BookTok’s favorite authors return with must-read new releases! From steamy enemies-to-lovers romances to magical fantasy worlds, these eleven titles deliver the addictive tropes that made you fall in love with these writers. No matter what you crave, these BookTok-approved stories promise to keep you scrolling #BookTok for your next reading obsession.
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Problematic Summer Romance
9781408729885 | Sphere | BPB
Ali Hazelwood
What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Deep End.
Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life.
Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him.
It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother’s best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life.
But not everything is as it seems – and clichés sometimes become plot twists.
When Maya’s brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs – even if it’s a problematic one.
Caught Up
9781529442427 | Quercus | BPB
Navessa Allen
From the author of TikTok’s favourite dark and steamy romance, Lights Out, comes Navessa Allen’s second book in the New York Times bestselling Into Darkness trilogy
I want this woman, and I’m a man who always gets what he wants.
Nico ‘Junior’ Trocci knows Lauren Marchetti is off limits. Men like him don’t get to have women like her. It’s why he pushed her away in high school and still keeps his distance. But Junior follows Lauren online, and now that the shy, bookish girl he remembers is gone, he can’t stop obsessing over the strikingly beautiful woman who has taken her place.
He’s ruthless; a walking red flag. Good thing red is my favorite color.
Lauren ‘Lo’ Marchetti knows Junior is dangerous. He broke her heart once and she won’t let him do it again. But as their flirtatious encounters escalate, Lauren starts to remember why she fell for the brooding antihero all those years ago.
As old obstacles resurface, Junior and Lauren are forced to face their true feelings for each other and decide just how far they’re willing to go for a second chance at love.
Caught Up is a fast-paced dark romance with a morally grey male lead. Some themes and scenes may be disturbing to readers. Please check the content warning at the beginning of the book.
18+ mature content. Not suitable for younger readers.
Releasing 10
9780349439341 | Piatkus | BPB
Chloe Walsh
Releasing 10 is an epic and unforgettable love story in the international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon The Boys of Tommen series, from Chloe Walsh.
The power and pain of first love has never been more deeply felt than in Chloe Walsh’s extraordinary stories about the irresistible Boys of Tommen, which will give you the ultimate book hangover.
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A love that couldn’t be broken, except by the truth.
Lizzie Young has always felt she was too much everything. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder at a young age, she’s never fit in with her family, her friends, her community. Lizzie wants to be accepted and understood, but with few people in her corner, she’s carried her burdens and her trauma on her own.
But when she meets a kind boy on the school bus, things start to look bright for the first time in her life . . .
Hugh Biggs has an old soul and the wisdom of someone far beyond his years. A young man with a sharp mind and a firm code of ethics, he sees something in Lizzie Young that he can’t resist. He wants to be her everything and shoulder her burden. And Lizzie wants that too.
Lizzie and Hugh’s bond seems unbreakable – their chemistry is electric, their love is potent, and their connection is soul deep – but even the truest love can be shaken by forces beyond control.
Warning: Releasing 10 tackles several sensitive topics, including childhood abuse, sexual trauma, self-harm, and suicide. It includes explicit sexual content and graphic violence. Reader discretion is advised.
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Want more of The Boys of Tommen? Read all of the series so far:
Binding 13
Keeping 13
Saving 6
Redeeming 6
Taming 7
Never
9781398717114 | Orion | BPB
Jessa Hastings
THE FIRST IN A FANTASY ROMANCE SERIES FROM THE AUTHOR OF TIKTOK SENSATION MAGNOLIA PARKS
“There is a boy of legend in the tales passed down in my family. He glides on the coat-tails of the sun, rides the wind, and freedom runs through his veins. His heart – so the legend goes – is wild.
The boy lived in a faraway land tucked behind a star, where pirates were still true, mermaids didn’t hide, and fairies flew through the air like autumn leaves on a windy day. He took my mother there, just like he took my grandmother, and my great-grandmother.
Just as he would come for me.”
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Swept away from her life in London to a place beyond the stars, Wendy’s granddaughter Daphne is torn between the boy of legend – Peter Pan, whose fate is irrevocably intertwined with her family’s – and Jem Hook, the pirate who has captured her heart against all her better judgement.
Filled with hope and heartbreak, beauty and betrayal, dreams and devastating reality, Never asks: Can we ever be free while we’re holding on to the past? And what would happen if – just once – we truly let go?
Trust Me Always
9781398723405 | Orion | BPB
Meagan Brandy
I loathe the day I ran smack dab into the hard chest of Alister Howl, Avix University’s second-string quarterback. I should’ve run the moment that beautiful liar smiled my way.
Unfortunately for me, he takes my dismissal as a challenge and comes back twice as hard. But how can I be with him if I can’t trust him?
And that is how I end up at a party, locking lips with campus playboy and ultimate bachelor, Brady freaking Lancaster. Just like that, I’m “Brady’s girl”.
I have no idea where things go from here.
But one thing is for sure, fake dating one football player while his teammate tries to win me back is going to be one hell of a ride…
A third interconnected standalone in the universe of TikTok sensation Say You Swear, from bestselling author Meagan Brandy.
Metal Slinger
9781399633987 | Gollancz | TPB
Rachel Schneider
Sail the seas. Master the blade. Protect your heart.
What would you do to have it all?
Even though she’s not one of them, Brynn has spent her life among the Alaha – a community exiled to live at sea – training to be a guard and waiting for the chance to attend the annual market hosted by the Kenta – the very same people who exiled her adopted community. Going to the market is a rite of passage eagerly anticipated by all young guards, but Brynn does not anticipate breaking a century-long peace treaty while there… Or for an intense encounter with an enemy soldier to threaten the fragile peace between their people and everything Brynn once believed to be true.
Soon, Brynn’s loyalty to the Alaha is tested when an unexpected visitor tracks her down – none other than said enemy soldier – sworn under oath to awaken Brynn to her true identity. Sent to sea and feeling more alone than ever, there a world of denied magic is unveiled. With rumours of a growing rebellion, Brynn’s future has never looked so unsure. She was once certain of her fate and where she belonged, but the dark, knowing eyes of this stranger have her questioning everything, including her heart…
Graveyard Shift
9781035421138 | Wildfire | BPB
M.L. Rio
The bestselling author of international BookTok sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story of a group of misfits who meet in the local cemetery each night to unearth the secrets lurking in an open grave.
Every night, in the college’s ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a rideshare driver, a hotel receptionist, the steward of the derelict church that looms over them, and the editor-in-chief of the college paper, always in search of a story.
One dark October evening in the defunct churchyard, they find a hole that wasn’t there before. A fresh, open grave where no grave should be. But who dug it, and for whom?
Before they go their separate ways, the gravedigger returns. As they trail him through the night, they realize he may be the key to a string of strange happenings around town that have made headlines for the last few weeks–and that they may be closer to the mystery than they thought.
Atmospheric and eerie, featuring an ensemble of misfits that fans will love and a delightfully familiar academic backdrop, Graveyard Shift is a modern Gothic tale in If We Were Villains author M. L. Rio’s inimitable style.
Till Summer Do Us Part
9781399748506 | Hodder & Stoughton | BPB
Meghan Quinn
“I got what I wanted. I became buddy-buddy with my boss in an instant. But the cost will be hefty . . . finding a husband by tomorrow.”
Scottie Price just started a new job, and it’s a real sausage fest. She’s the only woman on a team filled with Brads and Chads and so, expecting a bachelor-pad atmosphere, she is surprised when she finds out that everyone around her is happily married.
In an effort to try and impress her new team, Scottie mentions her own husband. The only problem? He doesn’t technically exist. So when her boss offers her and the supposed love of her life a one-on-one session with the best counsellor money can buy – who just happens to be her boss’s partner – she has to think quickly.
Enter Wilder Wells. Her best friend’s brother.
And next thing she knows, the two of them are on an eight-day marriage camp. With all her co-workers. Sharing a cabin. And unfortunately for Scottie, Wilder’s even more handsome than she remembers . . .
From New York Times bestselling author comes a brand new sizzling summer read that will have you laughing, swooning . . . and sweating.
Gloves Off
9781398724341 | Orion | BPB
Stephanie Archer
The only way to get my inheritance? Marry Alexei Volkov-the grumpiest enforcer in the NHL, a brutally handsome jerk, and the last man I’d ever fall for.
In public, we act as besotted newlyweds, but in private, we’re at each other’s throats. He’s competitive, arrogant, and surly. The guy’s never cracked a smile in his life. He’s jealous of my ex, he glares at my high heels, and insists he’s not attracted to me. He’s only marrying me for citizenship.
Fighting with Alexei is more fun than expected, though, and beneath his grouchy exterior, Alexei is surprisingly caring, protective, and generous.
He cooks for me and worries about my safety.
He sends me flowers with secret meanings and spends way too much money on me.
He makes me sleep in his bed and calls me his wife.
For a guy who said he’d never fall in love with me, Alexei’s doing a good impression of it… and now I’m wondering if this marriage is fake after all.
Gloves Off is an enemies to lovers marriage of convenience hockey romance. It’s the fourth book in the Vancouver Storm series but can be read as a standalone.
Tropes:
– pro hockey
– enemies to lovers
– marriage of convenience
– grumpy sunshine
Sounds Like Love
9780008644369 | HQ | PBO
Ashley Poston
💖Two musicians. One song stuck in their heads. Can they change their tune…or will it end in heartbreak first?💖
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Joni Lark wants to create the melodies that get stuck in your head…and your heart.
Her hometown has always given her surf, sand, and inspiration. But when her parents decide to close the family music venue, Joni’s life begins to fall off key – she couldn’t possibly write another song. Until a melody comes to her, half-formed, and with an imagined voice that she can’t forget.
But when the very real, very aggravating man behind the voice shows up in Vienna Shores – Joni can no longer deny their inexplicable telepathic connection.
To get out of each other’s heads, they’ll have to finish the song haunting them both. But there’s just one problem – they can’t agree on anything – and if they don’t change their tune, it might just end in heartbreak first…
Things We Water
9781035432660 | Headline Eternal | BPB
Mariana Zapata
🌙 🐺 Once upon a time, a girl found a magical puppy, and her life was never the same again. 🌙 🐺
Nina Popoca needs help.
So, so much of it.
The only place she can find that help is on a sprawling ranch in Colorado. A place hiding more than a community filled with magical creatures trying to live their lives in safety and in peace. A village that might hold the answers to questions she’s had her entire life.
And if that ranch is owned by her best friend’s hunky cousin?
. . . there are worse things in the world than having to live right by Henri Blackrock.
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💖shifter romance
💖enemies to lovers
💖found family
💖slow burn
