Top new romance books out this week: 11 Feb - 17 Feb 2024
Last updated:
February 17, 2024
This week featuring new releases by H.D. Carlton, Amy Lea, Sloane St. James, Elle Kennedy, Mercedes Ron, Cara Bastone, Olivia Dade, Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti, Meg Anne, K. Loraine, S. Massery and many more.
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Where's Molly by H.D. Carlton
A spinoff of the Cat & Mouse Duet...“Molly Devereaux has been missing for more than two weeks, and police are still searching for the girl who seemed to vanish out of thin air. The world still wants to know... Where's Molly?”In my dreams, I never escaped the Oregon woods.Life after death isn't easy to accept, especially when I still feel like a ghost...contemporary · suspense · mystery · dark · past-sexual-abuse · child-sexual-abuse · past-abuse · substance abuse · suicide · fetish -
The Catch by Amy Lea
A grumpy lobster fisherman tosses a fashion influencer’s impeccably curated life overboard in the next romantic comedy from international bestselling author Amy Lea.In a last-ditch effort to rescue her brand from the brink of irrelevance, Boston fashion influencer Melanie Karlsen finds herself in a rural fishing village on the east coast of Canada... -
Stand and Defend by Sloane St. James
JordanaI live my life head over heart and never rock the boat. Which is how I wound up engaged to Bryan Davenport—the biggest mistake I ever made. We were a power couple, but no one knew how cruel he could be behind closed doors. When I decide to leave, my fiancé shows just how ruthless he can be and sends me running to the last person I expected: his best man...sports · forced proximity · friends-benefits · abuse · contemporary · friends to lovers · new adult · anal sex · praise-kink · dual-pov -
Girl Abroad by Elle Kennedy
New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy brings her signature angst, drama, and humour to a new standalone romance.When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it's the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father... -
Our Fault by Mercedes Ron
From internationally bestselling author Mercedes Ron comes the English translation of the final book in the hit Culpable series, a delicious and angsty enemies-to-lovers romance in which Noah falls for the boy who's leading a hidden double life under his family's nose... -
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Ready or Not by Cara Bastone
A surprise pregnancy leads to even more life-changing revelations in this heartfelt, slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance of found family and unexpected love.Eve Hatch is pretty content with her life. Her apartment in Brooklyn is cozy and close to her childhood best friend Willa, but far from her midwestern, traditional family who never really understood her... -
At First Spite by Olivia Dade
Bestselling author Olivia Dade welcomes you to Harlot’s Bay in this delightfully sexy rom-com about a woman who buys the town's famous Spite House, only to realize the infuriating man she can't stand lives right next door—and their unwilling proximity might spark something neither can ignore... -
Zodiac Academy: Live And Let Lionel by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
This is a bonus content novella to celebrate the series coming to a close and contains 100k words of bonus content from the Zodiac Academy Series.Savage - a short story about Hail and Merissa Vega's love storyThe Shimmering Springs - that night Caleb and Seth did or didn't kiss.. -
Hunted Beast by Meg Anne, K. Loraine
She’s everything I want, and I hate her for it.Hate might not be the right emotion for what Dahlia stirs in me. But I can’t have her, so telling myself I don’t want her is the only option. Especially since my dog won’t leave her alone. While I’ve been doing my best to avoid the woman I crave, my pup has taken on the role of her protector. He follows her every chance he gets...paranormal · dark · fantasy · forced proximity · demons · fated-mates · contemporary · magic · somnophilia · suspense -
Fierce Obsession by S. Massery
Knox Whiteshaw is my husband. He’s also an egotistical psychopath who refuses to divorce me—even when I ask nicely. It doesn’t matter that I’m trying to move on with the goalie of his NHL team. Knox is dead set on ruining everything. My upcoming wedding, my future, my sanity… The man can hold a grudge like no other, and I am public enemy number one...sports · dark · from hate to love · marriage of convenience · new adult · contemporary · dub-con · athletes · alpha male · bad boys -
Sunshine for Sale by Nicole Dykes, Cora Rose
Braxton—the emo kid, the loner, the cynical wallflower with an attitude. It’s no secret that I’ve never quite fit in.But it’s glaringly obvious now that I’ve moved to this Podunk small town that seems to run entirely on sugar, friendliness, and cheer. (And cows, an ungodly number of cows.)I hate it—this place where everyone knows everyone, and I’m still the outsider... -
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the NightingaleJanuary 1918... -
Killer Kiss by Elle Thorpe
Kiss. Marry. Kill… Kill? That’s easy. My family runs a murder for hire business. I can end a man in my sleep without so much as taking off my eye mask. Marry? If my mother has her way, I’ll be walking down the aisle with her rival’s psychopath son. But Riddick is more likely to stab me during his vows than love and cherish me for a lifetime... -
Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark by Jessa Hastings
Book five in the sensational Magnolia Parks Universe series!How many loves do you actually get in a lifetime? Everyone knows by now that Magnolia and BJ are in the stars, but is that enough?Magnolia and BJ are reeling from a devastating loss as they try to plan what’s been dubbed “the wedding of the century”...contemporary · new adult · young adult · super rich hero · dual-pov · angst · length-epic · m-f · hurt-comfort · found-family -
The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn, Janie Chang
From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles.San Francisco, 1906... -
Simply the Best by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips returns with the next book in her Chicago Stars series where a successful sports agent and the sister of his biggest client engage in a take-no-prisoners battle of the sexes... -
Puck Shy by Kayla Grosse
LUCAS MCKNIGHT, is the center for the Seattle Stormbreakers hockey team, and a famous actor. You’d think his life would be made, but he’s going through a dry spell—in more ways than one.One of his teammates is tired of watching Lucas suffer, and with a little convincing, entices him to attend a masked Valentine’s Day party for a night of distraction...sports · m-f-m · dual-pov · bdsm · contemporary · forced proximity · office · friends to lovers · boss & employee · bisexual -
Not Your Crush's Cauldron by April Asher
In April Asher's new Supernatural Singles novel, a witch takes a stroll on the wild-ish side, sparking an alert that saddles her with her very own Guardian Angel…who happens to be her secret crush―and new roommate... -
To Catch a Firefly by Emmy Sanders
He was my beginning. And my never-ending... Ellis: There’s a lot I’ve never told my best friend. The fact that I love him. That I miss him every day he’s gone. That, sometimes, I ache for him with a ferocity that leaves me breathless.Lucky Buchanan tore into my life as a boy, wild and daring, my opposite in every way. He drew me in, stole my heart without trying... -
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How You Get the Girl by Anita Kelly
Chemistry sizzles in this workplace rom-com set in the world of high school basketball from the author of Love & Other Disasters , named a "must-read" by USA Today , PopSugar, SheReads, and Harper Bazaar. When smart-mouthed Vanessa Lerner joins the high school basketball team Julie Parker coaches, Julie’s ready for the challenge...f-f · contemporary · sports · humor · queer · virgin heroine · tall-heroine · demi-sexual-heroine · mental illness · drug-abuse -
Dance of Stars and Ashes by Nisha J. Tuli
A love that burns brighter than starlight. A gift that could leave her world in ashes. It’s time for Zarya to release the fire within.In the jeweled city of Dharati, Zarya found passion and adventure for the first time. A mysterious stranger named Rabin helped to free the power within her—a dark, ancient magic that should not exist.Now, Zarya learns Rabin’s true identity... -
Icebound by Meredith Trapp
A sizzling laugh-out-loud age gap hockey romance full of spice, smooches, and swoons! Rhode Tremblay is Nashville’s Naughtiest Hockey Player—at least, that’s what everyone believes after the Tenerife Incident. With a thigh tattoo that’s catnip for women and a wicked smirk that needs a warning label, everyone flocks to the NHL’s resident bad boy... -
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It's a book - an unusual book, full of strange writing and mysterious drawings...fantasy · time travel · magic · mystery · urban fantasy · contemporary · suspense · paranormal · length-long · historical -
Shattered Omega: Part Two by Marie Mackay
I thought I’d faced the worst. Blackmailed and claimed before the whole academy, the Kingsman pack stole me from my mates and kept my scent for themselves. Now, struggling to fit in in class, I only have one friend, and I’m forced to watch, every day, as my mates fall for her. But these alphas’ obsessions sink their claws deep, blurring right from wrong...omegaverse · reverse harem · dark · from hate to love · fantasy · forced proximity · bdsm · fated-mates · contemporary · paranormal -
Pack Gamble: Part One by Hannah Haze
This is every omega’s dream … right?Waking up in a stranger's bed and discovering I’m married to one of the wealthiest men on the planet sounds like some crazy dream.Discovering that the man in question is also some holy hot alpha and we’re not only married but bonded, sounds like one of those dreams that turn pretty steamy – a dream many women would give their right arm to be living... -
My Boss's Sons by Rebel Bloom
Caught in a steamy office scandal with three younger men—all of them my boss's sons?Check.When my sleazy boss passed me over for a promotion, I had all but given up on climbing the corporate ladder... -
Berserker God by Ursa Dax
I've been trapped in the darkness of berserker rage for eons, with nothing and no one strong enough to drag me back into the light. Until her. SUVIWhen a monstrous alien smashes into the deserted planet we're studying, it's with the raging force of a natural disaster. I'm not sure if he's a dragon or a god or a man...fated-mates · aliens · fantasy · length-long · futuristic · magic · monsters · m-f · creative-anatomy · double-penetration -
Sex, Lies and Sensibility by Nikki Payne
Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated, beach town inn but must learn to work with the locals in this deliciously spicy Sense and Sensibility inspired rom-com by Nikki Payne.There's never a good time to learn you’re your father's secret second family—especially not at the reading of the will. To add insult to injury, Nora's racy leaked videos just went viral... -
Fierce Obsession: Alternate Cover by S Massery
Knox Whiteshaw is my husband.He’s also an egotistical psychopath who refuses to divorce me—even when I ask nicely.It doesn’t matter that I’m trying to move on with the goalie of his NHL team. Knox is dead set on ruining everything.My upcoming wedding, my future, my sanity…The man can hold a grudge like no other, and I am public enemy number one... -
Fighting Words by R.S. Grey
Hate turns to heat when a literary grump meets his deadline savior. My assignment is trek to a remote English cottage and convince Nathaniel Foster to let me work with him.Too bad he’s a complete and utter jerk.Who slams the door in a poor stranger’s face, leaving them shivering out in the snow?! So much for a warm welcome…Nathaniel is God’s gift to readers everywhere... -
Bloom by N.R. Walker
Keats McCulloch opened his florist shop in Sydney two years ago and he’s living his dream. Even though running his own business leaves little room for a personal life, he is very single, sometimes lonely, but otherwise happy. Linden Acres has sworn off men for all eternity. Armed with his cheating boyfriend’s credit card and a floriography list, he decides to buy him the perfect farewell gift...contemporary · m-m · humor · queer · height-difference · anal sex · first-person-pov · dual-pov · australia · sweet-hero -
When the World Goes Quiet by Gian Sardar
In the final days of World War I, an aspiring artist’s courageous journey is just beginning in a powerful novel about love, danger, and survival by the author of Take What You Can Carry.It’s 1918 in German-occupied Bruges, Belgium. With luck, Evelien will make it to the end of the war and be given what she was a prized painting in exchange for safeguarding her employer’s possessions... -
Boy of Chaotic Making by Charlie N. Holmberg
A boy like no other embarks on a transformative journey of magic and self-discovery in the next enchanting Whimbrel House novel by Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg. Merritt Fernsby’s life has changed considerably since he inherited Whimbrel House. He’s engaged to Hulda Larkin, who opened his eyes to the uncanny... -
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Beckham by Leila James
The stalker is watching, and I’m his obsession.Enrolling at Kingston University and joining my mother’s sorority was the worst idea ever. Someone’s been in my room. They’re taunting me, leaving horrific photographs and chilling notes on my mirror.My past has caught up to me, and it’s tangled in my present.These brutal boys of SIN have me twisted up...queer · dark · contemporary · reverse harem · cruel hero · from hate to love · mystery · new adult · poly · length-long -
An Heir of Frost by Elise Kova
The fate of five kingdoms teeters on the knife’s edge, and Eira’s destiny is in the icy grasp of the Pirate Queen.After a narrow escape from the brutal end of the Tournament of Five Kingdoms, Eira and her friends find themselves prisoners of the legendary Pirate Queen Adela. To most, death follows shortly after the pirate queen’s icy stare... -
The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna
The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl holds the power to defeat the gods—but can she become one?Mere weeks after confronting the Gilded Ones—the false beings she once believed to be her family—Deka is on the hunt... -
The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna
The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl holds the power to defeat the gods—but can she become one?Mere weeks after confronting the Gilded Ones—the false beings she once believed to be her family—Deka is on the hunt...fantasy · young adult · queer · high fantasy · magic · found-family · dark · paranormal · length-long -
Love Sick Charity Anthology by Nicole Banks, Zoey Indiana, Harper Ashley, K. Elle Morrison
Love is nice, but we are ready to make you love sick.Get ready for a love filled holiday, a collection that ranges from sweet smalltown, to dark romance why-choose. Discover new flames, and get reacquainted with some of your favorite characters with this limited Valentine’s Day Anthology, including 13 phenomenal authors.Love Sick is a romance anthology to benefit the Trevor Project... -
Delilah: An Under Your Scars Novella by Ariel N. Anderson
Seventeen years after the events in Under Your Scars, Caroline makes her yearly visit to Meridian City and is taken on a heartbreaking and bittersweet journey that gives her something she's been searching for her entire closure.This is a sequel novella to Under Your A Dark Romance Novel, and the series must be read in order... -
Love Sick: A Valentine's Day Charity Anthology by Nicole Banks, Zoey Indiana, Harper Ashley, K. Elle Morrison
Love is nice, but we are ready to make you love sick.Get ready for a love filled holiday, a collection that ranges from sweet smalltown, to dark romance why-choose. Discover new flames, and get reacquainted with some of your favorite characters with this limited Valentine’s Day Anthology, including 13 phenomenal authors.Love Sick is a romance anthology to benefit the Trevor Project...