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In Winging It With You (2025) by Chip Pons, Asher Bennett and his boyfriend are on their way to compete on the fictional, Amazing Race-inspired reality show The Epic Trek when Asher’s boyfriend abruptly dumps him in the middle of the airport.

In this romantic dramedy, Naveen and Jay meet, date, fall in love, and plan to marry. But Naveen has never brought anyone home to meet his South Asian family, and especially not a white man. Full of laugh-out-loud and tender moments, misunderstandings and redeeming actions, A Nice Indian Boy (2024) will tug on your heartstrings while calling back to classic Bollywood tropes.

A book you can read in one sitting, Between Friends and Lovers (2024) blends relationship fiction and romance effortlessly. Jo, an MD who provides health education via her social media platforms, has been in love with her best friend (and movie star) Ezra since college. After they have a falling out, Jo meets and connects with awkward writer Malcolm.

Sybil's job as a Diviner is to see the future at the cathedral she calls home, and lords from all over the kingdom make the journey to hear their future from her and her sister Diviners. One night, the king comes to visit to hear his future from Sybil. Among his company is a roguish, irritating, and handsome knight named Rory. 

In Swordheart (2025), T. Kingfisher takes readers on a cozy romp through a somewhat medieval land scattered with random vestiges of its magical past. Our middle-aged heroine, Halla, has recently inherited an estate and is struggling to fend off nasty relatives who are intent on marrying her for her wealth.

Thomas Walsh is used to picking up the occasional odd job. When he accepts a job interpreting for an heiress who is mute by choice and uses sign language to communicate, he thinks it'll be an easy one: he has the experience growing up with a Deaf mother, after all. Sure, Vivienne's father keeps her on a short leash, won't let her out past sunset, and also kind of wants Thomas to follow her wherever she goes, but Thomas doesn't care about the weird family dynamics. He's just there for the money.

Meghna and Rani haven't spoken in years, not since Meghna's Bangladeshi family's reputation went unfairly under, causing other in the Irish Bangladeshi community to isolate Meghna's family. When Meghna discovers at a science competition that her secret boyfriend, Zak, is cheating on her with her ex-BFF-now-rival Rani, she feels a mix of emotions. The two girls decide to team up to get revenge on Zak for cheating on them by developing an app for the European Young Scientist Exhibition, Catch A Two-Timer (or, CAT).

When I first ran across Dungeons and Drama , I was super excited to sit down and read it. A romance about D&D, a game store, musical theater, AND the cover is colorful enough to grab your eye? [Plus it's part of a series] Heck yeah, right?

Evan is an Insta-influencer with a good eye for romance—particularly, with setting up couples. When shy Natalia transfers to his high school and joins the Gay Straight Alliance that he runs, Evan can tell that she needs a bit of help in the love department. With Natalia under his wing, Evan attempts to set her up with multiple people, despite his best friend, Davi, warning against it. And while Evan focuses on Natalia’s love life, he might be missing out on a romance of his own and pushing his own feelings to the side... 

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

Tiwa and Said have despised each other for years - since Said went off to his fancy boarding school and became too good for their town and her, and least that's how Tiwa tells it. But before that, they were best friends and with their families both being part of the tight knit Muslim community in their town they had spent countless events and holidays together. This year Said is back early from boarding school because his (and Tiwa's) favorite librarian, Ms. Barnes, has passed away. This gets him in town early enough to celebrate Eid, which Tiwa's family is hosting this year.

Ten years ago, best friends Beatrice, Elowen, and Clare saved the realm of Mythria from the forces of evil, and it absolutely ruined their lives. Their heroic quest gave them fame, but at the cost of losing their quest leader and friend, Galwell the Great—and now the three of them don’t even speak.