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Most Anticipated Romance Books of Summer 2022

Love is just around the corner in this collection of swoon-worthy reads coming out this summer!

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    Queerly Beloved

    by Susie Dumond

    A people-pleasing bridesmaid-for-hire falls for the crushable new lesbian in town. Will she finally find her happily ever after—and her own voice?
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    $17.00

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    Nora Goes Off Script

    by Annabel Monaghan

    Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than anyone. As a romance channel screenwriter, it’s her job. But when her husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns her marriage’s collapse into cash and writes the best script of her life. No one is more surprised than her when it’s picked up for the big screen and set to film. And when former Sexiest Man Alive, Leo Vance, is cast as her husband, Nora’s life will never be the same. Filled with warmth, wit, and wisdom, Nora Goes Off Script is the best kind of love story—the real kind where love is complicated by work, kids, and the emotional baggage that comes with life.
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    Lucie Yi Is Not a Romantic

    by Lauren Ho

    Management consultant Lucie Yi is done waiting for Mr. Right. After a harrowing breakup foiled her plans for children, she’s ready to take matters into her own hands. She signs up for an elective co-parenting website to find a suitable partner with whom to procreate—as platonic as family planning can be. But in this unflinchingly funny and honest novel from the author of Last Tang Standing, Lucie will find a match she never expected.
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    For the Love of the Bard

    by Jessica Martin

    To go for it or not to go for it? That is the question when two former high school flames return to their Shakespeare-obsessed hometown for a summer of theater and unexpected romance, in a laugh-out-loud rom-com from debut author Jessica Martin.
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    The Best Is Yet to Come

    by Debbie Macomber

    A new beginning in charming Oceanside, Washington, is exactly what Hope Godwin needs after the death of her twin brother. To better know her community she volunteers at the animal shelter. There she meet Shadow, a rescue dog that everyone has given up on. But true to her name, Hope believes he’s worth saving. Like Shadow, shelter volunteer Cade Lincoln Jr. is suffering with injuries most can’t see. A wounded ex-marine, Cade identifies with Shadow, assuming they are both beyond help. Hope senses that what they need is someone to believe in them, and she has a lot of love to give. Love and compassion are supposed to heal all wounds, but are they enough to help Hope and Cade overcome the pain of their past and the obstacles in the way of a better future?
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    Remember Love

    by Mary Balogh

    The queen of Regency romance is back with a brand-new story perfect for fans of Bridgerton.
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    The Accidental Pinup

    by Danielle Jackson

    Rival photographers are forced to collaborate on a body-positive lingerie campaign, but they might have to readjust their focus when they find their chemistry is undeniable on set and they learn that feelings can develop faster than film…
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    Grace Under Fire

    by Julie Garwood

    Michael Buchanan will need every bit of his extensive skill set when he appoints himself as bodyguard to a woman determined not to need one in this thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.
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    Some of It Was Real

    by Nan Fischer

    A psychic on the verge of stardom who isn’t sure she believes in herself and a cynical journalist with one last chance at redemption are brought together by secrets from the past that also threaten to tear them apart. Searching for the truth might destroy them both—but it’s the only way to find out what’s real.
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    Knot Again

    by Kwana Jackson

    Sometimes fireman Lucas Strong feels like he can only find any peace and quiet at the local laundromat, where every day is rinse and repeat—until a fateful run-in with his high school crush. Neither never expected to see each other again, but as they start to spend more time together, they must decide if this is true love or just an infatuation, thin and fragile as a soap bubble.
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    Love in the Time of Serial Killers

    by Alicia Thompson

    Turns out that reading nothing but true crime isn’t exactly conducive to modern dating—and one woman is going to have to learn how to give love a chance when she’s used to suspecting the worst.
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    Love on the Brain

    by Ali Hazelwood

    Scientist Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project—a literal dream come true after years of scraping by on the crumbs of academia—Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis—with explosive results.
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