Romance
August 2025
Recent Releases
Finders Keepers
by Sarah Adler

Seventeen years after failing to find a local mogul's hidden treasure buried in their small Maryland hometown, former friends Nina Hunnicutt and Quentin Bell reunite to resume the search -- and rediscover their feelings for each other. Sarah Adler's witty and banter-filled latest is perfect for fans of Something Wilder by Christina Lauren.
With this ring
by Amy Clipston

As proprietor of the Fairytale Bridal Shop in Flowering Grove, Dakota has moved on from her painful breakup with Hudson, her high school sweetheart, but when he returns to derail his sister's wedding, old feelings resurface. 
The love simulation
by Etta Easton

Vice principal Brianna Rogers joins a Mars simulation competition to fund a school library, clashing with science teacher Roman Major, whose charm and uncertain motives disrupt their rivalry, forcing her to choose between her school's future and the possibility of love.
Total Dreamboat
by Katelyn Doyle

Sparks fly between cruise skeptics Hope Lanover and Felix Segrave on a 10-day Caribbean cruise, but their whirlwind romance is tested when they're stranded in the Bahamas without passports or phones. 
Battle of the bookstores
by Ali Brady

Rivalry and romance spark when two bookstore managers who are opposites in every way find themselves competing for the same promotion. Despite managing bookstores on the same Boston street, Josie Klein and Ryan Lawson have never interacted much-Josie's store focuses on serious literature, and Ryan's sells romance only. But when the new owner of both stores decides to combine them, the two are thrust into direct competition. Only one manager will be left standing, decided by who turns the most profit over the summer. Efficient and detail-oriented Josie instantly clashes with easygoing and disorganized Ryan. Their competing events and contrasting styles lead to more than just frustration-the sparks between them might just set the whole store on fire. Their only solace during this chaos is the friendship they've each struck up with an anonymous friend in an online book forum. Little do they know they're actually chatting with each other. As their rivalry heats up in real life, their online relationship grows, and when the walls between their stores come tumbling down, Josie and Ryan realize not all's fair in love and war. And maybe, if they're lucky, happily ever afters aren't just for the books
Last second chance
by Lucy Score

A contemporary romance novel in which Joey Greer is great at raising horses and holding grudges. Eight years ago, her high school sweetheart fled to Hollywood of all places. She vowed never to forgive or forget. Now big-shot screenwriter Jackson Pierce is back in Blue Moon demanding another chance.
Beg, borrow, or steal : a novel
by Sarah Adams

Two feuding second-grade teachers (and neighbors) find themselves teaming up in this new rivals-to-lovers romance set in Rome, Kentucky-from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rule Book and Practice Makes Perfect.
When Javi Dumped Mari
by Mia Sosa

In college, best friends Javier Báez and Marisol Campos promised they wouldn't date someone the other didn't approve of, until one night of passion between them torpedoed their relationship. Years later, Javier's finally ready to tell Marisol he loves her -- and then she introduces him to her fiancé, Alex. This feel-good homage to When Harry Met Sally and My Best Friend's Wedding will appeal to fans of Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell. 
Sunny Side Up
by Katie Sturino

After suffering from an anxiety attack in the dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman swimsuit department, newly divorced public relations executive Sunny Greene is inspired to create a plus-sized swimwear line, which puts her in the path of two very different love interests: investor Ted, who's agreed to financially back her; and mailman Dennis, who delivers the many packages she needs for her business. For fans of: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London.
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