Romance fiction

  • The library of lost things

    Creator

    Namey, Laura Taylor

    Abstract

    From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, this deeply heartfelt love story explores hiding the worst parts of ourselves and finding the people who love us anyway. "How could I open that door and let him see the messiest part of me?" From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books. There, she can avoid the crushing reality of her mother's hoarding and pretend her life is simply ordinary.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Inkyard Press

    Not specified
  • The most fun we ever had

    Creator

    Lombardo, Claire

    Abstract

    New York Times best seller • A Reese's Book Club pick • “A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory.” —Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe In this “rich, complex family saga” (USA Today) full of long-buried family secrets, Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, blithely ignorant of all that awaits them. By 2016, they have four radically different daughters, each in a state of unrest.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Doubleday

    Not specified
  • The most wonderful crime of the year

    Creator

    Carter, Ally

    Abstract

    "Full of tongue-in-cheek humor, excellent dialogue, and fantastic characters, this expertly crafted story from Carter (The Blonde Identity) is a heart-melting rivals-to-lovers romance combined with a delightful locked-room mystery." —Library Journal (starred review). Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter. The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room two days before Christmas.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York, NY

    Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

    Not specified
  • The nanny

    Creator

    Ferguson, Lana

    Abstract

    A woman discovers the father of the child she is nannying may be her biggest (Only)Fan in this steamy contemporary romance by Lana Ferguson. Suddenly unemployed and on the brink of eviction, Cassie Evans is left with two choices: get a new job (and fast) or fire up her long-untouched OnlyFans account. But the job market is terrible, and as for OnlyFans...well, there are reasons she can’t go back. Just when all hope seems lost, an ad for a live-in nanny position seems like the solution to all her problems. It’s almost too perfect—until she meets her would-be employer.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Berkley Romance

    Not specified
  • The night mark

    Creator

    Reisz, Tiffany

    Abstract

    A South Carolina widow travels back in time to 1921 and meets a familiar lighthouse keeper in this romance by the bestselling author of The Bourbon Thief. Faye Barlow is drowning. After the death of her beloved husband, Will, she cannot escape her grief and most days can barely get out of bed. But when she's offered a job photographing South Carolina's storied coast, she accepts. Photography, after all, is the only passion she has left.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Don Mills, Ontario, Canada

    MIRA

    Not specified
  • The orphan girl : a WWII novel of courage found and a promise kept

    Creator

    Palka, Kurt

    Abstract

    For fans of Kristin Harmel and Martha Hall Kelly's Lilac Girls—the bestselling author of The Piano Maker returns with a vivid, atmospheric, and deeply moving novel set during the final months of the Second World War. National Bestseller. London, 1944/45: Kate Henderson is an energetic and spirited young woman. As a trained paramedic and ambulance driver, she does her work courageously and with determination, even though underneath she is still wrestling with grief after witnessing the shooting death of her diplomat father seven years earlier.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    McClelland & Stewart

    Not specified
  • The pairing

    Creator

    McQuiston, Casey

    Abstract

    In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they're over each other—except they're definitely not. Theo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, in love, and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on the transatlantic flight to their dream European food and wine tour, they exited each other's lives once and for all. Time apart has done them good.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York, NY

    St. Martin's Griffin, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group

    Not specified
  • The paper palace

    Creator

    Cowley Heller, Miranda

    Abstract

    Reese's Book Club pick. Instant #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 2 million copies sold worldwide. The Paper Palace is: “Filled with secrets, love, lies and a summer beach house. What more could you ask?”—Parade. “A deeply emotional love story…the unraveling of secrets, lies and a very complex love triangle.”—Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club July ’21 Pick). "Nail-biting."—Town & Country. “A magnificent page-turner.”—Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Riverhead Books

    Not specified
  • The paradise problem

    Creator

    Lauren, Christina

    Abstract

    In this "masterpiece from the queens of romance" (Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author), Christina Lauren tells the story of a buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex, who convince his snobby family their marriage of convenience is real—or lose a massive inheritance. Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam "West" Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought she'd signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed and they both went on their merry ways.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Gallery Books

    Not specified
  • The road trip

    Creator

    O'Leary, Beth

    Abstract

    Two exes reach a new level of awkward when forced to take a road trip together in this endearing and humorous novel by the author of the international bestseller The Flatshare. What if the end of the road is just the beginning? Four years ago, Dylan and Addie fell in love under the Provence sun. Wealthy Oxford student Dylan was staying at his friend Cherry’s enormous French villa; wild child Addie was spending her summer as the on-site caretaker. Two years ago, their relationship officially ended. They haven’t spoken since. Today, Dylan’s and Addie’s lives collide again.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Berkley Pub. Group

    Not specified