Modern Romance Books

Chemistry teacher Ashleigh Hutchinson knows better than anyone that love and lust don’t mix. The feelings come from different hormones, they trigger different responses, and they demand different reactions. Which is why she doesn’t date. She hooks up. No catching feelings required. When Ashleigh is fired from her job without notice, she signs up to participate in a month-long sleep study, which will pay her enough to cover rent while she job hunts. It seems easy enough—until she walks into the clinic and finds herself staring right into the gorgeous eyes of Xander Miller, the only man to have ever tempted her to abandon her no-relationships rule. When Xander and Ashleigh realize the study is only looking for couples, they agree to pretend to be together—which means sleeping in the same bed every night for the next few weeks. How hard can it be to keep their cool under the covers? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804998625 • Author: Elizabeth McKenzie • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 304 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 1.8 cm

This edition features an exclusive cover. She’s the wife he never wanted… and the weakness he never saw coming.  Billionaire Dante Russo is ruthless, meticulous, and arrogant – marriage was the last thing on his mind. Until the threat of blackmail forced him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows: Vivian Lau, jewellery heiress, and daughter of his newest enemy. It doesn't matter how beautiful or charming she is. He'll do everything in his power to destroy the evidence and their betrothal. But now that he has her, does he even want to let her go?   Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349436326 • Author:  Ana Huang • Publisher:  Piatkus • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  400 • Dimensions:  12.6 x 3.2 x 19.6 cm

He's a boy who's lost. She's girl who might just be the home he's never had. The second born son in a broken marriage, Joey Lynch has spent a lifetime picking up the pieces of a family unravelling. When his older brother Darren skips town, twelve-year-old Joey finds himself thrown into the role of protector to his younger siblings and mother.  Plagued by self-loathing, and furious with the world, he grapples with teenage life and his unwavering sense of duty to his family, while balancing precariously close to a life of addiction that threatens to swallow him whole. The only light in his sea of darkness is his boss's firecracker of a daughter who refuses to back down. A girl who just so happens to be his classmate. Aoife Molloy has never been backwards in coming forward. Her bubbly and self-assured nature has never led her astray. Until her first day of secondary school when she collides with a hot-headed boy who sparks a burning curiosity inside of her that only grows stronger by the day. Falling into a complicated friendship with her father's apprentice, Aoife works to unravel the secrets around Joey Lynch's life - while he desperately fights to keep her out. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349439280 • Author: Chloe Walsh • Publisher: Piatkus • Format: Paperback • Pages: 656 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 4.6 x 19.6cm

Finding a man is like buying a house: sometimes you have to look beyond the exterior to see the potential underneath. As an estate agent, Alex’s job is to create happy-ever-afters. It’s just a shame she can’t work the same magic on her own life. Her long-term boyfriend Thomas still lives with his mother, and her hopes of them taking the next step are dashed when he announces he’s spending all his savings (savings she’d quite hoped he’d want to put towards their future home) on an ‘artist retreat’ in San Francisco. With Thomas thousands of miles away, getting a little too friendly with his fellow artistes, Alex strikes up a friendship with her new neighbour, Callum. Taciturn, grumpy and nerdy, Callum couldn’t be more different to Alex’s bubbly personality.... So why is he the one she wakes up wanting to talk to? As they get to know each other, Alex starts to wonder if the answer to all her problems might be closer to home than she thinks… The hilarious bestselling rom com from the bestselling author of An Un Romantic Comedy, perfect for fans of Sophie Ranald and Sophie Kinsella. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836784807 • Author: Phoebe MacLeod • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Pages: 288 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.65 cm

The perfect guy. The perfect date. Utterly disastrous timing. There might be no such thing as the perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes - all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediately yes. That is until he opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. But there's nothing Samantha loves more than proving an asshole wrong . . . . . . unless he can admit he made a mistake. But after one incredible date - possibly the best in living history - Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be. Only no amount of distance or time is nearly enough to forget that something between them. And the only thing better than one perfect memory is to make a life - and even a love - worth remembering. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349442839 • Author: Abby Jimenez • Publisher: Little Brown • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.8 cm

Enjoy this 5-book collection of Jessa Hastings’ hit sensation, the Magnolia Parks Universe series! Includes: • Magnolia Parks • Daisy Haites • Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home • Daisy Haites: The Great Undoing • Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398725775 • Author: Jessa Hastings • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Book Collection • Number of Books: 5

He's looking for the perfect wife. She's just looking for the perfect one-night stand. As literary agent to a romance novelist, Zoey Moody's life currently revolves around love - which is ironic, as she is practically allergic to the L word. She's also a city girl through and through, and yet here she is in tiny Story Lake, Pennsylvania, trying to wrangle author Hazel's next big hit. Life isn't exactly going to plan. It takes all of five minutes in town before chaos finds her, sending her directly into the path of Gage Bishop, one of the stupidly handsome Bishop brothers. He is exactly the kind of romance hero that could entice a heroine to succumb to the charm of small-town life - but Zoey is no romance lead, and Gage can't seem to stand her. It's clear they're all wrong for each other. She's allergic to commitment and can't work a calendar app; he's looking to settle down and has the next five years all planned out. But when Gage's world is rocked by a devastating family secret, he turns to Zoey for one night to forget everything. That one night might just change everything . . . or ruin it. Zoey suddenly finds herself wanting to be the one to save him - and maybe even be saved in return. Can Story Lake inspire a woman who is terrified of love to finally write her own happy ending? Includes colourway exclusive to The Works. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399726979 • Author: Lucy Score • Publisher: Hachette UK • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 560 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 4.2 cm

Enjoy this 4-book set of Emily McIntire’s angsty, small town romance series. Includes: • Beneath the Stars • Beneath the Stands • Beneath the Hood • Beneath the Surface Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349446523 • Author: Emily McIntire  • Publisher: Little Brown • Format: Box Set

What if the person you love the most is the one you can’t have? Grace has loved Jackson since she was fifteen – when they spent every childhood summer exploring France's breathtaking Ardèche region together. They were best friends, until life took its course and Jackson married someone else. Years later, Jackson re-enters Grace’s life with an irresistible offer: her dream job in the very town where their story began. And he’s newly single. As memories from those idyllic summers flood back, Grace encounters an old friend Étienne, who proposes a plan to help make Jackson jealous. But as their scheme unfolds, Grace finds herself questioning if the sparks between them might not be so pretend after all… Unbeknownst to Grace, Étienne is harbouring a secret that could shatter her world. Will learning the truth finally set her heart free? Or is this the beginning of a love story bigger than she ever imagined? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804947845 • Author: Paige Toon  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.5 cm

Daphne has never left her love life to chance. The truth is, she can’t . . . Every time she meets a man, a note will arrive. On it, a name and a date. An expiration date. Without fail, Daphne has always known when her next relationship will end. So when a note arrives with only a name on it: Jake, she is sure this is it. Finally, her own happy ever after. But is it . . . ? Because Daphne has another secret, and this one has the power to break Jake’s heart. Will their love story have an expiration date, or is fate on Daphne’s side at last? A heartbreaking and emotional read from the queen of unexpected love stories. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529419542 • Author: Rebecca Serle • Publisher: Quercus Publishing plc • Format: Paperback • Pages: 272 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm

This edition features an exclusive cover. Ana Huang returns with the third and final instalment in her standalone King of Sin series about a steamy marriage romance.... He had her, he lost her... and he'll do anything to win her back. Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street. He has everything - a beautiful home, a beautiful wife and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he's never satisfied. In his endless quest for more, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough. It isn't until she's gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches and glory... but by then, it may be too late.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349436357 • Author: Ana Huang • Publisher:  Piatkus • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  352 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm

I'm saving you, six. With his world unravelling around him, and pressure rising at home, Joey Lynch's life has never been in more turmoil. Desperate to prove himself worthy of the only person he's ever put his trust in, Joey fights to stay away from a world that threatens to destroy everything. But with the odds stacking against him by the day, can he keep his head above water? Unwilling to give up on the boy she loves, Aoife Molloy fights to save her best friend from the edge of self-destruction. Drowning in a world she doesn't understand, with only her heart to guide her, Aoife refuses to turn her back on Joey, no matter how badly the odds are stacked against them. Through heartbreak and horror, Aoife and Joey have had each other's backs, and this time is no different. Come what may. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349439303 • Author: Chloe Walsh • Publisher: Piatkus • Format: Paperback • Pages: 960 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 4.6 x 19.8cm

A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. This edition features an exclusive cover. Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast - again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold an historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange - again... Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It's clear from the way he tracks Misery's every movement that he doesn't trust her. If only he knew how right he was... Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what's hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory... alone with the wolf.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781408728864 • Author:  Ali Hazelwood • Publisher:  Sphere • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  416 • Dimensions:   12.6 x 3.8 x 19.6 cm

Two bickering strangers trying to foster their younger siblings team up to create a stable home, but the undeniable chemistry between them threatens to ruin everything. When she discovers her biological mother has had a new baby, Chloe doesn't hesitate to provide a home for her. Failing to meet social services' financial evaluation, she's forced into a new initiative: joining households with another prospective guardian. Surly garage mechanic Warren, who is trying to gain custody of his deaf teenage brother, does not make a great first impression. But as their lives intertwine, Chloe and Warren discover they have more in common than they thought. So much so that the chemistry between them threatens everything they've fought for... Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781835010938 • Author:  Hannah Bonam-Young • Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  368 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 3.0 x 19.8 cm

Theo Silva. Rowdy bull rider, notorious ladies' man, scorching hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package. Welcome to Chestnut Springs: the big-hitting, small-town series from TikTok sensation Elsie Silver. And he's looking at me like I might be his next meal. I'm almost free of my toxic marriage and have sworn off men entirely. So all I see when I look at Theo is temptation served up with a heaping side of heartbreak. The man is hard to trust-and even harder to resist. Make that impossible. Because Theo is persistent. And no matter how hard I try to freeze him out, he melts my icy exterior and pulls apart all my defences. Then I spend the singular hottest night of my life with him. It was supposed to be a one-time thing. A secret. But that little plus sign is going to make this secret impossible to keep.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349437729 • Author: Elsie Silver • Publisher:  Piatkus • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  432 • Dimensions:  12.6 x 3.6 x 19.6 cm Click here to purchase books 1-4 of the Chestnut Springs Series!

She’s playing the field. He’s playing for keeps . . . Cameron is a hot NFL prospect, and a total player on and off the field. But his moves don’t seem to work on Maddie. While she once crushed on him hard, that has since faded. She’s got big plans of her own and they don’t include him. Maddie is finally playing the field until Spring Break turns her plans-and feelings-upside down. It becomes harder when Cameron, who happens to be her WAY overprotective brother’s BFF, is always around. Unable to hide from their feelings, Cameron and Maddie become friends…with benefits and sneak around behind her brother’s back. But when their feelings become a little more complicated, they are faced with a decision: one that will change their life playbooks for good . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398725409 • Author: Deanna Faison  • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 336 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm

Independent, confident, and not held back by her disability, Winnifred McNulty has been determined to prove to herself and others that she can do anything without needing anyone. That all changes when Win meets Bo at a Halloween party, a charming boy in a pirate costume who has more in common with her than she realises. Bonding over the fact that they both have a visible disability, Win and Bo develop an electrifying connection with each other that they just can't ignore. After a one-night stand leaves Win with the biggest decision of her life, Bo is more than happy to join her in sharing this new experience - on the condition that they remain strictly friends. Win and Bo embark on a journey together, discovering more about themselves than they thought they knew. But the chemistry between them is unavoidable, and the plan they put in place soon gets thrown into question as feelings begin to surface. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781835010976 • Author: Hannah Bonam-Young • Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 12.8 x 2.8 x 19.7 cm

Gem’s date is looking promising. Atlas is 6’2, with blue eyes, dimples and strong hands that look like they would be at home wielding an axe. But when he says he eats soup for lunch, Gem is immediately hit with the ick. Suddenly she’s painfully aware of his giant backpack that makes him look like a turtle, his colourful socks, and his hair that’s just a bit too floppy. Gem, who collects icks like others collect loyalty points, is adamant that the phenomenon is her instinct kicking in, but her housemate and best friend Shanti disagrees, and challenges Gem to take part in a study for her psychology course: Is intuition real? Gem eventually decides to take part, but doing so means she has to break all her own rules. She sees Atlas for a second date, a third, and even a fourth, until she starts losing count. It’s all for research purposes, of course – but what if the impossible happens and Gem falls for Atlas? And if he finds out she’s being paid to date him, will he ever forgive her? Forced-proximity meets enemies-to-lovers in this spicy, swoon-worthy and totally hilarious romantic comedy. Fans of Emily Henry, Ali Hazlewood and Mhairi McFarlane won’t be able to put this sizzling romance down. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781408748855 • Author: Holly McCulloch • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.8 cm

This writer’s retreat has a plot twist… Romantic comedy writer Amber Page is stuck in a rut. After her editor tells her she needs to “up the spice” in her books (literally Amber’s worst nightmare…), she is at a crossroads with what to do with her career. When the opportunity arises to go on a writer’s retreat at an exclusive château in the beautiful French Alps Amber reluctantly agrees, hoping a change of scenery will help with inspiration. But while she tries and fails to spice up her writing – with the unhelpful guidance of the eccentric romance writers at the château – she meets two leading men who cause her own real-life romantic comedy to unfold… A laugh-out-loud love triangle, forced proximity romantic comedy from MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Portia MacIntosh. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781805579670 • Author: Portia MacIntosh • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 296 • Dimensions: 19.81 x 12.9 x 1.78 cm

Dive into Lucy Score’s Benevolence series with the complete 3 book collection! Includes: • Finally Mine • Pretend You’re Mine • Protecting What’s Mine Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399745574 • Author: Lucy Score • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Book Collection • Number of Books: 3