Mutual Discord by Liana de la Rosa

In her first contemporary romance, Liana introduces us to Sofia, a content creator who highlights forgotten women from history whose stories deserve to be heard. She develops an online friendship with one of her followers that feels like the precursor to a different kind of relationship…which wouldn’t be a problem if he didn’t show up in person as her visiting friend’s boyfriend. I am not usually one for romances featuring someone who is already in a relationship, but I trust Liana to guide us through with grace. 

(Mostly) Human Resources by Grace Viall

The Marriage Rebound by Meka James

We love a marriage-in-crisis romance in this house, and the fact that it’s a Black sapphic marriage in trouble with the high stakes addition of one of them being a WNBA player? Yes yes yes. Courtney and Sasha have been married for a couple of years, during which Sasha has been adjusting to life as a stay-at-home dog mom. They aren’t as close as they were in the earlier days of marriage, as Courtney’s life on the road is taking a toll on their relationship. When Courtney breaks her arm and can’t play for a while, the couple are thrown together at a much higher level of proximity than they’re used to, which leads to plenty of personal and shared revelations. 

Old Flames by Nadine Gonzalez

You can’t tell from the cover, but there are ghosts in this book! (Well, sort of.) Jules tries to escape the spirits haunting her by going to a literary event in Key West, where she runs into Leo, the one that got away. The tension between them is palpable, even as it shifts, while the hotel where both authors are residing for the festival might be housing the thing that Jules has been running from. The haunting atmosphere adds a layer to the soft, slow burn of the romance that will give you goosebumps.

Grounded In Love by Kelly Cain

Let’s take a trip into the world of Houston big business, where playboy Donovan comes to Jaymes—his sibling’s best friend, who has been in love with him for most of her life—for help. The two find themselves working together in close proximity, which brings Jaymes to consider the possibilities of a future with him. But can she trust her heart to a man who is known for his lack of interest in anything long-term? What’s his side of the story, anyway? 

Devour Me by Emily Rath

We’ve got a new Emily Rath series and it’s a paranormal MMF! When you introduce characters with names like Dáinn the Devourer, you might expect something dark and body-horrory. But this offers Emily’s usual style of storytelling that will make you regularly alternate between anxiety and laughter. Our Devourer has been tied to a witch for a couple of centuries, doing her dirty work, including taking out rival witches by devouring their souls. When he gets stopped in the middle of a devouring by a surprisingly compelling mortal woman, the rival witch he was sent to kill gets to live and the three of them enter into a weird game of cat mouse and other cat. But romantically.

Ship Happens by Mason Deaver

In What World by Bridget Morrissey

In what world…is the question two high school rivals who reunite in their thirties ask themselves, when they are thrown through a series of alternate universes trying to find a beloved drama teacher who has gone missing. In what world would we be friends? Lovers? Something else? As they hop through realities and see just what they could have been, the hunt for their missing teacher takes them further and further away from their own lives. They can’t go back until they finish their mission, but what will life look like for them when that finally happens? 

For the Love of the Quest by Alexandra Ammon Parthun

Did somebody say sapphic Victorian adventure romance? With a quest for Excalibur? Lady Edith is on a mission to find Excalibur per her grandmother’s dying wish, but she needs someone to help her. So she hightails it to the darker parts of London to find a mercenary, only to find Thomasin instead. The leader of a prominent crime ring, Thomasin needs money, fast, and sees Edith as a great opportunity for ransom. But she gets sucked into the mystery and adventure of the quest, and Edith herself. 

Steelborn by Taylor J Larue

Demons and Diplomacy by Megan Frampton

Most known for her more run-of-the-mill historicals, Megan Frampton drops us into a Victorian world where supernatural creatures have come out True Blood style with a vampire Queen Victoria at the helm. Cora is the royal ombudsman to the creature world, and finds herself taking a diplomatic role escorting the Marquis of Hell—the Devil’s son—when the Devil decides to visit the Great Exhibition. It sounds like a hell of a time, full of Megan Frampton’s classic wit with a dash of Gail Carriger. 

I Haunt It That Way by Isabelle Popp

It’s a new paranormal from one of our very own Rioters! (And my Millennial fangirl behind is going to have a fun earworm for the next month, probably.) Thora moves into her family’s decrepit ancestral mountain cabin, expecting a quiet life in a soft fixer-upper. What she doesn’t expect is her ex’s best friend arriving, determined to help her with the necessary repairs and living with her while they work on them. Also…that house is definitely haunted. 

See You at the Sunset by Susan Lee

After the worst day of her life, Jia makes a deal with her overbearing parents: she can go stay with her grandmother in Palm Springs for a month to figure out what she wants in life, and if she hasn’t found a job or purpose, she’ll move to Florida to live with them. She brightens up Sunset Hills, the senior living community where her grandmother lives, and gets the residents to liven up their days, much to the chagrin of Henry, who’s come to visit his own grandfather and is distressed to see him overexerting himself. Not to mention, Henry and Jia not only know each other from a one-night stand back in New York, but he’s the one who signed off on her termination. Messy all around. 

Heir of Prophecy by Analeigh Sbrana

The author of Lore of the Wilds and Lore of the Tides takes us to a new fae world where the Heir, the subject of a prophecy connected to the Prince of the Underworld, has been conscripted into a magical war college. She has to hide her magic from the Fae who keep her captive, so they don’t know who she is, but nothing can protect her from the visions she gets in dreams and awake, promises from a dark power who can only be one man (if you can call him that). Like Lore, this is the first in a duology, so be prepared to wait incredibly impatiently for the story to wrap up sometime in the future.