An artist and inspector are on a mission to recover a stolen painting in Rebecca Anderson’s Victorian romance novel "The Art of Love and Lies". Rosanna is a masterful forger—though she prefers calling her paintings reproductions.... Read More

The fates of a girl who loves the stars, a real estate agent, an envoy for the king, and a taxidermist are plied by the goddess of love in Antoine Laurain’s scintillating, era-crossing romance novel "An Astronomer in Love". Venus does... Read More

In the romantic thriller "Love and Death at the Encierro", a baseball player is caught up in a murder investigation in Spain. In Hal Gaff’s romantic thriller "Love and Death at the Encierro", a Spanish festival is a site of danger.... Read More

In the folksy mystery novel "The Wandering Quilt", a quilt that’s touched by the supernatural inspires a woman’s awakening. An exquisite, handmade southern quilt rattles a woman and her family in Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander and Renée... Read More

An overachieving chef learns to embrace loss as a chance for renewal in Suzanne Woods Fisher’s Christian romance novel "The Secret to Happiness". Twenty-eight-year-old Callie is fired from her job as a hotel chef due to a food... Read More

In Joanna Barker’s beguiling romance novel "A Heart Worth Stealing", more goes missing than romantic affection. When Ginny’s father’s watch is stolen from the family estate that he left under her care, she is eager to find it. But... Read More

An unwitting couple becomes privy to others’ covert plans for their matrimony in the pert allegorical novel "A Moment of Life". In Pavel Mahdjik’s allegorical novel "A Moment of Life", newlyweds get to know each other as they learn... Read More

Kaity’s Catch is a promising series opener with strong viewpoints about the invigorating power of women’s support and friendship. An insecure Midwestern divorcée renews her confidence through dance—and meets a photographer—in J.... Read More