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An Infinite Love Story
by Chanel Cleeton
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FOR SUMMER BY NPR*, WOMAN'S WORLD, PARADE, AND BOOKBUB.
When Joe Mitchell launches into space, the world is watching. It's 1968, and the country waits with anticipation and excitement for another successful mission, another celebration as America sets its sights on the Moon. And then comes the knock at the door. Joe Mitchell's spacecraft has lost contact. He and his fellow astronauts onboard are feared to be dead. It's his wife Vivian's worst nightmare come to life, her grief suddenly taking center stage as the nation waits and mourns. In her quiet moments, Vivian relives their memorable story, unable to accept that this is the end to a love that felt as though it was written in the stars. As the investigation surrounding Joe's lost spacecraft intensifies and the mishap is written off as an operator error, Vivian is determined to clear her husband's name and uncover the mystery of what happened in space. When someone starts sending Vivian messages--messages she believes only Joe could send--she begins to wonder if their love is stronger than space and time, and she'll do whatever it takes to bring her husband back to her.
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Second Chance Duet
by Ana Holguin
A swoony, enemies-to-lovers romance about a struggling composer whose big break comes at a cost when she's paired with her college nemesis.
Celia García has one goal: to compose film scores. But after a decade of writing advertising jingles, that dream couldn't be further out of reach. That is, until an old college friend presents her with a once-in-a-career opportunity: A big-name director so desperately needs a composer for his TV debut that he'll chance someone new. There's only one catch. Celia has to work - and live - with her college nemesis, Oliver Barlow. Celia remembers Oliver as arrogant, rude, and entitled: the picture-perfect scion of Hollywood royalty. Only late nights and long days reveal Oliver's changed, sparking new feelings and the discovery that their rivalry wasn't quite as mutual as she thought. But in an industry where she needs to work twice as hard to be seen as half as good, a romance with Oliver could end Celia's career - just as it's starting. With her life-long dream at risk, Celia will have to choose what matters most: the career she's always wanted, or the love she never expected.
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Sparks Fly
by Zakiya N. Jamal
An ultra-steamy novel that will instantly tantalize readers
When Stella Renee Johnson's roommate invites her to a sex club party only to bail, Stella decides to use the opportunity to finally cash in her V-card. But just when things are heating up between Stella and a sexy stranger, the fire alarm goes off and Stella, taking it as a sign this wasn't meant to be, flees. Frustrated in more ways than one, Stella is shocked to learn that the digital media website where she works is partnering with an AI company. She's even more shocked when the alluring man from the previous night walks in. Max Williams is the CEO's brother and the creator of the AI program now threatening her job. Despite the conflict of interest, Stella and Max can't resist their magnetic attraction towards each other and agree to keep their personal lives separate from what's happening at work.
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The Ex-Perimento
by Maria J. Morillo
A woman enlists the help of her favorite musician to win her ex-boyfriend back in this sparkling romantic comedy set in Venezuela.
Advice columnist Maria "Marianto" Camacho accidentally broadcasts her break-up video on her employer's social media feed and is fired, but she's offered the chance to come back if she reunites with her ex and writes an article about it. When charming singer Simón offers to help her, she finds herself falling for him instead.
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Running Home to You
by Samantha Saldivar
In this sweeping sapphic sports romance, two college softball stars compete for each other's hearts--if only they can get past their fear of striking out.
When Abby Cruz transfers to Insley University and joins the softball team, it seems the only thing she and Kate Hutchins have in common is their love of the game. Abby's raw talent and reckless behavior threaten Kate's carefully controlled world, especially when their coach assigns Kate the unwelcome task of tutoring her rival. Kate provides Abby with a sense of home after loss and grief. Abby, meanwhile, helps Kate embrace a freedom she's never known because of her strict religious upbringing. As they chase a national title, it's not long before the same love they have for the game grows for each other. While they try and fail to get it right over the next decade, the game keeps bringing them back together--from Puerto Rico to Tokyo, through courtrooms, churches, and Las Vegas casinos--as they fight to shake the weight of generational curses. But when an alumni game returns them to their college field, they must decide if it's really the love of the game calling them home, or the one in their hearts that they've never been able to let go of.
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Please Don't Go
by E. Salvador
A heart-wrenching and unforgettable contemporary romance about grief, healing, and second chances, where Josefine and Daniel--two souls from different worlds--learn that sometimes love is the only way to find your way back to the surface.
He can't stop thinking about her. She wants to forget him. But fate seems to have other plans. Josefine Resendiz is trying to survive the weight of grief while pretending her life hasn't come to a complete standstill. She doesn't know how to name what she's feeling or how to fix what feels broken inside her. All she knows is that staying afloat is getting harder by the day. Daniel Garcia looks like he has everything going for him. A gifted shortstop with a future everyone believes in, he carries himself with easy charm and quiet confidence. What no one sees is the guilt and loss he's been carrying since his brother's death, grief he's learned to hide behind smiles and discipline. That's until he stumbles upon Josefine on Christmas Day, by chance and at the wrong time, in a moment that was never meant to last. When their paths keep crossing, forgetting each other becomes impossible. As they grow closer, they are forced to face the question neither of them is ready to answer: What happens when love arrives before healing does, and letting go feels just as terrifying as holding on?
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Only Friends
by Lydia San Andres
San Andres's love for Regency romance comes through. --Library Journal
An aspiring screenwriter and a gorgeous model teaming up to create regency era thirst content for online fans. After being fired from her day job, unceremoniously ghosted, and facing a bad case of writer's block, twenty-six-year-old aspiring screenwriter Mariel Rivera is one spilled coffee away from crying on the subway. When she's rescued from a Times Square kerfuffle by a very handsome model dressed in regency costume, Mariel has no idea her life is about to change. Dashwood Bennet has been modeling for years, though recently, his current portfolio includes some more risqu shots. However, he never imagined that after his encounter with Mariel, he'd be putting on his regency breeches just to take them off again...in front of the camera. But being work-partners-with-benefits can complicate things.
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The Starter Ex
by Mia Sosa
The best worst girlfriend finally meets her match.
Vanessa Cordero used to run a profitable side gig: For a reasonable fee, she'd date your crush . . . and make his life miserable. By the time Vanessa was done with him, your guy was practically begging for you. Enter Jason Torres, a certified commitment-phobe who doesn't plan on getting married anytime soon, much to his mother's dismay. What he needs is a temporary girlfriend. A totally inappropriate girlfriend. Someone his mother will hate, so she'll finally abandon her dream of getting him to the altar. Vanessa's younger sister, Lisa, has her eye on Jason, and convinces Vanessa to come out of retirement for one last starter ex engagement. The rules are simple: no touching, no fooling around, and definitely no falling in love. But nothing's going according to plan.
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| The Final Score by Lana FergusonA USA Today Bestseller!
In this steamy follow-up to The Game Changer, graduate student Abby Thompson reluctantly moves into the spare room of hockey player Jack Baker, her brother's teammate, when her apartment floods. Sparks fly, but Abby's family trauma and Jack's depression stir up fears that they won't be able to make it work. For another emotionally intense romance starring well-developed characters, check out Fast Lane by C.S. Quill. |
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| Book Club Boyfriend by Jenny HolidayTheir messiest chapter might actually be their best one yet!
After author Jack Branksome rejects producer Blair Kellermoon's offer to make his debut novel part of her celebrity book club, Jack's apology leads to a texting friendship. When he confesses he has writer's block, Blair invites Jack to stay in her Los Angeles pool house, and the pair's close proximity has them wondering if they want more than friendship. For fans of: Only Lovers in the Building by Nadine Gonzalez. |
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| Just a Highland Fling by Naina Kumar"It's the classic setup where two strangers bond through a shared crisis, and it works especially well when it's handled with this much delicacy and depth. . . . None of it is easily fixed, all of it feels worth struggling for and the sense of catharsis at the end is marvelous."-- The New York Times Book Review (Most Anticipated Romance Novels)
In Aberdeen, Scotland for her estranged father's nuptials, reality TV producer Neelu Pillai has a steamy one-night stand with hot Malayali Indian Scottish stranger Jacob, who she later discovers is a close personal friend of her father and the bride-to-be. When Neelu makes an off-color remark that sends the bride fleeing from the rehearsal dinner, Neelu, Jacob, and her father set out to find her. For fans of: The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn. |
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| Dominion by Jean KwokA woman with no past. A warrior with no future. Their love could save the world--or burn it down.
When Rubi Morningtail, an amnesiac refugee living in the Silver Tyger Dominion, defends herself from a battle tyger, the last thing she suspects is for the tyger to bond with her and choose her as its rider. Rubi soon finds herself joining forces with warrior Blake Axefire to put a stop to the Demonic Realm's encroachment on their dominion. This action-packed 1st in the Silk and Iron romantasy trilogy is inspired by Chinese mythology. For fans of: Thea Guanzon's Hurricane Wars series. |
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| Vera Stein Is Fine by Julie MurphyA heartfelt and hilarious tale of a woman who thinks life and love have passed her by until she's thrown into her grandmother's quirky world of octogenarian free love and gets a second chance with the one man she never expected to see again.
Looking for a fresh start after she learns that her "boss with benefits" plans to replace her, 40-year-old aspiring screenwriter Vera Stein moves into her grandmother's Palm Springs retirement community, where she runs into Elias Buckley, her ex who's now working as the community's doctor. Will they find a second chance at love? Try this next: See You at the Sunset by Susan Lee. |
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| Die for Me by Shirlene ObuobiA stay-up-all-night, smart, spicy romance following a doctor who finds herself falling for an alluring, much-younger man with a deadly secret.
When cardiologist Sean Sullivan meets Julian Conrad, a mysterious younger man, at a wedding, the two have instant chemistry. But Sean can't shake the feeling that Julian is hiding something -- and he might just be something other than human. For fans of: steamy, own voices paranormal romances like Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi. |
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