October 2021 Romance Releases
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October 2021 Romance Releases

October 2021 Romances Releases

Hereโ€™s my list ofย my most anticipated romanceย book releases for October 2021. Itโ€™s almost as long as last month! We’re okay with there being an overabundance of great romance books. I hope you love this list as much as I do. I’m snuggled up in my Nordic-themed fuzzy leggings, Fitz is giving me side-eye, let’s go!

Note: Due to ongoing supply chain issues, some books are being moved to November. Keep an eye out. I’ll try to stay on top of it!

October 4

October 2021 Romance Releases

He doesnโ€™t do relationships.
She doesnโ€™t do flings.
Everything they thought is about to unravelโ€ฆ

Frankie
When you say you’re a sexologist, people imagine Marilyn Monroe. They don’t expect a woman who uses a wheelchair. As the host of the All Access Podcast, I’m breaking barriers, crushing stigmas, and creating sexual connections that are fulfilling for my fans. I’m like cupid, but with pink hair and fewer diapers.
Only, I’ve hit a snag. A lovely listener wants some advice about accessible rope play and I’m drawing a big fat blank. Which leaves me with no option but to get out there and give it a go.
Which is how I meet Jay Woodโ€”rigger, carpenter, and all-round hottie.
I’d be open to letting him wine and dine meโ€”only Jay isn’t my type. He’s not a one-girl kind of guy. Monogamy isn’t even in his vocab, and I’m not a woman who’ll settle for being second choice.
But the closer we get, the more Jay has me tied up in knots.
And it’s making me think, maybe I could compromise and accept a little Wood in my life. Even if it’s only temporary.

Jay
Frankie’s funny, intelligent, and ridiculously sexy. This should be a no-brainer. A little fun in the sheets, and a little romp with some ropesโ€”simple.
Only the infuriating woman is asking for more. I’m not that kind of guy. I wouldn’t even know how to be that kind of guy. I’m the definition of easy.
It’ll be fine. We’ll be friends. Just friends.
So, why does my heart feel frayed? And why is it I can’t help but consider taking the ultimate leap of faithโ€”tying myself to Frankie. Permanently.

October 2021 Romance Releases

Jennifer Newbank knows success. Sheโ€™s a talented baker with a celebrated new book. Sheโ€™s forty-seven, self-assured, and finally hitting her stride. Opportunities abound, like the upcoming televised baking competition that could rocket her career into the stratosphere.

Jen is going to win, open her own bakery, and live happily ever after…all by herself.
All she needs to do is follow the plan, win the trophy, and ride off into the sunset.

Easy. As. Pie.

โ€ฆUntil Jen discovers that her partner in the competition is the one man who turns her inside out.
She hasnโ€™t seen Fallon in six months, but he shows up looking burly and brawny and good enough to eat.

The problem?
Fallon and Jen have history. Tangled history. Complicated history.
History that does not need to be aired on national television.

But when the cameras turn off for the night, all those tangles and complications seem like distant memories.

One little kiss couldnโ€™t hurt…could it?

October 5

October 2021 Romance Releases

Kiran needs to fall in line. Instead, she falls in love.

Kiran was the good daughter. When her sister disobeyed her familyโ€™s plan and brought them shame, she was there to pick up the pieces. She vowed she wouldnโ€™t make the same mistakes. Sheโ€™d be twice the daughter her parents needed, to make up for the one they lost.

Nash never had a family. The parents who were supposed to raise him were completely absent. Now as a psychologist, he sees the same pattern happening to the kids he works with. So he turns away from love and family. After all, abandonment is in his genes, isnโ€™t it?

If she follows the rules, Kiran will marry an Indian man. If he follows his fears, Nash will wind up alone. But what if they follow their hearts?

Praise for Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words:
โ€œLOVE, CHAI, AND OTHER FOUR LETTER WORDS is a delight… As warm and comforting as perfect masala chai.โ€โ€”Farah Heron, author of Accidentally Engaged
โ€œA sweet story of finding love where you least expected to. A romp through New York City with fresh immigrant eyes. Kiran and Nash’s journey to learning to see themselves and others across boundaries and preconceived notions will warm your heart.โ€โ€”Sonali Dev, author of Recipe for Persuasion 

October 2021 Romance Releases

One type-A data analyst discovers her free-spirited side on an impulsive journey from bustling Mumbai to the gorgeous beaches of Goa and finds love waiting for her on Christmas morning.

Twenty-nine-year-old Niki Randhawa has always made practical decisions. Despite her love for music and art, she became an analyst for the stability. She’s always stuck close to home, in case her family needed her. And she’s always dated guys that seem good on paper, rather than the ones who give her butterflies. When she’s laid off, Niki realizes that practical hasn’t exactly paid off for her. So for the first time ever, she throws caution to the wind and books a last-minute flight for her friend Diya’s wedding.

Niki arrives in India just in time to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, where she meets London musician Sameer Mukherji. Maybe it’s the splendor of Mumbai or the magic of the holiday season, but Niki is immediately drawn to Sam. At the wedding, the champagne flows and their flirtatious banter makes it clear that the attraction is mutual.

When Niki and Sam join Diya, her husband and their friends on a group honeymoon, their connection grows deeper. Free-spirited Sam helps Niki get in touch with her passionate and creative side, and with her Indian roots. When she gets a new job offer back home, Niki must decide what she wants out of the next chapter of her life–to cling to the straight and narrow like always, or to take a leap of faith and live the kind of bold life the old Niki never would have dreamed of.

October 2021 Romance Releases

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets The L Word in this fresh, sizzling rom-com by Lana Harper.

Emmy Harlow is a witch but not a very powerful oneโ€”in part because she hasn’t been home to the magical town of Thistle Grove in years. Her self-imposed exile has a lot to do with a complicated family history and a desire to forge her own way in the world, and only the very tiniest bit to do with Gareth Blackmoore, heir to the most powerful magical family in town and casual breaker of hearts and destroyer of dreams.

But when a spellcasting tournament that her family serves as arbiters for approaches, it turns out the pull of tradition (or the truly impressive parental guilt trip that comes with it) is strong enough to bring Emmy back. She’s determined to do her familial duty; spend some quality time with her best friend, Linden Thorn; and get back to her real life in Chicago.

On her first night home, Emmy runs into Talia Avramovโ€”an all-around badass adept in the darker magical artsโ€”who is fresh off a bad breakup . . . with Gareth Blackmoore. Talia had let herself be charmed, only to discover that Gareth was also seeing Lindenโ€”unbeknownst to either of them. And now she and Linden want revenge. Only one question stands: Is Emmy in?

But most concerning of all: Why can’t she stop thinking about the terrifyingly competent, devastatingly gorgeous, wickedly charming Talia Avramov? 

October 2021 Romance Releases
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An utterly adorable, pitch-perfect romance with just the right amount of Christmas cheer. The Holiday Swap is a pure delight, I couldn’t stop from smiling.– Taylor Jenkins Reid, NYT bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six

A feel-good, holiday-themed romantic comedy about identical twins who switch lives in the days leading up to Christmas.

All they want for Christmas is a different life.

When chef Charlie Goodwin gets hit on the head on the L.A. set of her reality baking show, she loses a lot more than consciousness; she also loses her ability to taste and smell–both critical to her success as show judge. Meanwhile, Charlie’s identical twin, Cass, is frantically trying to hold her own life together back in their quaint mountain hometown while running the family’s bustling bakery and dealing with her ex, who won’t get the memo that they’re over.

With only days until Christmas, a desperate Charlie asks Cass to do something they haven’t done since they were kids: switch places. Looking for her own escape from reality, Cass agrees. But temporarily trading lives proves more complicated than they imagined, especially when rugged firefighter Jake Greenman and gorgeous physician assistant Miguel Rodriguez are thrown into the mix. Will the twins’ identity swap be a recipe for disaster, or does it have all the right ingredients for getting their lives back on track?

October 7

October 2021 Romance Releases

Dear Mr. Brodie,

I hope this email finds you well.
Your well-being and personal growth are of the utmost importance to me, as a therapist.
As such, I have decided it is in your best interest to continue individual therapy with another practitioner.
This is due to the potential for boundaries being crossed between us.
Attached is a list of colleagues I would recommend for you.

Sincerely,
Scarlett Shepard, MS, MFT

Dear Scarlett,

Cool.
Consider our sessions terminated.
Now I can tell you how beautiful you are and how attracted I am to you.
Letโ€™s start crossing boundaries over dinner tonight.
Youโ€™ll say it would be unethical, and Iโ€™ll point out that weโ€™ve only had a few sessions.
Youโ€™ll cite the age difference, and Iโ€™ll tell you how hot it is that youโ€™re six years older than me.
Youโ€™ll say youโ€™re a mom, and Iโ€™ll remind you that I think your son is awesome.
We donโ€™t have to discuss my former attachments to former co-stars ever again.
This is due to the fact that clearly my only personality issue is that Iโ€™m irresistible.

Yours in well-being and personal growth,
Dylan Brodie, W.M.H.T.A.T.Y.E.H. (Way More Handsome and Talented Actor Than Your Ex-Husband)

October 12

October 2021 Romance Releases

When a mysterious silver fox becomes intrigued with this small townโ€™s most disliked society woman, he finds sheโ€™s more than a little trouble and possibly a whole lot of heart.

Scotia Simmons. The name says it allโ€”ornery, judgmental, meanโ€”but underneath a woman like that is typically a shattered heart. Locked within her secrets, this fried pickle princess has used her unkindness as a shield of protection against the loneliness. However, menopause and a one-night stand can change a womanโ€™s perspective on things. Who knew it would take a man the likes of him to push her strong will to its limits?

Chester Chesterfield. The name has more than one meaningโ€”generous, quiet, privateโ€”but within one man is a multitude of personas. The gruff oil mogul has a wounded heart (and a big secret) that holds him hostage from the man heโ€™s meant to be. His past defined him, or so he thought. He never imagined itโ€™d take a woman like her to push him over his carefully constructed edges and show him love has no boundaries.

When youโ€™re in a pickle, itโ€™s time to relish whatโ€”or rather whoโ€”stands before you and accept that even over forty, a second chance at love can be a big dill (every pun intended).

‘Love in a Pickle’ is a full-length contemporary romance, can be read as a standalone, and is book #9 in the Green Valley Library series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe. 

October 15

October 2021 Romance Releases

Welcome to Kinloch, and the hottest winter Scotlandโ€™s ever seen.

Zoeโ€™s always played it safe, just as her parents wanted. But when her great-uncle dies and leaves her a ramshackle cabin in the Scottish Highlands, she decides itโ€™s time to change her life.

Upping sticks seems like a good idea in her cosy London flat, but the reality is very different. Thereโ€™s no electricity or running water, the roof leaks and thereโ€™s no front door. If that wasnโ€™t bad enough, sheโ€™s moved up in the depths of winter and her scorching hot neighbour wants her out.

Roryโ€™s got a fifty thousand tonne problem. If he canโ€™t make Kinloch castle profitable, heโ€™s out of a job. He needs a clear head, but thereโ€™s someone living in the cabin he saw as his own and sheโ€™s turned his world upside down.

Rory needs Zoe out of Scotland, and out of his life. The trouble is, she has no intention of leaving.

Let the games beginโ€ฆ

October 19

October 2021 Romance Releases

Whatโ€™s a girl to do when faced with a hurricane, her celebrity crush, and a power outage in their shelter?

Keep her damned feelings to herself. And her panties onโ€ฆ

Naomi LeClaire is just a small-town girl who loves her quiet, simple life.

Donovan Foster is a sexy, charming, wildlife rescuing internet sensation who loves the spotlight.

What do these opposites have in common?

Only an impossible-to-resist chemistry that, when theyโ€™re stuck together in a storm becomes, well, impossible to resist.

But the aftermath of the storm gives them something else in commonโ€”a rescue mission to help victims. Oh, and a heat-of-the-moment kiss caught on camera by the local paparazzi. Not to mention an offer for a reality TV show documenting them falling in love while saving animals from crazy, dangerous situations.

Wow, that escalated quickly.

This should be the last thing Naomi is willing to do. But heโ€™s leaving in two months for his next job, so whatโ€™s the worst that could happen?

Heโ€™s either going to be her greatest adventure. Or this wild whirlwind romance will blow over faster than a Gulf Coast hurricane.

All she can really do is hold on tight . . . and hope her heart isnโ€™t left in shambles.

October 2021 Romance Releases

Leigh Dโ€™Alessandro is a fighter. She fought to escape her dysfunctional family, to end a soul-killing marriage, and to build a new life in a small Tennessee town. When the fate of the community hospital she works for is threatened, sheโ€™s primed and ready for battle. What she canโ€™t fight any longer is her unshakable attraction to her best friendโ€™s brother, who has a notorious reputation and triggers all her worst fears about trust and betrayal.

Walker Leffersbee is a lover. At least thatโ€™s the reputation heโ€™s built in his hometown. Scion of a prosperous Tennessee banking family, heโ€™s a known ladiesโ€™ man and a confirmed bachelor. His hands are full as he juggles competing demands from his familyโ€™s bank and his growing property renovation business. The last thing he needs is to give in to his long-standing craving for his sisterโ€™s headstrong and hot-tempered best friend. Especially because sheโ€™s the only one who knows the secret that threatens to upend his life.

When a home renovation project brings them too close for comfort, they both struggle to withstand the growing heat. As they grow closer helping each other navigate family minefields, Walker learns that love is not a four-letter word, and Leigh realizes that some battles are meant to be lost.

But Walkerโ€™s secret is the one thing that could keep them apart, unless they both decide to fight for the love they never looked for but now canโ€™t live without.

โ€˜Before and After Youโ€™ is a contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #2 in the Leffersbee series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.

October 2021 Romance Releases

An accidentally in-love rom-com filled with Renaissance Faire flower crowns, kilts, corsets, and sword fights.

Single mother April Parker has lived in Willow Creek for twelve years with a wall around her heart. On the verge of being an empty nester, she’s decided to move on from her quaint little town, and asks her friend Mitch for his help with some home improvement projects to get her house ready to sell.

Mitch Malone is known for being the life of every party, but mostly for the attire he wears to the local Renaissance Faire–a kilt (and not much else) that shows off his muscled form to perfection. While he agrees to help April, he needs a favor too: she’ll pretend to be his girlfriend at an upcoming family dinner, so that he can avoid the lectures about settling down and having a more “serious” career than high school coach and gym teacher. April reluctantly agrees, but when dinner turns into a weekend trip, it becomes hard to tell what’s real and what’s been just for show. But when the weekend ends, so must their fake relationship.

As summer begins, Faire returns to Willow Creek, and April volunteers for the first time. When Mitch’s family shows up unexpectedly, April pretends to be Mitch’s girlfriend again…something that doesn’t feel so fake anymore. Despite their obvious connection, April insists they’ve just been putting on an act. But when there’s the chance for something real, she has to decide whether to change her plans–and open her heart–for the kilt-wearing hunk who might just be the love of her life. 

October 2021 Romance Releases

A sizzling, standalone, feel-good holiday romance from Tessa Bailey, New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer.

Two weeks before Christmas and all through Manhattan, shop windows are decorated in red and green satin.
I’m standing alone in front of the famous Vivant department store, when a charming man named Aiden asks my opinion of the dรฉcor.

It’s a tragedy in tinsel, I say, unable to lie.
He asks for a better idea with a twinkle in his eye.
Did I know he owned the place? No. He put me on the spot.
Now I’m working for that man, trying to ignore that he’s hot.
But as a down on her luck girl with a difficult past, I know an opportunity when I see oneโ€”and I have to make it last.

I’ll put my heart and soul into dressing his holiday windows.
I’ll work without stopping. And when we lose the battle with temptation, I’ll try and remember I’m just window shopping.

October 21

October 2021 Romance Releases

The next Mason book. Blurb to come. (may be delayed)

October 25

October 2021 Romance Releases

She canโ€™t hit the snooze on her biological clock foreverโ€ฆ

Love, career, kidsโ€”Brooklyn Monroe wants it all. Her beauty company? A triumph. Her love life? Total fail. At 42, that makes motherhood her top priority. With no man in her life, sheโ€™s prepared to fly solo, but her plan is derailed when a mailing list mishap turns Brooklyn into a someone-get-me-pregnant internet meme. Making her PR nightmare go away entails a soul-baring interview on national TV. And the guy asking the questions? Her all-too sexy ex.


Talk show host Alec Trakas is the king of bad timing. Case in point, his heartbreaking romance with Brooklyn. Alec was all about commitment but Brooklyn was launching her start-up, and forever wasnโ€™t in the cards. Now a shot at his ultimate dream job depends on convincing Brooklyn to spill the secrets leading to her viral celebrity. It sets Alecโ€™s star rising, but puts Brooklyn in a sea of flirty men. Fate has thrown them back together. Sparks are flying. But is the timing finally right? Because having it all might not be worth the risk of losing each other again.

October 2021 Romance Releases

Book #2 in the Last Man Standing Series!

October 26

October Romance Releases

Moved to NOVEMBER 16th due to supply chain issues. (*crying*)

Followingย Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade returns with another utterly charming romantic comedy about a devil-may-care actorโ€”who actually cares more than anyone knowsโ€”and the no-nonsense woman hired to keep him in line.

Alexander Woodroe has it all. Charm. Sex appeal. Wealth. Fame. A starring role as Cupid on TVโ€™s biggest show, God of the Gates. But the showrunners have wrecked his character, heโ€™s dogged by old demons, and his post-show future remains uncertain. When all that reckless emotion explodes into a bar fight, the tabloids and public agree: his star is falling.

Enter Lauren Clegg, the former ER therapist hired to keep him in line. Compared to her previous work, watching over handsome but impulsive Alex shouldnโ€™t be especially difficult. But the more time they spend together, the harder it gets to keep her professional remove and her heart intact, especially when she discovers the reasons behind his recklessnessโ€ฆnot to mention his Cupid fanfiction habit.

When another scandal lands Alex in major hot water and costs Lauren her job, sheโ€™ll have to choose between protecting him and offering him what he really wantsโ€”her. But heโ€™s determined to keep his improbably short, impossibly stubborn, and extremely endearing minder in his life any way he can. And on a road trip up the California coast together, he intends to show her exactly what a falling star will do to catch the woman he loves: anything at all.

October 2021 Romance Releases

The holidays have never been her thing. But Christmas in Rose Bend has more than one surprise in storeโ€ฆ

Grieving ER nurse Nessa Hunt is on a road trip with her sullen teen half sister, Ivy, and still reeling from her motherโ€™s deathbed confession: Nessaโ€™s dad wasnโ€™t really her dad. Seeking answers, they arrive in Rose Bend to find a small town teeming with the kind of Christmas cheer Nessa usually avoids. But then she meets the innkeeperโ€™s ruggedly sexy son, Wolfgang Dennison.

Wolfโ€™s big, boisterous family is like a picture-perfect holiday card. Nessa has too much weighing on her to feel like she fitsโ€”even though the heat between her and Wolf is undeniable. And the merriment bringing an overdue smile to Ivyโ€™s face is almost enough to make Nessa believe in the Christmas spirit. But with all her parental baggage, including lingering questions about her birth father, is there room in Nessaโ€™s life for happy holidays and happily-ever-after? 

October 2021 Romance Releases

A baker provides the sweetest escape for an actor in this charming romantic comedy.

Actor Ryan Kwok is back in Toronto after the promotional tour for his latest film, a rom-com that is getting less-than-stellar reviews. After the sudden death of his mother and years of constant work, Ryan is taking some much-needed time off. But as he tries to be supportive to his family, he struggles with his loss and doesn’t know how to talk to his dadโ€”who now trolls him on Twitter instead of meeting him for dim sum.

Innovative baker Lindsay McLeod meets Ryan when he knocks over two dozen specialty donuts at her bakery. Their relationship is off to a messy start, but thereโ€™s no denying their immediate attraction. When Ryan signs up for a celebrity episode of Baking Fail, he asks Lindsay to teach him how to bake and she agrees.

As Lindsay and Ryan spend time together, bonding over grief and bubble tea, it starts to feel like theyโ€™re cooking up something sweeter than cupcakes in the kitchen.

October 2021 Romance Releases

Never fall for your mark. It’s rule no. 1 of undercover work…and the rule Third Shift co-founder Elijah Richter breaks the moment he sees Meghna Saxena-Saunders across the room at an arms dealer’s VIP party.

Lion shifter and Third Shift operative Elijah Richter has an easy but vital mission: seduce arms dealer Emeric Aston’s gorgeous girlfriend, use her as an entry point to the organization, and find out what the global terrorist is planning.

Unfortunately, he doesn’t know that Meghna Saxena-Saunders is no ordinary celebrity influencer. She’s trained as an assassin and spy, and she has her own reasons for cozying up to Aston. She immediately clocks the mysterious stranger watching her at a VIP party and the two fall into their lusty bed of lies. When their morning-after is interrupted by one of Aston’s goons, both of their missions are thrown into jeopardy. Now Meghna must team with Third Shift to cover her tracks and discover the truth before it’s too late.

October 2021 Romance Releases

Itโ€™s officially booty oโ€™clock, Iโ€™m alone again in my kitchen choking down a slice of terrible chocolate cakeโ€ฆand Iโ€™m pretty sure I just got drunk texted by the man I have a ginormous crush on.

Iโ€™ve been daydreaming about Eliot Hoffmanโ€™s dimples for two months, and even though Iโ€™m sure this was a mistake on his end, it doesnโ€™t mean itโ€™s not an opportunity on mine. Itโ€™s the middle of the night, and I just wanna talk to him. So I text him back.

And then somehow we keep talkingโ€ฆALL NIGHT. Weโ€™re both insomniacs, so talking all night soon turns into talking EVERY night.

And talking about nothing soon turns into talking about something.

And here we go from in-depth analysis of reality TV to my relationship with my family to his amazing artwork. Thereโ€™s no topic we donโ€™t coverโ€ฆ

Except for who I really am. Itโ€™s the only question of his I wonโ€™t answer.

As my crush turns into an avalanche of Eliot, I think of him all the time now. But if he knew who I was, the entire house of cards weโ€™ve built this relationship on would come toppling down. I want him to be mine, but we might never be more than just a sweet dreamโ€ฆ. 

October 28

October 2021 Romance Releases

Iโ€™m having the definition of a bad year.

Game Six loss costing my team the Cup? Check.
Getting arrested and ruining my image? Check.
Almost getting run over after my car breaks down? Oh, lookโ€”a hat trick.

My contract is up with the Carolina Comets this year, and I need to get it together if I want to stay with the team.

I need relaxation, not a relationship.

But when Iโ€™m scrolling on a dating app and stumble across the pretty girl who almost ran me over, I know I canโ€™t let her walk away this time.

Harper is funny, smart, and doesnโ€™t care about hockey.

Iโ€™m not supposed to be focusing on anything other than my career, yet I canโ€™t get Harper off my mind.

I know I shouldnโ€™t fall for herโ€ฆbut I think I already have.

PUCK SHY is a standalone hockey romantic comedy. It’s good, low angst fun with some hot hockey players. 


Oh my god! So many good books! And Lauren Rowe just released the Morgan brothers series with new covers! I might need a loan. No presents for you! Jk! Hope you like a few things I suggested in this list of October 2021 Romance Releases. Look at last month’s list again before you leave!

Kate Grand

Hi, I'm Kate. I started this website in 2020 to share my love and respect for romance books. I adore the works of Chloe Liese, Penny Reid, Karina Halle, Talia Hilbert, Kennedy Ryan, Catherine Walsh, and Charish Reid. When I'm not devouring romance novels, I love to travel and spend time with my Nebelung cat, Fitz. I hope this space helps you fall in love with the wonderful world of romance books as much as I have!

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