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December's Most Hotly Anticipated Romances
Some people love books. Some people fall in love. And some people love books about falling in love. Every month our team sorts through the new romance books and sees how early readers are responding. We use this information to curate a list of soon-to-be-beloved favorites.
New in December: A bookstore owner finds unexpected romance in Rachel Lacey’s Read Between the Lines. A rebellious reform-school teen breaks some rules in Saffron A. Kent’s These Thorn Kisses. And a cosplay couple go pro in Seressia Glass’ The Love Con. Also keep an eye out for lonesome football players, frisky wedding planners, and meddling fairy godmothers.
Add what catches your fancy to your Want to Read shelf, and let us know what you're reading and recommending in the comments.
New in December: A bookstore owner finds unexpected romance in Rachel Lacey’s Read Between the Lines. A rebellious reform-school teen breaks some rules in Saffron A. Kent’s These Thorn Kisses. And a cosplay couple go pro in Seressia Glass’ The Love Con. Also keep an eye out for lonesome football players, frisky wedding planners, and meddling fairy godmothers.
Add what catches your fancy to your Want to Read shelf, and let us know what you're reading and recommending in the comments.
Author Saranna DeWylde writes under several pseudonyms, but each of her genre explorations orbit the same core concept: fairy tales. It Happened One Midnight sweetens the usual romance story with flavors of magic and fantasy. Missouri's resident fairy godmothers—Petunia, Jonquil, and Bluebonnet—have a new project to work on: granddaughter Juniper. From DeWylde’s website: “Fairy tales aren't the absence of struggle, they're about persevering through the darkest night. They're about hope.”
Rosie Taft loves books. Like, really loves books. Since taking over the family bookstore in Manhattan, it’s been all books, all the time. Part-time author Jane Breslin is also deep into the world of books, especially since she started writing steamy lesbian romance novels. When Rosie and Jane start up a flirty online correspondence, it seems like a promising start. But business and pleasure soon collide when Rosie’s bookstore lease is terminated by Jane’s family business. Uh-oh.
If you’ve never been to a high-maintenance Southern-style wedding, well, they are…intense. This new rom-com details the adventures of wedding planner Lottie Jones, whose top-tier boutique event company deals in just this kind of extravagance. Authors Mary Hollis Huddleston and Asher Fogle Paul write from their own experiences in the industry, including bridezilla safety tips and drunken groomsmen contingency planning. Think Sweet Home Alabama meets Emily in Paris.
This new standalone novel in author Saffron A. Kent’s St. Mary’s Rebels series finds troubled teen Bronwyn Littleton in a jam. At St. Mary’s School for Troubled Teenagers—an all-girls reform school—the students are not allowed to fraternize with the staff. Obviously. That makes the new soccer coach Conrad Thorne decidedly off-limits. But those eyes! Those abs! Well, we’ll see what happens. Reform school girls aren’t good at following rules, anyway.
Penny Reid, she of the Winston Brothers and Knitting in the City series, returns with the story of pro football player Rex "TW" McMurtry, whose ex-girlfriends keep getting married to his closest friends. It’s awkward: always a groomsman, never a groom. But then one fateful night a drunken TW catches a ride home with bartender Abigail McNerny, his childhood friend and perpetual gal pal. What will Abigail do when TW finally makes the offer she should but can’t refuse?
This just in from the old-school historical romance division: Madeline Ravenwood keeps herself plenty busy running the gardening business she inherited from her father. Will Hart, the handsome Duke of Ashmore, is similarly disinterested in romance. He’s good-hearted and honest, but also grim and forbidding. When Madeleine persuades the Duke to spruce up his ramshackle manor house, the sprucing gets out of hand. These things happen.
Gamer girl Kenya Davenport loves anime and cosplay, so when she gets a chance to go pro, she jumps. The reality-show competition Cosplay or No Way wants to include her in the final round—theme: Iconic Pairs. Alas, the competition requires her to have a significant other, which, at the moment, she doesn’t. So Kenya recruits her best friend Cameron Lassiter to be her fake boyfriend in the name of cosplay glory. For Kenya and Cameron, the challenge is clear: Fake it ’til they make it.
Which new releases are you looking forward to reading? Let's talk books in the comments!
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Check out more recent articles, including:
Readers' Most Anticipated Books of December
The Most Anticipated Young Adult Novels of December
Cuddle Up With These New Holiday Romances and Cozy Mysteries
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Dec 03, 2021 05:27AM
Can we get a monthly “hotly anticipated historical fiction” list please?
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I prefer historical romance fiction too. More suggestions in that genre please.
Joshua wrote: "Can we get a monthly “hotly anticipated historical fiction” list please?"Yes please!
why is everyone talking about historical fiction or romantic historical fiction that’s the worst genre i’ve ever heard
Not everyone’s into romance and it seems it’s the only thing other than ya that gets it’s own monthly list. Hey goodreads if you need another writer to review newly released or soon to be released historical fiction … I’m your man.
Hmmmm... not a single MM romance. Personally, I'm looking forward to MA Grant's Crooked Shadows, sequel to Rare Vigilance.
I am completely excited about Penny Reid’s new book. She’s the BEST!!!!!
