September 2024 New Romance Releases
Hi! My lovely readers! It’s the start of what I like to call, “Spooky Christmas Season”. Hahaha. It’s that time of year when we get a mix of Hallowe’en romances, Christmas rom-coms and your usual contemporary romances. What are you looking forward to the most? I’m looking forward to cooler temps and all things cozy. Here’s my list of my most anticipated new romances being published in September 2024.
If I missed a book that you’ve been looking forward to, please contact me.
-Kate-
September 1
Meddling With Mistletoe
Whitney Garrett is preparing to enter culinary school in the spring, but first she has to sell enough homemade pies at the local Christmas markets to pay her tuition. When her oven breaks, Whitney asks Marie Sloan, proprietor of the Red Door Inn, if she can use the inn’s kitchen to keep up with her orders. Marie agrees, with a Whitney has to watch the three Sloan children and cook breakfasts for the Red Door in return.The inn is busy with holiday guests–including Aretha Franklin Sloan’s perpetually single nephew Daniel and Ruby, a businesswoman in town to purchase Aretha’s antiques store. Intent on making a Christmas match for the two, Aretha enlists Whitney’s help in her schemes. But the deeper Whitney gets, the more she realizes that Ruby is definitely not the right woman for Daniel–and the more she thinks that she just might be his perfect match.Cuddle up for some warm holiday cheer as New York Times bestselling author Liz Johnson explores the unforeseen consequences of meddling with mistletoe when love is on the line.
September 3
Wild Eyes /Caribbean Crush/ Unbearably Yours /Fall for Him /No One Does it Like You /Prime Time Romance
A rugged mountain town seemed like the perfect escape from a life in shambles. But on day one I ran full tilt into the worldโs hottest single dad and now all my plans are ruined.
As a chart-topping country singer with a recent streak of bad press itโs hard to find any peace. But I find it in Rose Hill. With a little boy and a little girl who steal my heart just as thoroughly as their dad.
Weston Belmont.
The man is a shameless flirt. He oozes confidence and masculinity in a way thatโs downright distracting. And in bed? Heโs addictive.
Everything with him is wild and impulsive and Iโm desperate to regain some control.
But no one has supported me like West does. And no one has ever made me feel as loved as he does either.
So, while my brain says settling down with a small-town horse trainer is impossibleโฆ my heart says Iโm right where I belong.
Still, my life as a celebrity haunts me. It has the power to pull us apart.
I can see in his eyes that wants me to stay. And I want that too.
But I know better than anyone that we donโt always get what we want.
Set sail with USA Today bestselling author R.S. Grey in this sizzling romance between old rivals who reunite on a cruise ship, only to discover that they want much more than just another competition.
Casey Hughes is a struggling travel journalist desperate for a big break when she lands the assignment of a hop on board Aurelia for its maiden voyage through paradise. While sheโll bask in the luxury cruise shipโs fine dining and complimentary spa treatments, her real mission is to snag an exclusive interview with Phillip Woodmont.
Casey and the elusive shipping heir have history. Once, they were nothing short of brutal enemies. Though the former brace-faced teen is now a suited-up CEO with devastating good looks, he makes it clear to Casey that he has no interest in forgetting their past.
The volatile grudge between them is as explosive as ever. More than once Casey is tempted to toss Phillip overboard, but for her work, sheโll have to swallow her pride. If itโs an apology heโs after, sheโll serve it up on a silver platter. If he wants her to walk the plank, sheโll salute with an aye, aye, Captain.
Casey canโt let him provoke her. She needs this interview. So if Phillip wants to play dirty, Casey will just have to play dirtier.
A year of heartfelt letters. A chance encounter gone awry. Five years apart for a shot at redemption.
Charlee lives her life by one single rule: don’t dredge up the past. That’s why she loses herself in her work as a journalist: always on the move, always heading for the next adventure. So when the Wild Planet offices in Toronto are on the brink of closure, she jumps at the chance to save the place by helping shoot a documentary in British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest. Until she realizes who she’ll be working with.
For Oliver Reynolds, there’s nothing like the peace and quiet of nature. That’s why working for Wild Planet is a perfect fit. In the small touristic town of Pine Falls, he has everything he needs. Well, almost. If only he could buy back the familyโs restaurant he lost five years ago. When his boss offers him a hefty raise to guide a Wild Planet crew filming a documentary in the area, Oliver doesn’t think twice. At least, not until he finds out who he’ll be spending those two weeks with.
A twist of fate forces these two estranged souls to collaborate on the project and put their grudges and wounds aside for the time being. Too much is riding on the documentary’s success for either Charlee or Oliver to delve into the past that led them to stop writing to each other. But will they succeed in working together and pretending the past never happened? As time goes on, neither can shake their lingering bond, but Charlee still doesn’t know why Oliver never showed up for the date they set five years ago. But getting her answer means ripping open old wounds. Will she be brave enough to face her demons?
Embark on Oliver and Charleeโs thrilling journey deep into the heart of the majestic Great Bear Rainforest and explore its enchanting wonders alongside them. And who knows, perhaps they’ll uncover more than they bargained for.
In Fall for Him by Andie Burke, seven-hundred-fifty square feet isnโt enough for the home-renovation-fueled hatred and the building sexual tension.
Dylan Gallagherโs hot neighbor loathed him from the second he moved in, and causing a flood, falling through the floor, and landing directly onto that same neighborโs bed probably means thatโs unlikely to change. The poorly timed โItโs Raining Menโ joke didnโt help.
Meanwhile, ER nurse Derek Changโs life is a literal when-rains-it-pours nightmare. A man he hates dropped into his life along with an astronomically expensive problem originating from Derekโs own apartmentโs plumbing. Also, the local HOA tyrant has been sniffing around trying to fine him for his extended, illicit banned breed dog-sitting.
Since Dylan also wants to keep the catastrophe quiet, he offers to fix the damage himself. Dylanโs sure heโs not Derekโs type, so he focuses all his ADHD hyper fixation energy on getting the repair job done as quickly as possibleโavoiding doing anything stupid like acting on his very inconvenient crush. Meanwhile Derek tries to ignore that the tattooed nerd sleeping on the couch is surprisingly witty, smart, and kind, despite the long-term grudge Derekโs been holding against him. But will squeezing all their emotional baggage plus a dog into a tiny one-bedroom apartment be a major disasterโฆor just prove theyโre made for each other?
Fall for Him combines banter, hijinks, and heart in a story of finding out what it means to fix things after your life crumbles.
College sweethearts reunite to restore more than just an old inn in this new romance by Katie Shepard, author of Sweeten the Deal. Whenโs the best time to tell your ex that you want them back? Probably not in the middle of a Category 3 hurricane. But when Broadway actor Tom Wilczewski is about to dive into the floodwaters to rescue his co-lead, he calls the ex-wife he hasnโt seen in ten years to swear he still loves her and ask for a chance to make things right. Two months later, Rose Kelly is tired of seeing pictures of her ex-husband Tom rescuing Hollywood darling Boyd Kellagher. Not that sheโs jealous. Of course not. Sheโs far too busy taking care of her elderly aunt and worrying about the storm damage to the family B&B on Marthaโs Vineyard to miss the love of her life. But after belatedly hearing Tomโs voicemail, Rosie asks him to follow through on his promises for once by helping her fix the inn. Thinking this is the perfect way to win her back, Tom agrees. When they get there, things areโฆless than ideal. Rosie expected the inn to be in better shape. She expected it to have more beds. And she expected more help from her actual familyโnot from Tom and the rest of his Broadway cast. But Rosie begins to wonder if maybe the life she expected isnโt the one she really wants. If she and Tom can repair the inn together, can they possibly repair the damage to the relationship they both thought was long gone?
Is love on the small screen better than the real thing?
Brynnโs happy ending has gone up in flames. Sheโs newly divorced and living with a roommate โ Josh โ to afford her mortgage. At least sheโs got Carsonโs Cove to binge – her beloved 90s teenage soap.
So when a birthday cake shows up on her and Joshโs doorstep, Brynn makes a wish for her own happily-ever-after.
The next morning, she doesn’t wake up in her apartment. She’s in Carson’s Cove… and Josh is there too. Except they’re not Brynn and Josh; they’re the sweetheart and the bad boy.
Will they stick to the script, or will real love change the story forever?
A young divorcee finds herself in the ideal world of her favourite 90s nostalgia TV show, in this second-chance romantic comedy from the author of This Spells Love.
September 10
The Royals Upstairs / Truly Madly Deeply / The One I Didnโt See Coming
Heโs the royal bodyguard. Sheโs the royal nanny. The annoyingly hot attraction that simmers between themโthatโs a royal pain.
James Hunter has made a tactical error. His new role as protection officer to Prince Magnus of Norway was supposed to be an exciting change. Instead heโs marooned on a royal estate in the middle of nowhere charged with chasing after demon children and dodging the machinations of meddling staff. And the crowning jewel in this little dramaโthe childrenโs nanny is none other than Laila Bruset. The woman whose heart he broke. The woman who still holds his.
When Laila took the job as a nanny for the Norwegian royal children in order to be closer to her ailing grandmother in Oslo, the last thing she expected was to have her life turned upside downโagain. But as much as James gets on her nerves, he’s also getting under her skin, and the tension between them sizzles just as devastatingly as before.
As undeniable sparks turn James and Lailaโs battle royal into a more serious game of hearts, nanny and bodyguard will have to decide just how much theyโre willing to risk for a second chance at love.
This old flame just might set them on fire.
Conceited, unattainable, and downright delicious, renowned Michelin-starred chef Ambrose Casablancas has one passion in lifeโfood.
Women are a distraction, and he doesnโt do those. Especially Cal Litvin, his baby sisterโs best friend. Her entire existence is a complication; sheโs awkward, eccentric, infuriatingโฆ
And, much to his chagrin, hotter than his kitchen.
Ambrose has a lot on his a new restaurant to open, a multimillion-dollar property deal to execute, and a violent stalker to tame.
Then Cal shows up at his doorstep, looking for both a job and salvation after their messy goodbye. His resolve, like his patience, is ebbing each day she works at his restaurant.
Because Cal is no longer a doe-eyed girl.
Now? Sheโs the woman heโll do anything to conquer.
***
Quirky, compassionate ball of sunshine Calla Litvin canโt catch a break, and not just because she swore off running.
Back in her hometown to nurse her motherโs broken heart after losing her father, she finds herself jobless, hopeless, and penniless. She hopes to rekindle her friendship with her former BFF, but Dylan is attached at the hip to her cruel brotherโthe one Calโs been secretly crushing on since middle school.
Falling for the bad boy the second time around would be a mistake of gargantuan proportions.
Too bad sheโs always been clumsy.
Truly, Madly, Deeply, is a grumpy x sunshine, enemies to lovers romance. It is the first in the Forbidden Love series, but can be read as a standalone.
Itโs the classic storyโgirl returns to her hometown only to end up moving in with her high school crush, who she hates.
Returning to Willowbrook was my only option after Chicago chewed me up and spit me out. Technically, it wasnโt Chicagoโs fault. It was his faultโthe man I thought I knew who turned out to be a liar.
My older sister, always the one to swoop in and fix things, secured me a job as a yoga instructor on her fiancรฉโs family ranch. As my self-assigned protector, sheโs keeping one eye on me and one eye on Emmett Noughton, her fiancรฉโs brother.
Heโs the charming, fun-loving, take-life-as-it-comes kind of guy, and once upon a time, his name was scribbled in my notebooks. Back then, I was invisible to him. Now, heโs looking at me like Iโm the only thing in the room. But he lost his chance with me a long time ago.
Itโs easy to keep him at armโs length and nurse the grudge Iโve held onto for years. Until the house Iโm staying in sells, and I have nowhere to go except his house. Now, resisting him isnโt just difficultโitโs impossible.
September 12
Temptation Trails
Heโs hunting a killer so she wonโt be next.
Single dad Garrett Haven doesnโt have time for dating. With a teenage son and a high-stakes job in law enforcement, he has enough on his plate.
Besides, he risked his heart once. He has no intention of doing it again.
Until he meets her.
Harper Tilburn brought her passion for baking to the small town of Tilikum to take over her auntโs bakery. Anything else will have to wait, at least until her bad luck curse runs out.
Her dating hiatus is essential, and sheโs sticking to it.
Until she meets him.
The sparks that fly between Garrett and Harper are instantaneousโtheir attraction undeniable. And suddenly, the practical, responsible sheriffโs deputy is throwing caution to the wind, boldly pursuing Harper, determined to make her his.
But when the cold case Garrett is investigating takes a chilling turn, he fears the perpetrator will strike againโand Harper will be his target.
With his careerโand his lifeโon the line, heโll sacrifice everything to protect the people he loves, and catch a killer before itโs too late.
Authorโs note: a buttoned-up sheriffโs deputy gets thoroughly unbuttoned by a sweet as sugar baker. A hero who falls hard and fast, a heroine youโll root for, a teenage son who will steal your heart, page turning suspense with a shocking twist, and heartwarming found family vibes with a big HEA.
September 15
The Rules of Dating a Younger Man
I was the last of my group of friends to find โthe one.โ
The guys would always tease me that I needed to hurry up and settle down.
But I was in no rush.
Until I met someone worth rushing for.
Alex was one of the weekend volunteers at Ryanโs Houseโa charity I founded to build housing near hospitals.
Little did I know she was the same person Iโd been arguing with over email before the project started. At the time, Iโd thought Alex was a dude.
In reality? She was a smoking hot blonde who captivated me from the moment we met in person.
Our chemistry was off the charts, and I fell hard pretty fast.
Unfortunately, Alex insisted I was too young for her. I hated that she felt that way. Because age was just a number.
Not only that, her words didnโt match the way she looked at meโlike she was very interested.
I lived for the weekends weโd spend out of town volunteering. Alex and I side-by-side hammering during the day, while sharing intimate dinners together at the hotel at night.
Eventually, the walls sheโd put up to protect her heart began to crumble.
Until fate threw us a doozy that I wasnโt sure we could come back from.
If Iโd thought our age gap was the biggest hurdle, I didnโt know anything yet.
Rule number one for dating an older woman who insists you could never be together?
Donโt fall in love.
September 17
My Vampire Plus One / Canโt help Falling in Love/ All Signs Point to Malibu
Nothing sucks more than fake dating a vampire in this paranormal romantic comedy from the USA Today bestselling author of My Roommate Is a Vampire.
Amelia Collins is by definition successful. She would even go so far as to say successfully single. But not according to her family, and sheโs tired of the constant questions about her nonexistent dating life. When an invitation to yet another family wedding arrives, she decides to get everyone off her back once and for all by finding someoneโanyoneโto pose as her date.
After a chance encounter with Reginald Cleaves, Amelia decides heโs perfect for her purposes. Heโs a bit strange, but thatโs fine; itโll discourage tough questions from her family. (And it certainly doesnโt hurt that heโs very handsome.) For centuries-old vampire Reggie, posing as her plus-one sounds like the ultimate fun. And if it helps his ruse of pretending to be human, so much the better.
As Amelia and Reggie practice their fauxmance, it becomes clear that Reggie is as loyal to her as the day is long, and that Ameliaโs first impressions could not have been more wrong. Suddenly, being in a real relationship with Reggie sounds pretty fang-tastic.
A struggling waitress and the heir to a major Seattle company stumble into a high-profile fake engagement while simultaneously trying to keep up with their own love lives in this flirty fall rom-com!
Lexi Danby is looking for some no-strings, fall fun. Once a college track star, she was forced to drop out when her father passed away. Now sheโs trying to make ends meet while putting herself through school and caring for her grieving mother. When her comically bad waitressing lands her directly in the path of a handsome, charming stranger named Will, Lexi may just have found the distraction sheโs been looking for. Their first date looks promising until a misunderstanding at a party thrusts Lexi and Will into a fake engagement they canโt talk themselves out of. And Will turns out to be a member of Seattle royalty.
Will Grand is heir to a major company, and Seattleโs most eligible bachelor. But heโs been placed in charge of an important merger with a company that values family above all else, and needs to show them that heโs settled down. While a fake engagement is advantageous from a business standpoint, itโs not so great for a budding relationship with a woman whoโs wary of commitment. With a woman who Will is beginning to care about much more than he could have anticipated.
As Lexi gets a taste of Willโs glamorous world and the pair keeps up the pretense of their fake engagement for the press, they decide to see where a more casual relationship takes them out of the spotlight. And amid apple picking in comfy flannels, outdoor breweries in the crisp air, and fun Halloween preparations, Lexi starts to realize the scariest part of the season might just be taking a chance on love.
“Sophie Sullivan consistently crafts romances to root for.” -Courtney Kae, author of In the Event of Love and In the Case of Heartbreak
From USA TODAY bestselling author Jennifer Snow comes a hilarious rom-com with a speculative twist that asks: Why put off until tomorrow the wedding you can sabotage today?
Hailey Harris canโt stop messing with fate. A successful life coach, Hailey uses her ability to glimpse the future to guide her clients down the right path. But her gift has made her own life lonely. After all, having a real friend would mean asking someone to believe the unbelievable.
The one person she might have confided inโher ex, Liam Jensenโis newly engaged to a beautiful, sweet, thoughtful heiress. But when Hailey has a vision predicting a not-so-happy ending for the couple, her mission is clear: help Liam and his fiancรฉe avoid the biggest mistake of their lives.
Stopping the wedding while planning Liamโs engagement party is no easy feat. And Warren MitchellโLiamโs sexy, irritating best man and Haileyโs nemesisโis suspicious of Haileyโs motivations. Between sleeping with her frenemy and watching her careful plans spiral out of control, Hailey discovers the real cause of Liamโs future heartbreak. But now that she knows the truth, will Hailey keep on fighting fate or trust in the love she never saw coming?
September 19
If It Makes you happy
My new next-door neighbor seems to have everything figured out. Small town golden boy? Check. Single dad extraordinaire? Check. Hot baker forearms? I didnโt notice them, I swear.
I, on the other hand, donโtโat allโhave anything figured out.
Trust me, I didnโt think taking over my momโs dream bed and breakfast in Copper Run Vermont was going to be easy. It should be a good place to heal after my divorce. But apparently my scones belong in the garbage with my small talk skills. As pointed out by none other than Cliff.
Cliff is inescapable. He knows exactly what people needโalways. His charm, the way he wears flannel, and even his pastries, make not wanting to be friends with Cliff and his daughters pretty hard.
Friends? I can make friends. Thatโs safe.
Except Iโm leaving in three months to pass the inn off to my little sister and get the promotion in Seattle Iโve been working towards.
So ask me why Iโm thinking about kissing my hot neighbor.
September 24
The Worst Duke in London / All I Want is You / The Slowest Burn/ Love and Sportsball / Rachel Weissโs Group Chat / Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot / Twisted Knight / The Christmas Catch / A Jingle Bell Mingle / The Holiday Honeymoon Switch / Kiss Me at Christmas / Second Chance Christmas / A Novel Christmas / The most Wonderful Crime of the Year / Adam and Evieโs Matchmaking Tour / Pitches Be Crazy
Bridgerton meets 10 Things I Hate About You in this spicy enemies-to-lovers Regency romance from a “must-read author” (Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author).
Lady Evangeline Raine prefers animals to people and has no interest in marriageยญ–much to the dismay of her flirty younger sister, Viola. Because their father has one rule: Viola may be courted, only if Effie has a suitor as well.
Saddled with debt, Gage Croft, Duke of Vale, is determined to rebuild his estates. When the owner of his vowels offers him a fortune to charm the impervious Lady Evangeline for the season so Lady Viola can be courted, the game is on, even if it means pretending to seduce an unconventional wallflower.
But Gage gets much more than he bargains for in an adversary who wants to make her own scandalous arrangement. Effie will go to London for the season, but only if Gage agrees to be her lover. Yet when their fake courtship leads to passionate feelings, will their indecent proposal end with the season or be the start of something real?
Two rival authorsโand ex’sโare thrown together just in time for the holidays in this delightful new romantic comedy from beloved author Falon Ballard.All Jessica has ever wanted is her own happily ever after. Until that happens, she spends her days as a small-time romance writer, penning satisfying romances to continue to soothe the pain of her ex-boyfriend–also a โromance writerโ and her worst nightmareโwho has found success writing love stories without happy endings.So when their writing obligations bring them to a remote inn a few days before Christmas, theyโre a little more than peeved, especially when they get trapped sharing a room in a snowstormโฆwith only one bed. But whatโs more fitting for the two romantic writers? When they realize the friction between them is the only cure for their writersโ block, they decide to turn their hate into fuelโฆand the pages start flying. But will her heart soar, too? Nick is the last guy on earth Jess could loveโฆ or is he really all she wants for Christmas?
Love could be a recipe for disaster, or the best thing they ever cooked up…
Kieran O’Neill should be on top of the world. He’s just won a cooking reality TV show, he’s on track to open his own restaurant before he turns thirty, and he’s even got a high-paying cookbook deal. Still he can’t impress his stuck-up family, his ADHD makes planning ahead impossible and, worst of all, his ghostwriter is the most uptight, humourless woman he’s ever met. But to be seen as a serious chef like he’s always wanted, he needs to finish this book…
Ellie Wasserman is barely holding it together. She’s a thirty-year-old widow living with her needy in-laws, her little brother won’t adult without her help, and instead of working on her own cookbook, she’s ghostwriting one for the chaotic, impulsive Kieran O’Neill. Or would be, if he’d ever answer her emails. But to own her own home like she’s always dreamed of, she needs to finish this book…
As their deadline gets closer and the heat between them builds, can these two driven, lonely people let go of their past hurts and make something truly sweet together? Or will their fragile new love go up in smoke?
The ultimate will-they-won’t-they, enemies-to-lovers romance that readers everywhere are falling in love with!
In this steamy and sweet sapphic romance, an uptight athletic trainer has one taboo night with a hot basketball player, but are they ready to play for what they really want?
Scoring was the easy โฆ
Hard work has Khadijah Upton starting her dream job as an athletic trainer for the Atlanta Cannons. Then an evening of celebratory letting loose turns into a one-night stand with a beautiful stranger. Itโs a reckless, wildly sexy encounter that Khadijah intends to forgetโฆuntil her first day on the job lands her face-to-face with basketball star Shae Harris again.
Shae is a major player in every sense of the word, and Khadijah doesnโt plan to be the latest in a long line of โHarris Honeys.โ Personal and professional just donโt mix. But Shae, whoโs all about living life to the fullest, keeps tempting Khadijah to blur the boundaries. And the more Shae reveals about herself, the harder it is for Khadijah to resist her.
In the bedroom, their tension sizzles. On the court, itโs a liability. But unless Khadijahโs willing to really let Shae in, it wonโt be just the team championship on the line, but a body-and-soul connection that rewrites all the rules.
Opposites attract in this hilariously cheeky, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about feeling stuck, the importance of friendship, and learning to open your heart.
The year is already off to a bad start. Itโs not enough that Rachel Weiss is stuck in a job she despises and has an unfortunate attraction to men who disappoint her. Itโs the Year of Turning Thirty . . . and now her mother wonโt stop trying to set up Rachel with the millionaire buying the house next door.
Luckily Rachel has amazing friends and their juicy group chat to keep her going. But between work-mandated therapy, her thirteen gray hairs, and biking in the buff, she canโt help wondering why she isnโt moving forward like everyone else.
As Rachelโs lifeโand circle of friendsโbegins to fall apart, she confides in the last person she expects. The uptight, irritatingโyet surprisingly funny and thoughtfulโtech bro next door may be the one person who sees Rachel for the woman she wants to be. After random DMs turn into confessing letters, she begins to realize perhaps it was she who had him wrong all along.
This laugh-out-loud debut romance introduces perfectly imperfect Payal Mehta, whose plan to get her long-time crush to finally notice her is destined for success, but only if she ignores her budding feelings for her archnemesis…
Payal Mehta has had a crush on popular, athletic, all-around perfect Jonathan Slate ever since he smiled at her in freshmanโyear Spanish class. At a party during spring break of her junior year, Payal finally works up the courage to ask Jon to hang out. However, her romantic plans are derailed when he vomits on her Keds. Twice. But when Jon offers to take her out to lunch as an apology, Payal is convinced this is the start of their love story.
Over chalupas and burritos at Taco Bell, Payal’s best jokes are landing as planned. Jon is basically choking on his Cokeโand then it happens. “Do you have a boyfriend?” Payal is (finally) about to get the guy. And then he tries to set her up with his Indian friend. Payal’s best friends, Neil Patel and Divya Bhatt, are just as mad about the microaggression as Payal is, but they think sheโs a little too hung up on him.
Determined to teach Jon a lesson by making him fall for her, Payal ropes in her archnemesis, Philip Kim, to help by ceding creative control over their psych project. Itโs the perfect plan. Minus Philipโs snarky, annoying quips and lack of faith in its success. But as Payal lies to the people she loves, hides the too-Indian parts of herself in front of her crush, and learns that maybe Philip isn’t the worst, she starts to wonder if what she’s been looking for has been scowling at her all along…
Kings of Sin meets It Ends With Us in a gritty, heated romance from New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg.
Holden
They thought theyโd managed to get rid of me once and for all. They thought Iโd just forget what they did to my brother. But Iโm going to make sure that they never forget. If only I can stop thinking about her.
Rowan
No one sees me. Behind my brother, Iโm a ghost, managing the family business that he claims to run. But Iโm tired of second fiddle. Iโm tired of pretending. Iโm going to take whatโs mine. The only problem? Well, he just came back to town.
Sidelined with a career-ending injury, NFL wide receiver Jahleel Walker is forced to return to his hometown of Peachwood Bay, Georgia, to heal, despite his rocky relationship with his father. Nothing shocks him more than running into his high-school sweetheart, Lucille “Bebe” Gordon.
Bebe Gordon came home to Peachwood Bay three years ago with a divorce certificate and her daughter, Hope. When Jahleel returns–for the first time in eight years–all the memories of the past come rushing back. The connection between them is still strong, but Jahleel has no plans to stay in Peachwood Bay, and Bebe can’t risk him leaving her again. Will Jahleel and Bebe take a chance on love or let life sideline them at Christmas?
‘Tis the season for romance, second chances, and faith with this enchanting Christmas novella from award-winning author Toni Shiloh.
What happens when thereโs no room at the inn and you and your potentially demonic cat become roommates with your grumpy one-night stand?
Part-time adult film actress/one-time adult film director/makeup artist Sunny Palmer has accidentally sold her very first screenplay to the Hope Channel. That was six months ago. Fast forward to a looming deadline, an uninspired Sunny has returned to the source of her inspiration in Christmas Notch, Vermont, to immerse herself in the local Christmas miracle on which her fever dream of a movie pitch was based.
Isaac Kelly, former boy band heartthrob and the saddest boy in the music biz, is the latest owner of the townโs historic mansion. After his years of heartbreak following his young wifeโs death, Isaacโs record label is done waiting for new music. What better place to attempt his first holiday album than a snow-covered mansion where he can become a hermit in peace?
But after their best friendsโ wedding leads to them waking up together in a freezing motel room with questionable wiring and a broken shower, Isaac takes a chance and asks Sunny to stay with him at his home. Surely the place is big enough that heโll hardly see her or her unhinged cat. But when the two discover theyโre both creatively blocked, they make a handshake deal: Isaac will help Sunny hunt down the truth behind the local lore, and Sunny will find Isaac a new muse.
And with these two opposites under one roof, thereโs no way this jingle bell mingle could go off scriptโฆright?
When doppelgรคnger best friends trade oneโs cabin Christmas vacation for the otherโs Hawaiian wouldโve-been-honeymoon, both might just find love they werenโt expecting.
Holly Beech and Ivy Casey are bury-the-body besties. Theyโre so in sync, they even look alike. So when Hollyโs fiancรฉ jilts her, leaving her in shock and with a nonrefundable honeymoon, Holly convinces Ivy to switch places. Ivy will go on the Hawaiian honeymoon her best friend canโt bear to take alone, while Holly escapes to Ivyโs rented Hudson Valley cabin to binge-watch holiday movies and heal.
But Hollyโs wallowing is interrupted when her rugged Airbnb host turns out to be her high school academic rival whoโs had a major glow-up. Meanwhile, Ivyโs (now Hawaiian) annual solo art retreat is upended when Hollyโs ex-fiancรฉ checks into the honeymoon suiteโwith a new woman. Raging and bedless, the last thing Ivy expects is for the hot hotel bartender to come to her rescue. Against all odds, this Christmas might prove the most magical yet.
White Christmas meets Nora Ephron in Jenny Baylissโs latest wholehearted, ensemble-cast holiday extravaganza.
Christmas can officially get stuffed because Harriet Smith is not feeling bright and merry this year. She hasnโt for a while. So when her college-aged daughter opts for Manhattanโs winter wonderland instead of Christmas at home, Harriet finds herself seeking solace in a wine-soaked one-night stand.
But how Harriet will spend the holidays is swiftly decided for her after she takes the fall for some students who break into the townโs old Winter Theater. To get the students off the hook, the theaterโs elderly owner requests that Harriet direct the washed-out stageโs final Christmas performance. And Harriet will do anything to help the kids . . . even work with the ownerโs lawyer who, as it turns out, is her less than impressed one-night stand.
Directing the play with him won’t exactly change her life. But it might just reignite the Christmas spirit and remind her what makes life merry and bright again.
Old flames are reunited with the burden of their past and a love that still lingers in this heartfelt holiday romance by Jahquel J.ย Being known as the daughter of the Sageportโs town drunk always left Faith Stone defending her mother and herself. Her only solace was her boyfriend, Rome. Even as a teenager, Faith knew she wanted forever with Rome Atkins. Their small town, her motherโs struggles, and everyoneโs opinions of their relationship couldnโt hold them back forever. After graduation, they would put Sageport behind them and start life anew together, but prom night will change everything. ย Fifteen years later, Faith, now a divorced single parent, finds herself back in Sageport for the holidays. The memories and pain are still fresh, as if everything happened yesterday, especially when she runs into Rome, who never left Sageport. Also fresh are the unexpected lingering feelings they still harbor for each other. Do old wounds run too deep, or can the joy of Christmas provide enough healing power for a second chance love reunion?
A prominent romance author has a slump in her love life and book sales, but a chance encounter with a hot firefighter helps her ignite her muse in this swoony holiday romance, perfect for book romantics.
Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter.
The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room three days before Christmas.
Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt:
Sheโs the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery.
Heโs Mr. Big-time Thriller Guy.
She hates his guts.
He thinks her name is Marcie (no matter how many times sheโs told him otherwise.)
But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas house party at the English estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley, the Duchess of Death herself.
That night, the weather turns, and the next morning Eleanor is gone.
She vanished from a locked room, and Maggie has to wonder: Is Eleanor in danger? Or is it all some kind of test? Is Ethan the competition? Or is he the only person in that snowbound mansion she can trust?
As the snow gets deeper and the stakes get higher, every clue will bring Maggie and Ethan closer to the truthโand each other. Because, this Christmas, these two rivals are going to have to become allies (and maybe more) if they have any hope of saving Eleanor.
Assuming they donโt kill each other first.
A rollicking, unforgettable romance about two strangers finding love despite their best efforts as they embark on a sweeping matchmaking tour through Viแปt Nam, perfect for readers of Carley Fortune and Abby Jimenez.
Whatโs a few weeks to a lifetime of promise?
Evie Langโs life is in shambles. On the heels of losing her beloved aunt, she’s unceremoniously fired from her poetry professorship by her secret boyfriend. Lacking income and inspiration, she’s stuck in Ohio with no idea how to move forwardโuntil hope arrives in a surprising letter.
Auntie Hแบฃo left Evie the deed to her San Francisco row house, a place full of Evieโs happiest memories. The catch? To inherit, she must go on a pre-arranged matchmaking tour in Viแปt Nam. The last thing Evie wants is to spend time with a group of strangers looking for love. But she can’t resist the chance to finally visit her familyโs native home.
A world away, Adam Quyแปn has a chip on his shoulder. Heโs working around the clock as CMO for his sisterโs elite matchmaking business, a job complicated by her insistence that he knows nothing about love. Heโs desperate to prove himself, so when she challenges him to join the inaugural tour, he reluctantly agrees.
Adam thinks Evie is chaotic and unpredictable. Evie thinks Adam is grumpy and uptight. But from the bustling streets of Hแป Chรญ Minh City to the soaring waterfalls in ฤร Lแบกt, they keep getting thrown together, their animosity charged with attractionโฆand they discover that true love may be out there, if they are willing to take a leap.
Two stubborn hearts, one whirlwind adventure, Adam & Evieโs Matchmaking Tour is a story of how loving (and living) bravely can lead you to the most unexpected placesโand the most imperfectly perfect loves.
The Savannah Bananas meet Stars Hollow in this small town, baseball romcom set in the Pacific Northwest.
Itโs not easy being โthe single girlโ in the friend group. Romance bookstore owner, Nessa Gibbs, loves love . . . in theory. Sadly, her real-life relationships never seem to measure up to the love stories she reads about, and at thirty-four, sheโs decided to throw in the towel on dating altogether. Between running her thriving business, organizing the upcoming Rose Festival, and leading a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, sheโs got more than enough to keep her satisfied. But when she runs into her childhood best friend on the arm of the man who made their lives a living hell in high school, she panics, flinging herself at the first passing stranger who just so happens to be the rookie pitcher thatโs been lusting after her for months. And now he doesn’t want to let go.
Nobody takes Jared Pink seriously . . . mostly because heโs never given them a reason to. Itโs a lot easier to live up to his reputation as the Rose City Roastersโ hot shot pitcher and all-around goofball, then let somebody get to know the real him: doting brother, covert romance reader, and budding plant daddy (pun intended). He was fine with everybody taking him at face value, until he met Nessa, the buxom bookstore owner ten years his senior, who barely gives him the time of day. Now, he finally has a shot to prove that thereโs more to him than boyish good looks and โthatโs what she saidโ jokes, and heโs going to make the most of it by being the best fake boyfriend there ever wasโone who puts the heroes in Nessaโs books to shame.
Thereโs one flaw in Nessaโs plan, though: she didnโt realize when she asked him to fake their relationship that his feelings for her might be real.
Pitches Be Crazyย is the second book in the Rose City Roasters baseball series. This age gap, fake dating romance between a plus-size, mid-30s girlie who joins a romance bookstore and the golden retriever, rookie pitcher (and plant daddy) features small-town festival shenanigans, โletโs date, but no sexโ vibes, an almost entirely LGBTQIA+ supporting cast of characters, a girl gang that plays Dungeons and Dragons, and NSFW limo content.
September 26
Look Up Handsome / The Wingman / Ex Marks The Spot
Quinn wants to save his bookshop, the last thing he needs is to fall in loveโฆ
Hay-on-Wyeโs only queer bookshop is always a hive of activity. So when itโs threatened with closure, its owner Quinn Oxford is determined to do whatever it takes to save his beloved shop.
That is until romantic novelist Noah Sage arrives in town. Gorgeous, brooding and clearly unhappy to be there, Noah is the distraction Quinn doesnโt need. Noah has a history with Hay and itโs one heโd rather not face. But when the snow leaves him stranded, heโs left with no choice.
Hay is a small town, meaning Quinn canโt help but bump into Noah wherever he goes. And as the two grow closer together, is it possible that Noahโs feelings towards Hay will thaw? Can Quinn have a real-life romance and save his beloved bookshop? Or will he need a Christmas miracleโฆ
The perfect festive romcom for fans of Casey McQuiston and Alexis Hall!
Tropes:
– Small Town
– Forced Proximity
– Grumpy x Sunshine
The best way to gain confidence after years with the wrong guy? Hayden Owensโthe hottest defenseman in pro hockey, my confident best friend, and my new dating coach.โจโจ
Heโll teach me to be a player, but convinces me to practice with him.
Weโve been friends for years, but our flirting lessons and practice kisses push the bounds of friendship.
Weโre roommates, but sleeping in the same bed.
He buys me a toy as a favorโฆ but helps me use it.
All that relationship stuff heโs always avoided? He doesnโt seem to mind it anymore.
Rule number one of being a player is no attachments, but when Hayden sees me picking up other guys, heโs jealous enough that I wonderโฆ
Maybe my wingman’s been waiting for me all along.
The Wingman is a pro hockey relationship coach romance. It’s the third book in the Vancouver Storm series but can be read as a standalone.
When Hartley Billings is selected to compete on her favorite reality TV show, she only needs to do two things to win a million in first place in the final leg.Not murder her teammate.The last step would be a lot easier if she wasnโt paired up with her ex, the guy who obliterated her heart in college.
Court Mueller isnโt thrilled either. His one shot at earning prize money and escaping his lackluster life in Green Valley rests in the hands of the woman he gave up six years ago, the one heโs stuck with 24/7 for the next three weeks.
With their thorny past now their present, Team Hartbreak only needs to do two things to survive this season of Xtreme clear boundaries.Never, ever cross themโฆ no matter how tempting it is.โEx Marks the Spotโ is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #3 in the Teachersโ Lounge series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.
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