March is officially here, which makes it a great time to curl up with a new romance book! Here you’ll find a list of the most anticipated March 2025 romance books to read!
There’s nothing better than adding brand-new romance books to your TBR!
A few of the March 2025 romance releases made it to my list of most-anticipated romance books for the year. There are so many other exciting books releasing that are not to be ignored, which is where this list comes in!
On this list, you’ll find 45 brand-new romance books releasing in March 2025. While this list does not mention every romance book releasing this month, these are the most anticipated and talked about releases you don’t want to miss!
From fluffy rom-coms to historical fiction and everything in between, there’s something for every romance reader on this list. You’ll also find a mixture of beloved bestselling romance authors and debut authors to put on your radar.
Happy reading!
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March 4th Romance Books to Read
Contemporary Romance • Bloom Books
Upon Poe Markham’s return to Thornchapel, she and the boys she left behind find themselves entangled in secrets, pleasure, and pain. A high-heat, gothic, dark academia fairytale full of lantern-lit rituals, foggy moors, and obsessions that last for a lifetime. From the author of the USA Today bestselling Priest and New Camelot series.
Twelve years ago, I left Thornchapel—and the two boys I gave my heart to—behind. And now I’ve returned, hopeful…and wary. Because it’s so very easy to be drawn back into the world of the seductive and elegant Auden Guest…and into the world of his worst enemy, St. Sebastian Martinez. The beautiful and brooding St. Sebastian is as irresistible as he ever was, and Auden is just as handsome and arrogant, and the three of us can’t seem to unknot ourselves from each other.
From the hasty promise we three made all those years ago.
As Thornchapel slowly tightens its coil of truths and lies around us, our reluctant threesome starts unravelling into filthy, holy pleasure and pain. Together, we’ve awakened a centuries-old fate that will either bloom like a rose or destroy us all.
Magic binds them together—secrets will tear them apart.
Hedgewitch apprentice Wren has followed one rule her entire life: her hair can not be allowed to grow. Cutting it short keeps her safe, though her guardian has never explained who or what Wren must be kept safe from. But when Wren saves an outsider from the dark woods she calls home, her hair—and its strange, seductive magic—is released.
Before Wren can face the consequences of breaking her most important rule, she and her new companion, Finn, discover soldiers from Ilanthus attacking her village. To her horror, he confesses they are searching for him and will destroy any witches they find along the way. With no one else to turn to, they agree to help each other escape. However, a dangerous desire fueled by magic burns between them, strengthening each time Wren uses her powers.
But when Wren discovers Finn has been hiding a dark truth about her past, she questions everything she thought she knew: Her guardian. Her magic. And the man she dreamed of sharing a future with.
Contemporary Romance • Sourcebooks Casablanca
A sizzling forbidden romance from USA Today bestseller Sara Cate
Two years ago, Zara’s twin sister, Emma, was killed in a helicopter crash with her boyfriend, Preston. Now, the last person Zara expected to see was Preston’s father, Alistair Wilde. Yet, there he is on her doorstep with an offer she’d be a fool to pass up: His second son, Nash, is grieving and needs help. If Zara will be Nash’s girlfriend for three months and live with the two of them in a remote house, one million dollars is hers for the taking. But the challenge turns out to be harder than Zara expected. Nash is not just wild, he’s dangerous. And Alistair is far more broken than he lets the world believe. The three of them are bound by grief. Lines are crossed. Rules are broken. On the island, there’s no one to tell them this is wrong. In the end, Zara will have to choose one of them before she tears everything apart. But she belongs to both of them— One of them has her body. The other has her heart.
Contemporary Romance • Dial Press
How do you find yourself after you lose the one you loved the most?
Grieving the loss of her best friend, a young woman’s life is turned upside down when she meets a grumpy stranger who swears he can help her live again in this heartwarming, slow-burn romance by the author of Ready or Not.
Lenny’s a bit of a mess at the moment. Ever since cancer stole away her best friend, she has been completely lost. She’s avoiding her concerned parents, the apartment she shared with her best friend, and the ever-laminated “live again” list of things she’s promised to do to survive her grief. But maybe if she acts like she has it all together, no one will notice she’s falling apart.
The only gigs she can handle right now are temporary babysitting jobs, and she just landed a great one, helping overworked single mom, Reese and her precocious daughter, Ainsley. The only catch: Ainsley’s uncle, Miles, always seems to be around and is kind of a walking version of the grumpy cat meme. Worse, he seems to be able to see right through her.
Surprisingly, Miles knows a lot about grief, and he offers Lenny a proposition. He’ll help her complete everything on her “live again” list if she’ll help him connect with Ainsley and overcome his complicated relationship with Reese. Lenny doubts anything can fill the void her best friend has left behind, but between late-night ferry rides, midnight ramen, and a well-placed shoulder whenever she needs it, Miles just won’t stop showing up for her. Turns out that sometimes your life has to end to find your new beginning.
Romantic Comedy • Canary Street Press
A second-chance romance is rekindled on the breathtaking Isle of Skye as former college sweethearts work together to help their ailing mentor complete her memoir. For fans of Emily Henry and Sarah Morgenthaler.
Ghostwriter Brooke Sinclair longs to see her own name in print someday. After spending her career behind the scenes, her opportunity arises when her college mentor, Mhairi McCallister, summons Brooke back to Edinburgh University on an important request: Mhairi needs someone to complete her memoir. Brooke is reluctant—she was expelled from the University thanks to her ex-boyfriend—but for Mhairi, Brooke can’t say no. Unfortunately, agreeing to write the memoir means heading on a field research trip with said ex—Jack Sutherland, the man who blew up Brooke’s academic career.
Jack Sutherland was never meant for the family business, The Heart of the Highlands tour company—he’s not a storyteller like his brother Logan or even like Brooke. His TA position—secured for him by Aunt Mhairi—was meant to set him on a more structured path. Eventually, Jack cut out on his own to be a nature photographer. Mhairi knows her nephew’s photography will bring her memoir to life, and paired with Brooke’s writing, the book is sure to come together quickly.
A steamy new rom-com from the popular author of Happy Endings and Full Exposure, where two friends get the opportunity to work together on their dream project—a Cinderella rock musical with an all-Asian cast—and discover that falling in love was the easy part …
Zoe Tran is living her best life, designing plus-size lingerie at her own award-winning clothing boutique, when suddenly, her college best friend reenters her life. Derek Bui is offering a tantalizing chance to recapture a forgotten dream: designing costumes for the musical they created together years ago.
Derek has loved Zoe since freshman year but never had the guts to confess his true feelings. Now, he’s directing the Vietnamese Cinderella rock musical they dreamed up in college. The stakes are high: it’s the first production with an all-Asian cast and creative team at Washington, D.C.’s largest theatre, and if they can make it work, they’ll head to Broadway. But his real goal is to get Zoe back in his life.
A proud demisexual, Zoe only ever saw Derek as her best friend, but working on their dream production together brings them closer than ever. Sparks ignite under the hot spotlights. But when the theatre’s artistic director pressures Derek to make the musical “less Asian,” he and Zoe clash on whether to stay true to their vision or compromise to keep the production alive.
Will Zoe and Derek finally let love take center stage, or will their creative differences close the curtains on them forever?
A cursed witch must team up with a rival coven leader to save her small town in this atmospheric tale of magic, love, and self-discovery—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic.
In the small town of Gold Springs, Calliope Petridi and her two sisters carefully guard the secret of their magic and the price they must pay to practice it: memories. Luckily, all Calliope wants to do is forget: the mother who left without a trace, the sisters from whom she feels increasingly distant, and most of all, the way the love of her life shattered her heart two years ago.
But when a mysterious evil awakens, the fragile thread that holds the sisters together breaks. As their magic slowly begins to fade, Calliope accidentally binds herself to the handsome leader of a rival coven infamous for their ruthless pursuit of power. Battling the sizzling chemistry with a man she can’t trust, Calliope must confront memories of her past, family secrets, and ancient magic in order to protect the town and all she loves. But will she have anything left of herself?
Historical Romance • Sourcebooks Landmark
New York Times bestselling author Susanna Kearsley (over 1.1M copies sold) explores when a man’s duty conflicts with his sense of justice and honor and how love can overcome enmity in the light of truth.
What happens when an ordinary man is in service to a dangerous king and undertakes the one mission that brings him to love and his true calling. In 1613, King James sends his messenger, Andrew Logan, to Scotland to arrest his late son’s close advisor, Sir David Moray. Accompanied by his aloof neighbor Phoebe Westaway, Andrew slowly untangles the real point of his mission—to frame Sir David for Prince Henry’s death. But Andrew is unwilling to bring an innocent man into a treacherous betrayal.
Andrew’s feisty and lovely neighbor, Phoebe Westaway, has always been standoffish to Andrew, having heard malicious gossip against him. But as they journey to Scotland and back, Phoebe has the opportunity to see Andrew for the honorable and loyal man that he is, and her change of heart may open new possibilities for them once their mission is complete.
A passionate vice principal and a guarded science teacher compete for a grand prize, only to realize their budding relationship might be the real jackpot.
Brianna Rogers has been told a time (or six) she needs to stop jumping into things head first. But when the principal rescinds his approval for a library upgrade, deciding to spend the money on a football field instead, she sees red. Literally. Brianna throws her hat in the ring and joins a team of teachers who will spend their summer in a Mars simulation. As the sister of an astronaut, this should be easy, right? What she didn’t count on was the last-minute addition to the team—Roman Major: science teacher, son of the principal, and too handsome for his own good.
Roman and Brianna have been hot and cold all year, and living in close quarters intensifies their animosity and attraction. Brianna is sure he’s been sent by his father to sabotage them, foiling their chance at prize money that will cover all of the school’s actual needs. But each day, Roman proves himself to be a dedicated teammate—and Brianna finds herself falling harder and harder. While it’s clear the feeling is mutual, she can’t shake the sense that he’s hiding something. As the simulation nears its end, Brianna realizes she may have to make an impossible choice between the school she’s dedicated herself to and the man who has won his way into her heart.
LGBTQ+ Romance • Carina Adores
A sweet and sexy hockey romance about two ex-teammates and former best friends with benefits who are about to discover whether you can ever really have a second chance. From the USA TODAY bestselling author of the Game Changers series and Time to Shine.
After moving back to his hometown ten years ago, Riley Tuck thought he had left his major league hockey career—and his broken heart—far behind. But when an unexpected tragedy strikes, it brings ex-teammate and former best friend with benefits Adam Sheppard, back into his life.
Coming to the small town of Avery River, Nova Scotia, might have been a mistake. Adam’s not sure he’ll ever win back Riley’s trust after the way they left things—and the attention he’s getting as a huge hockey star isn’t exactly helping. Yet the chemistry that crackles between them is undeniable, even now.
As Adam helps Riley navigate his grief, long-buried feelings start to resurface. But they’ll have to square off with their complicated past if they’re going to have a real shot at a new beginning.
Regency Historical Romance • Gallery Books
A tart young woman and an arrogant lord collide in this flirty, sexy, and remarkably modern historical romance, perfect for fans of Bridgerton.
Anna didn’t intend to ride in a high-stakes horse race or start up a betting ring. She certainly didn’t mean to find herself in so many darkened corners with Lord Julian Ramsay, quarreling and kissing. But when her grandfather’s strange will stipulates that Anna must marry or she’ll be left broke, there’s nothing she won’t do to win her fight for independence. Even go head-to-head with Lord Ramsay, with her own heart as the prize.
Fans of the slow burn will devour this frenemies-to-lovers story perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean and Evie Dunmore.
Contemporary Romance • Bloom Books
From beloved New York Times bestselling author Elsie Silver comes the third in a brand new contemporary Western series following four single dads living very different stories.
She’s always dreamed of her wedding day. And those dreams never included saying “I do” to a man she hates.
But when Tabitha’s nephew’s guardianship is contested, she decides she’ll do whatever it takes to keep him in Rose Hill. Even if it means marrying the enemy.
Rhys Dupris.
A man who is secretive, broody, and completely infuriating. A man whose work takes him away for weeks on end and brings him back covered in mysterious bruises—ones he won’t talk about. In fact, Tabitha and Rhys barely talk at all.
Which would be fine, except when he’s not talking, he’s staring. And the way he looks at her is borderline indecent.
The tension between them has always been palpable. But living under the same roof is a dangerous temptation.
Tabitha swore she would never forgive him. But that was before she knew the man behind the mask. The one who’s fierce and protective. The one who’s gentle and patient. The one who shows up for her and her nephew when they need him most.
He’s not at all who she thought he was.
And that makes hating her husband so much harder…and loving him just a little too easy.
March 11th Romance Books to Read
Have you ever wanted to change the past and discover the result of choices not taken? Now, in this brilliantly fun novel of what-ifs, missed chances, and new beginnings, Frankie McKenzie discovers what starting over might bring …
Despite living firmly in her comfort zone, Frankie McKenzie feels unsettled. She can’t help feeling something’s missing. Is it a home to call her own? Travel? A more rewarding job? A relationship? Before she can work it out, she dies in a freak kebab-related accident after what she sees as yet another dud of a first date.
But life isn’t over for Frankie. Instead, she is miraculously offered a second chance: Frankie can revisit key moments from her past to see if different choices will lead her to the fulfilling life she’s always dreamt of.
And there are so many opportunities! Should she decide to languidly lounge by warm Mexican waters with sexy Raphael? Or say yes to the proposal of earnestly reliable university-sweetheart Toby? Perhaps a worry-free gilded cage with Callum is the solution! Or what about that high-powered media career she thought that she wanted?
Soon, Frankie will see what her life would have been if only she’d caught that one-way flight, accepted the marriage proposal, or attended the intimidating job interview. Will she finally find her Mr. Right? Or discover she already had? Which way should she turn? And over and over, she asks herself the question …
What would she change if she could begin again?
The truth is stranger than fan fiction in the next sexy paranormal rom-com from the beloved author of The Roommate.
The only place small-town outcast Alex Lawson fits in is the online fan forum she built for Arcane, a long-running werewolf detective show. Her dedication to archiving fictional supernatural lore made her Internet-famous, even if she harbors a secret disdain for the show’s star, Devin Ashwood. (Never meet your heroes—sometimes they turn out to be The Worst.)
Ever since his show went off the air, Devin and his career have spiraled, but waking up naked in the woods outside his LA home with no memory of the night before is a new low. It must have been a coincidence that the once-in-a-century Wolf Blood Moon crested last night. The claws, fangs, and howling are a little more difficult to explain away. Desperate for answers, Devin finds Alex—the closest thing to an expert that exists. If only he could convince her to stop hating his guts long enough to help …
Once he makes her an offer she can’t refuse, these reluctant allies lower their guards trying to wrangle his inner beast. Unfortunately, getting up close and personal quickly comes back to bite them.
Contemporary Romance • Sourcebooks Casablanca
Tender, sexy, Southern small-town romance that’s for everyone who’s ever had trouble trusting in love—or trusting in themselves.
Single and determined to stay that way, Andi Salazar treasures her independence, her charming small town and the dedication to hard work she inherited from her beloved Gram. To blow off steam, she occasionally takes the stage as a voluptuous bombshell singer who can rev you up even as she breaks your heart with a song.
Big, blond math teacher Kevin Mahoney is fresh off a bad breakup when he moves to Galway, NC. The school year’s about to start, and he’s determined to find the real Kev, not the “vanilla” guy his ex-fiancée didn’t want to marry. When he sees Andi onstage and then collides with her in the hallway, he damn near bursts into flame, and their hot, sweet hookup leaves him wanting more.
The man is entirely too attractive though—too endearing—so Andi breaks it off with a very firm “no” to a second date. But when their work brings them together again, Andi and Kevin slowly embark on a friendship instead. Andi’s beginning to trust a man for the first time in maybe ever. Kevin’s beginning to enjoy having opinions of his own—and squabbling about them with his new friend. Silently, they both yearn for more, even though they realize friendship is safer. But then an unexpected pregnancy turns their lives upside down in the best way possible.
Contemporary Romance, Magical Realism • William Morrow Paperbacks
One of the greatest love stories in history gets derailed when a struggling poet at Cambridge runs into a time traveller who agrees to help him find his muse—a thoughtful and uplifting romantic comedy for fans of About Time and The Midnight Library.
Cambridge University, 2005: Student Joe Greene scribbles verses in the margins of his notebook, dreaming of a future where his words will echo through the ages, all while doubting it could ever happen.
Then, the future quite literally finds him—in the form of Esi. She’s part of a time-traveling tour, a trip for people in the future to witness history’s greatest moments firsthand. The star of this tour? Joe Greene. In Esi’s era, Joe is as renowned as Shakespeare. And he’s about to meet Diana, a fellow student and aspiring actress, who will become his muse and the subject of his famous love poems.
But Esi is harboring a secret. She’s not here because she idolizes Joe—actually, she thinks his poetry is overrated. Something will happen at Cambridge this year that will wreck Esi’s life, and she’s hell-bent on changing it. When Esi goes rogue from her tour, she bumps into Joe and sends his destiny into a tailspin. To save both their futures, Esi becomes Joe’s dating coach, helping him win over Diana. But when Joe’s romantic endeavors go off-script—and worse, he starts falling for Esi instead—they both face a crucial question: Is the future set in stone, or can we pen our own fates?
Romantic Comedy • St. Martin’s Griffin
Something has to give … Could it be her heart?
Connie has always distrusted nice guys. In her experience, they’re just waiting to reveal some horrible secret. And then she meets big, adorable, Henry Samuel Beckett—editor extraordinaire, lover of bow ties, sweet and so cheery she struggles to believe he’s real.
Until Henry Samuel Beckett—or Beck, as he’s known to most—tells her the secret underneath his sunny surface: He’s been single all his life. But in a moment of panic, he’s told everyone at his publishing house that he’s married. And when Connie, an aspiring writer herself, can’t help defending him, she ends up being the fake wife he doesn’t actually have.
When they head off on a writing retreat, surrounded by people convinced this must be a ruse, both of them can’t help but agree. Until they share their first kiss, their first touch, their first time in only one bed. Side by side, every night, as the simmering tension builds … Connie starts to wonder if this might be real after all.
Contemporary Romance, Medical • Bloom Books
From fan-favorite author B. Celeste comes another raw, real, and unforgettable story of love and loss.
After her last stint of chemotherapy from her five-year battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, twenty-one-year-old Sawyer Hawkins heads back to Louisiana for the first time in thirteen years to attend university. The last time she was there, she became fast friends with nine-year-old Paxton, meeting up at their favorite wooden footbridge. But Hurricane Katrina forced Sawyer and her mother to head north, and she never thought she’d see that boy again.
Now, with a new lease on life, Sawyer wants to be a normal college girl. Check things off her list—make friends, go to parties, fall in love. Most importantly, she wants to find her favorite bridge again, hoping it still remains. When she meets her new neighbor, Banks, the mysterious boy who lives across the hall, she realizes maybe he can help her check some things off the list with her.
But as their friendship grows, so does the tension and tragedy between them. Banks loses his best friend, and the truth of Sawyer’s terminal cancer soon comes to light. When Sawyer realizes that Banks is Paxton Banks, the same boy from her childhood, she must decide if he’s worth the fight—and Banks must decide if he can risk opening his heart only to lose another person he loves. Their footbridge might still be standing, but only the two of them can choose to cross the distance between them.
Contemporary Romance, Sports • One More Chapter
Formula One meets Red, White and Royal Blue in the best spicy sports romance of the year.
Kian Walker has always been the golden boy of motorsport. The four-time Championship winner has racing in his DNA—his father was a legend on the track, just don’t let him catch you comparing the two. As reckless and unreliable at home as he was behind the wheel, there’s nothing Kian wants less than to be just like his dad.
Enter Harper James. This year’s rookie called up to compete with the big boys—and Kian’s new teammate. Cocky, hot-headed and with a reputation for breaking as many hearts as he does new track records, Harper’s the opposite of Kian in every way. But when the season starts, there’s no getting away from him.
This might be one of the most dangerous sports in the world, so why then does Kian’s heart feel safer flying around the track at 220mph than when he’s anywhere near his teammate?
Contemporary Romance, Sports • Canary Street Press
From BookTokker and NHL insider Lexi LaFleur Brown comes a steamy hockey rom com for fans of Icebreaker and Pucking Wild, packed with hockey superstitions, queer representation, and a big-hearted romance.
When Jaylen Jones doesn’t secure an NHL contract at the end of training camp, he worries his hockey career is over. But after an anonymous one-night stand on his last night in town, his luck turns around, and a last-minute roster spot opens up on the Seattle Rainiers. After attributing his fortune to the girl he spent the night with, superstitious Jaylen is suddenly desperate to keep her around.
Aspiring tattoo artist Lucy isn’t so sure about the proposition to remain Jaylen’s lucky charm—she’s been called a lot of things in her life, but good luck has never been one of them. But stuck in a career slump, Lucy has everything to gain. Hoping for an apprenticeship at a tattoo parlor hasn’t offered her much stability, and Jaylen is willing to pay any price to get Lucy to agree…so maybe sending him a routine text message before each game won’t be too hard.
What starts as an agreement to trade favors—a good luck text for an appearance at a charity event or well wishes in exchange for prime game tickets—quickly turns into sizzling chemistry that’s too delicious not to give into. But Lucy’s been in too many situationships to even think about getting attached again, and Jaylen is clearly only with Lucy as long as it’s helping his career. Their growing bond is hard to deny though … and neither of them expecting getting lucky could be so complicated.
Contemporary Romance • Bloom Books
The first in an all-new laugh-out-loud romance series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score.
A Gilmore Girls meets Schitt’s Creek redemption comedy.
Hazel Hart was a successful romance novelist until a breakup drives her straight into writer’s block. Having failed (and failed some more) to deliver her new manuscript, she’s hiding from the world behind a wall of old takeout containers until her publisher lays down the law. If she misses her next deadline, it’s The End.
Desperate for inspiration, Hazel impulse-buys a historic home online and flees Manhattan to tiny Story Lake, PA. Upon her dramatic arrival—involving an incident with a bald eagle—she discovers the charm of her new home may have been slightly exaggerated.
The house is a wreck, and the town is struggling after their biggest employer shut down. Also, since her raccoon-infested home came with a seat on the town council, our introverted heroine is stuck with a front-row seat to all the small-town shenanigans.
But Hazel isn’t worried. Not since all six-feet-three inches of grouchy contractor Campbell Bishop slapped a bandage on her forehead and unintentionally inspired the heck out of her. There’s only one thing to do: Hire Cam and his equally gorgeous brothers to renovate her new spider museum…er…house.
Okay, two things. A fake date for “research purposes” will really put her work-in-progress on track. Before Hazel knows it, she’s writing a romance novel and living one. At least until the drywall dust settles, the town she’s falling in love with faces bankruptcy, and growly Cam remembers why he can’t live happily ever after.
Contemporary Romance • Sourcebooks Casablanca
An emotional contemporary romance from New York Times and USA Today bestseller Roni Loren, primed for TikTok’s “books that make you ugly cry” lists.
After spending years trying to move on after what happened in Long Acre, former prom queen Kincaid Breslin decides to put all of her energy into making her life full and interesting. She lost her soulmate on that terrible night, but she doesn’t have to let that young tragedy shape who she is now … or continue to complicate her relationship with her former best friend turned near-stranger, Ash.
Ashton Isaacs has run as far away from his past as he could, trying to forget what happened on prom night—including the fact that he has been in love with his best friend Kincaid since they were kids, and he failed her when she needed him most. But when he’s forced to go back to his hometown, it’s only a matter of time before he runs into her. Kincaid doesn’t know about everything that happened the night of the shooting. She doesn’t know what he did, and Ash knows that if she finds out, she’ll never forgive him. But something keeps drawing the two of them back together, and it isn’t long before so much more than a once-upon-a-time friendship is at stake.
Contemporary Romance, Sports • Dell
In this steamy hockey romance, an outgoing NHL player with secret feelings coaches his shy best friend in dating—from the viral TikTok author of Behind the Net and The Fake Out.
Shy, newly-single Darcy Andersen needs to gain confidence in relationships, and who’s going to help her? Hayden Owens—the hottest defenseman in pro hockey, her extroverted best friend, and her new dating coach.
Hayden will teach her the art of being a player but convinces her to practice with him. They’ve been friends for years, but their flirting lessons and practice kisses push the bounds of friendship. They’re roommates but sleeping in the same bed. He buys her a toy as a favor … but helps her use it. All that relationship stuff Hayden’s always avoided? He doesn’t seem to mind it anymore.
Rule number one of being a player is no attachments, but when Hayden sees her picking up other guys, he’s jealous enough that Darcy wonders …
Maybe her wingman’s been waiting for her all along.
March 18th Romance Books to Read
Contemporary Romance • Bloom Books
From USA Today bestselling author Emily McIntire comes an angsty age gap romance and the third interconnected standalone in the Sugarlake series.
Blakely
My life is a stage. Followed by millions and loved by none. And me, the captain of control, steering my image through choppy waters. Making sure I stay on top.
No one ever sees me. No one ever looks. Until him.
But he’s everything impossible and a thousand shades of wrong. Falling for him would ruin everything I’ve worked for. So why can’t I stay away?
Jackson
My life is a back-up plan. Surrounded by friends and loved by none. And me, the king of heartbreak, gluing my pieces back together. Making sure they stick.
No one ever sees me. No one ever looks. Until her.
But she’s everything off limits and a thousand shades of sin. Falling for her would ruin everything I’ve worked for.
So why won’t she stay away?
Contemporary Romance, Action • Berkley
One fake prime minister, one ridiculously hot handler, and one Italian summer collide in this thrilling adventure rom-com.
Max is just your average girl. She works odd jobs, has a soul-crushing amount of debt, and happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to Europe’s youngest female prime minister, Sofia Christensen. Sofia is powerful and beautiful—and unfortunately, someone is trying quite hard to assassinate her.
When the CIA approaches Max with a deal — a life-changing amount of money if she pretends to be Sofia on the prime minister’s annual Italian vacation — Max packs her bags for the Amalfi Coast. The delicious food, the breathtaking views—this trip would be a dream if it weren’t for those pesky assassins and Flynn, the handler assigned to Max’s case. Flynn, who has an unexpected history with Max, from another sun-drenched summer years and years ago. Now he’s instructed to stay in Max’s suite to protect her as old passions and assassins collide.
Losing herself in the role of a prime minister is one thing. But losing her heart to Flynn again? Now that’s a risk she isn’t willing to take …
Contemporary Romance • Sourcebooks Casa
International bestselling author Elísabet Benavent explores the idea of memories and regrets through a time travel romance and breakup that leads to happiness.
If time travel were real, and you could really go back into your memories and rewrite them, would you do it, even if you couldn’t change the outcome after all?
Fashion editor Miranda loves her work and her high-energy life in the hustle and bustle of Madrid. Her boyfriend Tristan hates the fast pace, the noise and the exhaust fumes and wants only to get back to Galicia and the seaside, longing for kids and a white picket fence. As explosive as their mutual attraction is, and as deep their love, one of them is going to have to give up their dreams. Finally, Tristan admits that even love isn’t strong enough to overcome their fundamental differences. The breakup is a shock to Miranda, and the next day, she wakes up in the past on the day they met, and every day after that on a different momentous day in their relationship. At first, she’s determined to avoid the heartbreak by stopping the relationship before it begins, but eventually, she sees that she can rewrite the details of her past but not the trajectory. So she sets out to do better, hoping that she can avoid the inevitable heartbreak, but she can’t change who she really is and what she really wants.
Romantic Comedy • Alcove Press
Fake dating, enemies to lovers, and a wonderfully unique forced proximity debut romance, perfect for fans of Elena Armas’s The American Roommate Experiment and Drew Barrymore’s classic rom-com Fifty First Dates.
Elle’s grandmother Lovie has always taken care of her for as long as she can remember. But remembering is just the problem. With Lovie’s Alzheimer’s progressing fast, it’s Elle’s turn to step up.
Leaving Chicago behind, the last thing she expects when she walks through the door of her childhood home is Adam Wheeler—in her bed. Live-in nurse and pain in the ass, Adam is here to do his job. Eat, sleep, nurse, repeat.
Thrown together to care for Lovie, tensions rise and lines are drawn, but there’s a bigger problem: in her Alzheimer’s-riddled mind, Lovie’s convinced that Elle and Adam are madly in love.
Certain she’ll forget by morning, Elle and Adam play along. The only snag? She doesn’t forget.
Lovie is the only person who thinks this fake dating scheme is real … so why is Elle fantasizing about Adam when he’s not around? And why is it getting harder to pretend?
Fake It Like You Mean It is the perfect blend of romance, laugh-out-loud comedy, and heartbreaking, beautiful moments.
Contemporary Romance • Forever
An unforgettable and heart-wrenching romance about a woman haunted by her past and the man who could never let her go.
Anna works two jobs to get herself through college and never, ever talks about her family. It’s easier to keep her distance from everyone until she can finally leave her old life behind. That is, until chance throws her together with Gabe …
Gabe is top of the class, in an exclusive fraternity, and has a big, perfect, warm-hearted family. He is everything Anna is not, but their connection is undeniable. His silver-blue eyes pierce right through her, and he makes her laugh in ways she never thought possible. But Anna would do anything to stop Gabe from discovering her darkest secret and the real reason she goes home every night to a cold, silent apartment. When Gabe and his family get close to the truth, Anna runs, vowing never to see them again. But forever is a long time …
Years later, tragedy brings Anna back to the town she grew up in—a place she escaped a decade ago. When Gabe wraps his strong arms around her, it’s like finally finding home. But when the truth comes out after all these years, will both their worlds come crashing down? Gabe is the one person Anna trusts most, but what if he has secrets, too? And how much pain can two hearts endure before they are torn apart forever?
Contemporary Romance • W by Wattpad Books
Pippa, a neurodiverse air traffic controller with a looming school reunion, and Andrew, a pilot whose family wants him to settle down, make a pact that just might solve both their problems …
Things Pippa enjoys: her job, airplanes, synonyms, and tropical fish.
Things Pippa does not enjoy: repeating patterns, tight clothes, people asking why she’s single, and school reunions.
Air-traffic controller Pippa Edwards works at a large airport guiding planes through landing or takeoff. She’s one of the best at her job, but when off the clock, Pippa struggles to manage interpersonal relationships and understand social cues.
After six months of only speaking over the intercom, when Pippa finally meets pilot Andrew Boyce-Jones face-to-face, they discover they’ve got much more in common than simply working at the same airport … they both need a date.
Faced with her dreaded ten-year-reunion, Pippa wants to avoid the usual questions about why she doesn’t have a boyfriend (or a relationship that lasts). And Andrew needs to get his well-meaning family off his back about settling down.
The solution seems simple. A pact—a fake-dating pact—for as long as it’s mutually beneficial. It’s perfect.
Or at least it would be if not for their very real attraction. Now, Pippa’s questioning everything she thought she wanted, and how she thought people saw her. She’s wondering if there really is someone who can love her exactly as she is and if she can let her guard down enough to let him in.
Author Joe Watson blends humor, romance, complicated family dynamics, and deeply emotional moments to perfection in this personal tale of a woman who wants to set her own course through a society that doesn’t always appreciate her uniqueness.
Contemporary Romance • Graydon House
Megastar Whitney “Sahara” Richardson has everything planned—including when she’ll have kids. But a mix-up at the fertility clinic makes her the biological mother of a child she didn’t carry, whose father she’s never met. A fun celebrity rom-com with a fresh twist on “surprise baby” for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Abby Jimenez.
World-famous Whitney “Sahara” Richardson is at the top of her game. With four Grammys, an Oscar nod, and a half-billion-dollar clothing line, her career is skyrocketing. Even her headline-grabbing dating life is looking up. And if everything goes as planned, marriage and children are just a few years away—and they will come in that order. However, a mix-up at the fertility clinic where her eggs are stored puts the cart before the horse, making her the biological mother of a child she didn’t carry, whose father she’s never met.
Oops. Sahara suddenly has a daughter … and her father wants to keep her.
Fun, sexy and full of heart, Playing the Field is perfect for fans of Icebreaker and The Cheat Sheet as well as shows like Welcome to Wrexham and Ted Lasso.
When business graduate Lily’s local soccer club relocates to a city 50 miles away, she’s just as devastated as everyone else in her town. Determined to keep the community’s love of football alive, Lily, along with her dad and football coach sister, set up a brand-new club, Crawford FC, with the dream of making it big.
When notorious professional player Ben Pryce shows up out of the blue to help coach their new team, everyone is shocked. Despite being a top premier league striker, he has been temporarily suspended from his team for an altercation with a fan. Ben is here to revamp his image, and the attraction between him and Lily is as deep as it is instant.
But rule number one of Crawford FC: strictly no mixing business with pleasure.
Despite his bad-boy reputation, Lily’s convinced there’s more to Ben than meets the eye. Embarking on a secret whirlwind romance, she soon finds out that this player has a heart of gold.
But will everyone else be convinced?
Contemporary Romance • Bramble
No Strings Attached meets Me Before You in Something Borrowed, Something You, a slow-burn, swoony romance from #1 New York Times bestseller Vi Keeland. Formerly published in 2017 under the title Sex, Not Love.
My relationship with Hunter Delucia started backwards.
We met at a wedding—him sitting on the groom’s side, me sitting on the bride’s. Stealing glances at each other throughout the night, there was no denying an intense, mutual attraction.
He suggested we explore the chemistry sparking between us. His blunt, dirty mouth should’ve turned me off. But for some crazy reason, it had the opposite effect on me.
We ended up back in my hotel room. The next morning, I flew home, leaving him behind in California with the wrong number.
I thought about him often, but after my last relationship, I’d sworn off of charming, cocky, gorgeous-as-sin men. A year later, Hunter and I met again. Our attraction hadn’t dulled one bit. This time, he demanded a real phone number. So I left him with my mother’s. She could scare away any man with her talks of babies and marriage
But the following week, he rang the bell at Mom’s house for Sunday night dinner. The crazy, gorgeous man had won over my mother and taken an eight-week assignment in my city. He proposed we spend that time screwing each other out of our systems.
Eight weeks of mind-blowing sex with no strings attached? It was just sex, not love.
But you know what they say about the best-laid plans …
Rekindle your belief in the magic of first love and the charm of small towns with Annie England Noblin’s delightful friends-to-lovers romantic comedy, perfect for readers of Jill Shalvis and Sarah Adams.
Spring is in the air, and Mylie has everything she could ever want: her tackle shop is thriving and employs a third of Clay Creek, Arkansas, and she lives with her beloved Granny and little sister Cassie, who both keep her on her toes. As tourists pour into town for the annual fishing tournament, Mylie is in her element and ready to bring her all-women team to victory.
After moving to Chicago, Ben never thought he would return to Clay Creek. But with both his grandfather and mother gone, he’s left to deal with their estate. His plan is simple: come in quietly, fix up his lakeside childhood home, sell it quickly, and get out. He underestimates how quickly his arrival will stir up the local gossip and how intensely his unresolved feelings for Mylie, his childhood best friend, will resurface.
Amid the buzz of competition and the rhythm of small-town life, Mylie and Ben find themselves unable to ignore their shared history. They tentatively explore a future together, despite the impending sale of Ben’s house and Mylie’s insistence on staying put in Clay Creek. Flings are easier said than done, and Mylie and Ben will have to address their clashing lifestyles before their feelings get away from them.
Told with Annie England Noblin’s signature wit, cozy charm, and a dash of spice, Spring Fling is the perfect friends-to-lovers read.
Paranormal Romance • St. Martin’s Griffin
Practical Magic meets Gone Girl in Ava Morgyn’s next dark, spellbinding novel about a woman who is more than a witch — she’s a hunter.
Piers Corbin has always had an affinity for poisonous things – plants and men. From the pokeweed berries she consumed at age five that led to the accidental death of a stranger to the husband whose dark proclivities have become … concerning, poison has been at the heart of her story.
But when she fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her volatile marriage and goes to stay with her estranged great aunt in the mountains, she realizes her predilection is more than a hunger — it’s a birthright. Piers comes from a long line of poison eaters — Bane Witches — women who ingest deadly plants and use their magic to rid the world of evil men.
Piers sets out to earn her place in her family’s gritty but distinguished legacy, all while working at her Aunt Myrtle’s cafe and perpetuating a flirtation with the local, well-meaning sheriff to allay his suspicions on the body count she’s been leaving in her wake. But soon, she catches the attention of someone else, a serial killer operating in the area. And that only means one thing – it’s time to feed.
In Ava Morgyn’s dark, thrilling novel, The Bane Witch, a very little poison can do a world of good.
Romantic Comedy • One More Chapter
Fall in love with the brand new spring romance set in Dream Harbor from the bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café.
As a renowned chef, single-dad Archer never planned on moving to a small town, let alone running a pancake restaurant. But Dream Harbor needs a new chef, and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter, Daisy.
Iris has never managed to hold down a job for more than a few months. So when Mayor Kelly suggests that Archer is looking for a nanny and Iris might be available, she shudders at the thought. But she needs money and reluctantly agrees. As Archer and Iris get used to their new roles, is it possible that they might have more in common than they first thought, or is Daisy just determined to play match-maker …
From indie darling Harper L. Woods comes WHAT HUNTS INSIDE THE SHADOWS, the second book in the Of Flesh & Bone series, where the heated fae romance of A Court of Thorns and Roses meets the dark obsession of Phantom of the Opera.
Once, I fell in love with a man who deceived me.
For weeks, he stood by my side, twisting his words into pretty half-truths. He enraptured me with his smooth temptation, leaving no corner of my being untouched. He consumed my mind and my body, then finally claimed my heart for himself. But Caelum’s true identity is terrifying enough to bring me to my knees.
Then, I discovered the truth of who he is.
Caldris is whispered in the Nothrek wind. The legend we only speak of with hushed words, in shuttered rooms, for fear of drawing his wrath once again. His intentions are a mystery, his desires impure, and he seeks to shackle me to his side for all eternity. With the Wild Hunt as our guard, he points us back to where it all began: the village of Mistfell and the boundary where the Veil once shimmered in the wind.
Now, another secret crouches, poised to change everything.
The Mist Guard have been sworn to keep us from crossing into Alfheimr and from treading Faerie soil, even if innocents must pay with their lives. They have orders to resurrect Mistfell’s shimmering barrier, but, once again, there’s a greater cost than what has been revealed. Once, the people of Northrek blamed me when the Veil fell.
Soon, they’ll want me to pay the price the magic requires.
March 25th Romance Books to Read
A city girl fleeing an abusive marriage suddenly finds herself working on a cattle ranch with a sexy but grumpy rancher as her boss in this spicy cowboy romance from the author of Seeing Red and Change of Hart.
He’s worried she won’t stay. She’s worried she will.
City girl Cecily Kennedy never expected to set foot on a cattle ranch, but when her already strained marriage takes a violent turn, a kind friend offers her a job and refuge at Wells Ranch.
Ranch life is hard enough without her new boss, Austin Wells, sending mixed signals about whether he wants her or hates her. But Cecily can’t risk getting involved with her grumpy yet alluring employer—she has nowhere else to go, and getting over her ex by getting under Austin isn’t worth the potential fallout.
As far as Austin’s concerned, Cecily won’t be sticking around for long. He’s learned the hard way that nobody ever stays, and the indent on her ring finger makes him certain the sexy city gal is no exception.
But when Cecily’s troubled past threatens her safe haven, Austin realizes that somewhere between their trail rides and late-night talks, she’s branded herself on his heart. He desperately wants her to stay, and whether or not she feels the same, he’ll be damned if he lets anyone or anything hurt her under his watch.
LGBTQ+ Romance • Grand Central Publishing
A hilarious, emotional love story about an extremely anxious publicist who’s tasked with keeping an extremely gay starlet in the closet—but who ends up falling for her instead.
It’s 2005, and Ali is a publicist for Hollywood’s biggest stars. Part of her job entails keeping gay celebrities in the closet—which is pretty ironic since she’s a lesbian herself. When Ali is assigned a new gay client, Cara Bisset, who’s breaking onto the scene with a (hetero) romantic blockbuster, keeping Cara’s sexuality under wraps becomes Ali’s biggest challenge yet.
Cara is unruly and unpredictable and hates that she has to hide such an integral aspect of her identity. After a series of increasingly close calls, Ali is sent on the worldwide promotional tour for the movie to help keep Cara in line. Instead, she finds herself drawn to Cara’s confidence and bravery. For the past year, Ali has been mired in grief after losing her partner in a freak accident. But with Cara, Ali’s fears about the world subside, and she begins to question the Hollywood closeting system she’s helped perpetuate.
As Cara’s fame continues to rise, both Ali and Cara have to decide which is more important: maintaining the status quo or risking it all for another chance at love.
Contemporary Romance, Sports • Entangled: Amara
Being engaged to Alex Waters, team captain and the highest paid NHL player in the league, is awesome. How could it not be?
In addition to being an amazing hockey player, he’s an incurable romantic with an XL heart and an XXL hockey stick in his pants. And he knows how to use it. Incredibly, orgasmically well. Alex is the whole package and more.
So it makes complete sense that Violet Hall can’t wait to become Mrs. Violet Waters.
It’s so romantic.
Violet is totally stoked to set a date.
Eventually. At some point. Likely before the next millennium. Or when she stops getting hives every time someone brings up the wedding, and their mothers stop colluding on stadium-sized venues. Whichever comes first.
A lottery ticket + donuts = love in this steamy new fake dating romance from beloved author Denise Williams.
Sybil Sweet has always been lucky, but lately, she can’t catch a break. After years of bouncing from job to job in search of something that feels right and from man to man in search of something special, Sybil is worried that she’s the directionless, floundering daughter her family thinks she is. All she really wants now is a little financial stability and carb comfort. Lucky for her, she’s got just enough in the bank to buy a lottery ticket, and the late-night donut store is open.
Kieran Anderson put his dreams of becoming a doctor on hold to take over running his family’s bakery, and after fighting a losing battle to save the place, he’s exhausted, broke, and no closer to getting back to school. But when a whirlwind of a woman sweeps in late one night, flirty energy gives way to more … until she runs out the next morning, leaving behind her winning lottery ticket.
Lucky for Kieran, his attempt to return the ticket looks like a grand romantic gesture and goes viral, sending sales through the roof. In an effort to keep the store afloat and to convince Sybil’s family she can make good relationship choices, they agree to fake a relationship for three months. Even with hundreds of millions of dollars, finding each other might end up being the sweetest bit of luck for both of them.
Regency Historical Romance • Forever
The second book in this delightfully witty historical rom-com series combines scandalous mystery with swoony opposites-attract romance—perfect for fans of Enola Holmes and Bridgerton!
Georgina Harrington should never have trusted her feckless cousin Percy with her most precious archaeological discovery. But no one would take her academic work seriously if they knew it was hers and not her male cousin’s. When Percy goes missing, only Georgina realizes that he is truly in danger. To find him, she must rely on the help of his infuriating but incredibly handsome best friend.
Although Alexander Lovett is always up for an adventure, he vows to keep his distance from Georgina, who is on his insufferable parents’ list of suitable brides for a future duke. He’s a grown man who can pick his own wife, thank you very much. But he’s surprised to find himself falling for Georgina’s shockingly bold initiative and independent thinking, which save them from more than one deadly scrape. Yet, as a simple kidnapping grows into a threat to the monarchy, their smoldering attraction might be snuffed out before it ever has a chance to ignite.
Romantic Comedy • William Morrow
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alex Aster comes her adult debut novel Summer in the City—a swoony, fast-paced rom-com set in New York City in which a screenwriter and a sexy tech CEO go from lovers to enemies and back to lovers again …
Twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter Elle has the chance of a lifetime to write a big-budget movie set in New York City. The only problem? She’s had writer’s block for months, and her screenplay is due at the end of the summer.
In a desperate attempt at inspiration, Elle ends up back in the city she swore she would never return to, in an apartment she could never afford (floor-to-ceiling windows, skyline views, and a new coffee shop to haunt included). It’s the perfect place to write her screenplay … until she realizes her new neighbor is tech “Billionaire Bachelor” Parker Warren, her stairwell hookup from two years ago. It’s been a lovers-to-enemies situation ever since.
When seeing him again turns into a full night of hate-fueled writing, Elle realizes her enemy/twisted muse might just be the key to finishing her screenplay … if she can stand being around her polar opposite. She writes anonymously, and he’s on the cover of every business magazine. He frequents fancy red carpeted events, and she doesn’t like leaving her emotional support five block radius.
One summer. One wall apart. He needs to fake a buzzy relationship during his company’s precarious acquisition. She needs to write a movie around a list of NYC locations. Both need a break from their unrelenting schedules and a chance to rediscover the skyscraper glimmering, pizza crusted, sunlit charms of the city.
Summers always end, and so will this agreement. It’s all pretend. Promise.
Until it isn’t.
Contemporary Romance, Action • Kensington
Katherine Center’s The Bodyguard meets The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling in a modern blend of screwball action and romantic attraction when a case of mistaken identity lands a college professor on the run with a mysterious—and dangerously hot—fixer …
When bookish Penny Collins reluctantly lets her sister drag her to an estate sale at a neighbor’s house, she’s hoping for a little diversion rummaging through dusty antiques. Instead, she ends up in a public squabble over candlesticks with the deceased owner’s nephew, Anthony—right before a dead body tumbles out of a closet.
Penny’s plan for the summer involved finalizing tenure at the university where she’s a computer sciences professor. Instead, she’s suddenly on the run with a man she barely knows, scaling walls, evading bullets, and accidentally stabbing henchmen. It seems the wrong people have got it in their heads that she’s Anthony’s girlfriend and, by association, in possession of something they desperately need—and will do anything to get.
As for Anthony, he has a top-secret occupation as a fixer, but a recent fix went dangerously awry, and now he and Penny are dodging both a ruthless billionaire and the FBI. And it’ll take all of Penny’s plentiful savvy and common sense, in addition to Anthony’s particular set of skills, to survive long enough for her to see the next semester …
Victorian Historical Romance • Berkley
A lady with a past. A man with ambition. A romance far from London society that might bridge their divides.
Lady Phoebe Hunt never anticipated returning from exile. A fatal choice drove her from England, but the death of her father—and the revelation of his debts—has brought her home. Once she settles her father’s estate, she will return to America, where she has reinvented herself. There’s no reason to remain, not even for one gravitationally challenged but deliciously tempting entrepreneur: Sam Fenley.
Samuel Fenley is all ambition. Rising from shop boy to wealthy investor, he’s left knocking on doors that open only for those with a title. Unless he buys the damned door itself—and the estate that goes with it. Sam offers to relieve Phoebe of her burdens, but is her crumbling mansion all Sam wants? Or is it the lady herself?
When threats from Phoebe’s past spark new dangers, Sam and Phoebe discover that neither is what the other expected. Standing on the edge of disaster, the disgraced Ice Queen will have to decide if she wants to forge through life alone or let an unlikely hero melt her heart.
Contemporary Romance • Kensington
Business meets pleasure at a family-owned theme park in this sweet, fun-filled debut from the former Editor-in-Chief at Nerdist, as a thrill ride designer shows a straitlaced suit the lighter side of life—and discovers a whole new perspective of her own …
Charlotte Gates grew up in a land of fairy tales and mythological creatures—literally—spending her childhood at her aunt and uncle’s theme park, Lands of Legend. It’s no surprise that she eventually landed her dream job designing thrill rides for a massive, global company. The surprise comes when she’s laid off—and catches her now ex-boyfriend cheating. With her boss. Worse, back in her Ohio hometown, Charlotte finds that Lands of Legend is struggling. To stay open, they’ll have to work with an investor …
To Charlotte’s horror, Gregory Binns not only doesn’t know the difference between a theme park and an amusement park, but he’s also never been on a roller coaster. Even more troubling, she’s certain his ideas will ruin Lands of Legend’s uniqueness. So, Charlotte sets out to make sure buttoned-up Gregory experiences the magic firsthand. Opening the park’s new themed area, Under the Waves, is the perfect opportunity—which brings Charlotte to her next surprise …
As Gregory loosens up—even ditching his tie—Charlotte begins to see him in an attractive new light. She even catches herself fantasizing about what a life with less work and more Gregory would be like. But when her old job makes her a tempting new offer, she’s faced with a decision: reclaim the career she worked her whole life to build, or sit tight for a thrilling new shot at love …
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