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Summer Swoons

Summer is for swaying in hammocks, sipping something sweet and slipping between the covers of a new romance! 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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  • Secretly disillusioned with love, romance radio host Aiden Valentine goes viral after giving dating advice to a young girl’s mom, Lucie Stone, forcing them both to confront their feelings as sparks fly behind the scenes.
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley Romance, 2025 — Romance BORISON,B
  • A small-town waitress and a big-city Broadway press agent swap homes to escape the messiness of their personal lives, only to find new purpose—and new love.
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley Romance, 2025 — Romance MORRISSEY,B
  • A lottery ticket + donuts = love in this steamy new fake dating romance from beloved author Denise Williams.
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley Romance, 2025 — Romance WILLIAMS,D
  • Vice principal Brianna Rogers has been told a time (or six) she needs to stop jumping into things head first. But when the principal rescinds his approval for a library upgrade, deciding to spend the money on a football field instead, she sees red.…
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley Romance, 2025 — Romance EASTON,E
  • When a late bloomer goes viral for coming out, she decides to use her newfound fame to get her first kiss—with the help of a sexy bartender.
    Book, 2025New York : Forever, 2025 — Romance GAMEZ,G
  • Rachel Dang, facing unemployment and invited to her high school reunion by her former frenemy Danny Phan, embarks on a night of mishaps that rekindles their past feelings while encountering their quirky childhood friends, forcing them to confront…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025] — Romance TIEU,J
  • Hendrix Barry lives a fabulous life. Your vision board? She’s probably living it. She’s a woman with goals, dreams, ambitions—always striving upward. And in the midst of everything, she's facing her toughest challenge yet: caring for an aging…
    Book, 2025New York : Forever, 2025 — Romance RYAN,K
  • When Denzel "Denz" Carter's workaholic father and CEO of 24 Carter Gold unexpectedly announces his retirement, the competition is on for who will become his successor. To convince his family members that he's capable of commitment, Denz impulsively…
    Book, 2025New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2025 — Romance WINTERS,J
  • Chinese herbalist Chryssy Hua Williams never believed in the Hua family curse, but after Break-Up #9, she stopped laughing. Now, she and her aunties run a healing retreat for the broken-hearted, believing a proper cup of herbal tea can fix anything.…
    Book, 2025New York : Forever, 2025 — Romance JESSEN,L
  • She's written dozens of smash hit romance novels. Too bad no one knows it.
    Book, 2025Nashville, Tennessee : Thomas Nelson, [2025] — Romance FERGUSON,M
  • Wallflower heiress Lydia Hope-Wallace has corresponded with the reclusive Earl of Strathrannoch for three years. When she learns of his financial troubles, she travels to Scotland to propose a marriage of convenience: to herself. However, she…
    Book, 2025New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2025 — Romance VASTI,A
  • A thoroughly unique love story about a woman reliving the same Friday over and over again—and the intriguing man who can’t quite remember her.
    Book, 2025New York : Emily BestlerBooks/Atria Books, 2025 — Romance LAU,J
  • Fresh off a breakup, Avery Jensen wants to do all the fun stuff normal people do in their twenties, but she lacks confidence in romance. Enter Taylor Cameron, Napa Valley's biggest flirt and champion heartbreaker. Taylor just broke up with her…
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley, 2025 — Romance GUILLORY,J
  • Two strangers find themselves in a tricky situation when one night turns into days of being stranded at sea in this epic new love story by bestselling author Beth O'Leary. What if you were lost at sea...with your one-night stand?
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley Romance, 2025 — Romance O'LEARY,B
  • A podcast producer agrees to host a new series about modern dating-but will the show jeopardize her chance at finding real love?
    Book, 2025New York : Ballantine Books, 2025 — Romance HOLMES,L
  • Leigh is surprised when a prestigious MFA program accepts her. As a former sorority girl, she knows more about Taylor Swift than T.S. Eliot and can't shake the "all-style-no-substance" feedback her high school crush made in their poetry workshop.…
    Book, 2025New York : Forever, 2025 — Romance NAYMON,K