How It Starts: Romances That Catch You Off Guard

11 Jul 2025

How It Starts: Romances That Catch You Off Guard

Sometimes love begins with a crash into someone’s car, someone’s plans, or someone’s heart. These swoony stories remind us that falling is the best part.

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Defending Love

by Aleatha Romig

Release Date: June 23, 2025

“Defending Love has all the ingredients of a romantic thriller. Suspense, intrigue, danger, and spice. The characters were very well developed, and the banter between Dani and Eli was exquisite.” – 5-star review

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Pretend I Do

by Misha Bell

Release Date: July 8, 2025

What if the person destined to complete you… has the same name as you?

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A State of Maine

by Clementine Rowe

Release Date: June 22, 2025

What happens when a privileged political heir collides with a convenience clerk who’s done waiting for life to change? A State of Maine is a sharply observed literary debut in which two strangers from opposite worlds cross paths in a late-night D.C. gas station—and neither walks away unchanged.

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Hearts Of The North: A Collection of Three Novellas

by Alex Wayland

Release Date: June 16, 2025

Three women in 1970s northern England dared to reach for love. Lizzie challenges the steelworks bosses. Pauline discovers freedom with a dangerous musician. Margaret faces her past when her ex returns. Will they find the courage to fight for love?

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Claimed by the Deputies:

by Kai Lesy

Release Date: July 7, 2025

One moment, I’m alone, fantasizing about the grumpy silver fox next door. Next, my vibrator explodes. Then… He. Shows. Up. Sheriff Lucas Riggs. My next-door neighbor with a hero complex and a jawline made for sin.

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These Summer Storms

by Sarah MacLean

Release Date: July 8, 2025

Alice Storm hasn’t been welcome at her family’s magnificent private island off the Rhode Island coast in five years—not since she was cast out and built her life beyond the Storm name, influence, and untold billions. But the shocking death of her larger-than-life father changes everything.

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