New contemporary romance books

Last updated: September 16, 2024

Featuring new releases by Stephanie Archer, Abby Jimenez, Emily Rath, Ashley Jade, Elsie Silver, Hannah Grace, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Karina Halle, Elena Armas, Tessa Bailey, Lana Ferguson among others.

  • The Wingman by Stephanie Archer

    The Wingman by Stephanie Archer

    The best way to gain confidence after years with the wrong guy? Hayden Owens—the hottest defenseman in pro hockey, my confident best friend, and my new dating coach.He’ll teach me to be a player, but convinces me to practice with him.We’ve been friends for years, but our flirting lessons and practice kisses push the bounds of friendship.We’re roommates, but sleeping in the same bed...
  • The Situationship by Abby Jimenez

    The Situationship by Abby Jimenez

    Find out how Maddy and Doug met in this sweet and hilarious short story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just for the Summer.Travel nurse Maddy doesn't have time for a relationship, not even with the ruggedly handsome farmer who she feels a spark of attraction to.Doug is a walking green flag...
  • Pucking Sweet by Emily Rath

    Pucking Sweet by Emily Rath

    My name is Poppy St. James and I am going to kill Lukas Novikov! I’ve just landed my dream job as the Director of Public Relations for the NHL's newest expansion team, the Jacksonville Rays, but the team owner has only granted me a one-year contract. If I want to stay, I'll have to prove myself. Easy. Public relations is in my blood.But it turns out professional hockey players are a major handful...
  • The Consequence by Ashley Jade

    The Consequence by Ashley Jade

    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ashley Jade comes the conclusion of a gritty, off-limits romance about mistakes, choices, and love conquering all. The world thought I belonged to another man...they were wrong...
  • Wild Eyes by Elsie Silver

    Wild Eyes by Elsie Silver

    A rugged mountain town seemed like the perfect escape from a life in shambles. But on day one, she ran full tilt into the world's hottest single dad, and now all her plans are ruined. As a chart-topping country singer with a recent streak of bad press, it's hard for Skylar Stone to find any peace. But she finds it in Rose Hill...
  • Daydream by Hannah Grace

    Daydream by Hannah Grace

    The third in the New York Times bestselling Maple Hills series follows fan-favorite Henry and a bookish fellow student who come up with a plan to help them both overcome their respective challenges in a difficult year...
  • The Love Archives: Bonus Scenes & Excerpts for Palestine by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Karina Halle, Calia Read, N. Isabelle Blanco

    The Love Archives: Bonus Scenes & Excerpts for Palestine by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Karina Halle, Calia Read, N. Isabelle Blanco

    Get in, romance readers. We're taking a trip down nostalgia lane to save lives.Welcome to The Love Archives; a romance anthology of bonus scenes, excerpts, extended epilogues, and alternate POVs for your insatiable appetite. The best part? All proceeds go towards helping Palestinian families.So pick your sub-genre or simply enjoy over 120 short stories from some of your favorite romance authors...
  • The Fiance Dilemma by Elena Armas

    The Fiance Dilemma 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...
  • The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey

    The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey

    Tallulah is smart, vivacious, and studying to be a marine biologist. She’s also twenty-six and broke. So when Burgess, a battle-scarred hockey veteran and newly single dad, offers her a job as his live-in nanny, she jumps at the opportunity to get paid while living in a super fancy neighborhood and being around Lissa, his cool but introverted tween...
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  • The Game Changer by Lana Ferguson

    The Game Changer by Lana Ferguson

    A hockey player and a baker shoot their shot in this steamy new romance. When a very public breakup becomes a PR nightmare for Ian Chase's team, he hopes to focus on his game, but that suddenly seem less likely than a hat trick...
  • Play Along by Liz Tomforde

    Play Along by Liz Tomforde

    KennedyI’m the only woman on staff for the Windy City Warriors, and after years of putting up with a sexist lead doctor, I’m desperate to land my dream job with a new team next year. All I have to do is maintain my professional reputation for my final season in Chicago. But a Las Vegas run-in with the team’s shortstop threatens it all, leaving me with a fuzzy memory and a ring on my left hand...
  • Love, Utley by S.J. Tilly

    Love, Utley by S.J. Tilly

    Hannah: Maddox Lovelace. The captivating football player I met in college. The one I only knew for a week. A week that was… life-changing. Until my phone rang, and I had no choice but to go home. I left Maddox a letter, putting my feelings on paper, giving him my number, hoping he’d call. But he didn’t call. He never called...
  • Change of Heart by Kate Canterbary

    Change of Heart by Kate Canterbary

    Grey’s Anatomy meets a gender-swapped Wedding Crashers in this spicy rom-com about a one-night stand with The One, walking the tightrope of love and workplace ethics, and knowing which rules are worth breaking. Every summer, superstar surgeon Whitney Aldritch crashes weddings with her best friend...
  • Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren

    Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren

    A witty and deeply romantic modern reimagining of Disney’s Tangled, by the New York Times bestselling author duo Christina Lauren, part of the acclaimed and bestselling Meant to Be collection.She has a dream. He has a plan. Together they’ll take a leap of faith.Ren has never held an iPhone, googled the answer to a question, or followed a crush on social media...
  • So This Is War by Meghan Quinn

    So This Is War by Meghan Quinn

    From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn, comes a new coach’s daughter, workplace, forbidden standalone sports romance featuring the hockey men you can’t get enough of. This steamy, roommates-to-lovers romantic comedy will bring all the laughs while burning up the pages at the same time. Did I think I was going to fall for my coach's daughter?The answer would be no...
  • Love Unwritten by Lauren Asher

    Love Unwritten by Lauren Asher

    Rafael Ellie Sinclair is a hopeless romantic who writes love songs. I'm a struggling workaholic who could inspire a hundred breakup albums. On paper, we have nothing in common except for my son. For eight months, I avoid her until our summer trip. Fourteen days. Two islands. And one nanny I shouldn't be attracted to...
  • God of War by Rina Kent

    God of War by Rina Kent

    A standalone enemies-to-lovers, marriage of convenience romance. I fell for the villain.It happened back when I was a clueless girl.But he ruthlessly broke my heart and trapped it in a jar.Since then, I’ve sworn to hate him to the end of my days.Eli King might be a savage devil, but I’m out of his way. And league. That is until I wake up in a hospital and find him holding my hand...
  • The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

    The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

    She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own?Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies—good ones! That win contests! But she’s also been the sole caretaker for her kind-hearted dad, who needs full-time care...
  • Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

    Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

    A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science—from New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science...
  • Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon

    Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon

    They fell for each other in just twenty-four hours. Now Rowan and Neil embark on a long-distance relationship during their first year of college in this romantic, dual points of view sequel to Today Tonight Tomorrow...
  • After the Shut Up Ring by Cate C. Wells

    After the Shut Up Ring by Cate C. Wells

    shut up ring (noun) – a marriage proposal meant to get you off his back, intended to last indefinitelyI waited eight years to marry the father of my children.I worked at our relationship. I was patient. I forgave—the thoughtless remarks, the disappointments, the test results when I was expecting our youngest that proved he hadn’t been “working late...
  • The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

    The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

    Christina Lauren, returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship in order to receive a massive inheritance.Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam “West” Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA...
  • This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

    This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

    This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won’t give into temptation. This summer will be different.Lucy is the tourist vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island. Felix is the local who shows her a very good time. The only problem: Lucy doesn’t know he’s her best friend’s younger brother...
  • King of Sloth by Ana Huang

    King of Sloth by Ana Huang

    He'd never wanted anyone enough to chase them...until he met her. Charming, easygoing, and rich beyond belief, Xavier Castillo has the world at his fingertips. He also has no interest in taking over his family’s empire (much to his father’s chagrin), but that hasn’t stopped women from throwing themselves at him…unless the woman in question is his publicist...
  • Funny Story by Emily Henry

    Funny Story by Emily Henry

    A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together...
  • Sleet Princess by S.J. Tilly

    Sleet Princess by S.J. Tilly

    My trip to Mexico for my cousin’s wedding was only supposed to be a few days of obligation and oceanside. I wasn’t expecting Luke. Wasn’t expecting the hot hockey player, with the smirks and the tattoos, who kept bumping into me. And I certainly wasn’t expecting to spend a night on the beach, under the stars, underneath him. It was magical, but I thought it would end there...
  • Wild Love by Elsie Silver

    Wild Love by Elsie Silver

    Rosie Belmont has been driving me wild for years. The good kind of wild. The bad kind of wild. But mostly the kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend’s little sister and knowing you can’t have her. After living in the city, she comes blasting back into Rose Hill like a storm. Beautiful, messy, and chaotic...
  • Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

    Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

    A sharp and scintillating summer novel that will make readers laugh out loud and cry happy tears from the New York Times bestselling author of Yours Truly. Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up...
  • The Rule Book by Sarah Adams

    The Rule Book by Sarah Adams

    College sweethearts meet again years later, in this highly anticipated romance and companion story to the viral TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet .Nora Mackenzie’s entire career lies in the hands of famous NFL tight end Derek Pender who also happens to be her extremely hot college ex-boyfriend. Nora didn’t end things as gracefully as she could have back then, and now it’s come back to haunt her...
  • The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn

    The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn

    Accompanied by two documentary podcasters, two sisters drive across the country to unravel the mystery of a notorious con man who ran away with their mother in this timely, moving, modern love story about intimacy and truth-telling in the digital age, from the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering...