Sagas, Romance & Historical Sagas,
Romance & Historical
Nathalie Abi-Ezzi All the Lives She Lived The Book Social, 6th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781918291841
A 1930s-set novel about a woman who steals her dead sister’s identity, elopes to Baghdad, then Beirut and England, taking family secrets with her.
Tessa Afshar The Palace Spy Bethany House, 5th January, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780764243714
When it becomes clear that a riding accident was an attempt on Queen Esther’s life Danna must join former spy Allon to uncover the threat.
Emma R. Alban Your Lips on Mine Avon, 14th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063428812
Lightning strike results in the body-swap of two former best friends, all while navigating the marriage mart and their confusing feelings for each other.
Poppy Alexander How to Find a Romance in a Bookshop
Avon, 24th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063463424
A social media post goes wrong and a literary agent runs away to look after a seaside bookshop for the summer.
Navessa Allen Snowed In Quercus, 3rd November, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529452693
Number one New York Times bestselling author’s cosy winter romcom, which reaches out to fans of Abby Jimenez.
Navessa Allen Scandal Quercus, 1st December, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529452747
Seriously scandalous why-choose historical romance.
Series
Into Darkness Navessa Allen Quercus, hb, eb, £25, 97815294536
From another TikTok name a top-selling series. Lights Out 10th September, 07
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2: Caught Up 8th October,14 3: Game on 5th November, 21
Enni Amanda Falling Slowly Avon a, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063568297
Boss’ hot, chaotic son crashes the protagonist’s luxury art retreat. She feels like running for the hills but he is begging for help and she cannot afford to lose her job.
Enni Amanda
The Holiday Grump Corvus, 1st October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805467328
A way to lose the heart over Christmas with the romcom of the season.
Shreya Ila Anasuya The Poison Palace Sphere Fiction, 12th January, hb, eb, £20, 9781408731864
The Song of Achilles meets The Power: an astonishing feminist debut fusing the Indian myth of the poison girls with the legend of Alexander the Great.
Stephanie Archer Bedside Manner Evermore, 3rd December, pb, £9.99, 9781807830045
Spicy romance from viral TikTok author of the Vancouver Storm.
Elena Armas Alma Vampires Sphere Fiction, 17th November, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781408736357
Dark academia with billionaires and vampires. An unsuspecting heiress with a target on her back enlists the protection of a vampire whose wealth and secrets rival her own.
Phillipa Ashley Stay Another Christmas Penguin, 5th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804959114
Curl up with the perfect Lake District escape.
Scarlett Ash
The Demon’s Kiss Avon, 24th September, pb, £9.99, 9780008839093
Prepare to be seduced by this demon’s kiss . . .
Libby Ashworth The Soup Kitchen Girls DK Audio Canelo, 17th September, audiofile, £14, 9780241848562
Victorian saga exploring class, feminism and female friendship during the Lancashire Cotton Mill crisis. Libby Ashworth The Soup Kitchen Girls Canelo Romance, 17th
September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835984772 Details above. Series
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Fiction
Kerry Barrett The Last Library of Paris HQ Digital, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008744137
The sequel to Kindle bestseller The Bookshop of Secrets. Written with Barrett’s signature warmth and page- turning storytelling.
Pepper Basham Pride and Practicality Thomas Nelson, 31st December, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780840717719
Low-spice and high- sizzle Regency romcom brimming with banter, charm and just enough mischief to keep propriety on its toes.
Vicki Beeby A Near Miss for the Flying Nightingales Canelo Romance, 28th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835983928
When air ambulance crew member Holly Hardwick is caught up in a mystery she must protect herself and those closest to her.
Amanda Bell The Mending Room Salt, 18th January, pb, £10.99, 9781784634124
In 1943 Dublin Annie waits for news of her son. Novella explores grief, marriage and the small acts that keep us tethered to the world.
Anna Bell
The Insomniac’s Guide to Love Bedford Square, 19th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835014479
A chance nocturnal meeting leads to two insomniacs striking up a friendship that forces them to confront the problems they are avoiding.
Alexandria Bellefleur, Elise Bryant, Olivia Dade, Alexis Daria, Sarah Hogle, Zakiya N Jamal et al The Twelve Loves of Christmas Simon & Schuster, 29th September, pb, £14.99, 9781398567061
Twelve sealed holiday love stories by popular romance authors.
Jennifer Bibby Christmas at the Cosy Cornish Inn
Zaffre, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781806175062
Polcarrow is the setting for a festive second- chance romance.
Series
Guilty as Sin Molly Bishop Avon, pb, eb, £9.99, 97800088394
Arranged marriage in Mafia land. 1: Guilty As Sin 13th August, 37 2: Sins of the Father 22nd October, 75
EJ Blaise Better Than Revenge Headline Eternal, 25th August, pb, £10.99, 9781035438006
College sports romance from a bestseller.
Sally Blakely Summer People Mira, 27th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781335014252
Two people who once shared a secret on-again, off-again romance have one last chance to revives the passion.
S Block Keep the Home Fires Burning
Zaffre, 10th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781806171323
Dramatic saga based on the TV hit. Laura Bloom
The Sugar Maple Inn Piatkus Books, 15th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780349447858
Sweet and spicy romance dripping with smalltown charm, quirky characters and second chances at love.
Julia Boggio All I Want for
Christmas is Hugh Bloomsbury, 22nd October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781037203435
Celebration of unlikely love and British romcoms.
Hannah Bonam-Young People Pleasing Bedford Square, 7th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835014547
Lexie Axon Viper & Lilies HQ, 8th October, hb, eb, £20, 9780008816360
An exciting new voice in romantasy opens a trilogy magic, romance, female rage and secrets.
Tessa Bailey Broken Rival Avon, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063572188
A girl stranded in the past of 2026 after her parents have been executed is taken in by a new family.
Ashley Bennett Mantras and Minotaurs Zaffre, 3rd September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781785127816
A single mum decides to take life and love by the horns as she falls for a hunky minotaur.
Anya Bergman Marian of Sherwood Firefinch, 5th January, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781918107067
Part folk horror, part feminist love story, Marian of Sherwood reimagines Arthurian legend.
Companion novel to People Watching follows Milo’s younger sister and the Kablukov siblings’ childhood friend and next-door-neighbour.
Hannah Bonam-Young Set the Record Straight Bedford Square, 24th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835016640
Clara’s dream job begins with a misunderstanding that forces her to bring a fake girlfriend. Evan, newly single, needs a date too.
BK Borison Grim Tidings HQ, 15th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008760519
Paranormal romance in a cosy style from author of And Now, Back to You and Good Spirits.
Iana Boukova, Ekaterina Petrova Traveling in the Direction of the Shadow New York Review Books, 15th September, pb, £17.99, 9798896230830
The fates of eight characters in the 19th-century Balkans intertwine in this metafictional book of strange quests and nested narratives. For fans of Italo Calvino and Jorge Luis Borges.
Katie Bowman Exchange of Heart Bedford Square, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835014806
When lightning strikes, two enemies are about to become closer than they anticipated when they wake up in each other’s bodies.
Valerie Bowman Snowed Inn Avon a, 22nd October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063454088
Christmas romance follows an overworked publicist who is snowed in at the Honeycrisp Orchard Inn with her nemesis, the sexy brewery owner.
John Boyne The Weight of Angels Doubleday, 24th September, hb, eb, £20, 9781529943849
Glorious reimagining of the life of Oscar Wilde from the bestselling author of The Heart’s Invisible Furies.
Rita Bradshaw A Winter Love Song Pan, 5th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781037415104
Moving story of survival and love.
Erin Branscom Fall Too Well Avon a, 4th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063462786
Second-chance, workplace romance between a single mum and a cowboy.
Susan Brownrigg The Secret of Abney Hall Fox & Ink Books, 1st October, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781917894302
Capitalises on the enduring fascination with Agatha Christie’s real-life disappearance in 1926. Golden Age atmosphere with a dark edge.
Series
The Sea Stone Sisters Eleanor Buchanan Headline Review, 978103542 Evocative and richly layered dual-time series. The Sea Stone Sisters 27th August, pb, £9.99, 5969 The Moonstone Sister 14th January, hb, £20, 6003
James Buchan The House of Widows Mountain Leopard Press, 10th September, pb, £14.99, 9781035425570
Remarkable historical novel of romance and skulduggery. Fourth volume in the William Nielson series.
Corin Burnside Liesel’s War HQ Digital, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008783464
Hamburg teeters on the brink of collapse and Liesel Heinemann is caught in the storm of war. For fans of Soraya M Lane.
Mark Butterworth The Truro-bound Coach and Four The Book Guild, 28th September, pb, £9.99, 9781835745175
As the journey progresses unexpected friendships and romances form. But will the passengers reach Cornwall safely?
JJ Cagney See Jane Run City Owl Press, 8th October, pb, £12.99, 9781648985744
Romantic suspense thriller blending survival in the wilderness, a relentless killer and a fiery alliance forged under life-or-death stakes.
Elisabeth Caldwell Bare City Owl Press, 13th August, pb, £12.99, 9781648985676
Bare is perfect for fans of slowburn romantic suspense, undercover intrigue and heroines who fight for their own second chance.
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