Now Read This!
NOVEMBER 2025
 
Our Now Read This! newsletters offer suggestions for your next favorite read, from hidden gems to the latest hot pick. In this issue, you will find a featured book of the month, a special event worth checking out, a curated selection of newly acquired and upcoming romance titles, and booklists for further reading. Whether you prefer unconventional love stories or traditional bodice-rippers, your friendly BPL Reader Services Librarians have recommendations for every reader.
 
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Book of the Month
<a aria-describedby="qtip-38" data-hasqtip="2" data-link-source="custom" href="https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/9036075075" target="_blank" oldtitle="https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/9036075075" title=""><span>Once Upon You &amp; Me</span></a> by <span>Timothy&nbsp;</span>Janovsky
Once Upon You & Me
by Timothy Janovsky

When Taylor Frost’s boss, Amy, flies him across the country to prep for her daughter’s sweet sixteen at the Storybook Endings Resort in the Catskills, the solo mission is well within his wheelhouse. Taylor is excellent at his job—except, he’s probably not supposed to flirt with the resort’s mountain man of a manager, Ethan Golding. Because the rugged older man is also the birthday girl’s father, aka Amy’s ex-husband. Oops.

For Ethan, his divorce seemed like the bad ending to his romantic story. And now, making his daughter’s sweet sixteen dreams come true is the closest he’ll get to the kind of magic happiness in fairy tales. Until adorable Taylor has him wondering if maybe this is just the beginning of a more erotic kind of bedtime story…
Event Spotlight
The Happily-Ever-After Book Club Reads... Paranormal Romances
Sunday, December 14, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm 
Central Library in Copley Square
 
Do you love romance? Are you looking for a group of fellow romance readers to chat with? Join the Happily-Ever-After Book Club on the second Sunday of every month for a bring-your-own-book discussion centered around a popular romance trope.
 
In December, we will be chatting about our favorite paranormal romances. Need a recommendation for a romance featuring werewolves, witches, vampires, ghosts, or other supernatural elements? Check out our suggestions, but don't feel pressured to read one! You can also ask for personalized recommendations from BPL librarians via Shelf Service.
 
New and Upcoming Titles
If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia
The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O'Clover
It's Different This Time by Joss Richard
If It Makes You Happy
Julie Olivia
 
"As the narrator attends to her deceased mother's bed and breakfast in Vermont, the divorcee is distracted by the handsome, charming single father who lives next door." 
The Heartbreak Hotel
Ellen O'Clover
 
"After a breakup leaves her nearly homeless, Louisa convinces her landlord to let her turn their Colorado house into a bed-and-breakfast for the brokenhearted."
 
It's Different This Time
Joss Richard
 
"June and ex-roommate Adam reunite in NYC after inheriting their old brownstone. Confronted with consequences of the past, they must now navigate life together."
 
Good Spirits (Spanish Edition) by B. K. Borison
The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah by Jean Meltzer
A Merry Little Lie: A Heartwarming Christmas Holiday Romance by Sarah Morgan
Good Spirits
B.K. Borison
 
"Ghost of Christmas Past Nolan haunts Harriet (who's not exactly Scrooge). As she and Nolan examine her past, they discover there are threads that bind them together."
 
The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukah
Jean Meltzer 
 
"Can these exes rekindle their love this Hanukkah?"
 
A Merry Little Lie
Sarah Morgan
 
"The Balfour family comes together for a chaotic Christmas gathering in which one relationship is about to combust and another is about to begin."
 
And Then There Was the One by Martha Waters
Isn't It Obvious? by Rachel Runya Katz
The Devil She Knows by Alexandria Bellefleur
And Then There Was The One 
Martha Waters 
 
"An amateur sleuth in 1930s England finds love in this clever homage to Golden Age detective fiction."
Isn't It Obvious?
Rachel Runya Katz
 
"After a meet-disaster, a podcaster and her producer fall in love over email without realizing they know (and hate) each other in real life."
 
The Devil She Knows
Alexandria Bellefleur
 
"A down-on-her-luck woman makes a deal with a crafty demon to win back her ex-girlfriend, only to discover the girl of her dreams might be the devil she knows."
 
Find Your Next Great Read
Just a Touch of Magic: 16 Paranormal Romances
Add a little enchantment to your everyday life with one of these paranormal romances!
 
 
 
   

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