Romance
June 2025

Recent Releases
What Happens in Amsterdam
by Rachel Lynn Solomon

When single and unemployed Angeleno Dani Dorfman moves to Amsterdam to work for a fledgling startup which soon folds, she scrambles to find a new job before her visa runs out. Enter her high school ex, Wouter van Leewuen, who offers to marry her for their mutual benefit -- Wouter can inherit his family estate while Dani can stay in the Netherlands. Try this next: Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks.
Bad publicity
by Bianca Gillam

A sparkling rom-com in which an unexpected reunion could lead to a career-ending catastrophe or a second-chance romance . . 
The Love Haters
by Katherine Center

Video producer Katie Vaughn heads to Key West to profile Coast Guard rescue swimmer Tom“Hutch” Hutcheson, but between his family drama, her escalating lies, and their growing attraction, she must confront her fears and find courage in paradise.
One golden summer
by Carley Fortune

Charlie was 19 when Alice took his photo near her Nan's cottage in Barry's Bay, but now he's a grown-up flirt who makes Alice feel seventeen again—warm nights on the lake with Charlie are a balm for Alice's soul, but she begins to worry for her heart.
Dream on, Ramona Riley
by Ashley Herring Blake

Once upon a time, Ramona Riley was a student at a prestigious art school, with dreams of landing in Hollywood as a costume designer to the stars. But after her father's car accident, she had to quit everything and return to her small New Hampshire town,Clover Lake, to help take care of her younger sister. Twelve years later, Ramona is still working at the town's cafe, all but given up on her dream. But when a big-budget romantic comedy comes to Clover Lake to film, she wonders if this could be her chance. There's only one problem--Dylan Monroe, her first kiss and Hollywood's favorite wild child--is the star. Dylan Monroe has always lived an unconventional life, having famous rock icons for parents. But she wants to prove that she's not some chaotic, talentless nepo baby, that she has actual skills, that she's just a normal person. To do that, Dylan takes on a project at a charming lake town--she even works at the town's cafe (very quaint), shadowing a local waitress there (very cute), and asks her to take Dylan around to do Normal People Things. But Dylan soon realizes it's not just some small-town waitress she's getting to know--Ramona Riley is someone she's met before, someone who remembers her even more vividly. Before long, however, reality hits them, and both women have to decide if the spark between them can fan the flames of their individual dreams, or if it will extinguish their light.
Focus on: LGBTQIA+ Romances
Chef's Kiss
by T.J. Alexander

As culinary publisher The Discerning Chef pivots to video, recipe developer Simone Larkspur navigates a fraught working relationship with test kitchen manager Ray Lyton, which gets more complicated when Ray comes out as nonbinary. For fans of: Anita Kelly's Love & Other Disasters.
Glitterland
by Alexis J. Hall

Ash Winters was once the golden boy of the English literary scene, but mental illness has dragged him into a cycle of self-destruction. A chance meeting with brassy Essex-born Darian Taylor may be the first step Ash needs to rebuild his life--if he's able to let go of the class prejudice and dangerous negative self-image that threatens to drown them both.
The queer principles of Kit Webb : a novel
by Cat Sebastian

Going against his gentlemanly behavior to save himself and a beloved friend, Lord Holland, to reclaim a book that once belonged to his mother, takes lessons in thievery from Kit Webb with whom he falls in love despite the impediments in their path.
Delilah Green doesn't care
by Ashley Herring Blake

Pressured into photographing her estranged step-sister's wedding, Delilah Green reluctantly returns home to Bright Falls where she finds herself falling for one of the stuck-up bridesmaids after the pair are forced together during party preparations.
The Pairing
by Casey McQuiston

When bisexual exes Kit and Theo accidentally book the same European culinary tour, they challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they're over their relationship in this "hedonistic delight" (Booklist) from bestselling author Casey McQuiston (Red, White & Royal Blue). Try this next: Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun.
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