My Most Anticipated Romance Reads for 2024

My Most Anticipated Romance Reads for 2024

New Reading Adventures Await

I don’t know about you, but I am always super excited to find out about new romance book releases. Most days,, I scour the internet for all the latest book news, especially when it comes to some of my favorite romance authors. But that isn’t to say that I don’t pay attention to news about other authors, because I do. Frequently.

You see, I am always on the hunt for new authors to read, and I pay particularly close attention to debut authors because I’m always excited to find new voices and new stories to dive into. And new book boyfriends to obsess over, of course. Because if I’m not falling in love with a new book guy, what’s even the point?

I’ve made a list of some of the romance books I’m excited to read in 2024 and I want to share them with you today. Some of these romance book releases are from my favorite go-to authors while others are from new-to-me authors or are from authors set to make their debut this year.

As I went through the romance books that have been announced to be released this year, I made mental notes as to why they caught my eye. So with each book we discuss, I’ll give you the book’s summary as well as share my thoughts about why I want to read them.

Let’s dive into some new book adventures, shall we?

Most Anticipated Romance Reads for 2024

JANUARY

THE BRIGHT SPOT
Sunrise Cove #5
Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Grumpy/Sunshine, He Falls First
Releasing January 16, 2023

Luna Wright is a lot of things, but sweet and trusting isn’t on the list. However, she’s a sucker for the underdog and a hard-luck story. Adopted at birth, with scant knowledge of her biological family, she’s created her own inner circle, a motley crew which includes her bestie Willow, to help her run the struggling but charming Apple Ridge Farm.

With a farm-to-table café as well as a menagerie of rescued animals (complete with a baby goat who keeps escaping to the pantry to eat the secret stash of decidedly not organic potato chips), it’s the best home she’s ever known. But when the owner Silas, who they secretly call The Grinch, passes away, Luna discovers the farm is now under control of his investment manager, the enigmatic Jameson Hayes….and her. And that Silas had many, many secrets.

Now Luna’s carefully controlled corner of the world is threatened and she—along with some help from her friends—has to dig deep to find true strength and the real meaning of love and family.

Why I’m Interested: I have been a Jill Shalvis fan for years, so I am always on the lookout for new books by her. But what really interests me about this read is the enemy to lovers, he falls first aspect.

 

STEP-SINNER
Wanting What’s Wrong #8
Contemporary Romance
Tropes: stepbrother, clergy, teacher/student
Releasing January 19, 2024

When Kitty’s parents send her away to stay with her stepbrother where he’s the headmaster of a church school, she has no idea her wild-child ways are about to be tamed by the ultimate holy-moly bad boy. It’s forbidden fruit and juicy cherry-picking from these dual first-timers on an altar of sin you won’t soon forget!

Why I’m Interested: I’ve read Dani Wyatt’s work a couple of times and enjoyed it. This one sounds like there will be all kind of fun taboo shenanigans afoot and I’m here for it. Also, I’m a curious soul, and I love a good forbidden romance. I can’t wait to see how this one goes.

 

STAY PRESENT
Kincaid Brothers #6
Contemporary Romance
Tropes: reunion romance
Releasing January 23, 2024

Ryder: Two years of silence and no goodbye—she slipped away and through my fingers, leaving me with nothing but questions… and a heavy heart from missing her.
I know what we had was real, that our love was once in a lifetime.
Now she’s back from her Parisian fashion internship, and I’m ready for answers, desperate to understand why she couldn’t just stay.

Jordyn: When I walked away, it was to protect him. Yet, all he knows, all he cares about, is that I left. Coming home is a bittersweet journey, each step heavier than the last.
While I’m no longer half a world away, the obstacles in front of us make it feel like we’ve never been farther apart.
I want to give him the answers he so desperately craves, and this time, I’ll get to say goodbye. However, what I didn’t plan on was Ryder’s fight. He’s not going to let me go so easily this time.

Why I’m Interested: I’ve read a few books by this author in the past and I’ve really enjoyed them. I love the premise of this one, too. She left him without goodbye and now she’s back and he wants answers. I love a good hero pining story, and this one sounds like it’ll be such a good one.

 

CANADIAN BOYFRIEND
Sports Romance
Tropes: second chance, secret fake boyfriend 
Releasing January 30, 2024

Once upon a time teenage Aurora Evans met a hockey player at the Mall of America. He was from Canada. And soon, he was the perfect fake boyfriend, a get-out-of-jail-free card for all kinds of sticky situations. I can’t go to prom. I’m going to be visiting my boyfriend in Canada. He was just what she needed to cover her social awkwardness. He never had to know. It wasn’t like she was ever going to see him again…

Years later, Aurora is teaching kids’ dance classes and battling panic and eating disorders—souvenirs from her failed ballet career—when pro hockey player Mike Martin walks in with his daughter. Mike’s honesty about his struggles with widowhood helps Aurora confront some of her own demons, and the two forge an unlikely friendship. There’s just one problem: Mike is the boy she spent years pretending was her “Canadian boyfriend.”

The longer she keeps her secret, the more she knows it will shatter the trust between them. But to have the life she wants, she needs to tackle the most important thing of all—believing in herself.

Why I’m Interested: I’ve seen this one mentioned everywhere the past few months and it has made me so curious about the book. Not to mention the fact that I love a good secret boyfriend story where the guy doesn’t know he was a boyfriend. It sounds like such a fun, messy read, and a perfect story for January!

 

FEBRUARY

 

FANGIRL DOWN
Big Shots #1
Sports Romance
Tropes:
Releasing February 6, 2024

Wells Whitaker was once golf’s hottest rising star, but lately, all he has to show for his “promising” career is a killer hangover, a collection of broken clubs, and one remaining supporter. No matter how bad he plays, the beautiful, sunny redhead is always on the sidelines. He curses, she cheers. He scowls, she smiles. But when Wells quits in a blaze of glory and his fangirl finally goes home, he knows he made the greatest mistake of his life.

Josephine Doyle believed in the gorgeous, grumpy golfer, even when he didn’t believe in himself. Yet after he throws in the towel, she begins to wonder if her faith was misplaced. Then a determined Wells shows up at her door with a wild proposal: be his new caddy, help him turn his game around, and split the prize money. And considering Josephine’s professional and personal life is in shambles, she could really use the cash…

As they travel together, spending days on the green and nights in neighboring hotel rooms, sparks fly. Before long, they’re inseparable, Wells starts winning again, and Josephine is surprised to find a sweet, thoughtful guy underneath his gruff, growly exterior. This hot man wants to brush her hair, feed her snacks, and take bubble baths together? Is this real life? But Wells is technically her boss and an athlete falling for his fangirl would be ridiculous… right?

Why I’m Interested: Tessa Bailey is one of my favorite go-to authors for witty banner and hot heroes with dirty mouths. I’ve been a fan since her first book and continue to be a fan with each book she releases. But even if I wasn’t a Bailey fan, I would want to read this one for the sheer amount of fun it promises. 

 

The Husband Situation by Naima Simone 02062024THE HUSBAND SITUATION
Rose Bend #4.5
Contemporary Romance
Tropes: accidentally married, friends-to-lovers, sister’s ex 
Releasing February 6, 2024

When you marry your sister’s ex in Vegas, you’re in for a messy trip home…

When marketing exec Brooklyn Hayes wakes up in Vegas after a corporate team-building trip, she’s expecting the hangover. The ring on her finger, not so much. And nothing could have prepared her for the sight of her best friend—her sister’s ex—right there beside her. She has no idea how this happened, but the one thing she knows for sure is that no one from their nosy, close-knit hometown of Rose Bend can find out!

Graphic designer Patrick King is used to keeping secrets—starting with his crush on his ex’s sister. Since he doesn’t remember much about how they ended up married or the night they apparently spent together, it shouldn’t be hard for him to keep their elopement a secret too.

But the more time they spend together trying to figure out what to do, all while keeping their secret from the whole town, the more uncertain they become about ending their marriage. While their impromptu nuptials might’ve been a mistake, the growing love between them doesn’t feel like a mix-up. They’ll need a miracle to make it through without slipping up…or falling.

Why I’m Interested: I love the Rose Bend series so any book Naima Simone releases for that (or at all really) is on my list of must-reads. This one is a novella, so it’s shorter, but I’ve loved all the novellas in the series thus far so I can’t wait for this one. And come on, accidentally married your sister’s ex, who also happens to be your best friend? That’s a story I just have to dive into!

 

LEGACY OF TEMPTATION
Demonica Birthright #1
Paranormal Romance
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, demon-slayers, demons
Releasing February 6, 2024

The legacy continues…

It’s a gritty new world.

Three decades after the events of REAPER, the world is a different place. The secret is out. The existence of demons, vampires, shapeshifters, and angels has been revealed, and humans are struggling to adapt. Out of the chaos, The Aegis has risen to global power on the promise of containing or exterminating all underworlders, even if that means ushering in the End of Days.

Standing in their way is the next generation of warriors, the children of demons and angels and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

See how they become legends in their own right.

Why I’m Interested: It’s been a minute since I dived into a good paranormal romance and I know from past experience that Larissa Ione doesn’t disappoint. And since this is the first book in a new series, I’m equally curious on how this new world unfolds. Plus, I love a good enemies-to-lovers tale and this one sounds like a great one!

 

NOT YOUR CRUSH’S CAULDRON
Supernatural Singles #3
Paranormal Romance
Tropes: friends to lovers, roommates
Releasing February 13, 2024

Olive Maxwell much prefers teaching about the Supernatural world to taking part in it and leaves the magical shenanigans to her two sisters. After assigning her college students a project designed to nudge them outside their comfort zones, Olive realizes she’s never once stepped a toe out of her own . . . and it’s about time that changed. Her first trip into the unknown? Moving in with her longtime crush and friend . . . tattooed, motorcycle-riding, and pleasantly pierced Baxter Donovan.

Bax Donovan, Guardian Angel not-so-extraordinaire, has acquired so many black marks on his record it looks like a Scantron test. He’s been given one last chance to keep his Guardian wings—a high-profile Assignment he knows all too well. Olive is usually as low-risk as it gets. Hell, she wrote the safety manual. But something landed her on the Guardian Angel Affairs radar, and he guesses it has something to do with the heart-pounding stunts she’s determined to check off her Dare I Docket list.

Keeping Olive out of trouble is about to be his toughest Assignment. He’s at real risk of shattering the only Guardian Angel code of conduct rule he’s yet to break: Don’t fall in love with your Assignment. And he isn’t so sure that’s a bad thing.

If love doesn’t play by the rules, why should they?

Why I’m Interested: This book landed on this list because it sounds like such a good time. A teacher of the supernatural landed on a Guardian Angel Affairs list? I have to know why…and falling in love with your Assignment/roommate? Omg, give it to me right now, please! Seriously, how fun does this sound?

 

THE NEIGHBOR WAGER
Contemporary Romance
Tropes: friends-to-lovers, bet/dare/wager, right under the nose 
Releasing February 20, 2024

A modern, gender-twist on the classic romantic comedy Sabrina

Why I’m Interested: First, this cover is eye-catching. And the title intrigued me. Then I read the tropes on the publisher website and that it was a modern, gender-twist on Sabrina and… yeah, I was completely sold. I’ve not read this author before, or seen an actual blurb for the book, but I’m looking forward to reading the story just the same. It sounds like such a good time to me.

 

HEARTLESS HUNTER
The Crimson Moth #1
Fantasy Romance
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, witch, witch-hunter
Releasing February 20, 2024

On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is.

Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe – a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution – who she can’t help but find herself falling for.

Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow façade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she’s the very villain he’s been hunting?

Why I’m Interested: This is another new to me author, but what first attracted me to this book was its stunning cover and taglines. Then I read the blurb and knew this was a book I wanted to read. Witch and Witch-Hunter fall in love? Sign me up, please!

 

THE SINGLE DAD PROJECT
Rose Bend #5
Contemporary Romance
Tropes: one-night-stand, forced-proximity, single-dad, small-town
Releasing February 20, 2024

He’s the best mistake she ever made…

Back in Rose Bend after a work trip that went wrong, Florence “Flo” Dennison craves the kind of distraction only a searing fling with a gorgeous stranger can provide. And she gets it—in an encounter hot enough to leave scars. But satisfaction turns to shock when Flo realizes her one-night stand is leading the restoration project she’s been hired to photograph. And his sweet little girl has decided Flo’s her new bestie…

Single dad and architect Adam Reed wants stability for his daughter, and he’s sure that Flo—young, ambitious, beautiful—isn’t looking for that. But when his nanny bails and Flo helps him out, it becomes impossible to keep their distance. Now, navigating tangled family ties and her own trust issues, Flo has to decide if one wild night can become so much more.

Why I’m Interested: Naima Simone. Rose Bend. Any other questions? Seriously, I am all in for anything Simone writes in Rose Bend. I fell in love with the first book and have loved every single book thereafter. Plus, a one-night-stand with a single dad in a small town? I am here for it!

 

MARCH

 

LOVE, LIES, AND CHERRY PIE
Contemporary Romance
Tropes: meddling family, forced proximity, fake relationship
Releasing March 7, 2024

Mark Chan this. Mark Chan that.

Writer and barista Emily Hung is tired of hearing about the great Mark Chan, the son of her parents’ friends. You’d think he single-handedly stopped climate change and ended child poverty from the way her mother raves about him. But in reality, he’s just a boring, sweater-vest-wearing engineer, and when they’re forced together at Emily’s sister’s wedding, it’s obvious he thinks he’s too good for her.

But now that Emily is her family’s last single daughter, her mother is fixated on getting her married and she has her sights on Mark. There’s only one solution, clearly: convince Mark to be in a fake relationship with her long enough to put an end to her mom’s meddling. He reluctantly agrees.

Unfortunately, lying isn’t enough. Family friends keep popping up at their supposed dates—including a bubble tea shop and cake-decorating class—so they’ll have to spend more time together to make their relationship look real. With each fake date, though, Emily realizes that Mark’s not quite what she assumed and maybe that argyle sweater isn’t so ugly after all…

Why I’m Interested: I’m not gonna lie. What initially drew me to this book is the title. Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie? Come on. It just sounds like a good time, doesn’t it? It sounds like all kinds of fun little shenanigans will be afoot. And add in the actual tropes of a meddling family and a fake relationship? Yeah, I’m sold. One-hundred percent down to read.

 

FALLING FOR ALASKA
Moose Falls, Alaska #1
Contemporary Romance
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, small town
Releasing March 26, 2024

As the oldest of three brothers, former pro-football player Xavier Stone is no stranger to making tough calls. Like returning to his small hometown of Moose Falls, Alaska to help run his grandmother’s hard cider company and gastro pub. He agrees to keep an open mind, but between working with his estranged father and confronting heavy childhood memories with his brothers, Xavier’s ready to rush back to civilization. Even the stunning woman who runs his grandmother’s restaurant seems to instantly dislike him . . .

True Everett knows better than to let a ridiculously handsome man distract her, especially when it’s the same guy who stands between her and owning Northern Exposure, the tavern she manages. She didn’t pour her soul into the restaurant just for Xavier to swoop in and snatch away her dreams. But amid all the barbs—and, fine . . . all the sparks—flying, True glimpses the man beneath the swagger. That version of Xavier, the real one, might just steal True’s heart.

Why I’m Interested: I love a good enemies-to-lovers story and even more so when it happens in a small town. Throw in a former pro-football player and a restaurant manager who thinks he’s trying to steal her dream and yeah, I’m intrigued. Then set it in Alaska, which just screams remote small town to me, and I want to know what happens even more.

 

A GOVERNESS’S GUIDE TO PASSION AND PERIL
Historical Romance
Tropes: frenemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, murder mystery
Releasing March 26, 2024

Jane Halliwell once dreamed of a home of her own—but those dreams (and her dowry) died with her father. Now, she works as a governess, preparing her charge for a future no longer within her reach. When her employer is murdered during a house party, however, Jane is forced back into the world of the ton. But stepping in as hostess will require working with the same lord who once broke her girlish heart.

Lord Adrian Fielding was too consumed with his job at the Foreign Office to pay young Jane much heed, but he always considered her a friend. Which is why he’s confounded by her icy demeanor now. More troubling still is his desire to melt the tensions between them. But his mentor’s murder means he must first find the culprit—and ensure Jane’s safety as she manages a house full of foreign dignitaries.

Only Jane insists on joining the investigation, and Adrian, despite all his diplomatic skills, finds himself seduced by her sharp wit and sparkling eyes. But with a vicious killer circling ever closer, will it soon be too late for their chance at forever?

Why I’m Interested: First thing that hooked me was the title. Second thing was that it was perfect for fans of Bridgerton. Third? It has a murder mystery. I don’t know that I’ve read a historical romance quite like this before, so I’m intrigued enough to want to read this one for that fact alone. Plus, I’ve read a few Manda Collins historicals and always enjoyed them so reading this one should prove to be a great time.

 

APRIL

 

THE BACKUP BRIDE PROPOSAL
Boots and Bouquets #4
Contemporary Romance
Tropes: small-town, actor hero, found family
Releasing March 7, 2024

Bellini Weddings has agreed to allow a production company to film a movie at Red Moss Vineyards. It will be great PR for both the vineyard and the wine and wedding businesses. Mae Wallace, who works for the Bellini family, is thrilled with the possibility of new business. What she isn’t thrilled with is actor Kane August, who she finds crashing one of the weddings. He tells her it’s research for the movie, but she finds him overconfident and annoying.

Kane August is rarely surprised by anything—until he meets Mae Wallace. She’s sharp, just a bit on the snarky side, and the most refreshing woman he’s had the pleasure of meeting. She constantly challenges him, and he can’t remember having this much fun on a movie set. He takes every opportunity to spend time with her, peeling back layers until he gets to the heart of who this amazing person really is. And, unexpectedly, he realizes that he’s letting her in, too, something he hasn’t done with anyone before. However, they live very different lives and he’ll need to be careful around Mae, because she’s someone he could see a future with. But can she see the same thing?

When Kane takes her to his family’s ranch in Texas, Mae discovers a whole new side to him, learning about the heart and soul of a kind and gentle man. And as they grow closer, her guard goes up. Once burned, she has no intention of falling in love ever again, despite this very hot and sexy guy who’s trying his best to turn her world upside down and work his way through the steely wall she’s built. Kane is determined to show her he’s the one man she can trust with her heart. If only Mae will allow herself to fall.

Why I’m Interested: It’s been a while since I’ve read a Jaci Burton book, and I’m honestly not sure why that is. I’ve always loved her work so when I saw this book was coming out, it immediately caught my eye. The title alone would’ve done it, but then I read the blurb and it sounds like it’s right up my alley. 

 

MAY

YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY
Historical Sports Romance
Tropes: grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, found family
Releasing May 7, 2024

The 1960 baseball season is shaping up to be the worst year of Eddie O’Leary’s life. He can’t manage to hit the ball, his new teammates hate him, he’s living out of a suitcase, and he’s homesick. When the team’s owner orders him to give a bunch of interviews to some snobby reporter, he’s ready to call it quits. He can barely manage to behave himself for the length of a game, let alone an entire season. But he’s already on thin ice, so he has no choice but to agree.

Mark Bailey is not a sports reporter. He writes for the arts page, and these days he’s barely even managing to do that much. He’s had a rough year and just wants to be left alone in his too-empty apartment, mourning a partner he’d never been able to be public about. The last thing he needs is to spend a season writing about New York’s obnoxious new shortstop in a stunt to get the struggling newspaper more readers.

Isolated together within the crush of an anonymous city, these two lonely souls orbit each other as they slowly give in to the inevitable gravity of their attraction. But Mark has vowed that he’ll never be someone’s secret ever again, and Eddie can’t be out as a professional athlete. It’s just them against the world, and they’ll both have to decide if that’s enough.

Why I’m Interested: I’ve been on a sports romance kick the past year or so, which means I tend to spot these romances rather quickly when they come out. Add in the fact that this is a Cat Sebastian m/m historical sports romance and I’m doubly interested in reading it. I’m also a sucker for a good journalist interviewing the lead story, too, so there’s that.

 

JUNE

 

ONE CURSED ROSE
Grimm Bargains #1
Paranormal Romance, Romantic Suspense
Tropes: beauty and the beast, rivals-to-lovers, forced proximity
Releasing June 25, 2024

They christened me Alana—and while the name means beauty, beneath that surface is a depth I allow very few to see. I’m sole heir to Aquarius Social, a media giant about to succumb to an unseen enemy. My father’s solution is to marry me off to the son of a competing family. My reaction? Not a chance. Now I have just a week before the wedding to change my fate.

Who knew the unforeseen twist would be an assassination attempt on me and an unwanted rescue by Thorn Beathach, the head of the rival social media empire driving Aquarius under? The richest, most ruthless of them all, the Beast protects his realm with an iron rule: no one sees his face. When he shows himself to me, I know he’ll never let me go.

Thorn may think he can lock me in his enchanted castle forever, but I’m not the docile Beauty he expects. If the Beast wants to tie me up, I’m going to take pleasure from every minute of it . . .and we’ll just see who ends up shackled.

Why I’m Interested: Rebecca Zanetti. First in series. Fairytale retelling. Dark, spicy, forced proximity. What’s not to love about that? 

 

JULY

THE LOVE OF MY AFTERLIFE
Romantic Comedy
Tropes: second chance, afterlife
Releasing July 2, 2024

A recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at life (and love!) if she can find him on earth before ten days are up…

If she wasn’t dead already, Delphie would be dying of embarrassment. Not only did she just die by choking on a microwaveable burger, but now she’s standing in her ‘shine like a star’ nightie in front of the hottest man she’s ever seen. And he’s smiling at her.

As they start to chat, everything else becomes background noise. That is until someone comes running out of a door, yelling something about a huge mistake, and sends the dreamy stranger back down to earth. And here Delphie was thinking her luck might be different in the afterlife.  

When Delphie is offered a deal in which she can return to earth and reconnect with the mysterious man, she jumps at the opportunity to find her possible soulmate and a fresh start. But in a city of millions, Delphie is going to have to listen to her heart, learn to ask for help, and perhaps even see the magic in the life she’s leaving behind…

Why I’m Interested: Um, the title? Seriously. It sounds like such a good time to me. And the blurb? So much fun. This sounds like such a fun, crazy ride, and I am here for it!

 

WHAT’S IN A KISS?
Contemporary Romance
Tropes: enemies to lovers, rivals, second chance
Releasing July 2, 2024

This is not how Liv wanted to see Jake Glasswell for the first time in ten years. Once her high school rival and the prom date who humiliated her, now a successful TV personality, he’s more attractive than he has any right to be. And he’s her Lyft passenger.

Since the prom night kiss that never was, Liv’s life has not gone to plan. She deferred Julliard to be with her mom during a crisis, and now swears she’s happy as a recently furloughed drama teacher going on no-strings dates. This weekend she’s maid of honor to her best friend, Masha, and, of course, Jake is the best man. But when Liv glares into Jake’s eyes as Masha says, “I do,” the universe turns on its axis and Liv is suddenly living a version of her life where prom night was the beginning of her and Jake, not the end, and it turns out he’s the love of her life. The catch? Her mom and Masha hate her now. What’s in a kiss? Maybe everything.

Why I’m Interested: This is another one where the first thing to draw me in was the title. Then I read the blurb. I don’t know the author, either, so I love that, too. I love discovering new authors to read. Plus, I love the parallel universe/alternate reality aspect of this one.

 

AUGUST

 

THE COVEN
Coven of Bones #1
Paranormal Romance, Gothic Romance
Tropes: age-gap, enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, secret identities, forbidden love, insta-lust
Releasing August 6, 2024

Revenge.

Raised to be my father’s weapon against the Coven that took away his sister and his birthright, I would do anything to protect my younger brother from suffering the same fate. My duty forces me to the secret town of Crystal Hollow and the prestigious Hollow’s Grove University—where the best and brightest of my kind learn to practice their magic free from human judgment.

There are no whispered words here. No condemnation for the blood that flows through my veins. The only animosity I face comes from the beautiful and infuriating Headmaster, Alaric Grayson Thorne, a man who despises me just as much as I loathe him and everything he stands for.

But that doesn’t mean secrets don’t threaten to tear the school in two. No one talks about the bloody massacre that forced it to close decades prior, only the opportunity it can afford to those fortunate enough to attend.

Because for the first time in fifty years, the Coven will open its wards to the Thirteen.

Thirteen promising students destined to change the world.

If the ghosts of Hollow’s Grove’s victims don’t kill them first.

Why I’m Interested: Initially, the cover caught my eye. Then I read the blurb. I love the whole witches and vampires aspect, too. And the fact that it takes place in a paranormal university where the headmaster despises the lead? Yeah, I wanna read that. Plus, this one releases on my birthday, so that just screams “read me now” to me.

 

 


 

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