Top 10

Bedside Manner

Stephanie Archer. Dell, Dec. 8 ($20 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-217-37760-2)

Financially struggling medical resident Linden Starling moonlights as a high-end escort. Her first client? The handsome and insufferable doctor who’s been making her job hell.

Broken Rival

Tessa Bailey. Avon, Oct. 6 ($19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-06-338103-2)

Bestseller Bailey pivots into dystopian romance with this story of a time traveler stranded in a world where time travel is illegal, and torn between two brothers. One was her high school sweetheart. The other wants her dead.

Divine Oaths

Elizabeth Agyemang. Requited, Sept. 1 ($19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-316-60126-9)

Orphaned freshman Sianna Adu uses her clairvoyant powers to dig into the history of mysterious Westfield University with help from the alluring Westfield heir Kasem Saint James. 75,000-copy announced first printing.

Drawn Together

Mercedes Ron, trans. by Francis Riddle. Atria, Sept. 1 ($19 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-6682-3423-5)

After socialite Marfil Cortés is attacked by an unknown enemy, her father hires a sexy bodyguard to protect her in YA bestseller Ron’s adult debut, soon to be a Prime Video feature.

The Emperor’s Enemy

Jasmine Mas. Mira, Sept. 15 ($34, ISBN 978-0-7783-0751-8)

This series starter plays out as a game of cat and mouse between rebel warrior Zora, imperial assassin Tarantula, and Aleksander the Sadistic, the emperor himself. 300,000-copy announced first printing.

The Housekeeper

Rose Tremain. Harper, Oct. 6 ($30, ISBN 978-0-06-350947-4)

A riff on Rebecca, this sapphic historical romance, soon to be a feature film, follows Manderville Hall’s lonely housekeeper as she embarks on a torrid affair with Daphne du Maurier.

The Keeper

Ana Huang. Bloom, Oct. 27 ($19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4642-2334-1)

Huang sends out her bestselling Gods of the Game series with another high-heat sports romance, this time pairing grumpy goalkeeper and single father Noah with his daughter’s spunky new nanny. 100,000-copy announced first printing.

The Lost Guardian

Natalia Hernandez. Red Tower, Oct. 6 ($32.99, ISBN 978-1-68281-755-1)

Drawing from Incan history, this standalone romantasy has historian Santiago teaming up with adventurer Allie to fulfill a sacred ancestral duty. 250,000-copy announced first printing.

The Magical Cheese Emporium

Sarah Beth Durst. Bramble, Jan. 19 ($29.99, ISBN 978-1-250-40071-0)

Cheesemonger Eloren reunites with her childhood friend Garyn to save local businesses from the machinations of a greedy governor in the standalone fourth cozy fantasy romance in Durst’s bestselling Spellshop series. 400,000-copy announced first printing.

Such Familiar Magic

Natasha Ngan. Berkley, Jan. 12 ($20 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-593-64209-2)

The adult debut from YA author Ngan sends witch Laila Chu on the hunt for potion ingredients to protect her family’s legacy—but to succeed, she’ll need help from her longtime enemy, Anthony Lim.

Longlist

831 Stories

First Famous Christmas by Carrie Wittmer (Nov. 3, $14.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89331-213-3). When breakout pop star Marceline heads home for the holidays seeking some normalcy and time to work on her second album, she’s reunited with her bad boy high school crush, Lucas, now a pastry chef.

Afterglow

I Haunt It That Way by Isabelle Popp (Aug. 25, $15.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-335-50740-2). Thora and her ex’s best friend, Lee, go from enemies to lovers while working together to renovate a run-down—and very likely haunted—cabin in the mountains.

Akastory

Her Life in Ruins by Cynthia W. Gentry (Jan. 5, $18 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4197-8822-2). When the ancient Mayan artifact central to archaeology PhD candidate Catherine Saunders’s dissertation is stolen, she and her academic colleague -turned crush head to the Yucatán to steal it back.

Alcove

Happily Ever Afterlife by Emma R. Alban (Sept. 29, $19.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89242-784-5). Aspiring novelist Frannie finds inspiration for her next manuscript when she meets a family of ghosts trapped in a historic Manhattan apartment building—and falls hard for alluring spectral matriarch Elsa. 75,000-copy announced first printing.

Amara

Stalkers Anonymous by Dana LeeAnn (Sept. 1, $17.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-68281-702-5) pairs Cole, a stalker in court-mandated therapy, with Hailey, an emergency room nurse. When a former patient threatens Hailey’s life, Cole’s tempted to fall back on old habits to keep her safe. 200,000-copy announced first printing.

Angry Robot

The Darkness Bites Back by Laura R. Samotin and Ben Alderson (Sept. 29, $19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-83673-005-7) puts a queer, supernatural twist on Romeo and Juliet as two vampires who should be mortal enemies instead discover forbidden love.

Aria

The One Where They Fall in Love by Cristina Wolf (Aug. 11, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-0359-1539-2). When romance editor Elle begrudgingly agrees to take care of her new neighbor’s unruly dog while he’s on shift at the ER, the arrangement sparks an unexpected bond and, eventually, romance.

Avon

Grim Tidings by B.K. Borison (Sept. 15, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-06-343046-4). Burned-out grim reaper Darcy decides she wants to try saving people instead of killing them—leading her to clash with guardian angel Gabriel, who doesn’t trust her motives—in this paranormal rom-com from bestseller Borison.

Avon A

Snowed Inn by Valerie Bowman (Sept. 29, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-06-345408-8) makes a festive return to the Honeycrisp Orchard Inn, where big city publicist Maria and small-town brewery owner Jesse find themselves stranded over the holidays.

Balzer + Bray

All Nighter by Julie Murphy (Dec. 1, $28.99, ISBN 978-1-250-42825-7). The second new adult romance in bestseller Murphy’s Undergrads series pairs a sheltered college freshman looking for new adventures—including her first sexual experience—with a sexy tattoo artist who offers to help.

Berkley

Alma Vampires by Elena Armas (Nov. 17, $20 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-217-18975-5). A college student becomes the unlikely inheritor of a fashion empire, throwing her into a glamorous and high-stakes world populated by manipulative corporate power players, among them a centuries-old vampire she must learn to trust.

Berkley XO

Reap & Sow by Charlotte B. Plumb (Oct. 6, $30, ISBN 979-8-217-23968-9). Eda, the indentured human servant of the demon Mr. Night, makes a deal with Mr. Night’s greatest foe, the handsome and surprisingly humane demon Kit’rath, to protect her family—but his assistance comes at a price. 250,000-copy announced first printing.

Bloom

Coiled at the Roots by Scarlett St. Clair (Oct. 6, $29.99, ISBN 978-1-4642-8020-7). The second Blood of Lilith romance returns to the dystopian theocracy of Nineveh, picking up where Terror at the Gates left off. 100,000-copy announced first printing.

Bold Strokes

Back to Square One by Georgia Beers (Aug. 1, $19.95 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-90035-064-6). An accident leaves Rowan Thomas with no memory of dumping her perfect girlfriend, Evie Price. To piece together why she did it—and hopefully get Evie back—she heads with Evie and their mutual friends on a tension-filled girls’ trip.

Bramble

The Drakon King by Terry J. Benton-Walker (Nov. 10, $28.99, ISBN 978-1-250-38177-4). While lost in a dangerous wood, the libertine human prince of Reverie meets the dragon prince of rival kingdom Drakon, who’s on a quest for justice. As war brews and legends become realities, the men rely on each other to survive.

Canelo

The Love Code by Conne Kitson (Nov. 17, $18 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-217-27045-3). Jenna and Kieran embark on a steamy affair. But Kieran doesn’t know that Jenna leads a double life as a hacker targeting Blackstone, the oil company she blames for her father’s death. And Jenna doesn’t know that Kieran is Blackstone’s new head of cybersecurity.

City Owl

Blood and Bells by C.J. Holmes and Michael Ashwood (Sept. 15, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-64898-603-1) launches the Hexes and Holidays series, set in a town populated by Christmas-loving monsters and pairing a harried human event planner with a dashing vampire.

Cosmo Reads

How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle by Alissa DeRogatis (Aug. 4, $17.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4642-2339-6). Recently dumped and struggling with writer’s block, romance author Ainsley agrees to her friend Lucas’s plan to engineer real life meet cutes, hoping these tropey encounters will spark both love and inspiration. 100,000-copy announced first printing.

Reign by Bethan Croome (Sept. 1, $31.99, ISBN 978-1-4642-8066-5). Set in a rain-drenched world where magic is outlawed, Croome’s debut romantasy follows a witch who, after disguising herself as a man to evade persecution, is drafted into battle and caught in a love triangle between her commander and a fellow soldier. 150,000-copy announced first printing.

Delacorte

Hamlet & Juliet by Clare Edge (Jan. 5, $31, ISBN 979-8-217-29986-7) opens the Star Crossed duology with a gothic romantasy that reimagines Shakespearean characters. Hamlet, haunted by his father, and a miraculously resurrected Juliet Capulet, haunted by her Romeo, must work together to unravel a sinister conspiracy.

Dell

Death Wish by Lilly Lu (Jan. 26, $20 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-217-37511-0). This sapphic paranormal rom-com has grim reaper Amory reuniting with Clementine, the one woman whose soul she couldn’t bring herself to take. The twist? Clementine’s now a vampire and, after a long immortal life, she wants Amory’s help to finally die.

Dial

Free Falling by Lyla Sage (Sept. 22, $20 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-593-97779-8). The second small-town paranormal romance in bestseller Sage’s Sweetwater Peak series turns the focus onto antique-store owner Clarke and farmer Leith as they’re pressured into a fake relationship by the meddling ghost of Leith’s father.

Diversion

Blood & Bedlam by T.C. Kraven (Sept. 15, $28.99, ISBN 979-8-89515-073-3) launches the NOLA After Dark series with a paranormal romance pairing Vlad Dracul, leader of the New Orleans vampires, with human bartender Reine, who bears an uncanny likeness to someone from Vlad’s past.

Forever

A Married Little Christmas by Abby Jimenez (Oct. 20, $30, ISBN 978-1-5387-8004-6) brings together three original holiday romance novellas from bestseller Jimenez, plus illustrations and seasonal recipes.

Vine of Hearts by Julie Soto (Dec. 1, $35, ISBN 978-1-5387-7125-9). The second romantasy in Soto’s Evermore trilogy picks up Briony and Toven’s stormy love story where the bestselling Rose in Chains left off.

Gallery

Pink Ink by Avina St. Graves (Aug. 4, $19 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-6682-1898-3). In Graves’s traditionally published debut, a film professor leading a secret life as a serial killer begins an affair with one of his students, who’s investigating his crimes.

Griffin

Hallowed Bones by Lucy Smoke (Oct. 6, $20 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-250-41374-1). This why-choose paranormal romance, the first in the Sons of Salem series, follows the scions of five powerful witch families: Ezra, Cameron, Lyall, Reyes, and Haven, the only female witch in generations.

To Vex & to Hex by Neena Noon (Nov. 3, $20 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-250-43071-7). Bookseller Lucy, a witch, hopes to use magic to scare off her boss’s obnoxious but dreamy grandson, Charles, who’s taken an abrupt interest in the business.

Harlequin

Only One for the Orc by Isabelle Taylor (Aug. 25, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-335-00172-6) returns to the supernatural enclave of Claw Haven, Alaska, this time pairing a human woman who doesn’t believe in fated mates with an orc who’s convinced that she is his.

HarperCollins

Big Bad Wolf by Laurie Gilmore (Sept. 8, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-00-883178-3). Bestseller Gilmore revisits and revises her 2023 A Curse of Blood and Wolves (written as Melissa McTiernan) into a fairy tale–inflected small-town romance pairing a human woman and a woodsman who may be more than meets the eye.

Haven

Love and Other Two-Player Games by Roxanne LoMarc (Dec. 1, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-8007-4802-9). Video game designer Victoria Preston clashes with Nathaniel Hamilton, a financial consultant brought in by the board to evaluate her
company. But when Nathaniel discovers a fan is stalking Victoria, he’s determined to keep her safe.

Hera Ediciones

Of Shadows and Blood by Ivy Rose (Aug. 4, $18 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-217-26950-1). Liv awakens with amnesia in the shadowy kingdom of Lux, a land of humans, sorcerers, and vampires who hail her as their queen.

Hyperion Avenue

Snow This Is Love: Meant to Be Holiday Tales by Christina Lauren et al. (Oct. 13, $26.99, ISBN 978-1-368-11806-4) revisits the characters from the multiauthor Meant to Be series in five festive romance shorts by Zoraida Córdova, Jasmine Guillory, Christina Lauren, Julie Murphy, and Jesse Q. Sutanto.

Kensington

In the Dark by Shain Rose (Sept. 29, $18.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4967-5819-4). The sequel to Behind Closed Doors returns to the ultrawealthy and secretly dangerous gated community of Paradise Grove for an arranged marriage mafia romance.

Keylight

Coming Home by Amelia Markley (Jan. 19, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-88798-245-8) follows Headfirst with another small-town contemporary set in Canyon Creek, where 30-something local Sophie confronts her past heartbreak when her brother’s best friend returns to town after a decade away.

Lake Union

Dina Gets Lucky by Uzma Jalaluddin (Oct. 27, $28.99, ISBN 978-1-6625-4398-2). Not one to steal the spotlight, Dina Haq is determined to keep her failing marriage a secret from her family at her sister’s wedding—a task made harder when she realizes the best man is the guy she was crushing on all through law school.

Little, Brown

Cut to the Ending by Maria Millage (Nov. 3, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-316-60597-7). Delaney Webber’s big break comes when she’s hired to write the final film in the blockbuster Magician’s Gambit franchise. Unfortunately, she has no knowledge of the series. Enter endearing nerd and Hollywood hopeful Max Sullivan.

Lyx

Scorpio Season by Maisie Bell (Oct. 20, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89331-234-8). The day after their steamy one-night stand, Luca Walsh is reunited with Florence Gibson when she auditions to play drums in Florence’s band. As they head on a European tour as an all-woman, all-queer rock act, can they keep things professional?

Mindy’s Book Studio

The Love Operation by Melissa R. Collings (Nov. 1, $28.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-6625-4086-8). Surgeon Cordelia Wren uses her secret relationship with her hospital’s COO for unauthorized access to an innovative memory enhancing technology that gives her new insights into why her past relationships went wrong—just in time for her ex to waltz back into her life.

Montlake

The Apparent Trap by Ali Rosen (Nov. 1, $16.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-6625-3871-1). Coworkers Ezzie and Lee plot to break up the age-gap relationship between Ezzie’s widowed father and Lee’s estranged daughter—only to fall in love themselves.

Morrow

What Happens at Nightfall by Lauren Willig (Oct. 6, $30, ISBN 978-0-06-330617-2). Ghosts, grief, and a historical curse stand in the way of the budding romance between recently laid-off Jess and widowed single father Adam, the arborist at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery.

Podium

Zahra, Unapologetic by Mina Zafri (Dec. 8, $19.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-3470-2350-9) follows the second chance, brother’s best friend romance between second-generation Palestinian Americans Zahra and Theo, who are reunited by Zahra’s brother’s wedding.

Putnam

What Light Breaks by Falon Ballard (Dec. 29, $20 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-593-85469-3). The second Idle Reputations romantasy centers on the political marriage of convenience between Lia Boscosa, a former princess turned candidate for president of the newly democratic land of Talia, and celebrity playboy Maro Violaine. 100,000-copy announced first printing.

Red Tower

Adversary to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (Aug. 4, $19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-68281-672-1). The fourth romantasy in Maehrer’s bestselling Assistant to the Villain series continues the workplace romance between aspiring villain Evie and her not actually so nefarious boss. 400,000-copy announced first printing.

Saturday Books

This Wretched Alchemy by Tina Mars (Nov. 10, $32, ISBN 978-1-250-45656-4), an enemies-to-lovers romance, launches the Ruinous Fate Saga as heroine Revel is forced to compete in a dangerous tournament between potential heirs to the throne. She’s not there to win, but instead on an assignment to kill the alchemist known as the Warbringer.

Scarlett

Shadow and Son by Gretchen Powell Fox (Oct. 20, $21 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-3471-1610-2). The finale to the Shattered Crown trilogy finds lovers Elyria and Cedric separated as the future of Arcanis hangs in the balance. 50,000-copy announced first printing.

Slowburn

International Relations by Zac Hammett (Aug. 4, $18 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-63893-347-2). Fake dating leads first to fake marriage,
then real romance in this queer rom-com that PW’s review called a “breezy romp.”

Sourcebooks Casablanca

The Daddy’s Girl by Sara Cate (Sept. 1, $19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4642-3448-4). Parisian BDSM club owner Matis Moreau, 53, agrees to help his 25-year-old goddaughter, Amelia Kade, find a boyfriend, and to let her set him up in turn. There’s just one problem: Amelia’s nursing feelings for Matis himself. 200,000-copy announced first printing.

St. Martin’s

Birth of the Witch by Nora Roberts (Nov. 17, $30, ISBN 978-1-250-43136-3). In the first Coven of Three romance from bestseller Roberts, Neve McShane learns of her family’s legacy of witchcraft and begins to experience flashes of past lives, including a lost love from centuries earlier.

W x Wattpad

Hooking Nash by Annica Dahl (Sept. 22, $17.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-998341-89-4). Chemistry ignites between childhood friends Kennedy Miller and Nash Reed when they bump into each other at a New York City bar. But Nash is now an NHL superstar. Can Kennedy handle life in the spotlight?

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