Top new romance books out this week: 29 Sep - 5 Oct 2024

Listening Length: 4 hours and 24 minutesAn enemies-to-lovers spicy romance set in the world of video gaming from the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis—available only in audio!Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time favorite book series. The only problem? Her co-lead is Jesse F-ing Andrews, a.k.a. her arch-nemesis...

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a romantic modern update in the gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning Lore Olympus, including a brand new bonus short story!An ingenious take on the Greek Pantheon, Lore Olympus is a modern update on the story of Hades and Persephone...

In my defense, I thought the plane was going to crash.Otherwise, I never would have blurted out those embarrassing things to a perfect stranger.Did I mention he turned out to be a scorching hot superstar of professional hockey?But wait, there’s more.When the plane lands safely, I rush off, praying I’ll never have to face him again...

Two exes find themselves stuck at the same house for Christmas in this holiday romance by Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Iris Kelly Doesn't Date. It's been five years since Charlotte Donovan was ditched at the altar by her ex-fiancée, and she’s doing more than okay...

My jealous, brutal husband is obsessed with me. Once, Nero was my savior. He protected me, craved me, hungered for me, and I burned for him.Then one terrible night he disappeared without a trace. For months, I searched for him like a good wife, and I prayed for him to come home.When he did, our dream marriage turned into a nightmare.He stalks me night and day...

In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling Better than the Movies, Wes and Liz struggle to balance their feelings for each other with the growing pains of being a college student.For a few beautiful months, Wes had his dream girl: strong-willed girl-next-door Liz. But right as the two were about to set off to UCLA to start their freshman year together, tragedy struck...

He’s supposed to run… but he wants to be caught. In a world of orcs and men, Eben of Clan Ka-esh is shy, awkward, and desperately lonely. No one notices the sickroom’s quietest scholar, not even when he’s saving lives, or offering up decadent pleasures in Orc Mountain’s darkest depths.Until Tryggr, of Clan Skai. A tall, shameless, laughing orc warrior, who can have anyone he wants..

A Halloween Why Boos Charity anthology is a collection of original, brand new short stories.Participating authors for this Ames MillsKotah Jean & Aly BeckSara HindsCassandra FeatherstoneRuby SmokeM. BonnetTaylor SchaferWren White**All short stories in this volume will contain paranormal aspects...

‘Tis the season for holiday hijinks in the newest sapphic rom-com about a rising star and a small town girl going on twelve fake holidates from the New York Times bestselling authors of She Gets the Girl, Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick!Twelve days of fake dates. Two holidays. One chance to convince everyone they’re in love. Arden James is Hollywood’s hottest teen actor...

The second book in the Boys of Avix universe of TikTok sensation Say You Swear, from bestselling author Meagan Brandy. When Payton ran away from her hometown, she left behind her toxic mother, her senior year of high school, and the best friend who had become the love of her life―and the father of the baby she was carrying...

Death once claimed me, stole the air from my lungs as I burned alive…only I didn’t stay dead. Instead I was returned to my past, and back to a living hell. The Academy. Where those who I believed were friends were actually foes. My enemies thought they could break me, but I proved them wrong. Two months ago I was given a second chance…A second life. With it I now wanted answers…and revenge...

Liam London's most ruthless financial hotshot and the big boss at Ashbury Thornton Equity Group. Just whisper his name and even the city’s toughest traders break out in a cold sweat.And lucky me, Gemma Jones, as the head of HR at his company, I’ve got a front-row seat to the McLaren Show. Brooding intensity, perfectionist demands, and a glare that could stop your heart mid-beat. Every. Damn. Day...

No one ever said being a princess was easy.Just when Mia thought she had the whole princess thing under control, things get out of hand, fast. First, there's an unexpected announcement from her mother. Then Grandmère arranges a national primetime interview for the brand-new crown princess of Genovia. On top of that, intriguing, exasperating letters from a secret admirer begin to arrive...

In a series of humorous diary entries, a New York City ninth grader agonizes over her love life, final exams, and future role as the princess of Genovia...

James Roth is ruthless, manipulative, deceitful, and a potential sociopath. He may also be the only person standing between her family and ruin. A series of confessions reveals that Roth isn’t the only one hiding damning secrets. Her family isn’t as innocent as they appear, and Roth may be the only one who can save them...

Dark magic courses through Zarya’s veins—magic that could save countless lives… or doom her world.Shattered by Rabin’s betrayal, Zarya vows to leave all thoughts of him behind. In the dangerous city of Ishaan, she joins an ancient struggle for freedom.Ishaan is a city of violent contrasts. Nobles and scholars live in golden luxury...

Malachi Vize has always had one desire in life. One goal. One deep obsession he could never give up on. His foster sister Olivia. For the first time, she’s chosen him over the entire world, and he intends to keep her in his firm grasp forever – but his happiness is soon shattered by powerful enemies who want to claim Olivia for themselves. He had her. But then he lost her...

Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown Rivers is an epic historical fantasy about womanhood, war, sacrifice, and love against all odds.Her beauty hides a deadly purpose.Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue—convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family...

When actress Rose McDaniel agrees to become the mistress of the formidable tycoon Moore Emerson, she knows the part all too well: fancy champagne, opulent parties, and late nights full of wickedness.The arrangement with Moore suits her perfectly. He’s generous and caring, a fantastic lover. Best of all, she’ll soon have enough money saved to secure her future independence for good...

A Paris gallery owner finds herself in danger when a mysterious man begins leaving her messages, in #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel’s thrilling new novel.As she approaches the milestone birthday of forty, delicate blond beauty Amanda Delanoe finds joy in running a chic contemporary art gallery in the City of Light...

In this new standalone, Hugo Award-winning author Nghi Vo introduces a beguiling fantasy city in the tradition of Calvino, Mieville, and Le Guin.A demon. An angel. A city that burns at the heart of the world.The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city of Azril...

Corinne Michaels takes you to the small town of Ember Falls where four friends find love and hope.Ainsley MacKinley has been in love with Lachlan West for as long as she can remember. There are just three issues. One, he’s her brother’s best friend. Two, he’s a single dad who lives hours from her. Three, he kissed her once and never spoke to her again...

Who are we? Like you even need to ask. We’re the seven richer-than-sin legacies causing debauchery at the prestigious Astor University in Manhattan. Some call us spoiled. Some call us trouble. But everyone calls us the Park Avenue Princes. Notorious Park Avenue Prince is the sixth standalone novel in the Park Avenue Princes world. James “East” Easton “The Pompous One” I’m so over college...

Prepare for the action-packed, ruthless, and romantic new fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award winning author Sabaa Tahir about love, legacy, and vengeance.An orphan.An outcast.A prince.And a killer who will bring an empire to its knees.Growing up in the Kegari slums, AIZ has seen her share of suffering...

In the dark underbelly of a beautiful city, two rival assassins are pitted against each other in a deadly game of revenge, where the most dangerous mistake of all is falling in love in this searing young adult fantasy...

Ever since the tragic death of his parents, Porsche’s life has been a balancing act between attending college and bartending to support his younger brother and pay off his deadbeat uncle’s gambling debt. When he witnesses a gang of thugs attacking a handsome young man in the alley behind his bar, he’s reluctant to intervene—until he’s offered fifty thousand baht to help the stranger escape...

Together at last, it appears the fate of our country lies in the hands of a girl from the wastelands, an assassin, a were-beast, a professor, an enforcer and a fallen golden boy; leaving the six of us with impossible choices to make...

A Halloween Why Boos Charity anthology will contain original, brand new short stories.Participating authors for this Dawn MerieSerenity Rayne & Cassandra FeatherstoneCassie LeinB.E. FidlerJay Leigh BrownAmber Nicole**All short stories in this volume will contain paranormal aspects...

Jonathan Bane and Donovan Havili cordially invite you to their wedding.They just have to prove a man’s innocence and get him out of prison first.Not to mention prove Solomon completely inept (not hard), and fired from being a detective.Oh, and train Jon’s new apprentice.They can probably get married this year. Probably...

What We Do in the Shadows with the small town feels of Gilmore Girls in this swoon-worthy romance that will leave readers delightfully cozy and hungry for more.When Cassandra Camberwell returns to her hometown of Hollow Brook to clear out her lategrandmother’s ramshackle old house, the last thing she expects is Seth Brubaker on her doorstep...

A grumpy princess. A laid-back Navy SEAL. A road trip. What could go wrong?Thala Targen is known as the ice princess.Sister to the Queen of Venusstea, she is a general in the royal guard and the next in line to the throne.After an attempt on the queen’s life makes Thala a suspect, she goes on the run in the city of Los Angeles...

I died.Violently. Brutally.It was worth it, to save the ones I loved.Except that I am not dead. Death would be preferable to the horrors circling Medra Pendragon when she awakens not in the afterlife, but in a different world entirely. One of death and danger—from the vampires that hold her captive, and the demons dancing in her own head...

Please don’t come home for Christmas…Julie Parker’s kids are her greatest gift. Still, she’s not exactly heartbroken when they ask to skip a big Christmas. Her son, Nick, is taking a belated honeymoon with his bride, Blair, while her daughter, Dana, will purge every reminder of the guy who dumped her. Again...

I’d traded my hand in marriage for his help so I’d save my seat at the Syndicate’s table.Now, I had a secret husband.Cold and calculating Killian Brennan Cullen.The hottest man I’d ever met.And the heir to the Irish Cullen mafiaHe promised to be a gentleman by day. But it was the nights that worried me. In the dark of the night he was commanding, ruthless, and possessive...

He was a monster, a killer, the type of man my brothers kept me away from.Gio, my sister-in-law's brother and the head of the West Coast Cosa Nostra was family and off-limits.Maybe that's why I was so drawn to him. Violence and death clung to him like he was born in the pits of hell and thrived on it.Despite everything, I started a relationship with the devil himself, and I fell in love...

Performed with duet narration by Teddy Hamilton and Vanessa Edwin!The first rule of handling PR for a hockey team? Never hook up with a player.That shouldn’t be a problem since the last man on earth I want to give an image makeover to is our goalie. He’s infuriatingly hot, famously grumpy and lives to spar with me after every game...

The first rule of handling PR for a hockey team? Never hook up with a player. That shouldn’t be a problem since the last man on earth I want to give an image makeover to is our goalie. He’s infuriatingly hot, famously grumpy and lives to spar with me after every game. But shining up his rough edges is my path to landing the promotion I desperately need, so I grit my teeth and do my job...

My bodyguard is supposed to keep me safe, not control me.As the youngest daughter in a wealthy, powerful family, everyone assumes I’m just an innocent, sheltered heiress.Especially Reid Taylor, my overbearing bodyguard, who’s made it his mission to keep me in line and under his watchful eye...

From the moment I met Harrison Astrid, my life became a complicated mess.He’s the commanding District Attorney of New York, known for his iron will and demand for total obedience.I’m his new assistant, but I refuse to be just another subordinate.?So when he crossed the line and kissed me, I slapped him right across the face.That’s when our battles truly began...

The moment I slapped Lucian Manwarring, I knew I had just declared war.He may be the billionaire patriarch of the powerful Manwarring family, with a reputation for getting everything he wants, but I’m not going to be his latest conquest.He stole my entire inheritance and expects me to just fall in line, to be the obedient bride he can mold into his perfect trophy wife...