Romance
September 2025
Recent Releases
The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold
by Ally Carter

In Ally Carter’s 2nd action-packed Blonde Identity spy romance, rival CIA agents (and exes) Alexandra Sterling and Michael Kingsley find themselves handcuffed to each other in the middle of the desert with no memory of how they got there. Forced to work together to survive, the pair find their long-simmering passions for each other rekindled -- but will they live long enough to find their second chance at love?
Love Is a War Song
by Danica Nava

After Muscogee pop star Avery Fox becomes a pariah following an ill-advised Rolling Stone photoshoot, she retreats to her grandmother's horse ranch in Oklahoma to learn more about her heritage. When grumpy ranch hand Lucas Iron Eyes catches her eye, she finds herself torn between returning to the life she thought she wanted and the one she's just now getting to explore. For fans of: Colton Gentry's Third Act by Jeff Zentner.
Only Lovers in the Building
by Nadine Gonzalez

Looking for a fresh start after quitting her job in corporate law, New Yorker Lily Lyon books a summer rental at a gorgeous art deco apartment building in Miami, where she meets author Ben Romero, a fellow bibliophile who suggests they form a poolside book club. When their co-written book reviews go viral, they land a podcast deal -- but with summer’s end approaching, Lily’s afraid to make the jump from friendship to something more. 
Heart strings
by Ivy Fairbanks

Lo Valdez doesn't believe in second chances. Surviving cancer at seventeen taught her life is too short to spend time on someone who wronged you. But Aidan O'Toole, the ex who left her to pursue his music career, is determined to show her life is too long not to spend it together. Every time Lo hears his voice on the radio singing about love, it's an arrow straight to her heart. Now they're on a collision course as maid-of-honor and best man at Lo's cousin's wedding. Are some mistakes worth forgiving? Can Aidan convince Lo their song wasn't meant to end?
Bad luck bride
by Laura Lee Guhrke

Lady Kay Matheson is truly the bad luck bride. Her first try at matrimony was a disastrous failed elopement, her second attempt was the ideal match, until rumors of her previous elopement hit the papers and her perfect groom dumped her due to the scandal. When American millionaire Wilson Rycroft offers her a third chance at matrimony, she's convinced her luck's changed. Until the scoundrel who took her virtue and broke her heart many years ago returns, threatening to ruin her wedding plans and make Kay the bad-luck bride all over again.
Slow burn summer : a novel
by Josie Silver

When grieving author Hugh Hudson secretly pens a romance novel, talent agent Charlie Francisco hires struggling actress Kate Elliot to pose as the writer, but her anonymous correspondence with Hugh and deepening intimacy with Charlie threatens to unravel their deception. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick One Day in December.
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