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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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