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. 
The Battle of the Bookshops
by Poppy Alexander

In this feel-good contemporary retelling of Romeo and Juliet, publishing assistant Jules Capelthorne returns home to quaint seaside village Portneath, England, to help her great-aunt Flo with her family's foundering bookstore. The only problem? Her childhood crush, wealthy Roman Montbeau, is also in town -- and he's just opened a rival bookstore across the street. For fans of: You've Got Mail; Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady.
The Gilded Heiress
by Joanna Shupe

In Gilded Age Boston, cash-strapped con artist Leo Hardy meets street performer Josie Smith, who bears a striking resemblance to a New York socialite whose daughter was kidnapped as a child. Leo concocts a scheme to pass Josie off as the daughter so he can collect a sizeable reward, but the pair's growing chemistry makes the deception difficult. For fans of: Anastasia-inspired romances like Kate Bateman's The Princess and the Rogue.
Gabriela and His Grace
by Liana De la Rosa

In this steamy 3rd and final Luna Sisters Victorian romance, Mexican heiress Gabriela Luna sparks an unexpected attraction with the arrogant Sebastian, Duke of Whitfield, with whom she is forced to share a ship cabin after fleeing from her would-be suitors. Try this next: A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera.
Focus on: Paranormal Romances
Zomromcom by Olivia Dade
Zomromcom
by Olivia Dade

When zombie chaos erupts for the first time in decades, human Edie Brandstrup and her reclusive vampire neighbor Max join forces to uncover a deadly conspiracy, battle undead threats and confront the growing bond that could cost them everything they're fighting to protect.
The fake mate by Lana Ferguson
The fake mate
by Lana Ferguson

Wolf shifters and doctors, Mackenzie Carter and Noah Taylor, agree to be a fake couple, but soon find their mutually beneficial business transaction turning into a friends-with-benefits arrangement that leads to love, which is a whole different kind of animal. 
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Bride
by Ali Hazelwood

Misery Lark, daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest must leave her life of anonymity among the humans and uphold a historic alliance with the Weres by marrying their Alpha, Lowe Moreland.
Fan service by Rosie Danan
Fan service
by Rosie Danan

Small-town outcast Alex Lawson, an expert in werewolf lore, reluctantly teams up with a disgraced TV star, Devin Ashwood, to help unravel his sudden transformation under a Wolf Blood Moon, sparking unexpected chemistry and danger. 
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