Second Chance Romance Books

At your lowest ebb, you can either sink or swim... Marketing exec Cassie’s summer hasn’t exactly gone to plan. Jilted by her ‘loving’ fiancé in front of her family and friends, she can’t get a refund on their expensive honeymoon to the Maldives. Trying to make the best of it, she decides to go on the week away solo. Investment broker Tom has had an equally dire year. His perfect life imploded when he walked in on his girlfriend and best mate having a sleepover. In his bed. Needing to get away, he holes up in the Maldives to bury his head in work. Finding themselves island neighbours, Cassie and Tom are both emotionally bruised, with romance the last thing on their minds. But fate has other ideas – and after an awkward first meeting, ripples of attraction between the pair turn into a passionate tidal wave. But this is just a holiday fling, right? No strings, no expectations and no problem when it’s time to go home. But a week is a long time in the Maldives...

I’ve seen every square inch of Violet Eaton’s delectable body and she has no idea who I am. Until now. What happened between us online, in our chats, was meant to stay anonymous and in the past. Until it didn’t. It’s a small world, but Ruby Creek is even smaller. When I move to the tiny town, the grumpy facade I’ve created slips when we’re forced to live under the same roof. Every flush of her cheeks, every time her eyes flare with heat, every time she begs me not to stop, the ice I’ve encased myself in melts. She has me wanting things I can’t want. Things I’ve been dreaming about since I first laid eyes on her two years ago—things I don’t deserve. But my invisible wounds have the power to ruin us both. As a former soldier, I should have the discipline to walk away, but the more I open up to Violet, the more I want to keep her. I came back from the war a different man, but my scars are older and deeper than anyone knows—and I planned to keep it that way. I planned to keep my secrets hidden. Until her.

Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love alone couldn’t solve or save everything. It couldn’t save their marriage. Yasmen wasn’t prepared for how her life fell apart, but she’s finally starting to find joy again. She and Josiah have found a new rhythm, co-parenting their two kids and running a thriving business together. Yet like magnets, they’re always drawn back to each other, and now they’re beginning to wonder if they’re truly ready to let go of everything they once had. Soon, one stolen kiss leads to another … and then more. It's hot. It's illicit. It's all good—until old wounds reopen. Is it too late for them to find forever? Or could they be even better, the second time around?

A girl searching for herself... After seventeen summers in Eden, I knew I loved the boy with the fractured heart. But time changes everything—and Nate Sullivan is no longer just a boy. He’s a storm in human form. Loving him feels like standing in the eye of a hurricane—breathtaking and devastating. Now I’m faced with a choice that could shatter us for good... Because some love stories aren’t fairytales—they’re survival stories. A boy haunted by his past... She was my calm in the chaos, the only light I ever saw in the dark. But I messed it up. I let the past define me, and I broke her heart in the process. Now, Lenora Wells is back—and she’s not the same girl I knew. And me? I’m still a mess pretending I’ve moved on. We’ve made too many mistakes. Hurt each other in ways we can’t take back. But walking away from the one person who feels like home? That might be the one thing I can’t do. What if our ending... was always meant to be our beginning? Before We Were is an emotionally charged, slow-burn New Adult romance about soul-deep first love, second chances, and healing in the ruins of heartbreak. Perfect for fans of angsty, heartfelt stories with protective boys, summer nostalgia, and love that refuses to quit.

At seven years old, Ella Sunbury and Max Manning were inseparable, until life scattered them in different directions, forcing Ella to abruptly leave town. A decade later, she returns for their senior year of high school, moving in across the street from her childhood best friend. But she's not the same girl Max once knew. She now lives in the shadow of her brother, a notorious felon on death row, convicted of a crime that shook the nation. Reeling from the fallout and shunned by her peers, all Ella wants is to fade into the background. Max has little room for distractions, juggling responsibilities for a disabled father and a distant twin brother, but Ella's return reignites something within him. He wants to be close to her again, to understand her, and to turn their friendship into more. But as their relationship blossoms, new tragedy strikes, and darkness threatens to tip their delicate balance. In order to find the light, they'll have to navigate the shadows, and to catch the sun, they must first endure the flames.

Nico “Junior” Trocci has always known Lauren Marchetti is off limits, men like him don’t get to keep women like her, and that’s exactly why he pushed her away back in high school and still keeps his distance now. But distance doesn’t mean indifference, because he watches her from afar, following her online, unable to look away from the confident, stunning woman she’s become, so different from the quiet, bookish girl he once knew, and now he can’t stop thinking about her. He’s dangerous, the kind of man people warn you about, reckless and full of red flags, which might be a problem if red wasn’t my favorite color. Lauren “Lo” Marchetti hasn’t forgotten what Junior did to her, he broke her heart once, and she refuses to let history repeat itself, but the more their paths cross and their chemistry builds, the harder it becomes to ignore the feelings she thought she buried, reminding her exactly why she fell for him in the first place. When the past comes back to complicate everything, they’re both forced to confront what still lingers between them and decide if they’re willing to risk it all for another chance, because sometimes love isn’t safe, and sometimes it’s not meant to be. Caught Up is a fast-paced dark romance featuring a morally grey male lead, with intense themes that may not be for every reader.

For Persephone Fraser, the idea that you can never go home again has felt like a painful reality ever since she made the life-altering mistake that ended her glittering childhood summers a decade ago. Now living a guarded life in the city, she is suddenly pulled back to the lakeshore of Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek, the man she once believed she could never live without. Through six inseparable summers of hazy afternoons on the water and shared dreams, their deep friendship had eventually evolved into a breathtaking romance before it spectacularly fell apart. Returning for Sam’s mother’s funeral, Percy finds their connection as undeniable as ever, yet she realizes they can only move forward if she finally confronts her past decisions. Told over the span of six years and one pivotal weekend, this nostalgic story explores whether a love that marked them forever can finally overcome the weight of their biggest mistakes.

Joey Vasquez’s life is the definition of good on paper. At thirty-two, she’s a lawyer on the cusp of making partner, she owns her house in Los Angeles, and she almost keeps pace with her doctor sister in her parents’ eyes. When she reluctantly arrives at the very couple-y dinner party hosted by Elijah Aarons, the best friend she’s secretly pined after for fourteen years, she’s dismayed to find that the last person on earth she’d ever want to see again is also there: Alex Aquino. Your basic rich Silicon Beach bro asshole. The night couldn’t possibly get worse—and then she dies. When Joey is given a second chance at life, she finds herself eighteen again, the year she first met both Elijah and Alex. Armed with memories from her first life, Joey is certain she’s come back to finally convince the one man she ever loved to love her back—so why does she find herself strangely drawn to the man she thought she hated?

Callahan I'm the Kane brother everyone gossips about behind closed doors. Trust fund brat. Washed-up athlete. High-functioning alcoholic. No one knows the real me but her. Lana Castillo―my childhood best friend and the only woman I ever loved. When I broke her heart six years ago, I promised to never return to Lake Wisteria. I kept my word until my grandfather's will changed everything. To receive my inheritance, I was tasked with spending a summer at the family lake house before selling it. The request was simple in theory until my entire plan blew up on the very first day. Turns out Lana doesn't just live at the house, but she claims to own it, too. Alana Falling in love with Callahan Kane was a mistake. He told me so before destroying my heart and our friendship six summers ago. When he promised never to come back, I foolishly believed him. But then Cal showed up again, intending to sell his grandfather's lake house. The biggest flaw in his plan? My name is on the deed.

There are no more goodnight kisses. No knocks on windows. No lengthy text messages. No late-night phone calls. And no game day balloons. 
There’s just Connor. And Ava. Existing in a world filled with nothing but heartache. While searching the darkness for glimmers of hope. Because with hope, comes magic. And magic is forever.

Harriet and Wyn have been the quintessential couple since college, as perfectly matched as salt and pepper, but five months ago, for reasons they still haven't discussed, they quietly broke up. The problem is they haven't told their best friends, which leads to them sharing a bedroom at the beloved Maine cottage that has hosted their group's annual getaway for a decade. This year is particularly poignant as the cottage is for sale, making this their final week of bliss, wine, and seafood with the people who understand them most. To avoid breaking their friends' hearts during this last hurrah, Harriet and Wyn agree to play their long-established roles, she as the driven surgical resident and he as the laid-back charmer. However, as they lie through their teeth and navigate the cramped quarters of their shared room, they realize that faking a perfect relationship for a week is nearly impossible when the people watching know them best, and their mutual longing is harder to hide than the cracks in their flawless plan.

It was supposed to be a one night stand . . . no strings attached. Cole "Iron" Maxton is known for his tough, unbreakable exterior. Nothing phases this Marine Corporal -- not even his assignment with Marines Special Task Force at a foreign embassy. Until one night on leave back on base, when a random encounter at a bar shatters that tough exterior. Isis Jennings is shocked when the handsome, curly haired Marine comes to her rescue at the bar to shove some unwanted attention away. This Marine is strong with bright eyes, and the way he looks at her makes her melt. When she bumps into him outside the bar, sparks fly, and it leads to one night of scorching passion before Cole deploys. With the agreement of no strings attached, no obligations. One night only. Only that scorching passion doesn't end when they leave the motel the next morning. Something lingered, including a budding romance neither expected . . . yet both Cole and Isis are shocked at just how tethered they are from that one night when it catches up to them. Life makes a quick 180 after Cole returns from his eight month deployment. Although Cole's been taught the Marine code of Improvise, Overcome, Adapt, even he struggles to figure out how a relationship with Isis is going to work. Which is a problem, because Isis is the only thing Cole wants. Can they overcome this surprise change and find passion again? Or will it shove them apart forever?

Jamie Canning has never been able to figure out how he lost his closest friend. Four years ago, his tattooed, wise-cracking, rule-breaking roommate cut him off without an explanation. So what if things got a little weird on the last night of hockey camp the summer they were eighteen? It was just a little drunken foolishness. Nobody died. Ryan Wesley’s biggest regret is coaxing his very straight friend into a bet that pushed the boundaries of their relationship. Now, with their college teams set to face off at the national championship, he’ll finally get a chance to apologize. But all it takes is one look at his longtime crush, and the ache is stronger than ever. Jamie has waited a long time for answers, but walks away with only more questions— can one night of sex ruin a friendship? If not, how about six more weeks of it? When Wesley turns up to coach alongside Jamie for one more hot summer at camp, Jamie has a few things to discover about his old friend...and a big one to learn about himself.

When Layla's husband dies just two months after their wedding, she is completely consumed by her grief. Struggling to hold everything together, she returns to her small coastal hometown, where complicated family relationships and an unresolved past with her first love, Jacob, wait. But Jacob isn't the same boy he was five years ago, this time he carries a past that Layla is only starting to understand. Yet each time their paths cross, she can't deny the way he still makes her heart race, even when she was certain it had stopped for good. As buried feelings begin to resurface, Layla finds herself caught between honoring the love she lost and confronting the one she never truly let go of. The closer she and Jacob grow, the harder it becomes to deny the truth—some connections don't fade, no matter how much time or heartbreak stands in the way. Moving on might mean letting Jacob back in. And risking her heart again may be the only way it can ever truly heal.

Sometimes the love you walked away from is the one you were meant to find again. Alexis McNeil built a quiet life after heartbreak, one focused on her work and her son Cody. The last thing she expects is to spend any length of time with rock star Chase Wheeler, the man she never stopped loving and the reason she stopped believing in happily-ever-afters. Years ago, Chase made the biggest mistake of his life when he let Alexis go. Now fate, in the form of his grandmother’s terminal illness, has brought them back together. The spark between them is as strong as ever, but so are the memories of what went wrong. As old wounds reopen and unspoken truths come to light, Alexis and Chase must decide if love can truly survive the past or if some heartbreaks are permanent. Set against the warmth and charm of a small Wisconsin town, I Don’t Hate You is a steamy, emotional second chance romance about forgiveness, desire, and finding your way back to the person who feels like home.

Blair and Declan were inseparable growing up—best friends who knew each other better than anyone else. But when an impulsive kiss took them from friends to something more, everything changed. Just as quickly as their romance started, one moment shattered it all, leaving them with nothing but heartbreak and silence. Now, four years later, Blair is back in their coastal hometown of Seabrook to support her mom and care for her great-aunt Lottie as her health declines. To make ends meet, Blair applies to work at a coffee shop—only to discover it’s managed by none other than Declan. The boy she loved. The boy she lost. The boy who still makes her heart race. As Blair’s path keeps crossing with Declan’s, old wounds resurface, secrets are revealed, and sparks reignite. But could their future ever be free of their past?

He had her, he lost her…and he’ll do anything to win her back. Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street. He has everything—a beautiful home, a beautiful wife, and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he’s never satisfied. In his endless quest for more, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough. It isn’t until she’s gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches and glory…but by then, it may be too late. *** Kind, intelligent, and thoughtful, Alessandra Davenport has played the role of trophy wife for years. She stood by her husband while he built an empire, but now that they’ve reached the top, she realizes he’s no longer the man she fell for. When it becomes clear that she’ll always come second to his work, she finally takes charge of her life and puts herself first—even if it means leaving the only man she’s ever loved. But what she didn’t count on was his refusal to let her go…or for him to fight for their marriage, no matter what it takes.

He could rule the city if he wanted to. So why isn't he sitting on the throne? ENZO I buried her memory a long time ago. In my mind, my heart, in every single place I used to keep her. Then she walks back into my life—not as the woman I loved, but as a witness to something that could bury me. She doesn’t get to walk back in here and make me feel something again. Not after everything it cost me to stop. She has no idea how much love it takes to hate someone the way I hate her. And I should hate her. I want to. But when I look at her I don’t know if it’s her I hate, or myself for still wanting her. RAYNE He thinks I betrayed him, but he has no idea what really happened all those years ago, or how much it cost me to walk away from everything I’d ever known. He has no idea that the truth could cost him everything. I could hand it to him right now and watch him burn this city down taking his vengeance. But I can’t. Not because I'm afraid of what it will do to me, but because I know exactly what it will do to him. And now he has my life in his hands. My heart too, if I’m honest. The truth is coming whether I want it to or not, and his world is about to implode. But I can’t be the one to pick up the pieces. Last time we shattered, I barely made it out alive.

At ten years old, they promised each other forever. But his letters never came. And her heart never healed. Seven years later, Xander Ford returns to Castle Hill Academy, broken by grief and hiding behind logic, rowing, and the weight of caring for his sick father. He never stopped thinking of Emery Wallace, the kind girl who once saw him when no one else did. Emery looks perfect on the outside: wealthy, popular, untouchable. But behind the flawless mask is a girl unraveling under her father's ruthless expectations and her mother's drowning grief. When fate pulls them back together, the connection they shared as kids flares into something undeniable and impossible to ignore. Emery shows Xander that people, like light, can be both shattered and whole. And Xander gives Emery a reason to believe in herself again. But their love faces obstacles they can't control―family expectations, broken promises, and the cruel truth that not everyone wants them together.

Fern Brookbanks has spent far too much of her adult life haunted by the memory of Will Baxter, the aggravatingly attractive artist with whom she shared a single, transformative day in her early twenties. Though they made a pact to meet one year later, Fern was the only one who showed up, leaving her to wonder what happened to the undeniable connection and shared dreams of that encounter. Now thirty-two, Fern finds her life in disarray as she struggles to run her mother’s failing lakeside resort alongside an ex-boyfriend who serves as the manager. Her unexpected lifeline arrives in the form of Will himself, appearing nine years late and traded his idealism for an expensive suit. While he seems to be the only person who truly understands her predicament, Fern finds it impossible to trust this corporate mirage who bears little resemblance to the young man she once knew. As their past and present collide, Fern must decide if the man who once rescued her is now the one who needs saving.

When aspiring Australian singer Delaney crosses paths with Aries, a struggling American musician chasing his dreams, an unforgettable night sparks a connection neither of them can ignore. But when morning comes, Aries is gone, leaving Delaney with only memories of what could have been. Years later, fate offers them a second chance but with fame, distance, and old wounds standing in the way, they'll have to decide if love is worth the risk.

They call it Blackchurch. A secluded mansion in a remote, undisclosed location where the wealthy and powerful send their misbehaving sons to cool off away from prying eyes. Will Grayson has always been reckless, wild, and never been bound by a single rule other than to do exactly what he wanted. He learned long ago that being treated like an animal gives you permission to act like one. Back in high school, he might’ve enjoyed backing Emory into corners when no one was looking, but he could also be warm. And fierce in keeping her safe. But the truth is, he has a right to hate her. Because it's all her fault. Everything. Devil’s Night. The videos. The arrests. She's to blame—and yet she regrets nothing. He never expected one of his enemies to come straight to him. But now he knows she's here somewhere. And as the security detail leaves and the door to the gilded cage opens, giving Will free reign of the house and grounds for another unsupervised month, he remembers with a smile… Blackchurch houses five prisoners. And he's only one of her problems.

For a few beautiful months, Wes had his dream girl: the strong-willed girl-next-door, Liz. But right as the two were about to set off to UCLA to start their freshman year together, tragedy struck, leaving Wes to deal with the fallout which ultimately meant losing Liz in the process. Flash forward months and months later, and Wes and Liz find themselves in college together. In a healthier place now, Wes knows he broke Liz’s heart when he ended things, but he is determined to make her fall back in love with him. Wes knows Liz better than anyone, and he has a foolproof plan to win her back with the rom,com worthy big gestures she loves, only, Liz will have none of it. Wes has to scheme like a rom,com hero to figure out how to see her, and even worse, Liz has a new friend, a guy friend. Still, Wes won’t give up, adapting his clever plans and going hard to get Liz’s attention and win back her affection, but after his best efforts get him nowhere, Wes is left wondering if their relationship is really over for good.

There are only two things I’ve ever truly wanted in my life. To be a goalie in the NHL and JJ Hanson. In a twisted way, both dreams have come true. Rather than a spot on the roster though, I’m now the first female goalie coach in the NHL. JJ Hanson’s coach, specifically. Not only is he one of my players—making him totally off limits—he’s also a single dad and still technically married. Oh, and thanks to my father’s meddling, he’s now my roommate, along with his cousin and her three kids, my sister and her four-year-old twins, my cousin, and JJ’s daughter, who I unfortunately adore. Yup, I’m living with six kids under the age of five, and the only man I’ve ever loved. There was a time when JJ was my closest friend, and for one perfect moment, he was mine. Now we don’t even talk. JJ is determined to change that, though, and when opportunity strikes and suddenly both of my dreams are within reach, I have to make a decision. Can I step out onto that ice as the first female goalie in the NHL and trust JJ with my heart? I’ve never been one to walk away from a challenge. Maybe the only way JJ and I can move forward is to go back to the start.

Daniella Daisy Maria wanted love. It’s all she hoped for when watching endless rom-coms every Friday night. What she hadn't hoped for was to find it in her childhood best friend Levi. It was the hand-trembling, heart-thumping kind of love that wasn't supposed to happen when you saw your best friend. But it all ended when he didn’t feel the same way and she vowed to never see him again. Four years later and one night in a crowded bar in the West Village, there he was, just as perfect as ever. Maybe it was the lighting or the way his hair curled above his brow, but she couldn’t say no when he asked her to be his fake girlfriend for his sister’s wedding. Another chance at being his friend and mending her immature mistake? How was she supposed to say no? The weight of possible rejection from her dream grad school quickly became the least of her problems. With old, resurfacing feelings at every staged, romantic interaction and stolen glance, she struggles to find confidence. She couldn't help but think that maybe she should’ve said no to protect her heart for a second time.

After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where her life shattered, desperate to reunite with the four-year-old daughter she barely knows. However, the bridges she burned appear impossible to rebuild, as everyone in her daughter’s life remains steadfastly determined to shut her out, regardless of her efforts to change. The sole exception is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining links to her child, who cautiously keeps his door open to her. As an unexpected connection forms between them, the stakes grow dangerously high, since any public knowledge of their relationship would cost them the trust of the very people they both care about most. Amidst crushing pressure and the ghosts of her past, Kenna must find a path to absolution, hoping to transform her history of heartbreak into a future defined by healing and a mother’s love.

The line between sense and madness blurs as Kade seeks revenge on those who destroyed his life. They threatened his family, shattered his sanity, and then they stole his girl. He’ll sacrifice everything to save them all, even if it means war. Stacey Rhodes has been to hell and back, and now she’s trapped by the monster who stole Kade from her. But Stacey isn’t backing down – she’ll do anything it takes to save Kade, no matter the cost. Can she free them both from Bernadette’s clutches before war consumes everyone they care about?

Hallie Hart and Rio DeLuca were each other’s everything, childhood neighbors, first crushes, and teenage sweethearts, until they shattered each other's hearts at nineteen. Six years later, Hallie is a determined interior design intern moving to Chicago for a fresh start, only to discover that the city isn't nearly big enough to escape her past. In a cruel twist of fate, she unknowingly moves in right next door to the star hockey player she once loved, and her make-or-break career assignment turns out to be renovating his bachelor pad into a family home. While Hallie insists she is no longer the girl who loved Rio, Rio is grappling with the realization that he has never truly moved on. As the only single man left in his friend group, he has spent years searching for a connection he now realizes he found when he was only twelve years old. Having Hallie back in his life, and his house, forces him to confront the jaded history and secret memories he’s kept guarded for years. As they struggle to work together on a house meant for a future neither is sure they can share, they must decide if their second chance at being neighbors will lead to a second chance at forever.

A grumpy cowboy contractor. A woman who swore she'd never come back. One farmhouse neither of them can walk away from. Nora Callahan left Silver Creek, Montana twenty years ago and built a life that looks exactly like a success. Now her mother is gone, the farmhouse is falling apart, and the only contractor in town is the man she left behind. Wyatt Holt didn't expect her back. He didn't expect his hands to remember her, either. Eight weeks. That's how long the renovation will take. Eight weeks of shared walls and loaded silence and the slow, unbearable discovery that twenty years changed everything except the one thing that matters. But Nora has a life in Seattle. A career. A man who's good enough. And a box of her mother's unsent letters that will unravel every story she's told herself about why she left, and what Wyatt did the October after she was gone. Some houses hold secrets. This one holds the truth about the love they never finished.

Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer. Shane Hall is a reclusive, award-winning novelist. When the two meet at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their buried traumas, but the eyebrows of the Black literati. What no one knows is that when they were teenager, Eva and Shane spent one crazy week madly in love. They can pretend they've never met, but they can’t deny their chemistry—or the fact that they’ve been secretly writing to each other in their books through the years. With its keen observations of creative life in America today, as well as the joys and complications of being a mother and a daughter, Seven Days in June is a hilarious starcrossed romance.

All I wanted was a casual plus-one to my brother's destination wedding, but those idiots on my family tree hacked my dating profile and sabotaged my quest for the perfect weekend fling. Now I'm stuck on a tropical vacation with only my hand to keep me company. Until I’m forced to share a room with the bane of my existence: my sister-in-law’s best friend. Dakota has hated me for the past seven years. I wasn’t losing much sleep over her screaming rants because she was some other guy’s problem. Or she was, until she got divorced. Being stuck in paradise with a woman who loathes your very existence doesn't sound hot, but after an unexpected moment in our shared palapa, she starts screaming at me in a different way. What happens in paradise stays in paradise. That is, until Dakota shows up on my mountain with a proposition: be her wingman to help her regain her pre-divorce confidence. Suddenly, Dakota’s not just the person I love to fight with. She’s the woman I want everything with.

After the loss of her husband, Jennifer Hale escapes to a weathered blue cottage in the quiet coastal town of Coral Cove. She tells herself it's only temporary. That is until she meets a contractor with roots as deep as the shoreline. He doesn't ask for more than she's ready to give, but his presence makes it harder to ignore the question she's been avoiding. What if this isn't just a temporary escape? SUMMER IN CORAL COVE is a heartfelt, clean romance about second chances, healing, and the courage it takes to start over.

Tom Castle didn’t mean to fall in love with his best friend’s girl, and he never expected to see her again after their relationship imploded. But that’s definitely Finn Carey glaring at him from the other side of the apartment where they’re stuck riding out this Chicago blizzard together. The good news: Finn’s as gorgeous as ever. The bad news: she obviously still blames him for her breakup. Tom tried to leave his feelings for Finn in the past, but it’s hard not to slip into old habits when he’s using her shower, eating her food, and thawing her icy exterior enough to make her laugh. Then the power goes out, and Finn’s body heat might be the difference between life and... okay, probably not death. But frostbite at the very least. Sharing a bed with Finn is even hotter than Tom’s wildest dreams, and one night isn’t going to be enough for him. So he’ll just have to convince her that she’s always been the one for him before the storm clears and he loses her forever.

Nothing says welcome home like accidentally moving in with your first heartbreak…and his little girl. Coming back to my small Wyoming hometown was supposed to be temporary. I only planned to stay long enough to help my ailing mother and sort through the mess of my family’s old belongings. Instead, I somehow ended up living in Evan Ricci’s house. The single dad now owned a bunch of properties and one of them was the place I’d rented. He’d taken it off the market and moved in before I got there. I just never got the memo. Unfortunately, there was no other place in town available, so Evan let me stay. Evan—the guy my parents took in years ago after his mother died. The same Evan who used to dare me into ridiculous challenges that somehow always made me stronger—a game we’d dubbed The Challenge. The same guy who ultimately rejected me before I left for college after I’d finally garnered the courage to shoot my shot. Now Evan was a rugged single dad with an eight-year-old daughter, a cocky attitude, and a dangerous ability to make me forget every reason I should still hate him. Sharing a house with him should’ve been unbearable. Instead, it felt dangerously familiar, nearly making me forget that I had a life and a job to get back to in Chicago. I realized the biggest challenge wasn’t surviving living with Evan Ricci. It was not falling in love with him all over again.

The highly anticipated third book of the Dark Verse series. What happens when a legacy of ruin mates with a realm of blood?Heir to the notorious Tenebrae Outfit, Dante Maroni has been trained since birth. A silent rebel in the shadows, he has learned to hide his ruthlessness under his charm, his brutality under his suits, and his love for one woman under his silence. Infiltrating the Syndicate responsible for the missing children, Dante discovers information that shatters his reality and forces him to trigger a lethal game.Daughter of the Maroni housekeeper, Amara has loved Dante for longer than she's known it. Abducted and tortured at the young age of fifteen, she loses herself, her life, and her home as she knows it. Years after, unknowingly protected, she's found some semblance of normalcy when her world collapses again, forcing her to join the game.Mysteries are unraveled. Secrets are discovered. And their young love is transformed, replaced by a deep intimacy, power, and survival. The reluctant king and inevitable queen play. An empire of death is born

What happens when a beast of blood finds a bride of light in the land of death? Growing up on the streets of Los Fortis, Alessandro 'Alpha' Villanova scrapped his way to the top, fighting for his very survival, losing everything in the process. A city that shunned him then is now the one he rules, albeit alone, as the king of a dark empire few know about. Far from Alpha's world, Zephyr de la Vega has a normal life, normal family, normal drama. Her biggest problem is people trying to make her lose a few pounds. When a chance encounter puts her on his path, she makes a proposition that changes the course of their lives. As a killer goes on a spree in Alpha's city, taking apart his scarred empire corpse by corpse, and The Syndicate comes into play, their partnership evolves into something deeper, more enduring, more powerful than either of them anticipated. Evil ascends. Darkness descends. A new order is born.

She erased their past. He’s rewriting their future. When Landon receives a letter from Rose―the woman he once planned forever with―he learns their love story is over. She’s undergone a radical memory-erasing treatment, leaving behind her grief, her past... and him. But Landon can't bear to lose the love of his life. If she fell for him once, couldn’t she fall for him again? Now living in Edinburgh, Rose's world is a blank canvas, and she's dating someone new. When Landon reenters her life as a stranger, they become fast friends, their lives entwining once more. But what Rose doesn’t know is that this new friend carries the weight of everything they once shared: their firsts, their marriage, and the heartbreak they barely survived. And when she starts exhibiting strange symptoms, it becomes clear their history isn’t gone―it’s just buried. And remembering could come at a devastating cost. Told in alternating timelines―his from the present, hers from the past―The Good Parts is an achingly poignant story about the people we become across a lifetime, and the beauty of finding our way with what remains.

STEALING BEAUTY Dorian Blackwell, the Blackheart of Ben More, is a ruthless villain. Scarred and hard-hearted, Dorian is one of Victorian London's wealthiest, most influential men who will stop at nothing to wreak vengeance on those who've wronged him...and will fight to the death to seize what he wants. The lovely, still innocent widow Farah Leigh Mackenzie is no exception-and soon Dorian whisks the beautiful lass away to his sanctuary in the wild Highlands... COURTING DESIRE But Farah is no one's puppet. She possesses a powerful secret-one that threatens her very life. When being held captive by Dorian proves to be the only way to keep Farah safe from those who would see her dead, Dorian makes Farah a scandalous proposition: marry him for protection in exchange for using her secret to help him exact revenge on his enemies. But what the Blackheart of Ben More never could have imagined is that Farah has terms of her own, igniting a tempestuous desire that consumes them both. Could it be that the woman he captured is the only one who can touch the black heart he'd long thought dead?

College junior John Logan is the ultimate campus heartthrob, a star hockey player who navigates a world of endless parties and easy hook-ups with a killer grin. But beneath his carefree exterior, Logan is spiraling, hiding a growing sense of despair about the dead-end life awaiting him after graduation. When he meets freshman Grace Ivers, he expects another brief, sexy distraction to numb the pressure. Instead, a thoughtless mistake on his part sends the one girl who actually matters walking out of his life, leaving Logan to spend his final year at Briar University desperate to prove he’s worth a second chance. But the Grace who returns for her sophomore year isn't the quiet, shy "butterfly" Logan remembers. Older, wiser, and completely over the arrogant hockey players who think the world owes them a favor, Grace has no intention of being just another notch on a puck bunny's belt. She isn't looking for a charity case or a hollow apology; she’s looking for a man who will actually work to earn her trust. As Logan realizes that his usual game won't work on the new-and-improved Grace, he finds himself in the passenger seat for the first time, and Grace is more than happy to drive him absolutely wild.

Three years ago, scientist Emery Finch did something completely out of character: She got married. To Luca—the impossibly charming landscaper she met on one blistering nihgt in Vegas who made her laugh, made he dance, made her feel. But now, Emery is consumed by her top research, missing dinners, forgetting anniversaries, and promising herself Luca will understand once her cutting-edge discoveries come to light. Until the unthinkable happens: A tragic accident takes Luca from her. Desperate not to lose him, Emery breaks every rule, using the classified technology she’s developed to bring him back to life. And Luca would probably thank her for it, if only he could remember her. Their first kiss, their Sunny Sundays at the beach, the life they built together…all of it is gone. It may be a miracle of science, but for Emery it’s her one shot at a second chance. And this time, she won’t waste it—because true love is always worth reviving.

You never forget your first love. Isn't that what they say? Verity Hill knows this truth intimately. She didn't simply miss Wright "Monk" Bellamy when they parted ways in college. She's haunted by his touch. Every kiss, any lover since—it's a shadow of what they had. Time heals all wounds. Isn't that what they say? Monk doesn't believe that for a second. He wasn't simply betrayed when he and Verity split. He was devastated, with parts of him left behind in the ruins of all that was destroyed. More than a decade after their disastrous breakup, Verity and Monk must work together on the set of an epic Harlem Renaissance biopic. With Monk, now a world-class musician, creating the score, and Verity, an award-winning screenwriter, penning the script, there's Oscar buzz before shooting even begins. This once-in-a-lifetime project could catapult them both to new heights, but can they can put the past behind them for the sake of the film … for the sake of something more?

Tierney There's a bullet with my name on it. And Achilles Ferrante is the man who'll pull the trigger. I'd always known one of us would kill the other. I'd just hoped to do the honor. Twice I betrayed him. First, I broke his heart. Then, I sold him out to the Feds. Even if I hadn't, I doubt he could spell mercy, much less spare me any. The Camorra prince promised he'd make a spectacle of my death when he caught me. Let him try. He could chase me until the end of earth. I will always run faster. Achilles To love is to destroy, and I'd loved Tierney Callaghan far too long, and far too much. She's a fatal weakness, but unlike the Greek mythology warrior―I will remain undefeated. My little flame can run fast, but my bullet is faster. Once upon a time, she was the only person who saw my humanity. She's about to meet the monster everyone else knows.

Toren Kane has always been a magnet for trouble. Branded as dangerous and brutal, his reputation has followed him from the playground to the ice rink. After a scandal cost him his first-round NHL draft pick, Toren’s last shot at redemption lies with Waterfell University’s hockey team, who all despise him for what he did to their captain at the last Frozen Four competition. To make matters worse, Waterfell’s new assistant coach is Christophe LaBlanc, Toren’s former coach and the man who knows all his darkest secrets. Lillian LaBlanc is out of chances, according to her father. After flunking out of an Ivy League, she’s struggling and her father’s strict rules are the only things keeping her afloat. Suffering beneath the weight of his suffocating control, Lily is desperate to keep her need to paint as hidden as her depression. But her fragile stability is threatened when she discovers that Toren Kane, her childhood best friend and first love, is also attending Waterfell, and is on her father’s team. As Toren and Lily’s lives collide once more, old wounds and unresolved feelings resurface. Toren must confront his self-destructive tendencies and learn to let others in, while Lily faces the daunting task of breaking free from her father’s grip. Their connection could be the key to healing, or the spark that reignites the chaos they’ve both been trying to escape.

Ace Sterling. Six years. That's how long I've been texting a woman who won't reply. Every birthday. Every Christmas. Every night I'm drunk enough to be honest and sober enough to hit send. Harper Jones. My Goldie. She stole my heart, ground it to dust and then drove it to Los Angeles without even looking back. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, she's been protecting my family from the shadows this whole time. She loves me in silence and lets me think she doesn't. When she walks back into New Falls with secrets that could ignite a war between two of the most dangerous mafia families in the country, it feels like the second chance I've been desperate for. Then I find her tied up in my cousin's barn with another man's ring on her finger. I don't buy it. Won’t. Because there is no me without my soulmate, and the second she stops loving me, my heart will stop beating. So I hold on, the way I always do. Eight seconds at a time. But this town is crawling with enemies I don't see coming. Alliances that aren't what they seem. And someone is pulling strings that none of us can trace until it's too late. So I’m forced to let the woman I love walk down the aisle toward another man. But that isn’t the end of our story… That’s the declaration of war. One phone call changes everything. No words. Just the sound of her breathing. And I know. She's not just calling for herself anymore. They say second chances don't come around twice. They're right. This is our third. And it's the last one either of us will need, because she will always be the only woman I’ll ever love. They think because I ride bulls, I'm just a cowboy. But every Sterling has a line. Cross it, and the cowboy disappears. What's left ain't ranching. It's reckoning.

The man who comes to Emilia LeBlanc in her dreams also haunts her in her nightmares. Baron "Vicious" Spencer is a brilliant lawyer. A skilled criminal. A beautiful liar. A bully and a savior, a monster and a liar. And since her mom was the live-in caretaker for his family's estate in high school, there was no escaping his wrath―until she had no other choice. To Vicious, Emilia is completely off-limits. A starving artist. His best friend's ex-girlfriend. Pretty and evasive as a cherry blossom. When they were younger, she barged into his life unannounced and turned everything upside down. She discovered his darkest secret, and he made her pay the price. Drove her out of town. Hated and wanted her in equal measure. It should deter him from chasing her to New York a decade later, but it doesn't. So she still hates him―big deal. She'll have to get used to him. Because this time, he isn't going anywhere unless he's taking her with him.

Stacey returns home with the security of Kade’s team, only to be dragged further into her own living hell by her deranged abuser Chris – until the opportunity finally comes to fight back. Kade has never been so deep in the pits of hell itself. Seeing Stacey once nearly knocked him off his axis; seeing her twice – ready to submit to his dominance – is a disaster waiting to happen. Yet despite his hatred for her, she’s his anchor, the flashes of what they used to be the only thing keeping him sane and stopping the darkness from claiming him completely. But what happens when the truth about their past finally unravels, and both he and Stacey learn what really happened the night that tore them apart?

Belly has only ever been in love with two boys, both with the last name Fisher. And after being with Jeremiah for the last two years, she’s almost positive he is her soul mate. Almost. While Conrad has not gotten over the mistake of letting Belly go, Jeremiah has always known that Belly is the girl for him. So when Belly and Jeremiah decide to make things forever, Conrad realizes that it’s now or never, tell Belly he loves her, or lose her for good. Belly will have to confront her feelings for Jeremiah and Conrad and face the inevitable: She will have to break one of their hearts.

Fate is a fickle thing. When Nate meets Ellie during his senior year of high school, he believes they are fated to love each other through their most challenging moments. With dreams of escaping their abusive homes, they plan to leave their past behind and start a new, happier life together. Fate is unpredictable. Not every story has a happy ending, and not every love is meant to survive, and finally Nate and Ellie face one storm their relationship is unable to survive. And so they go their own ways, never to see each other again, until... Eight years later, Nate is engaged to Ellie's sister. After being tasked with retrieving her wedding dress, the two take off on a trip to Brazil. Fate is uncontrollable. But when their plane goes down in the Amazon, the two must fight to survive in the jungle, while unraveling the events of their past and exposing the truths that could tear them apart. Fate brought them together. And fate tore them apart. Will fate give them a second chance at love? Sometimes your second chance is also your goodbye.