MOST ANTICIPATED NEW ROMANCES OF FEBRUARY 2022
9 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in February 2022
We’ve weathered another chaotic year, but with so many exciting new books coming in 2022, at least we’ll have great reads to help us weather whatever comes our way next. February might be the shortest month of the year, but when it comes to books, we luckily won’t be short on choice. There’s something for every taste, and I hope that you find YOUR next great read here.
Happy reading, book junkies! ♡
Good Girl Complex | Elle Kennedy
Twenty-year-old Mackenzie “Mac” Cabot is a people pleaser. All she wants is to grow her internet business, but her parents insist on her getting a college degree. So, she moves to Avalon Bay, a beachside town full of preppy college kids, where she meets local bad boy Cooper Hartley, and before long, their friendship becomes the realest thing in her life. But the secret Cooper’s been keeping from Mac threatens everything they’ve built between them. I’ve never read an Elle Kennedy novel that I did not end up loving, and her newest romance is said to be drama-filled, sexy, and absolutely impossible to put down.
Release date: 1 February
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Until Next Time | Claudia Burgoa
Claudia Burgoa is kicking off a brand new series with the story of single mum Autumn Wickerton who works three jobs, goes to school, and tries hard to be a good mother to her precocious five-year-old. When her daughter calls a famous relationship expert and podcaster, and tells her that she just wants her mum to be happy, to have some fun in her life, and maybe to find her a new dad, the whole world gets to hear it, including widower Zach St. James, Autumn’s brother’s best friend in high school, and her childhood crush. Once their paths cross again, their chemistry is undeniable, but the heavy emotional baggage that they both carry could stand in the way of their happily ever after.
Release date: 1 February
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Tattered Stars | Catherine Cowles
Suspenseful, heart-wrenching small town romances are Catherine Cowles’s specialty, and her latest novel promises to hook us in from the very first page. After nearly fifteen years, Everly Kember is back in Wolf Gap, Oregon, hoping to put old ghosts to rest and to bring healing to the place where everything fell apart. But not everyone is ready to welcome her home or to let her forget her father’s sins, including the town’s sheriff, Hayes Easton. Everly’s return stirs up memories that he’d prefer to leave buried, and from the moment she drives back into Wolf Gap, his only mission is to get her to leave. But everything about Everly is a surprise—her strength, her determination, her bravery—and the more Hayes gets to know her, the more protective of her he becomes. As their romance begins to blossom, however, danger around them starts to close in.
Release date: 1 February
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Ramón and Julieta | Alana Quintana Albertson
Star-crossed lovers Ramón Montez and Julieta Campos’ families have been in a generations-long feud…over fish tacos. An old fish taco recipe, to be precise. Ramón’s family owns a fast-food empire, while Julieta is a chef at her family’s famous sea-to-table taqueria. They first meet at a Dia de los Muertos celebration, both in costume, not knowing who the other person is. When they eventually discover that they are the children of bitter rivals, Julieta also realises that the the man she kissed on the Day of the Dead is not only her new landlord, but also her restaurant’s fiercest competitor. As the divide between their families continues to grow, Ramón and Julieta must decide if their love is worth fighting for.
Release date: 1 February
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Country | Lila Rose
I can never resist a hot biker romance, and Lila Rose never disappoints. The first book in her brand new Diamond MC series is an age-gap romance between Country, the president of the motorcycle club, and Dusty, a new club girl twenty years his junior. When they first meet, Dusty is 19 and looking for a place to belong. They are immediately attracted to one another and share one night together, but Country sees her as too innocent, too sweet, and too young for a man like him, so he pushes her away. Two years later, Dusty is ready to accept that she’ll never have the only man she’s ever truly wanted. But then she gets kidnapped just as Country begins to see the error of his ways. Action-packed, steamy, full of feels, and with a sweet but protective alpha hero for us to swoon over, I can’t wait for this book.
Release date: 15 February
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One Night on the Island | Josie Silver
Spending her thirtieth birthday alone is not what dating columnist Cleo Wilder wanted, but needing to figure out the next steps in her love life and her career, she books a vacation on a remote Irish island. When she arrives there, however, Mack Sullivan, a grumpy American insists that he booked the cosy one-room cottage on exactly the same dates. Instantly at odds, with no beds to spare, and a storm fast approaching, Cleo and Mack are trapped together until the next weekly ferry arrives. But as the days go by, a disastrous double-booking turns into something more.
Release date: 15 February
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The Lady Tempts an Heir | Harper St. George
Harper St. George’s third Gilded Age Heiresses romance centres around Maxwell Crenshaw, only heir to an American iron and railroad tycoon. When his father suddenly orders him to find a wife within a year and thus secure his legacy, Maxwell proposes a fake betrothal to British widow Lady Helena March, who needs a male supporter to gain investors for her young women’s charity. Their fake relationship, however, is complicated from the start because they both have feelings for the other, and as their arrangement of convenience turns into nights of unbridled passion, their deception starts to feel all too real to them both. But Helena’s true reason for never wanting to remarry could cost them their future. With lush prose and captivating, nuanced characters, St. George has created a world that I never want to leave, and Maxwell and Helena’s story is sure to become another favourite of mine.
Release date: 22 February
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The Secret Love Letters of Olivia Moretti | Jennifer Probst
Jennifer Probst takes us to the Amalfi Coast with the story of three estranged sisters who travel to Italy to find answers about their late mother’s past. The three sisters haven’t been close in years, but when they are forced to come together to settle their mother’s estate, they find love letters to and from an anonymous man, along with a deed to a cottage she owned in Italy. After discovering that their mother had planned to meet her secret lover on her sixty-fifth birthday, they travel to Italy and stay in the cottage, hoping to find him. But as the sisters begin to figure out who their mother really was, they also experience the magic of Italy, the power of sisterly love, a little unexpected romance, and newfound hope for the future. If you can’t go to Italy, bring Italy to you, I say.
Release date: 22 February
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The Assignment | Penelope Ward
Penelope Ward’s books are synonymous with great character chemistry and stellar use of sexual tension, and her newest romance just so happens to be of the explosive enemies-to-lovers kind. The characters were enemies in high school and he’s also her friend’s ex-boyfriend, but after being forced to spend time together every week, their frequent squabbles soon turn into something they both begin to look forward to. And then one night at a bar changes everything when all of their pent-up frustration comes barreling out.
Release date: 28 February
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