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July 28, 2024
Blood So Brutal (Golden City, #2) by Emily Blackwood
Huntyr knew better than to trust anyone.
She made it into The Golden City, only to find out that everything she dreamed of is gone. There is no safety, no luxury, no elite society. There’s only the evil archangel and his dark, twisted plans to use her for power.
Those plans include marrying Huntyr and Wolf, even though she’d rather die than be wed to him.
Huntyr is forced to learn about her real heritage and her untapped magic while she’s paraded around The Golden City as the archangel’s new favorite weapon. Wolf can do nothing but watch as she’s manipulated and toyed with, but one thing hasn’t changed: He’ll never let anyone else lay a hand on what’s his. Even if she despises him.
Betrayal runs deep, but blood runs deeper. Huntyr and Wolf navigate tests of loyalty and new truths as they’re faced with the downfall of one power and the rise of another. Families break. Friendships rise. Do they have what it takes to survive? And are they strong enough to right the wrongs from decades ago?
Blood So Brutal is book 2 of the Huntyr x Wolf duet in the Golden City series. After inflicting two books of trauma onto these characters, there will be a happy ending.
That Prince Is Mine by Jayci Lee
Library Journal’s Romance Pick of the Month
A love-averse Korean royal court cuisine instructor is waylaid by a gorgeous professor—and prince in disguise—who will do anything to prove to her that love and happily ever after can be theirs.
Emma Yoon dreams of opening a culinary school in Los Angeles. To that end, she teaches Korean royal court cuisine to hopeful brides of upper-crust Korean families. Thanks to her godmother, a renowned matchmaker, business is booming. But when rival matchmakers plot against her godmother using Emma’s single status, she must save her godmother’s reputation and her dreams by finding a perfect-on-paper husband—even if she’s not ready for love. Meeting the gorgeous and irresistible Professor Michel Chevalier is not part of her plan.
Prince Michel Chevalier refuses to marry a woman handpicked by his elders. If he must spend the rest of his life in service to his country, he wants to do so with someone he loves by his side. With only three months left until his arranged engagement is formally announced, Michel escapes to Los Angeles to find a bride of his choosing, someone who loves him for himself rather than his crown. Serendipity leads him right to Emma Yoon, who might just be the woman of his dreams.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.
Narrated by Olivia Song
July 25, 2024
The Secret Goddess (The Order of the Gods Book 1) by MJ Fenix
Destiny brought them together. An ancient struggle between gods may tear them apart.
When Kyra discovers her whole life is a lie, she is thrown into the middle of a war between secret societies of ancient Egyptian gods. Will she be strong enough to fight the god of chaos and deal with her magnetic attraction to a man she barely knows?
Gabriel is no ordinary man. He’s a link to the gods, and Kyra’s energy sets his on fire. Will he be able to fulfill his duty as her protector while keeping his distance?
Can the two of them navigate secrets, vengeful gods, and impending destruction without losing themselves in the process?
Intended for adult audiences 18+. This series is set in contemporary times with Egyptian mythology reinvented, a steamy romance and mysteries to be solved. This is the first book of the series.
Redemption by Jenna Hartley
Sailing the Caribbean solo was supposed to be an escape. Instead, I’m trapped on a thirty-five-foot boat with my new bodyguard—an overprotective alpha male who was my first love.
Loving Jackson Shaw in secret almost cost me my relationship with my best friend—his younger sister.
Losing him nearly broke me.
It took years to put the pieces of my heart back together. To find some semblance of happiness.
And while a lot has changed since the last time I saw him over a decade ago, the way my body reacts to him has not.
Jackson’s a former Navy SEAL, and when he puts his mind to something, he won’t let anything stand in the way.
So when he sets his sights on me, I’m both anxious and thrilled. My body might crave his touch, but my heart is another matter entirely.
Jackson wants a second chance, and I’m beginning to wonder if I’m too focused on our past to see our future.
When Kings Rise (The O’Sullivan’s Brides #1) by Vi Carter
My rivals are Dons; I am a King.
Three brides have been chosen for my pleasure and displeasure. One of them will become a King’s consort; the others will be discarded.
Until my decision is made, I get to feast on them all.
They are mine.
After the demise of my uncle, the O’Sullivan family has yet to choose the new Don. With two brothers and a vengeful, unhinged cousin also vying for the position, tension is rising in an already dangerous business.
Especially since no one knows that I’m responsible for my uncle’s disappearance.
Enter the Hands of Kings, a global cult with the ability to replace CEOs, Presidents, and Popes. And their leader, Victor, has his eye on me.
Few men were made to be Kings and Victor has plans for me, plans that do not require my approval.
But an unseen enemy is hiding and they know my secrets. They are manipulating the people around me with the intention of taking my crown.
A King is not so easily dethroned, especially when threats are made toward me and mine.
No one shall have my brides.
When Kings Rise is a dark mafia romance, intensified by the presence of a cult, with mature themes, mature language, and very mature steam.
Audiobook narrated by Scott Rose, Ava Flynn, Maeve York, and Scarlett Rose McCloughan
The Fiancé Dilemma (The Long Game, #2) by Elena Armas
A fake engagement, second chances, and newfound family members come together in this new romance from the New York Times bestselling author of the “swoon-worthy” (Business Insider) The Spanish Love Deception.
Josie Moore has given the opposite sex—and love—plenty of chances. Four exactly, if you count all her failed engagements, and five if you include her no-longer-absentee father. Nonetheless, when the influential man decides to announce his retirement with a splashy magazine piece and Josie learns that her romantic history isn’t great PR for the family, she jumps at the chance to offer a solution.
Matthew Flanagan is in the mud. Literally. Not only has he been fired from his job, but after taking a wrong turn on his way to Green Oak, North Carolina, his car is stuck. So, he grabs a duffel bag with his essentials and goes in search of a place to crash until he gets his life (and vehicle) back on track. But instead, he stumbles upon his best friend’s sister, Josie, greeting him as her fiancé.
What starts as a big misunderstanding quickly turns into a fake engagement, with Matthew playing the role of the doting fiancé as he and Josie are swept into a PR whirlwind. The ring on Josie’s finger makes her stomach turn, but she knows this is only temporary. They have rules in place, and one of them is that no matter what, there will be no exchange of “I dos.” But that’s easier said than done, as lines soon start to blur, and the rest of the small town comes to believe the fifth fiancé is truly The One.
July 22, 2024
Amid Clouds and Bones: A Standalone Romantasy by Ella Fields
A princess determined to survive an arranged marriage to a heartless faerie prince is saved by a twist of fate that could destroy their world in this all-new standalone fantasy romance.
As the half faerie daughter of a human king, my days were spent tucked out of sight—until the Seelie Fae sought an alliance with our kingdom. In exchange for my father’s help in defeating their Unseelie enemies, I would wed Atakan the heartless.
The Seelie prince loathed everyone, but none more than me. Throughout the years leading to our nuptials, each encounter grew more terrifying than the last as he demonstrated how he’d earned his infamous reputation.
Fear would only doom me faster. So I learned to hide it with games I soon became happy to play. I wasn’t supposed to crave a monster. But just when I’d thought I might tame the untameable, fate intervened.
And delivered me straight to his enemy.
Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
A bright, beaming power ballad of a novel from Rainbow Rowell—the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Landline, Fangirl, and Eleanor & Park—Slow Dance tells the humorous and heartbreaking love story of best friends Shiloh and Cary from their inseparable teen years to their far-flung adulthoods as they try to figure out what their relationship is, where it went wrong, and how to finally make it right.
Growing up on the wrong side of Omaha, all Shiloh could think about was getting away. At least she had Cary in the meantime. Cary to put up with her, Cary to make her laugh. Cary at sixteen, built like a stick of gum and driving his mom’s beat-up station wagon. He had it worse than Shiloh did. Only their friendship got Cary through high school and when Shiloh went off to college, he joined the Navy.
That was fourteen years ago. Now Shiloh’s thirty-three and feeling like she never did get away. She’s back living in the same house she grew up in. She’s working in a theater, but not onstage like she’d planned. And she’s divorced, a single mom just like her own mother (minus the revolving door of boyfriends).
When a high school friend invites Shiloh to his wedding, the last thing she wants is to catch up with the old gang. But she buys a new dress, puts on some makeup, and pins a silk flower over her heart, hoping—and also worrying— that she might see Cary, the boy she never realized she loved until he was lost.
July 21, 2024
A Perfect Story by Elísabet Benavent
*Now an original series from Netflix*
*International bestseller*
Two heartbroken people from totally different worlds go on a fake-dating vacation of a lifetime. What could possibly go wrong?
Margot Ortega always struggled to be the princess in her own fairytale: a successful career, a huge salary, a gorgeous apartment, and a perfect fiancé. But on her wedding day, she suffers a major panic attack and has to call it off.
Devastated and ashamed, Margot decides to drown her sufferings in a mad night of alcohol and dancing. The next day, she goes back to the sleazy club to retrieve her sister’s cell phone, and has a crazy encounter with David Sánchez, the handsome, fun-loving bartender who persuades her to pretend to be his new girlfriend in order to make his ex jealous. David recognizes the sadness in her eyes, and together they conspire to help each other get their exes back. Little do they know how much fun they’ll have and how much they’ll complicate their lives.
A trip to Greece together that Margot sees as a much-needed getaway creates an unexpected connection and depth of intimacy between two people who belong to two totally different worlds. What starts as a simple escape for fun and adventure becomes complicated and devastating when the depth of their feelings pulls the two lovers in different directions and forces them to make a life-altering decision.
Full of joy, angst, and heartfelt humor, A Perfect Story is perfect for fans of:
Opposites attract romanceFake dating (but it feels so real)Sizzling heat and fiery passionBooks that make you cry and laughA fun, sexy vacation to the MediterraneanEmotional romances by Lucy Score and Abby JimenezJuly 20, 2024
The Infinite Light of Dust (Brightest Stars, #3) by Anna Todd
The heart-wrenching conclusion to the epic Brightest Stars trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Anna Todd
Karina and Kael have been trying to make it work for as long as they’ve been together. The two broken souls have a lot of individual healing to do before they’ll be able to find happiness anywhere, never mind with each other.
As the world around them starts to crumble, Kael is consumed by the darkness of his PTSD, and Karina struggles to overcome her anxiety, which is at an all time high. Then someone from their past returns to invade their lives and wreak havoc on the fragile peace they’ve created. If they’re going to have the future they dream of, they’ll have to commit to fighting this battle together.
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