During a six-week seaside holiday after her family’s move to Bath, Jane Austen savors sea bathing and the company of her sister Cassandra and friend Martha while new arrivals stir curiosity and unrest. As her brother Frank returns from naval service and figures like Captain Parker and the reserved lawyer Samuel Rose appear, Jane becomes drawn into questions about love, loyalty and her own feelings while also assisting Reverend Swete with his granddaughter’s arrival from the West Indies.

Eliot and Claire have been married for nearly forty years. After years of Claire’s cancer, as her life nears its end she makes an unexpected request that forces Eliot to reevaluate their marriage, his role as caregiver, and who they are apart and together. The novel follows his emotional reckoning with love, identity, and the difficult choices that surface at the end of life.

Linda leads a quiet life moderating comments and renting a small garage in the Bay Area, but each month she takes a round‑trip flight to indulge a deep, private obsession with airplanes. Convinced one of them is her soulmate, she guards the secret until an opportunity appears that could bring her dream within reach — forcing her to choose between maintaining a semblance of normalcy and pursuing the unconventional love she longs for.

Content moderator Girlie Delmundo earns a promotion when her employer acquires a leading virtual reality company, moving her into an elite VR moderation role. The job’s perks help her family but deepen her isolation, and when she begins a tentative relationship with the company’s reserved co‑founder William Cheung she must reckon with the limits of controlling narratives and the persistence of the past. A character-driven novel about work, intimacy, and how technology reshapes human connection.

A woman with a full, settled life is prompted by her husband to rethink what their marriage leaves out, setting off a tumult of desire, heartbreak, and rekindled connections. Crush follows her journey through temptation and consequence toward a clearer sense of who she is and what she wants, while navigating family, friendships, and intimacy.

Three years after their breakup, Kiki is trying to rebuild her life when her ex, Malakai, reappears as the best man at her best friend’s wedding. As she juggles a new job, her family’s struggling restaurant, and wedding preparations, their unresolved chemistry forces her to confront the past while trying to keep everything from falling apart.

The book revolves around a young widow whose life is shattered when her husband dies from a brain tumor. As she struggles with grief and the prospect of moving on, she discovers a series of letters her husband left behind, each ending with "P.S. I Love You." These letters, designed to help her cope with her loss and gradually guide her through her pain, lead her on a journey of rediscovery. Through the tasks and reflections prompted by the letters, she navigates the complexities of love, friendship, and healing, ultimately finding a path toward a new beginning.

Ro Shariff is hired to tutor Matt “Freddy” Fredderic, a star hockey player who masks academic struggles and learning differences behind a confident persona. As late-night study sessions turn into friendship, both confront vulnerabilities and quiet longing, learning what real connection looks like without losing themselves.

In early-2000s Seattle, AJ moves across the country to explore his identity and finds an unexpected chosen family: a tight-knit group of gay Asian friends whose personalities and lives collide in funny, tender, and complicated ways. The novel follows their friendships, romances, and struggles as they navigate belonging, desire, and community against the backdrop of a changing city.

Engineer and space mercenary Caro Ogunyemi infiltrates a prison planet run by the ruthless Pierce family and discovers Leviathan, a super soldier controlled by a brain chip. A single touch frees him, setting off a dangerous scramble to restore his autonomy, protect Caro’s crew, and stage an escape — all while they navigate the unexpected bond forming between them.

Joonie, a devoted romance-reader, is obsessed with Ryke, the merman hero from her favorite series. When she discovers he’s modeled on a real person, she sets off on a road trip to find him—bringing her brother’s irritating but attractive best friend along—and discovers that turning fantasy into reality comes with unexpected complications. A playful, steamy romantic comedy that also explores fandom and the tropes of the genre.

After a public breakup, Ramin impulsively travels to Italy to reinvent himself. There he unexpectedly reunites with Noah, a former classmate now navigating divorce and a reluctant family trip. Old crushes resurface and the two begin a passionate, second‑chance relationship, but both must reckon with insecurities and whether what they’ve found will survive beyond their holiday.

Years after ending her engagement for her family’s sake, Naila Darwish returns to England and unexpectedly reunites with Basil Trevelyn, who has since inherited an earldom. Old regrets and pride keep them at odds even as their attraction rekindles, forcing both to confront past mistakes and decide whether to risk love again.

Hendrix Barry has a successful life and big ambitions, but caring for an aging parent and past disappointments have left her wary of romance. At a high‑profile party she meets Maverick Bell, a charismatic tech mogul who sees and pursues her in a way no one has before. Their chemistry forces Hendrix to confront her boundaries and decide whether to risk her carefully planned path for a relationship that feels both irresistible and complicated.

In a Britain shaped by living stories, witch Simran and knight Vina are bound to repeat the tragic tale of the Knight and the Witch across centuries. As the two women fall in love, they must decide whether to follow their desires when doing so seems to doom them both. When a mysterious assassin begins targeting tales like theirs, they seek a way to break the cycle by creating a story strong enough to change their fate.

In Regency England, Gothic novelist Lady Georgiana Cleeve suspects a rival of lifting her plots and is shocked to discover the author is Cat Lacey, the butler’s daughter and an old secret crush. When both women become trapped in an eerie manor while working on their next books, rivalries and ghostly happenings give way to a complicated, growing attraction.

Vi Liu, a twenty-three-year-old of Taiwanese and white heritage, is drifting through life in a Midwestern college town when she rescues a mysterious sentient blob outside a bar. As the creature becomes part of her life, Vi tries to shape it into her ideal partner and is compelled to confront loneliness, past relationships, and the role of race and identity in her search for belonging. The story blends humor and tenderness as Vi navigates love, control, and self-discovery.

Six, a 6'7" player fighting to reclaim a starting spot, and Green, a 6'1" social-media savvy competitor, are lovers and rivals who break barriers as Asian American trans women playing in the men’s pro indoor volleyball league. As they navigate team politics, long-distance schedules, fandom, and public scrutiny, a pandemic-era championship bubble and a sudden public crisis test their relationship, careers, and capacity to grieve—without revealing how it ends.

Middle Spoon follows a narrator who seems to have it all—a devoted husband, two children, and a younger boyfriend—until the boyfriend unexpectedly leaves. Grappling with his first intense heartbreak, he confronts social judgment and the limits of how relationships and family can be arranged while searching for a way to hold love and responsibility together. Witty and empathetic, the novel examines modern intimacy, polyamory, and the messy work of wanting and belonging.

Jules works behind the bar at a rundown student nightclub in Brighton, where she watches life pass by while her ex-husband runs the place. When a new, enigmatic young coworker arrives, their developing connection unsettles Jules and pushes her to rethink love, desire, and what family can become. Gunk is an intimate, atmospheric novel about unexpected bonds and the uncertain shape of the future.

Set over a year in a remote village in northern England, Open, Heaven follows sixteen-year-old James as he discovers his sexuality and meets Luke, an older, charismatic and troubled boy sent to live with relatives. Their growing connection challenges James’s ties to family and community and reveals both boys’ deep longings for intimacy, belonging, and stability. The novel is a spare, lyrical exploration of first love, desire, and the risks of becoming who you are.

Lark flees Northaven with her mother in search of sanctuary, while Nightingale is forced to wield her songlight against her own people. As Piper rises in rank and Rye stumbles upon an airship, a fragile peace starts to unravel.

The novel centers around Don Tillman, a brilliant yet socially awkward genetics professor who has never been on a second date. Convinced he is simply not wired for romance, he embarks on the Wife Project - a scientific test to find the perfect partner. Enter Rosie Jarman, who is everything Don is not looking for: she's impulsive, fiery, and working as a barmaid while searching for her biological father. When Don agrees to help Rosie with her own project, his orderly, evidence-based approach to life is turned upside down. Through a series of unconventional encounters, the pair embarks on an endearing journey that challenges Don's perceptions of love, partnership, and what it means to be "normal."

In this science fiction novel, the protagonist, born in a world where travel between parallel universes is possible, is one of the rare individuals who can traverse these alternate realities due to her counterparts being dead in other worlds. The story delves into themes of identity, privilege, and survival, as she navigates complex relationships and a web of secrets. Her unique position allows her to gather intel across worlds, but it also places her in grave danger, leading her to confront her own past and the stark disparities between different versions of her life and society. As she moves through these spaces, she must grapple with the moral implications of her actions and the true meaning of having a place to call home.

The novel follows the journey of Felix Love, a transgender teen grappling with identity and the desire for love. Despite his name, Felix has never been in love and fears that his marginalization as a Black, queer, and transgender individual makes him one too many steps removed from the happily-ever-after he craves. His quest for self-discovery and acceptance takes a turn when he begins receiving transphobic messages after someone publicly posts his deadname and pre-transition photos at school. In a bid to get revenge, Felix lands in a complicated love triangle, but the experience leads him down a path of introspection, challenging his perceptions of relationships and what it means to love himself fully.