Romance
August 2025
Finders Keepers
by Sarah Adler

Seventeen years after failing to find a local mogul's hidden treasure buried in their small Maryland hometown, former friends Nina Hunnicutt and Quentin Bell reunite to resume the search -- and rediscover their feelings for each other. Sarah Adler's witty and banter-filled latest is perfect for fans of Something Wilder by Christina Lauren.
Writing Mr. Wrong
by Kelley Armstrong

Debut author Gemma Stanton's run-in with professional hockey player Mason Moretti, her high school crush and muse for her romance novel, goes viral, spurring the pair to fake a relationship to boost their careers. Try this next: Just Our Luck by Denise Williams.
The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain
by Hannah Brown

After her third broken engagement, free spirit Sybil Rain goes on her Hawaiian honeymoon anyway, hopeful that a solo vacation will give her a fresh start. But then she runs into Jamie (fiancé #3) and Sebastian (fiancé #2) and finds herself juggling her feelings for both of them as she searches for another chance at love. Will the 4th time be the charm? Try this next: The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean by Ann Rose.
Total Dreamboat
by Katelyn Doyle

Sparks fly between cruise skeptics Hope Lanover and Felix Segrave on a 10-day Caribbean cruise, but their whirlwind romance is tested when they're stranded in the Bahamas without passports or phones. Try these next: Swept Away by Beth O'Leary; Crash Landing by Annie McQuaid.
No Stone Unturned
by Jenelle Hovde

She wants to uncover the past. He wishes to build a future. In this Regency romance set in the rolling hills of West Sussex, two opposing wills discover their fate may lie in the common ground.
Penn
by Sawyer Bennett

Penn Navarro is the best player in the league—unstoppable on the ice, untouchable off it. But the moment the game ends, so do the celebrations. Because no amount of goals, no number of wins, can silence the demons that haunt him.
Thus With a Kiss I Die
by Christina Dodd

Rosie Montague, a 20-year-old free spirit in Verona, finds her life upended when she's tasked by the ghost of Prince Escalus the Elder to solve his murder, all while navigating a love triangle, revolution, and a looming threat that may turn her into a tragic heroine.
When Javi Dumped Mari
by Mia Sosa

In college, best friends Javier Báez and Marisol Campos promised they wouldn't date someone the other didn't approve of, until one night of passion between them torpedoed their relationship. Years later, Javier's finally ready to tell Marisol he loves her -- and then she introduces him to her fiancé, Alex. This feel-good homage to When Harry Met Sally and My Best Friend's Wedding will appeal to fans of Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell. 
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