Romance
March 2026

Recent Releases
Like in Love with You
by Emma R. Alban

While competing for the affections of the same man during the 1817 season in Bath, England, Catherine Pine and Lady Rosalie Tisend find themselves falling for each other instead. For fans of: rivals-to-lovers romances and sapphic Regencies like Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti.
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.
The Lust Crusade
by Jo Segura

Vacationing librarian Daniela "Dani" Guiterrez is shocked when she finds her presumed-dead crush, archaeologist Theo Galanis, alive in Greece. Theo's being held hostage by smugglers who believe he knows the location of priceless gemstone the Eye of the Minotaur -- and when they mistake Dani for Theo's fiancée, she's dragged into the quest, too. Fans of Kerry Rea's The Jewel of the Isle will want to pick up this 3rd and final action-packed entry in the Raiders of the Lost Heart series.
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