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Romance/Love Stories

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Great Big Beautiful Life

by Emily Henry

Hardcover: Apr 2025 | Paperback: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

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 novel from Emily Henry.

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

A Novel

by Kate Fagan

Hardcover: Jan 2025 | Paperback: Feb 2026

Critics' Consensus:

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets First Lie Wins in this electric, voice-driven debut novel about an elusive bestselling author who decides to finally confess her true identity after years of hiding from her past.

This Book Made Me Think of You

by Libby Page

Hardcover: Feb 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A woman receives an unexpected gift from the man she loved and lost—a year of books, one for every month—launching a reading-inspired journey to live, dream, and love again in this glimmering and heart-stopping novel.

As Many Souls as Stars

by Natasha Siegel

Hardcover: Nov 2025

Critics' Consensus:

For fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, an inventive and romantic speculative novel about two women—a witch and an immortal demon—who make a Faustian bargain and are drawn into a cat-and-mouse chase across multiple lifetimes.

The Austen Affair

A Novel

by Madeline Bell

Paperback: Sep 2025

Critics' Consensus:

Two feuding co-stars in a Jane Austen film adaptation accidentally travel back in time to the Regency Era in this delightfully clever and riotously funny debut.

The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

A Novel

by Lynda Cohen Loigman

Hardcover: Oct 2024 | Paperback: Aug 2025

Critics' Consensus:

It's never too late for new beginnings.

Icarus

by K. Ancrum

Hardcover: Mar 2024 | Paperback: Mar 2025

Critics' Consensus:

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this suspenseful queer YA romance from critically acclaimed author K. Ancrum reimagines the tale of Icarus as a star-crossed love story between a young art...

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

by Tia Williams

Hardcover: Feb 2024 | Paperback: Feb 2025

Critics' Consensus:

In this enchanting love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician are irreversibly linked through the history, art, and magic of Harlem.

The Impossible Us

by Sarah Lotz

Paperback: Mar 2022

Critics' Consensus:

In this funny and poignant novel, two strangers learn that their soul mate might be both as close as breath and as distant as a star, from British Fantasy Award recipient Sarah Lotz.

The Book of Lost Names

by Kristin Harmel

Hardcover: Jul 2020 | Paperback: May 2021

Critics' Consensus:

Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the "epic and heart...

Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens

Hardcover: Aug 2018 | Paperback: Mar 2021

Critics' Consensus:

Winner of the 2018 BookBrowse Debut Author Award

How long can you protect your heart?

Ellie and the Harpmaker

by Hazel Prior

Hardcover: Aug 2019 | Paperback: Sep 2020

Critics' Consensus:

A rich, heartwarming and charming debut novel that reminds us that sometimes you find love in the most unexpected places.

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