Top new romance books out this week: 23 Aug - 29 Aug 2020
Last updated:
August 29, 2020
This week featuring new releases by Rebecca Yarros, Sarah Adams, Lucy Score, Alice Coldbreath, Cara Bastone, Ruby Dixon, Melanie Harlow, Sophie Lark, T.L. Swan, Ilona Andrews and many more.
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The Reality of Everything by Rebecca Yarros
Two years after the man she loved was killed in Afghanistan, Morgan Bartley is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. The reno on her dilapidated beach house in the Outer Banks might be just the distraction she needs to keep her debilitating anxiety attacks at bay and begin to heal her heart...if she can ignore the ridiculously handsome guy next door... -
The Enemy: A Romantic Comedy by Sarah Adams
It’s been twelve years since I’ve seen him. Twelve years since he won our war of wits by outsmarting me with a tactic I didn’t even know was allowed. But tonight…I resurrect the battle.Ryan Henderson is back in town for our best friends’ wedding, and I plan on showing him exactly how much I don’t care about him—or the almost kiss he ruthlessly dangled over me after graduation... -
The Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score
From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Things We Never Got Over A nice, normal life. Is that too much to ask? For Riley Thorn it is. Divorced. Broke. Living with a pack of elderly roommates. And those hallucinations she's diligently ignoring? Her tarot card-dealing mom is convinced they're clairvoyant visions...mystery · paranormal · contemporary · fantasy · suspense · humor · from hate to love · urban fantasy · friends to lovers · dual-pov -
The Consolation Prize by Alice Coldbreath
Princess Una harbors no illusions about her claims to Karadok’s throne. The days of the royal house of Blechmarsh are done. The last of that ill-fated line, she is just grateful she emerged from the dark days of war with her head still on her shoulders... -
Can't Help Falling by Cara Bastone
The more you resist,the deeper you’ll fall Serafine St. Romain doesn’t need her psychic powers to know she’s no longer in Tyler Leshuski’s good graces. True, she did tear him to pieces when he asked her out, accusing him of being shallow and selfish. Despite the energy crackling between them, the gorgeous sports writer is a no-strings, no-kids kind of guy... -
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Raven's Return by Ruby Dixon
No one ever comes back for me.I’ve always been on my own, and why should it be any different on an ice planet? So when I’m kidnapped by a feral outcast, I suspect I’d better learn to love raw fish and rough living.Then…U’dron comes to my rescue.He’s always understood me more than anyone else. He’s been my friend and my confidante. We’ve made music together... -
Drive Me Wild by Melanie Harlow
When Blair Beaufort literally crashes into Bellamy Creek wearing a ball gown and a tiara, I should have towed her car, said goodnight, and sent her packing. I’m a mechanic, not a hotel manager. I've got enough on my plate trying to keep my shop from going under, my overbearing mother off my back, and my baseball team in contention for the league championship...contemporary · humor · new adult · friends to lovers · alpha male · sports · forced proximity · angst · insta-love · erotica -
Colors of Crime: The Complete Series by Sophie Lark
★★★★★ “The heroes are Alpha males, the women are strong and fierce. Each story is set in a different location, with a unique plot and obstacles to overcome… Scorching hot! So intense and entertaining you won’t be able to put them down.”The Lark Notes:1. Emerald: A Dark Mafia Romance – If you liked Callum and Aida in "Brutal Prince" then you will love Ivan and Sloane... -
The Takeover by T.L. Swan
In bestselling author T L Swan’s second hot installment to the Miles High Club series, he’s sexy, rich, and her mortal enemy. Hate never felt so good. I first met Tristan Miles at a meeting where he was trying to take over my late husband’s company. He was powerful, arrogant, and infuriatingly gorgeous, and I hated him with every cell in my body...new adult · contemporary · from hate to love · super rich hero · erotica · age difference · alpha male · humor · angst · sassy heroine -
Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author, continues her spellbinding series set in the Hidden Legacy world where magic controls everything…except the hearts of those who wield it.As Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters have extraordinary powers—powers their ruthless grandmother would love to control...paranormal · vampires · fantasy · witches · urban fantasy · contemporary · magic · virgin heroine · suspense · new adult -
Just Friends by Saxon James
RooFive years ago, I walked away from Sunbury, Oregon, and left my best friend behind. The move was supposed to get my life on track. I even had a list. Life changing epilepsy surgery. Check.See the world. CheckGet over my straight best friend … Not exactly.No matter where I go or who I meet, I can’t let Tanner go. I’m back to tell him how I feel. To get the closure I need once and for all... -
The Nightmare by Regine Abel
She was his obsession.For years, Zain has stalked Naima until she slipped through his fingers. He longs for the delectable taste of her terror and the divine sound of her screams. She occupies his every thought, and he aches for her. Eager to reclaim the only female that can ever complete him, Zain carefully plans his passage into the Mortal Plane...fantasy · paranormal · dark · from hate to love · urban fantasy · virgin hero · bwwm · demons · mystery · monsters -
Deliver Me from Evil by Adelaide Forrest
DeliveranceI ran in the night, fleeing my husband and the community that raised me and betrayed me. Battered and bruised, with only my bare feet to carry me through the forest and down Mount Awe, eventually exhaustion claims me. I wake in a bed that’s not my own two days later with no recollection of how I got there. Anderson is sweet but stern. Handsome but rugged...suspense · erotica · contemporary · military · new adult · poor heroine · age difference · alpha male · possessive hero · rape-non-mc -
The Anti-Boyfriend by Penelope Ward
From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.At first, my neighbor Deacon frustrated me.Sure, he was great-looking and friendly.But our walls were thin, and on occasion, he’d bring women to his place and keep me awake while he “entertained” them.As a single mother to an infant, I didn’t appreciate it.So, finally it was my turn...contemporary · friends to lovers · new adult · angst · from hate to love · erotica · strong heroine · humor · single-mother · dual-pov -
The Spare - Part Two by Gemma Weir
A Boy chosen for my sister and never intended to be mine, forced his way into my life and shattered everything.His lies have become my consequences.But now the game has changed.No more pretending, no more hiding in plain sight.Revenge is sweet and with billions of dollars at stake, may the best twin win... -
The Sugared Game by K.J. Charles
It's been two months since Will Darling saw Kim Secretan, and he doesn't expect to see him again. What do a rough and ready soldier-turned-bookseller and a disgraced shady aristocrat have to do with each other anyway?But when Will encounters a face from the past in a disreputable nightclub, Kim turns up, as shifty, unreliable, and irresistible as ever...20th century · historical · mystery · m-m · military · suspense · class difference · slut-shaming · bisexual · third-person-pov -
Thick as Thieves by Sandra Brown
In this tantalizing thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown, a woman, seeking to learn her father's involvement in a twenty-year-old heist that ended in murder, runs afoul of his accomplices.Twenty years ago in the dead of night, four seemingly random individuals pulled the ultimate heist and almost walked away with half a million dollars... -
Dangerous Little Secrets by Elle Thorpe
They betrayed me.Three boys I thought I knew.Leaving me with the one I thought I hated most.It was him who carried my broken, beaten body. Him who cleaned my wounds and held me tight.The prince to my princess.Lies.I won't be that girl anymore. The one who fell for their smooth words and smoldering looks.Colt is key to never being her again.There's still a killer on the loose...contemporary · new adult · mystery · reverse harem · cruel hero · dark · from hate to love · poly · rape-non-mc · explicit-open-door -
Claws and Feathers by Jennifer Hartmann
Orphaned at sixteen. Estranged from her only sibling. Betrayed by the one man she's ever loved.When Abigail Stone moves to the small town of Crow's Peak, she is expecting to leave her ghosts behind and create a new life for herself. A fresh start.She is not expecting to be abducted and held captive by a madman... -
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Unholy Union by Natasha Knight
Circumstance put Cristina on my path.Fate bound her to me.Cristina and I share a common past. A single night that changed the course of our lives.She asked me if I was a monster the night I met her.I am.She’s about to learn I’m her monster.Because the countdown that began eight years ago has ended. Her time is up.On the stroke of midnight, she’s mine...mafia · dark · age difference · from hate to love · arranged marriage · vengeance · suspense · contemporary · erotica · virgin heroine -
Make Mine a Cowboy: Two full books for the price of one by A.J. Pine
From this "fabulous storyteller" (Carolyn Brown, New York Times bestselling author) comes the next Meadow Valley western romance series.Dr. Charlotte North has no time for a player, not even one as tempting as Ben Callahan. Besides, Charlotte is only in Meadow Valley for a few months to help her grandmother. After that, it's back to New York and the career she loves... -
To Love a Dragon: Venys Needs Men by Tiffany Roberts
Her scent lured a dragon, yet it is her heart he wants to claim.In a single night of terror, everything Leyloni knows and loves is destroyed—her home left in flames, her friends and family dead, her way of life erased. She flees with the only other survivor, a baby named Serek... -
Someone to Romance by Mary Balogh
Love comes when you least expect it in this captivating new novel in the Wescott Regency romance series from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh.Lady Jessica Archer lost her own interest in the glittering excitement of romance after her cousin and dearest friend, Abigail Westcott, was rejected by the ton when her father was revealed to be a bigamist... -
Corrupted Queen: A Dark Mafia Romance by Nicole Fox
I made her my queen. Then she smashed her crown.Alexis was nothing… until I made her my everything.My queen. My world. My sun and my stars.But just when I thought I could trust her, my tiger showed her true stripesShe ran from me.And took our infant son with her.Some sins are unforgivable—and nobody takes what’s mine.I will find her. Reclaim her... -
Savage Queen by Eva Ashwood
The thrilling final installment in The Dark Elite series!Betrayal has rocked the Novak Syndicate, and a new enemy has emerged from the shadows. The same question that haunted Damian Novak now haunts me too.Why?I’m terrified of what my hunt for answers might reveal, but I’ll do whatever it takes to bring down this threat. Because I have something to fight for now.Ciro, Hale, Zaid, and Lucas...suspense · new adult · reverse harem · mafia · dark · contemporary · pregnancy · poly · explicit-plentiful -
Always Crew by Tijan
For the longest time, I was Bren Monroe.I lived in Roussou, California.I had no parents, no brother, but I had a crew.Then things started to change.I never planned for any of it.I didn’t think I’d fall in love.I didn’t think I’d have a relationship with my brother again.I didn’t think that he’d come back.Now I’m in Cain.My crew is in college.They’re growing, going through their own things... -
The Silence by Kendra Elliot
A dead conspiracy theorist. A mass murderer. Two cases collide for Callahan and McLane in a pulse-pounding thriller by Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author Kendra Elliot.A man is savagely murdered outside Portland, and Detective Mason Callahan finds blood-spatter evidence that tells a troubling story. Files reveal the murder victim, Reuben Braswell, was a radical conspiracist... -
Den of Thieves by Shannon Mayer
In a world where supernaturals and humans are separated by walls, there is magic to be magicked and quests that still need questing. Yes, quest as a verb.I, Zamira “Reckless” Wilson, thought I had done my part. With a little help from those I love, we stopped the bad guys from mucking up our side of the wall. We won the battle and were left standing on this side of the dirt... -
Ballsy by K.M. Neuhold, Nora Phoenix
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Captive Mate by Eliot Grayson
Captured, imprisoned, and…falling in love?Arik is many things. Shaman, necromancer, a little on the snarky side…no one could ever accuse him of being boring. But one thing he never intended to be was imprisoned by angry werewolves. Maybe casting that love spell on the sexy alpha pack leader wasn’t such a great idea after all. Matthew Armitage has a problem. Several of them, actually...m-m · paranormal · fantasy · from hate to love · magic · urban fantasy · werewolves · vampires · shapeshifters · contemporary -
Start Again Series: A Billionaire Romance Box Set by J. Saman
A sexy billionaire who fights for the woman of his dreams.A reformed hacker desperate for his second chance with the one who got awayA broken lawyer who falls for the one woman he shouldn't.Three tantalizing full-length standalones with all the heat and feels you’re looking for.Start AgainOne night. One accident. And her life was forever changed.Kate Taylor is searching for a way out... -
Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter
From the author of the best-selling Jane Yellowrock and Soulwood series comes a tough new heroine who is far more than she seems.After the Final War, after the appearance of the Bug aliens and their enforced peace, Shining Smith is still alive, still doing business from the old scrapyard bequeathed to her by her father. But Shining is now something more than human... -
Grip Trilogy Box Set by Kennedy Ryan
The Grip Trilogy charts the course of rising star Marlon "Grip" James and his manager Bristol Gray. From the beginning, attraction ignites between the struggling musician and his best friend's ambitious sister. It starts with a kiss at the top of a Ferris wheel when they're young, combusts into a tumultuous love affair, and matures into an epic love that defies each odd and defeats every obstacle... -
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Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker
When Kinley Taylor witnesses what was possibly the last few minutes of a young girl’s life while in Paris, she realizes exactly how alone she is in the world. The only person she has to turn to for help is the one man who she feels is completely out of her league. Gage “Lefty” Haskins liked the personal assistant the first time he met her... -
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
It’s the perfect match - gentleman lawyer Newland Archer will marry young socialite May Welland. The marriage should be a source of pride for Newland, accustomed as he is to meeting the expectations of New York’s high society... -
The Voyeur Series by Fiona Cole
Are you ready to watch? Read the first three books in the best selling Voyeur series. As an added bonus, Surrender, a Lovers novella, is also included in this bundle. Voyeur (Student-Teacher Romance)I didn’t know she was my student the first time I paid to watch her at Voyeur.Once she walked into my classroom, another smiling college freshman, I knew I should stop going. Stop watching... -
My Warrior by Alanea Alder
Ari Lionhart is the youngest warrior in Èire Danu, yet despite his lack of years, he is trusted by the queen’s consort Brennus to act as the unit leader for every unit in the fae city. He works hard at balancing his life between being a unit warrior and being a Lionhart, and secretly fears he is failing at both...paranormal · vampires · military · shapeshifters · urban fantasy · fantasy · witches · magic · demons · fae -
Little Dove by Layla Frost
Where do I begin?Oh. Yeah.Once upon a time.Isn’t that how all good fairy tales start? And Maximo and I, we were definitely a fairy tale.Not the cleaned-up, sanitized ones where life’s problems were solved with a smile and a song. We were the old-school kind. The twisted tales packed with murder, violence, and tragic beginnings.Okay, so maybe we weren’t a traditional fairy tale...contemporary · new adult · mafia · age difference · virgin heroine · insta-love · super rich hero · alpha male · spanking · erotica -
Of Sea and Song by Chanda Hahn
I killed a man to protect my sisters, and now I am a fugitive. With bounty hunters hot on my trail— willing to take me dead or alive— I’m forced to disguise myself as a cabin boy on the Bella Donna. I should have been safe at sea, but I cannot escape the dangerous feelings evoked by the ship's handsome captain... -
Alphas in Heat Box Set by Olivia T. Turner
The firemen of Blackcloud Point are some of the most possessive and obsessed bear shifters around when it comes to their mates! Approach at your own risk!The complete Amazon best-selling bear shifter series by Olivia T. Turner in one Box Set! Each of these five books debuted in the Amazon Top #100 or Top #50! 1...