This post on romance books to read in 2022 is sponsored by Penguin Random House Canada.
There’s nothing better than curling up with a good book and escaping from reality. From laugh out loud rom-coms to emotional love stories, the best new romance books to read in 2022 guarantee an escape from the real world and a delightful happily ever after.
The new year is already shaping up to be an incredible year for romance books. Whether you’re a fan of romantic comedies, historical romance, or anything in between, there’s something on this list for you.
Not only will we see new books by bestselling romance authors like Emily Henry and Tessa Bailey, we’ll also get some fantastic romance debuts. I’m particularly excited to read the debut books by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, Amy Lea and Lynn Painter!
Some other romance books to read in 2022 are re-releases such as The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas and The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams!
With this list of 100 romance books to read in 2022, publishing between January and June, your TBR’s are sure to grow and your reading life will be much more enjoyable!
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The Best Romance Books to Read in 2022
January
January 1st ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Montlake
From debut author Chandra Blumberg comes a playful, heartfelt romance about chasing your dreams and finding love in the process.
Alisha Blake works her magic in the kitchen, creating delectable desserts for her grandfatherās restaurant in rural Illinois. Though Alisha relishes the close relationship she has with her family, she canāt help but dream about opening a cookie shop in Chicago. She may be a small-town baker, but Alisha has big ambitions.
Then a dinosaur bone turns up in her grandparentsā backyard. When paleontologist Quentin Harris arrives to see the discovery for himself, heās hoping that the fossil will distract him from a recent painful breakup. Instead, he finds Alishaāand sparks fly. The big-city academic and the hometown baker seem destined for a happily ever after.
But Alisha is scared to fall in love. And Quentinās trying to make a name for himself in a competitive field, which gets even more complicated when the press shows up at the dig site. For love to prevail, the two may have to put old bones asideāand focus on the future.
January 1st ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Montlake
From Sariah Wilson, the bestselling author of Roommaid, comes a captivating romantic comedy about what happens when a wedding party mixes business with romance.
Rachel Vinson is a bridesmaid for hire: part confidante, part wedding planner, and one hundred percent pretend BFF. Discretion guaranteed. Her next gig is a destination weddingālivestreamed and sponsoredāfor an Instagram influencer. That means a paradise of new contacts, which could be a boon to her already booming business. If Rachel can keep the very handsome and slightly too interested best man at bay, that is.
High-tech entrepreneur Camden Lewis must know: Who is this gorgeous, intelligent, and mysterious woman? Too good to be real. Convinced sheās a corporate spy out to tank his company, Camdenās not letting her out of his sight. But the constant surveillance is also opening his eyes to things about Rachel that he likes. If sheās a spy, sheās certainly the cutest one heās ever seen.
As the weekās worth of wedding events march along, Rachel and Camden are learning almost everything there is to know about each other. Rachelās made a career out of always a bridesmaid … but perhaps thereās a chance for her own trip down the aisle?
January 4th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Graydon House
Falling in love is the ultimate payback in this delightful, breezy romcom about an interior designer who teams up with an enigmatic architect at her firm to get revenge on her ex the only way she knows how: by building a spite house next door.
They say living well is the best revenge. But sometimes, spreading the misery seems a whole lot more satisfying. Thatās interior designer Dani Porterās justification for buying the vacant lot next to her ex-fiancĆ©ās house … the house they were supposed to live in together, before he cheated on her with their Realtor. Dani plans to build a vacation rental that will a) mess with his view and his peace of mind and b) prove that Dani is not someone to be stepped on. Welcome to project Spite House.
That plan quickly becomes complicated when Dani is forced to team up with Wyatt Montego, the handsome, haughty architect at her firm, and the only person available to draw up blueprints. Wyatt is terse and stern, the kind of man who eats his sandwich with a knife and fork. But as they spend time together on- and off-site, Dani glimpses something deeper beneath that hard veneer, something surprising, vulnerable, and real. And the closer she gets to her goal, the more she wonders if winning revenge could mean losing something infinitely sweeter …
January 11th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Forever
A heartwarming story of sisterhood, second chances, and falling in love.
Gabriella Monroe is doing her best to pretend that everything is fine, but her life is a mess. Sales are down at her vintage dress shop, her beloved grandmother isnāt her usual spunky self, and Gabby desperately misses the closeness she had with her sisters, Margaret and Emmaāwho were once so inseparable that their family called them the Monroe Musketeers.
When the sisters stumble across a stash of letters that reveals their grandmotherās secret life, Gabby sees an opportunity to bring the sisters back together again and best of all, raise her grandmotherās spirits. And sure, this new project makes it easier to pretend her own life isnāt crashing around her, but concentrating on helping everyone else and ignoring her own feelings is what Gabby does best.
Except when it comes to Jake Maddox. Once the boy next door she crushed onāhardāheās grown into an even more intriguing man, and her attraction to him isnāt so easy to hide. Itās clear heās just as interested in her, but dating Jake would only muddy up her already complicated life. Or is it finally time to put herself first and risk it all for a chance at happiness?
January 11th ā¢ Historical, Romance ā¢ Berkley
Victorian high societyās most daring equestrienne finds love and an unexpected ally in her fight for independence in the strong arms of Londonās most sought after and devastatingly handsome half-Indian tailor.
Evelyn Maltravers understands exactly how little sheās worth on the marriage mart. As an incurable bluestocking from a family tumbling swiftly toward ruin, she knows sheāll never make a match in a ballroom. Her only hope is to distinguish herself by making the biggest splash in the one sphere she excels: on horseback. In haute couture. But to truly capture Londonās attention sheāll need a habit-maker whoās not afraid to take risks with his designsāand with his heart.
Half-Indian tailor Ahmad Malik has always had a talent for making women beautiful, inching his way toward recognition by designing riding habits for Rotten Rowās infamous Pretty Horsebreakersābut no one compares to Evelyn. Her unbridled spirit enchants him, awakening a depth of feeling he never thought possible.
But pushing boundaries comes at a cost and not everyone is pleased to welcome Evelyn and Ahmad into fashionable society. With obstacles spanning between them, the indomitable pair must decide which hurdles they can jump and what matters most: making their mark or following their hearts?
January 11th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Berkley
Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves almost everything about her job as a TV meteorologist. Her boss, legendary Seattle weatherwoman Torrance Hale, is too distracted by her tempestuous relationship with her ex-husband, the stationās news director, to give Ari the mentorship she wants. Ari, who runs on sunshine and optimism, is at her witsā end. The only person who seems to understand how she feels is sweet but reserved sports reporter Russell Barringer.
In the aftermath of a disastrous holiday party, Ari and Russell decide to team up to solve their bossesā relationship issues. Between secret gifts and double dates, they start nudging their bosses back together. But their well-meaning meddling backfires when the real chemistry builds between Ari and Russell.
Working closely with Russell means allowing him to get to know parts of herself that Ari keeps hidden from everyone. Will he be able to embrace her dark clouds as well as her clear skies?
A TV meteorologist and a sports reporter scheme to reunite their divorced bosses with unforecasted results in this charming romantic comedy from the author of The Ex Talk.
January 18th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ St. Martin’s Griffin
Enemies-to-lovers meets HGTV in this frothy, effervescent romantic comedy from Sophie Sullivan, author of Ten Rules for Faking It.
Interior Design School? Check. Cute house to fix up? Check.
Sexy, grumpy neighbor who is going to get in the way of your plans? Check. Unfortunately.
Grace Travis has it all figured out. In between finishing school and working a million odd jobs, sheāll get her degree and her dream job. Most importantly, sheāll have a place to belong, something her harsh mother could never make. When an opportunity to fix upāand live ināa little house on the beach comes along, Grace is all in. Until her biggest roadblock moves in next door.
Noah Jansen knows how to make a deal. As a real estate developer, he knows when he’s found something special. Something he could even call home. Provided he can expand by taking over the house next door–the house with the combative and beautiful woman living in it.
With the rules for being neighborly going out the window, Grace and Noah are in an all-out feud. But sometimes, your nemesis can show you that home is always where the heart is.
January 18th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Forever
The first openly nonbinary contestant on Americaās favorite cooking show falls for their clumsy competitor in this delicious romantic comedy debut āthat is both fantastically fun and crack your heart wide open vulnerable.ā (Rosie Danan, author of The Roommate)
Recently divorced and on the verge of bankruptcy, Dahlia Woodson is ready to reinvent herself on the popular reality competition show Chefās Special. Too bad the first memorable move she makes is falling flat on her face, sending fish tacos flyingānot quite the fresh start she was hoping for. Still, she’s focused on winning, until she meets someone she might want a future with more than she needs the prize money.
After announcing their pronouns on national television, London Parker has enough on their mind without worrying about the klutzy competitor stationed in front of them. Theyāre there to prove the trollsāincluding a fellow contestant and their dadāwrong, and falling in love was never part of the plan.
As London and Dahlia get closer, reality starts to fall away. Goodbye, guilt about divorce, anxiety about uncertain futures, and stress from transphobia. Hello, hilarious shenanigans on set, wedding crashing, and spontaneous dips into the Pacific. But as the finale draws near, Dahlia and Londonās steamy relationship starts to feel the heat both in and outside the kitchenāand they must figure out if they have the right ingredients for a happily ever after.
January 18th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Sourcebooks Casablanca
Friends becoming something much more in this hilarious romantic comedy from author Ann Marie Walker. A whirlwind trip to Ireland is supposed to end with a suitcase full of wool sweaters and souvenir pint glassesānot a husband you only just met!
After one-too-many whiskeys, fledgling screenwriter Cara Kennedy takes a page out of someone elseās script when she gets caught up in the Irish tradition of women proposing on Leap Day. She thought she might have dreamt everything, until she wakes the next morning with a hot guy in her bed and a tin foil ring on her finger. Her flight is in four hours, her clothes are all over the room, and she has the most important meeting of her career in exactly two daysāand on top of everything else, her husband has a dog who thinks Cara is a perfect surrogate mother, despite the fact that she has never been much of an animal lover …
Deciding to work things out stateside, Finn and her new fur baby accompany her to LA, where Finn spends his days going on auditions and his nights charming his new bride, leaving Cara to wonder whether this is real love, or if Finn is another aspiring actor just after her Hollywood connections? With limited time on his tourist visa, will Finn be able to convince Cara that sheās the right girl for him, or will time run out on their Hollywood ending?
January 18th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Gallery Books
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Central Park Pact comes a reverse My Fair Lady for the modern era about a pampered and privileged Manhattan socialite who must teach an unpolished and denim-loving nobody from the Louisiana Bayou how to fit in with the upper crust of New York City. Perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne.
Violet Townsend has always been a people pleaser. Raised in the privileged world of Upper East Side Manhattan, she always says the right things, wears the right clothes, and never rocks the boat. Violet would do anything for the people closest to her, especially her beloved grandmother. So when she asks Violet to teach the newly-discovered grandson of her friend how to fit in with New York Cityās elite, Violet immediately agrees. Her goal? To get Cain Stone ready to take his place as heir to his family company … but to say heās not exactly an eager student is an understatement.
Born and raised in rural Louisiana and now making his own way in New Orleans, Cain Stone is only playing along for the paycheck at the end. He has no use for the grandmother he didnāt know existed and no patience for the uppity Violetās attempts to turn him into a suit-wearing, museum-attending gentleman.
But somewhere amidst antagonistic dinner parties and tortured tux fittings, Cain and Violet come to a begrudging understandingāand the uptight Violet realizes sheās not the only one doing the teaching. As she and Cain begin to find mutual respect for one another (and maybe even something more), Violet learns that blindly following societyās rules doesnāt lead to happiness … and that sometimes the best things in life come from the most unexpected places.
January 18th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ HarperCollins
It only takes one night to fall in love …
Within days of wishing she could change her life, Fran Cooper is acting assistant to a celebrity, on a yacht in the Mediterranean, and en route to a tiny Italian island and the glittering Crystal Ball, along with the worldās rich and famous.
When she ā quite literally ā bumps into a handsome American called Evan, a man able to keep his cool in the face of chaos, the magic really begins.
Evan makes her a promise: no last names, no life stories, just one unforgettable night. Yet Evan belongs at the Crystal Ball and Fran is a gatecrasher. They may be soulmates, but their homes are an ocean apart, and their lives a world apart. Theyāll never meet again ā unless, on a night like this, everything can change forever …
January 18th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Montlake
A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover.
After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughterās life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself.
The only person who hasnāt closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining links to Kennaās daughter. But if anyone were to discover how Ledger is slowly becoming an important part of Kennaās life, both would risk losing the trust of everyone important to them.
The two form a connection despite the pressure surrounding them, but as their romance grows, so does the risk. Kenna must find a way to absolve the mistakes of her past in order to build a future out of hope and healing.
January 18th ā¢ Historical Romance ā¢ Berkley
A runaway bride dumps a duke and rewrites her own love story in this enchanting Victorian historical romance from the author of The Duke Undone.
Pretty and pampered, Lavinia Yardley always dreamed of becoming a duchess. But family disgrace forces her into marriage with the most vile duke in England, and she finds herself desperate for a way out. When a rustic stranger mistakes her for globe-trotting botanist Muriel Pendrake at a train station, Lavinia has a split second to decide whether to submit to her fate or steal someone else’s.
Neal Traymayne spent his youth traveling the world as Varnham Nursery’s most daring plant hunter. Now he runs the nursery and is ready to settle down with a like-minded wife who’ll fit right in with his large, happy, down-to-earth family. His correspondence with Muriel Pendrake proved they’re the perfect match. Odd that the woman in the flesh seems more like a society belle than a scientist.
As they tramp the Cornish moors together, Lavinia and Neal discover a wild and rare desire. But this blossoming love is rooted in lies, and when the real Muriel Pendrake shows up, they can’t hide from who they are. The truth may wither their hopes of happiness, or it may bloom into the sweetest love of all.
January 25th ā¢ Paranormal, Romance ā¢ Kensington
Bewitched meets Practical Magic in this sparkling and quirky rom-com with an enchanted twist. When romance problems cause their powers to go berserk, a trio of witches whose family was banned from practicing magic risk getting in serious trouble with the Grand Council. Can they get their magicāand their love livesāin order before itās too late?
Nearly a century ago, Gwen Engelās great-great-grandfather cast a spell with catastrophic side-effects. As a result, the Grand Council of Witches forbade his descendants from practicing witchcraft. The Council even planted anonymous snitches called Watchers in the community to report any errant spellcasting …
Yet magic may still be alive and not so well in Zenobia. Gwen and her cousins, Trudy and Milo, receive a letter from Gwenās adopted sister, Tannith, informing them that sheās bewitched one of their partners and will run away with him at the end of the week. While Gwen frets about whether to trust her scientist boyfriend, currently out of town on a beetle-studying trip, sheās worried that local grad student Jeremy is secretly a Watcher doing his own research.
Cousin Trudy is so stressed that she accidentally enchants her cupcakes, creating havoc among her bakery customersāand in her marriage. Perhaps itās time the family took back control and figured out how to harness their powers. How else can Gwen decide whether her growing feelings for Jeremy are realāor the result of too many of Trudyās cupcakes?
January 25th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Dell
Khalil Sarda went through a rough patch last year, but now he’s nearly back to his old self. All he has to do is keep his “stuff” in the past. Real men don’t have depression and go to therapyāor, at least they don’t admit it. He’s ready to focus on his growing chain of barbershops, take care of his beloved Detroit community, and get back to being the ladies’ man his family and friends tease him for being. It’ll be easy … until Vanessa throws him completely off his game.
Vanessa Noble is too busy building a multimillion-dollar tech career as a Black woman before age thirty to be distracted by a relationship. Not to mention, she’s been burned before, still dealing with the lingering hurt of a past breakup. Besides, as her friends often remind her, she’ll never find a man who checks all the boxes on her famous List. Yet when she desperately needs a shape-up and happens upon one of Khalil’s barbershops, the Fade, he makes her reconsider everything. Khalil is charming, intelligent, sexy, and definitely seems like he’d treat a woman right … but he’s not Black.
Vanessa may be willing to take a chance on Khalil, but a part of him is frustratingly closed off, just out of her reach. Will old patterns emerge to keep them apart? Or have they both finally found a connection worth throwing away the playbook for?
January 25th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ KA Tucker
Amazon
From the internationally bestselling author of The Simple Wild comes the story of a woman at a crossroads in her life, struggling between the safe route and the one that will only lead to more heartbreak.
Veterinarian Marie Lehr knows unrequited love all too well after pining for her best friend, only to watch him marry another woman. Itās a mistake she will never make again, especially not when she can practically hear the clock ticking on her childbearing years.
The trouble is, she canāt seem to find anyone who appeals to her even a fraction as much as that burly bush pilot did. Competitive musher Tyler Brady certainly doesnāt, especially not after the heated altercation with the handsome but arrogant, spiteful man.
Or so she thinks.
While volunteering at the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, Marie discovers that first impressions may have been false, and her attraction to Tyler is very real. But his heart belongs to someone else, leaving him with nothing to offer but friendship. Marieās been down this road before and knows how that ends. Yet, no matter how hard she works to keep from falling for Tyler, it seems sheās doomed to follow her own trail once again.
January 25th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Berkley
A Korean-American adoptee fights to be with the one she loves while coming to terms with her new identity in this enthralling romantic drama and sequel to Heart and Seoul by USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick.
When Hara Wilson lands in Seoul to find her birth mother, she doesnāt plan on falling in love with the first man she lays eyes on, but Choi Yujun is irresistible. If his broad shoulders and dimples werenāt enough, Choi Yujun is the most genuine, decent, gorgeous guy to exist. Too bad heās also her stepbrother.
Fate brought her to the Choi doorstep but the gift of family comes with burdens. A job in her motherās company has perks of endless company dinners and super resentful coworkers. A new country means learning a new language which twenty-five year old Hara is finding to be a Herculean task. A forbidden love means having to choose between her birth family or Choi Yujun.
All Hara wanted was to find a place to belong in this worldābut in order to have it all, sheāll have to risk it all.
January 25th ā¢ LGBTQ+, Romance ā¢ Montlake
From the acclaimed author of Boyfriend Material comes a delightfully witty romance featuring a reserved duke whoās betrothed to one twin and hopelessly enamoured of the other.
Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally.
It was always his fatherās hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton. But, unfortunately, too many novels at an impressionable age have caused her to grow up … romantic. So romantic that a marriage of convenience will not do and after Valentineās proposal she flees into the night determined never to set eyes on him again.
Arabellaās twin brother, Mr. Bonaventure āBonnyā Tarleton, has also grown up … romantic. And fully expects Valentine to ride out after Arabella and prove to her that heās not the cold-hearted cad he seems to be.
Despite copious misgivings, Valentine finds himself on a pell-mell chase to Dover with Bonny by his side. Bonny is unreasonable, overdramatic, annoying, and … beautiful? And being with him makes Valentine question everything he thought he knew. About himself. About love. Even about which Tarleton he should be pursuing.
January 25th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Berkley
They were cowriting literary darlings until they hit a plot hole that turned their lives upside down.
Three years ago, Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen were the brightest literary stars on the horizon, their cowritten books topping bestseller lists. But on the heels of their greatest success, they ended their partnership on bad terms, for reasons neither would divulge to the public. They haven’t spoken since, and never planned to, except they have one final book due on contract.
Facing crossroads in their personal and professional lives, they’re forced to reunite. The last thing they ever thought they’d do again is hole up in the tiny Florida town where they wrote their previous book, trying to finish a new manuscript quickly and painlessly. Working through the reasons they’ve hated each other for the past three years isn’t easy, especially not while writing a romantic novel.
While passion and prose push them closer together in the Florida heat, Katrina and Nathan will learn that relationships, like writing, sometimes take a few rough drafts before they get it right.
February
February 1st ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ HQ
No woman gets left behind.
Three best friends are going to solve their relationship woes once and for all.
Forty-something Jemimaās life is on track ā well, sort of, she just needs to bat her troublesome ex away for good.
Twenty-something Meagan is in the midst of her five-phase plan and is nearly ready for phase three: a relationship.
While thirty-something Simi has had more itās not yous than any I dos.
These best friends decide itās time to ditch the dating apps and play the love game by their own rules. Theyāre going to ask people out in real life … but only for each other. What could possibly go wrong?
Comedian Andi Oshoās hilarious and uplifting debut novel features her trademark wit and is perfect for fans of Candice Carty-Williams, Talia Hibbert and Jasmine Guillory.
February 1st ā¢ LGBTQ+, Romantic Comedy ā¢ Avon
Following Written in the Stars and Hang the Moon, national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur pens another steamy queer rom-com about former best friends who might be each other’s second chance at love …
Margot Cooper doesnāt do relationships. She tried and it blew up in her face, so sheāll stick with casual hookups, thank you very much. But now her entire crew has found “the one” and sheās beginning to feel like a fifth wheel. And then fate (the heartless bitch) intervenes. While touring a wedding venue with her engaged friends, Margot comes face-to-face with Olivia Grantāher childhood friend, her first love, her first … well, everything. Itās been ten years, but the moment they lock eyes, Margotās cold, dead heart thumps in her chest.
Olivia must be hallucinating. In the decade since she last saw Margot, her life hasnāt gone exactly as planned. At almost thirty, sheās been married … and divorced. However, a wedding planner job in Seattle means a fresh start and a chance to follow her dreams. Never in a million years did she expect her important new clientās Best Woman would be the one that got away.
When a series of unfortunate events leaves Olivia without a place to stay, Margot offers up her spare room because sheās a Very Good Person. Obviously. It has nothing to do with the fact that Olivia is as beautiful as ever and the sparks between them still make Margot tingle. As they spend time in close quarters, Margot starts to question her no-strings stance. Olivia is everything sheās ever wanted, but Margot let her in once and it ended in disaster. Will history repeat itself or should she count her lucky stars that she gets a second chance with her first love?
February 1st ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ St. Martin’s Griffin
She does everything right. So what could go wrong?
Mackenzie “Mac” Cabot is a people pleaser. Her demanding parents. Her prep school friends. Her long-time boyfriend. It’s exhausting, really, always following the rules. Unlike most twenty-year-olds, all she really wants to do is focus on growing her internet business, but first she must get a college degree at her parents’ insistence. That means moving to the beachside town of Avalon Bay, a community made up of locals and the wealthy students of Garnet College.
Mac’s had plenty of practice suppressing her wilder impulses, but when she meets local bad boy Cooper Hartley, that ability is suddenly tested. Cooper is rough around the edges. Raw. Candid. A threat to her ordered existence. Their friendship soon becomes the realest thing in her life.
Despite his disdain for the trust-fund kids he sees coming and going from his town, Cooper soon realizes Mac isn’t just another rich clone and falls for her. Hard. But as Mac finally starts feeling accepted by Cooper and his friends, the secret he’s been keeping from her threatens the only place she’s ever felt at home.
February 1st ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ GP Putnam’s Sons
Beach Read meets The Flatshare in this warmly funny and delightfully sharp debut rom-com about a down-on-her-luck young woman who turns an innocent mix-up between a dating app and a roommate app into a new chance at love.
After getting passed over for an overdueāand much neededāpromotion, Sadie Green is in desperate need of three things: a stiff drink, a new place to live, and a one-night-stand. When one drink turns into one too many, Sadie mixes up a long-ignored dating app for a roommate-finding app and finds herself on the doorstep of Jack Thomasās gorgeous Brooklyn brownstone. Too bad sheās more attracted to his impressive real estate than she is to the man himself.
Jack, still grieving the unexpected death of his parents, has learned to find comfort in video games and movie marathons instead of friends. So while he doesnāt know just what to make of the vivaciously verbose Sadie, heās willing to offer her his spare bedroom while she gets back on her feet. And with the rent unbeatably low, Sadie can finally pursue her floristry side hustle full-time. The two are polar opposites, but as Sadieās presence begins to turn the brownstone into a home, they both start to realize they may have just made the deal of a lifetime.
February 1st ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Wattpad Books
For the inhabitants of London Lane, a simple slip of paper underneath each of their doors is about to change their lives in a hundred different ways.
URGENT!!! Due to the current situation, building management has decided to impose a seven-day quarantine on all apartment buildings on London Lane.
With nowhere else to go …
Ethan and Charlotte wonder whether absence really does make the heart grow fonder when they end up on either side of a locked door.
A fierce debate over pineapple on pizza ignites a series of revelations about Zach and Serenaās four-year relationship.
Liv realizes rolling with the punches is sometimes much harder than it looks after her bridesmaidsā party goes off the rails, leaving the group at each otherās throats.
Isla and Dannyās new romance is put to the test as they jump ten steps ahead on the relationship timeline.
And Imogen and Nateās one-night stand is about to get six do-overs they never really asked forānot awkward at all.
Through make ups, breakups, love-ins, and blowouts, friendships are tested as everyone scrambles to make it through the week unscathed. Amidst all the drama, one thing remains constant: life is full of surprises.
February 1st ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Forever
Alison Bliss shares her smart, sexy, contemporary voice in this new rom-com about a curvaceous heroine falling for her personal trainerāperfect for fans of Olivia Dade and Kate Stayman-London.
The course of true love was never supposed to start on a stair climber …
Preslee Owens has never worked out in a gym before. Like truly never. Until today. As she struggles to stay upright on the stair climber, she accidentally broadcasts a vlog that lets complete strangersāand even worse, people in her own small townāwitness the hilarious start to her fitness journey. To her surprise and mortification, viewers love it.
The positive reaction leaves Preslee with no choice but to returnāand the discovery that her unrequited crush, Josh, works out in the same gym is a big bonus. It also helps that her new personal trainer is making sure she doesnāt kill herself in the process. In fact, Adam has even offered to pretend to be her boyfriend to help make Josh a little jealous.
Having Adam cheering her on brings out a strength and confidence Preslee barely recognizes in herself. And soon sheās enjoying being his fake girlfriend waaay too much. But will her newfound courage allow her to face her biggest fear yet and seize the life she truly wants?
February 1st ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Berkley
When fate and tacos bring RamĆ³n and Julieta together on the Day of the Dead, the star-crossed pair must make a choice: accept the bitter food rivalry that drives them apart or surrender to a love that consumes them.
RamĆ³n Montez always achieves his goals. Whether that means collecting Ivy League degrees or growing his father’s fast-food empire, nothing sets RamĆ³n off course. So when the sexy seƱorita who kissed him on the Day of the Dead runs off into the night with his heart, he determines to do whatever it takes to find her again.
Celebrity chef Julieta Campos has sacrificed everything to save her sea-to-table taqueria from closing. To her horror, she discovers that her new landlord is none other than the magnetic mariachi she hooked up with on Dia de los Muertos. Even worse, it was his father who stole her mother’s taco recipe decades ago. Julieta has no choice but to work with RamĆ³n, the man who destroyed her life’s workāand the one man who tempts and inspires her.
As San Diego’s outraged community protests against the Taco King take-over and the divide between their families grows, RamĆ³n and Julieta struggle to balance the rising tensions. But RamĆ³n knows that true love is priceless and despite all of his successes, this is the one battle he refuses to lose.
February 8th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Forever
Readers of Honey Girl and The Bookish Life of Nina Hill will fall in love with this smart, vivacious, and laugh-out-loud novel about a superstitious young woman who is looking for love in all the wrong places.
Jessica Luna has man trouble, mom trouble, and not a clue what to do with her life. As the baby of her family, sheās never been trusted to make the right choices. So now Jess bases all her life decisions on signsāseeking guidance from the Virgen de Guadalupe hanging from her rearview mirror or what Madame Hortensia, her psychic, sees in the cards.
When her sort-of boyfriend Guillermo disappoints her again, Jess wants to call it quits. Just to be sure, she checks in with Madame Hortensia, who tells her itās time for a change. Right on cue, Jess meets Jonathan. Heās successful, financially stableāand the total opposite of all her past boyfriends. Jonathan should be her dream man, but as he helpfully advises her on every aspect of her life, Jess canāt help but wonder if the changes heās suggesting are ones she wants.
For the first time in Jessās life, thereās no one who can tell her what to do. But if she wants to have any say in her future, sheās going to have to learn to make decisions. All on her own.
February 8th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ St. Martin’s Griffin
A fake relationship between a magic-less witch and a wolf shifter turns to more in the start of a bewitching new paranormal rom-com series.
Magic-less witch Violet Maxwell wants nothing to do with alpha wolf shifter Lincoln Thorneāthe man who broke her fragile, teenage heart. But when the two of them are forced by arcane Supernatural Laws to find mates, Violet and Lincoln agree to fake-date their way to a fake-mating in order to conjure themselves some time.
The jokeās on them. When old feelings make a reappearanceāalong with Violetās magicāthey both realize thereās nothing fake about their feelings. But there are old secrets and looming threats that could snatch away their happily ever after, again. One thingās for sure: magic doesnāt make dating and love any easier.
In Not the Witch You Wed, April Asher brings all the hilarity and sweet, sexy moments you love in a romantic-comedyāplus a fun dose of magicāto this spell-binding new series about being sexy, single, and supernatural in New York City.
February 15th ā¢ Historical, Romance ā¢ Berkley
How do you solve the Perfect Equation? Add one sharp-tongued mathematician to an aloof, handsome nobleman. Divide by conflicting loyalties and multiply by a daring group of women hell-bent on conducting their scientific experiments. The solution is a romance that will break every rule.
Six years ago, Miss Letitia Fenley made a mistake, and sheās lived with the consequences ever since. Readying herself to compete for the prestigious Rosewood Prize for Mathematics, she is suddenly asked to take on another responsibilityāmanaging Athenaās Retreat, a secret haven for Englandās women scientists. Having spent the last six years on her own, Letty doesnāt want the offers of friendship from other club members and certainly doesnāt need any help from the insufferably attractive Lord Greycliff.
Lord William Hughes, the Viscount Greycliff cannot afford to make any mistakes. His lifelong dream of becoming the director of a powerful clandestine agency is within his grasp. Tasked with helping Letty safeguard Athenaās Retreat, Grey is positive that he can control the antics of the various scientists as well as manage the tiny mathematicianādespite their historic animosity and simmering tension.
As Grey and Letty are forced to work together, their mutual dislike turns to admiration and eventually to something … magnetic. When faced with the possibility that Athenaās Retreat will close forever, they must make a choice. Will Grey turn down a chance to change history, or can Letty get to the root of the problem and prove that love is the ultimate answer?
February 15th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Ballantine Books
Spending her thirtieth birthday alone is the last thing that dating columnist Cleo wanted, but she is going on a self-coupling quasi-sabbaticalāat the insistence of her bossāin the name of re-energizing herself and adding a new perspective to her column. The remote Irish island she’s booked is a far cry from London, but at least it’s a chance to hunker down in a luxury cabin and indulge in some quiet, solitary self-care while she figures out her next steps in her love life and her career.
Mac is also looking forward to some time to himself. With his life in Boston deteriorating in ways he can’t bring himself to acknowledge, his soul searching has brought him to the same Irish island in search of his roots and some clarity. Unfortunately, a mix-up with the bookings means both solitude seekers have reserved the same one-bedroom hideaway on exactly the same dates.
Instantly at odds with each other, Cleo and Mac don’t know how they’re going to manage until the next weekly ferry arrives. But as the days go by, they no longer seem to mind each other’s company quite as much as they thought they would …
Written with Josie Silver’s signature warmth, charm and insights into the human heart, One Night on the Island explores the meaning of home, the joys of escape and how the things we think we want are never the things we really need.
February 22nd ā¢ Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance ā¢ Berkley
A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting loveāwith all its complicationsāby debut author Ashley Herring Blake.
Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Fallsānothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, itās a different woman every night, but thatās just fine with her.
When Delilahās estranged stepsister, Astrid, pressures her into photographing her wedding with a guilt trip and a five-figure check, Delilah finds herself back in the godforsaken town that she used to call home. She plans to breeze in and out, but then she sees Claire Sutherland, one of Astridās stuck-up besties, and decides that maybe thereās some fun (and a little retribution) to be had in Bright Falls, after all.
Having raised her eleven-year-old daughter mostly on her own while dealing with her unreliable ex and running a bookstore, Claire Sutherland depends upon a life without surprises. And Delilah Green is an unwelcome surprise … at first. Though theyāve known each other for years, they donāt really know each otherāso Claire is unsettled when Delilah figures out exactly what buttons to push. When theyāre forced together during a gauntlet of wedding preparationsāincluding a plot to save Astrid from her horrible fiancĆ©āClaire isnāt sure she has the strength to resist Delilahās charms. Even worse, sheās starting to think she doesnāt want to …
February 22nd ā¢ LGBTQ+, Romantic Comedy ā¢ Berkley
A chance to rewrite their ending is worth the risk in this swoony romantic comedy from Kosoko Jackson.
It’s been months since aspiring journalist Kian Andrews has heard from his ex-boyfriend, Hudson Rivers, but an urgent text has them meeting at a cafĆ©. Maybe Hudson wants to profusely apologize for the breakup. Or confess his undying love … But no, Hudson has a favor to askāhe wants Kian to pretend to be his boyfriend while his parents are in town, and Kian reluctantly agrees.
The dinner doesn’t go exactly as planned, and suddenly Kian is Hudson’s plus one to Georgia’s wedding of the season. Hudson comes from a wealthy family where reputation is everything, and he really can’t afford another mistake. If Kian goes, he’ll help Hudson preserve appearances and get the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the biggest names in media. This could be the big career break Kian needs.
But their fake relationship is starting to feel like it might be more than a means to an end, and it’s time for both men to fact-check their feelings.
February 22nd ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Montlake
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Wedding Game comes a new romantic comedy about the antics that ensue when three siblings come together for their parentsā fiftieth-anniversary party.
Martin and Peggy Chance believe love should last a lifetime. With their fiftieth wedding anniversary on the horizon, theyāve modeled a beautiful relationship for their three grown children. But to their dismay, that lesson hasnāt quite caught onāthe three siblings just canāt seem to take a chance and find love in their own lives.
Thereās Ford, the eldest, devoted to his work and resistant to romance … or so he claims. Cooper, the middle child, canāt get past his divorceāuntil he reconnects with a feisty baker from his past. And Palmer, the baby of the family, is the free-spirited world traveler who always pictured herself with someone other than a handsome small-town family doctor.
When the Chance siblings come together to plan the ultimate anniversary party for their parents, theyāll have to navigate romantic entanglements, sibling rivalries, and the definitive end of their childhood. Whatever happens, The Reunion promises to be a fun, flirty, wild ride.
March
March 1st ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ St. Martin’s Griffin
Harper is anxiously awaiting placement into a top oral surgery residency program when she crashes (literally) into Dan. Harper would rather endure a Novocaine-free root canal than face any distractions, even one this adorable.
A first-year dental student with a family legacy to contend with, Dan doesnāt have the same passion for pulling teeth that Harper does. Though he finds himself falling for her, he is willing to play by Harperās rules.
So with the greatest of intentions and the poorest of follow-throughs, the two set out to be ājust friends.ā But as they get to know each other better, Harper fears that trading fillings for feelings may make her lose control and can’t risk her carefully ordered life coming undone, no matter how drool-worthy Dan is.
Blood, gore, and extra-long roots? No problem. The idea of falling in love? Torture.
March 1st ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ GP Putnam’s Sons
From # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about an editor, her bestselling author, and one life-changing secret.
What she doesnāt know about love could fill a book.
With a successful career as a romance editor, and an engagement to a man who checks off all ninety-nine boxes on her carefully curated list, Lanieās more than good. Sheās killing it. Then sheās given the opportunity of a lifetime: to work with world-renowned author and her biggest inspiration in love and lifeāthe Noa Callaway. All Lanie has to do is cure Noaās writerās block and sheāll get the promotion sheās always dreamed of. Simple, right?
But thereās a reason no one has ever seen or spoken to the mysterious Noa Calloway. And that reason will rock Lanieās world. It will call into question everything she thought she knew. When she finally tosses her ninety-nine expectations to the wind, Lanie may just discover that love By Any Other Name can still be as sweet.
March 1st ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Avon
King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he’s a guaranteed good timeāin bed and outāand that’s exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She’s immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his … personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is.
Now, Hannah’s in town for work, crashing in Fox’s spare bedroom. She knows he’s a notorious ladies’ man, but they’re definitely just friends. In fact, she’s nursing a hopeless crush on a colleague and Fox is just the person to help with her lackluster love life. Armed with a few tips from Westport’s resident Casanova, Hannah sets out to catch her coworker’s eye … yet the more time she spends with Fox, the more she wants him instead. As the line between friendship and flirtation begins to blur, Hannah can’t deny she loves everything about Fox, but she refuses to be another notch on his bedpost.
Living with his best friend should have been easy. Except now she’s walking around in a towel, sleeping right across the hall, and Fox is fantasizing about waking up next to her for the rest of his life and … and … man overboard! He’s fallen for her, hook, line, and sinker. Helping her flirt with another guy is pure torture, but maybe if Fox can tackle his inner demons and show Hannah he’s all in, she’ll choose him instead?
In the follow-up to It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey delivers another deliciously fun rom-com about a former player who accidentally falls for his best friend while trying to help her land a different man …
March 1st ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Berkley
Things get textual when a steamy message from a random wrong number turns into a thrilling anonymous relationship in this hilarious rom-com by Lynn Painter.
Bad luck has always followed Olivia Marshall…or maybe she’s just the screw-up her family thinks she is. But when a “What are you wearing?” text from a random wrong number turns into the hottest, most entertainingāalbeit anonymousārelationship of her life, she thinks things might be on the upswing …
Colin Beck has always considered Olivia his best friend’s annoying little sister, but when she moves in with them after one of her worst runs of luck, he realizes she’s turned into an altogether different and sexier distraction. He’s sure he can keep his distance, until the moment he discovers she’s the irresistible Miss Misdial he’s been sort of sexting for weeksāand now he has to decide whether to turn the heat up or ghost her before things get messy.
March 8th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Berkley
When an advice columnistās picture-perfect life implodes, she opts to go rogue in this hilarious, heartwarming romance from the author of Meet Me in Paradise.
Violet Covington pens Dear Sweetie, the most popular advice column in the state of North Carolina. She has an answer for how to politely handle any difficult situation … until she discovers her husband, Sam, has been cheating on her. Furious and out of sensible solutions, Violet leaves her filter at the door and turns to her column to air her own frustrations. The new, brutally honest Dear Sweetie goes viral, sending more shock waves through Violetās life. When she burns Samās belongings in a front-yard, late-night bonfire, a smoking-hot firefighter named Dez shows up to douse the flames, and an unexpected fling quickly shows potential to become something longer lasting.
A lot of people want to see the old polished Violet returnāincluding her boss, who finds her unpredictability hard to manage, and Sam, whoās begging for another chance. But Dez appreciates Violet just the way she isāin fact, he canāt get enough of her. The right answers donāt come easily when Violet finds herself at her own personal crossroads. But maybe, by getting real, Violet can write her own happy ending.
March 8th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Forever
Kamila Hussainās life might not be perfect, but, whew, itās close. She lives a life of comfort, filled with her elaborate Bollywood movie parties, a dog with more Instagram followers than most reality stars, a job she loves, and an endless array of friends who clearly need her help finding love. In fact, Kamila is so busy with her friendsā love lives, sheās hardly given any thought to her own …
Fortunately, Kamila has Rohan Nasser. A longtime friend of the family, heās hugely successful, with the deliciously lean, firm body of a rock climber. Only lately, Kamilaās āharmless flirtingā with Rohan is making her insides do a little bhangra dance.
But between planning the local shelterās puppy prom, throwing a huge work event, and proving to everyone that sheās got it all figured out, Kamila isnāt letting herself get distractedāuntil her secret nemesis returns to town with an eye for Rohan. Suddenly, it seems like the more Kamila tries to plan, the more things are starting to unravelāand her perfectly ordered life is about to be turned upside down.
March 8th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ St. Martin’s Griffin
Trish Dollerās The Suite Spot is a charming romance novel about taking a chance on a new life and a new love.
Rachel Beck has hit a brick wall. Sheās a single mom, still living at home and trying to keep a dying relationship alive. Aside from her daughter, the one bright light in Rachelās life is her job as the night reservations manager at a luxury hotel in Miami Beachāuntil the night she is fired for something she didnāt do.
On impulse, Rachel inquires about a management position at a brewery hotel on an island in Lake Erie called Kelleys Island. When sheās offered the job, Rachel packs up her daughter and makes the cross country move.
What she finds on Kelleys Island is Mason, a handsome, moody man who knows everything about brewing beer and nothing about running a hotel. Especially one thatās barely more than foundation and studs. Itās not the job Rachel was looking for, but Mason offers her a chance to help build a hotelāand rebuild her own lifeāfrom the ground up.
March 15th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Avon
Nisha Sharmaās hilarious new romantic comedy inspired by Taming of the Shrew features a love-phobic TV doctor who must convince a love-obsessed homebody they are destined to be together.
Kareena Mann dreams of having a love story like her parents, but she prefers restoring her classic car to swiping right on dating apps. When her father announces heās selling her motherās home, Kareena makes a deal with him: heāll gift her the house if she can get engaged in four months. Her search for her soulmate becomes impossible when her argument with Dr. Prem Verma, host of The Dr. Dil Show, goes viral. Now the only man in her life is the one she doesnāt want.
Dr. Prem Verma is dedicated to building a local community health center, but he needs to get donors with deep pockets. The Dr. Dil Show was doing just that, until his argument with Kareena went viral, and heās left short changed. Thatās when Kareenaās meddling aunties presented him with a solution: convince Kareena heās her soulmate and theyāll fund his clinic.
Even though they have conflicting views on love-matches and arranged-matches, the more time Prem spends with Kareena, the more he begins to believe sheās the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. But for Prem and Kareena to find their happily ever after, they must admit that hate has turned into fate.
March 15th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Forever
A clever, tender, and romantic novel for readers of Christina Lauren, Jasmine Guillory, and Sophie Cousens, this laugh-out-loud debut is a perceptive reminder that fate can have a sense of humor, and that love can happen … In a New York Minute.
Franny Doyle is having the worst day. Sheās been laid off from her (admittedly mediocre) job, the subway doors ripped her favorite silk dress to ruins, and now sheās flashed her unmentionables to half of lower Manhattan. On the plus side, a dashing stranger came to her rescue with his (Gucci!) suit jacket. On the not-so-plus side, he canāt get away from her fast enough.
Worse yet? Someone posted their (entirely not) meet-cute online. Suddenly Franny and her knight-in-couture, Hayes Montgomery III, are the newest social media sensation, and all of New York is shipping #SubwayQTs.
Only Franny and Hayes couldnāt be a more disastrous match. Sheās fanciful, talkative, and creative. Heās serious, shy, and all about numbers. Luckily, in a city of eight million people, they never have to meet again. Yet somehow, Hayes and Franny keep running into each otherāand much to their surprise, they enjoy each otherās company. A lot. But when Frannyās whole world is turned upside down (again!), can she find the courage to trust in herself and finally have the lifeāand loveāsheās always wanted?
March 15th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Berkley
A chef’s journey to success leads to discovering the perfect recipe for love in this delicious romantic comedy.
Sadie is a rising star in the trendy Seattle restaurant scene. Her dream is to create unique, modern, and mouthwatering takes on traditional Jewish recipes. But after a public breakup with her boss, a famous chef, she is sure her career is overāuntil she lands a coveted spot on the next season of her favorite TV show, Chef Supreme.
On the plane to New York, Sadie has sizzling chemistry with her seatmate, Luke, but tells him that she won’t be able to contact him for the next six weeks. They prolong their night with a spontaneous, magical dinner before parting ways. Or so she thinks. When she turns up to set the next day, she makes a shocking discovery about who Luke is …
If Sadie wants to save her career by winning Chef Supreme, she’s going to have to ignore the simmering heat between her and Luke. But how long can she do that before the pot boils over?
March 15th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Berkley
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the teahouse…
Miss Charlotte Pettifer belongs to a secret league of women skilled in the subtle arts. That is to sayāalthough it must never be saidāwitchcraft. The League of Gentlewomen Witches strives to improve the world in small ways. Using magic, they tidy, correct, and manipulate according to their notions of what is proper, entirely unlike those reprobates in the Wisteria Society.
When the long lost amulet of Black Beryl is discovered, it is up to Charlotte, as the future leader of the League, to make sure the powerful talisman does not fall into the wrong hands. Therefore, it is most unfortunate when she crosses paths with Alex O’Riley, a pirate who is no Mr. Darcy. With all the world scrambling after the amulet, Alex and Charlotte join forces to steal it together. If only they could keep their pickpocketing hands to themselves! If Alex’s not careful, he might just steal something elseāsuch as Charlotte’s heart.
March 22nd ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Montlake
Two high school BFFs reunite and endeavor to fix each otherās lives in this geeky romance from the author of Love, Comment, Subscribe.
Tam Doan dumped her boyfriend after he threw away her gourmet cheese. Sure, itās a little more complicated than that, but the point is, he had it coming. Newly single and unemployed, Tam calls up her best friend from high school and utters the emergency code wordāgoldfish. Next thing she knows, sheās on a plane back home.
Josh OāMalley was a troubled, unconfident teenager. Now heās the successful owner of a multimillion-dollar ghost kitchen. Tam, his high school BFF and fellow member of the Nerd Herd friend group, was instrumental in building his self-esteem. When she calls him out of the blue, he jumps at the chance to return the favor.
Josh and Tam immediately get to work fixing her lifeābut again, itās complicated. Their close friendship was always a lifeline between them; a blooming romance might confuse things. Still, at least one thing is for certain: their chemistry is un-brie-lievable.
March 22nd ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ MIRA
A delicious debut rom-com about a plus-size sweetheart who gets a full-life makeover after a brutal breakup.
Savvy Sheldon spends a lot of time tiptoeing around the cracks in her life: her high-stress and low-thanks job, her clueless boyfriend and the falling-apart kitchen she inherited from her beloved grandmaāwho taught her how to cook and how to love people by feeding them. But when Savvyās world starts to crash down around her, she knows itās time for some renovations.
Starting from the outside in, Savvy tackles her crumbling kitchen, her relationship with her body, her workālife balance (or lack thereof) and, last but not least, her love life. The only thing that doesnāt seem to require effort is her ride-or-die squad of friends. But as any home-reno-show junkie can tell you, something always falls apart during renovations. First, Savvy passes out during hot yoga. Then it turns out that the contractor she hires is the same sexy stranger she unintentionally offended by judging based on appearances. Worst of all, Savvy canāt seem to go anywhere without tripping over her ex and his latest “upgrade.” Savvy begins to realize that maybe she shouldāve started her renovations the other way around: beginning with how she sees herself before building a love that lasts.
April
April 5th ā¢ Paranormal, Romantic Comedy ā¢ Sourcebooks Casablanca
The second in an adorable witchy rom-com series by New York Times bestselling author Ann Aguirre, perfect for fans of:
Ride-or-die female friendships
A bisexual heroine who stubbornly refuses to accept help
A hero with an incredibly pesky moral conscience
A mouse named Benson who may or may not have all the answers to life, magic, and love (Spoiler: he does!)
Clementine Waterhouse is a perfectly logical witch. She doesn’t tumble headlong into love. Rather she weighs the pros and cons and decides if a relationship is worth pursuing. At least that’s always been her modus operandi before. Clem prefers being the one in charge, always the first to walk away when the time is right. Attraction has never struck her like lightning.
Until the witch hunter comes to town.
Gavin Rhys hates witches, and he’s dedicated his life to tracking them down, no matter the cost. His family honor is on the line, and he needs to prove he’s nothing like his father, a traitor who let everyone down. But things in St. Claire aren’t what they seem, and Gavin is distracted from the job immediately by a bewitching brunette with a sexy smile and haunting secrets in her eyes.
Can the bossiest witch in town find true love with someone committed to her downfall?
April 5th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Berkley
A woman learns the hard way about mixing business with pleasure in this hilarious new romantic comedy by USA Today bestselling author Sharon C. Cooper.
I am beautiful. I am confident. I am lovable. I am a lottery winner.
This is the mantra that will get Dreamy Daniels through each day until she makes it big. So what if she lives in a seedy part of Los Angeles in a house that’s one earthquake away from crumbling, or works an unfulfilling secretarial job while struggling to finish her bachelor’s degree? All Dreamy needs to do is win the lottery, which she’s been entering in as a weekly tradition with her grandfather. When she catches the attention of her boss’s potential investor, Dreamy has to remind herself to focus on her career goals so she can be her own boss. Who cares if he has the social grace of the Duke of Sussex and the suaveness of Idris Elba? No distractions allowed.
Growing up with a father who is an A-list actor and a socialite mother, venture capitalist Karter Redford lives in the world of the rich and famous. Instead of attending movie premieres, however, he prefers spending his time helping the less fortunate, backing start-up companies and investing in cutting edge ideas. Karter is used to his life revolving around work, but when he decides he wants someone to share it with, he falls for someone his mother would never approve of: hilarious, quirky Dreamy, who has goals of her own…but also isn’t a wealthy, upper-crust socialite. Though it’s clear they’re from different worlds, their relationship might just be his greatest investment yet.
April 5th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Graydon House
Lee Stone is a twenty-first-century woman: she kicks butt at her job as a communications director at a women-run electric car company (thatās better than Tesla, thank you) and after work she is āStoner,ā drinking guys under the table and never letting any of them get too comfortable in her bed …
Thatās because Leeās learned one big lesson: never trust men. After four major heartbreaks set her straight, from her father cheating on her mom all the way to Ben Laderman in grad schoolāwho wasnāt actually cheating, but she could have sworn he was, so she reciprocated in kind.
Then Ben shows up five years later, working as a policy expert for the most liberal governor in Texas history, just as Lee is trying to get a clean energy bill rolling. Things get complicatedāand competitive as Lee and Ben are forced to work together. Tension builds just as old sparks reignite, fanning the flames for a romantic dustup the size of Texas.
April 5th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Wattpad Books
Sometimes you’ve got to leave your heart on the field.
Gretchen Harper has always been practical. Dependable, solid, predictable. Sheās never taken risks, and sheās especially never bought coffee for gorgeous professional athletes in airports. That is, until she meets her favorite baseball player on the worst day of his career.
Being sent to the minor league is just the first of Joshua Malvernās many worriesāheās got an injury that wonāt heal and his entire career and future are on the line. When a beautiful woman offers him coffee, that simple kindness is exactly what he needs to lift him out of his funk. He asks her to join him in first class, not expecting to end up joining her in bed.
What starts as a one night stand ends up holding the promise for so much more. And while stepping out of her comfort zone has never been Gretchenās style, for a chance at true love sheāll have to decide whether sheāll swing for the fences, even if it means striking out.
April 5th ā¢ Historical, Romantic Comedy ā¢ St. Martin’s Griffin
The hilarious debut novel from Lex Croucher. A classic romcom with a Regency-era twist, for fans of Mean Girls and/or Jane Austen.
Abandoned by her parents, middle-class Georgiana Ellers has moved to a new town to live with her dreary aunt and uncle. At a particularly dull party, she meets the enigmatic Frances Campbell, a wealthy member of the in-crowd who lives a life Georgiana couldn’t have imagined in her wildest dreams.
Lonely and vulnerable, Georgiana falls in with Frances and her unfathomably rich, deeply improper friends. Georgiana is introduced to a new world: drunken debauchery, mysterious young men with strangely arresting hands, and the upper echelons of Regency society.
But the price of entry to high society might just be higher than Georgiana is willing to pay …
April 5th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Simon & Schuster
This delightful debut rom-com follows the adventures of a woman trying to connect with her South Asian roots and introduces readers to a memorable cast of characters in a veritable feast of food, family traditions, and fun.
Manny Dogra is the beautiful young CEO of Breakup, a highly successful company that helps people manage their relationship breakups. As preoccupied as she is with her business, sheās also planning her wedding to handsome architect Adam Jamieson while dealing with the loss of her beloved parents.
For reasons Manny has never understood, her mother and father, who were both born in India, always wanted her to become an āAll-Americanā girl. So thatās what she did. She knows next to nothing about her South Asian heritage, and thatās never been a problemāuntil her parents are no longer around, and an image of Manny thatās been Photoshopped to make her skin look more white appears on a major magazine cover. Suddenly, the woman who built an empire encouraging people to be true to themselves is having her own identity crisis.
But when an irritating client named Sammy Patel approaches Manny with an odd breakup request, the perfect solution presents itself: If they both agree to certain terms, heāll give her a crash course in being āIndianā at his brotherās wedding.
What follows is days of dancing and dal, masala and mehndi as Manny meets the lovable, if endlessly interfering, aunties and uncles of the Patel family, and, along the way, discovers much more than she could ever have anticipated.
April 5th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ St. Martin’s Griffin
In The Date from Hell, the sequel to Not Your Average Hot Guy, New York Times bestselling author Gwenda Bond brings the journey of Callie, Luke, and their friends to a wonderful close. This is another laugh out loud, action packed romantic adventure you wonāt want to miss.
After saving the world and stopping the apocalypse, Callie and Luke are looking forward to a quiet, romantic weekend together. When youāre human and dating the Prince of Hell, quiet moments are hard to come by. But their romantic weekend in Hell takes a turn when Lucifer tasks Callie and Luke with chasing a wayward soul around the world. If they can prove itās possible to redeem a soul, Lucifer will allow the two of them to make some changes in Hell.
But this wayward soul, Sean, doesnāt have any interest in being redeemed. Instead, now that heās back on Earth, heās decided to take a leaf out of Callie and Lukeās book and wants to find the Holy Grail. Now Callie, Luke, and their friendsāand enemiesāmust race Sean around the globe on a Grail quest and bring peace between Heaven and Hell before they can finally (maybe) get around to that date.
April 5th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Avon
The USA Today bestselling author of The Worst Best Man is back with another hilarious rom-com about two strangers who get trapped in a lie and have to fake date their way out of it …
Just weeks away from ditching DC for greener pastures, Solange Pereira is roped into helping her wedding planner cousin on a random coupleās big day. Itās an easy gig… until she stumbles upon a situation that convinces her the pair isnāt meant to be. Whatās a true-blue romantic to do? Crash the wedding, of course. And ensure the unsuspecting groom doesnāt make the biggest mistake of his life.
Dean Chapman had his future all mapped out. He was about to check off āstart a familyā and on track to āmake partnerā when his modern day marriage of convenience went up in smoke. Then he learns he might not land an assignment that could be his ticket to a promotion unless he has a significant other and, in a moment of panic, Dean claims to be in love with the woman who crashed his wedding. Oops.
Now Dean has a whole new item on his to-do list: beg Solange to be his pretend girlfriend. Solange feels a tiny bit bad about ruining Deanās wedding, so she agrees to play along. Yet as they fake-date their way around town, what started as a performance for Deanās colleagues turns into a connection that neither he nor Solange can deny. Their entire romance is a sham … thereās no way these polar opposites could fall in love for real, right?
April 5th ā¢ Historical, Romantic Comedy ā¢ Atria Books
The āsweet, sexy, and utterly funā (Emily Henry, author of The People We Meet on Vacation) Regency Vows series continues with a witty, charming, and joyful novel following a seasoned debutante and a rakish theater owner as they navigate a complicated marriage of convenience.
Lady Emily Turner has been a debutante for six seasons now and should have long settled into a suitable marriage. However, due to her fatherās large debts, her only suitor is the persistent and odious owner of her fatherās favorite gambling house. Meanwhile, Lord Julian Belfry, the second son of a marquess, has scandalized society as an actor and owner of a theaterāthe kind of establishment where men take their mistresses, but not their wives. When their lives intersect at a house party, Lord Julian hatches a plan to benefit them both.
With a marriage of convenience, Emily will use her society connections to promote the theater to a more respectable clientele and Julian will take her out from under the shadows of her fatherās unsavory associates. But they soon realize they have very different plans for their marriageāJulian wants Emily to remain a society wife, while Emily discovers an interest in the theater. But when a fleeing actress, murderous kitten, and meddlesome friends enter the fray, Emily and Julian will have to confront the fact that their marriage of convenience comes with rather inconvenient feelings.
With āan arch sense of humor and a marvelously witty voice that rivals the best of the Regency authorsā (Entertainment Weekly), Martha Waters crafts another fresh romantic comedy that for fans of Julia Quinn and Evie Dunmore.
April 12th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Forever
A couple on the brink of divorce after 35 years of marriage gets a second chance to rediscover their love now that a pandemic lockdown has forced them to spend more time together.
Julie and Michael Marshall have stayed together through thick and thin, through better and worse ā and, for the last few years, it has mostly been worse. As their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary approaches, Julie realizes something: she doesn’t want to pretend anymore.
Divorce papers at the ready, she’s just about to have The Talk with Michael when everything changes. Lockdown begins and Julie and Michael face the greatest terror they can imagine: uninterrupted time with each other. But, when stripped of all distraction and forced to meet eyes across the dinner table, could it be that Julie and Michael might find a way back to where they first began?
April 12th ā¢ Contemporary, LBGTQ+, Romance ā¢ Montlake
From award-winning author Rachel Lacey comes the second installment in the Ms. Right series: a captivating romance about a reluctant bookseller finding love in unexpected places.
Lia Harris is tired of being the odd one out. Sheās never quite fit in with her uptight family, and now that her roommates have all found love, sheās starting to feel like a third wheel in her own apartment. Fed up with her motherās constant meddling in her love life, Lia drops hints about a girlfriend she doesnāt have. But with her brotherās London nuptials approaching, she needs to find a date to save face. Lia turns to her best friend, Rosie, for help, and Rosie deliversāwith the fun, gorgeous Grace Poston.
Grace loves to have a good time, hiding her insecurities behind a sunny smile. Her recent move to London has provided her with a much-needed fresh start. Grace isnāt looking for love, and she hates weddings, having weathered more than her fair share of heartache. Friendships are different, though, so for Rosieās sake, she reluctantly agrees to pose as Liaās adoring girlfriend for the wedding festivities.
Both Grace and Lia are prepared for an awkward weekend, complete with prying family members and a guest room with only one bed. As it turns out, they get along wellāspectacularly, in fact. Before they know it, the chemistry theyāre faking feels all too real. But is their wedding weekend a fleeting performance or the rehearsal for a love thatās meant to last?
April 12th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Wattpad Books
When they first met, best friends Priya, Isobel, Caitlin, Eshe, and Shayne swore a vow: Chase dreams not drama. Now, years later …
Priya Seth is determined to win the coveted one-year mentorship with her idol at New Yorkās hottest law firm. Her rival? Last nightās hookup, Hadrian Marek. Despite having a privileged upper hand, Hadrian is willing to form an alliance. Priyaās only condition? No sex.
Isobel Morgan is planning the perfect wedding, fighting to get the promotion she deserves, and caring for her dependent father. But when a video of her cheating fiancƩ goes viral, her world comes crashing down until she gets an offer that merges her passion for news and activism. The caveat? Long hours and travel away from her father.
As these young women discover that achieving dreams is often erratic, and drama is as inevitable as adulting, the foundation of their friendship begins to crack, putting their sisterhood to the test.
April 12th ā¢ LGBTQ+, Romantic Comedy ā¢ Berkley
Joy is in love with Malcolm.
But Malcolm really likes Summer.
Summer is in love with love.
And Fox is Summerās ex-boyfriend.
Thirty, flirty, and asexual Joy is secretly in love with her best friend Malcolm, but sheās never been brave enough to say so. When he unexpectedly announces that he’s met the love of his lifeāand no, it’s not Joyāshe’s heartbroken. Malcolm invites her on a weekend getaway, and Joy decides itās her last chance to show him exactly what heās overlooking. But maybe Joy is the one missing something … or someone … and his name is Fox.
Fox sees a kindred spirit in Joyāand decides to help her. He proposes they pretend to fall for each other on the weekend trip to make Malcolm jealous. But spending time with Fox shows Joy what itās like to not be the third wheel, and thereās no mistaking the way he makes her feel. Could Fox be the romantic partner sheās always deserved?
April 19th ā¢ Paranormal, Romantic Comedy ā¢ Berkley
It’s one hex of an attraction in this romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Jessica Clare.
When Reggie Johnson answers a job ad in the paper, she’s astonished to find that she’s not applying to work at her favorite card game, Spellcraft: The Magicking. Instead, she’s applying to be an actual familiar for an actual witch. As in, real magic.
The new job has a few perks ā great room and board, excellent pay, and she’s apprenticing to a powerful witch. Sure, the witch is a bit eccentric. And sure, there was that issue with the black cat Reggie would prefer to forget about. The biggest problem, however, is warlock Ben Magnus, her employer’s nephew and the most arrogant, insufferable, maddening man to ever cast a spell.
Reggie absolutely hates him. He’s handsome, but he’s also bossy and irritating and orders her around. Ben’s butt might look great in a crystal ball vision, but that’s as far as it goes. But when someone with a vendetta targets the household, she finds herself working with Ben to break a deadly curse. Apparently, when they’re not fighting like cats and dogs, things get downright … bewitching.
April 19th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Forever
The New York Times bestselling author of Life’s Too Short delivers a refreshingly modern fairy tale perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Emily Henry.
After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery has had her world turned upside down. The cause: Daniel Grant, a ridiculously hot carpenter whoās ten years younger than her and as casual as they comeāthe complete opposite of sophisticated city-girl Alexis. And yet their chemistry is undeniable.
While her ultra-wealthy parents want her to carry on the family legacy of world-renowned surgeons, Alexis doesnāt need glory or fame. Sheās fine with being a āmereā ER doctor. And every minute she spends with Daniel and the tight-knit town where he lives, sheās discovering just whatās really important. Yet letting their relationship become anything more than a short-term fling would mean turning her back on her family and giving up the opportunity to help thousands of people.
Bringing Daniel into her world is impossible, and yet she canāt just give up the joy sheās found with him either. With so many differences between them, how can Alexis possibly choose between her world and his?
April 26th ā¢ Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance ā¢ MIRA
Politics is shaking hands and kissing coworkers.
Cutthroat political consultant Thom Morgan is thriving, working on the governor of Californiaās presidential campaign. If only he didnāt have to deal with Clay Parker, the infuriatingly smug data analyst who gets under Thomās skin like itās his job. In the midst of one of their heated and very public arguments, a journalist snaps a photo, but the image makes it look like theyāre kissing. As if that werenāt already worst-nightmare territory, the photo goes viralāand in a bid to secure the liberal vote, the governor asks them to lean into it. Hard.
Thom knows all about damage controlāhe practically invented it. Ever the professional, heāll grin and bear this challenge as he does all others. But as the loyal staffers push the boundaries of āgiving the people what they want,ā the animosity between them blooms into something deeper and far more dangerous: desire. Soon their fake relationship is hurtling toward something very real, which could derail the campaign and cost them both their jobs … and their hearts.
April 26th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Berkley
Three women who seemingly have nothing in common find that they’re involved with the same man in this smart new rom-com by Beth O’Leary, bestselling author of The Flatshare.
Siobhan is a quick-tempered life coach with way too much on her plate. Miranda is a tree surgeon used to being treated as just one of the guys on the job. Jane is a soft-spoken volunteer for the local charity shop with zero sense of self-worth.
These three women are strangers who have only one thing in common: They’ve all been stood up on the same day, the very worst day to be stood upāValentine’s Day. And, unbeknownst to them, they’ve all been stood up by the same man.
Once they’ve each forgiven him for standing them up, they let him back into their lives and are in serious danger of falling in love with a man who seems to have not just one or two but three women on the go …
Is there more to him than meets the eye? And will they each untangle the truth before they all get their hearts broken?
May
May 3rd ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Forever
She’s going to write her own happy ending.
English professor Athena Murphy is an authority on the novels of the BrontĆ« sisters. But as they say in academia, publish or perish. To save her job, Athena decides to write a biography of C.L. Garland, the author heating up bestseller lists with spicy retellings of classic literature. Tracking down the reclusive writer and uncovering her secret identity, though, means Athena must return to her small midwestern hometown where Garlandāand her ex-boyfriend Thorne Kentālive.
Seeing Thorne again reminds Athena that real life never lives up to fiction. He was the Heathcliff to her Catherine, the Mr. Rochester to her Jane. Not only did their college breakup shatter that illusion, they broke each otherās hearts a second time. Now she has to see him nearly every … single … day.
The only solution is to find C.L. Garland as quickly as possible, write the book, and get the heck out of town. As her deadline looms and the list of potential C.L. Garlands dwindles, Athena and Thorne bicker and banter their way back to friendship. Could it really be true that the third timeās a charm?
Athena and Thorne have a love story only a Bronte could write and the chance for their own happily-ever-after, but first, theyāll need to forgive the mistakes of the past.
May 3rd ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Berkley
One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didnāt see coming …
Nora Stephensā life is booksāsheās read them allāand she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.
Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sistersā trip awayāwith visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who sheās convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that theyāve met many times and itās never been cute.
If Nora knows sheās not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows heās nobodyās hero, but as they are thrown together again and againāin a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allowāwhat they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories theyāve written about themselves.
May 3rd ā¢ Contemporary, Retelling, Romance ā¢ Hyperion Avenue
A tale as old as timeāfor a new generation …
Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing right out of college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, living at home, still an editorial assistant, and the only Black employee at her publishing house. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author who has failed to deliver his long-awaited manuscript, Isabelle sees an opportunity to finally get the promotion she deserves.
All she has to do is go to the authorās Santa Barbara mansion and give him a quick pep talk or three. How hard could it be?
But Izzy quickly finds out she is in over her head. Beau Towers is not some celebrity lightweight writing a tell-all memoir. He is jaded and withdrawn andāit turns outājust as lost as Izzy. But despite his standoffishness, Izzy needs Beau to deliver, and with her encouragement, his story begins to spill onto the page. They soon discover they have more in common than either of them expected, and as their deadline nears, Izzy and Beau begin to realize there may be something there that wasn’t there before.
Best-selling author Jasmine Guilloryās reimagining of a beloved fairy tale is a romantic triumph of love and acceptance and learning that sometimes to truly know a person you have to read between the lines.
May 3rd ā¢ LGBTQ+, Romantic Comedy ā¢ Atria / Emily Bestler Books
A high-strung pastry chefās professional goals are interrupted by an unexpected career transition and the introduction of her wildly attractive nonbinary kitchen manager in this deliciously fresh and witty queer rom-com.
Simone Larkspur is a perfectionist pastry expert with a dream job at The Discerning Chef, a venerable cookbook publisher in New York City. All she wants to do is create the perfect loaf of sourdough and develop recipes, but when The Discerning Chef decides to bring their brand into the 21st century by pivoting to video, Simone is thrust into the spotlight and finds herself failing at something for the first time in her life.
To make matters worse, Simone has to deal with Ray Lyton, the new test kitchen manager, whose obnoxious cheer and outgoing personality are like oil to Simoneās water. When Ray accidentally becomes a viral YouTube sensation with a series of homebrewing videos, their eccentric editor in chief forces Simone to work alongside the chipper upstart or else risk her beloved job. But the more they work together, the more Simone realizes her heart may be softening like butter for Ray.
Things get even more complicated when Ray comes out at work as nonbinary to mixed reactionsāand Simone must choose between the career she fought so hard for and the person who just might take the cake (and her heart).
May 3rd ā¢ Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance ā¢ Sourcebooks Casablanca
Dear (never-been-quite-over-you) Crush,
It’s been a few years since we were together, but I can’t stop thinking about the time we almost …
Wren Roland has never been kissed, but he wants that movie-perfect ending more than anything. Feeling nostalgic on the eve of his birthday, he sends emails to all the boys he (ahem) loved before he came out. Morning brings the inevitable Oh God What Did I Do?, but he brushes that panic aside. Why stress about it? None of his could-have-beens are actually going to read the emails, much less respond. Right?
Enter Derick Haverford, Wren’s #1 pre-coming-out-crush and his drive-in theater’s new social media intern. Everyone claims he’s coasting on cinematic good looks and his father’s connections, but Wren has always known there’s much more to Derick than meets the eye. Too bad he doesn’t feel the same way about the infamous almost-kiss that once rocked Wren’s world.
Whatever. Wren’s no longer a closeted teenager; he can survive this. But as their hazy summer becomes consumed with a special project that may just save the struggling drive-in for good, Wren and Derick are drawn ever-closer…and maybe, finally, Wren’s dream of a perfect-kiss-before-the-credits is within reach.
A feel-good summer LGBTQIA+ New Adult RomCom, perfect for fans of Red White & Royal Blue, Boyfriend Material, and What If It’s Us.
May 3rd ā¢ Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance ā¢ Dial Press
A people-pleasing bridesmaid-for-hire meets her polar opposite in this delightfully heartwarming debut. Will she find her happily ever after?
At her day job in a Christian bakery and with her conservative family, Amy plays the role of a straight, church-going young womanāexactly whatās expected in mid-2010s Tulsa, Oklahoma, the āBuckle of the Bible Belt.ā But at night, she tends bar at the only place in town that truly feels like home: Ruby Redās, a lovably grungy queer bar with a group of regulars who have become her chosen family. Amyās spent a lifetime learning how to walk this fine line, placing others before herself so effortlessly that she doesnāt even realize sheās lost touch with her own needs and desires.
Still, everything seems more than fine, especially when Amy falls into a whirlwind romance with Charley, a charming newcomer to Tulsa. But then Amy is suddenly outed and subsequently fired from her bakery job. When a new friend begs her to fill in for one of the bridesmaids at her weddingāand offers to pay Amy more than she makes in a single night at Ruby Redāsāshe canāt afford to turn it down. As her relationship with Charley heats up, this one-off opportunity turns into a full-time business, thanks to Amyās baking talents, crafting skills, and expert ability to become whatever other people need her to be.
Between weddings, bachelorette parties, bridal showers, and dress fittings, Amyās in her element, her years of watching rom-coms and Say Yes to the Dress finally paying off. But at what cost? Gay marriage is not legal, yet sheās playing the role of a straight girl, working hard to facilitate strangersā special days even while sheās secretly dreaming of her own potential wedding day with Charley. When Amyās precarious balancing act strains her relationships to a breaking point, she must decide what it looks like to be true to herselfāand if she has the courage to try.
May 3rd ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ St. Martin’s Griffin
Four Weddings and a Funeral meets The Wedding Party in Katy Birchall’s The Wedding Season: when a recently jilted bride is forced to attend seven weddings in one summer, her friends devise a series of challenges as distraction.
Freya Scott is getting married. Her wedding to Matthew, her long-term boyfriend, is the first of eight in her calendar this year, and as someone who prides herself on being meticulously organized, Freya is intent on making it the perfect day to remember.
But when Matthew calls things off hours before they walk down the aisle, Freyaās entire life plan goes up in smoke. Humiliated and heartbroken, the last thing she wants is to attend a summer of other peoplesā nuptials on her own.
Fortunately, her friends have an idea: together they devise a series of outrageous challenges for Freya to complete at each event, designed to distract her from Matthew and what might have been. From getting stuck in an old church bathroom and needing to be rescued by the vicar to making out with a barman at a French chateau, Freya realizes that despite herself, she might just be having fun.
By the time the final wedding arrives, she will discover that the road to a happy ending sometimes has unexpected detours, that āI doā is only the beginningāāand that perhaps her own love story isnāt over just yet.
May 3rd ā¢ Contemporary, Novella, Romance ā¢ Berkley
Amazon
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new steamy, STEMinist novella …
A scientist should never cohabitate with her annoyingly hot nemesis ā it leads to combustion.
Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn …
As an environmental engineer, Mara knows all about the delicate nature of ecosystems. They require balance. And leaving the thermostat alone. And not stealing someone elseās food. And other rules Liam, her detestable big-oil lawyer of a roommate, knows nothing about. Okay, sure, technically sheās the interloper. Liam was already entrenched in his auntās house like some glowering grumpy giant when Mara moved in, with his big muscles and kissable mouth just sitting there on the couch tempting respectable scientists to the dark sideā¦but Helena was her mentor and Maraās not about to move out and give up her inheritance without a fight.
The problem is, living with someone means getting to know them. And the more Mara finds out about Liam, the harder it is to loathe him … and the easier it is to love him.
May 10th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Wattpad Books
All bets are off in the City of Light … where life and love can change in less than a day.
Shortly after calling off her engagement, Mira Attwal escapes on an all-expense-paid business trip to Paris. But even the delicious food and flowing wine canāt make her forget her parents’ disappointment at leaving her fiancĆ© or the fact that sheās just blown up her personal life.
As the trip nears its end, Mira knows sheās just a few hours from having to face the consequences. Yet, the fates seem determined to keep her away just a bit longer. Subways are missed. Trains simply donāt run. By the time Mira makes it to the airport, there are no new flights until the next day. And the worst part? Her arrogant and insufferable co-worker Jake Lewis is in the same boat.
When he suggests that they spend the extra hours together, sheās sure his annoying optimism will be more than she can handle. But as they spend the next twenty-four hours exploring Paris in all its beauty, Mira realizes that she and Jake have more in common than they thought, and he may turn out to be the best thing she discovers in the City of Love.
May 10th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Viking
Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.
They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of glittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in a stylish apartment in the city, going out with friends, and keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.
Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barryās Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florekāthe man she never thought sheād have to live without.
For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his familyās restaurant and curling up together with booksāmedical textbooks for him and work-in-progress horror short stories for herāPercy and Sam had been inseparable. Eventually that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart.
When Percy returns to the lake for Samās motherās funeral, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until Percy can confront the decisions she made and the years sheās spent punishing herself for them, theyāll never know whether their love might be bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past.
Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic look at love and the people and choices that mark us forever.
May 10th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Berkley
A gym nemesis pushes a fitness influencer to the max in Amy Lea’s steamy debut romantic comedy.
Curvy fitness influencer Crystal Chen built her career shattering gym stereotypes and mostly ignoring the trolls. After her recent breakup, she has little stamina left for men, instead finding solace in the gym – her place of power and positivity.
Enter firefighter Scott Ritchie, the smug new gym patron who routinely steals her favorite squat rack. Sparks fly as these ultra-competitive foes battle for gym domination. But after a series of escalating jabs, the last thing they expect is to run into each other at their grandparents’ engagement party.
In the lead up to their grandparents’ wedding, Crystal discovers there’s a soft heart under Scott’s muscled exterior. Bonding over family, fitness, and cheesy pick-up lines, she just might have found her swolemate. But when a photo of them goes viral, savage internet trolls put their budding relationship to the ultimate test of strength.
May 10th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ St. Martin’s Griffin
Charming, hilarious, and emotional … Starry-Eyed Love is Helena Hunting at her very best!
Having just broken up with her boyfriend, London Spark is not in the mood to be hit on. Especially not when sheās out celebrating her single status with her sisters. So when a very attractive man pays for their drinks and then slips her his number, she passes it right back to him with a āthanks, but no thanksā. As the business administrator for their familyās event hotel, the Spark House, London has more important things to worry about, like bringing in new clientele.
As luck would have it, a multi-million-dollar company calls a few months later asking for a meeting to discuss a potential partnership, and London is eager to prove to her sisters, and herself, that she can land this deal. Just when she thinks she has nailed her presentation, the companyās CEO, Jackson Holt, walks in and inserts himself into the meeting. Not only that, but he also happens to be the same guy she turned down at the bar a few months ago.
As they begin to spend more time together, their working relationship blossoms into something more. It isnāt until their professional entanglements are finally over, that London and Jackson are finally ready to take the next step in their relationship. But between Jacksonās secretive past and Londonās struggle with her sisters, London must question where she really stands ā not just with Jackson, but with the Spark House, too.
May 17th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Forever
After one wild night together, two complete opposites plan to stay firmly in the friend zone, but life has other plans in this delightful romantic comedy, perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Abby Jimenez.
As a successful book publicist, Imani Lewis works night and day to promote her authors. Itās her dream job, but sheās become a total workaholic. So when her grandmother invites her to stay for the summer as she recovers from surgery, Imani happily agrees. But being back in the same small town as her one-night stand may not be quite the relaxing break she envisioned …
Zander Matthews wakes up every day determined to enjoy the present because he knows from his time in the Marines that tomorrow isnāt guaranteed. But heās never gotten over the beautiful woman who blew through town a year ago, then disappeared. And he doesnāt want to be hurt again. So they agree to a deal: heāll help Imani fix up her grandmotherās house as long as they stay firmly in the friend zone.
Whether itās repairing tiles in his ceramics studio, dodging nosy neighbors, or soothing the most obnoxious parrot ever, Zander never fails to make Imani laugh. And soon their friendly banter is turning ever flirtier. But since Imaniās stay is temporary and Zander canāt be tied to anything beyond the most tenuous plans, will she be able to handle it when things get all fired up?
May 17th ā¢ Paranormal, Romantic Comedy ā¢ Berkley
Opposites attract in this wickedly charming rom-com by Lana Harper, author of Paybackās a Witch.
Wild child Isidora Avramov is a thrill chaser, adept demon summoner, andādespite the whole sexy-evil-sorceress vibeāalso a cuddly animal lover. When sheās not designing costumes and new storylines for the Arcane Emporiumās haunted house, Issa’s nursing a secret, conflicted dream of ditching her familyās witchy business to become an indie fashion designer in her own right.
But when someone starts sabotaging the celebrations leading up to this yearās Beltane festival with dark, dangerous magic, a member of the rival Thorn family gets badly hurtāthrowing immediate suspicion on the Avramovs. To clear the Avramov name and step up for her family when they need her the most, Issa agrees to serve as a co-investigator, helping none other than Rowan Thorn get to the bottom of things.
Rowan is the very definition of lawful good, so tragically noble and by-the-book he makes Issaās teeth hurt. In accordance with their familiesā complicated history, he and Issa have been archenemies for years and have grown to heartily loathe each other. But as the unlikely duo follow a perplexing trail of clues to a stunning conclusion, Issa and Rowan discover how little they really know each other … and stumble upon a maddening attraction that becomes harder to ignore by the day.
May 17th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Gallery Books
The āreigning romance queensā (PopSugar) and New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation and The Unhoneymooners present a charming and laugh-out-loud funny novel filled with adventure, treasure, and, of course, love.
Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession … or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Dukeās coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesnāt leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails. Frankly, Lily would like to take him out into the wildernessāand leave him there.
Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but theyād barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Unfortunately, Lily Wilder is all business, drawing a clear line in the sand: itās never going to happen.
But when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group wonders if maybe the legend of the hidden treasure wasnāt a gimmick after all. Thereās a chance to right the wrongsāof Dukeās past and their ownābut only if Leo and Lily can confront their history and work together. Alone under the stars in the isolated and dangerous mazes of the Canyonlands, Leo and Lily must decide whether theyāll risk their lives and hearts on the adventure of a lifetime.
From the author of the āheartfelt and funnyā (Publishers Weekly) sensation The Unhoneymooners, this page-turning adventure full of second chances, complicated relationships, and the breathtaking beauty of the American Southwest will take fans on one wild ride.
May 17th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Avon
Emma gets a fresh Indian-American twist from award-winning author Sonali Dev in her heartwarmingly irresistible Jane Austen inspired rom com series.
No one can call Vansh Rajeās life anything but charmed. HandsomeāVogue has declared him Californiaās hottest singleāand rich enough to spend all his time on missions to make the world a better place. Add to that a doting family and a contagiously sunny disposition and Vansh has made it halfway through his twenties without ever facing anything to throw him off his admittedly spectacular game.
A couple years from turning forty, Knightlina (Naina) Kohli has just gotten out of a ten-year-long fake relationship with Vanshās brother and wants only one thing from her lifeā¦fine, two things. One, to have nothing to do with the unfairly blessed Raje family ever again. Two, to bring economic independence to millions of women in South Asia through her microfinance foundation and prove her father wrong about, well, everything.
Just when Nainaās dream is about to come to fruition, Vansh Raje shows up with his misguided Emma Project … And suddenly sheās fighting him for funding and wondering if a friends-with-benefits arrangement thatās as toe-curlingly hot as it is fun is worth risking her lifeās work for.
May 24th ā¢ Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Romance ā¢ Forever
A lush, sweeping queer historical romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Materialāperfect for fans of Netflixās Bridgerton, Evie Dunmore, and Manda Collins!
When Viola Caroll was presumed dead at Waterloo she took the opportunity to live, at last, as herself. But freedom does not come without a price, and Viola paid for hers with the loss of her wealth, her title, and her closest companion, Justin de Vere, the Duke of Gracewood.
Only when their families reconnect, years after the war, does Viola learn how deep that loss truly was. Shattered without her, Gracewood has retreated so far into grief that Viola barely recognises her old friend in the lonely, brooding man he has become.
As Viola strives to bring Gracewood back to himself, fresh desires give new names to old feelings. Feelings that would have been impossible once and may be impossible still, but which Viola cannot deny. Even if they cost her everything, all over again.
May 24th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ MIRA
Natalie CaƱa turns up the heat, humor and heart in this debut rom-com about a Puerto Rican chef and an Irish American whiskey distiller forced into a fake engagement by their scheming octogenarian grandfathers.
Kamilah Vega is desperate to convince her family to update their Puerto Rican restaurant and enter it into the Fall Foodie Tour. With the gentrification of their Chicago neighborhood, it’s the only way to save the place. The fly in her mofongoāher blackmailing abuelo says if she wants to change anything in his restaurant, she’ll have to marry the one man she can’t stand: his best friend’s grandson.
Liam Kane spent a decade working to turn his family’s distillery into a contender. Now he and his grandfather are on the verge of winning a national competition. Then Granda hits him with a one-two punch: he has cancer and he has his heart set on seeing Liam married before it’s too late. And Granda knows just the girl … Kamilah Vega.
If they refuse, their grandfathers will sell the building that houses both their businesses. With their futures on the line, Kamilah and Liam plan to outfox the devious duo, faking an engagement until they both get what they want. But soon, they find themselves tangled up in more than either of them bargained for.
June
June 1st ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Montlake
A heart-stirring romance of star-crossed love, feuding familias, and the bonds of sisterhood by USA Today bestselling author Priscilla Oliveras.
Two familias in Texas, both alike in dignity, rivalries, and passion …
Having grown up in the nurturing household of Casa Capuleta, Mariana will do anything for familia. To solve her adoptive parentsā financial problems amid their rapidly changing San Antonio comunidad, Mariana and her younger sisters are determined to win the Battle of the Mariachi Bands. That means competing against Hugo Montero, their fatherās archnemesis, and his band and escalating a decades-old feud. It also raises the stakes of Marianaās forbidden attraction for a certain dark-eyed mariachi who sets her heart racing.
To Angelo Monteroās familia, Mariana is also strictly off-limits. But that doesnāt stop him from pursuing her. As their secret affair intensifies and the competition grows fierce, theyāre swept up in a brewing storm of betrayals, rivalries, and broken ties. Against the odds, they vow to bring peace. But sacrifices must be made and consequences weighed for two star-crossed lovers to make beautiful music together.
June 7th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Forever
Fans of the Hallmark Channel and Gilmore Girls will adore this delightful romācom about a city girl who goes in search of small-town happiness, only to discover lifeāand loveāare nothing like the TV movies.
Emerging journalist Adina Gellar is done with dating in New York City. If sheās learned anything from made-for-TV romance movies, itās that sheāll find love in a small townāthe kind with harvest festivals, delightful but quirky characters, and scores of delectable single dudes. So when a big-city real estate magnate targets tiny Pleasant Hollow for development, Adi knows sheās found the perfect storyāone that will earn her a position at a coveted online magazine, so she can finally start adulting for real … and maybe even find her dream man in the process.
Only Pleasant Hollow isnāt exactly āpleasant.ā Thereās no charming bakery, no quaint seasonal festivals, and the residents are more ambivalent than welcoming. The only upside is Finn Adams, whoās more mouthwatering than the homemade cherry pie Adi canāt seem to findāeven if he does work for the company sheād hoped to bring down. Suddenly Adi has to wonder if maybe TV got it all wrong after all. But will following her heart mean losing her chance to break into the big time?
June 7th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Evvie Drake Starts Over meets Beach Read in this heartwarming and hilarious novel about a divorced romance channel screenwriter whose script about her marriage’s collapse just might help her reclaim her life and find love.
Nora’s life is about to get a rewrite …
Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than anyone. As a romance channel screenwriter, it’s her job. But when her too-good-to work husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns her marriage’s collapse into cash and writes the best script of her life. No one is more surprised than her when it’s picked up for the big screen and set to film on location at her 100-year-old-home. When former Sexiest Man Alive, Leo Vance, is cast as her ne’er do well husband Nora’s life will never be the same.
The morning after shooting wraps and the crew leaves, Nora finds Leo on her porch with a half-empty bottle of tequila and a proposition. He’ll pay a thousand dollars a day to stay for a week. The extra seven grand would give Nora breathing room, but it’s the need in his eyes that makes her say yes. Seven days: it’s the blink of an eye or an eternity depending on how you look at it. Enough time to fall in love. Enough time to break your heart.
Filled with warmth, wit, and wisdom, Nora Goes Off Script is the best kind of love storyāthe real kind where love is complicated by work, kids, and the emotional baggage that comes with life. For Nora and Leo, this kind of love is bigger than the big screen.
June 7th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Wattpad Books
The oldest trick in the book turns out to be the best thing thatās ever happened …
Jada Berkleeās acting career is finally heating back up after an on-set romance with her ex ruined her last job on a popular TV show. When she gets a second chance with a desirable supporting role in a hot new romantic comedy, Jadaās determined not to let on-set politics or her off-set ex get in the way again. Sheās prepared, polished, professionalāand sheās going to knock their socks off.
Still, despite Jadaās best efforts to keep her head down she accidentally walks in on leading manāand notorious lotharioāTristan Maxwell cheating on his latest fling. An intense and embarrassing showdown on set ensues. Of course, there are no secrets in Hollywood, and when their confrontation makes its way to the biggest gossip site in the world, it has consequences for both their careers.
With their reputations on the line, they need public relations rehab, and stat. Tristanās agent suggests the perfect solutionāa fake relationship to get the press off their back and repair both their images. Jada reluctantly agrees. But when their faux-romance begins to have real consequences for them both, Tristan and Jada need to decide if theyāre in it for real, and not just when the cameras are rolling.
June 7th ā¢ Contemporary, Novella, Romance ā¢ Berkley
Amazon
Nothing like a little rivalry between scientists to take love to the next level.
Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn …
Logically, Sadie knows that civil engineers are supposed to build bridges. However, as a woman of STEM she also understands that variables can change, and when you are stuck for hours in a tiny New York elevator with the man who broke your heart, you earn the right to burn that brawny, blond bridge to the ground. Erik can apologize all he wants, but to quote her rebel leaderāsheād just as soon kiss a Wookiee.
Not even the most sophisticated of Sadieās superstitious rituals could have predicted such a disastrous reunion. But while she refuses to acknowledge the siren call of Erikās steely forearms or the way his voice softens when he offers her his sweater, Sadie canāt help but wonder if there might be more layers to her cold-hearted nemesis than meet the eye. Maybe, possibly, even burned bridges can still be crossed …
June 7th ā¢ Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance ā¢ Avon
Cat Sebastian returns to Georgian London with a stunning tale of a reluctant criminal and the thief who cannot help but love her.
Marian Hayes, the Duchess of Clare, just shot her husband. Of course, the evil, murderous man deserved what was coming to him, but now she must flee to the countryside. Unfortunately, the only person she can ask for help is the charismatic criminal who is blackmailing herāand who she may have left tied up a few hours before …
A highwayman, con artist, and all-around cheerful villain, Rob Brooks is no stranger to the wrong side of the law or the right side of anybodyās bed. He never meant to fall for the woman whose secrets he promised to keep for the low price of five hundred pounds, but how could he resist someone who led him on a merry chase all over London, left him tied up in a seedy inn, and then arrived covered in her husbandās blood and in desperate need of his help?
As they flee across the countryāstopping to pick pockets, drink to excess, and rescue invalid catsāthey discover more true joy and peace than either has felt in ages. But when the truth of Robās past catches up to him, they must decide if they are willing to reshape their lives in order to forge a future together.
June 14th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Dell
A talented Hollywood starlet and a reclusive A-lister enter into a fake relationship … and discover that their feelings might be more than a PR stunt in this sexy debut for fans of Beach Read and The Unhoneymooners.
Grey Brooks is on a mission to keep her career afloat now that the end of her long-running teen soap has her (unsuccessfully) pounding the pavement again. With a life-changing role on the line, she’s finally desperate enough to agree to her publicist’s scheme … faking a love affair with a disgraced Hollywood heartthrob who needs the publicity, but for very different reasons.
Ethan Atkins just wants to be left alone. Between his high-profile divorce, his struggles with drinking, and his grief over the death of his longtime creative partner and best friend, he’s slowly let himself fade into the background. But if he ever wants to produce the last movie he and his partner wrote together, Ethan needs to clean up his reputation and step back into the spotlight. A gossip-inducing affair with a gorgeous actress might be just the ticket, even if it’s the last thing he wants to do.
Though their juicy public relationship is less than perfect behind the scenes, it doesn’t take long before Grey and Ethan’s sizzling chemistry starts to feel like more than just an act. But after decades in a ruthless industry that requires bulletproof emotional armor to survive, are they too used to faking it to open themselves up to the real thing?
June 14th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Atria / Emily Bestler Books
Love is in the salty sea air in this smart and steamy ensemble romantic comedy set in a tropical paradise, from the author of the āsparkly and entertainingā (Oprah Daily) It Had to Be You. This is one island you wonāt want to be rescued from.
The Kellys are messy, loud, loving Australians. The Lees are sophisticated, aloof, buttoned-up Americans. They have nothing in commonā¦except for the fact that their daughters are married. When a nearby volcano erupts during their short vacation to a remote tropical island off the coast of Queensland, the two families find themselves stranded together for six weeks.
With only two island employees making up the rest of their party, everyone is forced to question whatāor whoāthey really want. Island Time is a sumptuous summer read that dives deep into queer romance, family secrets, ambition, parenthood, and a bird-chasing bromance. This sexy, sun-soaked paradise of white sandy beaches, crystal-clear waters, and lush rainforest will show you itās never too late to change your destiny.
June 14th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Berkley
Alex Turner is never The Oneābut always the last one an ex dates before finding loveāand now she’s determined to find out why in this hilarious new rom-com.
Single divorce attorney Alex Turner is watching reality TV when she sees her latest ex’s new fiancĆ© picking out her wedding dress. Yet again, the guy she dumped went on to marry (or at least seriously commit to) the next person he dates after her. Fed up with being the precursor to happily ever after, she decides to interview all her exes to find out why.
Up-and-coming chef Will Harkness mixes with Alex like oil and vinegar, but forced proximity growing up means their lives are forever entwined. When Will learns Alex and her friends are going on a wild romp through Los Angeles to reconnect with her ex-boyfriends, he decides to tag along. If he can discover what her exes did wrong, he can make sure he doesn’t make the same mistake with Alex.
On this nonstop journey through the streets of LA, Alex realizes the answer to her question might be the man riding shotgun …
June 14th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ St. Martin’s Griffin
The Kiss Quotient meets Love Potion No. 9 in the next sparkling romantic comedy by Lily Menon, The Sizzle Paradox …
Lyric Bishop feels like a fraud ā sheās studying sexual chemistry in romantic partners and what makes for a successful long-term relationship, only she canāt seem to figure it out in her own dating life. The science is sound, but how can she give her expert opinion with no real-world experience? In order to complete her doctoral thesis, she must crack the Sizzle Paradox ā it seems the more sexually attractive she finds a guy, the less likely it is to come with an emotional connection; but why? ā and to do that she must get the help she desperately needs.
Kian Montgomery, her best friend, roommate, and fellow grad student, has no trouble bringing both romance and sizzle to his own relationships. When he offers to tutor Lyric on dating tactics to find a good match, sheās certain it will solve her problems, and in exchange she agrees to set long-term-commitment-averse Kian up with someone different to give his romantic life a much-needed shakeup.
But once the two progress with their “tutoring sessions,” they start to feel less like the academic exercise they were supposed to be as real feelings develop. Which is a problem, because Lyric and Kian are best friends and absolutely, irrefutably nothing else … Right?
June 21st ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Berkley
After a decade of silence, Dee and Ben reunite for a road trip they once promised to take. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
Dee Matthews is the cohost of the smash-hit podcast Did I Forget To Tell You?, where she interviews family, friends, and past lovers. Nothing is off limits, except for one man (known on the show only as Name Redacted) who happens to be her high school best friend Ben. During their senior year spring break, Dee and Ben took a road trip to visit Ben’s grandma. They buried a time capsule in her backyard, pledging to return in ten years to open it. Then their friendship fell apart in spectacular fashion. They haven’t spoken to each other since.
Ben Porter’s life since that moment has been unexciting but comfortable, until his grandma reveals a family secret that flips his whole world upside down. Her dying wish is for him to stop doing what is safest and go after what he really wants. He starts by showing up on Dee’s doorstep with every intention of fulfilling their long-ago promise. Despite her reservations, Dee can’t say no. This trip could be her chance to give her listeners the Name Redacted interview they’ve been begging forāand finally put her unresolved feelings for Ben to rest.
As the miles fly by, Dee and Ben’s friendship reignites. But the closer they get to reaching their destination, the more apparent it becomes that their attraction to each other cannot be ignored. Their last adventure ended in disaster, and they’re about to find out if any hope of a future together is in the rear view mirror.
June 21st ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Simon & Schuster
For fans of My (Not So) Perfect Life and Jasmine Guilloryās While We Were Dating, a disarmingly fun, witty debut novel follows what happens when Carlisa Hentonās life comes undone after a chance meeting with a rising pop star.
Carlisa āCarliā Henton is a musician and songwriter hoping to follow in her fatherās musical footsteps. But, biding her time until she makes it big in the music industry, she works as a junior account manager at a big-name media company to cover her New York City rent. Carli meticulously balances her work with her musical endeavors as a songwriterāuntil a chance meeting with rising star Tau Anderson sends her calculated world into a frenzy. Their worlds collide and quickly blur the strict lines Carli has drawn between her business and her personal life, throwing Carliās reputationāand her burgeoning songwriting careerāinto question.
A smart, timely, energizing romance, Good Morning, Love shows us what the glamorous New Yorkās music scene is really like and takes us into the lives of a rising but somewhat troubled R&B star and a promising protĆ©gĆ© who knows her job better than she knows herself.
With fresh and honest prose, Good Morning, Love examines the uncertainty of being a new professional looking to chase a dream but also survive in a world thatās not always kind to ambitious women. But more than that, itās a story that champions āgoing for it,ā when thereās nothing holding you back but yourself.
June 21st ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ St. Martin’s Griffin
A reality star and a cupcake-baking football player pretend to be a couple in order to save his bakery in this sweet and sexy romance from Jamie Wesley, Fake It Till You Bake It.
Jada Townsend-Matthews is the most reviled woman in America after turning down a proposal on a reality dating show. When she comes home to lick her wounds, Jada finds herself working at San Diego’s newest cupcake bakery, Sugar Blitz, alongside the uptight owner and professional football player Donovan Dell.
When a reporter mistakenly believes Jada and Donovan are an item, they realize they can use the misunderstanding to their advantage to help the bakery and rehabilitate Jada’s image. Faking a relationship should be simple, but sometimes love is the most unexpected ingredient.
Fake it Till You Bake It is a sweet confection of a novel, the perfect story to curl up with and enjoy with a cupcake on the side.
June 21st ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Graydon House
It wouldnāt be the theater without a few theatrics …
Becoming a famous playwright is all Winnie ever dreamed about. For now, though, she’ll have to settle for assisting the celebrated, sharp-witted feminist playwright Juliette Brassard. When an experimental theater company in London, England, decides to stage Juliette’s most renowned play, The Lights of Trafalgar, Winnie and Juliette pack their bags and hop across the pond.
But the trip goes sideways faster than you can say “tea and crumpets.” Juliette stubbornly butts heads with the play’s director and Winnie is left stage-managing their relationship. Meanwhile, Winnie’s own work seems to have stalled, and though Juliette keeps promising to read it, she always has some vague reason why she can’t. Then, Juliette’s nephew, Liam, enters stage left. He’s handsome, he’s smart, he is devastatingly British … and his family ties to Juliette pose a serious problem, forcing Winnie to keep their burgeoning relationship on the down-low. What could go wrong?
Balancing a production seemingly headed for disaster, a secret romance and the sweetest, most rambunctious rescue dog, will Winnie save the play, make her own dreams come true and find love along the wayāor will the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune get the best of her?
June 28th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ Forever
Can these opposites turn up the heat … without burning down the house?
House-flipping sensation and YouTube star Maggie Nichols canāt wait to dig into her next challenge. Arriving in tiny Kinship, Idaho, with only a cot and a coffeemaker, Maggie is prepared to restore a crumbling Victorian mansion in four months or less. She has her to-do lists, her blueprints, and her team. What she doesnāt have is time for sexy, laid-back landscaper Silas Wright.
The man takes flirtation to a whole new level. And he does it shirtless … sometimes pants-less. He and his service school-dropout dog are impressively persistent. But sheās not interested in putting down roots. Not when fans tune in to watch her travel the country turning dilapidated houses into dream homes. A short-term fling on the other hand could fit nicely into her calendar. After all, Maggie remembers what fun is like. Vaguely.
As their summer gets downright steamy, Silas manages to demolish the emotional walls sheās spent years building, sending Maggie into a panic. Heās the wrench in her carefully constructed plans. With the end of the project looming, she has a decision to make. But how can she stay when her entire career is built on moving on?
June 28th ā¢ Contemporary, Romance ā¢ William Morrow
In this dangerously sexy rom-com that evokes the real-life romance between Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle, a prince who wants to live out of the spotlight falls for a daring American rapper who turns his life, and the palace, upside down.
Sexy, driven rapper Danielle “Duchess” Nelson is on the verge of signing a deal that’ll make her one of the richest women in hip hop. More importantly, it’ll grant her control over her life, something she’s craved for years. But an incident with a rising pop star has gone viral, unfairly putting her deal in jeopardy. Concerned about her image, she’s instructed to work on generating some positive publicity … or else.
A brilliant professor and reclusive royal, Prince Jameson prefers life out of the spotlight, only leaving his ivory tower to attend weddings or funerals. But with the Queen’s children involved in one scandal after another, and Parliament questioning the viability of the monarchy, the Queen is desperate. In a quest for good press, she puts Jameson in charge of a tribute concert in her late husband’s honor. Out of his depth, and resentful of being called to service, he takes the advice of a student. After all, what’s more appropriate for a royal concert than a performer named “Duchess”?
Too late, Jameson discovers the American rapper is popular, sexy, raunchy and not what the Queen wanted, although he’s having an entirely different reaction. Dani knows this is the good exposure she needs to cement her deal and it doesn’t hurt that the royal running things is fine as hell. Thrown together, they give in to the explosive attraction flaring between them. But as the glare of the limelight intensifies and outside forces try to interfere, will the Prince and Duchess be a fairy tale romance for the ages or a disaster of palatial proportions?
June 28th ā¢ Romantic Comedy ā¢ Berkley
To go for it or not to go for it? That is the question when two former high school flames return to their Shakespeare-obsessed hometown for a summer of theater and unexpected romance, in a laugh-out-loud rom-com from debut author Jessica Martin.
Literary agent and writer Miranda Barnes rolls into her hometown of Bard’s Rest with one goal in mind: to spend the summer finally finishing her YA novel, the next installment in her bestselling fantasy series. Yet Miranda’s mother, deep in the planning stages for the centennial of the town’s beloved annual Shakespeare festival, has other ideas.
Before you can say “all’s fair in love and war,” Miranda is cornered into directing Twelfth Nightāwhile simultaneously scrambling to finish her book, navigating a family health scare, and doing her best to avoid the guy who broke her heart on prom night.
When it comes to Adam, the veterinarian with a talent for set design and an infuriating knack for winning over Miranda’s dog, the lady doth protest too much. As any Shakespeare lovers knows, the course of true love never did run smooth, and soon Miranda realizes she’ll have to decide whether to trust Adam with her heart again.
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This is a great list! I added several to goodreads. Thanks for compiling it!!