Top new romance books out this week: 1 Aug - 7 Aug 2021

Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. Raised by her grandparents--who now help raise her seven-year-old daughter, Juno--Jess has been left behind too often to feel comfortable letting anyone in...

A slow burn, friends to lovers, bi awakening, age gap MM romance. Falling for his friend's straight dad might be the worst mistake Colton Hall has ever made.Colton's best friend is gay. He's not: he's never been attracted to men. So why the hell is he fantasizing about his friend's dad? Besides, Nick Swanscott is straight. A devoted father and the best man Colton's ever known...

An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb.Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in Wembley, in West London after losing his beloved wife...

You're my exception.You were my anomaly.Until you broke me like a promise and shattered me with your lies.I told you I’ve destroyed everything that's ever been mine.You hurt me.I know.I should have told you the truth.I should have walked away.Tell me how to fix this.You can't. Broken things never work as good as they used to, remember?Wanna bet?You're not funny, Holden.I'm not joking, Bishop...

This darkly hilarious and “delicious new novel that ravishes with sex and food” (The Boston Globe) from the acclaimed author of The Pisces and So Sad Today is a “precise blend of desire, discomfort, spirituality, and existential ache” (BuzzFeed).Rachel is twenty-four, a lapsed Jew who has made calorie restriction her religion...

A Paranormal Romance Short StoryIt’s Halloween and Jaelyn has turned down a VIP invite to the hottest club in town for the fifth year in a row. That invitation comes with attached strings that she has zero interest in. Imagine her dismay when her best friend’s boyfriend makes a surprise detour to that very same club Jaelyn is so eager to avoid. It’s almost like she had no choice in the matter...

Violet is a typical, down-on-her-luck millennial: mid-twenties, over-educated and drowning in debt, on the verge of moving into her parent’s basement. When a lifeline appears in the form of a very unconventional job in neighboring Cambric Creek, she has no choice but to grab at it with both hands...

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the globally bestselling Old Kingdom series with a special edition of Sabriel, featuring exclusive content from master of fantasy Garth Nix and original cover artwork by Leo and Diane Dillon.Enter the Old Kingdom, a world of dark secrets and dangerous magic.As a child, Sabriel was sent across the Wall to Ancelstierre to safety...

In the vein of Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again, Yes and Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's The Nest, Tracey Lange’s We Are the Brennans explores the staying power of shame―and the redemptive power of love―in an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets...

After having just graduated with a degree in shoe design, and trying to get her feet on the ground, Cindy is working for her stepmother, who happens to be the executive producer of America's favorite reality show, Before Midnight...

My diving trainer, Everett, has coached me all the way to the Olympics. Now I'm competing on a world stage for a gold medal. But when we arrive in Tokyo, my technique is off. I'm restless, aching—and I can't pinpoint why. But Everett knows exactly what I need to get my concentration back...

My name is Lou, but I’ve been known by many names over the years. The junkie’s daughter. The teen bride. The Internet knows me as Scarlet, but in real life, I’m just Lou.Scarlet is desired. She knows how to flirt, how to seduce, how to win. But Lou… well, I guess I’m still trying to figure that out...

In a modern and twisty retelling of Jane Eyre , a young woman must question everything she thinks she knows about love, loyalty, and murder. Jane has lost job, mother, relationship, even her home. A friend calls to offer an unusual deal—a cottage above the crashing surf of Big Sur on the estate of his employer, Evan Rochester. In return, Jane will tutor his teenage daughter. She accepts...

A sharp and hilariously relatable novel about the business of weddings, the toll they can take, and the lengths one exasperated bridesmaid will go to for the love of friends.Lily Weiss is her mother’s worst nightmare: thirty-two and single—the horror! She’s also a talented writer but hides behind a boring job at a science foundation...

As a former con-artist, I love a convoluted, mind-bending scheme as much as the next guy. But as a recently promoted MagiPol agent, I love it significantly less than that guy.Especially when the life of a kidnapped teen hangs in the balance.Between confusing orders and conflicting evidence, this whole investigation has me and my partner, Lienna, spinning in circles...

She's there to plan the military ball - not to fall for the Marine in charge.Michael Maddox thinks he has his life under control. No attachments, no relationships - he's too busy transforming his knack for military intelligence into a multi-million-dollar enterprise. But when headstrong event planner Kate Adams comes barreling into his life, everything changes...

“I’m not a savior. I’m not your knight in shining armor, and I’m certainly not your guardian angel. I am the Devil, and any favor I do for you comes at a price. So, I will ask you this, do you really want to be in debt to the Devil?I find her at a mobster's house.An angel with her wings clipped. Bloodied and bruised and praying for a third chance.Yeah, third...

The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing and suspenseful novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown. Prohibition is the new law of the land, but murder, mayhem, lust, and greed are already institutions in the Moonshine Capitol of Texas.Thatcher Hutton, a war-weary soldier on the way back to his cowboy life, jumps from a moving freight train to avoid trouble . .

Ghosted is an all-new EIT novella told from Dex's POV. It should be read after Dust to Dust (after Veiled, preferably) and before Came Back Haunted.It's available in the All the Love in the World anthology on Amazon, as well as by itself in paperback, and at Nook, iBooks and Kobo...

Publisher's SummaryTake a trip to the beloved supernatural town of Mystic Bayou in this brilliantly funny new stand-alone novella - written for audio-first!Charlotte McBee knows she’s in for a challenge when she accepts a job as midwife for a dragon and a phoenix shifter. Being a fairy herself, it isn’t the supernatural world that scares her...

Take a trip to the beloved supernatural town of Mystic Bayou in this brilliantly funny new stand-alone novella!Charlotte McBee knows she’s in for a challenge when she accepts a job as midwife for a dragon and a phoenix shifter. Being a fairy herself, it isn’t the supernatural world that scares her...

Cozy up with this warm, festive rom com novella about being true to your heart, the friendships that define us, and the irresistible pull of holiday magic.Last year, Rachel Bacharach met the man of her dreams at a Hanukkah party — and then her outgoing best friend Tamara swooped in and “called” Oz Caplan for herself...

Phronsie Linnelle was conceived at Woodstock in a serendipitous liaison between a free-spirited hippie and a farmer’s son and was born with magical wonder flickering in her DNA and rationality knit into her bones. All her life she’s been torn between the two. But now that she’s been betrayed by both love and the mother she once idolized, her rational side is winning...

Bestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott's revelatory, mesmerizing, and game-changing new novel set against the hothouse of a family-run ballet studio, and an interloper who arrives to bring down the carefully crafted Eden-like facade.Ballet flows through their veins...

Jacob Reckless continues to travel the portal in his father's abandoned study. His name has continued to be famous on the other side of the mirror, as a finder of enchanted items and buried secrets. His family and friends, from his brother, Will to the shape-shifting vixen, Fox, are on a collision course as the two worlds become connected...

For fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han, a sweetly funny YA rom-com debut about falling in love, familial expectations, and being a Renaissance Man.Danyal Jilani doesn't lack confidence. He may not be the smartest guy in the room, but he's funny, gorgeous, and going to make a great chef one day. His father doesn't approve of his career choice, but that hardly matters...

Harlow is on a single-minded mission: meet the man of his dreams by any meet-cute necessary.All my life, I’ve dreamed of one thing: the perfect movie moment. I want a man and his boombox outside my window; I want kissing in the rain; I want a romantic hero who will take my breath away.Switching mail with my cute neighbor didn’t work...

“I need her. Name your price.”At twenty-three, you would think I could say no to being traded to the enemy, but that’s not how life works when you grow up in an organized crime family. I consider myself lucky to have grown up at all.Ten years ago, my brother was murdered in the gang war that split the city of St. Adrian down the middle...

I'm locked behind bars with a beautiful monster.I might be one of the youngest surgeons in the country. But as the in-house doctor in the hellish top-secret prison my father runs, I'm like a trapped dove in a cage with bars that are all too real.That is, until prisoner 5049 ends up on my operating table...

A touching forced proximity summer romance about healing and taking chances.Charly Johnson created a bucket list when cancer left her mother with less than a year to live. They didn’t make it all the way through the list before she died, but she made Charly promise to finish it and live her life to the fullest.Spending the summer in a coastal mountain city in Maine is next on her list...

Paige might bake wedding cakes for a living but that doesn't mean shes dreaming about her own perfect day. Far from it.Trusting people is hard after she was badly let down by her family and boyfriend just when she needed them most. And to make things worse, her ex has just walked into her bakery with his new fiancée..

For fans of Wilder Girls and Ninth House, comes a dark, twisty, atmospheric thriller about a boarding school haunted by its history of witchcraft and two girls dangerously close to digging up the past.Witchcraft is woven into the Dalloway School's history. The school doesn't talk about it, but the students do...

"A hilarious, heartfelt, and realistic coming-of-age story." —Buzzfeed"Hilarious and heartwarming." —Popsugar “A laugh-out-loud and vulnerable coming-of-age story.” —The Nerd Daily [Movie trailer narrator voice]: In a world, where humanity has crumbled—wait, no, wrong story. Sorry! Let’s try that again...

A funny and heart-warming queer Indigenous YA novel, set in a rural Australian community, about seventeen-year-old Jackson finding the courage to explore who he is, even if it scares him.'I don't paint so much anymore,' I say, looking to my feet.'Oh. Well, I got a boy who needs to do some art...

카카오페이지 200만 독자가 사랑한 로맨스 판타지!의문의 사망 이후 소설 속 인물이 되어 눈을 뜬 레리아나 맥밀런. 하지만 환생한 그녀를 기다리는 것은 예정된 두 번째 죽음! 소설의 결말을 아는 레리아나는 운명을 거슬러 살아남기 위해 천사의 얼굴을 한 냉혈한, 윈나이트 공작에게 거래를 제안한다. 왕국의 미래를 좌우할 정보를 걸고 가짜 약혼을 감행하는 공작과 레리아나. 필요할 때는 약혼녀로서의 역할을 할 것. 때로는 서로를 위해 움직일 것...

She captivates me the second I lay eyes on her. Everything about her is pure, delicate beauty, and in my world, those things are commodities. Even Aoife can be bought and sold. Even Aoife has secrets that will see her getting into bed with the Irish Mob to protect. The truth won't set her free, it will entangle her deeper in my web. Exactly where I want her. One taste was all it took...

In my world, women are property. Made to be owned. Born for one reason—to be tied to a powerful man, to bear the next generation.That reason is why I don’t want to be married. But women aren’t the only ones with zero say in their lives... And my bride?Bratva scum.Only Inessa isn’t scum.Inessa is...Perfect.Except for one thing...

DeclanAs a made man, obligations are my middle name.As a Five Pointer? Those obligations are even more complicated.I fell for her when I belonged to another.Another I didn’t love.Another I loathed.Who trapped me in a vise, and blackmailed me into being hers.I was born a filthy fecker, dragged kicking and screaming into a cold, hard world. My son isn't like me. He isn't filthy...

He was the last man I should turn to.A forbidden taboo that no woman wanted to cross.Worse still, he’s no one’s idea of a white knight.But this pawn has no alternative.I’m locked in a war that’s not of my making, and I’m tied to a destiny I have no say in.For someone like me, Brennan O’Donnelly represents something intangible—safety...

Courtney Gould’s thrilling debut The Dead and the Dark is about the things that lurk in dark corners, the parts of you that can’t remain hidden, and about finding home in places―and people―you didn’t expect.The Dark has been waiting for far too long, and it won't stay hidden any longer. Something is wrong in Snakebite, Oregon...