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Romance
August/September 2025 |
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New at the Waterford Public Library
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Sweet Heat
by Bolu Babalola
Three years after their break-up, Kiki's worked hard to forget her first love. But just as she thinks she's got her life under control—jumping into the distractions of her romance-by-calendar-invite boyfriend, and plans for her best friend, Aminah's, wedding—Kiki's career implodes, the family business teeters on collapse, and Malakai returns. As Malakai takes up his role as best man opposite her maid of honour, suddenly Kiki can think of nothing but their simmering chemistry, what went wrong, and why it is now impossible to act normal around each other.
Juggling a new job, the prospect of her parents' restaurant being sold, and keeping her best friend from going full bridezilla, dealing with The Ex is the last thing she needs. But somehow the spark between them is only getting hotter—and threatening to ruin everything.
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By the horns
by Ruby Dixon
"In a world of magical artifacts and fantastical beings, a woman with a deadly magic secret needs the help of the minotaur she's trying to forget in the sizzling sequel of New York Times bestselling author Ruby Dixon's new steamy monster romance series. Gwenna has always considered herself a normal person. A former servant, she wants nothing more than to land a steady job with the Royal Artifactual Guild so she can make some steady coin to send home to her mother. She's not special. She's certainly not anecromancer. That would be impossible, given how necromancing (or any 'mancing) is forbidden upon penalty of death. So if the dead keep talking to her? Well, she's going to keep on ignoring them. They're not going to stand in the way of her dreams. Also standing in her way? One big, arrogant, far-too-flirty Taurian named Raptor."
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Well, actually : a novel
by Mazey Eddings
"While the following romance is rompy, goofy, and fairly irreverent, please be aware that the following are present/discussed in the novel: internalized biphobia, workplace abuse, toxic masculinity and internalized misogyny, grief after loss of a loved one. As always, I've done my best to handle these topics with nuance and compassion. Please take care of yourself while reading."
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The love lyric
by Kristina Forest
Iris Greene, a widowed mother and director of partnerships at a beauty company, feels lonely despite her success until she encounters pop singer Angel Harrison at her sister's wedding; both secretly harboring feelings for each other, they must navigate professional boundaries while exploring their unexpected connection during a campaign tour.
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