Love Wasn’t the Plan: Romance Books That Change Everything

19 Jun 2025

Love Wasn’t the Plan: Romance Books That Change Everything

They weren’t looking for love, but love found them anyway. These romance reads capture the ache, the spark, and the beautiful chaos of falling when you least expect it.

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Heartstrings and Helmets (Hearts in Hawthorne Book 1)

by Alexa Aston

Release Date: June 17, 2025

Hawthorne, Texas-where couples are drawn to their hometown’s slower pace, finding lasting love and happiness. A man who’s gained fortune and fame. A woman who’s known heartbreak and despair. A second chance for a couple who went their separate ways years ago. Will a second chance at finding lasting happiness be in store for West and Kelby?

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Fatal Misstep (Dìleas Security Agency Book 4)

by C.S. Smith

Release Date: June 17, 2025

He wants revenge. She’s the bait. When former Green Beret Caleb Varella rescues Dr. Gia Barone from an attempted abduction, he discovers her link to the man responsible for his mother’s death. Now, he’s torn between using her to draw out a killer or protecting the woman he’s falling for. One wrong move could destroy everything.

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Under Caution

by Lori Zoss

Release Date: June 17, 2025

Daisy Kray, a fearless stock car driver, faces sabotage at the Tennessee 400 and a vengeful ex-driver bent on destroying her. With danger closing in and her relationship with rival Jackson Wyatt heating up, Daisy must outpace her enemies and confront the deadly risks that could cost her everything. Under Caution—thrills, passion, and survival.

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Bittersweet Grounds

by Vivian Oliver

Release Date: June 10, 2025

Drake Kingston came to settle a score, not to fall for the stubborn barista with flour on her jeans and fire in her eyes. She thinks he’s the enemy at her door. He thinks she’s the key to revenge. Until the past starts pointing them straight at each other. Because the one thing she’s been searching for… might be the very thing he’s already taken.

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She Belongs In My World (The Medicine Man Book 5)

by Karen Kay

Release Date: June 1, 2025

Liliann Varga has loved First Rider since he saved her father’s life. But he married his childhood sweetheart, and Lilann faded into the background. But when First Rider’s wife is kidnapped and dies, First Rider is grief-stricken until he is called upon to heal Liliann. Could this be their second chance at love? Free on Kindle Unlimited.

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Knot Her Catch (MVP: Most Valuable Pack Book 5)

by Ari Wright

Release Date: June 13, 2025

You know the phrase, “It is what it is.” Well, for Bridget Woods, it is what you make it. But even she has to admit… this situation seems pretty hopeless. She accepted the Locke Pack’s ridiculous offer so she could finally find some control over her life. Sure, they were a hot mess, and she definitely hated them, but Bridget was never a girl to shy away from a challenge. She also never expected she would be splashed across media headlines, outed as the famous pro-baseball players’ “fake fiancée.” There’s only one way to save face—the atrocious alphas have to double down and move in with her.

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