Romance
November 2021
Recent Releases
A Lot Like Adiós
by Alexis Daria

The backstory: Growing up next door to each other in the Bronx, Michelle Amato and Gabriel Aguilar were best friends -- and almost more -- before Gabriel left for Los Angeles without a backward glance.

Picking up where they left off: When Gabriel returns to New York to work with graphic designer Michelle on a rebrand of his business, they struggle to keep their relationship strictly professional.

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The Love Hypothesis
by Ali Hazelwood

A kiss is just a kiss? To convince her best friend, Ahn, that she has no interest in Ahn's crush, PhD student Olive Smith plants a kiss on the first guy she sees and begs him to play along.

A fine faux-mance: Olive is horrified to realize that she has locked lips with none than the biology department's star professor, Adam Carlsen, who wants to continue the deception for reasons of his own.
 
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A Holly Jolly Diwali
by Sonya Lalli

Introducing: Niki Randhawa, a risk-averse Canadian data analyst who, despite a lifetime of making responsible decisions, finds herself unemployed.

What happens: At loose ends, Niki travels to Mumbai for her best friend Diya's wedding and meets London-based musician Sameer "Sam" Mukherji. As their holiday romance develops, Niki reconnects with her Punjabi heritage while trying to decide what her future will look like.

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The Matzah Ball
by Jean Meltzer

Meet: Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt, a Jewish woman with myalgic encelphalomyelitis whose prestigious family is unaware of her secret career as a bestselling author of Christmas-themed holiday romances.

What happens: With her editor demanding a Hanukkah romance, Rachel seeks inspiration at the Matzah Ball Max, an event produced by her summer camp crush-turned-nemesis, Jacob Greenberg.

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Focus on: Romantic Suspense
Thick as Thieves
by Sandra Brown

What happens: Past and present collide when Arden Maxwell returns to her childhood home 20 years after her father's disappearance following a botched robbery. Gruff local contractor Ledge Burnet has some of the answers Arden seeks, but what she doesn't know might kill her.

Read it for: "Good pacing, smooth prose, inventive action scenes, and a touch of hot romance" (Publishers Weekly).

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Close Up
by Amanda Quick

What it's about: Freelance crime-scene photographer Vivian Brazier joins forces with psychic private eye Nick Sundridge to catch a killer in 1930s Southern California.

Why you might like it: This intricately plotted 4th entry in the Burning Cove series, after Tightrope, infuses Hitchcockian suspense with old Hollywood glamour.

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Hideaway
by Nora Roberts

Big Sur, California, 2001: Abducted and held for ransom, nine-year-old child star Caitlyn "Cate" Sullivan escaped her captors and, with the aid of local teen Dillon Cooper, was reunited with her family.

Two decades later... Cate's past finally catches up to her, first as she reconnects with rancher Dillon, and then when she begins receiving frightening anonymous phone calls.


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I Am Justice
by Diana Muñoz Stewart

Starring: Justice Parish, a member of a secret sisterhood of vigilantes, and Sandesh Ross, the ex-Special Forces soldier who helps her bring down a human-trafficking ring.

Is it for you? This gritty, high-octane opening installment of the Band of Sisters series contains mentions of child abuse.

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Driven
by Rebecca Zanetti

What it's about: Angus Force, leader of the unconventional but highly effective Deep Ops unit, works with psychiatrist Nari Zhang to track down a serial killer before he strikes again.

Why you might like it: This steamy and suspenseful 4th installment of the Deep Ops series features a brooding hero, a no-nonsense heroine, and a well-drawn supporting cast of likeable misfits.

You might also like: Juno Rushdan's Final Hour series, April Hunt's Steele Ops novels, or HelenKay Dimon's Bad Boys Undercover books.
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