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Romance
October 2025
Recent Releases
Pitcher Perfect
by Tessa Bailey

When Boston University softball pitcher Skylar Paige catches the eye of rookie Boston Bearcats hockey player (and notorious playboy) Robbie Corrigan, she wants nothing to do with him -- until he devises a fake-dating scheme to make her crush jealous. This 4th banter-filled entry in bestselling author Tessa Bailey's Big Shots sports romance series will be a home run for fans of Elle Kennedy's Campus Diaries novels. 
The Battle of the Bookshops
by Poppy Alexander

In this feel-good contemporary retelling of Romeo and Juliet, publishing assistant Jules Capelthorne returns home to quaint seaside village Portneath, England, to help her great-aunt Flo with her family's foundering bookstore. The only problem? Her childhood crush, wealthy Roman Montbeau, is also in town -- and he's just opened a rival bookstore across the street. For fans of: You've Got Mail; Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady.
The Gilded Heiress
by Joanna Shupe

In Gilded Age Boston, cash-strapped con artist Leo Hardy meets street performer Josie Smith, who bears a striking resemblance to a New York socialite whose daughter was kidnapped as a child. Leo concocts a scheme to pass Josie off as the daughter so he can collect a sizeable reward, but the pair's growing chemistry makes the deception difficult. For fans of: Anastasia-inspired romances like Kate Bateman's The Princess and the Rogue.
Gabriela and His Grace
by Liana De la Rosa

In this steamy 3rd and final Luna Sisters Victorian romance, Mexican heiress Gabriela Luna sparks an unexpected attraction with the arrogant Sebastian, Duke of Whitfield, with whom she is forced to share a ship cabin after fleeing from her would-be suitors. Try this next: A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera.
Focus on: Paranormal Romances
The most unusual haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish
The most unusual haunting of Edgar Lovejoy
by Roan Parrish

In haunted-house-loving New Orleans, special effects artist Jamie Wendon-Dale (transmasc they/them) falls for Edgar Lovejoy (cis he/him), a man genuinely haunted by ghosts, and as their bond deepens, both must confront fear, vulnerability and the supernatural truths that could bring them together or drive them apart. 
Uncharmed by Lucy Jane Wood
Uncharmed
by Lucy Jane Wood

Tasked with mentoring a rebellious teen witch in a rundown cabin, perfectionist Annie Wildwood clashes with both her charge and the grumpy warlock who owns the place, only to discover that pleasing others may be the very thing keeping her from truly belonging.
Bears Behaving Badly
by MaryJanice Davidson

Werebear Annette Garsea, a dedicated Interspecies Placement Agency caseworker, teams up with her colleague (and secret crush), bear-shifter PI David Auberon, to protect a group of shifter teens from traffickers. This 1st in the action-packed BeWere My Heart series will appeal to fans of The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson and Shelly Laurenston's Honey Badger Chronicles novels.
Rise and Divine
by Lana Harper

In this steamy conclusion to the Witches of Thistle Grove series, devil eater Dasha Avramov and her witch ex-girlfriend Ivy team up to save their town -- and maybe their relationship -- after a malevolent entity descends on Thistle Grove during a festival. Try these next: Hazel Beck's Witchlore novels; Molly Harper's Starfall Point series. 
To kill a badger by Shelly Laurenston
To kill a badger
by Shelly Laurenston

Nelle Zhao is a social media maven who knows what matters. And the only thing that matters right now is survival. Not easy, though, when her honey badger teammates attract trouble the way she attracts attention. She didn't know when it became her job toprotect the ones she cares about from themselves, but even she has to admit...she's really good at it. Too bad some people don't appreciate when she's being helpful. Especially Keane Malone, who doesn't know how to accept a friendly paw. But Nelle excelsat helping! And at ignoring other people's irrational demands, such as doing it all alone. Keane, poor pretty kitty, doesn't understand the kind of assistance a shit-starting honey badger like Nelle can truly offer. Keane knows two things--he doesn't like other people, and he is going to crush the de Medicis, an evil coalition of male lion shifters who are not only snatching innocent humans for fun and profit, but also killed his father. And for once, he may not be able to fight this fight alone, forcinghim to let long-legged, jet-setting Nelle join the fight. And getting close to Nelle is suddenly bringing out his roar.
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