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Spring Fling!

Pick up a fresh new romance to enjoy on a sunny, spring afternoon! Enjoy these suggestions? Looking for a new book to read? Book Match is a book recommendation program offered through AC Library. Check out the website at the top of the list to go to the Book Match page.

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  • Fill out a survey with information about your reading tastes, and one of our Matchmakers will send you a personalized reading list within two weeks. You can select a specific Matchmaker, or you can fill out a general survey and one of the…
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  • A bride-to-be convinced she's cursed in romance finds her luck changing--at exactly the wrong time. Maya Mirza is so convinced she's unlucky in love that she's come up with a list of laws to explain it. Most importantly... Maya's Law #1:…
    BookToronto, Ontario, Canada : Mira, [2024] — Romance KHAWAJA,A
  • Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a…
    BookNew York ; Boston : Forever, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, 2024 — Romance JIMENEZ,A
  • Coming from a moderately traditional Muslim family, twenty-seven-year-old Samira Abdel-Aziz has endured her fair share of arranged matches--first dates she calls "doorknock appeals," where she and her possible suitors eat snacks in her…
    BookLondon : HarperVia 2023 — Romance AWAD,A
  • Samara Reynolds has built a large following as a gamer under an anonymous screenname, and uses her skills as a DEIA consultant to advocate for equal representation in video games. When she posted a video critiquing the popular game…
    BookNew York : Berkley Romance, 2023 — Romance GLASS,S
  • When a prom-decorating snafu sends her crashing into her archnemesis J. T. Renner, Charlotte Wu wakes up in an unfamiliar bed at 30 years old next to her fiancé-J. T., and together they must find their way back to 17, making some…
    BookNew York : Mindy's Book Studio, [2023] — Romance LEA,A
  • Grace Henderson has been a star of the US Women’s National Team for ten years, even though she’s only 26. But when she’s sidelined with an injury, a bold new upstart, Phoebe Matthews, takes her spot. 22-year-old Phoebe is everything Grace…
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2023 — Romance WILSNER,M
  • Riley Rhodes finally has the chance to turn her family's knack for the supernatural into a legitimate business when she's hired to break the curse on an infamous Scottish castle. Used to working alone in her alienating occupation, she's…
    BookNew York : Berkley Romance, 2023 — Romance DANAN,R
  • Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated beach-town inn but must learn to work with the current tenants in this deliciously spicy reimagining of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Nora needs a reinvention fast. But where…
    BookNew York : Berkley Romance, 2024 — Romance PAYNE,N
  • When Seth, Meghna's one-who-got-away writing partner and best friend, asks Meghna Raman to be the "best man" for his last-minute wedding, Meghna is determined to move on, even if it means telling her mother she's finally open to an…
    BookNew York : Dell, [2024] — Romance KUMAR,N
  • When Ari and Josh meet the first time, the wrong kind of sparks fly. They hate each other. Instantly. A free-spirited, struggling comedian who likes to keep things casual, Ari sublets, takes gigs, and lives by a code that ensures her…
    BookNew York : The Dial Press, [2023] — Romance GOLDBECK,K
  • Opposites attract when a free-spirited American singer-songwriter with ADHD teams up with a charming Irishman to revitalize his family's pub in the next heartfelt romance from the author of Luck and Last Resorts. Raine Hart is used to the…
    BookNew York : Berkley Romance, 2024 — Romance RUIZ,S
  • Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea. It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth’s skin crawl and…
    eBookNew York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — EBOOK OVERDRIVE
  • Oxford 1360 When his sister’s betrothed vanishes the night before her politically arranged marriage, Raff Barden must track and return the elusive groom to restore his family’s honour. William de Foucart — known to his friends as Penn —…
    eBookLondon : Mills & Boon, 2023 — EBOOK OVERDRIVE
  • Two former high school sweethearts get a second chance in this marriage of convenience romance by Kristina Forest, author of The Neighbor Favor. To Violet Greene, fashion is everything. As a successful celebrity stylist, she travels all…
    BookNew York : Berkley Romance, 2024 — Romance FOREST,K