Romance
November 2025

Recent Releases
It's Me They Follow
by Jeannine A. Cook

Helping others find love through books comes easily for The Shopkeeper, except when it comes to finding someone for herself. She secretly yearns for her first customer, ME, who took both her most prized book and a piece of her heart when he left. But just when she begins to lose hope, she discovers her magical bookshop may hold the key to her own happily ever after as well.
Overdue
by Stephanie Perkins

Twenty-nine-year-old librarian Ingrid Dahl is ready to settle down with Corey, her boyfriend of 11 years, until he suggests they take a month off to date other people. When she tries to make a move on her secret crush, grumpy coworker Macon, he rejects her, but the pair's growing friendship has the potential to become something more when her arrangement with Corey gets extended. 
The earl that got away by D. M. Quincy
The earl that got away
by D. M. Quincy

Years after breaking off their engagement, Naila reunites with Basil -- now a titled English earl -- at her sister's wedding, where old wounds, lingering attraction and family expectations clash as they confront whether love can overcome pride and the past. "Quincy brings plenty of romantic angst and interpersonal drama to the fast-paced plot, punctuated with some truly steamy love scenes. It’s a memorable and passionate scorcher." (Publishers Weekly)
We Met Like This
by Kasie West

Hopeless romantic and dating app-averse literary agent Margot keeps getting matched with Oliver, who she swiped right on three years ago but hasn't seen again since their single bad date. Will these opposites find a second chance at love? This banter-filled adult debut from YA author Kasie West (Better Than Revenge) will appeal to fans of The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai.
The mistletoe kisser by Lucy Score
The mistletoe kisser
by Lucy Score

Ryan Sosa, grumpy former corporate accountant, has had it up to here with surprises. He didn't see getting fired coming. And he certainly didn't anticipate flying across the country to the world's hippie-est, happiest, most annoying town to save his great-uncle from some mysterious emergency. Dr. Sammy Ames has a practice to manage and a fundraising crisis to attend to. She doesn't have time to deal with a big-city grouch who doesn't remember being her first kiss ever. 
The gingerbread bakery by Laurie Gilmore
The gingerbread bakery
by Laurie Gilmore

As Dream Harbor prepares for a festive wedding, baker Annie and laid-back Mac -- forced to work together amid holiday cheer, community spirit and snowy charm -- must decide if their playful rivalry might actually be hiding something else. As the snowflakes fall and with romance in the air, will Annie see that the one she loves to hate might just be her perfect match after all?
A duke never tells by Suzanne Enoch
A duke never tells
by Suzanne Enoch

Before entering into a supremely-advantageous arranged marriage with James Clay, the new Duke of Earnhurst, Lady Meg Pinwell has to see if he's really the rake he's rumored to be. With the help of her Aunt Clara, they plan some discreet reconnaissance at the Duke's country estate. Meg will pretend to be her aunt's maid/companion to see the true state of affairs at Earnhurst Manor. But James has traded places with the excellent Riniken, the former Duke's butler. Soon everyone is falling in love with the absolute wrong person.
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