Iceberg

By Gun Brooke

A recent widow, Lady Arabella Grey hires the young and unconventional Zandra Lancaster as governess to her children. Despite Zandra’s impressive recommendations, Arabella is skeptical and unimpressed by Zandra’s youth and artistic nature. But Zandra is brilliant with her daughters, and Arabella’s inexplicably drawn to her.

Zandra harbors secret reasons for needing this position, and when she reciprocates their attraction, her feelings escalate. Impropriety abounds as she craves Arabella’s company and increasingly intimate touch.

An extended trip to Manhattan with Arabella and the children changes everything. As they embark on the RMS <i>Titanic</i>’s maiden voyage, their love is undeniable, but so is their course toward unforeseen danger, risking not only love but their very lives.

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It Happened One Semester...

By Aurora Rey

After years of hard work, Hudson Greene is keen to launch her tenure-track career at the illustrious Coteau College. But her first day takes an unexpected turn when she walks into new faculty orientation and discovers that Callie Shaw—her unforgettable one-night stand from the local Pride festival—is also the dean of advising.

Callie loves guiding students through the chaos of academia, even if it means dealing with clueless professors. She goes with the flow, and her covert Shit Professors Say social media account provides an outlet for chronicling faculty missteps. Dating one, though? Definitely not on her syllabus.

Mutual attraction proves hard to resist, and technically there’s no rule against faculty-staff relationships. But between campus politics and Callie’s secret, policy might be the least of their problems. Can Hudson and Callie navigate office hours and off-the-clock romance, or will their shot at love turn into an epic fail?

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It's Kind of a Bad Idea

By Sarah G. Levine

Annika Silberberg hates weddings, despite being a wedding dress designer with her own bridal salon. She doesn’t believe in lasting romantic love, cutting off dates when any of her girlfriends try to get too close. But when her sister Maia asks her to be co-maid of honor with Maia’s adorable best friend Gabi, Annika can’t refuse.

Gabi Mendon doesn’t know how to date. After ending her eight-year relationship with Matt, her no-stress college boyfriend, she is out on her own for the first time in her adult life and finally ready to embrace her true sexuality as a lesbian. Only, she has no idea where to start. What’s an overthinker to do?

Enter Annika, renowned serial dater. What starts as a simple arrangement—Annika giving Gabi tips on queer dating and introducing her to the sapphic scene—quickly turns into hot secret hookups and nights spent getting to know each other better.

Over the course of Maia’s wedding year, from engagement party to dress fittings, to bachelorette and bridal shower, Annika and Gabi must decide if what they have is worth keeping, or if they need to rip out the stitches of their relationship at the seams.

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Thankful for You

By Tagan Shepard

A Bucks Mill Romance | Book 2

All Karen Petersen has ever wanted is to be someone’s number one. She’s lived in the shadow of her older brother, never getting any attention from parents, who value financial success that she could never achieve as a third-grade teacher in small town Bucks Mill, Virginia. All her girlfriends turn into friends or acquaintances. Even her best friend doesn’t have room for her at the top of her priority list.

So, of course, the intoxicatingly beautiful new art teacher Bianca Harper has an equally perfect butch wife already on her arm. Then again, Bianca seems just as eager as Karen for the limited time together their packed teaching schedules allow. Bianca definitely isn’t a cheater, but things aren’t exactly as they seem. Has Karen finally found the one who truly wants her to be their person?

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What Happens On Location…

By Nan Campbell

Helen Cho, film producer and CEO of a new production company, knows that achieving her career dreams means making hard decisions. With her latest feature film in crisis, she needs a new director immediately. At the top of the very short list of replacements? The woman responsible for breaking up Helen’s marriage.

Nora Darmody’s dreams of a directing career have not panned out as she hoped. When the offer from up-and-coming Propolis Pictures falls into her lap, there’s no way she can say no, even if that means working with Helen Cho. Because the last time Nora checked, their friendship died the moment Nora moved out of her pool house.

Both their careers hang in the balance. If they’re going to work together, Helen has to ignore her angry feelings of betrayal, and Nora must dim the spotlight of attraction that glows whenever Helen reenters the frame. Can they let go of the past and trust each other again, or will old wounds and unspoken feelings derail them before the final cut?

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When Love Comes Around

By Radclyffe and Others

Maya Sanchez never planned on starting over—not like this. After losing her wife in a tragic accident, she moves back to her Arizona hometown with her four-year-old daughter, determined to rebuild their lives. But their fixer-upper needs more than she can handle alone. Enter Nolan Wright—skilled contractor, ex-Army machinist, and exactly the kind of reliable help Maya needs. What she doesn’t need? The way Nolan makes her feel something she thought was long buried.

Nolan is trying to move forward, too—one renovation, one day at a time. Helping Maya should be just another job, but from the moment they meet, the connection is undeniable. As attraction kindles, so do the secrets neither of them are ready to share.

Falling wasn’t part of the plan, but love doesn’t wait for perfect timing. Can they trust each other enough to build something real, or will the past tear them apart?

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Anywhere with You

By Margo Glynn

Honey Singh and Cara Espinoza have two things in common: Their despicable, odious, lying spouses are having an affair, and they need a vacation.

They take a road trip, filming their adventures and posting them online to prove to everyone back home that they’re fine—not heartbroken and not staying home grief-eating cartons of ice cream. What better way to make a new friend than late nights and long drives? As their heartbreak takes a back seat to healing, they realize that they want more from each other than just conversation. Passion and friendship are a potent combination, but a seemingly small secret could end their romance before it truly begins.

Set against the backdrop of ever-changing landscapes and starlit skies, Anywhere with You is full of hope and humor, a second chance at love, searching for aliens, hooking up in nature, and avoiding dangerous wildlife (most of the time).

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Burning Bridges

By Lesley Davis

Clancy Madsen is surrounded by death.

Eight missing women, all brutally murdered in their cars, have been dumped along the Missouri River. Underwater salvage hunter Clancy Madsen searches the entire length of it, locating each victim, one by one. She helps drag the cars back from the deep, then helps the dead move on to find peace. Clancy’s own peace eludes her, but if she doesn’t search, how will anyone get closure to a loved one’s loss?

Jude Patterson’s friend Mia is missing, but no one will listen to her. Except for Clancy. Jude is soon pulled headlong into Clancy’s strange world where the dead speak ill of the living and the Missouri River might be hiding more secrets than Clancy has already uncovered.

Can Clancy and Jude crack the case—and the secrets of their own hearts?

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Dreams Entangled

By Sophia Kell Hagin

Both Pirin Basamendi and Gracie Olwyn have way too much to hide, not to mention a virulent contagion to avoid. Which is why they'd have preferred to never meet each other. But Gracie has what Pirin is eager to retrieve and Gracie is desperate to get rid of: the lightning stone. So, reluctantly, they do meet—and discover an instant attraction that's impossible to resist.  

Soon, despite themselves, they begin to reveal their secrets—and become deeply entangled in each other’s lives. For Pirin, this means immersion in Gracie’s unsettling, scary-vivid episodic dreams about two women, Analergin and Kaldi, and events that somehow eerily echo her own ancestral past. For Gracie, it means helping Pirin confront the very real threat of a man determined to kill her.

Amid self-doubt, stealth, a pandemic, fear of attack, and attempted murder, their attraction turns to love—and their lives will never be the same.

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Echoes of Love

By Catherine Lane

Hazel Ross isn’t your average pet photographer to the stars. She’s got a secret: she can see other people’s memories, playing out right in front of her. When a desperate plea for help yanks her from her glitzy life, Hazel plunges headfirst into a century-old romantic mystery.

Scientist Jo Steward thought she was escaping heartbreak by fleeing to her seaside haven in Northern California. Instead, she’s in the eye of a different storm. As a steadfast skeptic, Jo is determined to find a logical explanation for the strange energy now in the house. But what if the truth can’t be contained?

As Hazel’s and Jo’s paths intertwine, they’re swept up in a whirlwind of long-buried secrets, sizzling chemistry, and memories that won’t be denied. Can these two unlikely allies come together to solve an age-old mystery? And in the chaos of the past and present, can they discover a new future: their own echo of love?

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Moonlight Obsession

By Sheri Lewis Wohl

Montana wilderness guide and survivalist Wyatt Foreman lives in harmony with nature. Until bodies start showing up in her forest.

Forest ranger Mari Whitaker transfers to Montana for a fresh start and ends up neck deep in a serial murder case, one where all the bodies show odd signs of animal attacks.

Wyatt’s and Mari’s worlds collide as they race against time in search of the killer before anyone else loses their life. They’re drawn to each other with a passion as intense as their desire for justice, but it’ll take all the moonlight, love, and silver bullets they have to stop a preternatural slayer.

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My Boyfriend's Wife

By Joy Argento

Megan Montgomery has no idea that Mike, the guy she’s dating, is married—until a late-night call from his wife, Tara, forces her to see the truth. But the surprises don’t stop there. When Tara asks for her help to prove Mike’s infidelity to secure a million-dollar prenup in their divorce, Megan agrees. She knows what it feels like to be cheated on and can’t help but feel sorry for Tara. What she doesn’t anticipate is falling hard for her. 

Tara Foreman is determined to free herself from her unfaithful husband and claim what’s rightfully hers. The money isn’t just for her—she’s desperate to keep helping her sister by supporting her autistic nephew’s private education. But Tara has secrets of her own. Trapped in a loveless marriage forced by on her by her abusive parents, she has always yearned for the love of another woman—a love she thought she’d never get to experience.

The more time Tara and Megan spend together the more the chemistry between them becomes undeniable. Yet their complicated beginning and Mike’s threats cast a long shadow over the possibility of a romance. Can they overcome the heartbreak and betrayal that brought them together and build a future filled with love?

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Tapout

By Nicole Disney

Every fight has stakes, and the hardest jabs are the ones you don’t see coming.

Laila Moretti was on the verge of making her UFC dream a reality. A standout in the regional circuit, she was one win away from a contract—until a crushing defeat shattered her confidence. Convinced she’s not cut out for the big leagues, she walks away from the cage, her coach, and the future she fought for.

Harlow Hayes doesn’t believe in limits—only opportunities. Running an underground fight promotion takes nerve, ambition, and a willingness to play dirty. She’s built an empire on giving fighters a shot the system never would. But the audience craves blood, and with her reputation on the line, she needs a star who can do more than survive—she needs someone who can win.

When Laila steps into Harlow’s world, she sees the fighter Laila refuses to believe she is. Their attraction is undeniable, their ambitions impossible to ignore, and as the lines between business and something far more dangerous begin to blur, Harlow faces a choice: push Laila to reclaim the dream she abandoned or admit she’s already lost sight of her own.

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The Fame Game

By Ronica Black

Luna Kirkman has been in the limelight since she was six years old. A child of Hollywood, she’s known both great success and great struggle. Now, after a long stint in rehab, she’s back on her feet. There’s only one problem. Her love life. As she nears her fortieth birthday, her heart, as well as her management, want her to settle down. So when her manager sets her up with fellow actor and heartthrob, Beau Paget, Luna is game but a bit hesitant. Beau has the looks and the reputation she needs for her image, but it’s his sister she’s interested in.

Chloe Paget hates everything Hollywood: the fuss, the fame and even the fortune. And for the most part, she avoids it at all costs. Unfortunately, her brother Beau is one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. So she’s less than thrilled to hear that he’s dating Luna Kirkman, Hollywood’s most notorious wild child. But as she tries her best to warn her brother off Luna, she discovers there’s more to Luna than her image. A lot more.

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An Extraordinary Passion

By Kit Meredith

Non-Binary Gender
The Poly Romance Series | Book 2
Bisexual
Friends & Community
Small Town Romances

Drew Barker is used to having to fight for acceptance, and when they get the chance to represent non-binary people on a popular podcast, they are determined to make the most of the opportunity. They’re even more excited once they get to know the elusive host.

Hannah Carr spends her spare time focusing on her passion project. Her books podcast was a welcome distraction as she recovered from the breakdown of her marriage following becoming polyamorous. Drew gets her, and they share an extraordinary passion, but is she ready to date again?

As a queer autistic woman, Hannah knows that not everyone can be trusted to understand her. As Drew pushes her to put more of herself out there, they risk pushing her away. In a world that does not make space for either of them, they must learn that there is more than one way to have pride.

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Heart’s Appraisal

By Jo Hemmingwood

Small Town Romances

Green Valley, Alabama, is a quiet, close-knit community and Hazel Quinn intends to keep it that way. Her family, neighbors, and renters mean the world to her. Unfortunately, modernization is knocking on the door, and as her hometown grows from cute and quaint to up-and-coming, Hazel is constantly on the lookout for anyone who would attempt to change the slow-paced, Mayberry feel. Even if that person is an incredibly stylish and attractive blonde.

Andy Richter was just as stunned as everyone else that she inherited her great-aunt’s property in Green Valley. The small-town realty scene is exactly what she needs to escape the pressures and dirty past of defense law. She’s determined to modernize the town at a profit and put the nightmare of her last client behind her. The only thing standing in her way is Hazel Quinn.

Andy is thrilled by the newer conveniences, while Hazel feels her town slipping away. They can’t deny their attraction, but will they ever agree on the place they call home?

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That's Amore

By Georgia Beers

Food
International Setting

Meet Lily Chambers—the hugely successful, book-tour loving, swoon-inducing romance writer at the pinnacle of her career. At least for now.

When Lily sent her last manuscript to her publisher, she had no idea it could be her last. Struggling with more than a terminal case of writer’s block, Lily has lost her passion. For writing. For romance. For life. How can she not feel like a fraud after being on her own for years?

Hoping to shake things loose, Lily’s BFF suggests she spend some time in one of the most romantic cities in the world: Rome. If the architecture, the history, and the food don’t inspire her, nothing will. Or it would, if Lily was able to look away from Marina Troiani, her witty, smart, and unassumingly beautiful Italian tour guide.

Marina makes Lily feel something. Finally. Slowly the words start flowing. But the age gap and continent that separates them make starting a new chapter together impossible. What’s even worse than torpedoing your career? Falling in love only to have your own HEA just out of reach.

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The Unexpected Heiress

By Cassidy Crane

Financial gap/Class disparity

All Clara Cooper wants is something exciting to happen to her for a change. She chafes against the constraints of her society, which would rather see her married off than achieve her artistic dreams. A surprise inheritance turns her life on its head, opening doors she’d never dreamed of.

Addie Barnes is nothing if not pragmatic. Getting by on nothing but her wits and her looks, she turns her savvy eye to Clara and her secret fortune. If she can become Clara’s companion, she’ll be set for life. She initially sees Clara as a means to an end, but as their connection deepens, she grapples with conflicting emotions.

Amidst the tumultuous backdrop of the Great Depression, can they find redemption and love in the face of adversity?

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