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Romance: Digital Edition June 2020
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To Have and To Hoax
by Martha Waters
What happens: Estranged spouses James and Violet Audley engage in a game of one-upmanship that has the curious effect of rekindling their relationship.
For fans of: Tessa Dare's Spindle Cove novels, Loretta Chase's Carsington Brothers series.
Reviewers say: "the Regency-set equivalent of a classic 1930s-40s screwball romantic comedy" (Booklist).
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Chase me
by Tessa Bailey
Audio book Alert: This 2015 novel is finally available as an audio book for all the Tessa Bailey lovers. Also available as an e-book.
Starring: College drop-out Roxy Cumberland who moved to New York with dreams of making it as an actress, and trust fund baby and successful Lawyer Louis McNally.
How they Meet: To make some quick cash, Roxy signs up to perform singing telegrams. Her first customer is a gorgeous, cocky Manhattan trust-funder if she ever laid eyes on one. And what could be more humiliating than singing an ode to his junk, courtesy of his last one night stand? Maybe the fact that she’s dressed in a giant, pink bunny costume...
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My One True North
by Milly Johnson
How they meet: Six months ago, on the same night, Laurie and Pete both lost their partners. Struggling to manage the grief, they join the same counselling group - and meet each other.
What happens: The more they get to know one another, the more Laurie begins to spot the strange parallels in their stories. Then Pete discovers a truth that changes everything—one which threatens to reverse everything they’ve worked towards.
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| The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby JimenezWhat brings them together: Tucker the dog, who trades his negligent sitter for artist Sloan Monroe, who sends regular updates to Tucker's dad, musician Jason Larsen, while he's on tour in Australia -- updates that quickly turn into a long-distance flirtation.
What keeps them apart: Aside from 8,000 miles of ocean? Sloan is still mourning her fiancé, while Jason's career is finally taking off.
Spoiler alert: If you haven't yet read Abby Jimenez's debut, The Friend Zone, be aware that The Happy Ever After Playlist refers to several of that novel's major plot points. |
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| Island Affair by Priscilla OliverasWhat happens: Influencer Sara Vance enlists Key West firefighter Luis Navarro to pose as her boyfriend during her family's Florida vacation.
Why? Sara can't bear to disappoint her family by admitting she's been dumped, while Luis, at loose ends after being forced to take a week's vacation, can't resist helping a woman in need.
Is it for you? Despite its idyllic setting, this opening installment of the Keys to Love series touches on some serious issues, including eating disorders, cancer, and PTSD. |
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| The Trouble With Hating You by Sajni PatelWhat it's about: After shutting down her family's most recent matchmaking scheme, biochemical engineer Liya Thakkar is horrified to discover that she'll be working closely with lawyer Jay Shah, the man her parents tried to set her up with.
Why you might like it: Set in Houston, Texas, this debut enemies-to-lovers romance boasts a well-drawn Indian American supporting cast that includes Liya's supportive friends and Jay's extended family. |
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| Girl Gone Viral by Alisha RaiWhat happens: When a brief encounter with a stranger goes viral (#CuteCafeGirl), model-turned-investor Katrina King fears losing her hard-won and much-cherished privacy.
To the rescue: Katrina's bodyguard, Jasvinder "Jas" Singh, decides that the best course of action is to hide at his family's peach farm. Will forced proximity cause their long-simmering mutual attraction to boil over?
Reviewers say: This 2nd Modern Love novel (after The Right Swipe) "tackles the grimy underbelly of social media with humor, satire, pathos, a great deal of family drama, and a positively sizzling romance" (NPR). |
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Lord Holt Takes a Bride
by Vivienne Lorret
The Heroine: Heiress Winnifred Humphries refuses to marry the odious man her parents have chosen. She’ll marry for love or not at all. But how does a woman know a man truly loves her? Needing answers, she sets out to discover the marriage habits of London’s aristocrats. Yet when her friends kidnap a lord for research, Winn knows they’ve gone too far.
The Hero: Lord Asher Holt has the perfect plan to free himself of his father’s debts. But when a trio of foolish debutantes abducts him, their scheme ruins everything! Fuming and tied to a chair, Holt overhears that one of them is an heiress. Perhaps he isn’t above a little kidnapping either. Yet, when the heiress runs away from her own wedding and straight into his waiting carriage, Holt finds himself on an adventure he’ll never forget, falling in love with a woman worth more than any treasure.
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Vision in White
by Nora Roberts
Starring: Mac a wedding photographer and co owner of a wedding business and Carter a stable English Teacher, AKA not Macs usual type.
How they Meet: During his sisters wedding rehearsal Carter has a run in with Mac, who is the wedding photographer.
Series alert: If you like this one make sure to check out the other two novels in the series that follows Macs best friends and business partners! Bring on the wedding bells!
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For All Time
by Jude Deveraux
What happens: Upon meeting Toby Wyndam at his cousin's wedding, Prince Graydon Montgomery of Anconia believes he may have found his soul mate. So he trades places with his twin brother in order to spend some quality time with Toby.
Is it for you? Subtle paranormal elements hint at the couple's destiny.
Series alert: Due to the genealogical complexity of the Montgomery family, newcomers to the Nantucket Brides series may want to start at the beginning with True Love.
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The Wedding Date
by Jasmine Guillory
Starring: Drew Nichols, who needs a plus-one for his ex-girlfriend's wedding, and Alexa Monroe, who decides to help him out.
Read it for: a meet-cute in an elevator, an upbeat but not sugar-coated look at interracial dating, and likable leads trying to balance their personal and professional lives.
You might also like: Kristan Higgins' In Your Dreams, which also follows an unlikely couple's romantic journey from one night to forever.
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| What Happens in Summer by Caridad PiñeiroWhat happens: When Connie Reyes unexpectedly encounters her high school boyfriend, Jonathan Pierce, at a wedding, she throws caution to the wind and has a one-night stand...that keeps going.
For fans of: the one-night-to-forever plot of Priscilla Oliveras' Her Perfect Affair, the enemies-to-lovers trajectory of Jasmine Guillory's The Wedding Party, or the angsty family feud drama of Alisha Rai's Forbidden Hearts series.
Series alert: The moving second-chance romance at the heart of this 2nd At the Shore novel runs parallel to the events of One Summer Night. |
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| Some Like It Scandalous by Maya RodaleThe plan: To thwart their wealthy parents' matchmaking efforts, sworn enemies Daisy Swan and Theodore Prescott the Third fake an engagement that will buy them time to pursue their individual goals.
The problem? The more time scholarly Daisy and rakish Theo spend together, the more they realize they don't want to call the whole thing off.
Series alert: Some Like It Scandalous is the 2nd book in the Gilded Age Girls' Club series, after Duchess by Design. |
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Once upon a prince
by Rachel Hauck
What Happens: When a jilted girlfriend, American Susanna Truitt, meets the reluctant crown prince Nathaniel on his holiday to St. Simon's Island, they discover the power of God's love to heal hearts and change a nation.
For fans of: Sweet romances, Robyn Carr, and Becky Wade
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