Can't-Wait Wednesday: A Warm Heart in Winter by J.R. Ward

 "Can’t-Wait Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted over at Wishful Endings, that spotlights upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.

This week, what's really got my pages in a twist is...

A Warm Heart in Winter

J.R. Ward

(Black Dagger Brotherhood #18.5)

Publication Date: November 24, 2020

Paperback, 448 pages, Pocket Books

Genres: Adult, Romance, Paranormal, LGBT+

Goodreads

#1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward is heating things up this winter with a holiday novel featuring some of her most iconic Black Dagger Brothers.

In this romantic and sexy addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series, a beloved couple has everything arranged... until it all goes horribly wrong.

Blay and Qhuinn always intended to do a proper mating ceremony, but life has a way of getting in the way. With a pair of young, responsibilities to the King, and a grueling fighting schedule, the two are exhausted and overwhelmed. When Qhuinn gives his male the proposal of a lifetime, however, they are excited for their special night and more in love than ever.

Everyone in the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s mansion gets into the preparations, and the after party takes on epic- and immortal- proportions when Lassiter forms the Party Planning Committee. The celebrations promise to be all that the couple deserves... until a Nor’easter land locks Caldwell in a fierce storm, and things go from lighthearted to deadly dangerous.

Battling nature and responding to emergencies, Blay and Qhuinn get separated, and when a catastrophic chain of events puts one of their lives in jeopardy, the night they had so looked forward could mean the end of everything...

My Thoughts

I am very on the fence for this one. While I loved Blay and Qhuinn’s relationship in their original book, Lover at Last (#11 in this very long series), The Chosen made Qhuinn into an abusive a$$. I’m thinking about re-reading the entire series to see how I feel once I get back into the world. But I don’t know. I’m just so disappointed with what Ward did to my favorite characters. I stopped reading the books after what happened in The Chosen, and that’s book #15. There are three more after that one, plus a bunch of novellas. I just don’t know if it’s worth catching up. But, this one is a Christmas special, so maybe I can just dive in? I’m so conflicted. *sigh*

What book are you waiting for this Wednesday?