There can be no victory without betrayal. Hara Duja Gatdula, queen of the island nation of Maynara, holds the divine power to move the earth. But her strength is failing and the line of succession gives her little comfort. Her heir, Laya, is a…
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DPL Adults: Romance Books
Created August 2025. A selection of new 2025 romance books in alphabetical order by author.
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- In this lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers rom-com, two exes are faced with one deadline. Will they make it to the end? Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other's friends. Then they break up. And Wale goes on a reality dating…
- When a husband asks his wife to consider what might be missing from their marriage, what follows surprises them both-sex, heartbreak and heart rekindling, and a rediscovered sense of all that is possible. She's happy and settled and productive and…
- Ten years ago, they joined the CIA. Six years ago, he left the game. Five years ago, they fell in love. One year ago, she ran out into the cold with absolutely no intention of ever coming back. And two minutes ago, they woke up, bloody and bruised…
- It's a thin line between love and love-hating in the newest laugh out loud, all the feels rom-com by New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center. Katie Vaughn has been burned by love in the past--now she may be lighting her career on fire.…
- A bewitching novel within a novel--a blend of romance and magical realism, part The Lost Bookshop, part A Love Song for Ricki Wilde--a magical world in which a bookseller becomes a reluctant matchmaker, bringing soulmates together through books.
- Bestselling and award-winning author Mason Deaver's adult romance debut is perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood and Casey McQuiston. Readers will delight in this sweet and steamy queer romance with trans representation!
- Hope Lanover needs a vacation. Her relationship has imploded, her creative ambitions have flatlined, and she can't seem to locate the badass girl she used to be. So when her best friend invites her on a luxury cruise, she goes along with it, despite…
- She doesn't do second chances. But he's not done writing their song. Cielo "Lo" Valdez doesn't believe in second chances. Surviving cancer at seventeen taught her life is too short to spend time on someone who wronged you. But Aidan O'Toole is…
- Aspiring author Bryony Page attends her first writers conference bursting with optimism and ready to sell her manuscript with long-shot dreams of raising awareness for The Bridge, her grandmother's financially-struggling organization where she…
- After her legal career comes to a sudden and humiliating end, Liliane Lyon books a restorative summer rental at The Icon, a quintessential Art Deco building in Miami Beach, where her only plan is to bask in the sun, read, and sip cocktails. But soon…
- A second chance romance in which celebrity spin instructor Quinn Ray and her high school crush take an unplanned cross-country road trip end up finding love somewhere along the way.
- In this resplendent debut novel, a beautiful love story unfolds for tenderhearted Gracie Harris-a mom of two and recent widow-as she navigates the unexpected curveballs that adulthood throws and takes her second chance to find love.
- Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. It's such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful…
- Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry. Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her…
- She inherits the bookshop of her dreams . . . But she has to run it with the ex she vowed never to speak with again.
- There might be no such a thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes-all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediately yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even…
- Travel vlogger Cretia Martin's home is wherever her suitcase lands. But when she bumps into a handsome man on Prince Edward Island and her equipment falls into the harbor, she's forced to stay awhile at the Red Door Inn. As she gets to know the man…
- Emerson Pierce loves everything about being a kindergarten teacher except the painfully low salary. It isn't until she hears about Petunia Lemon-an opportunity to sell makeup products, make some extra money, and meet a group of skin-care…
- A cozy and steamy enemies-to-lovers romance following a small-town café owner and her best friend's billionaire brother as they're forced to work together to plan a wedding. Eva Woods is perfectly content with her quiet life in the picturesque town…
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