A new year means a whole new lineup of love stories to fall for! From playful fake dating romances and swoon-worthy friends-to-lovers stories to heartfelt second chances and everything in between, 2027 is shaping up to be another incredible year for romance readers. With so many of our auto-buy authors already announcing new releases, we’re going to be over here with our heads in our books for the foreseeable future. So, if you’re anything like us and already planning your TBR for next year, you’re not going to want to forget these romance favorites.

The Rivalry Reset by Amy Lea (1/5)

Marnie Miller takes her job as a sports broadcaster on Hockey Nation seriously. She’s typically poised, sharp, and ready to tackle anything… except former NHL defenseman Parker Landry, whose massive ego sparks a fiery on-air feud. When a freak Zamboni accident wipes Parker’s memory, he becomes charming, flirty, and head over skates for Marnie. Unfortunately for him, Marnie is on a mission to remind him that they can’t stand each other. But the more time they spend together, the more she realizes there may be more to their rivalry than she initially thought.

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Love Interest by Chloe Liese (1/5)

Helen Holloway has spent her entire life as the relatable side character in every aspect—the supportive best friend, the fun aunt, the librarian everyone turns to for a book recommendation. Books are the one place she can escape reality and live a bold, reckless life. Then she meets thriller author Sam Cartwright. He’s made it abundantly clear that he wants nothing to do with the library fundraiser or Helen. Yet as they spend time brainstorming and arguing, Helen sees a different side of Sam, leading her to believe that maybe, just this once, she might be more than a side character. She might be the love interest.

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The Unrequited Love Department by Kristina Forest (1/5)

Joy spends her days cataloging secret longings and unanswered letters from people around the world in the Unrequited Love Department of Cupid & Associates. For the most part, she believes in love—even though she’s never experienced it herself. When a moment of heartbreak leads her to accidentally leak confidential love letters, the job she loves is on the line. When the cynical and guarded Charles from the Solutions Department is assigned to Joy to recover the leaked letters, he’s not exactly thrilled. Yet they’re forced on a road trip to intercept the secrets before they land in the wrong hands. As they journey to save Joy’s job, they find themselves drawn to each other despite all their differences.

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Guilty Treasure by Jo Segura (1/12)

Sofia Alvarez has been through a lot. She already lost her job, her relationship, and the glory of living alone, which forced her to accept a roommate to afford her rent, who also happens to be her hot former coworker turned foe, Barrett. The cherry on top? Her ex forgot to cancel his kiss-cam marriage proposal at a New York Pirates hockey game. Instead of letting her heart shatter in front of thousands, Barrett does what any self-respecting white knight would do. He gets down on one knee and pretends to propose. It should end there, but the universe has other plans when the faux newly engaged couple are surprised with an all-inclusive trip to an island off the coast of Belize. When the two realize that there might be treasure to find and a chance to change their careers, they have to decide if it’s time for a parley.

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In Concert by Colleen Oakley (2/9)

When Abraham Ford and Rebecca Garavano met as teenagers at a Grateful Dead concert in 1977, it was love at first sight. Fifty years later, when a flea market owner stumbles across a Polaroid of the two together and posts it on social media, one hawk-eyed viewer identifies “Ham” Ford, now a world-renowned classical violinist. Unfortunately, the now-reclusive Ham has no desire to revisit his tumultuous, complicated past with “Bee” Garavano. Told in snapshots of the concerts and performances the two attended over fifty years, In Concert is a heart-wrenching story of music and the sacrifices we make for those we love the most.

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Longtime Listener by B.K. Borison (2/23)

Maggie Lin has been running 101.6 LITE FM seamlessly for years, often at the expense of her personal life. She is determined to make her retired father proud, even if it means spending all of her time with her coworkers or chatting with an anonymous online pen pal. But when a greedy corporation threatens the station’s future, she has to get creative to keep it out of their hands. When Cooper West arrives in town, armed with advice from his anonymous online friend and ready to collect his next big promotion, he’s ready to end Maggie’s stonewalling. Much to her dismay, Cooper knows every move Maggie makes before she can even make it. Yet between their verbal sparring and office plotting, something blooms between them, even though neither wants it. Will they cave to their feelings, or is this merger bad for business?

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Every Ordinary Thing by Jessica Joyce (3/2)

Summer Beckett has spent her entire life feeling like she’s never been chosen. While she’s accepted it in her personal life, she refuses to do the same with her career as a video producer. So when her family friend offers her a high-profile freelance job, she jumps at the chance to prove herself. That is, until the client is revealed: Dylan Parker, a charming baseball pitcher, her brother’s best friend, and the man she almost kissed two years ago. She’s avoided him ever since, but he’s insisting she’s the only one he trusts. With no choice but to put her career first, she relents, forcing the two to become temporary roommates. As they stay together at his aunt’s house, a friendship forms… and some benefits are added, leaving Summer to question everything she thought she believed in.

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Washed Up by Cat Sebastian (3/30)

Gabriel and Matthew spent their teenage years as best friends, media darlings, and the faces of a popular television show. But that was 15 years ago, and their lives look a lot different than they did back then. Gabriel became a star, and Matthew became a celebrity journalist determined to stay out of the spotlight and away from any mention of Gabriel. When Gabriel abruptly quits Hollywood, leading the internet to believe that he’s the latest victim of a family curse, Matthew offers him the chance to tell his side of the story. He knows it’s a bad idea, yet his curiosity gets the best of him. Will a few days in a New Hampshire cottage be what they needed all along, or will it just remind them why they’re destined never to be together?

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Modern Classic by Emily Henry (4/6)

Beckett Heyburn has always wanted to write a film inspired by the sweeping classic romances she can’t get enough of—but none of her projects have ever come close. Her mentor Perdita says it’s because she’s never experienced a true goodbye. Unfortunately, that changes when Perdita passes away, leaving Beckett her house in the sparkling American Riviera. Facing a serious bout of writer’s block, Beckett flees up the coast. There, she meets a handsome stranger who might be exactly the right person to help her ignore her deadlines, live boldly, and start a love affair straight out of a movie.

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City People by London Sperry (4/6)

Teddi Cooper’s life revolves around New York and her quaint Brooklyn brownstone. So, when Gram announces she’s selling it and moving to Florida, Teddi will do anything she can to convince her it’s a terrible idea. Including coordinating a reunion show of the Broadway musical that made Gram famous. She even gets Gram’s former co-star Hal Harrison on board. Before the show can get off the ground, Teddi runs into an issue when Harrison’s talent agent, Reid Fletcher, refuses to let him join. As the two butt heads, Teddi finds herself wondering who she would be if she weren’t so determined to control everything in her life, and if there’s room for someone else in her new life.

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Cowboy Like Me by Lynn Painter (4/13)

Mia Hollister is living the dream life as a writer who gets to talk about her favorite things all day—her life on her ranch, her zoo of animals, farm-to-table recipes. It’s become so popular, in fact, that an entire feature is being produced about her cowgirl lifestyle. There’s only one problem. She writes from her tiny city apartment, her entire made-up life inspired by her friend Arianna’s family farm. With her dream job on the line, Arianna encourages her to head to the ranch early to prep. There, Dane, Arianna’s older brother, teaches Mia how to be a cowgirl, though he finds the whole thing ridiculous. As they make strides together, the unthinkable happens: the crew arrives early, forcing them to pull off the ultimate ruse and face the flame growing between them.

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Feels Like Falling by Abby Jimenez (4/20)

Elizabeth has spent her entire life taking care of everyone else—Her dad, her disabled sister, her best friend—and she’s tired of it. All she wants is someone she can rely on herself. Enter Mike Maddox: her coworker that she can’t stand. His past cost him his best friend, and now that his job is on the line too, he’s ready to make amends. As they spend time together, he realizes how easy it is to show up for someone, and Elizabeth realizes falling for him is the easy part. Trusting herself when everyone else says she’s wrong is the hard part.

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Worth Playing For by Katie Gergel (4/27)

Willa is her twin Bernie’s opposite. Where Willa is adventurous, Willa is the one having a quarter-life crisis while working at their family’s struggling board game cafe. But when Bernie can no longer compete on a new reality survival show, Willa decides it’s time for her own adventure. She secretly takes her place, hoping to win the million-dollar prize and save the cafe from bankruptcy—even if spending four weeks on a deserted island with strangers is her worst nightmare. To make matters worse, Willa learns that the man she has to form an alliance and on-screen romance with to appeal to their rivals at the at-home voters is none other than Noel, a man who broke her heart eight years ago. As the two grow closer together in challenges, it becomes harder for Willa to distinguish what’s real and what’s for game. Caught between the public’s perception and her true feelings, Willa finds herself wondering just how much of it is for show.

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Soulmates by Sarah Adams (5/4)

What is meant to be a short trip for her estranged father’s funeral quickly turns into something much longer than Birdie Wilson expected when she learns that, to receive her inheritance, she must repair her relationship with her icy stepsister, Danielle. So, when an unforgettable encounter with a handsome stranger occupies all of her thoughts, she is too rattled by the timing to get attached. Leaving her future in fate’s hands, she writes her number on a dollar bill and tucks it into a tip jar, telling herself that if he finds it, it’s meant to be. What she doesn’t expect, however, is that the mystery man is Parker Voss, Danielle’s future brother-in-law and the son of the world’s richest tech billionaire. As the summer progresses, Birdie finds herself torn between staying away from the man she’s deemed off limits, mending her relationship with her stepsister, and staying true to herself.

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Only in Summer by Carley Fortune (5/18)

Eleanor Florek, Charlie and Sam’s younger cousin, the town golden girl, and a reporter, always dreamed of owning her own cottage on the beach. When she finally has enough to buy a small A-frame, she couldn’t be happier… until the place next door is torn down to make way for a monstrous lake house and its handsome owner. Before Eleanor can give him a piece of her mind for ruining her secluded strip of beach, he disappears, leaving her to enjoy her new home once more. Unfortunately, the peace doesn’t last forever. Owen Kolstad returns, and no matter how hard they try to stay away from each other, a connection like theirs is impossible to ignore.

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The Lovebirds by Katherine Center (5/18)

Addie Mitchell never expected to be working for her former middle-school bully, January Knox, who is now one of Texas’s biggest internet stars. It’s a complete detour from her life plan, but she knows it will be worth it if she can make it out alive. When January gets an email from Denton Hayes, a long-lost school heartthrob from their hometown who is now a PhD student studying penguins in Antarctica, January tells Addie to delete it. Instead, Addie replies, pretending to be January. One email becomes dozens, and soon enough both Denton and Addie find themselves falling for each other. With Denton thousands of miles away, Addie puts off telling him the truth. Until he shows up in Texas searching for the woman he’s grown to love. Can love built on a lie survive? Or will Denton learn the truth and fly the coop?

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August After All by Annabel Monaghan (5/25)

One kismet night in 2011, Eve met August on the train to Montauk, and she swore then and there that it had to mean something. It felt fated when he asked for her number. Only one problem: when she stepped off the train, her best friend Tess, there to greet her, ran straight into August’s arm. Fast forward to 2027, Eve is now a successful architect who’s heading back to Montauk to design a famous divorcee’s luxury home. What she doesn’t expect is to see August there, the artist whose painting they’re designing the house around. They’ve barely spoken since he and Tess divorced, and he’s starting to look like the boy she met on that train that fateful day. Can Eve pretend that those feelings aren’t there? Or will they run headfirst into the future she dreamed about all those years ago?

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Best Laid Plans by Kate Dramis (6/1)

After losing her fiancé and her job as a wedding planner, all Addie Huxton wants to do is retreat to her family’s lake house with her best friends, drink gin and tonics, and figure out what’s next. It should be idyllic, except that Mara Marino, the woman who made high school miserable, has also decided to spend her summer on the lake. Ignoring her should be easy enough. And it is. Until Addie’s sister gets engaged, Addie starts planning the wedding, and there’s no way to avoid Mara Marino. Suddenly, Addie’s spending more time with Mara, and she realizes the person she can’t stand is someone she no longer hates at all.

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Bodice Ripper by Danica Nava (6/22)

Grad student Natalie Morningstar has spent hours working on her master’s thesis on the harmful nature of old western romance novels, and she’s nearly done. All she has left is Wild Heart by Edie McNight—which also happens to be the most popular and the most problematic. Late one night, right as Natalie is reaching for the library’s lone copy, she finds herself free-falling straight into the story and into the 1800s fictional town of Silver Springs, Oklahoma, during the battle between a Comanche warband and white settlers. In her efforts to escape the cowboy, she finds herself in the company of a Comanche warrior, Kaheeka, who also happens to be one of the most beautiful men she’s ever seen. Desperate to get out of the book while also saving Kaheeka for the fate she knows he’s destined for, Natalie finds going back to the real world might just be harder than she anticipated.

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Beneath a Neon Moon by Taylor Esposito (8/3)

Cala Caldwell ran away from her family’s ranch to become a successful financial director at a tech company in New York City, and she has no intention of returning. She’s rich, has men throwing themselves at her, and she refuses to get attached after having her heart broken years ago by Easton Beck, a bull rider and her brother’s best friend. When a family emergency brings Cala back to Texas, she runs into Easton, who strolls up like the last twelve years never happened. As hard as the two try to keep their feelings buried, the past has a funny way of coming back to the surface.

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