Anita Kelly’s How You Get the Girl is fun, flirty and full of heart, a story of two people falling for each other despite the chaos around them.
Once Persuaded, Twice Shy, Melodie Edwards’ modernization of Persuasion, is a sweet and often surprising take on Jane Austen’s classic novel.
Natasha Siegel’s beautifully written The Phoenix Bride pushes readers to reconsider what happily ever after looks like.
In Kennedy Ryan’s tender, sensual and deeply satisfying This Could Be Us, a woman rebuilds her life and finds an unexpected love.
Opal Wei’s modern update of Bringing Up Baby is a vibrant, fast-paced and highly entertaining romance.
To Woo and to Wed is a perfect ending to the Regency Vows series, solidifying its status as one of the most entertaining historical romance series on shelves today.
Megan Frampton’s refreshing voice gives the fake-engagement trope new wings in Her Adventures in Temptation.
When Grumpy Met Sunshine has a very Roy Kent-esque hero, but the similarities to “Ted Lasso” don’t stop there: Warmth and joy permeate the entire book.
Nicki Payne’s modern spin on Sense and Sensibility is part family drama, part romance and all deep emotion.
Tia Williams broke out in a big way in 2021 with her emotional second-chance romance, Seven Days in June, and her follow-up novel sounds like a intriguing change of pace. A romantic and exuberant tale set around a flower shop in Harlem, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde follows the titular character as she attempts to strike out on her own, away from her wealthy and judgmental Atlanta family, only to encounter a mysterious and charming musician.
Anita Kelly is one of those authors who gets better with every book, topping their own high standard with each deeply felt new romance. A basketball romance so charming that even benchwarmers will fall head over heels, How You Get the Girl follows high school coach Julie Parker and her new assistant, Elle Cochrane, a former pro player who offers to help Julie practice dating when they’re not on the court.
We’re all familiar with the old joke of someone pretending to have a significant other up in Canada, when the reality actually is that they’re just single and loath to admit it. In Aurora Evans’ defense, the Canadian boyfriend she pretended to have when she was a teenager was based on a real person, a traveling hockey player she encountered at her job in the mall. She never imagined that years later, Mike Martin would show up at her dance studio to pick up his daughter.
In Abby Jimenez’s superb Just for the Summer, two people cursed a la “Good Luck Chuck” try to break their unlucky streaks by dating each other—only to fall in love.
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