LibraryAware September 2025

Recent Releases

Dream on, Ramona Riley
by Ashley Herring Blake

"Once upon a time, Ramona Riley was a student at a prestigious art school, with dreams of landing in Hollywood as a costume designer to the stars. But after her father's car accident, she had to quit everything and return to her small New Hampshire town,Clover Lake, to help take care of her younger sister. Twelve years later, Ramona is still working at the town's cafâe, all but given up on her dream. But when a big-budget romantic comedy comes to Clover Lake to film, she wonders if this could be her chance. There's only one problem--Dylan Monroe, her first kiss and Hollywood's favorite wild child--is the star. Dylan Monroe has always lived an unconventional life, having famous rock icons for parents. But she wants to prove that she's not some chaotic, talentless nepo baby, that she has actual skills, that she's just a normal person. To do that, Dylan takes on a project at a charming lake town--she even works at the town's cafâe (very quaint), shadowing a local waitress there (very cute), and asks her totake Dylan around to do Normal People Things. But Dylan soon realizes it's not just some small-town waitress she's getting to know--Ramona Riley is someone she's met before, someone who remembers her even more vividly. Before long, however, reality hits them, and both women have to decide if the spark between them can fan the flames of their individual dreams, or if it will extinguish their light"

The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold
by Ally Carter

In Ally Carter’s 2nd action-packed Blonde Identity spy romance, rival CIA agents (and exes) Alexandra Sterling and Michael “King” Kingsley find themselves handcuffed to each other in the middle of the desert with no memory of how they got there. Forced to work together to survive, the pair find their long-simmering passions for each other rekindled -- but will they live long enough to find their second chance at love? For fans of: Tiana Smith's My Spy novels.

Zomromcom
by Olivia Dade

When a zombie breaks containment and targets her himbo neighbor, Chad, Edie rushes to his aid, only to discover that Chad is actually an ancient vampire named Gaston Maxime "Max" Boucher. Teaming up to keep the outbreak at bay, the pair can't resist their growing attraction to one another. This banter-filled 1st in the Supernatural Entanglements series will appeal to fans of My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine.

The enchanted greenhouse
by Sarah Beth Durst

After being punished for creating a magical spider plant, Terlu Perna awakens on a mysterious island of enchanted greenhouses, where she teams up with a grumpy gardener and a sentient rose to uncover a fading magic, defying old laws and rediscovering purpose in the process.

Your Every Wish
by Stacy Finz

Thrown together in the quirky desert town of Ghost, half-sisters Kennedy and Emma inherit a trailer park, clash over lost dreams and hidden fortunes, and confront love, danger and magical revelations as Halloween—and three uncanny wishes—change everything they thought they knew.

Only Lovers in the Building
by Nadine Gonzalez

Looking for a fresh start after quitting her job in corporate law, New Yorker Lily Lyon books a summer rental at a gorgeous art deco apartment building in Miami, where she meets author Ben Romero, a fellow bibliophile who suggests they form a poolside book club. When their co-written book reviews go viral, they land a podcast deal -- but with summer’s end approaching, Lily’s afraid to make the jump from friendship to something more. For fans of: Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee.

Silvercloak
by L.K. Steven

In this angst-filled 1st in the Silvercloak Saga romantasy trilogy, vengeful detective-in-training Saffron Killoran infiltrates the Bloodmoons, the organized crime group of mages responsible for her parents' deaths, with hopes of destroying them from the inside. Gifted with a prophetic vision that shows her killing Levan, the Bloodmoon kingpin's son, Saffron finds her mission jeopardized when she winds up falling for him instead. Try this next: Rogue Community College by David R. Slayton.

Where you're planted : a novel
by Melanie Sweeney

After a hurricane forces single mom Tansy Perkins to relocate her damaged library to a neighboring botanic garden, she clashes with reserved gardener Jack Reid, but their reluctant collaboration on a spring festival soon challenges their emotional boundaries and long-held assumptions.

Roll for Romance
by Lenora Woods

When she's laid off from her marketing job in New York City, Sadie Brooks temporarily relocates to small-town Texas, where she joins her best friend's Dungeons & Dragons campaign and meets Noah Walker, a bartender who makes her question the life she thought she wanted. This "natural 20 on both story and sizzle" (Library Journal) will appeal to fans of Alexis Hall's Looking for Group and Cathy Yardley's Role Playing.

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