I get my book recommendations from bookstagram and Booktok. Sometimes, book blog posts and articles! However, I feel like I see the same books being mentioned. I dived into the world of Goodreads and found books that I don’t typically see circulating around the book social media spaces. Hope you find some good ones!

The Only Purple House In Town by Ann Aguirre

This sounds like a great romance to read in the fall! With supernatural elements with romance sprinkled in there, especially a childhood crush who returns to town and takes over her great aunt’s house. But her great aunt’s house already has residents (or guests) that aren’t human. It’s the fourth book in a series, but I think you can read it as a stand alone novel.

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The Prince & The Apocalypse by Kara McDowell

This sounds like The Lizzie McGuire Movie in book form, right? A high school senior travels overseas on a school trip, and while there, meets a famous teenage boy—this time, it’s Prince Theo who looks to get away from his controlling mother. Wren, the American teen, helps him with it. But then the apocalypse is coming—a comet is coming to Earth within days and life will cease to exist. Do they try to save the world? No. Wren and Theo just try to make plans to stay safe. Sounds entertaining, right?

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Unlucky Like Us by Krista and Becca Ritchie

Technically, this book is book 12 of a series (12 books in a series??), but I think one can read it as a stand alone. This comes in the Billionaires and Bodyguards series, and from what I can tell from the description, it comes from the series with Loren Hale, which I have actually heard a lot of talk about on bookstagram. The MMC in this one is Paul Donnelly, a bodyguard for Beckett Cobalt. Paul has fallen for his nemesis’s sister, Luna Hale, but he must prove that it’s safe to fall for her. To do that, he must start taking care of his family, the family he left so many years ago. This romance sounds interesting enough and honestly, a new series to dive into!

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One Tough Cookie by Delise Torres

A 27-year-old baker who doesn’t believe in romance meets a mechanic who she tries to resist. He tries to break down her defenses. Will they or won’t they?

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Ghosted by Amanda Quain

This paranormal young adult romance sounds so interesting to read in the fall! Especially a teen/young adult romance set on a school campus.

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Out On A Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young

Win is wildly independent. Not one to be coddled for her limb difference, she wants to prove that she can be on her own. Until a one-night-stand with Bo, a perfect stranger who changes everything. Bo and Win grow their relationship, and suddenly Win is realizing that maybe she doesn’t have to do life on her own.

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Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

The cover immediately drew me into this one. This features older characters—the FMC is 48 years old and the MMC is 50 years old. They meet each other on an online gaming guild. Both assume the other is younger and start a friendship. But when they meet face to face, they are shocked. However, they grow closer. But will their past relationships that left Maggie bitter and Aiden a complicated past hold them back?

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To Have And To Heist by Sara Desai

Simii Chopra must save her best friend from a prison sentence by going on a jewelry heist. With the help from Jack, a charming yet mysterious man. Together, along with a ragtag group of strangers, they must infiltrate a high-society wedding and steal the necklace from a dangerous criminal.

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The Wife App by Carolyn Mackler

What if a group of three wives created a “wife app” that monetized all the things that a wife does for free? These three women, Lauren, Madeline, and Sophie, do just that. They create this app, stick it to their exes, and have a wild ride in the process. This sounds like the entertaining book that I need this fall.

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Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola Bello

This doesn’t come out until October 2023, but when I read that this is a YA Christmas love story similar to the plot of You’ve Got Mail, I just knew I needed this book. Popular and charismatic Trey is working at his family’s bookstore, Wonderland, in London. Quirky, creative Ariel needs tuition for the prestigious art program of her dreams, so she begins working at Wonderland. With the threat of Wonderland being shut down due to gentrification, they plot to save the bookstore. This sounds like a fantastic and heartwarming book to read right before the holidays!

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The Love Plot by Samantha Young

This opposites attract and fake dating romance is one to wait for! Star was raised by hippie parents who works as a costume character actor and is free-spirited. Rafe is a veterinarian whose family keeps bothering him about finding “the one.” When Rafe and Star meet, they clash, but they agree on a one-night stand. However, when they meet again, Rafe makes an offer to Star to be his fake girlfriend at family gatherings. This fake dating plot? Or is it a plot that turns into love?

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Kissing Kosher by Jean Meltzer

I loved Jean Meltzer’s previous books. This one is perfect for fans of rivals-to-lovers and for readers who love books about a bakery. Avital Cohen is working at her family’s kosher bakery in Brooklyn. But she needs help. Ethan Lippman’s grandfather owns a company that makes mass-produced kosher baked goods. When Ethan starts working at Avital’s parent’s bakery, Ethan is secretly there to learn Avital’s grandfather’s world-famous pumpkin spice babka recipe. But these two rivals may grow closer in the kitchen.

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Miss Matched by Wendy Million

When matchmaking software pairs a woman, Tayla Murphy, with her worst ex, she gets a unique second chance to connect with the love of her life.

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Double Decker Dreams by Lindsay MacMillan

A modern-day love story set in London that gives us a love at first sight romance trope! American consultant Kat moves to London for a six-month project. She hopes to get promoted to partner and meet a handsome English aristocrat, but when she meets the opposite of that on a double decker bus, can she open herself up to the unexpected love?

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The Way I Hate Him by Meghan Quinn

Meghan Quinn writes about a girl who returns to her hometown to be with her boyfriend … who dumps her. Feeling spiteful with a handful of his things that he stole, she decides to return the things he stole to the rightful owner. However, the owner, Hayes Farrow, pins everything on her and now faces the choice of pressing charges, or letting her work it off. Oh, and Hayes is the brother of her ex. Sounds like a delight!

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The First Date Prophecy by Kate and Danny Tamberelli

A Brooklyn romance writer meets a former child star from the 90s on a dating app. When their first date ends at a psychic telling them of great fortune and certain doom, they begin to search for answers on life’s biggest questions: Is there really one person for everyone? Do destinies really intertwine? Sounds like a fun read for fall!

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Lucie Yi Is Not A Romantic by Lauren Ho

An ambitious career woman, Lucie Yi, who is fresh off a harrowing breakup, signs up for a co-parenting website only to find a match she never expected.

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A Proposal They Can’t Refuse by Natalie Cana

Readers who love romance books set in the kitchen will love this book. Kamilah is a Puerto Rican chef working for her family’s restaurant. Liam Kane works for his family’s distillery. Both want to put their family’s businesses on the map by entering them into various competitions. With the threat of neighborhood gentrification, Kamilah wants to enter her family’s restaurant in a Fall Foodie Tour. But her grandfather only will agree if she agrees to a marriage to his best friend’s grandson: Liam Kane. Liam’s grandfather wants to see Liam married before he passes away. So, Liam and Kamilah agree to get married and fake an engagement to outsmart their grandfathers … but will they grow closer?

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The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams

What happens when your husband and best friend love you, but hate each other? This sounds like an actual fun book filled with humor and betrayal, and I’m excited to read this.

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