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| The King's Messenger by Susanna KearsleyEn route to apprehend a political adversary in 1613 Scotland, Andrew Logan, a messenger for King James I, is accompanied by his neighbor and enemy Phoebe Westaway, with whom he develops a grudging respect -- and maybe something more. Try this next: The Last White Rose: A Novel of Elizabeth of York by Alison Weir. |
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| I Got Abducted By Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly LemmingStranded on an alien planet alongside a talking lion, wildlife biologist Dorothy "Dory" Valentine finds herself under the influence of a love serum and mated to two members of the Sankado race, who consider her an ideal candidate for their breeding program. This 1st in the explicit Cosmic Chaos series will appeal to fans of steamy science fiction romances like Ruby Dixon's Ice Planet Barbarians series.
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| Story of My Life by Lucy ScorePlagued by writer's block and evicted from her New York City apartment, romance author Hazel Hart impulsively moves to small town Story Lake, PA for a fresh start. But her new digs' quirks outweigh its charms, and she enlists the help of grouchy contractor Campbell Bishop, who just might end up fixing her heart as well as her home. For fans of: Schitt's Creek; Curves for Days by Laura Moher. |
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Broken souls and bones
by L J. Andrews
"Together they'll restore a divided kingdom-or burn it down-in this new romantasy from USA Today bestselling author and TikTok sensation LJ Andrews. Lyra Bien intended to live a quiet life to avoid the attention of the magic-obsessed king in the fortressof Stonegate. Until Roark Ashwood-the prince's silent guard and rumored killer for the crown-invades her village and uncovers the truth behind the silver scars in her eyes. To save her best friend from death, she's forced to reveal her abilities, and is immediately claimed by the crown as the next melder. To be the King's melder is to be revered and feared in equal measures, but above all it is a slow death sentence. Lyra is determined to find a way to free herself and her friends from bondage. But firstshe must get more information from the silent, brooding sentry who first took her captive: Roark. As Lyra gets closer to Roark, she soon learns he's nothing like she assumed-and in fact everything she needs. The more they work as allies, the harder it becomes to ignore the growing passion between them. After a sinister truth is revealed, Roark and Lyra must choose to stand against all they know, or accept their dark destiny"
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| The Girl Most Likely To by Julie TieuNewly unemployed Rachel Dang, who was voted "Most Likely to Succeed" in high school, attends her 20-year class reunion, where she runs into former frenemy and academic rival Danny Phan. As the pair relive the nostalgia of their early aughts school days, they find themselves rekindling their complicated connection to each other. Try this next: The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon. |
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The anatomy of magic
by J. C. Cervantes
"Lilian Estrada seemingly has it all: an ob-gyn star on the rise, a master at balancing work with whirlwind romances and part of a family of fiercely loyal and exceptional women, all bound together by an extraordinary secret. The Estrada women each possess a unique power, and Lily shines with the rare gift to manipulate memories. Yet not even her mystical abilities can shield her from a harrowing event at the hospital, one that sends her powers--and her confidence--spiraling out of control. Seeking solace, Lily retreats to her family's ancestral home in Mexico, only to find herself face-to-face with a ghost from her past--Sam, the first love she never forgot. Nearly a decade since she last saw him, Sam is hardly the boy she once knew, and as old flames spark to life, Lily must navigate the mysteries of their shared history and the depths of her own heart if she hopes to control her unpredictable magic"
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The tides of time
by Sarah M. Eden
After fleeing Revolutionary France in 1793, Lili Minet is cast eighty years into the future by a violent storm, where she finds unexpected refuge with lighthouse keeper Armitage Pierce, but their growing bond is tested as past dangers resurface to threaten their timeless love. Original.
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Great big beautiful life
by Emily Henry
Avery, eager to break free from her uptight ways, turns to notorious flirt Taylor for lessons in confidence, but as their connection deepens, both must face their growing feelings and the risks of falling for each other.
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Say you'll remember me
by Abby Jimenez
"There might be no such a thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes-all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediately yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong. Of course, there's nothing Samantha loves more than proving an asshole wrong... . . . unless, of course, he can admit he made a mistake. But after one incredible and seemingly endless date-possibly the best in living history-Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be. Only no amount of distance or time is nearly enough to forget that something between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life-and even a love-worth remembering"
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Anywhere you go
by Bridget Morrissey
"A small-town waitress and a big-city Broadway press agent swap homes to escape the messiness of their personal lives, only to find new purpose-and new love. Tatum Ward and Eleanor Chapman lead totally opposite lives. Tatum's never left her Midwestern hometown. She resides in a quaint guest cottage on her parents' property while working part-time as a waitress, where she spends most shifts ignoring her feelings for a beautiful regular named June. Eleanor dedicates every waking hour to her high-profile press career, sacrificing personal relationships for professional success, save for the occasional hookup to fight off her loneliness. When both women's lives unexpectedly blow up at the exact same time, they each need an escape, and fast. In Tatum's hometown, Eleanor expects a quiet hideaway where she can recharge. Instead she gets wrapped up in the family drama that Tatum left town to avoid, pulled in by Tatum's charismatic older sibling, Carson, who charms Eleanor at every turn. Tatum ends up in Eleanor's New York high-rise apartment with June. One week together in the big city might make it impossible for Tatum to avoid not just her true feelings for June, but her real dreams for her life. Amid a friendship with a reclusive Hollywood actress and a complicated family reunion, Tatum and Eleanor each discover much more than they bargained for away from home. Their house swap won't last forever, but it might be just long enough for both women to surrender their defenses and finally fight for the life-and love-they deserve"
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Fake it like you mean it : a novel
by Megan Murphy
When Elle returns home to care for her grandmother with Alzheimer's, she's forced into a fake relationship with the live-in nurse, Adam, but as tensions spark, pretending to be in love becomes harder than she expected
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Just our luck
by Denise Williams
"A lottery ticket + donuts = love in this steamy new fake dating romance from beloved author Denise Williams. Sybil Sweet has always been lucky, but lately she can't catch a break. After years of bouncing from job to job in search of something that feelsright and from man to man in search of something special, Sybil is worried that she's the directionless, floundering daughter her family thinks she is. All she really wants now is a little financial stability and carb comfort. Lucky for her, she's got just enough in the bank to buy a lottery ticket, and the late-night donut store is open. Kiran Anderson put his dreams of becoming a doctor on hold to take over running his family's bakery, and after fighting a losing battle to save the place, he's exhausted, broke, and no closer to getting back to school. But when a whirlwind of a woman sweeps in late one night, flirty energy gives way to more...until she runs out the next morning, leaving behind her winning lottery ticket. Lucky for Kiran, his attempt to return the ticket looks like a grand romantic gesture and goes viral, sending sales through the roof. In an effort to keep the store afloat and to convince Sybil's family she can make good relationship choices, they agree to fake a relationship for three months. Even with hundreds of millions of dollars, finding each other might end up being the sweetest bit of luck for both of them"
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My big fat fake marriage
by Charlotte Stein
Nice guy Beck admits to Connie that he's told his publishing house coworkers that he's married, and she agrees to be the fake wife he doesn't have?—?but the tension builds between them, and Connie wonders if this might be real after all. Original.
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What if I never get over you
by Paige Toon
Six years after a brief but unforgettable romance in Lisbon, Ellie's peaceful life as a gardener in Wales is upended when Ash reappears, forcing her to confront their past, the truth about their missed reunion, and the fiery connection they still share. Original.
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Unlikely story
by Ali Rosen
"As a relationship therapist, Nora helps patients explore their feelings honestly. But she's hiding an embarrassing relationship secret of her own: she's in love with someone she's never even met. J edits the advice column Nora's been writing anonymouslyfor the last seven years. He's in London, she's in New York, and they communicate solely through shared files. When he confides that his girlfriend's out of the picture, and her boss asks her to come to London, Nora takes both as a sign. But that's not the only thing on her mind. A client's ex-boyfriend just moved into her co-op, directly beneath her. Eli blames Nora for his breakup and seems determined to make her life miserable, gleefully planning a noisy renovation. Yet despite all his bluster, Nora eventually starts to see the softness behind Eli's brusque, charming exterior... and after a slipup reveals a startling secret, Nora wonders whether someone can be two things at once"
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Story of My Life
by Lucy Score
Plagued by writer's block and evicted from her New York City apartment, romance author Hazel Hart impulsively moves to small town Story Lake, PA for a fresh start. But her new digs' quirks outweigh its charms, and she enlists the help of grouchy contractor Campbell Bishop, who just might end up fixing her heart as well as her home. For fans of: Schitt's Creek; Curves for Days by Laura Moher.
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A wager at midnight
by Vanessa Riley
Disguised as a man to pursue medical research, Scarlett Wilcox clashes with Dr. Stephen Carew after he saves her from scandal, but as marriage pressures mount, their brilliant minds battle undeniable chemistry, in the second novel of the series. Original.
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This Monster of Mine
by Shalini Abeysekara
Eighteen-year-old Sarai doesn't know why someone tried to kill her four years ago, but she does know that her case was closed without justice. Hellbent on vengeance, she returns to the scene of the crime as a Petitor, a prosecutor who can magically detect lies, and is assigned to work with Tetrarch Kadra. Certain of his guilt, Sarai begins a double life: solving cases with Kadra by day and plotting his ruin by night. But Kadra is charming and there's something alluring about the wrath he wields against the city's corruption. A dazzling Ancient Rome-inspired romantasy debut, This Monster of Mine is a bloodbath of manipulation, deception, and forbidden love.
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The Wingman
by Stephanie Archer
Shy, newly single Darcy Andersen needs to gain confidence in relationships, and who's going to help her. Hayden Owens, the hottest defenseman in pro hockey, her outgoing best friend, and her new dating coach. Hayden teaches her the art of being a player, but convinces her to practice with him. They've been friends for years, but their flirting lessons and practice kisses push the bounds of friendship. They're roommates but sleeping in the same bed. He buys her a toy as a favor . . . but helps her use it. All that relationship stuff Hayden's always avoided? He doesn't seem to mind it anymore. Rule number one of being a player is no attachments, but when Hayden sees her picking up other guys, he's jealous enough that Darcy wonders . . . maybe her wingman's been waiting for her all along.
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A Duke Never Tells
by Suzanne Enoch
Before entering into a supremely-advantageous arranged marriage with James Clay, the new Duke of Earnhurst, clever, independent Lady Meg Pinwell has to see if he’s really the rake he’s rumored to be. But how is a well-bred young lady going to make sure he’s all that he seems? With the help of her Aunt Clara, they plan some discreet reconnaissance at the Duke’s country estate. Meg will pretend to be her aunt’s maid/companion to see the true state of affairs at Earnhurst Manor.
But Meg isn’t the only one pretending to be someone she isn’t. In order to escape Clara (who is surely a marriage hunter!), James has traded places with the excellent Riniken, the former Duke’s butler. Soon everyone is falling in love with the absolute wrong person! They say the course of true love never does run smooth… at Earnhurst, it’s running amuck!
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Unlikely Neighbors
by Renee Daniel Flagler
When you least expect it, love comes knocking. Holland Davenport is ready to go beyond her small-town existence. Her plan involves moving into an apartment in Charleston, not inheriting a run-down brownstone in Brooklyn from a relative she never knew. Yet in a burst of daring, Holland meets the challenge head-on, moving to New York to learn more about her family and renovate the place. Add to that a gorgeous next-door neighbor who turns out to be a board member at her new job, and she's definitely out of her depth. Noble Washington is the successful CEO of a company he spent a decade building. But his carefully ordered life begins to unravel the second he meets fiery social worker Holland and spends one unforgettable night with a woman who should be off-limits. There's a wall and a world of differences lying between them. But the sheltered Southerner and the ambitious native New Yorker feel a pull that just won't be denied.
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Open, Heaven
by Seán Hewitt
Set in a remote village in the North of England, Open, Heaven unfolds over the course of one year in which two sixteen year old boys meet and transform each other’s lives.
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The Gentleman and His Vowsmith
by Rebecca Ide
Lord Nicholas Monterris, the last remaining heir of a crumbling ducal house, must marry to save his family from complete decline. His father chooses Lady Leaf Serral, eldest daughter of his greatest rival, at which point Nic is sure it can’t get any worse. Until he learns the head negotiator is to be Dashiell sa Vare, an old flame he has neither forgiven nor forgotten, a man their rigid class structure forbids him to love.
Locked in the mouldering grandeur of Monterris Court (a house more haunting manifestation of dynastic ambition and ancestral guilt than home), the first dead body is troubling. The second, a warning that someone doesn’t want the contract to go ahead. But while Nic and his wife-to-be team up to banter their way through a secret murder investigation, it’s Dashiell he can’t stop thinking about. What would be worse? To love and have to let go, or to wholly deny the yearning of one’s heart forever?
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Once upon You and Me
by Timothy Janovsky
When Taylor Frost’s boss, Amy, flies him across the country to prep for her daughter’s sweet sixteen at the Storybook Endings Resort in the Catskills, the solo mission is well within his wheelhouse. Taylor is excellent at his job—except, he’s probably not supposed to flirt with the resort’s mountain man of a manager, Ethan Golding. Because the rugged older man is also the birthday girl’s father, aka Amy’s ex-husband. Oops.
For Ethan, his divorce seemed like the bad ending to his romantic story. And now, making his daughter’s sweet sixteen dreams come true is the closest he’ll get to the kind of magic happiness in fairy tales. Until adorable Taylor has him wondering if maybe this is just the beginning of a more erotic kind of bedtime story…The only problem is Amy. And how very not okay she’d be with the chemistry between her assistant and her ex. If only forbidden flings ever led to happily-ever-afters…
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Any Trope but You
by Victoria Lavine
A bestselling romance author flees to Alaska to reinvent herself and write her first murder mystery, but the rugged resort proprietor soon has her fearing she’s living in a rom-com plot instead
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Scorched Skies
by E. J. Mellow
From the award-winning author of the Mousai series comes book one in an epic duology inspired by the Icarus myth, about an outcast woman and a winged prince torn between forbidden love and born duty.
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Love, Camera, Action
by Noel Stark
Up-and-coming TV director Cali Daniels knows sex. Well, okay, she knows how to shoot sex scenes, and she's been hired to direct a highly anticipated steamy episode of the popular series The Demon. This job is her chance at a big-time career in the film and television industry-all she has to do is deliver an unparalleled show using her hard-knocks know-how and ample creativity. If only the director of photography-effortlessly sexy Jory Blair-would stop shutting her ideas down at every turn. Jory has spent years cultivating his career as an A-list director of photography, but a recent health scare has him rethinking his life and craving the director spot. Now this creative newbie, who he can't get out of his mind, wants to change the look of his show. Even worse, the friction between them is sparking into blistering chemistry. As collaborating takes on a whole new meaning, and the show's producer not-so-subtly suggests that Jory sabotage Cali in order to achieve his own goals, they'll have to decide if chasing their dream jobs is worth losing the dream of a future together.
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Save the Date
by Allison Raskin
When couples therapist Emma Moskowitz is unceremoniously dumped by her fiancé six months before their wedding, her world comes crashing down: her thriving private practice, her status as a popular online creator, even her book deal all hinge on the fact that Emma is an expert when it comes to romantic relationships. Not to mention her heart is ripped in half. It isn't fair. She worked so hard to be ready for marriage. If only Emma could find a different groom by her planned wedding day, nothing would have to change.... So commences Operation: Save My Date. As Emma publicly shares her untraditional journey to the altar online, things get complicated quickly. She finds herself caught between Will, a charismatic podcast producer who is not interested in being a replacement groom; and Matt, a sweet, recent divorcee eagerly looking to settle down.
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