| And Then There Was You by Sophie CousensHoping to impress her more accomplished classmates (including her former best friend, film director Sean Adler) at her ten-year college reunion, stuck-in-a-rut Chloe Fairway joins an exclusive dating service to secure her perfect plus-one. Rob is everything she could have dreamed of…but he’s a robot. Will her fake romance lead to real love? For another witty and heartfelt romance with speculative elements, try Magical Meet Cute by Jean Meltzer. |
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Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon
by Matthew Norman
The new year had barely begun when Grace White and Henry Adler both lost their spouses. Now, nearly a year later, the first holiday season since their Great and Terrible Sadnesses approaches. Although their mothers scheme to matchmake the two surviving spouses, it's clear that neither is ready to date again. Yet no one understands what they are going through better than each other, and a delicate friendship is born. When Henry sees an ad for a Christmas movie marathon-once an annual tradition for him and his wife-Grace offers to watch some films with him, despite her aversion to a few of his picks. Her two young kids, Ian and Bella, also join in whenever possible-bedtimes permitting, of course. With each movie, Grace and Henry's shared grief eases as they start to see a life beyond the sadness. But as they draw closer, other romantic possibilities leave them uncertain about their future together. Is their bond merely the result of loneliness and shared circumstances, or have they found something that's worth taking a shot at ... again?--Provided by publisher.
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Wreck My Plans
by Jillian Meadows
HEARTWARMING AND SEXY AND LEFT ME BUBBLY WITH JOY. --Tarah DeWitt, author of Savor ItA sweet and spicy holiday romance between a spirited artist who returns to her small town for Christmas and her older brother's best friend, a serious architect who pushes all her buttons--but whom she can't seem to stay away from. Lena's plans are simple. Surprise her family for Christmas, don't tell them she lost her job, and most importantly, spend the week relaxing with the people she cares about.But when she arrives in Juniper, she discovers she's not the only unexpected guest this year. Her older brother's best friend, Gavin, is back after disappearing three years ago without a word. He has the kind of charm Lena has always been drawn to. But she knows he's also the kind of temptation she needs to stay far away from.Gavin has built his architecture career out of planning strategies for dealing with the unexpected--but he didn't have a strategy for the possibility of seeing Lena again. Though he's been dreaming of her since the day he left, he can't risk giving in to his feelings when they could upend the only family and home he has ever known.New plan: try to be friends again. Just friends.But as the pieces fall into place about why Gavin left, staying friends is the last thing on his mind...and on Lena's. All the plans they've made might end up completely wrecked. And for once, maybe they want it that way.Wreck My Plans is a small-town holiday romance full of Christmas spice, featuring: Older brother's best friendFound familyAge gapIt's always been youSnowed-in spice
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A Winter in New York
by Josie Silver
A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love--and life--she's been looking for in this stunning novel from the New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December.A POPSUGAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR When Iris decides to move to New York to restart her life, she realizes she underestimated how big the Big Apple really is--all the nostalgic movies set in New York she'd watched with her mom while eating their special secret-recipe gelato didn't quite do it justice. But Bobby, Iris's best friend, isn't about to let her hide away. He drags her to a famous autumn street fair in Little Italy, and as they walk through the food stalls, a little family-run gelateria catches her eye--could it be the same shop that's in an old photo of her mother's? Curious, Iris returns the next day and meets the handsome Gio, who tells her that the shop is in danger of closing. His uncle, sole keeper of their family's gelato recipe, is in a coma, so they can't make more. When Iris samples the last remaining batch, she realizes that their gelato and her gelato are one and the same. But how can she tell them she knows their secret recipe when she's not sure why Gio's uncle gave it to her mother in the first place? Iris offers her services as a chef to help them re-create the flavor and finds herself falling for Gio and his family. But when Gio's uncle finally wakes up, all of the secrets Iris has been keeping threaten to ruin the new life--and new love--she's been building all winter long.
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| Daddy Issues by Kate GoldbeckWhen 26-year-old bartender and aspiring art historian Sam Pulaski meets divorced dad Nick Martino at a bar, their chemistry is immediate -- but she'll have to decide if she's ready to risk her career prospects to settle down with him and his nine-year-old daughter in small-town Ohio. For fans of: slow-burn age-gap romances like Ali Hazelwood's Problematic Summer Romance. |
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A Mannequin for Christmas
by Timothy Janovsky
Henry Aster swears he is unlucky when it comes to love. He thought he'd finally found The One, but a sudden break-up has left him hopeless right before the holiday season. Facing another family Christmas alone, Henry makes a wish for The Perfect Man. The next morning, when he arrives at the Jersey Shore vintage shop he manages, he finds one of the male display mannequins has sprung to life and entirely wrecked the place. The magicked man is gorgeous, of course, but he comes with a Cinderella-style caveat: If he doesn't experience true, human love before the midnight chime on New Year's Eve, he will turn back into a mannequin for good. Now Henry doesn't have to show up to family Christmas alone. The catch? This new man-self-named Aidan Smith-knows nothing about being a human. Henry has one month to teach Aidan how to be a functioning person in the modern world and the swoony boyfriend that will win over his family. It's an arduous task that draws them close together... but can human love ever really be true?--
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Three Holidays and a Wedding
by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marissa Stapley
Set in 2000, when Christmas, Hanukkah, and Ramadan overlapped, this feel-good novel co-written by Uzma Jalaluddin (Much Ado About Nada) and Marissa Stapley (The Lightning Bottles) stars snowbound strangers who take refuge in picturesque small town Snow Falls, Ontario, where they find love, friendship, and plenty of holiday spirit. Try this next: The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman.
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| Sparks Fly by Zakiya N. JamalReady to lose her virginity, 27-year-old journalist Stella Johnson tags along with her best friend to a sex club, where she has a sizzling meet-cute with Max Williams. After she gets cold feet and flees, Stella is shocked to learn that Max is none other than the CEO of a tech company her workplace is partnering with -- and that his penchant for using AI means Stella's job may be on the chopping block. Try this next: How to Sell a Romance by Alexa Martin. |
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| The Bodyguard Affair by Amy LeaWhen Andi Ziegler, the personal assistant to the wife of Canada's Prime Minister, is accused of having an affair with the Prime Minister, she enlists Nolan Crosby, the PM's new bodyguard (and her failed one-night stand from three years ago) to be her fake boyfriend. For another steamy fake-dating bodyguard romance featuring well-developed characters, check out The Bodyguard by Katherine Center. |
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| The Marriage Method by Mimi MatthewsBenevolent Academy for the Betterment of Young Ladies teacher Penelope "Nell" Trewlove agrees to meet with newspaper editor Miles Quincy, who's determined to expose the school's "subversive" aims. When a clumsy moment puts them in a compromising position, they're forced into a marriage of convenience that quickly throws them into the middle of a murder mystery. This fast-paced 2nd in the Crinoline Academy Victorian romance series will appeal to fans of Manda Collins' Ladies Most Scandalous novels and Evie Dunmore's League of Extraordinary Women series. |
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| In a Not So Perfect World by Neely Tubati AlexanderIn exchange for a free trip to Turks and Caicos, overworked video game designer Sloane Cooper is more than willing to pose as her neighbor Charlie's new girlfriend as part of his ill-advised plan to win back his ex. For fans of: Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation. |
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| Secretly Yours by Tessa BaileyReuniting with her teenage crush Julian Vos while redoing the gardens at his family's Napa Valley vineyard, Hallie Welch is shocked when he doesn't remember her, channeling her confusion into drunk-writing a secret admirer letter. While Julian puzzles out the mysterious missive, he finds himself increasingly drawn to Hallie, whose freewheeling ways threaten to upend his buttoned-up lifestyle. For fans of: Emily Henry's Beach Read. |
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| The Next Best Fling by Gabriella GamezLibrarian Marcela Ortiz, heartbroken over her best friend’s engagement, and ex-NFL player Theo Young, secretly in love with his brother's fiancée, agree to a no-strings-attached relationship. Pretending to be together, they discover unexpected chemistry, navigating complicated feelings and family dynamics, while realizing their rebound might be something more. For fans of: Emily Henry's Funny Story. |
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| One-Star Romance by Laura HankinThe maid of honor at her best friend's wedding, struggling writer Natalie Shapiro is stunned to discover that best man Robert Kapinsky, a college professor with whom she's shared some flirty chemistry, panned her book on Goodreads. Over the course of a decade, the two repeatedly cross paths to celebrate their friends' milestones and possibly inch closer to their own happy ending. For fans of: Emily Henry's Happy Place. |
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| How to End a Love Story by Yulin KuangIn this heart-wrenching but hopeful debut by director and People We Meet on Vacation screenwriter Yulin Kuang, author Helen Zhang moves to Los Angeles to write for the TV adaptation of her bestselling YA series and encounters producer Grant Shepard, who played a role in the death of her younger sister. For fans of: Emily Henry's Book Lovers. |
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