Romance
July 2025
Dream On, Ramona Riley
by Ashley Herring Blake

In this 1st steamy and feel-good Clover Lake romance, sparks fly between waitress Ramona Riley and actress Dylan Monroe in small-town Clover Lake, New Hampshire, where Dylan's shooting a movie. The two kissed years ago, but Dylan doesn't seem to remember. Can this unlikely pair find a second chance at happily-ever-after? For fans of: Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous by Mae Marvel.
Along Came Amor
by Alexis Daria

In bestselling author Alexis Daria's final novel in the Primas of Power trilogy, divorced middle school teacher Ava Rodriguez and hotel owner Roman Vásquez's passionate hook-up turns into a no-strings-attached affair that they struggle to keep under wraps (and under control) when they're both asked to be in the wedding party of a mutual friend. For fans of: The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory.
Manic Pixie Dream Earl
by Jenny Holiday

When not writing, poet Edward Astley, Viscount Featherfinch, spends his time fending off the young ladies of the ton-and some of its young men-and avoiding his cruel father. As heir to the earldom, Edward knows he must marry someday. Alas, he is alreadyhopelessly in love with someone. Hopeless because not only is Miss Julianna Evans not a member of the aristocracy, she is employed. She is a magazine editor-the only one to publish his work. Also, in all their years of increasingly personal correspondence, they've never met. Also, she thinks he's a woman. 
Once Upon You & Me
by Timothy Janovsky

When Taylor Frost's boss, Amy, flies him across the country to prep for her daughter's sweet sixteen at the Storybook Endings Resort in the Catskills, the solo mission is well within his wheelhouse. Taylor is excellent at his job--except, he's probably not supposed to flirt with the resort's mountain man of a manager, Ethan Golding. Because the rugged older man is also the birthday girl's father, aka Amy's ex-husband. Oops. 
Rebel in the Deep
by Katee Robert

In bestselling author Katee Robert's final steamy volume of the Crimson Sails romantasy series, nonbinary ship captain Nox's role in a secret rebellion becomes complicated when their ex, high-ranking rebellion member Bastian, is captured, and Nox is forced to team up with Bastian's new lover Siobhan for a rescue mission. Fans of polyamorous romances and S.T. Gibson's Evocation will want to check out this "rip-roaring" and "swashbuckling" tale (Publishers Weekly).
Can't Get Enough
by Kennedy Ryan

In this 3rd and final novel of the Skyland trilogy, ambitious talent manager Hendrix Barry tries to quell her attraction to off-limits billionaire tech tycoon Maverick Bell while also juggling caregiving responsibilities for her mother, who has Alzheimer's. Will her complicated family dynamics and forbidden feelings keep her from her happily-ever-after? Try this next: Plus Size Player by Danielle Allen.
Behooved
by M. Stevenson

M. Stevenson's debut slow-burn romantasy stars hypercompetent Bianca and bumbling Aric, who reluctantly agree to a marriage of convenience to keep their kingdoms from war. On their wedding night, they're attacked by assassins, who turn Aric into a shapeshifting horse. On the run and in search of a cure, the two find themselves falling for each other as they fight to save themselves -- and their lands. Try this next: Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis.
Worth Fighting For
by Jesse Q. Sutanto

In this contemporary spin on Disney's Mulan and the 5th in the Meant to Be series of Disney film reimaginings, Fa Mulan pretends to be her hospitalized father to acquire a whiskey brand owned by the Li family, who invite her to their ranch to prove her mettle. Keeping up the ruse proves difficult once she crosses paths with Li Shang, the heir to the family business with whom she finds herself instantly smitten. For fans of: Good Fortune by C.K. Chau.
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