RomanceOctober 2025
Recent Releases
Pitcher Perfect
by Tessa Bailey

When Boston University softball pitcher Skylar Paige catches the eye of rookie Boston Bearcats hockey player (and notorious playboy) Robbie Corrigan, she wants nothing to do with him -- until he devises a fake-dating scheme to make her crush jealous. This 4th banter-filled entry in bestselling author Tessa Bailey's Big Shots sports romance series will be a home run for fans of Elle Kennedy's Campus Diaries novels.

Romantic Comedy
Deadly storms by Christine Feehan
Deadly Storms
by Christine Feehan

Haunted by a painful past, cafe owner Shabina tries to keep her distance from the man she once hurt, but when danger closes in, she must rely on him for protection and decide what she's ready to risk to survive.

Romantic Suspense
The Battle of the Bookshops
by Poppy Alexander

In this feel-good contemporary retelling of Romeo and Juliet, publishing assistant Jules Capelthorne returns home to quaint seaside village Portneath, England, to help her great-aunt Flo with her family's foundering bookstore. The only problem? Her childhood crush, wealthy Roman Montbeau, is also in town -- and he's just opened a rival bookstore across the street.
For fans of: You've Got Mail; Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady.
Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver
Tourist Season
by Brynne Weaver

Cape Carnage is a seaside town of colorful houses, quirky shops and an unusually high body count, and with tourists comes trouble, but Harper Starling won't let anyone ruin her picture-perfect home.

Romantic Suspense
We Met Like This by Kasie West
We Met Like This
by Kasie West

Margot Hart's most consistent relationship over the last several years has been with Oliver, a guy she keeps rematching with on the apps. They've only been on one date, which was a disaster - except for the make out session before they parted ways. When Margot gets fired from her job the same day she meets Oliver again, she is surprised when he turns out to be more helpful than any man she's ever dated. And just when she thinks they could be more, she realizes that maybe it’s not her who’s holding back, but him. And his reasons are more than she bargained for.

Romantic Comedy
 
Calder Strong by Janet Dailey
Calder Strong
by Janet Dailey

In 1929 Montana, Joseph Dollarhide grapples with family pressure, forbidden love and old rivalries as blackmail and a bootlegging scandal threaten to upend his future, in the fifth novel of the series following "Calder Country."

Historical Romance
People Watching by Hannah Bonam-young
People Watching
by Hannah Bonam-young

Prudence has an introverted life in Baysville, a tourist town in Northern Ontario, where she works and cares for her mother, but wanderer Milo arrives right when she needs a change, and when their chemistry intensifies and casual-sex lessons start at Prue's request, their temporary arrangement blossoms into something deeper.

Hannah Bonam-Young lives near Niagara Falls, ON.

New Adult Romance
Soul searching by Lyla Sage
Soul Searching
by Lyla Sage

When out-of-work Collins Cartwright returns to Sweetwater Peak under false pretenses and moves in above a shop haunted by ghosts who won't speak to her, she clashes and connects with the new upholsterer Brady, whose own buried reasons for relocating may be just as haunted.
Sweetwater Peak (1) 

Contemporary Romance
Honey and heat by Aurora Palit
Honey and Heat
by Aurora Palit

Cynthia Kumar wants to be the heir to her father’s multimillion dollar business. Except, her father just chose his successor and it’s not her - it’s Rohit Patel, her one-night stand. When the business falls under scrutiny, Cynthia and Rohit put their differences aside and work together to save the company. But as their partnership - and their feelings for one another - blossoms, they’ll have to decide what’s more important - their careers or love?

A first generation Bengali-Canadian, Aurora Palit lives in rural Alberta.

Workplace Romance
 
To Heist and to Hold by Christina Britton
To Heist and to Hold
by Christina Britton

Widowed blacksmith Heloise joins a secret justice society and sets out to seduce club owner Ethan to expose corruption, but as their schemes entangle and sparks fly, both must decide whether love is worth the risks. 

Historical Romance
Focus on: Paranormal Romances
Lover forbidden by J. R. Ward
Lover Forbidden
by J. R. Ward

Devlin comes out of nowhere to save Lyric's life, and when she later searches for him they are drawn to each other, but she doesn't know he's hiding a secret -- or that he could be the key to ending war between the Black Dagger Brotherhood (23) and the lessers forever.
Crazy Spooky Love : A Melody Bittersweet Novel by Josie Silver
Crazy Spooky Love 
by Josie Silver

Melody Bittersweet launches her own ghostbusting agency in her hometown, but her first case, a haunted house with feuding ghosts, draws in her charming ex, a rival TV crew and a skeptical reporter who might be her biggest distraction.
Melody Bittersweet (1)
In charm's way by Lana Harper
In Charm's Way
by Lana Harper

After casting a forbidden blood spell to harness healing powers, witch Delilah Harlow becomes a becomes a beacon for evil, drawing supernatural creatures into Thistle Grove, until she joins forces with Catriona Quinn, a half-human monster hunter, to uncover the truth—and the risky attraction between them. 
Bears Behaving Badly
by MaryJanice Davidson

Werebear Annette Garsea, a dedicated Interspecies Placement Agency caseworker, teams up with her colleague (and secret crush), bear-shifter PI David Auberon, to protect a group of shifter teens from traffickers. This 1st in the action-packed BeWere My Heart series will appeal to fans of The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson and Shelly Laurenston's Honey Badger Chronicles novels.
Fang Fiction
by Kate Stayman-London

When hotel manager Tess Rosenbloom discovers that the vampire world of her favorite book series is real, she finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew about the Blood Feud novels -- including the villainous Callum's true nature. Readers who enjoy witty love letters to fantasy fandoms, like Rosie Danan's Fan Service, will sink their teeth into this "clever, richly imagined, and downright fun" romance (Booklist). 
A Wolf in Duke's Clothing
by Susanna Allen

Wolf-shifter Alfred Blakesley, the Duke of Lowell, abducts the Honorable Felicity Templeton from a ballroom, and then introduces her to his pack and their unconventional way of life in this steamy 1st in the Regency Shapeshifters of the Beau Monde series. Try this next: Highland Dragon Warrior by Isabel Cooper.
A Ghost in Shining Armor
by Therese Beharrie

Gemma Daniels' meet-cute with Levi Walker takes an unexpected turn when she discovers he's actually a ghost who's been sent to help her reunite with the twin sister she never knew she had. But what she doesn't know is that if Levi succeeds, he'll be returned to life; if he fails, he'll be gone for good. Will their slow-burn relationship -- and Levi -- survive the challenge? For fans of: Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland.
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