Make Me Hate You by: Kandi Steiner

Make Me Hate You
Author: Kandi Steiner
Published: October 2026 (First published June 2020)
Publisher: Arndell
Format: ARC Paperback/ALC Audiobook
Pages: 320
Rating: 4/5
Summary:
How can you hate someone who still owns your heart?

Jasmine Olsen hasn’t been home in seven years for a very good reason. Some memories cut too deep, and sometimes running is the only way to survive. But when her best friend’s wedding brings her back to the small town she desperately tried to escape, she finally comes face to face with… him.

Tyler Wagner. The boy who broke her heart. The man she never quite forgot. And, unfortunately, her best friend’s brother. Charismatic, confident, and unyielding, Tyler is everything Jasmine can’t afford to want. And now, as the wedding fast approaches, he’s everywhere—testing boundaries they never defined, stirring feelings they both pretended were long buried.

With every stolen glance, his golden eyes lure her into their depths. Unable to escape his pull, the memory of them tightens like a rip current, dragging her under. And when he flashes her that smile, she loses her breath along with the last of her restraint.

She wants to hate him. She needs to hate him.
But if he kisses her again, she’ll drown.
And this time, she’ll take him down with her.

This Could Be Love by: Lilly Lucas

This Could Be Love (Hawaii Love #1)
Author: Lilly Lucas
Published: August 2026 (First published July 2024)
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Format: ALC Audiobook
Pages: 368
Rating: 3.5/5
Summary:

Beautiful Hawaii is where everyone goes for the sun, sand, sports and tropical lifestyle. Germany's rising tennis star Louisa Herzog-Riggs arrives on Oahu not to enjoy, but to work--an injury has sidelined her, but she's ready to get back into intensive training. That's not so easy when she encounters surfer Vince Greenfield on the beach every day during her daily run.

Vince has quit his job in Silicon Valley and wants to open a surfers' hostel on Oahu with his twin sister Laurie. Even though Vince has a completely different outlook on life, Louisa enjoys the light-heartedness that surrounds him. She increasingly wonders in his presence whether life should be about more than just serving a tennis ball at top speed, nutrition plans, workouts, training and rankings within her sport.

But then she learns that Vince has been keeping secrets about a few essential chapters of his life...how can she give up everything she's worked for for a man who hasn't even told her the truth about himself?

Dangerous Haven by: Luna Pierce

Dangerous Haven (Brothers of Sin #1)
Author: Luna Pierce
Published: June 2026 (Paperback September 2026)
Publisher: Arndell
Format: ARC eBook & ALC
Pages: 502
Rating: 4/5
Summary:
From Amazon bestselling author Luna Pierce comes Dangerous Haven - a standalone dark romance and book one in the Brothers of Sin series. From the first reckless kiss to a wildfire of forbidden desire, Dangerous Haven draws you into a shadowed world where survival means risking everything... especially your heart.

London Gardella is running; broken, bruised, and desperate for safety. When she arrives in New York City, she’s clinging to the last hope she has left; finding sanctuary with a stranger who wants nothing to do with her.

Archer Sin is a reclusive billionaire hacker—tattooed, brooding, and razor-sharp— he thrives in the shadows. He reluctantly agrees to keep her safe, but only if she follows his two rules:

No touching his computers.

No falling in love.

Archer’s inked fingers rarely leave his keyboards, but his eyes never stop watching London… stalking her every move, sparking a fire neither can ignore. Then comes a reckless, forbidden kiss.

Rules shatter. Walls crumble. Desire ignites.

Trust is a risk neither can afford, but survival means facing the truth: sometimes, the safest haven is the most dangerous place of all.

Tethered Love by: Ann Einerson

Tethered Love (Silver Saddle Ranch #3)
Author: Ann Einerson
Published: July 2026
Publisher: Ann Einerson
Format: ARC eBook
Pages: 332
Rating: 5/5
Summary:

A single night changes everything between a grumpy cowboy and his sister’s best friend, the woman he’s secretly pined after for years, in this spicy, surprise pregnancy, age-gap, marriage-of-convenience, small-town romance.

No one plans on accidentally getting pregnant by their best friend’s grumpy older brother.

Heath is too hot, too serious, and absolutely has no business being the star of my fantasies. I thought our banter over the years was the closest to foreplay we’d ever get. Until the romance of a wedding and unexpected flirtations lead to a night tangled in the sheets together.

It was supposed to be a no-strings-attached, years-in-the-making romp that we’d forget as soon as the sun came up. And Heath delivered over and over again.

It was all going to plan until I saw those two pink lines. What I didn’t count on was Heath getting down on one knee and popping the one question I never thought I’d hear coming from his mouth. But he has something I need, so a marriage of convenience is a means to an end. Who says romance is dead?

Except Heath has a way with words and cares for me in ways I’ve never experienced. Not to mention his plans for our upcoming bundle of joy, or how every touch reminds me of that night when his name fell from my lips.

Soon, playing house starts to feel natural, and I find it hard to picture my life without him. One night might have tied us together, but will it be enough to keep us from unraveling the knot?

What We Knew Then by: Rachel LaBerge

What We Knew Then (Great Lakes U #1)
Author: Rachel LaBerge
Published: July 2026
Publisher: Rachel LaBerge
Format: ARC eBook
Pages: 327
Rating: 4.5/5
Summary:

He should know better. She’s the coach’s daughter.

Lane Maxwell has one season left to prove he’s more than the reputation that followed him from his last school. Transferring to Great Lakes U wasn’t a fresh start—it was his last shot at keeping his NHL dream alive.

Cora Banks has built her life on being the one everyone can count on. Between classes, extra research projects, and doing whatever the Great Lakes U hockey team needs behind the scenes, she keeps everything moving—even when it means there’s nothing left for herself.

She’s always known the don’t get involved with hockey players. Not when your dad is the coach. But Lane keeps showing up… on the ice and behind the scenes. The more time they spend around each other, the harder it is to ignore what’s between them.

Until one reckless moment changes everything.

Suddenly, Lane is back in the same spotlight. Same accusations. Same assumptions. Different college.

Only this time, Cora knows the truth—and how much it will cost to prove it.

WHAT WE KNEW THEN is a college hockey romance with forbidden chemistry, a hero with everything to lose, and consequences neither of them can outrun.

Into the Fading Twilight by: Catherine Cowles

Into the Fading Twilight (Starlight Grove #2)
Author: Catherine Cowles
Published: July 2026
Publisher: Bloom Books
Format: ARC eBook
Pages: 416
Rating: 5/5
Summary:

Kol Archer guards the shadows of his past with unshakable control and rules he never dares to break.

Until her.

She’s the person he least expected. Yet here she is, turning his carefully constructed world upside down. Fairy-winged tea parties with his daughter. Dinners with his family. Moving into the apartment over his garage.

Now, Kol can’t escape her. She’s around every corner, filling the empty spaces inside him with her laughter, stealing his damn flannels, and tempting him to shatter the control he vowed to never lose hold of.

But Kol isn’t the only one transfixed by the new woman in Starlight Grove. Someone else is watching, waiting. And Kol has no choice but to act.

For her, he’ll not only break every rule, he’ll burn down the world to save her…

West of Forever by: Corinne Michaels

West of Forever (Heartstone Ranch #1)
Author: Corinne Michaels
Published: June 2026
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Format: ARC eBook/ALC
Pages: 384
Rating: 5/5
Summary:

Tristan Stone is off limits.

It doesn’t matter that the grumpy, single dad did nothing wrong. He’s a cowboy and his last name means I’m bound by blood to hate him. My family would never be okay with me having feelings for our enemy.

When he stops—in the pouring rain—because I have a flat tire, the last thing I expect is for him to help me.

I do my best to ignore the water sliding off his hat and how he fills out those jeans. My best, however, is not good enough. Each night I close my eyes and dream of a future we can never have. And after he defends me at the bar and we share a magical dance? It only gets worse.

I know I should forget about him, but when I find him alone one night, I offer up a no-strings attached relationship that we both promise to keep secret. Sidelong glances across property lines morph into clandestine meetings under the stars wrapped up in each other’s arms.

Never mind that our families will never approve or that he told me he can never love again, I crave him.

Soon our no feelings agreement is in tatters, and my heart belongs to that broken cowboy. Will he break it or will he defy them all and choose us instead?