Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
I am combining CWW with Books From the Backlog hosted by Carole at Carole's Random Life in Books. This will allow me to feature some newly "rediscovered" books, which I plan on reading, alongside a new release.
This week I can't wait for
Published by Ballantine Books on February 17, 2026
Age/Genres: Adult, Fiction
Goodreads
A woman finds herself torn between her first love and her devoted husband in this extraordinary debut novel that asks the Can one heart hold two great loves?
In the serene town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Lily Webb is deeply in love with a charismatic boy, a college-bound quarterback whose spectacular athletic talents are matched only by his fierce devotion. But their dreams of a life together are cut short one night in 1977 when his passionate protectiveness leads to an irrevocable choice—one which tears them apart and leads Lily down a path of heartbreak from which she may never recover.
Lily has already known the sting of loss, beginning with the death of her mother—a tragedy that left deep scars on both her and Jane, her gifted younger sister. Jane seeks escape in the abstract world of mathematics and quantum mechanics; that is, when she can keep the demons that fuel her addictions at bay. As the years pass, Lily buries her twin griefs deep in her heart, finding solace and a new beginning with Marshall Middleton, a renowned ornithologist whose love is as steadfast as the migration patterns he studies. Yet, the shadows of her past linger.
When the boy who was once everything to Lily reemerges, she struggles with questions around that terrible night in high school. Can she reconcile the wild wonderment of her first love with the comfort and safety of her second? Laws of Love and Logic explores love's enduring power and the human spirit's capacity for forgiveness and redemption.
Can a heart hold two great loves? This had me thinking of other books that asked the same question and were such amazing emotional experiences for me. Obviously, I had to add this to my TBR. This coupled with a grief and healing storyline caught my interest, and I am eager to see how this all unfolds.
Published by Sourcebooks Landmark on May 20, 2025
Age/Genres: Adult, Enchanted Realism, Romance
Goodreads
For readers of Rebecca Serle's In Five Years and Nikki Erlick's The Measure, Michael Thompson's romantic magical realism will have you smiling, laughing, crying, and questioning: If you knew how long your loved ones would live, would you tell them?
Family GP Charlie Knight fears life is passing him by. He’s in his late thirties, and treading water as a family doctor in the same small town he grew up in.
Just as he’s planning his escape, something changes. He develops a gift, an extraordinary insight for any doctor: a sense of exactly how many days his patients have left to live.
But in a country town like Marwick, his patients are his friends. His own family. The people he grew up with, and the girl he still loves.
And Charlie discovers this gift may not be a gift at all.
I put this book on my TBR when I saw it on Edelweiss and purchased it at some point last year. In an effort to read my own books, I picked this as my backlog book. I am quite proud of myself, but I also am very drawn to this story. Two books I loved are name-dropped in the synopsis, and I am trash for books with magical elements.
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