Romance
July 2025
Recent Releases
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.
Savor it : a novel
by Tarah DeWitt

Sent to Spunes, Oregon, for the summer to consult on a restaurant opening, former hotshot chef in NYC who lost his Michelin star along with his love of cooking, Fisher Lange, with the townspeople up in arms, strikes a deal with his beautiful new neighbor to turn things around. Original.
Left of Forever
by Tarah DeWitt

Divorced couple Wren and Ellis Byrd reconnect while road-tripping to help their son move into his college dorm in this moving 2nd Spunes, OR contemporary romance. For fans of: Robyn Carr's Virgin River novels (and the Netflix adaptation); Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell.
Problematic summer romance
by Ali Hazelwood

"Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. It's such a clichâe, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother's best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life. But not everything is as it seems--and clichâes sometimes become plot twists. When Maya's brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins toerupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs--even if it's a problematic one"
Rules for Ruin
by Mimi Matthews

Euphemia Flite, a pupil of a school that trains young women to dismantle the patriarchy of Victorian England, is assigned to ruin the reputation of Viscount Compton, who is working to block a women's rights bill in Parliament. When she crosses paths with Gabriel Royce, a bookie who hopes the viscount can help reform the slums, sparks fly despite their conflicting goals. This fast-paced and witty 1st in the Crinoline Academy series is perfect for fans of The Love Remedy by Elizabeth Everett. 
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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