Romance
September 2025
Recent Releases
The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold
by Ally Carter

In Ally Carter’s 2nd action-packed Blonde Identity spy romance, rival CIA agents (and exes) Alexandra Sterling and Michael “King” Kingsley find themselves handcuffed to each other in the middle of the desert with no memory of how they got there. Forced to work together to survive, the pair find their long-simmering passions for each other rekindled -- but will they live long enough to find their second chance at love? For fans of: Tiana Smith's My Spy novels.
Once upon a time in Dollywood
by Ashley Jordan

"Eve Ambroise may be a rising star playwright, but her personal life is falling part. Desperate for a fresh start, she breaks up with her fiancâe, cuts off her parents, and heads to the Tennessee mountains. But keeping up the lie that she's just on a writing retreat becomes near impossible when faced with the well-meaning townspeople and a neighbor who has just as much baggage as she has. Coming off a contentious custody battle, Jamie Gallagher is restructuring what his life looks like as a single dad, and spending more days at his cabin makes his new "free time" a little less empty. Especially when he meets the beautiful-and prickly-woman next door. The last thing he needs is a new romance to shake up his family dynamics even more, but there's somethingabout Eve. What starts out as a fling quickly becomes more serious, and it's not long before Eve is running scared once again. She's loved and lost in every possible way, and risking it one more time could finally break her. But like the fireflies that fill the mountains around them, Jamie's and Eve's lives keep falling into sync. A fairy-tale ending could be in the cards, but only if the new couple can get out of their heads and put their hearts first"
Well, actually : a novel
by Mazey Eddings

"While the following romance is rompy, goofy, and fairly irreverent, please be aware that the following are present/discussed in the novel: internalized biphobia, workplace abuse, toxic masculinity and internalized misogyny, grief after loss of a loved one. As always, I've done my best to handle these topics with nuance and compassion. Please take care of yourself while reading."
Songs for other people's weddings : a novel
by David Levithan

From an award-winning, bestselling author and acclaimed singer-songwriter comes a novel about an unlucky-in-love wedding singer trying to find the right words to save his relationship.
Lucky Break
by Jaclyn Westlake

Eliza always had a well-planned life, until her engagement falls apart. At thirty-two, she is second-guessing her picture-perfect future. Ready for a new start, she decides to leave San Francisco and move to a picturesque small Midwestern town. There she finds that the friendly Midwesterners are keeping a marvelous secret that will help her build her own new future
Love Is a War Song
by Danica Nava

After Muscogee pop star Avery Fox becomes a pariah following an ill-advised Rolling Stone photoshoot, she retreats to her grandmother's horse ranch in Oklahoma to learn more about her heritage. When grumpy ranch hand Lucas Iron Eyes catches her eye, she finds herself torn between returning to the life she thought she wanted and the one she's just now getting to explore. For fans of: Colton Gentry's Third Act by Jeff Zentner.
Rose in chains
by Julie Soto

"The war is over...Captured as her castle is overrun by the enemy, the world as Briony Rosewood knows it is changed forever. Evil has won, and her people face imminent servitude, imprisonment, or death. ​Stripped of her Magic and her freedom, Briony and the other survivors are quickly sold off to the highest bidders in an auction...After a fierce bidding war, she's sold to none other than Toven Hearst, scion of a family known for their cruelty. Yet despite the horrors of her new world and the roleshe must learn to play within it, all is not lost"
The good boy : a novel
by Stella Hayward

"A delightful and hilarious romance with a magical twist, about a young woman who finds her quiet world completely upended when her dog is transformed into a human man"
Bury our bones in the midnight soil
by Victoria Schwab

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue comes a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.
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