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July 2026

  • Hidden beneath the manicured estates of Essex, an underground society trains the elite to become something far more dangerous than heirs and politicians. Bound by blood and contracts, loyalty is demanded, obedience is enforced, and escape is not an option. Fae enrolls at the univ...

  • Royal (Roy) Bonetti has dedicated his life to confronting violence, navigating loyalty and betrayal, and managing rejection. Beneath his polished exterior and formidable reputation lies an individual shaped by childhood trauma, persistent nightmares, and enduring scars. Forming a...

  • A Long Island Escape (Drunken Summer Nights, #1)by Sage Bloom Cloud
    4.26 avg ratings, 27 reviewspublished July 1, 2026

    Thirty‑eight‑year‑old Bailey Morgan has three children, and the youngest just turned eighteen. Yes, your math is right—she had them at sixteen, eighteen, and twenty, each with a different father. And no, her life didn’t fall apart because of it. She was loved, supported, and she...

  • Spoiled By The Son Of A Billionaire : An Arranged Marriageby Penny Blacwrite
    4.5 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished July 1, 2026

    Nakayla I was supposed to be figuring out how to get my life back together, not getting pulled into the world of a man like Marcus Randolph. After getting kicked out of med school, I was just trying to make enough money to take care of my sisters and find my way back. Working at...

  • Done In The Dark: Taboo Tomes Book 2by Aria Daze
    4.19 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished July 1, 2026

  • Saturn: A Redemption Loveby Jenica J.
    4.2 avg ratings, 14 reviewspublished July 1, 2026

    Saturn is not a man. He is a warning. Rings of discipline. Rings of judgment. Rings of consequence. Kewanna Davis comes with her own scars, her own silence, her own guarded prayers. She wants peace. And when past sins begin circling back, the man named after a planet of karma wil...

  • Marz (The Protected, #1)by B. Love
    4.15 avg ratings, 13 reviewspublished July 1, 2026

    Marz Lewis is like his father in a lot of ways. At the top of their list of similarities is being a protector. Unlike his father, Merc, Marz doesn’t want to stay legit. He wants to become an enforcer, satisfying his desire for danger and excitement. The rush of the streets calls...

  • No Fraternizingby Jessica A.
    Not ratedpublished July 1, 2026

    Crystal Blue has a boyfriend. She loves him very much. That's what she keeps telling herself every time her new boss's boss sets his piercing eyes on her. Mr. Rockwell knows Crystal has a boyfriend. Mr. Rockwell doesn't seem to care. The problem is, Crystal really shouldn't be wi...

  • Eight Hours in Hell Alina Cross has never been afraid of the dark. She’s afraid of what waits for her when she sleeps. For years, her dreams have left her exhausted, aching, and questioning her own sanity. Some mornings, she wakes with bruises she can’t explain. Other mornings, s...

  • Babyby Egypt Cynaé
    4.31 avg ratings, 9 reviewspublished July 2, 2026

    They weren’t looking for love, but when new bakery owner, Tegan “Baby” Ingram and barber shop owner and real estate developer, Harlem Knox cross paths, they cannot deny the chemistry that burns bright between them. Reluctant to trust her heart with someone else again, Baby is hes...

  • Daddy's Home: A Why Choose Slasher - Book 4by Smauggy Universe
    5.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished July 2, 2026

  • IRL: In Real Lifeby Aja
    4.75 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished July 2, 2026

    Talia Vaughn knows better than to confuse online chemistry with real-life intimacy. Micah Sutton is grounded, careful, intentional, and far too easy to want, but what starts in comments, mutual circles, and public familiarity quickly becomes something neither of them can keep cas...

  • The High Lifeby Anise Starre
    4.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished July 2, 2026

    As an airline heiress, Imani Davies has spent her twenty-eight years on Earth living the high life – literally. Jet-setting across the globe on a whim, dining at the most exclusive restaurants and rubbing shoulders with the world’s elite. Imani has it all, and she’ll do pretty mu...

  • Chasing Sunshine (Beauty From Ashes, #2)by Dee LaSure
    Not ratedpublished July 3, 2026

    Sunshine Day was confident that no weapon formed against her would ever prosper, but after being forced to flee her hometown, her faith had taken a hit. Amid a hasty decision, she landed in Baltimore, Maryland, hoping to get lost in the big city and hide from her fateful past. Ho...

  • Give Me Libertyby Monica Cox
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished July 3, 2026

    Liberty Bell Forbes has always been the woman who holds everything together. As a former corporate attorney focused on raising her ten-year-old sister, Junie, she has learned to put her dreams on the back burner and do what needs to be done, even when it costs her everything. Whe...

  • My Reason Why: A Love in Briar Crest Novelby Léa C.
    Not ratedpublished July 3, 2026

    My Reason Why Nine years ago, Dulce Evers made the hardest decision of her life. She walked away from the man she loved to chase the dreams she'd spent her entire life putting second. While Andre Delacroix built a successful Major League Baseball career, Dulce built the life she'...

  • Betrothed To Love (Bako Brothers, #1)by Charity Shané
    4.26 avg ratings, 82 reviewspublished July 4, 2026

    Judge Mireya Coleman has spent her career honoring the letter of the law in the courtroom and in her personal life. So waking up in a stranger’s bed is the last thing she ever expected to do. After one unforgettable night at the Annual Black Law Association Masquerade Ball, she’s...

  • Surrogate For My Best Friend's Manby Ro. J
    3.33 avg ratings, 6 reviewspublished July 5, 2026

  • Her Christmas Fix: A Mason Holiday Romanceby Tisha Andrews
    3.67 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished July 6, 2026

    After ten years of living her dream in New York, River Sparks returns to her hometown with a bruised ego and a huge secret — she was fired from her once-thriving career as a fundraiser campaign manager. It was also the life she'd chosen over love. Back in the small town she felt...

  • Divorce Partyby Daisy Savage
    3.87 avg ratings, 13 reviewspublished July 6, 2026

  • Gender Reveal: A BBW Surrogate Romance: Standaloneby Jai Love
    4.2 avg ratings, 14 reviewspublished July 7, 2026

  • Crash Into Meby Robinne Lee
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished July 7, 2026

    “Glittery and sensuous.” —TIME magazine (A Most Anticipated Book of 2026) In a keenly observed departure from her blockbuster debut, The Idea of You , Robinne Lee delivers a completely new, fearlessly intimate novel of messy, complicated relationships—one that delves into desire,...

  • Greed of Giants (Forbidden Bonds)by Angela J. Ford
    Not ratedpublished July 7, 2026

    A forbidden love. A sleeping fire god. A scholar who dares to wake him. Exiled for breaking too many rules, scholar Ilaris is sent to catalog the forgotten runes of the fire giants, a race erased from history. Then the earth splits open. She awakens Killian: a chained fire giant...

  • Reina's Rulesby Kia Smith
    4.38 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished July 7, 2026

    It was either her way or her way... until love came in and said f*ck all the rules. LaReina King was taught many things: how to hustle, how to protect herself, how not to take shit from these niggas… but not how to love or be loved or even how to date. When she sets her sights on...

  • Final Take (Broadcast Hearts, #3)by Evie Daniels
    3.97 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished July 7, 2026

    Vanessa Miller never wanted to be Mrs. Sebastian Vanderbilt. She had goals. Dreams. A name she planned to build on her own. But marrying one of the most powerful men in the world came with expectations she never agreed to and a life that slowly taught her how lonely love can beco...

  • Before Duskby Morenike' Matory
    4.5 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished July 7, 2026

    "Don't let the sun set on you in Liberty!" The day the sign was knocked down was the day the trajectory of Clyde and Jason's friendship would change forever. It was also the day that would write Tenn’s future. Clyde Boyd has the bright idea to rebrand the reputation and appearanc...

  • Hallie’s Rules for a Recovering Romanticby Jessica Lewis
    4.25 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished July 7, 2026

    Perfect for fans of Erin Baldwin and Elise Bryant, this sapphic rom-com—a companion novel to Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love —stars a girl determined to reinvent herself, in life and in love. Hallie loves romance, but it doesn’t seem to love her back. Her six-time broken...

  • Alyssa Carter has rebuilt her life from the wreckage. After tragedy and betrayal made her headline news, she packed up her son and moved to Lennox Falls for a fresh start. She has a list of must-haves for her next locks, lighting, and a bathtub she can soak in. Love is not on the...

  • Free Girlsby Kristen McCallum
    3.85 avg ratings, 5 reviewspublished July 7, 2026

    A heartfelt coming-of-age debut about a girl starting over while keeping secret she's spent the last year in juvenile detention. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Leah Johnson. Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Cooper is back after twelve months at Guiding Hearts Home for Troubled Girls...

  • His Sweetest Repairby Riley Baxter
    4.25 avg ratings, 9 reviewspublished July 7, 2026

    Neriah Phillips Her mother chose men over her, a deception that landed her in the foster care system. From that moment, heartbreak becomes a cycle she knows all too well. Disappointment has been her longest companion, so she stops believing in anything she can’t control. Instead,...

  • Ace of Hearts : Poly Romanceby Adina Reed
    4.67 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished July 8, 2026

  • Forever Baeby Brandi Michelle
    Not ratedpublished July 8, 2026

    They fell in love the right way. Now life is about to test it. Marley and Andre built something real: rooted in friendship, strengthened by time, and held together by a love that felt unbreakable. But forever doesn’t come without pressure. When life throws an unexpected curve, th...

  • Mai Tais and Maybes (Drunken Summer Nights, #2)by J. Woods
    4.2 avg ratings, 15 reviewspublished July 8, 2026

    One came to Port Isle to find themselves. The other came to outrun their grief. What neither was expected was to find each other. Sydney Marie Blanks has spent her entire life being everything to everyone, but the last six years have drained her. She’s forgotten how to be herself...