Romance
May 2025
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Crossing paths
by Katie Ruggle

"WHY DATE A MOUNTAIN MAN? Because he can bring you to your peak. Norah Pax loves working for her family's Rocky Mountain bounty-hunting business. But unlike her adrenaline-junkie sisters, she only enjoys chasing skips from the safety of her laptop. She has all the computer skills she could want, but her fighting technique is lacking-so when all hands are needed, she dredges up her courage to ask surly MMA expert Dashiell Porter to teach her everything she needs to know. Dash may be terrifying to most, but his unexpected gentleness makes her feel safe, and it isn't long before things begin heating up. Dash is used to people slowly backing away when he enters a room, but a certain beautiful bounty hunter's earnest trust throws him off guard...and catches his attention. Yet as the two exchange punches and endearingly awkward flirtations, vultures circle. Every criminal in town has turned against the Pax girls, and they're willing to hit them where they're (supposedly) weakest: Norah. To keep herself and herfamily safe, Norah will need every new skill that Dash can teach her. Good thing that Dash is ready to do whatever it takes to protect the gentle yet fierce bounty hunter who stole his heart. The Rocky Mountains get unBEARably hot in Katie Ruggle's brand-new series packed with adventure, action, tall dark & scruffy heroes, and a sense of quirky humor that will be your next perfect escape"
The Geographer's Map to Romance
by India Holton

In this 2nd in the feel-good Love's Academic historical fantasy series, a marriage of convenience between professors Elodie and Gabriel Tarrant leads to real love when the pair is tasked with investigating a magical fault line in Wales. Try this next: A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall.
Just Our Luck
by Denise Williams

Unemployed Sybil Sweet buys a lottery ticket on a whim but leaves it behind after a steamy one-night stand with donut shop worker Kieran Anderson. When the ticket turns out to be a winner, Kieran tracks Sybil down on a local news show, and the pair decide to fake a relationship to help Kieran's flagging business and Sybil's relationship with her family. Try this next: A Legend in the Baking by Jamie Wesley.
Last second chance
by Lucy Score

"A contemporary romance novel in which Joey Greer is great at raising horses and holding grudges. Eight years ago, her high school sweetheart fled to Hollywood of all places. She vowed never to forgive or forget. Now big-shot screenwriter Jackson Pierce is back in Blue Moon demanding another chance"
The Love We Found
by Jill Santopolo

In this romantic sequel to bestselling The Light We Lost, Lucy Carter Maxwell travels to Rome in hopes of finding a connection to her late love, photographer Gabriel Samson. When she meets handsome doctor Dax Armstrong, she finds herself wondering if she's ready for a second chance at romance. Try this next: The Trail of Lost Hearts by Tracey Garvis Graves.
No ordinary love
by Myah Ariel

Pop star Ella tires of music producer husband Elliot's infidelities and fights for independence despite an ironclad prenup?—?but when she feels a magnetic connection with MLB bachelor Miles, surrendering to love during her divorce might be her downfall. Original.
One golden summer
by Carley Fortune

"Good things happen at the lake. That's what Alice's grandmother says, and it's true. Alice spent just one summer at a cottage with Nan when she was seventeen--it's where she took that photo, the one of three grinning teenagers in a yellow speedboat, theimage that changed her life. Now Alice lives behind a lens. As a photographer, she's most comfortable on the sidelines, letting other people shine. Lately, though, she's been itching for something more, and when Nan falls and breaks her hip, Alice comes up with a plan for them both: another summer in that magical place, Barry's Bay. But as soon as they settle in, their peace is disrupted by the roar of a familiar yellow boat, and the man driving it. Charlie Florek was nineteen when Alice took his photo from afar. Now he's all grown up--a shameless flirt, who manages to make Nan laugh and Alice long to be seventeen again, when life was simpler, when taking pictures was just for fun. Sun-slanted days and warm nights out on the lake with Charlie are a balm for Alice's soul, but when she looks up and sees his piercing green gaze directly on her, she begins to worry for her heart. Because Alice sees people--that's why she is so good at what she does--but she's never met someone who looks and sees her right back"
Summer in the city / : Deluxe Limited Edition
by Alex Aster

When 27-year-old screenwriter Elle returns to New York City and runs into polar opposite Parker Warren, a hookup from two years ago, she realizes he's her twisted muse, so when he needs a fake relationship during his company's acquisition, they agree to spend the summer together
The summer of you and me
by Denise Hunter

Five years after her husband's death, Maggie returns to Seabrook to seek closure but is drawn into a mystery with her brother-in-law Josh, whose hidden love for her complicates their search for a man eerily resembling her late husband. Simultaneous.
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