Romance
March 2026

Recent Releases
Get Over It, April Evans
by Ashley Herring Blake

After her fiancée cheats on her and her tattoo parlor shuts down, April Evans takes a summer job as an art teacher at a resort, where her roommate is the other woman her ex left her for. This engaging 2nd Clover Lake romance will appeal to fans of Settle the Score by Kris Ripper.
One & Only
by Maurene Goo

Forty-year-old matchmaker Cassia Park must learn to follow her heart when she's forced to choose between 28-year-old Ellis Yang-Cohen, with whom she recently had a fling, and Daniel Nam, Ellis' boss and the person she's fated to marry. YA author Maureen Goo's moving and magical realism-tinged adult debut will appeal to fans of In Five Years by Rebecca Serle.
Graceless Heart
by Isabel Ibañez

Desperate to save her brother, sculptress Ravenna Maffei reveals her magic ability during a competition in a city where magic is forbidden.  When she's kidnapped by an influential immortal family and taken to Florence, her abilities put her in the middle of a struggle for power and catch the attention of the family heir. For fans of: historical romantasy with intricate worldbuilding, such as Heavenly Bodies by Imani Erriu.
Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl
by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone

Looking for a fresh start after her politician boyfriend dumps her, Madelyn "Maddie" Kowalczk moves to small-town Mount Astra, Kansas, where she picks up nannying as a side hustle. The only problem? Maddie's first client is single dad Bram Loe, with whom she had a steamy one-night stand on her first night in town. Featuring explicit and mildly kinky sex scenes, this latest collab between the bestselling authors of A Merry Little Meet Cute will appeal to fans of The Nanny by Lana Ferguson and readers who like their romance on the spicier side.
A Vow in Vengeance
by Jaclyn Rodriguez

After losing her family to the immortals' yearly Selection, vengeful Rune Ryker schemes to be selected so she can reunite with them beyond the magical Wall. Now bound to the druid king, she enrolls at the Forge, where she learns to hone the druids' tarot magic and agrees to a fake relationship with the secretive Prince Draven to rescue her family. This atmospheric dark academia romantasy, the 1st in the Immortal Desires series, is perfect for fans of Arcana Academy by Elise Kova. 
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