Royal Messes, Quick Reads & Greater Later + Love

It's Complicated

American Royalty by Tracey Livesay

contemporary romance

Avon, June 2022

Cinder-Nanny by Sariah Wilson

contemporary romance

Montlake, June 2022

All the Queen's Men (Her Majesty the Queen investigates #2) by S. J. Bennett

contemporary mystery

William Morrow, March 2021

Dukes Do It Better (Misfits of Mayfair #3) by Bethany Bennett

historical romance

Forever, May 2022

Family Feuds

Lucy Yi Is Not a Romantic by Lauren Ho

contemporary romantic women's fiction

G.P. Putnam's Sons, June 2022

A Daring Pursuit (Ruthless Rivals #2) by Kate Bateman

historical romance

St. Martin's Paperbacks, May 2022

From Bad to Cursed (Witches of Thistle Grove #2) by Lana Harper

contemporary supernatural romance

Berkley, May 2022

STEMinists in Love - contemporary romance novellas by Ali Hazelwood

Under One Roof

Berkley, May 2022

Stuck With You

Berkley, June 2022

BelowZero

Berkley, July 2022

The Love Hypothesis novel by Ali Hazelwood

contemporary romance

Penguin, September 2021

Faking It

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

contemporary romance

St. Martin's Press, July 19, 2022

Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley

contemporary romance

Griffin, June 2022

By Any Other Name by Lauren Kate

contemporary romance

G.P. Putnam's Sons, March 2022

The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams

contemporary romance

Dell, August 2021

Danger in Paradise

My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey, author & publisher

contemporary mystery romance

June, 2022

Grown Folks Only

The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty by Ellen Warner

non-fiction

Brandeis University Press, January 2022

Goodbye Again (Wyndham Beach #2) by Mariah Stewart

contemporary women's fiction with romance

Montlake, February 2022

Out the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins

contemporary women's fiction with romantic elements

Berkley, June 2022

Comforting Canines

Dog Friendly by Victoria Schade

contemporary romance

Berkley, June 2022

Lost, Found & Forever by Victoria Schade

contemporary romance

Berkley, March 2021

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Hot Love in the Kitchen & Travelling Through Time

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