November 2023 Romance Releases
Welcome to my November 2023 list of my most anticipated new romance books! What are you looking forward to this month? There are a lot of great new books being published. Iโm so excited to read new books from Catherine Walsh, Ilsa Madden-Mills, Lauren Asher, Ali Hazelwood and so many more. Over 20 romance novels are on my list this month.
What new release are you looking forward to this month? If Iโve missed a book that you feel deserves to be on my list, please let me know. Be sure to bookmark this page so you can refer to it when you need to throughout the month.
November 1
Megan is dreading going home for the holidays. Sheโs the village pariah, the she-devil who left local golden boy Isaac at the altar four years ago and ran away to the big city. She could really do without the drama. Particularly as heโs engaged again, and sheโs just been dumped for the fourth time this year.
Christianโs fed up of being on his own every Christmas. He doesnโt mind being alone , but he hates his familyโs sad eyes and soft tones as they sit around coupled up. Because heโs actually, totally, fine.
So when Megan literally bumps into Christian in a Dublin pub, they come up with a pact to see them through the holiday season. Theyโre going to be the very best fake dates for each other, ever .
Rules are drawn up, a contract is signed on a wine-stained napkin. They will sit through each otherโs family gatherings and be outrageously in love until freed from their annual obligations. After all, itโs only for a few weeks.
But with everyone home for the holidays, two big families to deal with alongside old friends, old flames and old feelings, things are bound to get messy. And when a snowed-in cabin and a little Christmas magic are added to the mix, anything could happenโฆ
A swoonworthy and utterly gorgeous romantic comedy that will make you laugh out loud and fall completely in love. Fans of Emily Henry, Sophie Kinsella and Abby Jimenez wonโt be able to put this down!
November 2
From #1 Amazon Bestselling Author Ilsa Madden-Mills comes a brand new enemies to lovers holiday novella (40,000 words) about finding love in unexpected places.
Dear Sneaky Santa,
Iโd like to have a word about your sense of humor. Was it really necessary to stick me, a professional hockey player nursing an injury and avoiding the media, in an isolated cabin with a bratty, boot-designing princess who seems to have made it her mission to despise me? I mean, come on, what did I ever do to you?
And letโs talk about our first encounter. Was it your intention for her to barge in on me while I was enjoying a soak in the tub? It wasnโt exactly my finest moment, and Iโm sure she didnโt appreciate the view of my massive body floundering around as I tried to grab a towel.
Now, Iโm stuck with her, thanks to a mutual acquaintance, in the middle of a snow blizzard, navigating through bear attacks, sketchy neighbors, and whole lot of tension. I had plans, Santa, plans to escape to Cabo and forget about the world, not to be trapped with a woman who thinks Iโm unworthy of her time just because she canโt stand hockey players.
Oh, and speaking of our delightful Iris, sheโs stingier with her food than Scrooge was with his pennies! Iโm not asking for a feast, but a guyโs got to eat! And could you possibly turn her yippy dog into a reindeer or something? It would certainly add to the Christmas spirit and save my eardrums.
Iโm trying to rediscover the meaning of Christmas, and you throw me into this chaos? Is this some kind of test, or are you just having a jolly laugh up there in the North Pole?
So hereโs my Christmas wish, Santa: sprinkle a bit of your magic and either get me out of here or be a Cupid and ignite a fiery, undeniable passion between us, because right now, this scenario is frostier than a snowman.
Wanted: A Marriage of Convenience
I swore I would only get married if my life depended on it.
Oh, the irony.
Because the universe took that as a challenge, Iโm now in the market for a husband. But if Iโm going to be stuck in a temporary marriage, I want it to be with the right man.
I might as well try to enjoy this experience, right?
Considering the circumstances, I need a protectorโsomeone who will throw down for his short-term wife with no questions asked. Heโll be fit. Intelligent. My potential short-term husband will have a dry sense of humor. And, if Iโm dreaming big, heโll be drop-dead gorgeous and a little grumpy. Hot, grumpy men are so attractive.
I mean, if a marriage of convenience is the only way out of this precarious situation, I may as well look for a perfect, broody bodyguard, right?
It could be fun. Lots of fun.
Especially if the one man I know who fits the bill will play along.
But, if Foxx Carmichael does agree to this crazy plan, for better or worse, death might do us part in a whole other way.
It isnโt always lonely at the top.
Noah Blueโs finally got her foot in the door. After clawing her way to the top of the charts with her webcomic, sheโs garnered enough attention to earn a full-time position at a company re-launching their cult classic Queen Leisah.
Queen Leisah is predicted to be an instant bestseller with movie deals already in the making. Things are falling into place. Thereโs nowhere to go but upโฆas soon as she gets one person out of her way.
Sage Montgomery has always been the best artist in every building sheโs stepped foot in. Raw talentโs gotten her webcomic to the top of the charts every month for the past eight years. Sheโs been the best for as long as she can remember. Sure, her career has plateaued but that can be easily fixed by working on a big, mainstream comic.
She was promised complete creative control over Leisah. Instead, she got a shared credit with the one artist whoโs been breathing down her neck since college. The one artist who has a fighting chance of being better than her.
Sage and Noah have to work as a team โ or, at least appear to work as a team. They thought the hardest part of the relaunch would be drawing together. But that’s easy in comparison to falling in love.
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Outdrawn is a slow-burn, rivals-to-lovers sapphic romance. This book is a standalone.
November 7
The third and final delightful installment in the Merriwell Sister’s Regency rom-com series.
Miss Venus Merriwell has been waiting for her prince to come since the tender age of fourteen. She wants a man who is selfless, academic like her, and free from all the wretched vices her gambler father enjoyed far too much before he left the Merriwell sisters practically destitute. Unfortunately, after a slew of romantic disappointments, there is still no sign of that prince at twenty-three and the only one true love of her life is the bursting-at-the-seams orphanage in Covent Garden that she works tirelessly for. An orphanage that desperately needs to expand into the empty building next door.
For Galahad Sinclair, gambling isnโt just his life, itโs in his blood. He grew up and learned the trade at his grandfatherโs knee in a tavern on the far away banks of the Hudson in New York. But when fate took all that away and dragged him across the sea to London, it made sense to set up shop here. Heโs spent five years making a success out of his gaming hell in the sleazy docks of the East End. Enough that he can finally afford to buy the pleasure palace of his dreamsโand where better than in the capitalโs sinful heart, Covent Garden? The only fly in his ointment is the perfect building heโs just bought to put it in also happens to be right next door to the orphanage run by his cousinโs wifeโs youngest sister. A pious, disapproving and unsettling siren he has avoided like the plague since she flattened him five years agoโฆ
While Venus and Galahad lock horns over practically everything, and while her malevolent orphans do their darndest to sabotage his lifelong dream, can either of them take the ultimate gambleโand learn to love thy neighbor?
Julian
If I ever caught on fire, Dahlia Muรฑoz would fan the flames with a smile.
So, when she returns to Lake Wisteria, I fully intend to avoid the interior designer.
At least until my meddling mother exploits my savior complex.
The faster I help Dahlia find her creative spark, the sooner she will leave town.
But while I was busy getting rid of Dahlia, I overlooked one potential issue.
What happens if I want her to stay?
Dahlia
People say the devil has many faces, but I know only one.
Julian Lopezโmy childhood rival and family frenemy.
I vow to steer clear of him while recovering from my broken engagement, but then the billionaire makes an irresistible offer.
Renovate a historic house together and triple our profits.
Our temporary truce becomes compromised as we face yearsโ worth of denied attraction and mixed emotions.
Giving into our desire is inevitableโฆbut falling in love?
That isnโt part of the plan.
Love Redesigned is a steamy, small town romance about two family friends-turned-childhood rivals. It is the first book in the standalone Lakefront Billionaires series and has a happy ending.
In this clever and swoonworthy YA debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, life’s moving pieces bring rival chess players together in a match for the heart.
Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory’s focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and inadvertently wipes the board with notorious “Kingkiller” Nolan Sawyer: current world champion and reigning Bad Boy of chess.
Nolan’s loss to an unknown rook-ie shocks everyone. What’s even more confusing? His desire to cross pawns again. What kind of gambit is Nolan playing? The smart move would be to walk away. Resign. Game over. But Mallory’s victory opens the door to sorely needed cash-prizes and despite everything, she can’t help feeling drawn to the enigmatic strategist….
As she rockets up the ranks, Mallory struggles to keep her family safely separated from the game that wrecked it in the first place. And as her love for the sport she so desperately wanted to hate begins to rekindle, Mallory quickly realizes that the games aren’t only on the board, the spotlight is brighter than she imagined, and the competition can be fierce (-ly attractive. And intelligent…and infuriating…)
Julie Tieu, an exciting and diverse voice in contemporary romance, returns with a romantic comedy in the vein of 27 Dresses that celebrates weddings and female friendships.
Every single one of Elise Ngoโs close girlfriendsโRebecca, Jesse, and Bethโis getting married within the same few months, and every single one of them has asked her to be both bridesmaid and florist. Though itโs a lot for her to juggle, the work and exposure is a boon to her struggling flower shop.
The stakes are high at Rebeccaโs high-profile wedding, where the guests are mostly political connections of Rebeccaโs parents. Desperate for the event to go off without a hitch, Elise enlists the help of an outside caterer who turns out to be Ben Yu, Rebeccaโs elusive younger brother.
Though Ben is prickly and aloof, he offers Elise much needed business designing flowers for his momโs campaign fundraisers and Elise begins to see thereโs more to Ben than his gruff and handsome exterior. But their romance takes off as the political campaign ramps up, complicating their relationship with unforeseen consequences. Now always-the-bridesmaid Elise must fight for what she wants to finally get her own happily ever after.
โThe first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.โ โXaden Riorson
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War CollegeโViolet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.
Now the real training begins, and Violetโs already wondering how sheโll get through. Itโs not just that itโs grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that itโs designed to stretch the ridersโ capacity for pain beyond endurance. Itโs the new vice commandant, whoโs made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she isโunless she betrays the man she loves.
Although Violetโs body might be weaker and frailer than everyone elseโs, she still has her witsโand a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.
But a determination to survive wonโt be enough this year.
Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War Collegeโand nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.
Sail the magical high seas with this first book in a new sexy fantasy romance series from Katee Robert, the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok smash-hit Neon Gods.
Evelyn is a witch with a perfect storm of impulses: terrible taste in bed partners, sticky fingers, and a lust for danger. After she steals from her vampire ex and falls through a portal to another realm, sheโs fished out of the waters by a band of seafarers and their telekinetic captain. Sheโs immediately given a choiceโjoin their group or die.
Bowen has no memory of his life before he became one of the Cลตn Annwn. He and his pirate crew are bound by vow to patrol through Threshold, the magical sea in between realms, keeping the portals to other worlds safe. When he rescues Evelyn, he doesnโt expect to be attracted to the unflappably brassy pickpocket. The longer he spends in her presence, the more he begins to question if his heart is the next thing sheโll steal.
But as tension heats up between Bowen and Evelyn, danger escalates as well. Because Evelyn has no intention of keeping her vows to the Cลตn Annwn, and if she betrays the crew, both she and Bowen will pay the ultimate price….
Looking for love in all the wrong ages.
Time travel is now legal, and matchmaking agency Kairos lets clients travel through time in search of love.
Ada Blum has always been โan old soul.โ Sheโs convinced that she was born at the wrong time, and after a series of break-ins at her apartment and threatening messages, sheโs determined to figure out where she really belongs. She thinks she wants to go to Regency England, meet her Mr. Darcy, and settle down. However, a disastrous date ends with Ada covered in rancid chicken stock and rethinking her plans.
She returns to The Kairos Agency and agrees to try an entirely different era. She travels to 1920s New York where she meets Henry Levison, a small-time hood. After yet another horrible experience, sheโs about to give up on the whole matchmaking, time traveling adventure when she bumps into her first love, Samson St. Laurent, a State Senator with whom she had an affair that resulted in a major PR scandal for him and ruined Adaโs life.
Sam is on the run through time, trying to use his knowledge of the future to make a fortune. He says he wants to win Ada back, but sheโs not sure that heโs entirely trustworthy. In some ways, sheโs drawn to Henry, and when she discovers that he is going to be murdered, she decides to go back and save his life by bringing him to the present dayโeven if it violates every single Kairos rule.
As Ada jumps back and forth from the present to the past, sheโll have to decide where her heart truly lies and which man she wants in her future.
Set in Sydney, Australia, Courting Samira is a charming and frothy romantic comedy about a twenty-seven-year-old Muslim woman who finds herself in an unexpected love triangleโa sparkling ode to meddling best friends, traditional courtship, The Princess Bride, and, of course, the possibility of love. Coming from a moderately traditional Muslim family, twenty-seven-year-old Samira Abdel-Aziz has endured her fair share of arranged matchesโfirst dates she calls โdoorknock appeals,โ where she and her possible suitors eat snacks in her living room in the company of both sets of parents. Her general no shoes with tassels, no cheesy leather jackets, no mustaches. A girl has to have some standards, right? The truth is, Samira is already experiencing enough wedding drama as an assistant at Bridal Bazaar magazine and as a gofer for her soon-to-be-married cousin and nemesis Zahra. Sheโs not sure she needs to add any of her own. When she meets the charismatic Menem at a work retreat, Samira finds herself intrigued. But her best friend Lara insists Menem isnโt right for her, and now her childhood friend Hakeem has begun behaving oddly. Adding to the confusion, Samira is offered a promotion, yet isnโt sure itโs the job of her dreams. Suddenly, her life is full of drama and complications, and she realizes that part of growing up is making difficult choices about whatโand whomโshe really wants.
November 14
Sheโs written off more than she can chewโฆ
Romance author Sophie Lyonโs ironic secret just went sheโs never been in loveโand itโs ruining her reputation. With a manuscript deadline looming, Sophie makes an ambitious plan to overcome her writerโs reunite with her exes (including her last girlfriend Carla, the one person she could have loved) to learn why sheโs never fallen in love, and document it all for her millions of new online followers.
Luckily, Sophieโs reclusive landlord, Dash Montroseโa former teen heartthrobโhas social media all figured out and is willing to help. What he doesnโt mention is that heโs an anonymous online crafter, a hobby that helps him maintain his sobriety. No one knows about his complicated relationship with alcohol, and with a family thatโs Hollywood royalty, Dash has to steer clear of scandal.
As Sophie and Dash grow closer, they discover a heat between them that rivals Dashโs pottery kiln. But Sophie needs to figure out who she is outside her relationships, and Dash isnโt sure heโs stable enough for the commitment she deserves. So Sophie suggests what any good romance author a friends-with-benefits arrangement. Surely a strictly casual relationship wonโt cause any troubleโฆ
Sparks fly when an occult expert and a disgraced archeologist become enemies-with-benefits in this steamy romance.
Riley Rhodes finally has the chance to turn her familyโs knack for the supernatural into a legitimate business when sheโs hired to break the curse on an infamous Scottish castle. Used to working alone in her alienating occupation, she’s pleasantly surprised to meet a handsome stranger upon arrivalโuntil he tries to get her fired.
Fresh off a professional scandal, Clark Edgeware canโt allow a self-proclaimed โcurse breakerโ to threaten his last chance for redemption. After he fails to get Riley kicked off his survey site, he vows to avoid her. Unfortunately for him, she vows to get even.
Riley expects the curse to do her dirty work by driving Clark away, but instead, they keep finding themselves in close proximity. Too close. Turns out, the only thing they do better than fight is fool around. If theyโre not careful, by the end of all this, more than the castle will end up in ruins.
Two strangers who couldnโt be more opposite find themselves on an unexpected cross-country road trip days before Christmas where whatever can go wrong, does.
Heโs an Army Ranger.
Sheโs a baker.
Heโs organized and ridged.
Sheโs messy and carefree.
He doesnโt do relationships.
Sheโs following her heart.
His family chat blows up his phone.
She just buried her last living relative.
The holiday season doesnโt seem so jolly as they venture from one mode of transportation to the next. But, they have to become friends and rely on each other if theyโre going to survive all the obstacles thrown their way.
As the miles grow shorter, vulnerabilities are shared, and by the time they reach their destination, neither one of them is sure what they really want for Christmas anymore.
Two rival candidates for a homeownerโs association presidency are about to find out how dirty suburbanites fight in this steamy new romantic comedy from Alexa Martin.ย After years of hustling, Collins Carter has finally made it…back to her parentsโ house. Between tending to the compost with her newly retired dad and running into her high school nemesis at the only decent coffee shop in town, Collins realizes this subdivision from hell she swore sheโd never return to is her rock bottom. Then the homeownerโs association complaint arrived. Nathanielย Adams always dreamed of a nice, quiet life in his suburban hometown. Or at least thatโs what he thought until Collins moved back and sent his quaint, organized life into a tailspin. He thought Collins was infuriating ten years ago, but when she announces sheโs running against him for HOA president, all bets are off. From secret board meetings to vicious smear campaigns whispered over backyard fences, Collins and Nate sink to levels their sleepy suburb has never seen before. But as hate turns into lust, these two enemies are forced to reckon with the feelings theyโve ignored for years. If only there were bylaws for real life.
The bookworm and the basketball player are about to meet their match.
Kendall Holiday spends her Friday nights exactly where she wants to be: with her head buried in a spicy romance novel while she works the graveyard shift at her university’s library. She knows she could join her friends for a weekend of drunken debauchery and college parties, but she likes her alone time, so she tells herself she isn’t hiding when she gets lost in the pages of fictional love stories.
But that all changes when Vincent Knight, captain of the basketball team, turns up with an injured wrist, a sour mood, and a pressing need for poetry recommendations for a class he hates. Vincent is tall, smart-mouthed, and challenges Kendall like no one has before. Suddenly, she’s falling headfirst into her very own romance novelโbut it takes a lot more truth than tropes to get to a happy ever after in real life.
November 16
Iโm the most feared man on Wall Streetโฆunfortunately, my best friend’s little sister hasnโt gotten the memo.
I brandish equations like lightning bolts and shatter fortunes with mere scribbles on a whiteboard. People up and down Wall Street steer clear of meโor come to regret it.
My walls are impenetrable as Alcatraz, and my self-control? Rock solid, my friend.
Except when it comes to her.
The woman I’ve secretly longed for. The only woman I can never have.
My best friendโs little sister, Stella.
Growing up, she saw me as a heartless robot. It couldn’t be further from the truth, but a promise I made to her brother binds me, and my code of honor is as rigid as my isosceles triangle.
I hadn’t laid eyes on her for years, but now she’s in the heart of Manhattan, and I’ve unintentionally sent her career into a nosedive. My solution? Offer her a job at my hedge fund.
Suddenly Iโm the boss of her, faced daily with her sparkling eyes and gummy worm obsessionโand her infuriating refusal to stay away from me.
Well, I buried my feelings for her once before. Iโll do it againโto the nth degree.
Jackson Corbett is a gorgeous single dad who doesnโt want complications at his family winery. And Iโm the messy tornado who just offered to be his new nanny.
When I show up for a job interview in my pajamas and at the wrong time, my interviewer isnโt there, but Jackson is. He scowls and tells me to take a hike, insisting I donโt really want to work in the tasting room at Buttercup Hill Vineyards.
But I do. Years of sommelier courses and amateur wine-making have landed me here, at the best winery in Napa Valley. I can see that heโs overworked and stretched thin with parenting and a stressful job. So I make a deal with himโif Iโm hired by the winery, Iโll work a second job as his nanny.
I can endure the worldโs grouchiest dad and entertain his feisty seven-year-old if it means career advancement and paying off my debts.
Thereโs no risk of romantic entanglement because Jackson is a grade-A grumpโalbeit a hot and chiseled oneโwhoโs been burned by love. The weight of the world sits on his muscular shoulders, and he spends most of his time worrying about the vineyardโs finances and looking at spreadsheets.
The last thing Iโm concerned about is how he looks at me.
Until he does.
I catch him sneaking glances, and I canโt help staring right back. And noticing how sweet he is with his daughter, how his chilly faรงade is starting to melt, how he lingers longer than necessary when Iโm around.
I find myself wanting to help him even if it means spending more time away from my younger sister, right when she needs me most. Iโm terrified of letting down the only real family I have.
Falling for him could ruin my carefully-wrought plans and I love my status quo.
But what if I love him more?
Love You More is a standalone contemporary romance with a HEA
November 17
Cassie
Graduation? Check. Internship? Check. Place to live? Thatโs complicated.
I have no home. At least not yet. Itโs not the first time Iโve been homeless and unwanted. Hopefully, itโs the last. When my best friend offers up her older brotherโs condo, my stomach drops. No. No way. He hates me. I saw a glimpse of the real Jace years ago… and I ran.
Jace
Why did it have to be her? Cassie Sinclair. My Cassie . My life is exactly how I want it. Finally. Living in a downtown condo. View of the ocean for miles. Itโs my happy place. Well, as happy as one can be when youโve resigned yourself to a life of seclusion. Itโs easier this way. Is it kind of lonely here all by myself? No. Do I sometimes wish I had a companion to share my life with? Also, no. Iโm content. Until my little sister calls and says her best friend is destined for homelessness if I donโt put her up for a few months. So how do I survive having her so close and not touch her? I canโt touch her. And I canโt even tell her why.
November 20
Fall in love with my enemy? No way. Marry him to save my familyโs struggling ski resort? Thatโs a different storyโฆ Getting hitched is the only way I can inherit Snowberry Lodge, and Iโll do anything to spare my childhood home from the wrecking ballโeven wear Devlin Buckleyโs ring on my finger. Not that Iโll enjoy it. Sure, heโs charming and handsome, and that no-last-names one night stand we shared ended with a fantastically big bang (I saw stars I hadnโt seen in six months, if you catch my drift). But Iโll never trust himโhe was working for the company trying to bulldoze my life. Right up until the day he knocked on my door with an offer I couldnโt refuse. Marry him, and heโll help me restore my familyโs crumbling resort to its former gloryโand get revenge on his ex-boss in the process. Once our goals are achieved, weโll go our separate ways. Itโs temporary. Strictly business. Purely for show. Until I realize how much I like it when he says “my wife.” Once weโre sharing a last nameโand a bedโour make-believe match starts to feel a little too real. And if Iโm not careful, I could lose everythingโฆ my home, my dreams, and my heart.
November 21
With the name Holliday, youโd think Iโd be all about the Christmas season. Most years, I am, but this one not so much. Between my ex being a real Scrooge-in-the-backside, re-entering the workforce, wrangling my two children, and evading my eight-year-oldโs questions about Santaโs existence, Iโm struggling to believe in the magic myself.
Enter Nick, my next-door neighbor. My very hot, single, fireman neighbor. Heโs full of the seasonal spirit from hanging my outdoor Christmas lights to playing Santa for the local church breakfast.
Funny thing about Nick, he kind of resembles the man in red, in a younger, sexier, silver fox way, complete with snow in his beard but rather tight abs suggesting cookies are not part of his diet when they are a staple of mine.
Anywho, heโs sweet in a rugged sense, and if he were the man making a list and checking it twice, Iโd like to be in his naughty column. Because something tells me being a little naughty-ish with Nick from next door might bring me tidings of comfort and restore my joy in this season.
When he discovers I have a seasonal list myself, heโs determined to help me accomplish all the to-dos, only falling in love with my next-door neighbor wasnโt one of them.
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From L.B. Dunbar comes another SHE-grump Christmas tale of holiday shenanigans and jingling bells with a sunshine silver fox fireman.
November 28
Book four in the Vancouver Agitators Series.
Roommates to lovers
Romantic Comedy
Hockey Romance
Dirty MMC
Shawn Holmes is the youngest head coach in NFL history, and his team currently holds the best record in the league. Heโs distracted, though, by his best friend, Lacey Daniels, sitting in the stands at his game with a date.
When Laceyโs date refuses to kiss her on the kiss cam, sheโs mortifiedโฆ until Shawn saves the day, cutting an interview short to kiss her in front of seventy thousand screaming fans.
The kiss doesnโt mean anything. But when the video goes viral in a matter of hours, Lacey and Shawn are forced to reevaluate how to handle the publicity.
They agree on a simple solution: a fake relationship through the holidays. Itโs mutually beneficial: it gets Shawnโs family off his back about bringing home a significant other for Christmas, and it makes Lacey look good at her office Christmas party.
As the weather turns colder and they spend more time pretending, things between Lacey and Shawn heat up. Soon, faking it feels like the best relationship both have ever had. With New Yearโs approaching, will they realize how much they care about each other, or end the agreement and move on?
Calladia Cunnington curses the day she met Astaroth the demon, but when he shows up memoryless, why does she find him so helpless . . . and sort of hot?
Calladia Cunnington knows she’s rough around the edges, despite being the heir to one of small-town Glimmer Falls’ founding witch families. While her gym obsession is a great outlet for her anxieties and anger, her hot temper still gets the best of her and manifests in bar brawls. When Calladia saves someone from a demon attack one night, though, she’s happy to put her magic and rage to good use . . . until she realizes the man she saved is none other than Astaroth, the ruthless demon who orchestrated a soul bargain on her best friend.
Astaroth is a legendary soul bargainer and one of the nine members of the demon high council–except he can’t remember any of this. Suffering from amnesia after being banished to the mortal plane, Astaroth doesn’t know why a demon named Moloch is after him, nor why the muscular, angry, hot-in-a-terrifying-way witch who saved him hates him so much.
Unable to leave anyone in such a vulnerable state–even the most despicable demon–Calladia grudgingly decides to help him. (Besides, punching an amnesiac would be in poor taste.) The two set out on an uneasy road trip to find the witch who might be able to restore Astaroth’s memory so they can learn how to defeat Moloch. Calladia vows that once Astaroth is cured, she’ll kick his ass, but the more time she spends with the snarky yet utterly charming demon, the more she realizes she likes this new, improved Astaroth . . . and maybe she doesn’t want him to recover his memories, after all.
One surprise inheritance, two best friends (now bitter exes), and three months to prove he loves her, forever and always , in this swoony second-chance romance for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur and Ashley Herring Blake.
Hannah Rosenstein should be after a lonely childhood of traipsing all over the world, she finally has a home as the co-owner of destination inn Carriganโs All Year. But her thoughts keep coming back to Levi “Blue” her first love, worst heartbreak, and now, thanks to her great-auntโs meddling will, absentee business partner.
When Levi left Carrigan’s, he had good intentions. As the queer son of the inn’s cook and groundskeeper, he never quite fit in their small town and desperately wanted to prove himself. Now that heโs a celebrity chef, he’s ready to come home and make amends. Only his return goes nothing like he his family’s angry with him, his best friend is dating his nemesis, and Hannah just wants him to leave. Again .
Levi sees his chance when a VIP bride agrees to book Carriganโsโif heโs the chef. He’ll happily cook for the wedding, and in exchange, Hannah will give him five dates to win her back. Only Hannah doesnโt trust this new Levi, and Leviโs coming to realize Hannahโs grown too. But if they find the courage to learn from the past . . . they just might discover the love of your life is worth waiting for.
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