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Happy Latine Heritage Month! We’re celebrating as we do with books by Latine authors,  starring Latine main characters, and if you want even more recs, check out past years’ posts! Middle Grade Sol Goes for Goal! by Julio Anta, illus. by Gabi Mendez Welcome back to Hillside Valley-this time it’s Game On for Sol! Twelve-year-old Sol is a great friend, a model student, a beloved daughter and a star soccer player.

PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the cover of Dahlia Adler’s next novel ‘Summer Camp Romance,’ out next year. The adult romance from the ‘Soon By You’ author follows the relationship between two camp sta...

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These are all Adult. For YA, click here. The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri Call Me Traitor by Everina Maxwell Deals of Dark Desire by Ruby Roe A Kiss of Crimson Ash by Anuja Varghese The Thorns We Wear Inside by Amy Avery

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The paperback edition of Dahlia Adler's award-winning queer Sliding Doors YA rom-com, in which a girl must choose between summer in NYC with her dad (and the girl she's always wanted) or LA with her e...

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Romance feels like a natural genre for Jewish representation.

Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Kelsey B. Toney to reveal the cover of her bi Contemporary Middle Grade debut, Not Just a Stage, releasing April 20, 2027 from Crown Books for Young Readers! Here's the story: A funny, accessible upper middle grade novel about young performer Sunny, who is torn between her rock band and the theater world—and between her guitarist, Kennedy, and a castmate, Carlos.

Today on the site I'm delighted to reveal the cover of The Upstairs Room by Dana Mele, a horror thriller coming from Sourcebooks Fire April 20, 2027! Here's the story: A summer of nannying takes a terrifying turn when Blair discovers a legacy of mysterious deaths connected to her employer's sprawling summer estate...but the secrets Blair is harboring may be just as deadly. 

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When Jaclyn Jack Walsh becomes the Atherton Alligators newest quarterback, the team devolves into chaos. And things get even more dramatic when Jack starts to fall for cheerleader Amber McCloud! A swo...

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This post is sponsored by Dana Hawkins in honor of the August release of Forced Proximity, a bi M/F Romance coming August 27th! She's hired to protect. Not to fall in love. Buy it: Amazon *** Grind by K.M. Neuhold (July 3rd) This is the third book in the Gymbos series Hockey star Diego Ferguson says he knows about the grind, but he’s about to learn that his new personal trainer, Callan, gives the word a whole new meaning.

This post is sponsored by Lucy Linne in honor of her cozy Sapphic horror, Mist in the Willows, on sale for Pride for $1.99! Buy it: Amazon US | Amazon UK *** The Brides by Charlotte Cross (July 7th) "Come to me, and be mine for eternity." 1884. When Mafalda journeys to Budapest to care for her grieving aunt, her secret love, Lucy, hurries from London to comfort her, with chaperone and lady’s maid in tow.

Hallie’s Rules for a Recovering Romantic by Jessica Lewis (July 7th) Hallie loves romance, but it doesn’t seem to love her back. Her six-time broken heart can attest to that. So when Hallie has the chance to attend a prestigious academic summer camp, she sees an opportunity not just to better herself, but to reinvent herself. Into a new Hallie who will succeed where the old one failed—in school, friends, and especially love.

This post is sponsored by Pat Voss in honor of his upcoming 2nd chance m/m love story, Fouled in Open Play, releasing June 24th!  The summer soccer event FIFA doesn’t want you to know about. He came to SESU for a second chance. Then his ex released an album exposing everything they tried to hide. Follow rising soccer star Caleb as he chases a professional contract while battling heartbreak, secrets, and the pressure of staying closeted in a college town that refuses to let his personal life stay private.

Titles are approximately chronological within time periods.  Note: This list includes Historical Fantasy but not Historical Romance or YA.  For Historical Romance novels, click here. For Historical…

Middle Grade Sol Goes for Goal! by Julio Anta, illus. by Gabi Mendez Welcome back to Hillside Valley-this time it’s Game On for Sol! Twelve-year-old Sol is a great friend, a model student, a beloved daughter and a star soccer player. At least that’s what everyone always expects of her. But when the soccer team captain Lily walks by, Sol starts to lose focus.

Finding My Spark by Isabelle Jameson and Sylvain Cabo, trans. by Ann Marie Boulanger (August 18th) When puberty hits, Alex begins to realize he's been misgendered as a girl his whole life. First, he stops wearing dresses and paints his room a dark color. Then he cuts his hair short. But people still aren't seeing the real him. His mom has always called him her "little star," but he doesn't feel like shining.

Romance feels like a natural genre for Jewish representation.

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"Fun, fan-yourself sexy, and full of heart." - Rosie Danan, USA Today bestselling author of The Intimacy Experiment 27 Dresses meets The Intimacy Experiment in this sexy, emotional, opposites-attract ...

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