Romance
August 2025
Recent Releases
The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam
by Megan Bannen

Immortal demigod Rosie Fox has been patrolling Tanria for decades, but lately, the job has been losing its luster. After one hundred and fifty-seven years of being alive, everything is beginning to lose its luster. When Rosie dies (again) by electrocution (again) after poking around inside a portal choked with shadowy thorns only she can see, she feels stuck in the rut that is her unending life. Thanks to Rosie's meddling, the portal's inventor, Dr. Adam Lee, must come in person to repair the damage. When all the portals begin to break down, he declares an emergency evacuation of Tanria. In the mad rush to get out, Rosie and Adam end up trapped inside the Mist. Together. And uptight Adam Lee in his bespoke menswear seems to know a lot more about what's happening than he lets on.... Rosie is determined to crack the shell of his cool exterior. But the more she learns about Adam, the more she realizes that they both have personal histories as tangled and thorny as the plant that has them trapped inside the Mist. Maybe two people who have found themselves stuck in this life can find a way to unstick each other ... just when their time on this earth seems to be running out.
Writing Mr. Wrong
by Kelley Armstrong

Debut author Gemma Stanton's run-in with professional hockey player Mason Moretti, her high school crush and muse for her romance novel, goes viral, spurring the pair to fake a relationship to boost their careers. Try this next: Just Our Luck by Denise Williams.
The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain
by Hannah Brown

After her third broken engagement, free spirit Sybil Rain goes on her Hawaiian honeymoon anyway, hopeful that a solo vacation will give her a fresh start. But then she runs into Jamie (fiancé #3) and Sebastian (fiancé #2) and finds herself juggling her feelings for both of them as she searches for another chance at love. Will the 4th time be the charm? Try this next: The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean by Ann Rose.
Total Dreamboat
by Katelyn Doyle

Sparks fly between cruise skeptics Hope Lanover and Felix Segrave on a 10-day Caribbean cruise, but their whirlwind romance is tested when they're stranded in the Bahamas without passports or phones. Try these next: Swept Away by Beth O'Leary; Crash Landing by Annie McQuaid.
Never the Roses
by Jennifer K. Lambert

When sorcerer Oneira steals a book from the library of her rival, Stearanos, the two embark on a forbidden correspondence and unexpectedly fall for each other as their kingdoms prepare for war. Try this next: A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall.
All the Men I've Loved Again
by Christine Pride

On the eve of her 40th birthday, Cora finds herself torn between her college sweetheart Lincoln and her rebound fling Aaron when both men re-enter her life at the same time. For fans of: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Time Loops & Meet Cutes:  A Novel
by Jackie Lau

Noelle Tom really shouldn't have eaten those dumplings at the night market. But the old woman at the stall said they'd give her what she needed most, and what Noelle desperately needed after another long workweek was food. Except now she's reliving the same Friday. Every morning her alarm goes off at 6:45, and the Wordle answer is always "happy." Worst of all, any work she does at her job as an engineer? It's erased when she wakes up. Monday might never come in this workaholic's nightmare. Noelle has no idea how being trapped in a time loop is the "thing she needed most," and a trip to the food stall doesn't help... because there's no sign of it. Then she meets good-looking Cam, who appears in multiple places on her Friday. While the brewery owner seems to have no memory of their encounters, there are signs he might be the key to getting un-stuck. But Noelle can't figure out how, even when she steps outside of her comfort zone and lives a little. As she grows attached to him, she becomes more worried that she'll never escape the loop and he'll never recall her name. And if she does ever get out, can they be together in the "real" world?
When Javi Dumped Mari
by Mia Sosa

In college, best friends Javier Báez and Marisol Campos promised they wouldn't date someone the other didn't approve of, until one night of passion between them torpedoed their relationship. Years later, Javier's finally ready to tell Marisol he loves her -- and then she introduces him to her fiancé, Alex. This feel-good homage to When Harry Met Sally and My Best Friend's Wedding will appeal to fans of Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell. 
Sunny Side Up
by Katie Sturino

After suffering from an anxiety attack in the dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman swimsuit department, newly divorced public relations executive Sunny Greene is inspired to create a plus-sized swimwear line, which puts her in the path of two very different love interests: investor Ted, who's agreed to financially back her; and mailman Dennis, who delivers the many packages she needs for her business. For fans of: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London.
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