If you’re a fan of romance novels, we have some great news for you! There are plenty of new books coming this season that you’re sure to fall in love with. Filled with second chances, enemies turned lovers, and more, here are the best romance books coming in fall 2025.
Sweet Nightmares
Hazel St. Lewis
(Wicked Mirrors)
Publication date: September 17th 2025
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Romance
She was prophesied to destroy an evil god, but she becomes his minion instead.
Jane Whitfield rose from nothing to become the youngest Prima Ballerina in the history of the Royalle Ballet—despite having a violent husband three decades her senior. But her carefully choreographed world shatters when her husband’s enemies come to collect his debts. Jane is tortured into making an impossible die, or strike a bargain with an evil god trapped inside a mirror.
Nightmare is ancient, cruel, and feared for a reason. He trades magic, wealth, and knowledge for soul-crushing costs—and he believes Jane is the witch destined to destroy him. But instead of killing her, he toys with her, offering a twisted sell her soul, serve him, and receive an endless supply of riches—enough to satisfy her wretched husband and his debtors.
Now bound to a god who revels in ruin, Jane becomes more than just his minion—she’s his growing obsession. But obsession doesn’t spare her from his darkness. He’s evil. She’s supposed to hate him, but the more time she spends in his realm, the harder it is to tell if he’s her monster… or her salvation.
She was destined to destroy him, but love might destroy her first.
Sweet Nightmares is an adult romantic fantasy Prequel/Sequel novel to Gilded Wicked Mirrors. It can be read first, or after GWMs. It is a touch-her-and-die, villain romance perfect for lovers of the Hades and Megara dynamic or fans of Kingdom of the Wicked. It is not a standalone.
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EXCERPT:
Jane stood up and put her body between them just in time to be slammed between the Vampire Prince and the ancient god. At the impact, Nightmare’s hands wrapped around her waist, steadying her.
Nightmare let out a low, wicked growl. The whites of his eyes bleeding red, fury painted on every curve of his body, his fangs and metal nails bared. Ready to kill every mortal in the room if Jane didn’t do something quickly.
“Everyone get out now,” Jane said, her hand on Nightmare’s chest and her voice wavering. Her eyes never left Nightmare. “Thorne, my monster. Keep your eyes on me.” She dug her hand into his shirt while he tightened his hold around her waist. At the same time, she heard movement from all around them. Everyone else, leaving them alone in the room.
When he still hadn’t calmed down, and his eyes hadn’t lost any of the red, Jane asked, “How can I help you settle down?” Jane flattened her palm once more over where his heart should beat—but it never did. “What do you need?”
“I need to feed.” Nightmare’s eyes flashed, and he darted around, presumably searching for an unsuspecting human he could eat.
“Are you going to kill your food?” she breathed.
“Yes.”
“Do you have to?”
Nightmare blinked, his black, well-manicured eyebrows creasing together.
“Are you able to control yourself?” she asked.
“Yes,” he said slowly, cocking his head, his eyes fixating on her neck.
“Then feed on me.” She cocked her head to the side, giving him permission to take her blood.
“You may hate it.”
“It’s fine. I am not afraid of you.”
An unreadable sound vibrated in his chest, and then, without warning, he pushed her fiercely up against the wall, pinning her in and biting down on her neck.
At first, it hurt, his fangs piercing her skin and claiming her. It was a sharp pain, but then the wound began to tingle and turn… the feeling becoming something hot and pleasurable.
Every nerve ending in her body lit up with an intense feeling that she’d never felt before. A moan escaped her lips, and she suddenly needed to be closer to him, to be touching him, one with him.
Author Bio:
Hazel St. Lewis is a Northern California-based Romantasy author. Diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age, she struggled to read and write, but fantasy stories inspired her to start storytelling. Unfortunately, now, she is a little too obsessed with morally gray characters. When she isn’t writing, she can be found playing with her hoard of cats (too many to count…it’s a problem), singing songs to said cats, or painting.
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She’s their executive assistant by day, and the city’s vigilante by night.
Duality
The Archers Book 1
by Sunny Hart
Genre: Why Choose RH Romance
Executive assistant by day… vigilante by night…
Evelyn Harper lives a double life. By day, she is the unassuming assistant to the Stone brothers and their best friend, efficiently managing their security firm’s operations. By night, she runs the Archers, a vigilante organization delivering justice for those that the legal system fails.
For years, she’s successfully kept her two lives separate, using the information she’s privy to at the security firm to save more lives with the Archers. But when a threat targets her men, Evelyn’s two worlds collide. Evelyn must reveal her true identity and harness all her skills and resources if she’s going to keep them alive.
But when the four men discover her betrayal, will they let her help them or will they turn her and her organization over to the very corrupt system that Evelyn fights?
Duality is the gripping first book of three in The Archers series, full of action, intrigue, and romance as Evelyn fights to protect her loved ones and uphold her brand of justice. It is a MFMMM slow burn contemporary romance with dark themes but is not a dark romance. If you love strong female characters and a harem that adores their FMC, this is the book for you!
Sunny Hart lives in the rolling hills of the Kentucky Bluegrass. She has spent her entire life expressing herself through writing and short stories until one NaNoWriMo she challenged herself to write a book to share with the world. By Her Sight is the first book Sunny has published but is one of many floating around in her head. When not writing, Sunny is spending time with her dogs and horse and working her ‘day job’ as a business strategy consultant.
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The Firefighter’s Fake Fiancee’
The Wildfire Pact Book 1
by Nelly Adler
Genre: Small Town Fake Engagement Firefighter Romance
I ran from the altar … and ran straight into the man who still holds my heart.
After bolting from my high-society wedding in a designer gown and heels, I had nowhere to go but back to Ember Ridge, the small town I left behind.
I wasn’t expecting Cal Bennett, my high school ex, to pull me from a ditch in the pouring rain. Or to still be just as grumpy and gorgeous.
When the town assumes we’re together, I panic and blurt out we’re engaged.
Cal’s a rule-following fire captain. But agrees to fake it to protect me from my ex.
What starts as pretend turns real fast: glances that last too long, walks in town that lead to sweet kisses that don’t feel fake.
Tangled sheets and feelings we never dealt with the first time around.
But when the man I ran from tries to ruin everything with one post, the fallout threatens to destroy our second chance—for good.
And I’ll be damned if I’ll let that happen.
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My Grumpy Firefighter Daddy
by Nelly Adler
Genre: Alpha Hero Mistaken Identity Firefighter Romance
From flirty texts to falling hard… now he doesn’t remember my name.
It started with a wrong number.
I should’ve deleted it. Instead, I replied.
Jack Reid was all fire and fury. He was bold, gruff, and
unexpectedly funny.
I was hooked before I even knew his name.
This mistaken identity continued for a while, but we got
serious once he figured me out.
First coffee. Then Dinner at my place and kisses that made me forget how to
breathe.
And Lily—his smart, sassy daughter with glitter on her shoes and a heart big
enough to break me.
I fell hard for both of them. Trips to the park, special time with Lilly, and late nights with Jack!
As the Charge Nurse in the ER, I received a call stating that an incoming firefighter was in critical condition. I knew it was Jack before I saw him.
Now he’s broken. Bruised. And doesn’t remember I exist.
And now I will fight for a man who’s forgotten he ever loved me.
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Grumpy Billionaire’s Nanny
by Nelly Adler
Genre: Forced Proximity Single Dad Billionaire Romance
Never Give Your V Card to your Boss
I was offered the job of a lifetime. 6 figure income, living in a mansion and
caring for the sweetest little boy.
My Boss is my BFF’s brother and she always warned me against dating him. He is
TOTALLY OFF LIMITS!
Ethan Grayson, my Brooding, impossibly gorgeous billionaire Boss.With his son,
he is the sweetest. The more I watch, the more I want to see. I am starting to
see a softer side to him. He listens to his son, he is kind and shows his love
in so many ways.
When a freak storm blows in, we’re stranded for days. Our days are fun filled
with games by the fire with Jake.
But at night, after Jake is in bed, there is a fiery tension between us that
boils over and lines are crossed.
Rules were broken, Now, I’m staring at two pink lines …This will change
everything and nothing will ever be the same again.
Hello, Friend!
Welcome to my little corner of the romance world—where
grumpy heroes fall hard, sassy heroines steal hearts, and happily-ever-afters
are always guaranteed
I’m so glad you’re here. Below is a list of my steamy, feel-good reads, perfect for curling up with a cup of coffee… or a glass of wine (no judgment here!).
The Grumpy
Billionaire Collection
My Grumpy
Billionaire’s Nanny
Enemies to lovers. Best friend’s brother. Surprise pregnancy.
My Grumpy
Billionaire Mountain Man
Brother’s best friend. One wedding. One bed. One mistake that feels way too right.
My Grumpy
Billionaire Protector
Runaway bride. Best man. Secluded resort. He was never supposed to be the one…
My Grumpy
Firefighter Daddy
Mistaken identity. Single dad. ER nurse. Sparks fly and hearts collide.
And now I have a
A BRAND-NEW
SERIES!
The Wildfire Pact Series – Book 1
The
Firefighter’s Fake Fiancée
Runaway bride + fake engagement + small-town chaos = one blazing hot second chance.
Book 2, Damaged Daddy, coming soon!!
Thank you so much for being here. I hope you fall in love with these characters the way I did while writing them. Your support means the world to me!
With love and a little steam,
Nelly Adler
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“No dragons, but [Crystal Singer] has all of [Anne] McCaffrey’s gifts for world-building and characterization . . . an excellent book.”—Chicago Sun-Times
Her name was Killashandra Ree; and after ten grueling years of musical training she was young, beautiful—and still without prospects.
Then she heard of the mysterious Heptite Guild on the planet Ballybran, where the fabled Black Crystal was found.
For those qualified, the Guild was said to provide careers, security, and the chance for wealth beyond imagining. The problem was, few people who landed on Ballybran ever left.
To Killashandra the risks were acceptable . . .
Paige Turner
5.0 out of 5 stars
Engaging Sci Fi- Sheer Joy
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2009
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I absolutely love this book. I'm already a fan of Anne McCaffrey from her Pern series, but I think this trilogy is even better. My favorite of the trilogy is this book, the first of the series. In this book we learn what the Crystal Singers are as Killashandra, the lead (female) character enters the Guild after failing to become a musician. This is sci-fi at it's best - fast-paced, interesting, fanciful, future-looking, and most important, it contemplates real issues. In the midst of an engaging story that is easy to escape in, the author challenges us to think about real dilemmas. For example, a side effect of "singing crystal" is extraordinary longevity and loss of memory. I found myself thinking, "do events still exist if we can't remember them?" and "how will our lives be affected if we have extraordinary longevity but our friends and family do not?"
I read this book as a teenage boy 2 decades ago, and just re-read it last week. I find that good works of fiction affect me in different ways at different stages of my life, and Crystal Singer was no exception.
As an adult, I understand Killashandra's challenges, and understand her relationships more fully than I did as a teenager. As a teenager, I was "along with her," discovering Crystal Singing for the first time. Her entry into the Heptite Guild had many parallels with my entry into West Point. For example, the Guild appears to discourage new recruits from joining, but this is actually a subtle psychological technique to recruit a certain type of individual. (West Point does the same thing) This made the story, despite the futuristic setting, more realistic.
Anne McCaffrey develops the character of Killashandra in a brutally honest way - we love her and also see her making mistakes. This is engaging Science Fiction - I think McCaffrey doesn't get enough critical acclaim - she's considered "pulp" sci fi by many but in my opinion she's right up there with Isacc Asimov and Harlan Ellison. She's not in the same league as Frank Herbert, but no one is.
Cheryl Stout
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great first book in Crystal Singer trilogy
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2023
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I loved this book when I first read it years ago and I loved it just as much this time around. I went through quite a McCaffrey stage when I was younger, reading all her dragon books, and then I happened across Crystal Singer and I was so glad I did.
Killashandra Ree trained for ten years to be a top-ranked concert singer on the planet Fuerte and then wasn't accepted because of a minor burr in her voice. Her perfect pitch and eidetic memory didn't help her there. But then she hears about the Heptite Guild of the planet Ballybran, and despite many warnings, she is intrigued by what she hears about Crystal Singers on that planet.
This first book in the trilogy takes Killashandra to Ballybran, through many adventures and leaves me ready to re-read the second book in the trilogy right away Killashandra.
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