Romance
August 2025
Recent Releases
Finders Keepers
by Sarah Adler

Seventeen years after failing to find a local mogul's hidden treasure buried in their small Maryland hometown, former friends Nina Hunnicutt and Quentin Bell reunite to resume the search -- and rediscover their feelings for each other. Sarah Adler's witty and banter-filled latest is perfect for fans of Something Wilder by Christina Lauren.
Writing Mr. Wrong
by Kelley Armstrong

Debut author Gemma Stanton's run-in with professional hockey player Mason Moretti, her high school crush and muse for her romance novel, goes viral, spurring the pair to fake a relationship to boost their careers. Try this next: Just Our Luck by Denise Williams.
The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain
by Hannah Brown

After her third broken engagement, free spirit Sybil Rain goes on her Hawaiian honeymoon anyway, hopeful that a solo vacation will give her a fresh start. But then she runs into Jamie (fiancé #3) and Sebastian (fiancé #2) and finds herself juggling her feelings for both of them as she searches for another chance at love. Will the 4th time be the charm? Try this next: The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean by Ann Rose.
Total Dreamboat
by Katelyn Doyle

Sparks fly between cruise skeptics Hope Lanover and Felix Segrave on a 10-day Caribbean cruise, but their whirlwind romance is tested when they're stranded in the Bahamas without passports or phones. Try these next: Swept Away by Beth O'Leary; Crash Landing by Annie McQuaid.
All the Men I've Loved Again
by Christine Pride

On the eve of her 40th birthday, Cora finds herself torn between her college sweetheart Lincoln and her rebound fling Aaron when both men re-enter her life at the same time. For fans of: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Only lovers in the building
by Nadine Gonzalez

After her legal career comes to a sudden and humiliating end, Liliane Lyon books a restorative summer rental at The Icon, a quintessential Art Deco building in Miami Beach, where her only plan is to bask in the sun, read, and sip cocktails. But soon she's enchanted by the colorful community, including university professor Benedicto Romero--resident tortured poet, whose sole intention for sabbatical is to indulge in brooding introspection. When they discover a shared passion for romance novels, Lily and Ben are soon spending hours reading together by the pool, the spark between them unwittingly giving the other residents the impression that they're experts in matters of the heart...no matter that IRL their disastrous love lives bear little resemblance tothe stories they're reading. But while Ben and Lily can pinpoint a trope a mile away and give excellent advice to others, they can't make sense of the sizzling chemistry between them, and the suggestion of a professional podcast suddenly forces them to consider the long-term. So what if it means working even closer together! So what if their banter makes Lily's head spin! It's the summer of taking chances, but a word to the wise: Miami isn't the place for growth and rebirth. It's the place to get messy.
The spirit of love : a novel
by Lauren Kate

In this novel, Fenny, who is a side character in What's In a Kiss, meets Sam and falls in serious Like/Lust the weekend before her directorial debut on the TV show she's been the lead screenwriter on for years. They meet on Catalina Island where the almost-decade-younger hottie works for Search and Rescue. But on Monday when she shows up to work, she's told her shot at being director is being scuppered so they can bring in hot new director Jude. But when Fenny meets him, she swears it's Sam-ten years older and with a sadness she wants to fix. But they can't be the same man, right?
Maid for each other
by Lynn Painter

"As a professional cleaner, Abi Mariano never thought her apartment would have any sort of infestation, but because of a floor-wide outbreak (thanks, Apartment 2B), she now needs somewhere to stay for a week. As a part-time student with two jobs, she doesn't have many options. Then the solution presents itself: the owner of the penthouse she cleans is out of town for the week. She normally wouldn't consider it, but he's literally never around (she's never even met him). It goes great...until she comes out of the bedroom one morning to find two strangers in the kitchen. They're the parents of the penthouse owner and they seem to think they've heard all about Abi--not as their son's maid, but as his girlfriend. Declan Powell has always put his career first, working his way up to executive vice president at Hathaway Holdings, but he still has his eyes set on the next level. When his parents mention they met his girlfriend Abi, he all but chokes on his escargot. As great as it sounds that she was just darling, he doesn't actually have a girlfriend--he made her up to get everyone off his back. When Dex finds out who Abi really is, he makes her a proposition: pretend to date him, and he'll provide everything she needs during their little arrangement. What harm would it do? It's purely business, no pleasure...right?
The letter carrier : a novel
by Francesca Giannone

A woman arrives at a small Italian town in the 1930s, with her husband and baby, and is the permanent outsider. She decides to become the town postmistress, the first female to hold that position. An epic novel that spans decades.
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