| The Long Game by Elena ArmasWhat happens: Exiled to rural North Carolina by her father, the owner of the Miami Flames FC, privileged Adalyn Reyes must enlist the help of retired goalkeeper Cameron Caldani to turn around a struggling soccer team...of nine-year-olds. Part Ted Lasso, part Bad News Bears, The Long Game is the 1st in a new series by the author of The Spanish Love Deception. |
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A Dish Best Served Hot
by Natalie Caña
"From a comedic cast of supporting characters to an emphasis on the importance of community... A vibrant second-chance love story about repairing community and romantic connection." -- Kirkus Reviews
Series Alert: A stressed-out single dad and caregiver to his mischievous abuelo butts heads and creates sparks with a teacher and social justice advocate in the second novel of the series following A Proposal They Can't Refuse.
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Take the Lead
by Alexis Daria
What it's about: Told to fake a romance while starring on The Dance Off, Gina and her latest partner, the sexy star of an Alaskan wilderness show, find the heat between them making things all too real until sudden fame threatens to destroy their relationship before it even gets started.
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Full Moon Over Freedom
by Angelina M. Lopez
What happens: Trying to regain her magic, Gillian, determined to escape the ghosts of her hometown by summer's end, finds the answer to her prayers in Nicky Mendoza, the ideal man to lead her to ruin, but when he refuses to touch her, she realizes she's not the only one who's cursed.
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| In Charm's Way by Lana HarperSeries Alert: In this 4th Witches of Thistle Grove novel, Delilah Harlow casts a spell that accidentally summons bloodthirsty supernatural creatures, requiring her to team up with half-human monster hunter Catriona Quinn to set things right.
For fans of: Ann Aguirre's Fix-It Witches series, Erin Sterling's Ex-Hex novels. |
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| New Adult by Timothy JanovskySeries Alert: Struggling stand-up comic Nolan Baker makes a wish and wakes up seven years in the future, where he's rich and famous...and lonely. With the help of his ex-BFF (and forever crush), Drew Techler, Nolan sets out to mend the relationships he ruined on his way to the top in this moving 3rd Boy Meets Boy novel. |
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| A Shot in the Dark by Victoria LeeA passionate and powerful romance featuring a transgender man and an ex-Orthodox woman who find each other through their devotion to art, and fall in love despite all odds,
On her first night back in New York City after a decade away, ex-Orthodox art student Elisheva Cohen has a one-night stand with a handsome trans man who turns out to be her teacher, photographer Wyatt Cole. This "profoundly emotional" (Publishers Weekly) novel of forbidden romance also tackles issues of addiction, faith, and trauma. |
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| My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna LevineBuzz: A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!, a September Indie Next Pick,
an Amazon's Best Romances of September, and an Apple's Best Books of September
What happens: For the too-good-to-be-true monthly rent of $200, Chicago-based artist Cassie Greenberg is willing to risk getting murdered by her handsome and deeply eccentric Craigslist roommate, Frederick J. Fitzwilliam.
Read-alike: Ashley Poston's The Seven Year Slip. |
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| Knockout by Sarah MacLean
(Mass Market Paperback Original)What it's about: Sparks flew when explosives expert Lady Imogen Loveless of the Hell's Belles vigilante group met Detective Inspector Thomas Peck of Scotland Yard. But now that Imogen's family has discovered her secret life and hired Peck as her protector? It's going to be dynamite.
Series Alert: Knockout is the 3rd in the Hell's Belles series, after Bombshell and Heartbreaker. |
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| Kissing Kosher by Jean MeltzerBuzz: "An unflinchingly honest romance." -- Kirkus, starred review
What happens: Ethan Lippmann, heir to a kosher baked goods empire, goes undercover at Best Babka in Brooklyn to steal the family-owned bakery's famous Pumpkin Spiced Babka recipe, but instead falls for general manager Avital Cohen.
You might also like: Natalie Caña's A Proposal They Can't Refuse, or Heidi Shertok's Unorthodox Love. |
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| Curves for Days by Laura Moher"Body positivity combines with heartfelt romance to make this a winner." -Publishers Weekly STARRED Review
What it's about: A lottery win provides cashier Rose Barnes with means, motive, and opportunity for a fresh start, but surly, burly contractor Angus Drummond, whom she hires to build her dream house, is already shaping up to be her worst nightmare. Curves for Days kicks off the Big Love from Galway series. Also, a Minnesota author. |
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| Codename Charming by Lucy ParkerWhat happens: Petunia "Pet" De Vere, personal assistant to hapless royal Johnny Marchmont, pretends to date bodyguard Mathias Vaughn in order to shut down false rumors about an affair between Pet and her boss. This lively, grumpy-sunshine rom-com marks the 2nd installment of the Palace Insiders series, after Battle Royal. |
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| The Secret to a Southern Wedding by Synithia WilliamsAn emotional and witty story of love, forgiveness, and second chances as the race to the wedding day begins...
What it's about: Dr. Imani Kemp races home to Peachtree, Georgia, to stop her mother's wedding to some guy she met on a dating app and meets her match (in every sense of the word) in Cyril Dash, her future stepfather's son.
Read-alike: Preslaysa Williams' Brides of Lowcountry series. |
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