In The Loathe Boat by Cindy Dorminy, Chrissy Parks and Deacon Youngblood win a cruise and have every intention of going on it as a couple. After several months, a misunderstanding puts them at odds, and Chrissy dreads sharing a stateroom with her ex-boyfriend. Deacon...

The Lavender Thief is the first book in the Essentially Sweet Romance series by Elysian Hunt. Stephanie Pierce is content with her quiet life with her dog, Bugle, until she takes the stairs one evening and finds a body. After she realizes it is her...

“An endless loop of madness and ecstasy,” The Girl With Autumn Eyes by R.F. Vincent is a touching and unique tale of hope. The story begins on the 28 September at 9:42 a.m. It is at this precise moment in time when a damaged young...

The Funeral Date by Carol Maloney Scott is a delightful and hilarious story that follows Addison, a woman who thought she had her life perfectly in place with a devoted boyfriend and a stable job at his family’s boutique hotel. But when the demanding guests...

Barbara A. Luker's The Right One is a spellbinding romantic tale with a tasteful mix of dramatic and suspenseful twists. Though leaving Minnesota and starting in a new place feels challenging for Andrea Taylor, she is lucky to have friends around, including her former roommate...

The Expiration Date by Leslie McElroy is one of the best contemporary romances I’ve read this year. The story revolves around two scarred individuals who orbit each other’s lives as boss and secretary for three years, but circumstances force them to fake a relationship that...

The Once and Future Love by J.G. McLeod is a joyful romp through time that will have you not only chuckling and swooning but also gripping the book with tension. Take Outlander and throw it into reverse and you begin to see the premise of...

The Space Between Us is a hilarious romantic comedy by Melanie Summers that centers on two prospective lovebirds, Gwen Fox, an astrobiologist, and Ty Sterling, a wealthy CEO. Ty wants to cut funding for Gwen and her research team, but Gwen isn't about to let...

In Kerry Evelyn's That Thing You Brew, Denver Edge’s star defenseman Xavier finds his life intertwined with that of Penny, a shy barista at the Bevvie Bar whose toffee coffee seems to bring him luck on the ice. The slush-filled streets of Palmer City match...

In The Backup Princess, author Kate O’Keeffe rekindles the feelings I had when I watched The Princess Diaries for the first time. Maddie, a sales assistant at a glazing company from Houston, experiences a life-altering surprise when she discovers she could be the next in...