Sagas, Romance & Historical
lives could change the course of history.
Piper Sheldon Fall Shook Up Avon a, 18th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063464650
Autumnal grumpy/ sunshine, smalltown romantic comedy.
Linda Sherlock Carribay The Book Guild, 28th August, pb, £9.99, 9781835744918
Five women’s lives intertwine across generations.
Theresa Shiban The Firing Troubador, 28th August, pb, £11.99, 9781806344918
Historical novel based on the life of Eleanor Coade (1733-1821), whose artificial stone can still be found embellishing buildings throughout the UK and abroad.
Joanna Shupe The Gilded Rose Avon, 19th November, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063310353
Shupe returns with another sexy saga in Gilded-Age New York.
Samantha Silva Sometime This Century Harper Perennial, 27th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063452350
Riotous romcom and Regency comedy of manners about sisters, time travel and how Jane Austen just might change a life.
Gabriel Possenti Sindhunata, Joan Suyenaga (tr) Anak Bajang Herds the Wind
Tuttle, 13th November, pb, £15.99, 9780804859493
Oowerful new reimagining of the ancient Ramayana epic.
Zibu Sithole
The Thing With Zola Ankara Press, 17th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781918228014
Twenty-nine-year-old Zola, dreams crushed, gets a second chance at life. Sexy office romance.
Colin J Smith The Orphan Country 2 Troubador, 28th September, hb, £16.99, 9781806345731
Takes place in Britain in the latter years of the fifth century after the withdrawal of the Romans.
Lauraine Snelling, Kiersti Giron Fair Are the Meadows Bethany House, 13th October, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780764243547
Ødger Gunderson is interested in Helen
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John Stephens The Age of Fury Hot Key Books, 20th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781471421907
Atmospheric mystery. Caitlin searches 1907 New York for her missing twin.
Emily Stone Counting Down to You Headline Review, 8th October, pb, £10.99, 9781035424566
A young woman travels to the Alps to complete her best friend’s last request and finds a love that is closer to home than she realises.
Austin Suggs The Long Road to Holy Island Monkfish, 31st December, pb, £16.99, 9781966608592
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Stenerson but she is determined to avoid romantic entanglement.
Katie Snooks The Ghost of Exes Past Avon, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008829223
Paranormal tangles for fans of Lyla Sage and Ashley Poston.
Sophie Snow
A Lucky Little Christmas Avon, 22nd October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008811365
Forced-proximity romance with added spice.
Gianni Solla There Was a Time for Such a Word
HarperVia, 14th January, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063336209
Set in smalltown Italy in the 1940s. A young illiterate herdsman learns to read with the help of his two friends.
Simone Soltani Crash into You Pan, 27th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035091614
More from Lights Out, a Formula 1 romance.
Lily Starling Enchanted Village Avon a, 19th November, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063482241
Slice-of-life holiday romance set in a village adjacent to a magic school.
Matthew Stavros (tr), Reginald Jackson (illus) The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Tuttle, 22nd October, hb, £15.99, 9784805320358
One of the great works of early literature – a fantastical tale of beauty, intrigue, lust and salvation. The Tale of Princess Kaguya is Japan’s oldest surviving prose narrative.
A grieving son, a wandering monk and an ancient path where grief and grace share the same road.
Ariel Sullivan Conform Tor Bramble, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035072279
Dystopian and romantic, this is a compulsive debut with a love triangle at its heart.
Stephanie Sy-Quia A Private Man Picador, 7th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035052639
Exquisite slow burn of a forbidden-love story between a Catholic priest and a teacher.
Series
Aristocrats of London Susie Tate Pan, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781037419 Want to know how billionaires love? Here’s how. 1: Law Maker 6th August, 195 2: Deal Breaker 5th November, 225
Melanie Taylor Just Good Housemates Fox & Ink Books, 5th November, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781917894289
Separated and out of options, Lizzie and Luke sign-up for Just Good Housemates. The rules: live together for six weeks, be filmed in their home . . . and do not fall back in love.
Gemma Tizzard Three Nightingales Headline Review, 10th November, pb, £15.99, 9781035412617
Breathtaking novel set in Boston during the Second World War. Honours the courage of three ordinary young women swept up in extraordinary events.
Louisa Treger A Fatal Love Bloomsbury, 27th August, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781037209833
Compassionate work that reimagines the life of the last woman to be executed in Britain.
Amy True Clearly Charmed Hera Books, 17th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835984666
When vet Dani meets journalist Bryce in the Colorado town of Harvest Moon sparks fly.
Nisha J Tuli Too Cold for Comfort Piatkus Books, 10th November, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780349443041
A travel photographer and a lodge owner must
confront the simmering tension between them.
Mariko Turk The Museum of Modern Love Hot Key Books, 13th October, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471420627 Witty exploration of destiny, art and unexpected connection.
Fiona Valpy Sisters of the Midnight Sun Penguin Books, 24th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781405978439
Latest historical sweep from multimillion- selling author of The Beekeeper’s Promise!
Vishnuharman Panchatantra William Collins, 10th September, pb, £3.99, 9780008742416
Ancient Sanskrit collection of animal fables.
Courtney Walsh Brighter Than Before Thomas Nelson, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781400352883
Featuring a protagonist in her 40s, a story of finding yourself when all seems lost.
Mollie Walton The Suffragette of Ironbridge
Mountain Leopard Press, 13th August, pb, £8.99, 9781035424931 Muscular wartime saga for fans of Maggie Hope and Anne Bennett.
Rose Warner
A Christmas Proposal Canelo Romance, 27th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781835980286
Teacher evacuee Beatrice’s world is turned upside down when she meets military doctor David.
Christine Wells The Lost Perfumes of Paris William Morrow, 22nd October, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063336919
Resilience, love and the intoxicating pursuit of passion, set in mid-century Paris.
SE Wendel Heartsworn Avon a, 3rd December, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063466296
Return to the world of Heartsong as a reclusive researcher gets the shock of a lifetime when the gargoyle in her garden awakens and claims her as his mate.
AJ West The Deadly Inheritance of Everest MacDonald Orenda Books, 8th October, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781917764636
Set in wartime London and based on a true story. Everest Macdonald investigates the murder of her uncle, actor William Terriss.
Amelia Wildwood All You Knead to Know About Cressida Nash Bedford Square, 28th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835014226
Sparks fly in the kitchen when baker Cressida begins an unlikely friendship with her noisy neighbour in a race to complete orders for customers.
Colby Wilkens If I Go Down With This Ship
Pan, 6th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035066438
Pirates of the Caribbean gets a romcom twist.
Martinette Williams Hometown The Book Guild, 28th September, pb, £9.99, 9781835745120
Tender tale about love, timing and the person who has always felt like home.
Tia Williams The Missed Connection Quercus, 4th August, hb, eb, £20, 9781529439458
Intensely romantic novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June.
Ruby Winter The Twelve Dates of Christmas Evermore, 17th September, hb, eb, £20, 9781911746911
A love story waiting to be unwrapped. Open a chapter a day.
HM Wolfe Daggermouth Tor Bramble, 28th January, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781037406546
Dark and dystopian. All the romantic novel tropes in a pot of political intrigue.
Laura Wood Kiss Me Like You Mean It Simon & Schuster, 13th August, pb, £9.99, 9781398563001
About an accidental Vegas marriage and a town determined to play matchmaker.
Guzel Yakhina, Polly Gannon (tr) Eisen Europa Editions, 24th September, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781787706613
Novel about cinema, history and what it means to create when freedom is contingent on something else. Based on the life of revolutionary filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.
Louisa Young The Golden Hours Mantle, 3rd September, hb, eb, £20, 9781035068876
Brilliant sixth instalment in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s Cazalet Chronicles, now continued by Young.
The World of Powerless Insight Editions, 8th October, hb, £24.99, 9798337403700
characters, scenese, maps and more from the series.
Ella Young, Mark Williams, Maud Gonne (illus) Celtic Wonder Tales Bodleian Library, 17th September, hb, £20, 9781851246823
Fourteen tales exploring Gaelic mythology, magic and wonder. Includes an introduction by specialist Mark Williams that sets the tales in context.
Felicity York The Secret Sister HarperNorth, 22nd October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008535766
New for 2026, an enthralling true story of romance, intrigue and sisterhood.
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