RomanceOctober 2025
Recent Releases
Pitcher Perfect
by Tessa Bailey

When Boston University softball pitcher Skylar Paige catches the eye of rookie Boston Bearcats hockey player (and notorious playboy) Robbie Corrigan, she wants nothing to do with him -- until he devises a fake-dating scheme to make her crush jealous. This 4th banter-filled entry in bestselling author Tessa Bailey's Big Shots sports romance series will be a home run for fans of Elle Kennedy's Campus Diaries novels. 
Soul searching by Lyla Sage
Soul Searching
by Lyla Sage

When out-of-work Collins Cartwright returns to Sweetwater Peak under false pretenses and moves in above a shop haunted by ghosts who won't speak to her, she clashes and connects with the new upholsterer Brady, whose own buried reasons for relocating may be just as haunted. 
Maple, Spice, & Everything Nice by Lizzie Shane
Maple, Spice, & Everything Nice
by Lizzie Shane

A small-town baker faces off against her longtime nemesis on a reality TV competition in this delightful romantic comedy.
To Heist and to Hold by Christina Britton
To Heist and to Hold
by Christina Britton

Widowed blacksmith Heloise joins a secret justice society and sets out to seduce club owner Ethan to expose corruption, but as their schemes entangle and sparks fly, both must decide whether love is worth the risks.
Focus on: Paranormal Romances
A Wolf in Duke's Clothing
by Susanna Allen

Wolf-shifter Alfred Blakesley, the Duke of Lowell, abducts the Honorable Felicity Templeton from a ballroom, and then introduces her to his pack and their unconventional way of life in this steamy 1st in the Regency Shapeshifters of the Beau Monde series. Try this next: Highland Dragon Warrior by Isabel Cooper.
For whom the belle tolls by Jaysea Lynn
For Whom the Belle Tolls
by Jaysea Lynn

From Hell’s Belles BookTok sensation Jaysea Lynn comes a hotter-than-hell romantasy about forbidden love, dark magic, and a young woman’s fiery adventure in the Afterlife, perfect for fans of Sarah A. Parker and Callie Hart.
Bears Behaving Badly
by MaryJanice Davidson

Werebear Annette Garsea, a dedicated Interspecies Placement Agency caseworker, teams up with her colleague (and secret crush), bear-shifter PI David Auberon, to protect a group of shifter teens from traffickers. This 1st in the action-packed BeWere My Heart series will appeal to fans of The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson and Shelly Laurenston's Honey Badger Chronicles novels.
Rise and Divine
by Lana Harper

In this steamy conclusion to the Witches of Thistle Grove series, devil eater Dasha Avramov and her witch ex-girlfriend Ivy team up to save their town -- and maybe their relationship -- after a malevolent entity descends on Thistle Grove during a festival. Try these next: Hazel Beck's Witchlore novels; Molly Harper's Starfall Point series. 
Fang Fiction
by Kate Stayman-London

When hotel manager Tess Rosenbloom discovers that the vampire world of her favorite book series is real, she finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew about the Blood Feud novels -- including the villainous Callum's true nature. Readers who enjoy witty love letters to fantasy fandoms, like Rosie Danan's Fan Service, will sink their teeth into this "clever, richly imagined, and downright fun" romance (Booklist). 
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