Romance
May 2025
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Heart of the Sun
by Mia Sheridan

Amid the sun-drenched orange groves of California, childhood friends Tuck Mattice and Emily Swanson shared a bond that seemed unbreakable—until life ripped them apart.
Thirteen years later, Emily is a rising pop sensation in need of security, and Tuck, a brooding ex-con, is in need of a fresh start. When fate brings them together once again, Emily hires him on as her new bodyguard. They butt heads and bicker, just like the old days—yet neither can deny the heat rekindling between them.

 
It's a love story
by Annabel Monaghan

"The heartwarming and hilarious story of Jane Jackson, who spent her adolescence as the funny girl, the barbecue-sauce-in-her-braces punchline on a B-list tv show, and learning that true love doesn't exist. Now a grown woman, she is determined to be the executive calling the shots, and never to be laughed at again"
The Last Sunrise
by Anna Todd

Relocating to Majorca with her overprotective mother, 22-year-old Oriah Pera rebels by venturing to the beach alone, where she meets the infuriatingly charming Spaniard Julian, whose enticing adventures force her to confront her inexperience and desire for freedom.
Rules for Ruin
by Mimi Matthews

On the outskirts of London sits a seemingly innocuous institution with a secretive aim—train young women to distract, disrupt, and discredit the patriarchy. Outraged by a powerful lord’s systematic attack on women’s rights in Parliament, the Academy summons its brightest—and most bitter—pupil to infiltrate the odious man’s inner circle. A deal is struck: bring down the viscount, and Miss Euphemia Flite will finally earn her freedom.
Sounds like love
by Ashley Poston

"A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling and inexplicable connection that they'll do anything to shake."
What happens in Amsterdam
by Rachel Lynn Solomon

"Falling in love with your husband is anything but convenient in this steamy romance."
Worth Fighting for
by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Pretending to be her ailing father, Fa Mulan steps in for a critical whiskey company acquisition, but while navigating masculine traditions and wrangling cattle, she must also resist her growing attraction to Shang, the skeptical heir, all while proving she belongs in the business world.

Check out the rest of these Disney retellings - adult romances set in the contemporary world, but with hints of your favorite Disney princesses.
Slow Burn Summer
by Josie Silver

Talent agent Charlie Francisco has three problems: a divorce that ended his screenwriting career, a business he never planned to inherit, and a take-your-breath-away romance novel whose author wants nothing to do with its publication. The book is a surefire hit, if only his agency can find someone to “play” author on its summer book tour.
Romantasy
A Curse Carved in Bone
by Danielle L. Jensen

Caught between divine heritage and a dark prophecy, Freya must navigate forbidden alliances and the clash of gods and mortals to save her people in the second novel of the series following A Fate Inked in Blood.
The Primal of Blood and Bone : A Blood and Ash Novel
by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Poppy and Casteel face their most perilous challenges yet as old enemies rise and ancient powers stir from their slumber.
Blood beneath the snow
by Alexandra Kennington

Revna, a magicless royal outcast, enters the deadly Bloodshed Trials to save her friends, only to be kidnapped by a powerful enemy general whose unexpected motives could change both her life and the fate of her kingdom. This is the first in a new series.
The Bridge Kingdom
by Danielle L. Jensen

A warrior princess trained in isolation, Lara is sent to the Bridge Kingdom as a bride under the guise of peace, but Lara is prepared to do whatever it takes to fracture its impenetrable defenses—and the defenses of its king. This is the first in a new series.
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