Top new romance books out today: 15 Jan 2026
Last updated:
15 Jan 2026
Today featuring new releases by Kendall Ryan, Samantha Young, Tia Louise, Willow Aster, Rina Saint, Ashlyn Kane, Morgan James, K.N. Wilder, Cassia Quinn, Laikyn Meng and many more.
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Main Character Energy by Kendall Ryan
Andi Callahan prefers the quiet company of the dead.As a morgue tech in a sleepy coastal town outside Boston, she lives for silence, predictability, and zero small talk.Living people? Too loud. Too messy. Too nosy.The dead don’t interrupt her, meddle in her life, or flirt with her.Cole Hartley does.He’s everything Andi avoids—charming, persistent, and entirely too good-looking for his own good...romance · slow-burn · contemporary · workplace · found-family · audiobook · womens-fiction · small-town · grumpy-sunshine · cheerful-mc -
Hart Street Lane by Samantha Young
Scottish soccer player, Baird McMillan, meets his match in this steamy engagement/marriage of convenience romance... -
Cage by Tia Louise
Sometimes fate sends a sign, and sometimes it sends a bloodhound with a hot hockey player holding its leash, dragging it off you.Owen Stone is not your usual hockey player. He’s a six-foot-two single dad with dark hair, ocean eyes, and muscles for days. He’s also a last-minute trade trying to find a home for his seven-year-old daughter, his psychic sister, and his adoring bloodhound...romance · sports · forced-proximity · found-family · contemporary · friends-to-lovers · age-gap · small-town · love-after-loss · dogs -
What It Takes by Willow Aster
A Sexy, Small town, Enemies to Lovers, Brother’s Best Friend romance from USA Today Bestselling Author Willow AsterCamden Whitman has always been in my life. I met him when I was five and he was seven, but when he and my brother became best friends, I became nothing more than the pesky little sister he didn’t want around... -
The Chase by Rina Saint
EliasI don’t know what’s wrong with me to want something like this. To pay money for something like this. But I love it, even in my terror, even with tears streaming down my face as I race through the dark. What’s happening is my fantasy, isn’t it? Not some random person chasing me? The uncertainty adds to my panic...romance · mlm · dark · crime · found-family · contemporary · suspense · enemies-to-lovers · organized-crime · boss-employee -
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Ice Ice Babygirl by Ashlyn Kane, Morgan James
Hockey goalie Robbie Zeiger plans to spend his first weeks of retirement figuring himself out and getting custody of his nephew, Sawyer. He lasts a few days before said kid signs him up to make a fool of himself ice-dancing on national television.Good thing Robbie’s never taken himself too seriously...romance · mlm · sports · lgbtq · bisexuality · trans-mc · athlete · contemporary · pansexuality · fiction -
Knife To Meet You: A Dark Romantic Comedy by K.N. Wilder
She eliminates men who deserve it. He's her next target. The only problem? He refuses to die.Jiya Kline has mastered the art of the permanent goodbye: seduce, poison, problem solved. But her latest target, the infuriatingly gorgeous Calloway Frost, keeps surviving her best efforts... -
Brutal Oaths by Cassia Quinn
A steamy FORCED MARRIAGE, ITALIAN MAFIA, STANDALONE romance.Maximo and Elena's story... -
Rodeo Rejects: A Bull Riding Why Choose Romance by Laikyn Meng
★♥8 SECONDS NEVER FELT SO ROWDY♥★ They were thrown away like disgraced heroes. Cast out. Dismissed. Left to rot. Five broken men. One forgotten queen. A love so forbidden it could destroy everything they're fighting to build. But crossing that line means risking the only family they have left...romance · western · sports · reverse-harem · contemporary · fiction · industrial-era · polyamory · book · adult