Romance

A chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But this love has conditions: they agree it will last only one hour, and it will be only make-believe. When their hour is up and the girl rushes off like Cinderella, Daniel tries to convince himself that what happened between them seemed perfect only because they were pretending it was. Moments like that happen only in fairy tales. One year and one bad relationship later, his disbelief in love-at-first-sight is stripped away the day he meets Six: a girl with a strange name and an even stranger personality. Unfortunately for Daniel, finding true love doesn"t guarantee a happily ever after... it only further threatens it. Will an unbearable secret from the past jeopardize Daniel and Six's only chance at saving each other?

Samantha Smiles and Renee Montgomery have been best friends for over a decade. They’ve shared laughs, secrets, and a mutual hatred for one person: Tristan Montgomery, Renee's older brother. He was the guy every girl wanted, and every guy wanted to be, and it wasn't uncommon they'd befriend his little sister just to get closer to him. Which was exactly how Samantha became Renee’s saving grace. She was the only girl Renee could trust not to fall in love with her older brother. Until the one night Samantha spent with him alone, leaving her questioning everything she’d ever known about the blond headed heart-throb. Years later, Renee asks Samantha to be her maid of honor. With no other option, Samantha is forced to drive cross-country with the focus of their teenage ire. He was her first kiss. Her only secret. Can Samantha survive the trip cross-country with the reckless Tristan Montgomery? The guy who did what he wanted, whenever he wanted, without worry for tomorrow? Or will she discover a different side of him. One that’s sweet, funny, and maybe a little bit vulnerable. And fall completely and helplessly in love for the first time in her adult life with the one man who could cause her to lose her best friend forever?

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise. Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret. Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die

Elizabeth Whitman’s father, James, is a well-known defense lawyer, representing some of the most powerful criminals in the city. His best friend, Vincenzo Falzone is one of the country’s most feared men and found himself unable to evade a five-year prison sentence. After gaining his freedom, he did his best to lay low but there was one problem. Elizabeth returned home from college, only to be forced to work in her father’s office for the summer after an incident at school. She soon found herself in the presence of Vincenzo at the order of her own father. James has no idea his punishment will end up being the beginning of a dark secret. A vacation at the end of the summer was supposed to be relaxing, but Vincenzo has other plans.

Lyra and Elijah couldn't be any more different. She's grumpy and calculating, and he's carefree and spontaneous. When the two come together over the death of his grandfather, there's only one choice... hang on. Caught in the whirlwind of grief, routine, and normalcy, Lyra is resistant. Elijah has no intention of letting that stop him. Together, can they overcome the rut they have dug themselves? This sweet, funny romance has everything you need for a cute comfort read. With dynamic characters, battling their own trials, and a relationship based on shared understanding and growth.

Everyone is counting on me to change the world, but I can barely handle the changes within myself. Just as I think things are getting better, they nosedive and fall through the sky like a sack of bricks. And I can’t help but think they’re going to get way worse… I just have this feeling I can’t shake. Millions of lives are in my hands. My life is, too. This destiny isn’t one I chose, and I’m so close, I can taste it…or is that the sour flavor of deceit? I’m not even sure I want this life, let alone will be able to survive it. Or the intense love I find myself drowning in. 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕀 𝕗𝕝𝕪, 𝕠𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝? 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕀 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖, 𝕠𝕣 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖. Is my ending hidden in deception, or will it be absolved as I forge my path to victory?

For two hundred years, Andraste has walked the Faedoroth, alone and undisturbed. Revered by the clansmen she cared for. She wanted for nothing, aside from the years she couldn’t seem to remember. When the reverence of the clansmen becomes blasphemy, Andraste finds herself pulled from the Faedoroth and deposited into the Underworld. Bound to its ruler and the bidding of the tyrannical Gods of the Pantheon. Stripped of her home, power, memories, and way of life, she learns there is more at play than she imagined. Making her less of a pawn in their game, instead, the queen. When tricks fail, dread rules.

Caraval meets Throne of the Fallen in this spicy dark romantasy where a necromancer needs help from a dangerous phantom to win a deadly competition, only to find their partnership puts her at risk of breaking the game’s most vital rule: don't fall in love. When Ophelia and her sister discovers their mother brutally murdered, there is no time to grieve: Ophelia has inherited both her powerful death\-driven magic and enormous debt on their home. Circumstances go from dire to deadly, however, when Ophelia’s sister decides to pay off the loan by entering Phantasma—a competition where most contestants don’t make it out alive and the winner is granted a single wish. The only way to save her sister is to compete. But Phantasma is a cursed manor, with twisting corridors and lavish ballrooms, and filled with enticing demons and fatal temptations. Ophelia will need to face nine floors of challenges to win... if her fears don’t overtake her first. When a charming, arrogant stranger claims he can protect and guide Ophelia, she knows she shouldn’t trust him. While Blackwell may not seem dangerous, appearances can be deceptive. But with her sister’s life on the line, Ophelia can’t afford to turn him away. She just needs to ignore the overwhelming, dark attraction drawing them closer and closer together. Because in Phantasma, the only thing deadlier than losing the game is losing your heart.

Who knew dying would be the easy part of my day? It all started the night Chase, my mountain lion shifter ex, reappeared. We’d had a whole good girl/bad boy romance going until he abandoned me a decade ago. I’d gone to Syn City for a little fun before being trapped in my hometown forever. Then I was murdered by a maniac and my night really fell apart. But somehow, Chase managed to strike a deal on a blood oath and bring me back as a Fury. He wants a second chance at romance, claiming we’re fated mates. Now, I have to deal with the guy I thought I’d never see again, find and punish my murderer, and participate in a giant supernatural roller derby (long story)—all while trying to earn my wings. And if I fail? I’ll end up dead. Again…only this time, it’ll be permanent. All I can say is that it’s a good thing hell hath no fury like, well, an actual Fury.

Madison Astor has had a crush on her best friend’s father, James, for years. She often refers to him playfully as, “DILF” behind his back. For months, James has been confiding in Madison about his separation from his toxic wife and they’ve developed their own friendship through text and his frequent visits to Abruzzo’s Jazz Club where she works. Before the news is broken to the family, he agrees to go on a family vacation one last time before the end of summer. While away, James receives an accidental text from Madison that was meant to go to her best friend, Elizabeth. After thinking she successfully covered her tracks, a private conversation when he returns home fuels dark desires between them when she finds out he never deleted the messages. Their friendship escalates to a dirty little secret when James shows Madison who he really is and invites her into a hidden room that will change both of their lives forever.

What happens when the fiancée of a billionaire disappears without a trace during an annual masquerade? Isabelle Ayala comes face to face with the one person who scares her the most. It’s a fight for her life as she finds herself in the presence of two men from her past. Ready for payback, they have a sinister strategy to break her. Unknown to them, Isabelle has become stronger, and is ready for anything. Valentino Greco will stop at nothing to ensure Isabelle is returned safely, and will destroy anything or person in his path. The usually private billionaire offers a significant amount of money for the return of his beloved fiancée, which sets the public into a frenzy. While Joseph and Noah assemble a team to divide and conquer, Valentino slips away. He takes matters into his own hands after receiving an anonymous tip from an old acquaintance. The Veiling is the final book in The Veil Trilogy.