Love That Lingers: 6 Romance Reads to Savor Slowly

16 May 2025

Love That Lingers: 6 Romance Reads to Savor Slowly

Get swept off your feet with six unforgettable romances that linger long after the last page. From second chances to slow burns, these stories are full of heart, heat, and happily-ever-afters. Ready to fall hard? Your next book boyfriend awaits.

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Match Penalty (The Rookie Hawkeyes Series Book 1)

by Kenna King

Release Date: May 13, 2025

Second chances aren’t part of the game… until they are. Coach’s Daughter. Bad Boy Hockey Star. Second Chance. Jon Paul Dumont was the one rule I shouldn’t have broken—a cocky, reckless heartbreaker who left me shattered a year ago. Now, he’s back. Fresh off a scandal and career-ending injury, wearing my father’s team jersey and flashing that same dangerous smile.

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Game, Set, Match (Vol. 1) (Champions of Sin Book 1)

by Elektra Roselyn

Release Date: May 6, 2025

A forbidden, age-gap romance between a fallen tennis star and a powerful billionaire determined to own her. He’s married. She’s drowning in debt. He offers a deal she can’t refuse. But when desire turns dangerous, will she survive the game… or be consumed by it?

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THE WILD (The Story of John Wilson Book 1)

by Natalie Shpet

Release Date: May 12, 2025

John, a battle-hardened veteran known simply as “The Wild,” returns to his homeland seeking solace, only to find himself thrust into a different kind of warfare: a desperate struggle against destitution. This conflict drives him to accept a dubious proposition—providing protection for the headstrong and infuriatingly independent sister of a local businessman…

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Bad Things Come in Threes

by Didi Adeyemi

Release Date: April 30, 2025

After losing nearly everything, Adira is left with nothing but grief and the ghosts of what could have been. She trusts no one—until Nathan steps in. Steady and kind, he refuses to walk away, no matter how much she pushes. But love makes you vulnerable, and Adira can’t afford another loss. Yet, some people are worth the risk.

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Heartless

by NaNaKo Sai Gwin

Release Date: February 23, 2025

Yuren despised the entire imperial family until he met Princess Sunela. She was definitely not the one he should fall in love with. Princess Sunela dreamed of a Prince Charming who would take her out of the Imperial Palace. Yuren was definitely not the one. Sunela and Yuren were forced out of the palace and abandoned by families and friends. They learned to be THE ONE for each other!

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The Pucking Wrong Rookie (The Pucking Wrong Series Book 5)

by C.R. Jane

Release Date: May 13, 2025

I never wanted this life, but the choices I made led me here, caught in a world I can’t escape. Then Logan York, the Dallas Knights’ rookie sensation, spots me in the crowd. When I refuse to date him, he hires me and promises I’ll fall in love with him. Arrogant. Reckless. Completely impossible. I tell myself it’s just another job, that I can keep my heart out of it. But as the lines blur and the stakes get higher, I wonder if being his is the only choice I ever really had. Logan isn’t just any man, though.

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