Romance
May 2025
Recent Releases
Flirting Lessons
by Jasmine Guillory

Fresh off a break-up with her longtime boyfriend, timid Avery Jensen meets free-spirited commitment-phobe Taylor Cameron, who offers her weekly flirting lessons to help her get back in the dating pool. Little does Avery know that Taylor has just accepted a bet to not sleep with anyone for the summer...and she's finding it increasingly difficult to resist her new friend. 
Insignificant Others
by Sarah Jio

Newly single and heartbroken, workaholic corporate exec Lena Westbrook holes up at her aunt's house on Bainbridge Island, only to wake up the next morning in Paris, engaged to a man from her past. With each passing day, Lena finds herself in a new place and in a new relationship with a former acquaintance. Will she find love with the one that got away? And who exactly is the one that got away?
Just Our Luck
by Denise Williams

Unemployed Sybil Sweet buys a lottery ticket on a whim but leaves it behind after a steamy one-night stand with donut shop worker Kieran Anderson. When the ticket turns out to be a winner, Kieran tracks Sybil down on a local news show, and the pair decide to fake a relationship to help Kieran's flagging business and Sybil's relationship with her family. 
The folklore of forever : a novel
by Sarah Hogle

Paranormal skeptic Zelda Tempest teams up with her charming neighbor Morgan for a ghost-hunting adventure in Moonville, Ohio, uncovering mysterious creatures and unexpected magic that may reignite her creative spark?—?and transform her beliefs in ways she never imagined. 
Say you'll remember me
by Abby Jimenez

A playful yet deeply emotional romance where one date is all it takes for two people to know they're perfect for each other . . . until one of them moves 2,000 miles away the next day.
Crash landing : a novel
by Annie McQuaid

"A funny and heartwarming debut romance about two exes forced to reunite when a plane crash leaves them stranded on a deserted island"
Hard to get : a novel
by Laura Moher

Singer Andi Salazar attracts the attention of kindhearted math teacher Kevin Mahoney when he sees her perform and the pair navigate a budding friendship with a simmering attraction, in the third novel of the series following What She's Having. 
Story of my life
by Lucy Score

"Launching a brand new small town romance series from #1 New York Times bestseller Lucy Score. Romance novelist Hazel Hart seeks to overcome her writers block by leaving the big city to buy a house sight unseen in Story Lake, PA. The house comes with a spot on the town council and that's where the trouble begins"
Get lost with you : a novel
by Sophie Sullivan

Jillian Keller, a single mom rooted in routine, and Levi Bright, a chef returning to rebuild his life, reconnect at Get Lost Lodge, navigating past hurts and rekindled feelings, in the second novel of the series following Love, Naturally.
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