RomanceOctober 2025
Recent Releases
Finders Keepers by Sarah Adler
Finders Keepers
by Sarah Adler

Seventeen years after failing to find a local mogul's hidden treasure buried in their small Maryland hometown, former friends Nina Hunnicutt and Quentin Bell reunite to resume the search -- and rediscover their feelings for each other. Sarah Adler's witty and banter-filled latest is perfect for fans of Something Wilder by Christina Lauren.
My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein
My Big Fat Fake Marriage
by Charlotte Stein

When editor Henry Samuel "Beck" Beckett confesses to his neighbor, aspiring writer Connie Evans, that he has lied to his coworkers about being married, she offers to pose as his wife at a company writing retreat. As the tension builds between them at the retreat, they discover that there's only one bed... For fans of: The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez.
What if it's you : a novel by Jilly Gagnon
What if it's you : a novel
by Jilly Gagnon

"When Laurel Everett finds a ring in her longtime boyfriend Ollie's sock drawer, she should be thrilled...so why is she left wondering "what if?" Specifically, what if she'd taken up her work crush, Drew, on his offer of a date just after she and Ollie got together? Thanks to her job at tech giant Pixel, she might have a way to answer that question through the AltR project, which promises users a glimpse of alternate realities...When the program actually works and Laurel wakes up five years into her lifewith Drew, she's fascinated...then increasingly horrified as she continues to slip between that world and her 'real' life seemingly at random. As she moves back and forth between the two worlds, Laurel realizes choosing the right life might not be as simple as deciding between two men"
Slow burn summer : a novel by Josie Silver
Slow burn summer : a novel
by Josie Silver

"When grieving author Hugh Hudson secretly pens a romance novel, talent agent Charlie Francisco hires struggling actress Kate Elliot to pose as the writer, but her anonymous correspondence with Hugh and deepening intimacy with Charlie threatens to unravel their deception"
Focus on: Paranormal Romances
A Wolf in Duke's Clothing
by Susanna Allen

Wolf-shifter Alfred Blakesley, the Duke of Lowell, abducts the Honorable Felicity Templeton from a ballroom, and then introduces her to his pack and their unconventional way of life in this steamy 1st in the Regency Shapeshifters of the Beau Monde series. Try this next: Highland Dragon Warrior by Isabel Cooper.
Happy Medium by Sarah Adler
Happy Medium
by Sarah Adler

Hired to perform a spiritual cleanse on a goat farm, fraudulent medium Gretchen Acorn encounters skeptical farmer Charlie Waybill and his cousin Everett, a ghost who wants her to lift a century-old curse on the property. Read-alikes: Rosie Danan's Do Your Worst; Claire Kann's Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places.
Neon gods by Katee Robert
Neon gods
by Katee Robert

To escape her controlling mother, an arranged marriage and the ultra-modern city of Olympus, Persephone Dimitrou makes a devil's bargain with a man who she once believed was a myth who awakens her heart and body to a world she never knew existed. Original.
From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper
From Bad to Cursed
by Lana Harper

What happens: rebellious Isidora "Issa" Avramov and her "lawful good" nemesis, Rowan Thorn, join forces to unmask a saboteur who's threatening to derail their town's Beltane celebrations.

Is it for you? Issa, who narrates, possesses and employs an exuberantly profane vocabulary.


Series alert: From Bad to Cursed is the 2nd book in the Witches of Thistle Grove series, after Payback's A Witch.
Enigma by RuNyx
Enigma
by RuNyx

"Salem Salazar is fascinated with death. The black sheep of her scandal-ridden, wealthy family, she arrives at Mortimer University as a legacy on the hunt for answers about what happened to her perfect, older sister. There, she discovers that her sister is far from the only girl to have gone missing at Mortimer. Salem will do anything to discover what dark forces are killing Mortimer's students...even if it means using herself as bait. And Cazimir van der Waal has caught her scent. The mysterious artist and teaching assistant has a dark past, a hidden agenda, and a ravenous appetite for a beautiful, golden-eyed girl who seems determined to risk her life. Where she is ice, he is fire. Where she is organization, he is chaos. Where she is precision, he is passion. Together they are explosive--their fates linked as secret societies and death stalk them both. Enigma is a sensual, epic love story for those who also crave the frightful, the puzzling, the suspenseful, the dangerous and the dark. Welcome to Mortimer"
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