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| The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy by Brigitte KnightleyIn the steamy and witty follow-up to The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, assassin Osric and healer Aurienne find their rivalry tested when they uncover a conspiracy tied to a deadly plague. Fans of the Queens of Villainy series by Stephanie Burgis will want to check out this high-stakes conclusion to the Dearly Beloathed duology. |
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How to Find a Romance in a Bookshop
by Poppy Alexander
After a social media post gone wrong, a literary agent runs away to look after a seaside bookshop for the summer--and forms an unlikely friendship with a charming novelist struggling with his latest idea.Petra doesn't like books anymore--not since her career as a literary agent imploded after a social media typo went viral. Now she is stuck for six months, babysitting a little bookshop by the sea--surrounded by books that just remind her of her failure.Ross McCloud's award-winning debut novel blew the minds of the world's literati, but that was five years ago. Now Ross and his keenly awaited second work have vanished. Something has gone wrong--horribly wrong--and Ross doesn't want to talk about it.Marooned in Capelthorne's Bookshop miles from London, Petra can't stop thinking about all the ways she has let people down. Then she discovers Ross lurking, incognito, in the second-hand books section. Misery loves company it seems, and a kinship tentatively forms.In the meantime, the magic of the bookshop slowly begins to enchant Petra. Soon, her book recommendations assume legendary status; she is chairing the newly formed Beach Reads Book Club; leading a weekly writing group and hosting a series of popular talks and signings by local authors. She is even starting to read again.Petra is also finding time to help her new best friend Jess--owner of a local telephone box library--to launch the inaugural Portneath Literary Festival. What better opportunity to put the Festival on the map--says Ross--than for Petra to unveil his second novel to the world there, before re-launching her career representing him at the Frankfurt book fair? What a comeback But can Petra find the courage to help the man she loves?Their love of books may be re-ignited, but is that enough to save them both from their own worst enemy--themselves?Tropes: Friends to loversGrumpy x GrumpySmall-town romanceSlow burn
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Into the Fading Twilight (Deluxe Edition)
by Catherine Cowles
*The limited deluxe edition will include designed edges*A heart-stopping small town romance from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Cowles, the second in the Starlight Grove series.
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| The Missed Connection by Tia WilliamsReady to re-enter the world after a stalking incident turned her into a recluse, Sasha Cruz has a meet-cute with her seatmate on a transcontinental flight, but the pair lose sight of each other before they can exchange numbers. Hoping to track him down, Sasha hires the detective who helped her with her stalker, but soon finds herself unexpectedly torn between the two men. For fans of: Kennedy Ryan. |
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The Phone Swap
by Lia Louis
An accidental phone swap finds a celebrity heartthrob falling in love with a total normie. But falling in love in private is not as simple as falling in love in reality. Especially if the world is somehow still watching... When never-been-in-love, ambitious scientist Allie, and romantic, golden retriever movie star Milo switch seats on a plane, they find themselves unintentionally stuck with the other's phone. Although now an ocean apart, they agree to help each other--just until they can meet to swap them back. As they trade back and forth on each other's phones, Allie and Milo can't help but notice there's more to their connection than just messages and digital practicalities. Something real. But as the clock ticks down to them finally meeting, Allie and Milo discover that their meet-cute may not be as simple as their intimate messages and private video calls. As two very different worlds collide, is the chance for true love even possible? After all, you can't escape reality/the spotlight forever. Right?
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| Romantic Hero by Kirsty GreenwoodBrokenhearted after her boyfriend leaves her, romance author Gertie Bickerstaff finds herself plagued by writer's block...until River Oakley, the cowboy villain from her series, shows up at her house. Desperate to get back to his own reality, River suggests a fake relationship to make Gertie's ex jealous and help break her creative block. For fans of: Writing Mr. Right by Alina Khawaja. |
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Tropesick
by Lauren Okie
Lauren Okie is one of my favorite new voices in romance.- B.K. Borison, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Good SpiritsIn this lush, slow-burning romance, two childhood neighbors, connected by a shared tragedy, unexpectedly reunite to ghostwrite a love story for a reclusive author. Spending the summer at her secluded Hamptons estate, they soon discover that dozens of classic romance tropes, including the ones they're crafting on page, are mysteriously playing out in real life.Katie Caruso is a completely normal twenty-five-year-old girl. At least, for the past eight years, she's tried to be. She likes glitter and sequins and flirting with cute boys at New York City bars. She's also a ghostwriter for Meredith Bradford, the bestselling romance novelist of all time. But then Tyler McNally walks back into Katie's life, and that bedazzled facade crumbles at her platform-sneakered feet.Katie and Tyler haven't seen or spoken to each other since the overdose death of Katie's older brother, a standout MLB pitching prospect. Tyler was her brother's best friend, and Katie--naturally--was the girl next door. But now, Tyler is a sleeve-tattooed, Ivy League-educated aspiring literary fiction novelist, nine years sober . . . and Katie's writing partner for the summer.As genre conventions require, Katie and Tyler soon find themselves removed from Manhattan and instead writing their love story in forced proximity at Meredith's isolated Southampton home. As the summer unfolds, the tropes Katie and Tyler have written into their novel begin to play out in their own lives. Call it destiny, fate, or magic itself: it's clear their love story isn't finished. This time, though, they'll work through the pain that tore them apart--and fight for their happy ending.Heart-wrenching and tender, Tropesick is a love letter to the romance genre. With a wink and a nod, Okie has packed the novel with readers' favorite tropes: Grumpy/SunshineBrother's best friendGirl next doorForced proximityForbidden loveKissing in the rainGroveling heroSecond-chance romanceSlow burnOnly one bed
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