Romance
December 2025

Recent Releases
Undead and Unwed by Sam Tschida
Undead and Unwed
by Sam Tschida

Immortal vampire Tiffenie moves to the bed-and-breakfast in small-town Vermont that she unexpectedly inherited to try to get her life back on track with the help of a Christmas tree farmer, her newly undead neighbor, and her vampire ex.
The Partner Plot by Kristina Forest
The Partner Plot
by Kristina Forest

To Violet Greene, fashion is everything. As a successful celebrity stylist, she travels all over the world, living out her dreams. Professionally, she's thriving, but her personal life is in shambles. After surviving a very public breakup with her ex six months ago, Violet is now determined to focus on her career. But life hands her something--or rather, someone--that might derail everything. 
An Amish Second Chance Romance by Rachel J. Good
An Amish Second Chance Romance
by Rachel J. Good

From stunning handmade crafts to fresh-picked produce and delicious baked goods, Lancaster, Pennsylvania's Green Valley Farmers Market offers sweet surprises every day--including the chance to make new friends, find community--and even discover a forever kind of happiness.
The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell
The White Octopus Hotel
by Alexandra Bell

Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps, where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover if a second chance awaits them behind its doors.
Birdlane Island by V. C. Andrews
Birdlane Island
by V. C. Andrews

Off the coast of Maine, on an island shaped like a seagull in flight, shrouded by mists off the bay, lives a novelist Jason Lorraine and his teenage daughter Lisa. They live a simple life, largely cut off from the mainland, and Lisa's weak health poses a frequent concern. After the sudden and untimely death of Lisa's mother, Jason becomes even more reclusive and protective. Lisa is forbidden to see Jamie, the charming fisherman's son who has quickly become her closest confidante in her grief. The star-crossed lovers steal time with one another, but fate intervenes, and they may never find a happy ending.
Julia Song Is Undateable by Susan Lee
Julia Song Is Undateable
by Susan Lee

Julia Song, CEO of Starlight Cosmetics, is at the height of her career. Then why does she feel like such a failure? Maybe because she's thirty and single, with a terrible track record at dating. And in the eyes of her Korean family, that is just unacceptable. It never really bothered her--that is until her beloved grandmother drops the bomb that she is sick and her dying wish is for Julia to get married. Impossible. So in a moment of weakness, Julia asks her family for help. Set her up on three dates to help her find The One. 
Hate to Fake It to You by Amanda Sellet
Hate to Fake It to You
by Amanda Sellet

A waitress masquerading as an influencer and a wildlife photographer are on a collision course with romance--and chaos. Everyone gets a glow-up on social media, but Libby Lane's online persona is the fakest of fakes. Cooked up as a joke by Libby and her best friends, Lillibet is the affluent, healthier-than-thou opposite of her glam-free life on the side of Oahu most tourists never see. The phony fronting is all in good fun, until a real influencer stumbles onto the Love, Lillibet Instagram feed and starts making waves. Complicating the charade even further is Hildy's handsome companion, a wildlife photographer named Jefferson Jones, whose keen eye sees more than he lets on. 
Can't Help Falling in Love by Sophie Sullivan
Can't Help Falling in Love
by Sophie Sullivan

A struggling waitress and the heir to a major Seattle company stumble into a high-profile fake engagement while simultaneously trying to keep up with their own love lives in this flirty rom-com. Lexi Danby is looking for some no-strings fun. Once a college track star, she was forced to drop out when her father passed away. Now she's trying to make ends meet while putting herself through school and caring for her grieving mother. When her comically bad waitressing lands her directly in the path of a handsome, charming stranger named Will, Lexi may just have found the distraction she's been looking for. 
Just Over the Mountain by Robyn Carr
Just Over the Mountain
by Robyn Carr

Welcome back to Grace Valley, California, where the best things in life never change. Here in this peaceful community, folks look out for one another like family, though sometimes a little too well. In a town like this, it's hard to keep a secret, but Dr. June Hudson has managed to keep one heck of a humdinger. Though visits from her secret lover, undercover DEA agent Jim Post, are as clandestine as they are passionate, somehow it fits with her demanding schedule as the town's doctor. But how can a secret lover compete with a flesh-and-blood heartthrob from her past? June's old flame has just returned to town after twenty years--and he's divorced. 
The Roommate Pact by Allison Ashley
The Roommate Pact
by Allison Ashley

A steamy friends-with-benefits pact between roommates might just turn this friendship into love when Graham gets injured and Claire vows to do anything to nurse him back to health--even share his bed. All of the fun, none of the heartache...as long as they stick to the agreement. The proposition is simple: if ER nurse Claire Harper and her roommate, firefighter Graham Scott, are still single by the time they're forty, they'll take the proverbial plunge together...as friends with benefits. But when this no-strings arrangement takes a complicated turn, keeping for now from turning into forever isn't as easy as they'd planned.
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