Hot Book Summer

Whether it’s fake dating and food, or a thorny, political take on ‘will they or won’t they’ or a wicked hot mythical retelling, there’s something for every Romance reader.

Here are a few books we’ve been enjoying or are looking forward to this summer.

Pre-order Meg Cabot’s witchy new Rom-Com, Enchanted to Meet You, which is getting great early reviews. You can get a signed copy from us, just note you want it signed when placing your order.

Lori enjoyed Everything’s Fine by Cecilia Rabess, an opposites attract story, that deals with office politics, politics, race, and more. “Slow burn but the attraction and the obstacles are real and well portrayed,” Lori writes.

Foz Meadows kicks off a new romantic fantasy series with A Strange and Stubborn Endurance. Look for it in paperback in September, and for book 2, All the Hidden Paths in December.

6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe is one of Robin’s favorite books of the year. She loved these tenacious, determined, stubborn young people, and if you’ve ever been a fan fiction reader, she thinks you will too.

Gina is devouring Katee Robert’s Dark Olympus series, and Wicked Beauty doesn’t disappoint.

Both Chef’s Choice by TJ Alexander and Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee re charming and sweet, and might inspire you to spend some time in the kitchen with someone you love.

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai is a second-chance/caper mashup, that will take you for a thrilling ride, while Ms. Demeanor by Elinor Lipman makes house arrest sexy.

It turns out failure is absolutely an option, in Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake, and look for book 3 in this fun series, Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date, coming in October.

Secrets abound in this bookish romance, The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest.

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston brings new meaning to the concept of bad timing.

Find these and many more Romances in store.