Since I was a kid, I have always had a strange obsession with making lists of pretty much everything. Sometimes it’s all the new words I read, or it’s food, or movies, anything really. Once I started making lists of new releases for my blog since last month, I guess I rekindled that obsession. So, here I am making a list of another genre that I love reading: adult romance!
I love picking up an adult romance novel whenever I am just done with life and just need a break from some heavy reading. I love some good fluff, some great steam and loads of dynamic chemistry!
To make this list, I have excluded any adult romance release that is a sequel or any next-in-series unless they are books that can be read as standalones. This post is going to be pretty long since I wanted to make my selection as diverse and inclusive as possible with a wide range of queer adult romances as well as books starring characters with Black, South Asian and other diverse backgrounds.
Here is a guide to my emoji system:
š³ļøāš – LBGTQ+ rep
š – BIPOC rep
You can click on the book covers to visit the book’s Goodreads page!
release date: July 1
Since the death of his twin brother, Oliverās caught between pleasing his fans and finding himself. Emery finds him first.
Emery has never felt more alone. Raising her daughter is both her pleasure and her pain as she struggles to hold on to her job as a bartender and keep a roof over their heads. With no one to help themāno support systemāany unexpected expense or late bill could turn their whole world upside down.
Reeling from the death of his twin brother and bandmate, rock star Oliver Smith is trying to drink his problems away. Apparently he isnāt very good at it; they follow him wherever he goes. Also in hot pursuit are the paparazzi, who catch Oliver at his lowest low.
He could have walked into any bar in California, but he walked into hers. Emery helps Oliver lose the crowd, and they find themselves alone: two people whose paths are marked with loss and pain. However, they hold an unshakable hope for healing. They find solace together, but can their love withstand the world?
release date: July 1 š
What if you already met the soul mate you were destined to be with? And you didnāt even know it?
After losing her best friend to cancer, Corinneās life is in flux. She has moved back to Chicago, is considering her next career move (or temp job), and has absolutely no time to look for loveāuntil a mysterious dating app called Met suddenly appears on her phone, and with it, an invitation for Corinne to reconnect with four missed connections from her past. One of them, Met says, is her soul mateā¦
Corinne doesnāt believe the app for a second, but when she very quickly finds herself with back-to-back blasts from the past, sheāll have to consider if maybe sheās wrong about it. The thing is, Corinneās also been introduced to a really great guy outside the appās influence. As their feelings for each other grow, Corinne has to wonder: With her apparent true love still out there, should she tap yes to the next match?
With help from a new group of friends, her loving if annoying family, and maybe a touch of fate, can Corinne come to terms with the loss sheās still reeling from, take control of her career, and find love along the way?
release date: July 6
She plans to prove there’s a dozen reasons why life isn’t like a romantic comedy, only to discover the one reason it isā¦
While her friends wish for meet cutes worthy of their favorite rom-coms, Julia is ready to give up on love. Swiping right has replaced getting swept off your feet and good old-fashioned romance has become, well, old-fashioned.
A writer for a popular website, love becomes the last thing on her mind when impending layoffs threaten her job. As Julia searches for the ultimate pitch to impress her boss, she stumbles upon a resort offering guests a chance to live out their romantic comedy dreams. Real life dating is so bleak, who wouldn’t want to spend a week in a fantasy rom-com world with your best friends?
At the resort, Julia literally falls into a not-quite-meet-cute involving an aggressive seagull and an adorably awkward guy named Luke who is also participating in the rom-com experience. Julia hides the fact she is there to do a story, but Luke harbors a few secrets of his own. Among further encounters with thieving seagulls, a gaggle of corgis, kisses in the rain, and even a karaoke serenade, their feelings deepen quickly. But could their love be real when they haven’t been honest about their true identities? Once the fantasy is over, can they have a relationship in the real world?
release date: July 6 š³ļøāš
It’s friends-to-enemies-to-friends-to-lovers in this LGBTQIA+ Romance for fans of Red, White & Royal Blue and The Pros of Cons who enjoy:
ā¢ Ex-best-friends falling in love
ā¢ Gaming, conventions, fandom & cosplay
ā¢ Nerd culture at its finest
ā¢ Learning how to be true to yourselfJasper Quigley is tired of being everyone’s favorite sidekick. He wants to become the hero of his own life, but that’s not going to happen if he agrees to help out his former best friend turned king of the jocks, Milo Lionetti. High school was miserable enough, thanks, and Jasper has no interest in dredging up painful memories of his old secret crush.
But Milo’s got nowhere else to go. His life is spiraling out of control and he’s looking to turn things back around. Step one? Replace the rare Odyssey cards he lost in an idiotic bet. Step two? Tell his ex-best-friend exactly how he feelsāhow he’s always felt.
Jasper may be reluctant to reopen old wounds, but he never could resist Milo. There’s a catch, though: if Milo wants his help, he’s going to have to pitch in to make the upcoming children’s hospital charity ball the best ever. But as the two don cosplay for the kids and hunt for rare cards, nostalgia for their lost friendship may turn into something even more lasting…
release date: July 6 š
The author of Recipe for Persuasionāānot only one of the best but one of the bravest romance novelists working todayā (Shelf Awareness)āadds an Indian American twist to Jane Austen’s classic Sense and Sensibility in this delightful retelling that is a feast for the senses.
Yash Raje, Californiaās first serious Indian gubernatorial candidate, has always known exactly what he wantsāand how to use his privileged background to get it. He attributes his success to a simple mantra: control your feelings and you can control the world.
But when a hate-fueled incident at a rally critically injures his friend, Yashās easy life suddenly feels like a lie, his control an illusion. When he tries to get back on the campaign trail, he blacks out with panic.
Desperate to keep Yashās condition from leaking to the media, his family turns to the one person they trustāhis sisterās best friend, India Dashwood, Californiaās foremost stress management coach. Raised by a family of yoga teachers, India has helped San Franciscoās high strung overachievers for a decade without so much as altering her breath. But this manāwith his boundless ambition, simmering intensity, and absolute faith in his political beliefsāis like no other. Yash has spent a lifetime repressing everything to succeed.
Including their one magical night ten years agoāa too brief, too bright passion that if rekindled threatens the life heās crafted for himself. Exposing the secrets might be the only way to save him but itās also guaranteed to destroy the dream heās willingly shouldered for his family and community . . . until now.
release date: July 6 š³ļøāš
For fans of Elinor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Severance: an offbeat, wryly funny debut novel that follows an eccentric product engineer who works for a hip furniture company where sweeping corporate change lands her under the purview of a startlingly charismatic boss who seems determined to get close to her at all costs . . .
Ava Simon designs storage boxes for STĆDA, a slick Brooklyn-based furniture company. Sheās hard-working, obsessive, and heartbroken from a tragedy that killed her girlfriend and upended her life. Itās been years since sheās let anyone in.
But when Avaās new bossāthe young and magnetic Mat Putnamāoffers Ava a ride home one afternoon, an unlikely relationship blossoms. Ava remembers how rewarding it can be to open upāand, despite her instincts, she becomes enamored. But Mat isnāt who he claims to be, and the romance takes a sharp turn.
The Very Nice Box is a funny, suspenseful debutāwith a shocking twist. Itās at once a send-up of male entitlement and a big-hearted account of grief, friendship, and trust.
release date: July 13
What happens when the queen of romance falls for the king of horror–you get “a hilarious rom-com comp,” perfect for fans of Beach Read. (Kirkus, starred review)
Event planner Kate Sweet is famous for creating the perfect happily-ever-after moment for her clientsā dream weddings. So how is it that her best friend has roped her into planning a bestselling horror writerās book launch extravaganza? But the second Kate meetsāor rather, accidentally maimsāthe drop-dead-hot Drake Matthews, her well-ordered life quickly transforms into an absolute nightmare.
Drake Matthews is tired of the spotlight and tired of his reputation as the Knight of Nightmares. He’s really a nice guy! But heās not prepared for Kate, a fearless agent of chaos in steel-tipped stilettos, or for that sweet sting of attraction he feels for her. Sheās inspiring him to take his writing in a whole new directionāone that no one expects. Because now Kate and Drake are changing up the rules, and this plot twist might just surprise everyone . . . including themselves.
release date: July 13
In this delightful and romantic debut novelāwith a Groundhog Day twistāa couple calls off their wedding after a disastrous rehearsal dinner, only to wake up the next morning trapped in a time loop. Together.
Two people. One wedding. No end in sight.
Megan Givens and Tom Prescott are heading into what is supposed to be their magical wedding weekend on beautiful San Juan Island. But with two difficult families, ten years of history, and all too many secrets, things quickly go wrong. After a disastrous rehearsal dinner they vow to call the whole thing offāonly to wake up the next morning stuck together in a time loop. Are they really destined to relive the worst day of their lives, over and over? And what happens if their wedding day does arrive?
A funny, romantic, and big-hearted debut novel, The Rehearsals imagines what we might do if given a second chance at life and at loveāand what it means to finally get both right.
release date: July 13
Tessa Bailey is back with a Schittās Creek-inspired rom-com about a Hollywood āIt Girlā who is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town… where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesnāt belong.
Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late fatherās dive bar… in Washington.
Piper hasnāt even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she wonāt last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So what if Piper canāt do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. How bad could it really be? Sheās determined to show her stepfatherāand the hot, grumpy localāthat sheās more than a pretty face.
Except itās a small town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but thereās an undeniable attraction simmering between them. Piper doesnāt want any distractions, especially feelings for a man who sails off into the sunset for weeks at a time. Yet as she reconnects with her past and begins to feel at home in Westport, Piper starts to wonder if the cold, glamorous life she knew is what she truly wants. LA is calling her name, but Brendanāand this town full of memoriesāmay have already caught her heart.
release date: July 13 š
Two people realize that it’s no longer an act when they veer off-script in this sizzling romantic comedy by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory.
Ben Stephens has never bothered with serious relationships. He has plenty of casual dates to keep him busy, family drama he’s trying to ignore and his advertising job to focus on. When Ben lands a huge ad campaign featuring movie star Anna Gardiner, however, it’s hard to keep it purely professional. Anna is not just gorgeous and sexy, she’s also down to earth and considerate, and he can’t help flirting a little…
Anna Gardiner is on a mission: to make herself a household name, and this ad campaign will be a great distraction while she waits to hear if she’s booked her next movie. However, she didn’t expect Ben Stephens to be her biggest distraction. She knows mixing business with pleasure never works out, but why not indulge in a harmless flirtation?
But their lighthearted banter takes a turn for the serious when Ben helps Anna in a family emergency, and they reveal truths about themselves to each other, truths they’ve barely shared with those closest to them.
When the opportunity comes to turn their real-life fling into something more for the Hollywood spotlight, will Ben be content to play the background role in Anna’s life and leave when the cameras stop rolling? Or could he be the leading man she needs to craft their own Hollywood ending?
release date: July 20
With his passion for romance novels, it was only a matter of time before Vlad wrote one.
Elena Konnikova has lived her entire adult life in the shadows. As the daughter of a Russian journalist who mysteriously disappeared, she escaped danger the only way she knew how: She married her childhood friend, Vladimir, and moved to the United States, where he is a professional hockey player in Nashville.
Vlad, aka the Russian, thought he could be content with his marriage of convenience. But itās become too difficult to continue in a one-sided relationship. He joined the Bromance Book Club to learn how to make his wife love him, but all heās learned is that he deserves more. Heās ready to create his own sweeping romanceāboth on and off the page.
The bros are unwilling to let Vlad forgo true loveāand this time theyāre not operating solo. They join forces with Vladās neighbors, a group of meddling widows who call themselves the Loners. But just when things finally look promising, Elenaās past life intrudes and their happily ever after is cast into doubt.
release date: July 20
Wyatt King isnāt looking for loveā¦because heās already found it.
Too bad sheās off-limits. Heās not going to be the jerk who messes around with his best friendās little sister, so he keeps his feelings bottled up and settles for acting as her protector instead.
Andie Lockhartās dreamed of kissing Wyatt for as long as sheās known what kissing is. But since heās dated nearly every woman in town but her, sheās long since accepted heāll never see her as anything more than his best friendās tomboy little sister.
When a real estate developer threatens the beloved old house Andie inherited from her grandmother, her white knight Wyatt swoops in with his handyman skills to save the day. But the more time they spend working on the house together, the harder it becomes to ignore their irresistible attraction.
Until the night an accidental kiss blows the lid off those feelings theyāve both kept buried.
After that, things between them get a lot hotterāand a lot more complicated. Forbidden love, broken promises, family secrets, and jealousy all threaten to tear them apart. If he intends to hold on to the woman he loves, Wyatt will have to put everything on the line.
My Cone and Only is book #1 in the King Family series set in the small town of Crowder, Texas, home of the Kingās Creamery ice company. Each book is a standalone, full-length novel that follows one of the six King siblings as they find and fight for love.
release date: July 27
Brinkley Saunders has a secret.
To everyone in the academic world she left behind, she lost it all when she dropped out of grad school. Once a rising star following in her motherās footsteps, sheās now an administrative assistant at an insurance agencyāor so they think.
In reality, Brinkley works at Heartbreak for Hire, a secret service that specializes in revenge for jilted lovers, frenemies, and long-suffering coworkers with a little cash to spare and a man who needs to be taken down a notch. It might not be as prestigious as academia, but it helps Brinkley save for her dream of opening an art gallery and lets her exorcise a few demons, all while helping to empower women.
But when her boss announces sheās hiring male heartbreakers for the first time, Brinkleyās no longer so sure sheās doing the right thingāespecially when her new coworker turns out to be a target she was paid to take down. Though Mark spends his days struggling up the academic ladder, he seems to be the opposite of a backstabbing adjunct: a nerd at heart in criminally sexy sweater vests whoās attentive both in and out of the bedroom. But as Brinkley finds it increasingly more difficult to focus on anything but Mark, she soon realizes that like herself, people arenāt always who they appear to be.
release date: July 27
When Dillion Stitch left her hometown, she had no intention of going back. But when her brother gets into trouble, Dillion reluctantly agrees to return home to take her place at the family business.
Being back in Pearl Lake after all these years feels familiar, but also brings a few surprises. Sheās quick to notice that someone new has shown up at the cottage next door. Dillion gets more than an eyeful when she goes to check out the newcomer and meets Donovan āVanā Firestoneāher beloved neighborās grandsonāin all his unclothed glory.
Having gotten off to a rocky start, itās not long before they begin bickering with each other all over town. All that back and forth inevitably sparks an undeniable attraction. But Dillionās family has issues, Vanās family resents him, and neither Dillion nor Van feels truly at ease in the small town. For these Pearl Lake exiles, home isnāt just where the heart isāitās where things get complicated.
release date: July 27 š
When you swear off men for the foreseeable future, that means no dating. Hookups don’t count, right?
Harper Ryland has been on a self-imposed man ban for the last twelve months, after a particularly horrible breakup. Instead, she’s focusing on the one thing she can control: her career as an up-and-coming food stylist. Harper’s latest gig is her best friend’s wedding, and she receives glowing praise throughout the night. When the Best Man, Manny Gomes, belittles her hard work, she wants to stab him with skewers from the buffet table, but she can think of something much better: to lead him on the entire wedding and then humiliate him in sweet revenge.
When the handsome Anglo-Indian doctor shows up in New Zealand a week later, while Harper’s on her first international job, it’s the last thing she needs. Everything about him rubs her the wrong way, but when suave Manny steps in to help after an unfortunate disaster, his chivalry gets under her skin a little, and Harper discovers lifting her ban while overseas is exactly what the doctor ordered.
Manny isn’t looking for anything but fun either–especially not marriage, like his grandmother Izzy keeps pushing on him. But there’s something about Harper that makes him want more, even though she keeps her distance, and they’re about to discover how far he’s willing to go to be with her. . . .
release date: July 30
Who could have predicted this? Being at the same wedding. In Ireland. Thereās a reason one-night stands are one-night stands. Youāre not supposed to see each other again, especially not when youāre the maid of honor, and heās the groomās brotherā¦
Sarah Anderson has never been more excited about anything in her life. Sheās going to her best friendās wedding. And not just any wedding. An Irish wedding. Goodbye New York, hello rolling green hills and men with beautiful accents and twinkling eyes.
But Sarah should have known that not all guests are fairy-tale princesā¦
Thereās the chinless Uncle Trevor, whose idea of small talk is to claim climate change is a conspiracy.
Then thereās Great Aunt Eileen, who doesnāt talk at all (sheās too busy replacing the hotel cutlery with her own set).
Worst of all, thereās Declan Murphy. Best man. Brother of the groom. And the man Sarah last saw naked.
Is there anything more mortifying than bumping into a one-night stand halfway across the world? Especially as Declan seems determined to embarrass Sarah at every turn. At least when the weddingās over sheāll never have to see him again.
But, back in New York, Sarah finds the more she tries to forget Declan, the more she canāt shake the thought of that infuriatingly charming smile and the way he wears a tuxā¦
Was he really just for one night only, or might Declan Murphy be The One?
Prepare to laugh until you cry with this perfect feel-good romantic comedy about taking a chance on love. Fans of Sophie Ranald, Sophie Kinsella and Marian Keyes wonāt be able to put this down!
release date: August 3
HOW DOES A FAKE RELATIONSHIP TURNS INTO SOMETHING REAL?
While everyone around Carmello Caldo found love, he was busy losing himself in pleasure and pain. But when his cousin Lily wants to help him find true love, he doesnāt hesitate to accept her offer.
Arlo King is not Carmelloās usual type. Sheās a bookworm who doesnāt give herself away easy. But sheās the perfect woman to help reform the serial womanizer, even though she has commitment issues of her own.
Quickly, their fake relationship goes from slow-burn to scorching hot from the very first touch. But can they work through their trouble pasts and embrace a fairy tale future?
Singe is the eighth full-length standalone novel in the Men of Inked Heatwave series by USA Today bestselling author Chelle Bliss.
release date: August 3
Jayci Lee, author of A Sweet Mess, returns with The Dating Dareāher next witty, chemistry-filled romantic comedy.
Tara Park doesnāt do serious relationships. Neither does she hop into bed with virtual strangers. Especially when that particular stranger is her best friendās new brother-in-law. It isnāt an easy decision, though. Seth Kim is temptation personified. His unreasonably handsome looks and charming personality makes him easy on the eyes and good for her ego.
When a friendly game of Truth or Dare leads to an uncomplicated four-date arrangement with Seth, Tara canāt say she minds. But their dates, while sweet and sexy, have a tendency to hit roadblocks. Thankfully, their non-dates and chance meetings get frequent and heated.
Seth is leaving for a new job in Paris in a month and a no-strings attached fling seemed like a nice little distraction for bothā¦ But soon Seth realizes that Tara Park doesnāt come in a ānice & littleā package–sheās funny and bold, sweet and sexy, and everything he ever wanted and never expected to find. Neither of them are ready for something serious and both have past relationship baggage theyāve been ignoring, but with a shot at forever on the line will they follow their hearts and take a chance on happily-ever-after?
release date: August 3
After having just graduated with a degree in shoe design, and trying to get her feet on the ground, Cindy is working for her stepmother, who happens to be the executive producer of America’s favorite reality show, Before Midnight. When a spot on the show needs filling ASAP, Cindy volunteers, hoping it might help jump-start her fashion career, or at least give her something to do while her peers land jobs in the world of high fashion.
Turns out being the only plus size woman on a reality dating competition makes a splash, and soon Cindy becomes a body positivity icon for women everywhere. What she doesn’t expect? That she may just find inspiration-and love-in the process. Ultimately, Cindy learns that if the shoe doesn’t fit, maybe it’s time to design your own.
release date: August 3 š
From the author of the āgenuinely funnyā and ādelightfulā Loathe at First Sight (NPR), a young Korean American womanās journey to finding a new career and new love means learning to embrace the awkward and unexpected – exploring familial expectations, finding your voice, and unimaginably falling for your childhood rival.
When investment banker Jessie Kim is laid off in a virtual meeting and then overhears why (āsheās already being overpaid anyway for a womanā and āAsians are worker bees, not someone who can drum up new dealsā) she delivers an āeff you guysā speech and storms out.
After moving back home to Tennessee to live with her loving but meddling mother and father, she runs into her childhood nemesis – golden child Daniel Choi – at the local Asian grocery store. The smart, charming lawyer appears to have it all…while Jessie has nothing.
Jess begrudgingly accepts Danielās help to relaunch her long abandoned Korean cooking YouTube channel Hanguk Hacks, showcasing easy meal prep for busy professionals. But just as she discovers Danielās life isnāt as perfect as it seems and thereās more to him than meets the eye, he shows up for a life-changing business opportunity, and their rivalry is back on….
release date: August 3 š³ļøāš
Can an up-and-coming horror actress
and the makeup artist for her newest ācreature featureā
turn on-set chemistry into the romance of a lifetime?Lilah Silverās a young actress who dreams of climbing out of B-list stardom. Sheās been cast as the lead in what could be her breakout performanceā¦but if she wants to prove herself to everyone who ever doubted her, sheās going to need major help along the way.
Noa Birnbaum may be a brilliant makeup artist and special effects whiz-kid, but cracking into the union is more difficult than she imagined. Keeping everyone happy is a full-time job, and sheās already run ragged. And yet when the beautiful star sheās been secretly crushing on admits to fears of her own, Noa vows to do everything in her power to help Lilah shine like never before.
Long hours? Exhausting work? No problem. Together they can take the world by stormā¦but can the connection forged over long hours in the makeup chair ever hope to survive the glare of the spotlight?
release date: August 8
A romantic comedy set in the world of Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward’s Stuck Up Suit
Whatās a girl to do when she discovers that her boss/boyfriend (I donāt need a lecture, thank you very much!) is a cheating windbag?
Dump him and quit her job, of course.
After that, it was supposed to be the Summer of Meāa totally self-indulgent few months.
Except that I met a drop-dead gorgeous Viking with a bossy attitude.
We clashed on his arrogance and crassness, but geek bonded over Star Wars and Star Trek.
He offered himself as a no-strings-attached candidate for my get-my-groove-back sex plan, and I left because he already had a girlfriend, even if they were on a break.
But I couldnāt stop thinking about him.
I really, really needed to find someone less complicated, but he infiltrated my thoughts.
He was hot, after all (And his towel might have slipped on purpose.) Seriously hot.
No matter how many times I decided not to pursue anything with him, he kept showing a softer side of himself.
But we couldnāt keep going like that, neither here nor there.
Some decisions had to be made.
One that could change everything.
If someone had told me how my Summer of Me would end? Iād never have believed them.
But I regret nothing.
release date: August 10 š³ļøāš
Troy Barrett has been freshly traded to Ottawa after calling out Dallas Kent during a team practice. He wants to be a better person, and the weird, scrappy energy of the struggling Ottawa team seems like the place to…well. It seems like the only place that will have Troy right now.
Fortunately the Ottawa team includes Ilya Rozanov and Wyatt Hayes, and also includes an adorable social media manager, Harris Drover. Harris is the opposite of Troy in every way: friendly, cheerful, chatty, and goofy with a booming voice, a startlingly loud laugh, and Pride pins all over his denim jacket. Definitely not the sort of person Troy would normally associate with, and yetā¦
release date: August 10
Francine is stunned when she discovers sheās been married – for the last ten years! – to Benny, the surly and nerdy frenemy she worked with one summer in Vegas.
How in the world did they end up married? They could hardly stand each other! Though there was that drunken nightā¦.
She tracks down Benny, sure heāll be as shocked about the marriage as she is, sure heāll be happy to dissolve their union ASAP so she can get the documents she desperately needs.
But Benny is now a cold and wolfish billionaire. And yes, heāll sign the paperworkā¦for a price: she has to spend the next three weeks playing his doting wife.
release date: August 10
A woman looking for a new lease on life moves to Arizona where she rents a guest house on a gorgeous property with a mysterious owner–a man who teaches her about resilience, courage, and ultimately true love, in this funny, bighearted novel about hope and healing from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay.
Stuck in a dreary Boston winter, Annabelle Martin would like nothing more than to run away from her current life. She’s not even thirty years old, twice-divorced, and has just dodged a marriage proposal… from her ex-husband. When she’s offered her dream job as creative director at a cutting-edge graphic design studio in Phoenix, she jumps at the opportunity to start over.
When she arrives in the Valley of the Sun, Annabelle is instantly intrigued by her anonymous landlord. Based on the cranky, handwritten notes Nick Daire leaves her, she assumes he is an old, rich curmudgeon. Annabelle is shocked when she finally meets Nick and discovers that he’s her age and uses a wheelchair. Nick suffered from a stroke a year ago, and while there’s no physical reason for him not to recover, he is struggling to overcome the paralyzing fear that has kept him a prisoner in his own home.
Despite her promise to herself not to get involved, Annabelle finds herself irresistibly drawn to Nick. And soon she wonders if she and Nick might help each other find the courage to embrace life, happiness, and true love.
release date: August 12
We donāt get a lot of NBA superstars coming through little olā Pine Hill, Texas. Thatās why everyone is all in a tizzy over the fact that the USA menās Olympic basketball team will be training here of all places before this yearās Summer Games. With little else to talk about, rumors about the players have been spreading like wildfire, and thereās one man in the middle of it all holding a match.
Ben Castillo.
NBA champion.
Olympic gold medalist.
Widely hailed āKing of the Courtā.The morning he walks into my dingy diner, I have enough sense to keep my head down and go right on wiping tables, pouring coffee, and serving up short stacks. A man who looks like thatāsuperstar or notāhas only ever meant trouble, and more trouble is the last thing I need, what with taking care of Nan and scraping by on tips from truckers.
If anything, he seems drawn to my indifference. His steely gaze pierces me behind the counter. My knees nearly buckle under the weight of his attention. But while Mr. Pretty Boy is probably used to snagging city girls with a smile, this gal is country strong.
I wonāt be some clichĆ©d convenience for him on his way through town.
So look over your choices carefully, Benny-boy. We serve up sides of hash browns here, not heartbreak.
release date: August 12
The first book in a new series by Denise Grover Swank and A.R. Casella, authors of the USA Today bestselling Asheville Brewing series.
She wants his story. He wants his secrecy. Too bad he canāt stay away from her.
Molly
Blogging about bad dates used to be fun, but a girl can only take so much foolishness. So I broke up with my job.
Okay, full disclosure, I was fired. Itās a long, sordid tale, involving my sourdough starterāRIP, Fred!āand my ex-bossās serious lack of humor.
Newly funemployed and in need of a break, I go to Asheville to dogsit for my sisterā¦and stumble onto a scoop big enough to put my fake-dating days behind me forever.
Augusta Glower, local success story, wrote a bestseller about the self-help group she started. People think her system works, and copycat Bad Luck Clubs have sprung up nationwide. Something feels off, though, and a little poking around by yours truly suggests she stole the idea.
Thereās one problem. I have to prove it, and the guy she ripped offāsuper-hot house flipper Caleb Reynoldsāseems toā¦well, hate me. Which is too bad since his secrets arenāt the only thing Iād like to peel away.
* * *
Cal
Molly OāShea is my worst nightmare.
Is she sexy as sin? Wellā¦yeah. Does she smell like honeysuckle and trouble? No doubt. Is she determined to dig up my secrets with a backhoe? Iām pretty sure she got a two-week rental. But Iāll never talk. If the reason I started the club gets out, my whole life will implode.
So why is she so damn irresistible?
release date: August 17 š
When a personal trainer agrees to fake date her client, all rules are out the window in this delightful romantic comedy from the USA Today bestselling author of The Boyfriend Project!
When it comes to personal training, Taylor Powell kicks serious butt. Unfortunately, her bills are piling up, rent is due, and the money situation is dire. Taylor needs more than the support of her new best friends, Samiah and London. She needs a miracle.
And Jamar Dixon might just be it. The oh-so-fine former footballer wants back into the NFL, and he wants Taylor to train him. There’s just one catch — no one can know what they’re doing. But when they’re accidentally outed as a couple, Taylor’s game plan is turned completely upside down. Is Jamar just playing to win . . . or is he playing for keeps?
release date: August 17
From New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Proby comes an all new novel in her beloved With Me In Seattle Series!
There are two things Maeve OāCallaghan values more than anything else: her family and her career. Being the eldest daughter in a large, close-knit and somewhat chaotic Irish family means spending most of her nights in the family-owned pub, serving drinks and food, always accompanied by a smile. During the day, sheās a superstar real estate agent, selling homes on her beloved island just across Puget Sound from Seattle. She doesnāt have time for much else, and sheās perfectly okay with that.
Enter Hunter Meyers. Heās looking for a new place to call home, somewhere out of the city, and believes life on the island could be just the thing for him and his troubled teenage daughter. While in search of finding the perfect house, his sexy realtor catches his eye, making him feel things he hasnāt in years. But with the added baggage of a surly teen and a past that will never be forgotten, how can he make something permanent with the gorgeous Irishwoman who tempts him like no other?
Maeve isnāt just attracted to Hunter with his killer grin and muscles for days. The teenager that tries so hard to push her away also pulls at her heartstrings. Maeve understands the importance of family, and can see herself making just that with Hunter and his daughter. But when his past comes back to haunt him, will their love be strong enough, or will they be ripped apart forever?
release date: August 17
Beloved author Lucy Parker pens a delicious new romantic comedy that is a battle of whisks and wits.
Readyā¦
Four years ago, Sylvie Fairchild charmed the world as a contestant on the hit baking show, Operation Cake. Her ingenious, colorful creations captivated viewers and intrigued all but one of the judges, Dominic De Vere, the hottest pastry chef in London. When her glittery unicorn cake went spectacularly sideways, Dominic was quick to vote her off the show. Since then, Sylvie has managed to use her fame to help fulfill her dream of opening a bakery, Sugar Fair. The toast of Instagram, Sugar Fair has captured the attention of the Operation Cake producersā¦and a princess.
Setā¦
Dominic is His Majesty the Kingās favorite baker, the go-to for sweet-toothed A-List celebrities, and a veritable British institution. Heās brilliant, talented, hard-working. And an icy, starchy grouch. Learning that the irksome Sylvie will be joining him on the Operation Cake judging panel is enough to make the famously dour baker even more grim. Her fantastical baking is only slightly more troublesome than the fact that he canāt stop thinking about her pink-streaked hair and irrepressible dimple.
Matchā¦
When Dominic and Sylvie learn they will be fighting for the once in a lifetime opportunity to bake a cake for the upcoming wedding of Princess Rose, the flour begins to fly as theyāre both determined to come out on top.
The bride adores Sylvieās quirky style. The palace wants Dominicās classic perfection.
In this royal battle, can there be room for two?
release date: August 20
Rian
Allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Rian Kerry, and Iām in huge trouble.
This is how it happened: I had a crush. You know those teenage crushes, which Iām sure youāve all experienced, too. It was that kind of crush that makes your knees tremble, that makes you blush violently and stammer when youāre with that person. One of those crushes that you assume youāll just grow out of, the way the seasons change.
The problem is that my crush didnāt go anywhere. Actually, it only got worse, transforming into something absurd and unbearable, which no one could seem to understand.
Especially not him.
Because heās off-limits. Heās barricaded himself within his walls, from a sense of fear and guilt. Heās locked up his heart forever, and seems to have no intention of letting anyone in ever again.
My friends, Jordan, Anya, and Holly, say that he just needs a little push. They say that he needs to learn to believe again.
But I donāt think heāll ever be ready, because he simply doesnāt want to be.
He doesnāt want to believe.
Not in something like us.Parker
Allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Parker Hayes, and Iām an idiot.
Yep, you heard me right. Iām a real idiot. And, I swear, thatās putting it lightly.
But Iām a lot of other things, too. Iām a fireman, and a single father to two cheeky, hyperactive six-year-old twins. Iām a brother to Tyler, another fireman ā and another idiot ā who always seems to stick his nose into my business. Iām a kind-of friend to Niall, yet another idiot with nothing to do but barge into my life, uninvited.
Letās get back to the point, here: the reason Iām an idiot.
Well, itās pretty simple. Iāve lost my mind. Literally. It happened again. I fell for it. With my head, with my body, and with the heart I was sure Iād never be able to piece back together after another inevitable disaster.
The problem is that sheās not like the others.
She bakes cakes with my daughters, laughs with them, and shows them her magic bag. Theyāre crazy about her.
And so am I.
And now she knows it, and I know it, and everyone around us knows it. But I canāt take that step. I canāt let everything go to start over.
I canāt live through this again ā because this time, I wonāt be left standing.
Not if sheās the one to break my heart.
release date: August 24
I didnāt get to where I am by being nice.
Iām the boss, the CEO, the owner of whatever I want. Right now, that includes every person in this building of the company I just bought.
I stop at nothing once Iāve decided Iām taking something.
And then she showed up… full of spitfire just for me, the man she’s decided is her worst enemy.
Like I said, I stop at nothing once Iāve decided Iām taking something. This pretty little thing just moved to the top of my “must acquire” list.
release date: August 24
In this steamy tale by USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn, an American searching for her purpose escapes to a Scottish town but finds more questions than answers when she meets a brooding yet handsome handyman.
Freshly fired from her third job in a row, Bonnie St. James has lost her way. So when she and her best friend stumble upon a āhelp wantedā post to run a coffee shop in the Scottish Highlands, they apply on a whim. Who knows? Maybe traveling to a new place is just what she needs to figure out her next move.
When the friends arrive in the tiny idyllic town of Corsekelly, they instantly fall for the gorgeous Highland landscape and friendly townspeople. But Bonnie finds a less-than-warm welcome in Rowan MacGregor, the rugged local handyman. Busy wrestling his own demons, Rowanās in no mood to deal with the quirky Americanāeven if she is a bonny lass.
As Bonnie and Rowanās paths inevitably cross, insultsāand sparksāfly. Can the pair build on their similarities to help each other find purpose and directionā¦and maybe romance too? Or will their passionate tempers fling them apart?
release date: August 30
The one that got away. Every girl has one, right?
Mine was a charming, British aristocrat who turned my world upside down one summer.
From the moment I first spotted Leo in the distance through my binoculars, Iād been captivated. I certainly never expected to find a man showering outside of the property across the bay in his birthday suit.
Then I noticed his housemate staring back at me with binoculars of his ownāwatching me watching Leo.
That made for an interesting conversation starter when I inevitably ran into them.
Turned out, the handsome Brits were only renting that house for the summer in my seaside town.
Leo and I formed an instant connection, even though we were technically opposites by all appearances. I taught him how to dig for clams, and he taught me that not all wealthy and powerful guys are pretentious.
Despite knowing he was totally wrong for me, I couldnāt seem to stay away.
It was a wild and crazy few months. And before I knew it, weād fallen in love.
We both had one wish: more time together.
But Leo had obligations back home. He lived a life Iād never fit into. And I was going to law school. So, we decided to end it and never look back.
A part of me always felt like Iād let my soulmate walk away.
I believed our story was over.
Until five years later when he sent me a letter that shook me to my core.
Iād thought my world was turned upside down that first summer?
Well, I knew nothing yet.
release date: August 30
From NYT and USA Today bestselling author A.L. Jackson comes a single-dad, enemies-to-lovers stand-alone romance about a jaded club owner and his sonās teacherā¦
Eden Murphy came into my club looking to make some extra cash.
A girl like her didn’t belong in a place like this.
She’d get ripped to shreds.
Most likely by me.
There’s nothing but sweetness dripping from her sexy little body, and I’m the monster who’s salivating to get a taste.Trent Lawson is the last man I should want.
Dark.
Dangerous.
So wickedly gorgeous he makes my knees weak.
He’s also an arrogant jerk who happens to be my new boss.When I discover his adorable son is also in my kindergarten class, I know I have to keep my distance.
But neither of us can ignore the attraction that flames.
One glance, and our hearts race.
One touch, and weāre aching for what we canāt have.
One night, and weāre falling fast.Dragging her into my sordid world is wrong.
It doesnāt matter.
Eden Murphy is mine.
release date: August 31
An ordinary summer goes royally awry when a prince and princess move next door, bringing their handsome bodyguard with them, from New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle.
Piper Evans: elementary school teacher by day–avid romance reader and anonymous podcaster by night. She lives a quiet, reclusive life, taking care of her mother, who struggles with mental illness, avoiding her regrettable ex, who bartends in town, and trying to make inroads in the tight-knit island community that still sees her, five years in, as an outsider.
And she’s happy with how things are–really–until British royals rent the property next to hers and their brooding bodyguard decides she’s a security threat. Piper quickly realizes that one person’s fairy tale is an ordinary woman’s nightmare as a media frenzy takes over the island and each run-in with Harrison Cole is hotter and more confusing than the last. But beneath Harrison’s no-nonsense exterior lies a soft heart, one that could tempt a woman who’s sworn off attachments into believing in white knights.
But when Piper finds herself smack in the middle of a royal scandal that rocks the island she’ll need more than Harrison’s strong arms to shield her–she’ll have to do a little rescuing herself. With careers, hearts, and friendships on the line, Piper and Harrison will have to decide what they’re willing to give up for a chance at their own happily ever after.
release date: August 31 š
A woman struggling with burnout learns to embrace the unexpectedāand the man she enlists to help herāin this heartfelt new romance by USA Today bestselling author Helen Hoang.
When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to replicate that moment. And when her longtime boyfriend announces he wants an open relationship before making a final commitment, a hurt and angry Anna decides that if he wants an open relationship, then she does, too. Translation: She’s going to embark on a string of one-night stands. The more unacceptable the men, the better.
Thatās where tattooed, motorcycle-riding Quan Diep comes in. Their first attempt at a one-night stand fails, as does their second, and their third, because being with Quan is more than sexāhe accepts Anna on an unconditional level that she has just started to understand herself. However, when tragedy strikes Annaās family she takes on a role that she is ill-suited for, until the burden of expectations threatens to destroy her. Anna and Quan have to fight for their chance at love, but to do that, they also have to fight for themselves.
release date: September 2
Jilted. Living in a glorified closet. The worldās worst bar waitress. I just need to keep a roof over my head and make tuition payments until I can finish graduate school. Then my real life will start. But right now, long nights at the Speakeasy have me burning the candle at both ends and the wax melting all over my fingers.
When a bar manager offers me a job taking care of his adorable five-year-old daughter, it seems like the perfect solution. I get a quiet place to study. Matteo gets a reliable sitter.
There should be no complications. Except that I like my new boss a little too much. His gorgeous dark eyes humble me, and the long talks we share fill me up inside. I canāt possibly fall for him.
But the undeniable pull between us leads to a scorching kiss I canāt ignore or forget, and suddenly Iāve fallen for them both, father and daughter.
And now three hearts are at stake.
release date: September 2
On paper, itās a simple agreement: for one month, Silas Flynn is my boyfriend of convenience.
He needs his old-fashioned boss to think heās ready to settle down.
I need some arm candy to prove to my jerk ex-fiancĆ© that Iāve moved on.
Perfect, right? Except for one minor detail: we canāt stand each other.
Everybody thinks he’s this perfect guy, but I know the real Silas. Heās a cocky, obnoxious jerk who thinks he can charm his way out of trouble and get anything he wants.
But thereās one tiny problem with fake dating: it looks a lot like real dating. Worse, it feels a lot like real dating.
I know once this is over, weāll go our separate ways. No matter the smoldering looks he gives me, the possessive way he touches me, or the dirty things he whispers in my ear, Silas isnāt falling for me.
Thatās fine. No matter how good being with him feels, Iām not falling for him, either.
One month. Thatās it.
release date: September 2
What if the Lift driver who finds your cheating boyfriend’s phone holds the directions to true love?
‘Who are you and why do you have my boyfriend’s phone?’
‘He left it in my car. You must be the blonde in the red dress? I’m the Lift driver who dropped you two off earlier.’And with these words, the life of the brunette and t-shirt wearing Maya Maas is turned upside down. Having planned to surprise her boyfriend, she finds herself single and stranded in an unknown city on her birthday.
So when the mystery driver rescues Maya with the suggestion that she cheers herself up at a nearby beach town, she jumps at the chance to get things back on track. She wasn’t expecting a personalised itinerary or the easy companionship that comes from opening up to a stranger via text, let alone the possibility it might grow into something more…
release date: September 3
āI had to sneeze.ā
I shouldāve taken her insurance information and driven off like any reasonable CEO with places to be would.
She crashed into my car, for heavenās sake. Because she had to sneeze.
What did I do? I didnāt get in my car and drive away, if thatās what youāre thinking.
Nope. I stuck around. I could suggest I stayed because she needed help, but the truth? She was really, really hot.
We became fast friends. Then friends with benefits. Before I knew it, we were involved in an illicit office romance that had me fumbling through a drawerful of panties to get a Post-It.
It was supposed to be easyāa fling, if you will. A dashing millionaire hero (*adjusts tie*) and a beautiful (stubborn, frustratingly independent, hell-on-wheels) damsel in distress. (Donāt tell her I said that.)
It wasnāt supposed to be forever, but we did want a happy ending. (Pun intended.) We couldāve made it work, too.
But one of us overcomplicated things with the L-word. And the other? They omitted a truth that changed everything.
release date: September 7
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley brings a new novel in her River Rain seriesā¦
From a very young age, Chloe Pierce was trained to look after the ones she loved.
And she was trained by the best.
But when the man who looked after her was no longer there, Chloe is cast adriftājust as the very foundation of her life crumbled to pieces.
Then she runs into tall, lanky, unpretentious Judge Oakley, her exact opposite. She shops. He hikes. She drinks pink ladies. He drinks beer. Sheās a city girl. Heās a mountain guy.
Obviously, this means they have a blowout fight upon meeting. Their second encounter doesnāt go a lot better.
Judge is loving the challenge. Chloe is everything he doesnāt want in a woman, but he canāt stop finding ways to spend time with her. He knows sheās dealing with loss and change.
He just doesnāt know how deep that goes. Or how ingrained it is for Chloe to care for those who have a place in her heart, how hard it will be to trust anyone to look after herā¦
And how much harder it is when itās his turn.
release date: September 7
A new stand alone enemies-to-lovers romance from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Lindeā¦
Derek Ballentine and I have always been on opposite sides of everything.
I went to a public Savannah high school. He went to a private Catholic school. I went to Duke on scholarship. He went to UNC as a legacy. When we both end up at Harvard for graduate school and weāre finally on a level playing field, I think itās all going to change.
I was wrong.
The only thing that changed was ending up in his bed.
Now my grandma has passed away, and Derek is the attorney helping the people trying to steal her legacy. Iāll do anything to stop that from happening. Even take on my lifetime enemy.
I hate him at first sightā¦but I also want him at first hate.
release date: September 7
I canāt have Elijah Iverson.
I canāt have him because heās my older brotherās best friend. I canāt have him because I broke his heart five years ago; because heās now engaged to someone elseāsomeone kind and dependable who deserves his whiskey eyes, his soft mouth, his fierce intellect.
I canāt have Elijah because Iāve chosen God instead.
The Bell brothers, though . . . well, we don’t exactly have the greatest track record with vows. But Iām determined to do this monk thing rightāto pledge myself to a cloistered life and spend the rest of my years in chastity and prayer. But now Elijahās here. Heās here and heās coming with me on my European monastery road trip, and between the whispered confessions and the stolen kisses and the moments bent over an ancient altar, my vows are feeling flimsier by the day.
And vows or not, I know in my heart that it would take more than a good and holy monk to resist Elijah Iverson right now. It would take a saint.
And we all know that Iām no saint.
**This is the third full-length standalone in the Priest Collection, featuring Father Bell’s brother, Aiden Bell. You do not have to read Priest or Sinner to read Saint.)This is Aiden Bellās story**
release date: September 7 š
In this witty and heartfelt rom-com debut for fans of Jasmine Guillory, Emily Henry, and Tessa Bailey, an Indian-American woman signs herself and her boyfriend up for a matchmaking site to prove theyāre a perfect match, only to be paired with her ex instead.
High school sweethearts Rita Chitniss and Milan Rao were the golden couple, until the day he broke her heart. Now, six years later, Rita has turned her passion for furniture restoration into a career and has an almost-perfect boyfriend, Neil. The last thing she needs is for Milan to re-enter her life, but thatās exactly what happens when her mother, an unfailing believer in second chances, sets them up. Milan is just as charming, cocky, and confident as he was back in school. Only this time, he actually needs her business expertise, not her heart, to flip a hard-to-sell house for his realty agency.
While Rita begrudgingly agrees to help, sheās not taking any risks. To prove sheās definitely over him, she signs herself and Neil up on MyShaadi.com, a Desi matchmaking site famous for its success stories and trustworthy enough to convince everyone that she and Neil are the new and improved couple. Instead, sheās shocked when MyShaadiās perfect match for her isnāt Neilā¦itās Milan. Ignoring the website and her mother is one thing, but ignoring Milan proves much more difficult, especially when she promises to help him renovate the beach house of her dreams. And as the two of them dive deeper into workāand their pastsāRita begins to wonder if maybe her match wasnāt so wrong after allā¦.
release date: September 7 š³ļøāš
Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So itās no wonder then that heās spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. As the most successful producer in the franchiseās history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.
Charlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming Ever After expects. He doesnāt believe in true love, and only agreed to the show as a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate his image. In front of the cameras, heās a stiff, anxious mess with no idea how to date twenty women on national television. Behind the scenes, heās cold, awkward, and emotionally closed-off.
As Dev fights to get Charlie to connect with the contestants on a whirlwind, worldwide tour, they begin to open up to each other, and Charlie realizes he has better chemistry with Dev than with any of his female co-stars. But even reality TV has a script, and in order to find to happily ever after, theyāll have to reconsider whose love story gets told.
In this witty and heartwarming romantic comedyāreminiscent of Red, White & Royal Blue and One to Watchāan awkward tech wunderkind on a reality dating show goes off-script when sparks fly with his producer.
release date: September 10
The must-read romantic comedy for fans of Laura Jane Williams, Sophie Ranald and Sophie Kinsella.
āHilarious and highly originalā
Julie Houston, bestselling author of A Village AffairOnce upon a time, twelve women joined the hottest reality TV show looking for love. Except one had a secret identity . . .
Abby Jones is a serious writer. Or at least she will be, one day. Right now, she spends her time writing recaps of reality television under a secret identity.
When a recap for The Stag ā the must-watch dating show ā goes viral, her editor thinks she should be on set, writing the drama as it happens. The good news: the next season will be filmed in Sydney. Sun, sea and a glamorous trip abroad, this could be Abbyās big break.
The bad news: the producers donāt just want Abby to write the recaps, they want her to be on the show. Abby canāt think of anything worse than being undercover and followed around by cameras. But her career depends on it, and when she meets gorgeous producer Jack, Abby begins to wonder if this job might not be so bad after all . . .
release date: September 14
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I never wanted to be a cowboy, living in a small town was suffocating.
The military was my out.
I saw every place I ever wanted and everything that nightmares are made of.
Until I almost lost my life and then I ended up back home.Hazel
Finding out that I was pregnant the night before I left for college changed everything.
I left that small town and vowed to never return.
When my grandfather died, I had no choice but to go back home.
The plan was just for two weeks.
I thought it would be quick and easy, until he was standing at the back door asking questions.Secrets never stay secrets for long in this town.
release date: September 14 š
The national bestselling author of You Had Me at Hola returns with a seductive second-chance romance about a commitment-phobic Latina and her childhood best friend who has finally returned home.
Hi Mich. Itās Gabe.
After burning out in her corporate marketing career, Michelle Amato has built a thriving freelance business as a graphic designer. So what if her love life is nonexistent? Sheās perfectly fine being the black sheep of her marriage-obsessed Puerto Rican-Italian family. Besides, the only guy who ever made her want happily-ever-after disappeared thirteen years ago.
Itās been a long time.
Gabriel Aguilar left the Bronx at eighteen to escape his parentsā demanding expectations, but it also meant saying goodbye to Michelle, his best friend and longtime crush. Now, heās the successful co-owner of LAās hottest celebrity gym, with an investor who insists on opening a New York City location. Itās the last place Gabe wants to go, but when Michelle is unexpectedly brought on board to spearhead the new marketing campaign, everything Gabeās been running from catches up with him.
Iāve missed you.
Michelle is torn between holding Gabe at armās length or picking up right where they left offāin her bed. As they work on the campaign, old feelings resurface, and their reunion takes a sexy turn. Facing mounting pressure from their familiesāwho think theyāre datingāand growing uncertainty about their futures, can they resolve their past mistakes, or is it only a matter of time before Gabe says adiĆ³s again?
release date: September 14
When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman’s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.
As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationships–but her best friend does, and that’s what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.
That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor–and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford’s reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive’s career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding…six-pack abs.
Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.
release date: September 15
Rule number 1 for the team ownerās daughter? Donāt date the players.
Especially not hotheaded tight ends with tattoos and impulse control problems.
Thatās why Dominic Walker is completely off my radar. Sort of.
Babysitting the team troublemaker when heās forced to volunteer for the foundation where I work means I canāt exactly avoid him.
I wish I had though. Because once I get to know Dominic, itās almost impossible to ignore the feelings he brings out in me.
Pretty soon, Iām breaking all my rules. I just have to hope he doesnāt break my heart in the process.
release date: September 21
Running the Spark House, a hotel/event space that has been in her family for years, has been Avery Sparkās lifelong dream. After years of working hard and making personal sacrifices, Avery and her two younger sisters have turned the Spark House into the premier destination in Colorado Springs. Avery is living her best lifeāshe works with her sisters and loves every minute of it, she has a great group of friends, and she lives in a fantastic condo with her best friend Declan. She might not have any love in her life, but she’s happy.
But everything comes to a screeching halt when Avery is in a car accident, leaving her immobile for weeks. After nearly losing Avery, Declan insists that he will be the one to take care of her while she recovers. However, as Declan becomes Averyās caretaker, lines begin to blur.
Avery and Declan have been best friends since college and always had an attraction to one another, but when she ended up dating his best friend, Sam, they successfully stamped down any feelings they may have ever had for one another. Now, as Declan and Avery spend more time together, they each begin to wonder what wouldāve happened if she’d dated him instead of Sam. What starts as a friend helping out another friend turns into foreplay and, before they realize it, they recognize how deeply they care for one another. But when things get serious their past threatens to destroy everything they have built.
release date: September 21 š
On the verge of realizing her dream of being a doctor, Preeti Patel should be ecstatic. But between the stress of her residency, trying to find a job, and managing her traditional, no-boundaries family, Preeti’s anxiety is through the roof. Relationships and love aren’t even an option. Fortunately, Preeti’s finally found a new place to stay . . . only to discover that her new roommate is her ex.
Preeti never quite got over Daniel Thompson. Super-hot, plenty of swagger, amazing cookāthe guy is practically perfect. And if it weren’t for their families, there might have been a happily ever after. But it’s hard to keep her sanity and libido in check when the man of her dreams is sleeping mere feet away. Can Preeti and Daniel find a way to stand up and fight for each other one last time . . . before they lose their second chance?
release date: September 21
When the devil comes to town, you have to meet him head-on.
Which is exactly what I did when Grant Stone rolled into our small Texas town, driving a sports car I could fit in the bed of my truck, wearing a suit as black as his soul. Heās here to acquire mineral rights to half a dozen farms in town.
And thereās no way heās getting mine.
I donāt make deals with the devil.
So when he challenges me to show him the small town ropes, my motivation is the prospect of seeing him make a fool of himself. He might have an angle, but if he thinks he can finagle me into endangering my bee farm, heās got another thing coming.
Until the line in the sand is washed away.
My farm in danger. A town in upheaval. A man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
And me in the middle.
When the devil comes to town, you have to meet him head-on.
And when he sneaks into your heart, heāll only break it.
release date: September 21
Nothing like a rocky start between enemy coworkers stuck together on location to prove that love isn’t just a ploy for ratingsāit’s a force of nature.
Alia Dunn has finally gotten her big break. After years of working her way up at TV’s top outdoor travel channel, she gets the green light from network executives to bring her dream project to life: produce a series about Utah’s national parks. It’s a touching tribute to her late apong, who sparked Alia’s passion for travel and the outdoors as a kid.
Alia is thrilledāuntil she meets her newest crew member, Drew Irons. The same Drew she had the most amazing first date with two weeks agoāwho then ghosted her. The same Drew who has the most deliciously thick forearms and who loves second-guessing her every move on set in front of the entire crew. It’s not long before the tension between them turns hotter than the Utah desert in the dead of summer, and their steamy encounters lead to major feelings.
But when the series host goes rogue one too many times, jeopardizing the entire shoot, Alia realizes that she’ll need to organize one hell of a coup to save her showāand she’ll need Drew’s help to do it. It’s the riskiest move she’s ever made. If she pulls it off, she’ll end up with a hit series and her dream guy . . . but if it all goes wrong, she could lose both.
release date: September 28
Welcome to Little Bridge, one of the smallest, most beautiful islands in the Florida Keys.
Jo Wright always swore sheād never step foot on Little Bridge Islandānot as long as her nemesis, bestselling author Will Price, is living there.
Then Joās given an offer she canāt refuse: an all-expense-paid trip to speak and sign at the islandās first-ever book festival.
Even though arrogant Will is the last person Jo wants to see, she could really use the festivalās more-than-generous speaking fee. Sheās suffering from a crippling case of writerās block on the next instalment of her bestselling childrenās series, and her father needs financial help as well.
Then Jo hears that Will is off-island on the set of the film of his next book. Hallelujah!
But when she arrives on Little Bridge, Jo is in for a shock: Will is not only at the book festival, but seems genuinely sorry for his past actionsāand more than willing not only to make amends but prove to Jo that heās a changed man.
Things seem to be looking upāuntil disaster strikes, causing Jo to wonder: Do any of us ever really know anyone?
release date: September 28
In this romantic and heartwarming novel, two strangers meet in chance circumstances during a blizzard and spend one perfect evening together, thinking theyāll never see each other again. But fate seems to have different plans.
From the acclaimed author of the āswoon-worthy…rom-comā (The Washington Post) Dear Emmie Blue.
On a snowy evening in March, 30-something Noelle Butterby is on her way back from an event at her old college when disaster strikes. With a blizzard closing off roads, she finds herself stranded, alone in her car, without food, drink, or a working charger for her phone. All seems lost until Sam Attwood, a handsome American stranger also trapped in a nearby car, knocks on her window and offers assistance. What follows is eight perfect hours together, until morning arrives and the roads finally clear.
The two strangers part, positive theyāll never see each other again, but fate, it seems, has a different plan. As the two keep serendipitously bumping into one another, they begin to realize that perhaps there truly is no such thing as coincidence. With plenty of charming twists and turns and Lia Louisās ābold, standout voiceā (Gillian McAllister, author of The Good Sister), Eight Perfect Hours is a gorgeously crafted novel that will make you believe in the power of fate.
release date: September 28 š
When a woman travels to Nigeria to attend the funeral of the father she never knew, she meets her extravagant family for the first time, a new and inspiring love interest, and discovers parts of herself she didn’t know were missing, from Jane Igharo, the acclaimed author ofĀ Ties That Tether.
Hannah Bailey has never known her father, the Nigerian entrepreneur who had a brief relationship with her white mother. Because of this, Hannah has always felt uncertain about part of her identity. When her father dies, she’s invited to Nigeria for the funeral. Though she wants to hate the man who abandoned her, she’s curious about who he was and where he was from. Searching for answers, Hannah boards a plane to Lagos, Nigeria.
In Banana Island, one of Nigeria’s most affluent areas, Hannah meets the Jolades, her late father’s prestigious family–some who accept her and some who think she doesn’t belong. The days leading up to the funeral are chaotic, but Hannah is soon shaped by secrets that unfold, a culture she never thought she would understand or appreciate, and a man who steals her heart and helps her to see herself in a new light.
release date: October 1
A virgin, an athlete, a fake romance…and only one bed in the hotel room.
Following rules shot me to the top of my game as an all-star baseball player, and the golden rule is this — donāt hookup with your teammateās sister.
But ask her to be your fake date when you desperately need one for a family wedding?
Nothing in the guy code against that. Plus, the flirty, feisty Sierraās my friend too, so why the hell not pretend weāre madly in lust for two days in Hawaii? No hardship in a make believe kiss here, a fake smooch there, as long as we donāt cross any dangerous lines.
Then, the hotel books us into the same suite. Which means sheās showering near me, putting on itty bitty bikinis in the same room, sliding into that king-size bed wearing only a black lace cami.
But I resist…until the night she tells me sheās been waiting for me to be her first.
And thereās nothing fake about my desire to say yes, even though thatās definitely against the code. But, maybe only if someone catches feelings?
And neither one of us will.
Until I doā¦
release date: October 5
A chance encounter. An unlikely hero.
Morris has always dedicated himself to his brothers in the MC, choosing the freedom of the open road over the monotony of family life. But a chance encounter with a single mother on the run causes his protective alpha instincts to kick into overdrive.
Alice Sparrow thought she had planned her escape perfectly, but everything that could go wrong, did. Bank account emptied. Broken-down car. No place to stay. But when she bumps into a handsome biker, she doesnāt have the luxury of walking away from his help, especially when she must keep her daughter safe.
What is supposed to be a simple act of kindness quickly turns into something bigger and more complicated than either expectsā¦especially when it comes to matters of the heart.
Broken Sparrow is a steamy age-gap, single mother, hot biker standalone romance that’s guaranteed to bring the steam and the feels.
release date: October 5
Curl up this Christmas with a sparkling romance filled with:
ā¢ Irresistible friends-to-lovers romance
ā¢ The kiss that changed everything
ā¢ Warm nights on the family Christmas tree farm
ā¢ All your favorite Christmas songs!Nick Winter is just out of the military, and his Christmas homecoming is not going as planned. What was supposed to be a memorable holiday with his long-time girlfriend goes sour when he learns she cheated on him while he was stationed overseas. At least Nick can rely on his usual shift at the family Christmas tree farm with his best friend, Noel Carter, and her endless supply of Christmas tunes to lift his spirits. A night of fun together is just what he needs to forget about his ex.
But then they kiss. And it feels…so right.
If Noel can turn Nickās Blue Christmas merry and bright, this might be the last Christmas Nick spends with a broken heart. This year, theyāll be Rockinā Around the Christmas Tree as a coupleāas long as Nickās ex doesnāt go standing under any mistletoe.
release date: October 5 š
A charming NYC romance by co-host of the Woke Desi, for fans of:
ā¢ multicultural connections
ā¢ strong friendships and families
ā¢ a āwill they/wonāt theyā story with powerful stakes
ā¢ the city that never sleeps
ā¢ bucket list adventures
ā¢ characters who fight outside expectations and pressures to build the life they wantKiran needs to fall in line. Instead, she falls in love.
Kiran was the good daughter. When her sister disobeyed her familyās plan and brought them shame, she was there to pick up the pieces. She vowed she wouldnāt make the same mistakes. Sheād be twice the daughter her parents needed, to make up for the one they lost.
Nash never had a family. The parents who were supposed to raise him were completely absent. Now as a psychologist, he sees the same pattern happening to the kids he works with. So he turns away from love and family. After all, abandonment is in his genes, isnāt it?
If she follows the rules, Kiran will marry an Indian man. If he follows his fears, Nash will wind up alone. But what if they follow their hearts?
release date: October 12
It started with a letter. It ended with a love story.
Every December, Josie posts a letter from her home in London to the parents she lost on Christmas night many years ago. Each year, she writes the same three words: Missing you, always. But this year, her annual trip to the postbox is knocked off course by a bicycle collision with a handsome stranger–a stranger who will change the course of Josie’s life.
Josie always thought she was the only one who avoided the Christmas season, but this year, Max has his own reasons for doing the same–and coincidence leads them to spending the holiday together. Aglow with new love, Josie thinks this might be the start of something special.
Only for Max to disappear without saying goodbye.
Over the course of the next year, Max and Josie will find that fate continues to bring them together in places they’d never expect. New York City. Edinburgh. The quiet English countryside. And it turns out, Max had every reason to leave and every reason to stay. But what does fate hold for Josie and Max as Christmas approaches again?
A devastating, romantic, life-affirming love story, Always, in December will stay with readers long after they’ve finished the last page.
release date: October 12 š³ļøāš š
A heartwarming and transporting romantic comedy about finding happy ever after on your own terms.
Heir to his fatherās Mumbai business empire, Ved Mehra has money, looks, and status. He is also living as a closeted gay man. Thirty-eight, lonely, still reeling from a breakup, and under pressure from his exasperated mother, Ved agrees to an arranged marriage. He regrettably now faces a doomed future with the perfectly lovely Disha Kapoor.
Then Vedās world is turned upside down when he meets Carlos Silva, an American on a business trip in India.
As preparations for his wedding get into full swing, Ved finds himself drawn into a relationship he could never have imaginedāand ready to take a bold step. Ved is ready to embrace who he is and declare his true feelings regardless of family expectations and staunch traditions. But with his engagement party just days away, and with so much at risk, Ved will have to fight for what he wantsāif itās not too late to get it.
release date: October 19
An accidentally in-love rom-com filled with Renaissance Faire flower crowns, kilts, corsets, and sword fights.
Single mother April Parker has lived in Willow Creek for twelve years with a wall around her heart. On the verge of being an empty nester, she’s decided to move on from her quaint little town, and asks her friend Mitch for his help with some home improvement projects to get her house ready to sell.
Mitch Malone is known for being the life of every party, but mostly for the attire he wears to the local Renaissance Faire–a kilt (and not much else) that shows off his muscled form to perfection. While he agrees to help April, he needs a favor too: she’ll pretend to be his girlfriend at an upcoming family dinner, so that he can avoid the lectures about settling down and having a more “serious” career than high school coach and gym teacher. April reluctantly agrees, but when dinner turns into a weekend trip, it becomes hard to tell what’s real and what’s been just for show. But when the weekend ends, so must their fake relationship.
As summer begins, Faire returns to Willow Creek, and April volunteers for the first time. When Mitch’s family shows up unexpectedly, April pretends to be Mitch’s girlfriend again…something that doesn’t feel so fake anymore. Despite their obvious connection, April insists they’ve just been putting on an act. But when there’s the chance for something real, she has to decide whether to change her plans–and open her heart–for the kilt-wearing hunk who might just be the love of her life.
release date: October 19
A new hockey player to steal your heart this fall…
The dreamiest player on the Moo U hockey team hangs a flyer on the bulletin board, and I am spellbound:
Rent a boyfriend for the holiday. For $25, I will be your Thanksgiving date. I will talk hockey with your dad. I will bring your mother flowers. I will be polite, and wear a nicely ironed shirtā¦
Everyone knows itās a bad idea to introduce your long-time crush to your messed-up family. But I really do need a date for Thanksgiving, even if Iām not willing to say why. So I tear his phone number off of that flyerā¦ and accidentally entangle our star defenseman in a ruse that neither of us can easily unwind.
Who knew that Weston’s family was even nuttier than mine? He needs a date, too, for the most uncomfortable holiday engagement party ever thrown.
There will be hors d’oeuvre. There will be faked PDA. And there will be pro-level awkwardnessā¦
Boyfriend is a full-length book for Weston and Abbi!
release date: October 26
USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday follows A Princess for Christmas with another delightful contemporary Christmas romance between a playboy baron and a woman who has said goodbye to love.
Maximillian von Hansburg, Baron of Laudon and heir to the Duke of Aquilla, is trapped. Under pressure from his domineering father, he must marry a suitable bride before he inherits a title that feels like a prison sentence. In New York to meet a prospective wife, he ditches his responsibilities and appears on Dani Martinezās doorstep. Heās been intrigued by the no-nonsense professor since he met her at the Eldovian royal wedding and is determined to befriend her.
Newly single Dani is done with loveāshe even has a list entitled āThings I Will Never Again Do for a Manāāwhich is why she hits it off with notorious rake Max. Heās trying to escape relationships, and sheās resolved to avoid them at all costs. All they want from each other is friendship and a distraction from their messy lives.
As their bond begins to deepen, so does their attraction, until they end up in bed together. Falling in love was never part of the planāMaxās family doesnāt see Dani as a perfect match, even as his heart tells him sheās the one, and Dani isnāt sure she can make it in Maxās world. Can they find the courage to live they life they desire, even if it means risking everything?
release date: October 26
From USA Today Bestselling Author Devney Perry comes a small town, enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance.
Winslow Covington believes in life, liberty and the letter of the law. As Quincy, Montanaās new chief of police, sheās determined to prove herself to the community and show them she didnāt earn her position because her grandfather is the mayor.
According to her pops, all she has to do is earn favor with the Edens. But winning over the townās founding family might have been easier if not for her one-night stand with their oldest son. In her defense, it was her first night in town and she didnāt realize that the rugged and charming man who wooed her into bed was Quincy royalty.
Sleeping with Griffin Eden was a huge mistake, one sheās trying to forget. Heās insufferable, arrogant and keeps reminding everyone that sheās an outsider. Winslow does her best to avoid Griffin, but when a woman is found dead on Eden property, the two of them have no choice but to cross paths.
As clues to the murderer lead to one of Quincyās own, Griffin realizes Winslow is more than he gave her credit for. Beautiful and intelligent, she proves hard to resist. For him. And the killer.
release date: October 26
Following Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade returns with another utterly charming romantic comedy about a devil-may-care actorāwho actually cares more than anyone knowsāand the no-nonsense woman hired to keep him in line.
Alexander Woodroe has it all. Charm. Sex appeal. Wealth. Fame. A starring role as Cupid on TVās biggest show, God of the Gates. But the showrunners have wrecked his character, heās dogged by old demons, and his post-show future remains uncertain. When all that reckless emotion explodes into a bar fight, the tabloids and public agree: his star is falling.
Enter Lauren Clegg, the former ER therapist hired to keep him in line. Compared to her previous work, watching over handsome but impulsive Alex shouldnāt be especially difficult. But the more time they spend together, the harder it gets to keep her professional remove and her heart intact, especially when she discovers the reasons behind his recklessnessā¦not to mention his Cupid fanfiction habit.
When another scandal lands Alex in major hot water and costs Lauren her job, sheāll have to choose between protecting him and offering him what he really wantsāher. But heās determined to keep his improbably short, impossibly stubborn, and extremely endearing minder in his life any way he can. And on a road trip up the California coast together, he intends to show her exactly what a falling star will do to catch the woman he loves: anything at all.
release date: October 26 š³ļøāš
In this sexy, sophisticated romantic comedy, two women juggle romance and career across continents.
Charlotte Hilaire has a love-hate relationship with her work as a museum courier. On the one hand, it takes her around the world. On the other, her plan to become a professor is veering dangerously off track.
Yet once in a while, maybe every third trip or so, the job goes delightfully sidewaysā¦
When a blizzard strands Charlotte in Spain for a few extra days and sheās left with glorious free time on her hands, the only question is: Dare she invite her grad school crush for an after-dinner drink on a snowy night?
Accomplished, take-no-prisoners art historian Adrianna Coates has built an enviable career since Charlotte saw her last. Sheās brilliant. Sophisticated. Impressive as hell and strikingly beautiful.
Hospitable, too, as she absolutely insists Charlotte spend the night on her pullout sofa as the storm rages on.
One night becomes three and three nights become a hot and adventurous long-distance relationship when Charlotte returns to the States. But when Adrianna plots her next career move just as Charlotte finally opens a door in academia, distance may not be the only thing that keeps them apart.
Carina Adores is home to highly romantic contemporary love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters. Discover a new Carina Adores book every month!
release date: November 2 š
Britta didnāt plan on falling for her personal trainer, and Wes didnāt plan on Britta. Plans change and itās unclear if love, career, or both will meet them at the finish line.
Britta Colby works for a lifestyle website, and when tasked to write about her experience with a hot new body-positive fitness app that includes personal coaching, she knows itās a major opportunity to prove she should write for the site full-time.
As CEO of the FitMe app, Wes Lawson finally has the financial security he grew up without, but despite his success, his floundering love life and complicated family situation leaves him feeling isolated and unfulfilled. He decides to get back to what he lovesācoaching. Brittaās his first new client and they click immediately.
As weeks pass, sheās surprised at how much she enjoys experimenting with her exercise routine. Heās surprised at how much he looks forward to talking to her every day. They convince themselves their attraction is harmless, but when they start working out in person, Wes and Britta find it increasingly challenging to deny their chemistry and maintain a professional distance.
Wes isnāt supposed to be training clients, much less meeting with them, and Brittaās credibility will be sunk if the lifestyle site finds out sheās practically dating the fitness coach sheās reviewing. Walking away from each other is the smartest thing to do, but running side by side feels like the start of something big.
release date: November 2
From the bestselling author of The Girl He Used to Know comes a love song of a story about starting over and second chances.
Love doesnāt always wait until youāre ready.
Layla Hilding is thirty-five and recently divorced. Struggling to break free from the pastāher glory days as the lead singer in a band and a ten-year marriage to a man who never put her firstāLaylaās newly found independence feels a lot like loneliness.
Then thereās Josh, the single dad whose daughter attends the elementary school where Layla teaches music. Recently separated, heās still processing the end of his twenty-year marriage to his high school sweetheart. He chats with Layla every morning at school and finds himself thinking about her more and more.
Equally cautious and confused about dating in a world that favors apps over meeting organically, Layla and Josh decide to be friends with the potential for something more. Sounds sensible and way too simpleābut when two people are on the rebound, is it heartbreak or happiness thatās a love song away?
release date: November 2 š
Julie Tieu sparkles in this debut romantic comedy, which is charmingly reminiscent of the TV show Kimās Convenience and Frankly in Love by David Yoon, about a young woman who feels caught in the life her parents have made for her until she falls in love and finds a way out of the donut trap.
Jasmine Tran has landed herself behind barsāmaple bars that is. With no boyfriend or job prospects, Jasmine returns home to work at her parentsā donut shop. Jasmine quickly loses herself in a cyclical routine of donuts, Netflix, and sleep. She wants to break free from her daily grind, but when a hike in rent threatens the survival of their shop, her parents rely on her more than ever.
Help comes in the form of an old college crush, Alex Lai. Not only is he successful and easy on the eyes, to her parentsā delight, heās also Chinese. Heās everything she should wish for, until a disastrous dinner reveals Alex isnāt as perfect as she thinks. Worse, he doesnāt think sheās perfect either.
With both sets of parents against their relationship, a family legacy about to shut down, and the reappearance of an old high school flame, Jasmine must scheme to find a solution that satisfies her familyās expectations and can get her out of the donut trap once and for all.
release date: November 2
Discover what makes Lucy Gilmore an instant fan favorite with this unforgettably funny enemies-to-lovers romcom starring:
ā¢ a grumpy dog show judge
ā¢ a determined former beauty queen
ā¢ and a Golden Retriever more interested in stealing bacon than winning Best in Show.Ruby Taylor gave up pageant life the day she turned eighteen and figured she’d never look back. But when an old friend begs her to show her beloved Golden Retriever at the upcoming Canine Classic, Ruby reluctantly straps on her heels and gets to work.
If only she knew exactly what the adorably lazy lump of a dog was getting her into.
If there’s one thing veterinarian Spencer Wilson knows in this world, it’s dogs. Human beings are an entirely different animal. Especially stubborn, gorgeous women clearly in way over their heads. As judge for the local dog show, Spencer advises Ruby to quit while she still can, but her old fervor for winning has returnedāand she wants to show the stern, broody-eyed judge that she’s more than just a pretty face. In the end, she’ll show him who’s best in show.
release date: November 4
Based on Much Ado About Nothing, this is a hilarious and uplifting romantic comedy perfect for fans of 10 Things I Hate About You and The Hating Game.
Love cynic Bridie Morgan is staging a last hurrah to the ādatingā stage of her life: sheās going on twenty dates in twenty days. If this āloveā thing really is a numbers game, then surely sheāll find The One. And if not? Well, at least the memory of her date with the Spice Girlsā biggest fan will be enough to put her off for life. Sheāll never again wonder what she was missing.
But being loveās biggest sceptic is a challenge in the face of best friend Hattieās upcoming nuptials. And as maid of honour, she really has to give it a chance.
Then Bridieās lifelong nemesis Ben Kemp returns home to join the wedding party. Ben, who left her waiting outside their leaversā prom in a brand-new dress, alone. Ben, who triggered the sorry state of affairs that has been Bridieās love life ever since. Ben, the best man to her maid of honour.
As old enemies reunite, sparks fly ā in ways Bridie could never have seen comingā¦
release date: November 9
From the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year comes a heartwarming and hilarious tale that asks: What if you pick up the wrong suitcase in an airport, only to fall head over heels for its unseen owner?
Laura’s business trip to the Channel Islands isn’t exactly off to a great start. After unceremoniously dumping everything in her bag in front of the most attractive man she’s ever seen in real life, she arrives at her hotel only to realize she’s grabbed the wrong suitcase from the airport. Her only consolation? The irresistibly appealing contents of the case: a copy of her favorite book; piano music; and a rugged, heavy knit fisherman sweater only a Ryan Gosling lookalike could pull off. The owner of this suitcase is Laura’s dream man–she’s sure of it. Now, all she has to do is find him.
The mix-up seems written in the stars. After all, what are the odds that she’d find The One on the same remote island where her mom and dad had first fallen in love, especially as she sets out to write an article about their epic romance? Commissioning surly cab driver Ted to ferry her around seems like her best bet in both tracking down the mystery suitcase owner and retracing her parents’ footsteps. And if beneath Ted’s gruffness lies a wit that makes their cab rides strangely entertaining, so much the better. But as Laura’s long-lost luggage soulmate proves difficult to find–and as she realizes that the love story she’s held on a pedestal all her life might not have been that perfect–she’ll have to rethink her whole outlook on love to discover what she really wants.
release date: November 16
Rex “TW” McMurtryās perpetual single-hood wouldn’t bother him so much if all his ex-girlfriends didn’t keep marrying the very next person they dated, especially when so many of those grooms are his closest friends. He may be a pro-football defensive end for the Chicago Squalls, but the press only wants to talk about how he’s always a groomsman and never a groom. Rex is sick of being the guy before the husband, and heās most definitely sick of being the best man at all their weddings.
Bartender Abigail McNerny is the gal-pal, the wing-woman, the she-BFF. She’s dated. Once. And once was more than enough. Privy to all the sad stories of her customers, ācontentment over commitmentā is her motto, and Abby is convinced no one on earth could ever entice her into a romantic relationship . . . except that one guy sheās loved since preschool.
The guy who just walked into her bar.
The guy who doesnāt recognize her.
The guy who is drunk and needs a ride home.
The guy who has a proposition she should definitely refuse.
release date: November 16
A bad boy prince meets his match in this epic Tattered Royals stand-alone romance.
I know men like him.
Powerful. Arrogant. Trouble. The world is his playground.
The playboy prince, the tabloid favorite, and the bane of my existence.
And unfortunately, heās the only one who might be able to help me uncover the truth.
We’re all but shackled together as he works to help me find my stalker before another attack
I donāt want to trust him. I donāt want to want him.
But letting Breck Waterford in might be the only thing to save us both.
Iāve never met a woman like her.
My secrets are mine to keep, but she has a habit of finding the truth.
Sparrow Bridges canāt discover who I am under the crown.
Sheās everything I told myself I couldnāt have.
I push her away every chance I canā¦only every time I look at her, I fall harder.
When danger comes, I canāt stand the idea of losing her before I have a chance to claim her.
She doesnāt need a savior. But anyone who threatens Sparrow will soon find they donāt want me as an enemy.
release date: November 16 š
Opposites attract in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about a free-spirited lawyer who is determined to find the perfect match for the grumpy bachelor at her friendās wedding, from the author of The Dating Plan.
After a devastating break-up, celebrity-obsessed lawyer Zara Patel is determined never to open her heart again. She puts her energy into building her career and helping her friends find romance through the wedding season. She’s never faced a guest at the singles table she couldnāt match, until she crosses paths with the sinfully sexy Jay Donovan.
Former military security specialist Jay has no time for love. His life is about working hard, staying focused, and winning at all costs. When charismatic Zara crashes into his life, he’s thrown into close contact with exactly the kind of chaos he wants to avoid. Worse, they’re stuck together for the entire wedding season.
So they make a deal. She’ll find his special someone if he introduces her to his celebrity clients. But when their arrangement brings them together in ways they never expected, they realize that the perfect match might just be their own.
release date: November 30
Passion heats up in Paradise, Alaska, for two people who couldn’t be more different in this sweet, sizzling romance from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Dunlop.
Accomplished Los Angeles lawyer Marnie Anton has always been sensible, but when her friend Mia Westberg asks for help with a ridiculous matchmaking project, she can’t say no. The idea of transporting city girls into the small town of Paradise, Alaska, is so crazy it just might…work? Against her best judgment, she tags along. Having grown up in a family of intimidating men, Marnie developed a preference for the urbane lawyers and clients in her life in LA. But when she meets a mountain of a buff Alaskan man with an intriguing snake tattoo, intimidated is definitely not the first thing she feels.
Conrad Cobra Stanford was skeptical of the matchmaking event from the start. Big-city women weren’t adventurous, they were judgmental. They’d take one look at him and scorn his lifestyle, just like his first love did. Cobra planned to give the women a wide berth, but one of them won’t be ignored. Marnie’s everything that’s wrong and everything that’s right for him all at the same time. Just when he thinks he’s got her pegged, she blindsides him with a startling past, falling into his arms and igniting his protective instincts and so much more….
release date: November 30 š
From acclaimed South African author Therese Beharrie, this #OwnVoices rom-com about a romance novelist with a touch of magic is loaded with heart, heat, and smart, sexy banter, while also addressing timely, weighty issues around the foster care system, mental health, and the power of creativity.
In this sparkling new novel, acclaimed author Therese Beharrie delivers a delightfully magical romantic comedy about a woman literally living her dreamsāand conjuring a real-life hero . . .One unexpected kiss . . .
Successful romance author Gaia Anders has a secret: anything she dreams at night is magically written into her bestselling novels. After a lonely childhood in foster care, her dream life is the only one she trusts. Gaiaās waking life just canāt compareāuntil she gets caught in one utterly surprising, crazy-passionate, real-life kiss . . .One near-perfect guy . . .
Workaholic businessman Jacob Scott has had a crush on his brotherās best friend, Gaia, since foreverābut he never expected to literally share her dreams. Living out their magical nighttime fantasies is explosive, but itās their waking desire turning his single-minded ways upside down. Itās making him want a future he didnāt think was possible . . .One dream that could come true . . .
But Gaia has secrets from her past she won’t reveal. And Jacob’s attempts to keep the peace in his own fractured family puts him up against her deepest fears. Soon, theyāre facing hard truths about who they are and what theyāre running from. And the only way to break this curse is realizing true love’s real-life power . . .
release date: December 1 š³ļøāš
From award-winning author Rachel Lacey comes a playful romance about a Manhattan bookstore owner and a reclusive author who love to hateāand hate to loveāeach other.
Books are Rosie Taftās life. And ever since she took over her motherās beloved Manhattan bookstore, theyāve become her home too. The only thing missing is her own real-life romance like the ones she loves to read about, and Rosie has an idea of who she might like to sweep her off her feet. Sheās struck up a flirty online friendship with lesbian romance author Brie, and what could be more romantic than falling in love with her favorite author?
Jane Breslin works hard to keep her professional and personal lives neatly separated. By day, she works for the family property development business. By night, she puts her steamier side on paper under her pen name: Brie. Jane hasnāt had much luck with her own love life, but her online connection with a loyal reader makes Jane wonder if she could be the one.
When Rosie learns that her bookstoreās lease has been terminated by Janeās company, romance moves to the back burner. Even though theyāre at odds, thereās no denying the sparks that fly every time theyāre together. When their online identities are revealed, will Jane be able to write her way to a happy ending, or is Rosieās heart a closed book?
release date: December 14
When an unexpected phone call derails a young woman’s wedding plans, it sparks an epic adventure around the modern-day Mediterranean.
Gianna Kostas is on the cusp of a fairy-tale life. Sure, she’s just lost her job, but she’s about to marry one of New York’s most eligible bachelors. On her way to taste wedding cakes, though, things go sideways. Shocking news sends Gia off on a wild journey halfway around the world in pursuit of her ailing–and nearly estranged–father.
In Athens, she learns Dr. Kostas, a classics professor, is determined to retrace Odysseus’s famous voyage. This is a journey her father is in no condition to take alone, so Gia faces a tough decision. When an unexpected job offer helps seal the deal and quash the guilt Gia feels from her disapproving groom-to-be, the journey is on. But as Gia adventures–and eats–her way around the Mediterranean, she discovers that confronting epic storms and ripped surfer dudes might be the easy part.
Along the way, as she uncovers family secrets, finds heartbreak, and learns more about a certain archaeologist with a mysterious past of his own, Gia discovers that fairy-tale endings might be messy and complicated, but they can happen anywhere.
release date: December 14
A small town, close proximity romance from New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kristen Proby.
Remi Carter has survived her fifteen minutes of fame and is putting LA in her rearview mirror. As a former reality show contestant, sheās trading staged expeditions and faked wilderness tours for real adventures. Only one fluke storm in Glacier National Park has her stranded with a handsome man, and adventure takes on a whole new meaning.
Seth King is as rugged and sexy as he is annoyed to be trapped with Remi. Probably because she ghosted him at the local bar not three days ago. But sheās got her reasons for ditching him, and twenty-four hours in an abandoned Montana cabin with the wildlife biologist isnāt nearly enough time to explain.
As tempting as he is by firelight, sheās been burned too many times.
Except one day together and suddenly her travel van doesnāt hold as much appeal. The open road feels lonely. Remiās about to learn that shelter is more than a safe place to weather a storm.
Shelter might just be the man himself. If he can give her a reason to stay.
release date: December 14 š
He’s cosplaying as her boyfriend but their feelings for each other are real in this romantic comedy from Seressia Glass.
Sometimes Kenya Davenport believes she was switched at the hospital–how else could a lover of anime, gaming, and cosplay come from STEM parents? Still, Kenya dreams of being able to turn her creative hobby into a career. She finally has a chance to make it big when she joins the reality show competition Cosplay or No Way.
There’s just one catch: the challenge for the final round is all about iconic pairs, and the judges want the contestants’ significant others to participate. Unfortunately, Kenya is as single as can be at the moment. Luckily her best friend, Cameron Lassiter, agrees to be her fake boyfriend for the show.
Roleplaying a couple in love will force them to explore what they’re hiding under the mask of friendship. Can Kenya and Cam fake it until she makes it, or will she be real about her feelings, knowing it could cost her the best friend she’s ever had?
release date: December 28 š³ļøāš
“A lovingly drawn depiction of Black family dynamics.” āPublishers Weekly on Learned Reactions
A marriage lost is found again in this cheeky new romantic comedy from acclaimed author Jayce Ellis.
As executive chef at one of the hottest restaurants in DC, DeShawn Franklin has almost everything heās ever wanted. Heās well-known, his restaurant is Michelin starred and he can write his own ticket anywhere he wants. Until his grandmother calls him home and drops two bombshells:
1) She has cancer and sheās not seeking treatment.
2) Sheās willing half her estate to DeShawnās ex-husband, Malik.
Make that three bombshells.
3) That whole divorce thing? It didnāt quite go through. DeShawn and Malik are still married.
And when DeShawnās shady uncle contests Grandmaās will, thereās only one path back to justice: play it like he and Malik have reconciled. They need to act like a married couple just long enough to dispense with the lawsuit.
Once DeShawn is back in Malikās orbit, itās not hard to remember why they parted. All the reasons he walked away remainābut so do all the reasons he fell in love in the first place.
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I haven’t come across any yet but I’ll update when I do!
And that’s the end of this long long looooong list! Haha! If I thought compiling adult sci-fi releases was hard, this was hard on a whole other level!
Which of these releases are you most excited about? Did I miss out on any of your most anticipated adult romance releases?
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Yay!. thank you for sharing this. š
You’re welcome, Lili! Glad you liked this!
Such a great list!! So many books to add to my tbr <3
Glad you found reads you like, Saima! Happy reading!
Such a comprehensive list! Thank you for sharing this. I’m currently reading The Mixtape and enjoying it! So many others are on my TBR. And I added a few, too. š
Glad you found some new ones, Dedra!