Romance
July 2025
Recent Releases
Dream On, Ramona Riley
by Ashley Herring Blake

In this first steamy and feel-good Clover Lake romance, sparks fly between waitress Ramona Riley and actress Dylan Monroe in small-town Clover Lake, New Hampshire, where Dylan's shooting a movie. The two kissed years ago, but Dylan doesn't seem to remember. Can this unlikely pair find a second chance at happily-ever-after? "The book is steamy while also being a sweet and sensitive look at the complex feelings of the characters, exploring how difficult it can be to trust others when you don’t trust yourself." (Booklist)
Problematic summer romance
by Ali Hazelwood

Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. It's such a cliche, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother's best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. Any relationship between them would be problematic and Maya should just get over him. But not everything is as it seems--and cliches sometimes become plot twists. 
Left of Forever
by Tarah DeWitt

Years after their young love fell apart, divorced co-parents Wren and Ellis embark on a road trip after sending their son to college, forcing them to confront their past and rekindle old feelings. But can the past truly be left behind? When words fail and old wounds resurface, it’s a soul-baring letter that could finally reveal the truth—or close the door on them forever. Try it if you like Robyn Carr's Virgin River books - or the series on Netflix.
Bad Publicity
by Bianca Gillam

Newly minted senior publicist Andie is thrilled when she gets her first book tour assignment -- until she discovers that her charge is famous author Jack Carlson, who broke her heart when the two were university students in Edinburgh five years ago. But she will not lose this opportunity, especially not because of Jack. One month on tour with Jack Carlson, visiting some of the most romantic spots in Europe. Deep breath. She can do this.
Behooved
by M. Stevenson

M. Stevenson's debut slow-burn romantasy stars hypercompetent Bianca and bumbling Aric, who reluctantly agree to a marriage of convenience to keep their kingdoms from war. On their wedding night, they're attacked by assassins, who turn Aric into a shapeshifting horse. On the run and in search of a cure, the two find themselves falling for each other as they fight to save themselves -- and their lands. Library Journal calls it, "an utterly charming and absolutely delightful slow-burn romantasy."
Say you'll remember me
by Abby Jimenez

After one incredible date-possibly the best in living history-Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs her date Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be. Only no amount of distance or time is nearly enough to forget that something between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life-and even a love-worth remembering.
Sounds like love
by Ashley Poston

Haunted by emptiness despite her status as a coveted songwriter, Joni Lark returns to her North Carolina hometown where her family's closing music venue sparks a mysterious telepathic connection with a guarded musician determined to complete a haunting melody. "Poston writes another lyrical and magical tale set in a cozy beach town that will make readers want to savor reading it while sitting on the sand themselves." (Library  Journal)
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