Bound and Unbound by Ali Hazelwood
Release Date: October 6, 2026
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Bound
A reluctant con artist and a professor with too many secrets are bound by an arcane text—in more ways than one.

Veronica “Vero” Mercer grew up with grifters for parents, and she knows her way around a con. When grad school bills pile up and her friends are in trouble, she turns her art history skills into a forgery side hustle. 

It’s supposed to be a short term deal, but her work draws the attention of Dr. Viktor Ashworth, a reserved, very British professor. Instead of turning her in, Ashworth kidnaps her—politely—and makes an unusual offer: forge a mysterious ancient manuscript for him.

Soon Vero finds herself spending long nights with Viktor, bent over rare vellum samples and obscure inks. But as the con grows riskier, Vero has to wonder: what does Viktor really want, and why can’t she stay away?

Unbound
A five-thousand-year-old woman who has outlived empires. A doctor who has spent his life fighting death. They fates collide in a blood game of vengeance.

Lilit of Nineveh has spent millennia in control. As a powerful revenant, she enforces one rule above all: protect mortals. Disciplined and focused, she has never made the same mistake twice, and she has learned that attachments can only lead to ruin.

Enter Roman Martin. An overworked and relentlessly kind ER physician, he is the one mortal Lilit cannot quit. Any relationship between them is against everything Lilit has fought for. Still, she keeps coming back to him. 

Until someone starts hunting Lilit, and Roman is caught in the crossfire. When everything comes crashing down, Lilit must choose between the world she has sworn to protect and the man she was never meant to love.

Once, Again, Always by Amanda Gayle
Release Date: October 6, 2026
Genre: Contemporary Romance

A second-chance romance following a young woman who wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the past six years, only to find that she apparently married the one man she can’t stand—her arrogant and infuriating former boarding school rival.

Molly Graham’s day can’t possibly get any worse after she wakes up in a hospital bed with a head injury and amnesia. But then Aster Bishop—the Aster Bishop who made her life hell at boarding school—storms into her room calling her his wife.

To Molly’s shock, in the six years she no longer recalls, she somehow fell in love with a man she once despised. Persuaded by her lifelong friends to give her new reality a chance, she reluctantly returns to the home she and Aster share to try and piece together her life.

So much has changed, not least the considerate and devastatingly handsome man who spends every night sleeping on the sofa to avoid making her uncomfortable. This Aster is nothing like the entitled boy she once knew. Their chemistry is undeniable-but he’s distant with her, infuriatingly so. It’s clear he has secrets, and Molly can’t stand it. Especially knowing that she might never regain her memories.

That she fell in love with Aster Bishop once is hard enough to believe. But to fall in love again? To promise a future, always, when she can’t remember her past? It feels impossible when faced with a man she hardly knows and isn’t sure she can trust.

And yet…

Tropes
• Rivals to lovers
• Forced proximity
• Slow burn
• Yearning (so much yearning)
• Found family
• Second-chance romance
• Memory loss
• There’s only one bed and he takes the sofa like a boring, sensible man

Kandi Steiner by Kandi Steiner
Release Date: October 6, 2026
Genre: Contemporary Romance

How can you hate someone who still owns your heart?

Jasmine Olsen hasn’t been home in seven years for a very good reason. Some memories cut too deep, and sometimes running is the only way to survive. But when her best friend’s wedding brings her back to the small town she desperately tried to escape, she finally comes face to face with… him.

Tyler Wagner. The boy who broke her heart. The man she never quite forgot. And, unfortunately, her best friend’s brother. Charismatic, confident, and unyielding, Tyler is everything Jasmine can’t afford to want. And now, as the wedding fast approaches, he’s everywhere—testing boundaries they never defined, stirring feelings they both pretended were long buried.

With every stolen glance, his golden eyes lure her into their depths. Unable to escape his pull, the memory of them tightens like a rip current, dragging her under. And when he flashes her that smile, she loses her breath along with the last of her restraint.

She wants to hate him. She needs to hate him.
But if he kisses her again, she’ll drown.
And this time, she’ll take him down with her.

This Shattered Tempest by Thea Guanzon
Release Date: October 6, 2026
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Series: The Hurricane Wars

When the storm swallows the world, who will be left standing?

Throughout their political marriage, Alaric and Talasyn struggled to resist the undeniable pull between them, even as rising tensions forced them on opposite sides of a looming war. Hand in hand, they vanquished the cataclysmic threat of the Moonless Dark—and started to hope for a future together.

That hope is shattered when a devastating attack sets off a chain of events that tears them apart once more. Now, as two rival nations prepare for a final, decisive clash, the Master of the Shadowforged Legion and the last Lightweaver fight to find their way back to each other. But the odds are stacked against them, and time is running out…

Is love enough to rewrite destiny? Can a new beginning rise from the ruins of the past? Or are Alaric and Talasyn doomed to meet as enemies on one last battlefield? This explosive third and final book brings the beloved Hurricane Wars series to a stunning conclusion—where passion and power collide, and the fate of a divided world hangs in the balance.

The Stolen Crown by LJ Andrews
Release Date: October 6, 2026
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Series: The Ever Seas

She is the life of the party. He is the villain you never wish to meet alone. 

Tait Heartwalker may be the cousin of the Ever King, but royally good company he is not. He’s ill-tempered and unapproachable, sharpened by the hard responsibilities of life and loyalty. But to the dismay of Mira Sekundär, princess of the glamour fae, he’s also intoxicating to look at.

Despite doing their best to avoid each other, fate has other plans when an otherworldly storm shipwrecks Tait and Mira far beyond the boundaries of the Ever Kingdom. They are forced to break through the thorny barriers between them and work together to find their way home. One wrong step and they’ll never return alive… 

Yet as their feelings deepen, a new threat rises from the waters. And this enemy is so dangerous, even the history books tried to forget their existence.

The Last Goodbye by Laura Pavlov
Release Date: October 6, 2026
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: Blue Sky Bay

Briar Sinclair is enemy number one.

She came to Blue Sky Bay with a multimillion-dollar plan and one goal: to buy my restaurant.

Too bad it’s not for sale.

She’s pulled every stunt in the book to get my attention, though I refuse to engage with a woman who came here to ruin my life—no matter how relentless she is.

Unfortunately, my restaurant is the last thing standing in the way of her powerful father’s approval.

She’s determined to convince me that this is a good idea.

We can agree to disagree. 

But that doesn’t mean I’m not enjoying the effort that she’s putting in.

One minute she’s arguing with me about real estate, the next she’s tripping outside my houseboat or falling asleep behind my restaurant after working herself to exhaustion.

Did I mention the fact that she’s insanely beautiful. 

I should hate her for what she’s trying to do. Instead, I can’t stop noticing her pretty pink mouth or her sharp tongue. 

The more we clash, the harder it becomes to remember that she’s the enemy.

Because somewhere between the arguments, late nights, and undeniable attraction—Briar Sinclair stopped feeling like the woman trying to destroy my future…and she started feeling like she belonged in it.

Broken Rival by Tessa Bailey
Release Date: October 6, 2026
Genre: Dystopian Romance

Magnolia Brown loves Friday night football games, volunteering and dominating at high school swim meets. Just your average everyday eighteen-year-old. Except for one thing:

She’s from fifty years in the future.

Magnolia’s parents, two brilliant scientists, are the inventors of time travel, but due to widespread destruction and rampant abuse of the technology from a corrupt few, time travel is outlawed and punishable by death. When Magnolia’s parents are seized and executed for illegally traveling to the past, they leave Magnolia stranded in 2026 without a way to get home.

Now Magnolia has nowhere to turn but a complicated Kansas family with two sons—Fallon, her high school sweetheart with secrets of his own, and Ramsey, the brooding militia commander who hunts and kills criminals like her. Magnolia knows Ramsey resents and hates her, but how can he be her true enemy when he looks at her with such hunger, despite his callousness, and guards her with his very life? Which brother can she trust and is the real danger coming from inside the house?

Mistletoe all the Way by Lauren Blakely
Release Date: October 6, 2026
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Dr. Noah Lennox lives by three holiday rules—avoid his hometown, cheerful people, and Christmas itself.

But when his beloved grandfather announces he’s retiring and handing the cherished sleigh-ride farm to either Noah or his slick cousin Stephen, the first rule goes out the window. Back home in Evergreen Falls, the veterinarian vows to fight for the farm that means everything to him. The problem is, the town doesn’t exactly welcome its resident Scrooge with open arms.

Except for one very charming holiday enthusiast. Eloise Langston, a sunny tourism bureau hopeful, needs a win to land her dream job—and to pay the rent. Her holly jolly plan? Turn the broody, broad-shouldered grump into a festive front-runner to help the town’s Mr. Holiday Competition draw record crowds.

Transforming a camera-shy cowboy vet into a small-town sweetheart isn’t exactly in her job description—but neither is falling for him.

Soon, Noah and Eloise find themselves tangled in twinkle lights, fake kisses, and one very real attraction. But with the farm’s future at stake, Stephen’s scheming, and Eloise’s career on the line, there’s a blizzard of reasons to put their feelings on ice.

Or will they fight to turn their holiday fling into forever under the mistletoe?

Counting Down to You by Emily Stone
Release Date: October 6, 2026
Genre: Contemporary Romance

In this heartfelt romance from the author of Always, in December and Yours for the Season, a bittersweet Christmas countdown opens the door to healing, hope . . . and maybe even love.

Ali has always loved Christmas, but this year she doesn’t think she’ll make it through. Christmas was always her and her best friend Robyn’s holiday: Every year, they exchanged Advent calendars filled with challenges. Tell the hot guy at the coffee shop you like him. Delete your ex’s number. Throw out the bathroom scales.

But this Christmas, Robyn is gone, because she didn’t get the heart transplant she needed.

There is one last calendar, though—given to Ali before Robyn died, with a promise to open it in December.

The first challenge sends Ali to the Alps, where she takes a seasonal job at the ski lodge that she and Robyn had planned to visit together. But when another challenge leads her co-workers to think she’s dating her boss—the stoic, seriously hot Leo—things get complicated.

To save her embarrassment, Leo agrees to play along. As Ali spends more time with him, she realizes that he’s grieving, too. And as he helps her complete Robyn’s challenges, she starts to wonder if their fake relationship could become something real.

But the truth behind Leo’s grief could bring them closer . . . or tear them apart for good.

On the Cursed Day of Christmas by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
Release Date: October 13, 2026
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Series: Zodiac Academy

T’was the cursed day of Christmas and all through the palace, spirits were lingering with thoughts full of malice.

Did you think Solaria was out of peril at last? Well, the stars aren’t done with their games yet. And you know how they love to ruin the holidays.

On the Cursed Day of Christmas my true love gave to me…

A box of hexed ornaments to decorate my tree.

Yeah… not what I’d been hoping to find on Christmas Eve, but it’s no problem. So long as the enchanted decorations aren’t broken, the malignant entities trapped inside them by a Vega monarch hundreds of years ago can’t escape, and the whole of Solaria isn’t threatened by their wrath.

It’s going to be a very merry Christmas indeed.

This festive return to Solaria includes:

• 24 chapters, sealed behind perforated pages. Open one a day to discover a brand-new Zodiac Academy adventure as you count down to Christmas.
• Following on from the events of Restless Stars, fans will love revisiting their favourite characters.
• A beautifully packaged hardback, featuring fully illustrated endpapers, character art, stunning scene art and spot illustrations throughout.
• The perfect gift for fans of Solaria, and a wonderful alternative to traditional advent calendars.

Untouchable by Talia Hibbert
Release Date: October 13, 2026
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: Ravenswood

Sleeping with the staff wasn’t part of the plan.

Sensible, capable, and ruthlessly efficient, Hannah Kabbah is the perfect nanny… until a colossal mistake destroys her career and shatters her reputation. These days, no-one in town will hire her–except Nathaniel Davis, a brooding widower with a smile like sin and two kids he can’t handle. 

Prim and proper Hannah is supposed to make Nate’s life easier, but the more time he spends around his live-in nanny, the more she makes things… hard. He can’t take advantage of her vulnerable position, but he can’t deny the truth, either: with every look, every smile, every midnight meeting, Nate’s untouchable employee is stealing his heart. 

The trouble is, she doesn’t want to keep it. Forbidden love isn’t high on Hannah’s to-do list, and trust isn’t one of her strengths. When dark secrets threaten to destroy their bond, Nate’s forced to start playing dirty. Because this reformed bad boy will break every rule to finally claim his woman.

A Married Little Christmas by Abby Jimenez
Release Date: October 20, 2026
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tis the season to fall in love! 

Anna thought only the food would be a disaster at her Christmas dinner–until her high school ex shows up and they quickly have to hatch a fake-dating scheme to save face with their families. For Matty, the idea of sitting in a diner all day dressed as a zombie Santa after losing a bet has zero appeal. But his cute and funny server might just make him change his mind. And finally, will Lauren be able to convince her best friend that getting married after a three-day relationship is absolutely ridiculous? Or will the town called Little Christmas pull her in with its happily-ever-after magic once she meets the best man? 

Within these stories, you’ll find: 

• The worst Christmas dinner imaginable 
• A granny determined to dismantle the patriarchy 
• Matching Christmas sweaters (by accident!) 
• A Mission Impossible-style cat rescue (with a saxophone) 
• Mouthwatering recipes from Abby for dishes like Disco Pancakes 
• Full-page illustrations throughout 

Because this year, you deserve the perfect holiday gift.

Christmas Staycation by Meghan Quinn
Release Date: October 20, 2026
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: Kringletown Christmas

An all new laugh-out-loud, spicy Christmas romance from New York Times bestselling author Meghan Quinn.

Nothing says Merry Christmas like fake fiancés, family pressure, and accidentally falling for your ex’s brother.

Nolan never met a spotlight he didn’t like. As a major league baseball player with a filthy mouth, an ego the size of the North Pole, and zero interest in behaving, he’s perfectly happy breezing into Christmas in Kringletown like the charming disaster everyone expects him to be.

Taran, on the other hand, has made an art form out of keeping the peace. She’s polished, careful, and so committed to making everyone else happy that she’s somehow agreed to a fake wedding with her ex just to keep her family’s holiday from imploding.

There’s only one problem: the ex in question is Nolan’s brother, and Nolan sees right through her. He knows Taran deserves better than pretending her way through life.

And he’d really like “better” to be him.

Now Taran is juggling family expectations, holiday chaos, and a man who is far too cocky, far too funny, and far too determined to bulldoze every wall she’s ever built.

But with Christmas closing in, secrets snowballing, and one very fake engagement threatening to blow up in spectacular fashion, this holiday season is about to get messy. And someone’s sure to end up on the naughty list.

Undone by Peyton Corinne
Release Date: October 20, 2026
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: The Undone

Toren Kane has always been a magnet for trouble. Branded as dangerous and brutal, his reputation has followed him from the playground to the ice rink. After a scandal cost him his first-round NHL draft pick, Toren’s last shot at redemption lies with Waterfell University’s hockey team—who all despise him for what he did to their captain at the last Frozen Four competition. To make matters worse, Waterfell’s new assistant coach is Christophe LaBlanc, Toren’s former coach and the man who knows all his darkest secrets.

Lillian LaBlanc is out of chances, according to her father. After flunking out of an Ivy League, she’s struggling and her father’s strict rules are the only things keeping her afloat. Suffering beneath the weight of his suffocating control, Lily is desperate to keep her need to paint as hidden as her depression. But her fragile stability is threatened when she discovers that Toren Kane, her childhood best friend and first love, is also attending Waterfell—and is on her father’s team.

As Toren and Lily’s lives collide once more, old wounds and unresolved feelings resurface. Toren must confront his self-destructive tendencies and learn to let others in, while Lily faces the daunting task of breaking free from her father’s grip. Their connection could be the key to healing—or the spark that reignites the chaos they’ve both been trying to escape.

With Hearts of Flame by Briar Boleyn
Release Date: October 20, 2026
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Series: Bloodwing Academy

They say love makes you foolish. At Bloodwing, it makes you dangerous.

I thought surviving a vampire academy was the hardest thing I’d ever have to do. Then I fell in love with a boy who can turn into a dragon.

After the attack on Veilmar, I should help to keep the school running. But instead, I’ve been pulled into a secret dwarven quest to recover something the other side can never be allowed to claim. The only problem? The enemy is down here with us–and they’re already ahead.

Back at Bloodwing, our friends are caught between the demands of the highblood elite and the fragile revolution blooming in the halls. Regan must reclaim a title she once wielded cruelly. But this time she’ll use it to protect the students she helped oppress.

Meanwhile, far to the north, another fight is unfolding. At the Bonewood, love has become both a weapon and a weakness. As dragons rise, the dead stir, and an ancient prophecy tightens its grip, my friends and I must choose once and for all what we’re willing to sacrifice for a better world.

Crowed by Roses by Elizabeth Helen
Release Date: October 20, 2026
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Series: Beast of Briar

The Enchanted Vale has fallen. The princes have been forced to flee. Even the Briar has withered away.

Castletree is…gone.

Now, my family and I are hiding in the human realm, cut off from our home. I have never felt such despair.

But when one of my mates discovers a way back to the Vale, a seed of hope blooms again. Even if we return, what chance do we have without Castletree? How can we defeat Sira and her armies when the heart of our world has been destroyed?

The answer lies beyond the Vale. Beyond the clouds. Beyond the stars. To the place where magic was first born. An abandoned realm of beauty and danger.

The Above.

If we survive the journey, the princes and I will need to do the impossible: rally the realms together for one final stand. Because this world belongs to all of us, and we’ll need the people of Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn, the Above, and the Below to save our home.

There may not be magic in the Enchanted Vale anymore, but my princes taught me something far more powerful. Our love is magic.

And I will never stop fighting for our happily ever after.

Wild Wicked Mate by Laurie Gilmore
Release Date: October 20, 2026
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Maple Hollow

The closer the proximity, the stronger the spark… 

Phoebe never expected to fall in love, and especially not with the annoyingly handsome werewolf she’s been hanging out with for years.

Theo has spent his life comparing himself to his brothers, never quite matching up to his father’s expectations. But in Maple Hollow, everything is different. Theo finally has a life of his own and a chance at redemption and he’s reluctant to risk it for anything, or anyone.

But after years of fighting their attraction to each other, Phoebe and Theo find that denying their feelings is no longer possible. Especially when they end up on a road trip that might change everything…

Tropes: 

• Small Town
• Fated Mates
• Friends to Lovers
• Spicy
• Forced Proximity
• Found Family

Trigger Happy by Meredith Trapp
Release Date: October 20, 2026
Genre: Contemporary Romance

For these rivals, the chemistry is lethal.

Sabrina and Lawton go together as well as Dom Perignon and Frito pie. They have nothing in common—except for the fact that they unalive people for a living. Sabrina’s a clever, Manhattan darling with a penchant for poison-tipped manicures. Lawton is a reckless, down-and-dirty cowboy who isn’t afraid to get the pigs involved in clean-up duty. They despise each other, and not just because of what happened two years ago…

When they’re hired for the same job in cozy, postcard-perfect Wyoming, they quickly realize they’ll have to stop tossing out death threats if they want to get it done successfully. There’s only one problem…They have to pose as an oh-so-happily married couple to get close to their targets, which means strolling through pumpkin patches and smiling on horseback rides—all while pretending they’re not fantasizing about what the other would look like in a coffin. Things get even messier when they start wondering if they’ve walked into a dangerous trap. And, more importantly, will they kill off any chance at something real before they make it out alive?

Bad in Bed by Ali Hazelwood
Release Date: October 22, 2026
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Billie van Buren’s orderly world comes unraveled when her years-long engagement ends in humiliation. It’s bad enough that the messy break-up disappoints her family and threatens to tear apart her friend group. What Billie—a brilliant but sheltered doctoral student—really didn’t need was for her ex-fiancé to publicly disparage her bedroom skills, leaving her confidence shattered.

Dr. Maxwell Austin, a medical fellow, is reckless, charming, and self-assured—everything Billie isn’t. Opposites should attract, but barring the occasional bickering and teasing session, Billie and Max prefer to steer clear of each other. That is, until Billie’s statistics skills bring them together.

There’s nothing wrong with professionally collaborating with one’s longtime frenemy. Enlisting his help to become more confident in bed through hands-on practice, though… That’s a whole different matter. As Max helps Billie embrace her own pleasure and challenge her insecurities, their no-strings relationship evolves into something deeper, propelling Billie and Max into uncharted territory. And Billie just might discover that love is her most significant finding yet…

A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J. Maas
Release Date: October 27, 2026
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Series: A Court of Thorns and Roses

Romance, danger, and intrigue await you in the breathtaking sixth book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.

What was broken will be remade.

Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he’s been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories, attracting powerful allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands.

The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked. But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day.

To make matters worse, those who rule and protect the Night Court are reeling from recent betrayals and revealed truths. The rifts dividing them seem insurmountable.

But to defeat Koschei’s creeping shadow, they must find a way back to each other and resurrect their former alliances. To survive, they must find a way to repair the splintered harmony all around them.

The Keeper by Ana Huang
Release Date: October 27, 2026
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: Gods of the Game

He can resist any woman in the world…except for the one he shouldn’t want.

Famed goalkeeper Noah Wilson doesn’t do relationships or complications. The only thing the grumpy single dad wants is to do his job and spend more time with his daughter.

Unfortunately, his bachelor status has made it impossible to find the right nanny for her. With the World Cup looming and a string of fired nannies in his wake, he has no choice but to hire the last person he wants close to his orbit.

Carina is too stubborn and far too appealing for her own good, but she’s also a natural with his daughter.

And the way his heart skips a beat whenever she’s around? That’s nothing more than a coincidence. He’s sure of it.

***

Carina Vu has a problem. She’s worked multiple jobs and saved up for years to fulfill her childhood dream of visiting Antarctica, but just when she’s close, an unexpected emergency wipes her account clean.

Now, she’s back to square one. The clock is ticking, and she needs another job ASAP. Her best (and only) option is to nanny for Noah, the brooding athlete whom she’s convinced hates her.

But the more time she spends with him and his adorable daughter, the more cracks she sees in his gruff exterior. And the man underneath all that grumpiness? He’s enough to make her rethink everything–including what (and who) it is that she actually wants.