Waiting on Wednesday (#26)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Morning swooners!

This week pre-publication "can't wait to read" selection is:

3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

Expected Release Date: September 17, 2013

Links: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Goodreads / IndieBound

Summary: 

Josie Byrne's life is spiraling out of control. Her parents are divorcing, her boyfriend Nick has grown distant, and her physics teacher has it in for her. When she's betrayed by the other two people she trusts most, Josie thinks things can't get worst. 

Until she starts having dreams about a girl named Jo. Every night at the same time - 3:59am.

Jo's life is everything Josie wants: she's popular, her parents are happily married, and Nick adores her. It all seems real,  but they're just dreams, right? Josie thinks so, until she wakes one night to a shadowy image of herself in the bedroom mirror - Jo.

Josie and Jo realize that they are doppelgangers living in parallel universes that overlap every twelve hours at exactly 3:50. Fascinated by Jo's perfect world, Josie jumps at the chance to jump through the portal and switch places for a day.

But Jo's world is far from perfect. Not only is Nick not Jo's boyfriend, he hates her. Jo's mom is missing, possibly insane. And at night, shadowy creatures feed on human flesh.

By the end of the day, Josie is desperate to return to her own life. But there's a problem: Jo has sealed the portal, trapping Josie in this dangerous world. Can she figure out a way home before it's too late?

From master of suspense Gretchen McNeil comes a riveting and delicious eerie story about the lives we wish we had - and how they might just kill you.

I actually have a signed ARC of this one that I got from BEA and I hope I get to start it by the end of the week.

What are you "Waiting on?"