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Love is in the Air: Romance for Adults and Teens |
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Somebody That I Used to Know
by Dana L. Davis
When her ex-best friend, who is now the biggest R&B artist in the world, comes to stay with her family, Dylan discovers he hasn’t changed as much as she thought as they revisit the past -- and their relationship.
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All Signs Point to Yes
by G. Haron Davis, et al.
In this star-studded anthology, 13 YA authors deliver a love story for every star sign.
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Flirting With Fate
by J. C. Cervantes
Although Ava Granados arrives too late for her grandmother's deathbed blessing, Nana appears to Ava after her death. Nana cannot move on from being a wandering ghost until Ava retrieves the deathbed blessing, so Ava, with the help of her two older sisters and bumbling spiritual guide, Medardus, must find and befriend the mysterious boy who received the blessing in her place.
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Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things
by Maya Prasad
Sisters Nidhi, Avani, Sirisha, and Rani experience romance, heartbreak, and life lessons while working at their family's inn -- voted "America’s Most Romantic Inn" -- on Orcas Island.
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Eternally Yours
by Patrice Caldwell, et al.
This collection of stories explores imaginary worlds where the only thing more powerful than the supernatural is love.
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Three Kisses, One Midnight
by Roshani Chokshi, et al.
Interconnected stories of three witchy best friends who brew a love potion on Halloween that is said to produce a love that will last forever, as long as it is sealed by true love's kiss before the stroke of midnight.
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Seoulmates
by Susan Lee
When her former best friend, K-drama star Jacob Kim, returns to San Diego, Hannah Cho is torn between the new feelings developing between them and her ex-boyfriend, who wants her back.
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A Caribbean Heiress in Paris
by Adriana Herrera
Luz Alana set sail from Santo Domingo armed with three hundred casks of rum, her two best friends, and a determination to expand her family's rum business, but buyers and shippers in Paris can’t imagine doing business with a woman of color. This, paired with being denied access to her inheritance unless she marries, leaves the heiress in a very precarious position. Enter James Evanston Sinclair, Earl of Darnick, who has spent a decade building a whisky brand, but who must marry to inherit his mother's distillery. He proposes a marriage of convenience to Luz, but it's not long before the lines between business and pleasure become blurred for both of them.
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Partners in Crime
by Alisha Rai
Mira is settling her aunt's affairs with the help of Naveen Desai, a lawyer -- and the man she rejected in her first matchmaker date. They're both prepared to keep things professional, until they suddenly find themselves in a mad dash through Las Vegas to escape jewel thieves, evade crime bosses, and follow the clues to untangle the mess Mira's family left behind. As her past comes back to haunt her, Mira despairs of ever finding someone who might understand her... but maybe, over the course of one wild night, she’ll find that he’s right by her side.
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After Hours on Milagro Street
by Angelina M. Lopez
Professor Jeremiah Post is standing in the way of Alejandra “Alex” Torres turning Loretta’s, her grandmother’s bar, into a viable business. The hot brainiac who sleeps in one of the upstairs tenant rooms already has all of her Mexican American family’s admiration; she won’t let him have the bar and building she needs to resurrect her career, too. Alex blowing into town has rocked Jeremiah to his mild-mannered core, he doesn’t believe she has the best interest of her family, their community, or the bar’s legacy in mind, so he's determined to resist his attraction to her. But when an old enemy threatens Loretta’s and the surrounding neighborhood, Alex and Jeremiah must combine forces. It will take her might and his mind to save the home they both desperately need.
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The Dead Romantics
by Ashley Poston
Florence Day is a ghostwriter for a prolific romance author, and she has a problem: after a terrible break-up, she no longer believes in love. When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won't give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father. At her family's home/funeral parlor, she finds a ghost waiting for her, but he's too tall and too broad to be her father. Romance may be dead to Florence, but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she's ever known about love stories.
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The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes
by Cat Sebastian
Marian Hayes, the Duchess of Clare, just shot her husband; now she must flee to the countryside. Unfortunately, the only person she can ask for help is the charismatic criminal who is blackmailing her. Rob Brooks is no stranger to the wrong side of the law. He never meant to fall for the woman whose secrets he promised to keep for the low price of five hundred pounds, but how could he resist someone who led him on a merry chase all over London, left him tied up in a seedy inn, and then arrived covered in her husband's blood and in desperate need of his help?
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The Stand-Up Groomsman
by Jackie Lau
The disastrous first meeting between Vivian Liao and Melvin Lee left him convinced that she's an ice queen, while she thinks he's a judgmental jerk. When Vivian's roommate gets engaged to Mel's costar, they have no choice but to meet again and unite in their common goal for their friends’ wedding to go off without a hitch. As they collaborate on wedding cake and karaoke parties, Mel realizes he might have seriously misjudged this bridesmaid, while Vivian discovers the best man might just be as dazzling off-screen as he is on. With the wedding underway, maybe more than one happily ever after is in the future.
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Before I Let Go
by Kennedy Ryan
Their love was supposed to last forever. But after two devastating tragedies, Yasmen and Josiah Wade realized love alone couldn't solve everything. . . or keep their marriage together. It's taken a year since their split for Yasmen to finally start feeling like herself again. But the more she sees Josiah -- whether it's parenting their two children or working together at the restaurant they co-own -- the more Yasmen realizes she may not be ready to completely let go of everything they had together. Like magnets, Yasmen and Josiah are always drawn back to each other, and one almost-kiss soon leads to more. It's hot. It's illicit. It's all good... until old wounds start resurfacing. This time, will they have what it takes to make forever last? Or is it already too late?
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I'm So Not over You
by Kosoko Jackson
It’s been months since aspiring journalist Kian Andrews has heard from his ex-boyfriend, Hudson Rivers, but an urgent text has them meeting at a café. Rather than wanting to reconcile, Hudson has a favor to ask: he wants Kian to pretend to be his boyfriend while his parents are in town. Kian reluctantly agrees. The dinner doesn’t go exactly as planned, and suddenly Kian is Hudson’s plus one to Georgia’s wedding of the season. If Kian goes, he’ll help Hudson preserve appearances and get the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the biggest names in media. This could be the big career break Kian needs. But their fake relationship is starting to feel like it might be more than a means to an end, and it’s time for both men to fact-check their feelings.
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Mistakes Were Made
by Meryl Wilsner
When Cassie Klein goes to an off-campus bar to escape her school’s Family Weekend, she isn’t looking for a hookup. But buying a drink for a stranger turns into what should be an uncomplicated, amazing one-night stand. Then the next morning rolls around and her friend drags her along to meet her mom -- the hot, older woman Cassie slept with. Erin Bennett came to Family Weekend to get closer to her daughter, not have a one-night stand with a college senior. (In her defense, she hadn’t known Cassie was a student). But it turns out that Erin and Cassie get along in the day just as well as they did at night. Despite Erin's better judgement, what should have been a one-time fling quickly proves impossible to ignore, and soon Cassie and Erin are sneaking around. Worst of all, they start to realize they have something real. But is being honest about the love between them worth the cost?
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A Proposal They Can't Refuse
by Natalie Caña
Kamilah Vega is desperate to convince her family to update their Puerto Rican restaurant to save it from the gentrification encroaching on their neighborhood. But her blackmailing abuelo says if she wants to change anything in his restaurant, she'll have to marry the one man she can't stand: his best friend’s grandson. Liam Kane spent a decade working to turn his family’s distillery into a contender. But just as he and his grandfather are on the verge of winning a national competition, Granda hits him with a one-two punch: he has cancer and has his heart set on seeing Liam married before it’s too late. And Granda knows just the girl: Kamilah Vega. If they refuse, their grandfathers will sell the building that houses both their businesses. With their futures on the line, Kamilah and Liam plan to outfox the devious duo, faking an engagement until they both get what they want. But soon, they find themselves tangled up in more than either of them bargained for.
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Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match
by Sally Thorne
When assisting in her brother Victor’s ground-breaking experiment to bring a reassembled man back to life, Angelika Frankenstein realizes that having an agreeable gentleman convalescing in the guest suite might be a chance at romance. For the first time, Angelika embarks upon a project that is all her own. When her handsome scientific miracle sits up on the lab table, her hopes for an instant romantic connection are thrown into disarray. Her resurrected beau (named Will for the moment) has total amnesia and is solely focused on uncovering his true identity. Trying to ignore their heart-pounding chemistry, Angelika reluctantly joins the investigation into his past, hoping it will bring them closer. But when a second suitor emerges, Angelika wonders if she was too hasty inventing a solution. Perhaps fate is not something that can be influenced in a laboratory?
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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
by Sangu Mandanna
As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic and stay away from other witches, so their powers don't mingle and draw attention. She's used to being alone and she follows the rules, with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos "pretending" to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously. But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives of not only her three charges, but also the adult residents of Nowhere House, including Jamie, the handsome and prickly librarian. As Mika begins to find her place at Nowhere House, the thought of belonging somewhere begins to feel like a real possibility. But magic isn't the only danger in the world, and when a threat comes knocking at their door, Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect her newfound family.
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In Search of a Prince
by Toni Shiloh
Brielle Adebayo is fully content teaching at a New York City public school and taking annual summer vacations with her mother to Martha's Vineyard. But everything changes when her mom drops a bombshell: Brielle is really a princess in the island kingdom of Ọlọrọ Ilé, off the coast of Africa, and she must immediately assume her royal position, since the health of her grandfather, the king, is failing. Distraught by all the secrets her mother kept, Brielle is further left spinning when the Ọlọrọ Ilé Royal Council brings up an old edict that states she must marry before her coronation, or the crown will pass to another. Brielle is uncertain if she even wants the throne, and with her world totally shaken, where will she find the courage to take a chance on love and brave the perils a wrong decision may bring?
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