Can’t Wait Wednesday: Melting the Ice Queen (Queens of Villainy #3) by Stephanie Burgis
14 October 2026
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Tags: Books, Can't wait Wednesday, Fantasy, fiction, Melting the Ice Queen, Romance, Stephanie Burgis, Wishful Endings, writing
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that was originally created by Breaking the Spine. Unfortunately Breaking the Spine are no longer hosting so I’m now linking my posts up to Wishful Endings Can’t Wait Wednesday. Don’t forget to stop over, link up and check out what books everyone else is waiting for. If you want to take part, basically, every Wednesday, we highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to. This week my book is: Melting the Ice Queen (Queens of Villainy #3) by Stephanie Burgis. Check out the cover and description below:
The epic conclusion of the Queens of Villainy series, featuring an ice queen’s marriage of convenience to the fiery high priestess… and their kingdoms will never be the same again.
Queen Ailana of Nornne is famous for her magical powers over ice and snow and her equally frosty self-control. The head of a powerful spy network and the guiding force behind the Queens of Villainy, she makes every decision based on cool and unemotional calculations…
Including marriage to a woman she strongly suspects of keeping dangerous secrets.
Hot-headed High Priestess Clothilde has been under the brutal control of her brother Otto, the Emperor of the Serafin Empire. But behind the smile she’s been forced to wear in public, a fiery passion for justice has been building—and an equally hot passion for Ailana herself. Clothilde proposes a marriage of convenience in their shared efforts to bring down her brother, but she’s determined to melt all of Ailana’s walls of ice, because Clothilde has been keeping another secret, too.
The gods of the Imperial Pantheon have been speaking to her for years, and they’ve gifted her with two world-shaking Ailana is her destined true love…and if the two wives don’t find a way to work together as equals, side by side with their fellow Queens of Villainy, a storm of war and blood will leave all of their futures in ruins.
Expected publication: March 2027
Can’t Wait Wednesday: A Waltz of Sinister Import by Stephanie Burgis
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that was originally created by Breaking the Spine. Unfortunately Breaking the Spine are no longer hosting so I’m now linking my posts up to Wishful Endings Can’t Wait Wednesday. Don’t forget to stop over, link up and check out what books everyone else is waiting for. If you want to take part, basically, every Wednesday, we highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to. This week my book is: A Waltz of Sinister Import by Stephanie Burgis. This is the third book in The Supernatural Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven. Here’s the cover and description:
When the notorious Lady Riven is summoned to Vienna to solve a supernatural mystery, her debonair vampiric husband insists on accompanying her. However, neither of them is prepared for the true scope of the danger lurking within the sprawling Hofburg Palace…and by the time they uncover the truth behind every glittering illusion, their relationship may change forever.
The third and final (for now!) sparkling installment of The Supernatural Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven contains copious amounts of delicious cake, a protective vampire husband, unexpected new friendships, and a waltz that might just sweep the whole continent into war unless Margaret is stubborn enough to prevent it.
Expected publication: October 2026
Can’t Wait Wednesday: Termina Station by Nick Martell
16 September 2026
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Tags: Books, Can't wait Wednesday, Fantasy, fiction, Nick Martell, short-story, Termina Station, Wishful Endings
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that was originally created by Breaking the Spine. Unfortunately Breaking the Spine are no longer hosting so I’m now linking my posts up to Wishful Endings Can’t Wait Wednesday. Don’t forget to stop over, link up and check out what books everyone else is waiting for. If you want to take part, basically, every Wednesday, we highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to. This week my book is: Termina Station by Nick Martell. The description sounds amazing:
Joe Hill’s NOS4A2 meets Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes in this captivating novel about a father trapped in Knowhere, a deadly border town between life and death, run by the sinister Mister Teeth.
When Roger falls asleep on the train after a long day at work, he’s shocked to learn he isn’t stuck at the end of the line. Instead, he emerges from the last stop to step out into the rainy gloom…in a place he’s never heard Knowhere, where monsters roam at night and the only way home is to travel through each of the five ringdoms to the very center. It is only there, at Termina Station, that he can take a train out of Knowhere and return to his wife and children.
But each ringdom has its own twisted logic, and the ticketmaster, Mister Teeth, isn’t keen on letting Roger out of Knowhere. With Mister Teeth’s son in tow, Roger hopes he has what it takes to puzzle his way out of each ringdom and face his demons in the process. But Mister Teeth is a powerful enemy, and he’ll do anything to stop his son from boarding the train at Termina Station.
Expected publication: February 2027
Can’t Wait Wednesday: Twist by Alice Feeney
9 September 2026
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Tags: Alice Feeney, Can't wait Wednesday, Twist, Wishful Endings
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that was originally created by Breaking the Spine. Unfortunately Breaking the Spine are no longer hosting so I’m now linking my posts up to Wishful Endings Can’t Wait Wednesday. Don’t forget to stop over, link up and check out what books everyone else is waiting for. If you want to take part, basically, every Wednesday, we highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to. This week my book is: Twist by Alice Feeney. Check out the cover and description below:
“Twist had more twists and turns than a roller coaster! If you want a book that will make your jaw drop, this is it! I loved it!” —Freida McFadden, #1 bestselling author
SOMETIMES ONE HUSBAND IS NOT ENOUGH.
Flight attendant Ariella has perfected the art of the double life. In a picture-postcard village, she plays the charming wife to wholesome Noah and the loving mother to their daughter. But in London, she is the glamorous new bride of Luka, living in a luxurious penthouse high above the city. Ariella believes you can have more than one soulmate—and you might as well.
Darcy is not like Ariella. She lives on a quirky London street, is married to her perfect partner, and has never wanted more. Because Darcy believes in the one.
But everyone knows that marriage can be murder.
When a husband is killed, his wife wants to know who did it—and why. But can we ever really know the person we marry? One thing is for sure: She’s about to learn how far people will go to protect the secrets of a perfect marriage—or two.
EVERY GOOD LOVE STORY HAS A PLOT TWIST.
Expected publication: February 2027
Can’t Wait Wednesday: Our Lady of Battles by AG Slatter
2 September 2026
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Tags: AG Slatter, Book Reviews, Books, Can't wait Wednesday, Fantasy, Our Lady of Battles, Romance, Sourdough Universe, Waiting on Wednesday, Wishful Endings
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that was originally created by Breaking the Spine. Unfortunately Breaking the Spine are no longer hosting so I’m now linking my posts up to Wishful Endings Can’t Wait Wednesday. Don’t forget to stop over, link up and check out what books everyone else is waiting for. If you want to take part, basically, every Wednesday, we highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to. This week my book is: Our Lady of Battles by AG Slatter. I can’t wait for this – literally, I’m so excited I could explode. Today is best day ever! Another Sourdough Universe book. That is all. Well, the description and cover are below, obviously:
From the multi-award-winning author of The Briar Book of the Dead, comes an enthralling gothic fairy tale of witches, lady knights, twisted conspiracies and a coveted enchanted throne.
Set in Slatter’s much-loved Sourdough universe, this dark magical fantasy is perfect for fans of The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow and Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher.
Her Grace, the True Princess Emlyn Mentoras, has come home after twenty years. The sole survivor of the slaughtered royal family of Five Ports, her life’s been dedicated to winning back her kingdom from the vicious Woodcutter Kings. Overseen by the Beldame Lanike she’s learned the ways of sword and shield, to rule and also – perhaps surprisingly – to show mercy. Emlyn wants the city to live again, for her people to prosper and, most of all, to follow in the footsteps of her idol, St Callwen, Five Ports’ founder.
But Emlyn’s got a secret that will blow her hard-won existence apart… When the horrors of her past catch up with her, she finds herself on a journey into the underworld with a loyal knight by her side seeking an elusive crown. A deadly quest that will test all her skill and courage and reveal a betrayal at the heart of the kingdom.
A deeply engrossing, richly told dark fantasy of a blighted monarchy, a stolen destiny and a young woman’s difficult search for her own path.
Expected publication: February 2027
