Winfield Public Library: Romance: June 2026

Recent Releases

Happy Ending
by Chloe Liese

After discovering that their former spouses are in a relationship with each other, bookseller Thea Meyer and Michelin star chef Alex Bruscato fake a relationship of their own, but wind up catching real feelings while on a family beach vacation with their exes. For fans of: feel-good fake relationship romances starring relatable characters, like Funny Story by Emily Henry.

Cherry Baby
by Rainbow Rowell

When her estranged husband's semi-autobiographical webcomic is adapted into a film and the character based on her is played by an actress wearing a fat suit, Cherry struggles with seeing her fatness portrayed as a caricature. When she runs into her college crush, Russ, at a concert, sparks fly -- but is she ready to trust again? For fans of: thoughtful relationship fiction novels that explore themes of body image and self-discovery, like Katie Sturino's Sunny Side Up.

How to Find a Guy in Five Weddings
by Cynthia Timoti

Kimiko Halim thinks happy endings only exist in fairy tales. But her late grandmother's will specifies settling down as a condition to inherit her yarn store, and the family's legacy is the only thing that matters. Kim's plan is simple: find a guy, date him until the store is hers, then gently uncouple from the poor, unsuspecting victim. When Rob Carmichael, a perpetual groomsman and self-proclaimed proponent of happily-ever-afters, overhears Kim's cynical view of love, he's baffled. Rob convinces her that he can find her a soulmate in one of the next five weddings he's going to. What can possibly go wrong?

Nearly a Bride
by Sabrina Jeffries

After more than a decade separated from his home and family, the Earl of Heathbrook returns to his London townhouse to face a new test: reclaiming guardianship of his younger brothers. but his reputation as a rakehell has caused his own father to block Heathbrook's rightful custody in his will. However, the clever rogue concocts a plan to restore respectability and rescue his siblings . . . by finding a fiancée with no strings attached.

Love Song (Deluxe Edition)
by Elle Kennedy

After a brutal breakup, college junior Blake Logan escapes to her family's lake house in Tahoe, determined to shut out the world. Her plan is simple: no men, no drama. Until Wyatt Graham shows up. Four years older and far too good at getting under her skin, Wyatt is the living embodiment of a bad idea. But just as they finally give in to their attraction, tragedy tears them apart. When fate brings them together again, Blake and Wyatt must decide if this is a second chance...or the final goodbye.

First and Forever
by Lynn Painter

Duffy Distefano loves Minneapolis Coyote football. So after she gets booed out of a game and becomes the internet's villain following an awful encounter with the team's mascot, she is disgruntled, to put it mildly. Eager to clear the air, Duffy agrees to an interview on a hit morning show. She doesn't expect a co-guest to join her--especially not the Coyotes' star tight end, Connor Cunningham. The team's PR team wants Connor to ask Duffy out. He knows this secret can only blow up, but if he messes things up with Duffy, it'll be the greatest fumble of his life.

The Last Lady B
by Eloisa James

In the depths of winter, Lady Genevieve Hughes, her pet piglet, and her septuagenarian husband travel to a haunted abbey in the Scottish Highlands. Evie is excited to meet a ghost but didn't expect the quirky guests to become the friends she's never had. And she certainly didn't imagine meeting Sir Godric Everly, a sardonic, witty solicitor who loathes her husband. When ghosts, multiple wills, and a shocking marriage certificate bring Lord Burnsby's past crashing into his present, Burnsby promptly dies, leaving Evie free to remarry.

Burnout Summer
by Jenna Ramirez

Four years after graduation, life isn't going the way Camille Luna expected. Her corporate career is soul-sucking, she's in debt from student loans, and her breakup has created a serious rift between her college best friends. When her spiraling lands her in jail for the night, it's Danny Brennan --the lovable burnout from their college clique-- who bails her out and offers the perfect solution to her quarter-life crisis: a summer by the beach. Danny may be more than just the carefree friend she always overlooked... but summer can't last forever.

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