Poison Dance (Midnight Thief #0.5) By: Livia Blackburne Published: September 12, 2013 by Lion's Quill Press Novella, 84 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library (FREEBIE) ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: James is skilled, efficient, and deadly, a hired blade navigating the shifting alliances of a deteriorating Assassin’s Guild. Then he meets Thalia, an alluring but troubled dancing girl who offers him a way out—if he’ll help her kill a powerful nobleman. With the Guild falling apart, it just might be worth the risk. But when you live, breathe, and love in a world that’s forever flirting with death, the slightest misstep can be poison.  MY REVIEW: I read Midnight Thief  first and my interest in James, who turns out to be one of the villain's of the story, was so great I just happened to look to see when the next book was coming out and found that there was a novella about him that was FREE . I'm not a huge fan of novellas, generally speaking, but when a chara...

Midnight Thief By: Livia Blackburne Published: July 8, 2014 by Disney Hyperion 384 pages Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Source: ARC via publisher from Netgalley ( Goodreads /  Amazon ) Summary: To Kyra, high walls and locked doors are not obstacles, but invitations. She specializes in nighttime raids, using her sharp senses and extraordinary agility to break into Forge's most well-guarded homes. When she meets James, the deadly but intriguing head of the Assassin's Guild, he makes her an enticing job offer: infiltrate the supposedly impenetrable Palace compound—the Fastkeep. The pay is good, and the challenge appealing. It's the perfect job for someone of her talents. But as Kyra establishes herself in the Guild, her "perfect job" starts to unravel. Her assignments become increasingly violent, putting Kyra in situations she'd thought she could avoid. Then Forge is attacked by Demon Riders—barbarians riding bloodthirsty wildcats—and Kyra suspec...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Midnight Thief by Livia Blackburne: Buy Link:  Amazon Teasers: He was her jailer, and she was his prisoner. For the hundredth time, he told himself to remember that. What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!