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| Meet Me at the Lake by Carley FortuneWhat it's about: Ten years after Fern Brookbanks and Will Baxter spent a life-changing 24 hours together in Toronto, Fern is back in her rural Ontario hometown and running her late mother's lakeside resort, when Will checks in.
Reviewers say: "The emotions are big, messy, and realistic" (Publishers Weekly) in this novel by the author of Every Summer After.
For fans of: dual-timeline second chance romances such as Annabel Monaghan's Same Time Next Summer or Christina Lauren's Twice in a Blue Moon. Also available on Libby |
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| The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India HoltonWhat it is: the 3rd and final installment of the Dangerous Damsels series (after The League of Gentlewomen Witches), which takes place in an alternate Victorian England full of witchcraft, piracy, and flying houses.
What happens: Known to each other only by reputation, secret agents Alice Dearborn (Agent A) and Daniel Bixby (Agent B) become better acquainted while posing as a married couple for an undercover mission among pirates.
What sets it apart: Autistic author India Holton gives her neurodivergent protagonists a happily-ever-after on their own terms. Also available on Libby |
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| Yours Truly by Abby JimenezWhat happens: After inadvertently offending his new colleague, Dr. Briana Ortiz, socially awkward emergency room physician Jacob Maddox writes her an apology letter, sparking a friendship that turns into more as these two wounded souls open up to each other.
Why you might like it: As with author Abby Jimenez's previous books, this 2nd Part of Your World novel sensitively incorporates serious issues into a deeply emotional love story between well-drawn leads. Also available on Libby and cloudLibrary |
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| Zora Books Her Happy Ever After by Taj McCoyStarring: independent bookstore owner Zora Dizon; her longtime literary crush, mystery writer Lawrence Michaels; and Lawrence's attractive but grumpy best friend Reid Hughes, who's not quite what he seems.
Reviewers say: a "soul-satisfying romance featuring a readily relatable, curvy-where-it-counts heroine" (Booklist) by the author of Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell.
For fans of: the Black book-loving heroines (and their enigmatic author crushes) found in Jasmine Guillory's By the Book or Kristina Forest's The Neighbor Favor. Available on Hoopla |
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| Sugar, Spice, and Can't Play Nice by Annika SharmaStarring: aspiring fashion designer Payal, who risks losing everything she's worked for when her parents demand that she marry playboy Ayaan Malhotra to save the family business.
Series alert: Sugar, Spice, and Can't Play Nice is the 2nd book in the Chai Masala Club series (after Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words), which follows the romantic journeys of four South Asian college friends.
For fans of: Sonya Singh's Sari, Not Sari or Sajni Patel's The Trouble with Hating You. Available on Hoopla |
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| To Swoon and To Spar by Martha WatersWhat it's about: To reclaim Trethwick Abbey, his family's Cornish estate, Peter Bourne, Viscount Penvale, must marry Jane Spencer, the current owner's ward. In retaliation for her arranged marriage, Jane stages a haunting at Trethwick Abbey to drive off her new husband.
Why you might like it: This witty 4th installment of the Regency Vows series offers a gentle enemies-to-lovers romance while giving "a clever nod to the screwball spooky delights of Austen's Gothic-tinged Northanger Abbey" (Booklist). Available on cloudLibrary |
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