Modern and Contemporary romance Books

A festive treat brimming with the magic of bookshops and Christmas...In the seaside town of Micklewick Bay, Florrie Appleton and Ed Harte are gearing up for a magical Christmas at the Happy Hartes Bookshop. Florrie's book-themed decorations are the talk...

The aroma of freshly baked chocolate and caramel cake wafts through the cobbled streets of Tuppenny Bridge, carrying with it the promise of new beginnings for café owner Daisy Jackson...After years of putting others first, Daisy has found a place to call...

AN UPLIFTING FEEL-GOOD ROMANTIC COMEDY ABOUT LEARNING TO LOVE AND LAUGH WHEN EVERYTHING FALLS APART.Please note this is a completely revised edition of Her Sister's Baby.Sometimes life doesn't go exactly to plan . . .Sophie's perfectly settled life as an...

Going to the chapel, but will they get married?After the holiday romance to beat all other holiday romances, it's back to regular life for Holly Berry, and the sweet shop is busier than ever. With Jamie and Finn's wedding coming up, Holly is rushed off...

Lydia Delaney lives an unassuming life in the village of Alfriston, nestled along the south coast. With her dad Joe, who has dementia, her daughter Sass and her dear old shih tzu, Gus, she believes this is her lot. Running a thriving therapy practice of...

We all remember that one magical summer that changed our lives. For Joe, it's 1999. School is over, and with zero idea of what he's meant to do for the rest of his life, he's reluctantly accepted a job at the local summer camp. Anything to drown out...

If you find yourself talking to Jayne Dandy, limit the conversation to ducky collectibles and Star Wars. Best not to mention men, dating, or S-E-X. Jayne's fine with the way things are-writer of obituaries and garage sale ads by day, secret scribe of...

raft (noun): when two or more otters rest together, holding hands, so they don't drift apart Hollie Porter has put her old gig as a 911 operator and sad single girl in an attic-bound box, right where it belongs. She's rebounded nicely from her...

Architect, Tanner Davis, of Calgary, is interested in his uncle’s secretary, even though he senses trouble.  Pamela Kane, has worked as a top-notch secretary under false pretenses in the head office in Winnipeg.  Her stepfather, has her...

The goal at Thurstan Manor?Finding secrets to sell.Only one man stands in her way.Maren Sharpe will do anything to keep her job, even if it means betraying her clients. She's digging up dirt on Louisiana's most affluent family and is hellbent on...

Author of A RISK ON FOREVER N.S. Perkins comes back with a brand new romance novel set in Southern Maine, full of the same type of heart and emotion. Eighteen years of summers spent in a beach house in Ogunquit, Maine, have brought Violet Mitchell and...

Welcome to Hathaway House. Rehab Center. Safe Haven. Second chance at life and love.Quinton had been a patient at Hathaway House in its first year. When she finally healed enough to move on with her life, she went into law and plowed forward. However,...

Welcome to Hathaway House. Rehab Center. Safe Haven. Second chance at life and love.Getting accepted to Hathaway House is the new start Iain MacLeod has been waiting for. His old VA center has put him on the road to recovery, but he's nowhere near where...

After my boyfriend has a not-so-little accident with his new female best friend, I jump at the opportunity to take a small vacation with my brother to Salem for Halloween. He's annoyed, but his two best friends? Not so much.Halloween and Salem...

What if you had no memory of already falling for the stranger you just met?When Owen Jameson meets the (very inebriated) woman of his dreams at a Melbourne art-show afterparty, he thinks he's found his Forever. But he wakes up the next day in...

I went to church to confess my sins, but found my life in the devil's hands. His ultimatum-confess my depravities, or dig my own grave.Devon Marx has decided to keep me as his Christmas treat, stealing me from my life and taking me to the town he calls...

Welcome to Hastings HouseI thought landing a spot at Hastings House Boarding School would be my ticket to a new life full of adventure. Turns out, it's more like a minefield. With a crazy ex stirring drama, a stalker in the shadows, and three hot guys...

Die Mitarbeiter der Bad Boy Inc. sind keine Helden. Sie sind Spezialisten bei der Problembeseitigung, die immer Resultate bringen – aber natürlich nicht umsonst.Ein Vorort, eine großartige Gegend für einen Mann...

A helpless newborn abandoned on the cold, stone steps of a grand church.A broken foster system that failed to provide her with the love and care every child deserves.They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but what if you didn't even know you craved...

Second chances can be a gift when you're brave enough to risk your heart ... gripping, emotional and uplifting, the unmissable small-town festive romance from the award-winning author of Second Chance Love in Point Perry.Perfect for lovers...

"I fix things that need fixing. And you, Raven, are broken."When his best friends Vice and Victor ask Raven, a PI, to investigate Gregory Holmsworth, the estranged grandfather of Vice and Victor's girlfriend, Mirage, Raven is drawn into the underworld of...

Ruby Robbins has exactly six rules. The first one, no dating, no distractions. The second, no hoping and praying, just long hours and hard work. She has her entire career trajectory mapped and a point to prove to her overachieving,...

Fear keeps them apart. Danger binds them together.Following his divorce, Storm focused on his job at Sentinel Security, appreciating, and enjoying to the full his return to single life. But everything changes when Jenna joins the team as their new medic...

One night.One masked stalker.Two rules.The only thing I don't expect is the stranger lurking in the shadows, watching as our scene plays out.As lines blur between pleasure and danger, sanctity and sin, fantasy and reality collide. But when it's time for...

Seleste - F - Spanish origin - meaning: celestial,heavenlyThere's a joke if ever I heard one. Seleste Ortiz is my idea of hell.Feisty, cocky, and out of my league, and the new star of Starling Key.The most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on.The...

Returning to her Scottish hometown wasn't her plan. Neither was falling for her first boyfriend all over again.Kirsty Munro thought she'd left for good when she escaped her small Scottish hometown for London fourteen years ago. But when family duty...

She flees her own wedding. He never stays for breakfast. And it was only supposed to be a vacation fling.Still in her wedding gown, April ditches her own 'I do's' in Kansas City. She hops in a taxi and escapes to a tiny Scottish island. All she wants is...

He never wanted a wife, but for her, he'd spin a web of lies.Miles The idea of seeking a wife to salvage our family's reputation starts as a joke... until it spirals into a desperate reality.Before I know it, I'm lying my way into a marriage of...

No feelings. Nothing. It's as if I'm dead inside.Johnny Koenig can't recall the last time he experienced any emotion other than the intense pride he has for his team. The team admires, respects, and relies on him as their captain. But outside of hockey,...

When a handsome out-of-towner shows up claiming to be part owner of her inn, Meyer Ellison thinks she's being pranked. But sure enough, the proof is tucked away in a forgotten document in the office she really needs to tidy.Jackson Vaughan knew his...

The Leadbetters have thrived on theft for generations. It has always been their way. The current generation is no different from generations before.Phillip Leadbetter is the oldest of the present siblings. At 29, he's constantly torn between his duty as...

Suspenseful and riveting, Skirts, Ties and Taboos (previously published as Nfudu) is a gripping tale of passion, ambition, and glamour. Set in the vibrant 1960s Paris, London, and Lagos, it follows Nfudu, a young woman who leaves her affluent but chaotic...

Laryssa Mitchell is one of the lucky ones. The death of her abusive husband finally allows her to live again on her own terms, making her own choices. Her first official decision is to take back what was lost - her independence and her old job. But she...

It's four minutes to closing time at The Roast, and all Peter Rosenfeld wants is a steaming cappuccino as he rushes off to an assignment. But they've closed early.So, he does what any level-headed, mature adult would do: pounds on the windows and demands...

"It was all I could do last night to let you walk away from me. I wanted you to stay so badly. I wanted to sit and talk the rest of the night. I wanted to walk you home." His eyes drag greedily down my body and back up to meet my gaze. "I can't seem to...

This is the sequel to Eversea : a love story. A feisty small-town girl and the Hollywood star who broke her heartAn all-consuming love threatened by fameOne last chance at FOREVERKeri Ann Butler's life changed on the night she met movie star, Jack...

Life has never been easy for Denver Hollis. But at twenty-three years old, she didn't foresee losing everything, becoming homeless, sleeping in shelters, and sometimes on the cold city streets of New York.One day, her luck turns. With help from an...

Ava Reid doesn't have time for skeletons to fall out of her closet. She has ALL the tea to spill on her failed marriage, an A List career to revive, and an interview to crush.When she locks eyes with Brandon Wentworth who meanders on set, it's then she...

Get ready for a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy that takes love to a whole new level! Join Annie, the theater-loving geeky girl, as she dives headfirst into a wild adventure to win a mudrun competition. The catch? She needs to team up with Vince, the...

"Outside of Grace presents a delicate, but honest handling of a pervasive issue among young people, and others, who find themselves entangled in a situation they are not prepared to combat. As a first novel, Outside of Grace is exceptional." -Annette...

Salvage yard operator and part-time sleuth Tak Sweedner is asked by a buddy, Roque Zamarripa, to investigate a murder. Tak says OK and for his trouble is assaulted with a tire iron. Then he's run off the side of a cliff-the investigation really goes...

Maverick Jones was all set to fly out on his private jet but there are engine problems. He meets Melody Sampson an attractive stewardess who knows who the designer is. They enter into a bit of a whirlwind romance that ends in gun shots, and that's just...

Maverick Jones was all set to fly out on his private jet but there are engine problems. He meets Melody Sampson an attractive stewardess who knows who the designer is. They enter into a bit of a whirlwind romance that ends in gun shots, and that's just...

When a recently engaged Manhattanite learns that her first great love has been diagnosed with ALS, she is faced with the impossible decision of whether a few final months with her ex might be worth risking her entire future. A fast-paced emotional...

Sarah has spent her whole life fighting against her father's wishes. She doesn't care about his old beliefs and traditions; she just wants to go to college. Sarah's determined to do something with her life that doesn't involve baking pies and being a...

Sarah has decided that supporting Rob is the right thing to do, even if it puts her in an awkward position. She knows that with the loss of his father he's going to need her when he returns home to a place that he hasn't been in years. She's worried,...

Sarah went to college to learn. She went for the classes and to prove her father wrong about what women could really achieve. But all she's managed to do, so far is mess things up. Without knowing how, she's ended up with two men after her and no idea...

Sarah has spent the last few weeks wondering what's going on between her and Robert. They got close during their class project, but then he had to rush off and she hasn't seen him since. She's starting to think that she's wasting her time. That is, until...