RomanceOctober 2025
Recent Releases
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.
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. 
Roommating by Meredith Schorr
Roommating
by Meredith Schorr

Sabrina is too busy with grad school and her job as a library page to think about dating. Until Marcia, her elderly roommate, invites her estranged grandson Adam to move into their two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan temporarily to "find himself." Sabrina doesn't mind sharing the small space with Adam if it helps Marcia repair her relationship with her grandson. But she's not expecting to fall for him herself.  After Marcia has a health scare, her doctors advise that one of her younger roommates must go. In a comical and sexy battle to prove who deserves to stay, the two pull out all the stops. All's fair in love and real estate, but in the end victory is not so sweet when winning the apartment could mean losing each other.  You might also like: Lease on Love by Falon Ballard.
The incredible kindness of paper : a novel by Evelyn Skye
The Incredible Kindness of Paper
by Evelyn Skye

Decades after a mysterious childhood bond is severed, Chloe and Oliver navigate adult loneliness and lingering trauma in New York City, until a trail of yellow origami roses rekindles memories, hope, and the possibility of reconnection. For fans of: Always in December by Emily Stone.
Focus on: Paranormal Romances
Chance of a Lifetime by Jude Deveraux
Chance of a Lifetime
by Jude Deveraux

Ireland, 1840s: Liam, a lovestruck thief, lures lovely Cora from her intended.

America, present day: Contemporary Cora is a police detective in love with a lawyer. 

The connection: Angels have sent Liam to right his wrongs in the 19th century by convincing today's Cora to marry her true love, or be damned for eternity.
 
Chance of a Lifetime is the first book in the Providence Falls series. 
The witch's heart by Genevieve Gornichec
The Witch's Heart
by Genevieve Gornichec

A subversive reimagining of Norse mythology traces the experiences of a banished witch whose unexpected passionate relationship with the trickster Loki produces three remarkable offspring before her family is targeted by wrathful gods. You might also like: Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamara.
A novel love story by Ashley Poston
A Novel Love Story
by Ashley Poston

When her car breaks down traveling to her annual book club retreat, a superfan of romance novels finds herself stranded in the quaint, but fictional town of Eloraton, the site of her favorite series, looking for her own story. For fans of: the musical Brigadoon.
The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert
The Kindred Spirits Supper Club
by Amy E. Reichert

Moving back to her family home in Wisconsin, a woman with a supernatural ability to communicate with restless ghosts bonds with a local restaurateur while discovering how to use her abilities to help in unique ways. You might also like: Happy Medium by Sarah Adler.
The Crescent Moon Tearoom : a novel by Stacy Sivinski
The Crescent Moon Tearoom
by Stacy Sivinski
 
When the Council of Witches comes calling with news that the city Diviner has lost her powers, sisters Anne, Beatrix, and Violet suddenly find themselves trying to rewrite their futures and help three other witches challenge their own destinies.  For fans of: The Ex-Hex by Erin Sterling.
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