Romance
June 2026

Recent Releases
Broken Dove by Dani Francis
Broken Dove
by Dani Francis

In the heart-pounding sequel to the New York Times bestselling dystopian romance Silver Elite, lines will be crossed, loyalties will be tested, and the fight for the Continent is only just beginning as Wren Darlington finds herself caught in the middle of two wars: one for the fate of her home and another for the fate of her heart.
The Daisy Chain Flower Shop by Laurie Gilmore
The Daisy Chain Flower Shop
by Laurie Gilmore

With her flower business flagging, unlucky-in-love shopkeeper Daisy Scott impulsively asks new-in-town Elliot Parker to be her fake boyfriend when her ex-fiancé comes into town to plan his wedding. This feel-good 6th Dream Harbor novel is perfect for fans of Hallmark movies and cozy love stories set in charming small towns.
Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan
Dolly All the Time
by Annabel Monaghan

A hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, workaholic scion, from the New York Times bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script. This book is like a spicy margarita...sweet and a little salty, tart and hot...I have fallen in love with Dolly and with funny, fizzing Annabel Monaghan --Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of SandwichIf they start by pretending, can they end with something real?Dolly Brick has never met a problem she couldn't solve. Not when her mom left when she was twelve, and not at thirty-nine when she moves with her son back to Whitfield, Rhode Island, for the summer to keep her dad and brother from losing the family home.So when she comes across Stewart Whitfield--annoyingly handsome scion of the Whitfield family--with a flat tire and at the wrong end of a very public, very humiliating breakup, it's in her nature to help. But Stewart's proposed arrangement ends up being more than either of them bargained for, because as public dinners and high-society benefits turn into sunset boat rides and kisses that hit her bloodstream like a ghost pepper, Dolly starts to feel something more than helpful. She's never relied on anyone besides herself--can she really start now?
Father Material by Alexis Hall
Father Material
by Alexis Hall

Luc and Oliver have been through it all: fake dating to save Luc's career, I-guess-this-is-actually-for-real dating when all of that blew up spectacularly, (briefly) breaking up over irreconcilable differences, (definitively) getting back together over perfectly reconcilable everything else, (almost) getting married, (finally) moving in together, and ultimately celebrating years of perfect domestic bliss. But as all their very grown-up-now friends begin reaching new life milestones, advancing careers and having babies, Luc and Oliver decide it's time to open their hearts and lives to something new.
Fever Dream by Elsie Silver
Fever Dream
by Elsie Silver

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Elsie Silver comes a small-town, forbidden, rivals-to-lovers romance, the first book in the brand-new Western romance series Emerald Lake.
First and Forever by Lynn Painter
First and Forever
by Lynn Painter

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lynn Painter comes an utterly irresistible romantic comedy about a football star and his team's die-hard fan who find themselves entangled in a PR stunt that only one of them knows is fake.
Five-Star Summer: A Feel-Good Women's Fiction Story of Friendship, Romance, and Second Chances by Sarah Morgan
Five-Star Summer
by Sarah Morgan

A joyful, sun-soaked story of friendship, love, and new beginnings, from USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan--perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Jill Shalvis, and seaside escapes.
Game of Rogues by Julie Anne Long
Game of Rogues
by Julie Anne Long

In this sexy regency romance by USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long, a lady on the edge of ruin must plead with the king of London's underworld to save her family, only to find herself instead caught in his web...and unable to resist him.
The Last Lady B by Eloisa James
The Last Lady B
by Eloisa James

Lady B may have married Bluebeard; she may have fallen in love with a gorgeous, grumpy solicitor; she may have met a ghost and survived to tell the tale. New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Eloisa James delights with witty historical romance with a gothic twist.
The One Day You Were My Husband by Rosie Walsh
The One Day You Were My Husband
by Rosie Walsh

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Ghosted and The Love of My Life comes an unmissable emotional thriller: an up-all-night, page-turning love story with a very dark secret at its heart.
Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune
Our Perfect Storm
by Carley Fortune

Best friends have one week in paradise to fix their friendship or fall apart in this heart-stopping, utterly romantic new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and One Golden Summer.
Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick
Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It
by Brooke Averick

Meet Phoebe Berman: despite being a hopeless romantic, she's about to be a thirty-year-old virgin. With one month before her milestone birthday, she's determined to finally lose it . . . if her own anxiety doesn't slow her down.
Puck by Samantha Allen
Puck
by Samantha Allen

In this A Midsummer Night's Dream-inspired romcom, Puck is a reality show producer and agent of chaos with a talent for bringing people together . . . and tearing them apart. They are the nonbinary, thirty-year-old mastermind behind a dating show that puts troubled couples through hell--with a little help from their exes. Used to being the one pulling the strings, it shocks Puck when their life undergoes a plot twist of its own and their college roommate Mia announces her engagement to her ex's best friend, Damon.
The Rainy Day Bookshop: A Contemporary Small-Town Story of Family, Community and Books by Raeanne Thayne
The Rainy Day Bookshop
by Raeanne Thayne

Sandwiched between caring for her mother and rebuilding the relationship with her estranged daughter, Emma, Rosie Lucas's life is full. She has a partner for The Rainy Day Bookshop, the family business, and a chance to fix the past. What she doesn't have time for is a romantic relationship. And even if she did, Andrew Morgan is the last person she'd choose.
Shattered Gods by Katee Robert
Shattered Gods
by Katee Robert

Long ago, Circe was Hermes' entire heart. The two women lived on the outskirts of Olympian society, content with a quiet life away from the spotlight. Then Circe caught the eye of Zeus...and was forced into a marriage that would take her freedom, her future, and in the end, her life. In the wake of the tragedy, gossip swirled about the woman Zeus married and (allegedly) murdered...but in time, everyone forgot about beautiful, tragic Circe. Everyone but Hermes, who vowed on that day to bring Olympus to its knees.
The Shippers by Katherine Center
The Shippers
by Katherine Center

After a lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton vows to solve her intimacy issues once and for all at her sister's destination wedding on a cruise ship. Armed with pop psychology, she diagnoses herself with a fixation on the neighborhood guy who was her first crush and first kiss. Determined to woo him for closure, she ropes in her childhood bestie, Cooper Watts, as her wingman.
Soon by You by Dahlia Adler
Soon by You
by Dahlia Adler

27 Dresses meets The Intimacy Experiment in this sexy, emotional, opposites-attract rom-com set in New York City's Modern Orthodox community.
The Summer Share by Jenn McKinlay
The Summer Share
by Jenn McKinlay

When two misfits discover they've inherited the same beach house, sparks fly in the most unexpected ways, in this hilarious and heartfelt rom-com from the New York Times bestselling author of Summer Reading.
Verity Guild: An Enemies-To-Lovers Romantasy by Mai Corland
Verity Guild: An Enemies-To-Lovers Romantasy
by Mai Corland

High Priestess Kerasea Vestal is hiding a deadly secret: she's the last heir of a bloodline the republic tried to erase. If anyone discovers the truth, she won't just lose her power. She'll lose her life. And the man most determined to expose her is already far too close.
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