Adult Romance Books

In the ice-hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, the ultimate player turns romantic in order to win over the woman he is desperate to be with. Carter Beckett is the NHL’s best player – both on and off the ice. His career is at its peak, his team is performing better than ever, and there’s no shortage of women to spend the night with. What more could he want? Olivia Parker isn’t new to professional hockey players, thanks to her best friend’s boyfriend, but she has no interest in dating one herself – no matter how hot he is. And anyway, she loves working as a teacher and hanging out with her best friend, drama-free. Why would she want to spend her time stroking the ego of an arrogant athlete? But once Carter meets Olivia, he can’t think of anyone else. Too bad for him, Olivia is hell-bent on keeping him at arm’s length, with no intention of giving into his charms. Perhaps it’s time for Carter to up his game … after all, nobody ever said he had to play fair. Sparks will fly as Carter does whatever it takes for Olivia to consider him. Book 1 in the Playing for Keeps series. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781761425820 • Author: Becka Mack • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback • Pages: 544 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 3.5cm

In the ice-hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, a dedicated player struggles with the number one team rule: don’t go near the captain’s sister. Garrett Andersen knows that playing professional hockey requires absolute dedication to the rules. There’s just one rule he’s finding very difficult to follow: stay away from the captain’s younger sister. As a professional dancer, Jennie Beckett knows what it takes to excel. She prides herself on being every bit as confident and bold as her brother, sassy as hell, and the only person in charge of her pleasure. No wonder Garrett can’t stay away from her – even if he forgets how to form sentences whenever she’s around. When they become neighbours, Jennie and Garrett resolve to keep their distance from each other. But after several embarrassing run-ins, the connection between them only grows, so they decide to have some fun, no strings attached. But what if their feelings get in the way? After all, they’re only supposed to be playing with each other ... Book 2 in the Playing for Keeps series. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781761425844 • Author: Becka Mack • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback • Pages: 544 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.6 x 3.5cm

In the ice-hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, the star goalie discovers the family he’s always wanted when he falls in love with a single mother. When it comes to dating, Adam Lockwood wouldn’t know luck if it hit him in the face. After an epic failure of a relationship and a string of dates gone wrong, the thought of being vulnerable with someone is terrifying – most people only see him as a professional athlete. But when his dog runs down Rosie, a beautiful woman with a blush as pink as her hair, she doesn’t seem to have a clue who he is, and Adam seizes the opportunity for what it is: a chance to be himself. Rosie Wells has her hands full as a single mother and fourth-year veterinarian student, and she certainly wouldn’t know a hockey player if she ran into one. She doesn’t have time to date, and she’s fiercely protective of her little family. But when a chance encounter leads her to Adam, she knows he’s worth risking her heart. The only problem? Adam is used to wearing a mask – he’s a goalie, after all. And as he holds onto a secret that threatens to unravel him and destroy his new family, he’s at risk of losing more than ever before. Book 3 in the Playing for Keeps series. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781761425868 • Author: Becka Mack • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback • Pages: 512 • Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3.2cm

The new novel from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Icebreaker and Wildfire... As a chronic procrastinator, Henry Turner always knew his junior year in college wasn’t going to be easy. That was before he made ice hockey captain as well as landing himself in a difficult class with his least favourite professor. Thankfully, it’s then that Henry meets Halle, a fellow junior who he immediately befriends. Academic pressure has never been a struggle for Halle, but as an introverted people pleaser with a tendency to overcommit herself, she can’t help but offer to help Henry pass his class. In turn he offers to help make college life a little more inspiring – just the thing she needs as an aspiring novelist… Failure isn’t an option for either of them but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a little room for distraction… 18+ content Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398525740 • Author: Hannah Grace  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK • Format: Paperback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.65cm

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Elsie Silver! Set in the same beloved universe as smash-hit series Chestnut Springs: small-town, big characters, four addictive love stories… A rugged mountain town seemed like the perfect escape from a life in shambles.  But on day one, she ran full tilt into the world’s hottest single dad, and now all her plans are ruined. As a chart-topping country singer with a recent streak of bad press, it’s hard for Skylar Stone to find any peace. But she finds it in Rose Hill. With a little boy and a little girl who steal her heart just as thoroughly as their dad. Weston Belmont. The man is a shameless flirt. He oozes confidence and masculinity in a way that’s downright distracting. And in bed? He’s addictive. Everything with him is wild and impulsive, and Skylar is desperate to regain some control. But no one has supported her like West does. And no one has ever made her feel as loved as he does either. So, while Skylar’s brain says settling down with a small-town horse trainer is impossible…her heart says she’s right where she belongs. Still, her life as a celebrity haunts her. It has the power to pull she and West apart. She can see in his eyes that he wants her to stay. And she wants that too. But she knows better than anyone that you don’t always get what you want. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349441641 • Author: Elsie Silver • Publisher: Little Brown • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.81 x 12.62 x 1.85cm

She's been driving him wild for years... the good kind of wild. The kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend's little sister and knowing you can't have her. Forbes may have labeled Ford Grant the World's Hottest Billionaire, but all he cares about is escaping the press and opening a recording studio in gorgeous small town Rose Hill. Something that comes to a screeching halt when he ends up face-to-face with a young girl who claims he's her biological father. Now, he spends his days balancing business with parenting a sullen twelve-year-old, all while trying desperately to keep his hands the hell off his best friend's sister, Rosie Belmont. After living in the city, Rosie came blasting back into town like a storm. Beautiful, messy, and chaotic. And one wide-eyed, desperate plea for a job is all it takes for Ford to hire her. He vows to keep her at arm's length. Tries to stick to scowls and grumpy one-liners. But with her, verbal sparring is a type of foreplay―friction that soon turns to blistering heat. Ford knows damn well he shouldn't cross this line. But shouldn't and can't are two very different things. And the only thing he truly can't do is resist her.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349441634 • Author:  Elsie Silver  • Publisher:  Little, Brown Book Group • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  464 • Dimensions:  19.6 x 12.6 x 4.4 cm

Fall in love with the brand new spring romance set in Dream Harbor, from the bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Cafe and The Cinnamon Bun Book Store As a world-renowned chef, single dad Archer never planned on moving to a small town, let alone running a pancake restaurant. But Dream Harbor needs a new chef, and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter, Olive. Iris has never managed to hold down a job for more than a few months. So when it’s suggested that Archer is looking for a live-in nanny, she almost runs in the opposite direction. Now, Iris finds herself in a whole new world. One where her gorgeous new boss lives right across the hall and likes to cook topless… Keeping everything strictly professional should be easy, right? The Strawberry Patch Pancake House is a cozy romantic mystery with a single dad and found family dynamic, a small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008713348 • Author: Laurie Gilmore • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.8 cm

THE ALL-NEW SMALL-TOWN ROMCOM FROM LUCY SCORE Hazel is given a one-two punch when she’s forced to move out of her Upper East Side apartment and is given a final warning from her publisher. If she doesn’t turn in a book by her next deadline, they’re cutting her loose. Hazel rashly decides to leave what’s left of her city life behind and impulse buys a house in rural Pennsylvania, sight unseen. How better to entertain the loyal readers she still has and rediscover her writing mojo than by immersing herself in small-town life? Too bad this town looks to be on its last legs. At least she’s finding swoon-worthy inspiration from her hot, grumpy contractor Cam and his animal-rescuing, community-involved family. It’s all just research. What could go wrong? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399750202 • Author: Lucy Score • Publisher: Hodder Headline • Format: Paperback • Pages: 544 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 4.2 cm

Online Only! Get more for less with The Work’s expertly hand-picked Book Bundles. These are a collection of great quality products, grouped together to give you amazing value. Enjoy this 3-book bundle of Elsie Silver’s Rose Hill series. Meet the single dads of Rose Hill as they find their happily ever afters in a small town nestled in the Rocky Mountains. Includes: • Wild Love • Wild Eyes • Wild Side Product Information: • Author: Elsie Silver • Publisher: Little Brown • Format: Book Bundle • Number of Books: 3

A hopeless romantic meets a demoralised radio host in this cosy, Sleepless in Seattle inspired love story from fan-favourite author of the LOVELIGHT series, B.K. Borison. Aiden Valentine has a secret: he’s fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore’s romance hotline, that’s a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom Lucie, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight. Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an incredible family; and a smart, slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life—or lack thereof—she begins to question if she’s as happy as she thought. Maybe a little more romance wouldn’t be such a bad thing. Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending. . . even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final call between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035028894 • Author: B.K. Borison • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Pages: 448 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 2.8 cm

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Elsie Silver! Set in the same beloved universe as smash-hit series Chestnut Springs: small-town, big characters, four addictive love stories . . . I’d always dreamed of my wedding day. But not like this. Not looking into the eyes of the man who betrayed me. But when my nephew’s guardianship is contested, I decide I’ll do whatever it takes to keep him in Rose Hill. Even if it means marrying the enemy. Rhys Dupris. A man who is secretive, broody, and completely infuriating. A man whose work takes him away for weeks on end and brings him back covered in mysterious bruises-ones he won’t talk about. In fact, we barely talk at all. Which would be fine, except when he’s not talking, he’s staring. And the way he looks at me is borderline indecent. The tension between us has always been palpable. But living under the same roof is a dangerous temptation. I swore I would never forgive him. But that was before I knew the man behind the mask. The one who’s fierce and protective. The one who’s gentle and patient. The one who shows up for us when we need him most. He’s not at all who I thought he was. And that makes hating my husband so much harder… and loving him just a little too easy. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349441672 • Author: Elsie Silver • Publisher: Little Brown • Format: Paperback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3.8 cm

New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy brings her signature angst, humor, and spice to the icy-hot Off Campus books.  The series follows a house of hockey-playing college roommates and the women who knock them off their pedestals, teaching them that love is worth more than any game-scoring goal.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349443560 • Author:  Elle Kennedy • Publisher: Piatkus • Format:  Book Collection Titles in this Collection: • The Deal • The Mistake • The Score • The Goal • The Legacy

I'm saving you, six. With his world unravelling around him, and pressure rising at home, Joey Lynch's life has never been in more turmoil. Desperate to prove himself worthy of the only person he's ever put his trust in, Joey fights to stay away from a world that threatens to destroy everything. But with the odds stacking against him by the day, can he keep his head above water? Unwilling to give up on the boy she loves, Aoife Molloy fights to save her best friend from the edge of self-destruction. Drowning in a world she doesn't understand, with only her heart to guide her, Aoife refuses to turn her back on Joey, no matter how badly the odds are stacked against them. Through heartbreak and horror, Aoife and Joey have had each other's backs, and this time is no different. Come what may. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349439303 • Author: Chloe Walsh • Publisher: Piatkus • Format: Paperback • Pages: 960 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 4.6 x 19.8cm

He's a boy who's lost. She's girl who might just be the home he's never had. The second born son in a broken marriage, Joey Lynch has spent a lifetime picking up the pieces of a family unravelling. When his older brother Darren skips town, twelve-year-old Joey finds himself thrown into the role of protector to his younger siblings and mother.  Plagued by self-loathing, and furious with the world, he grapples with teenage life and his unwavering sense of duty to his family, while balancing precariously close to a life of addiction that threatens to swallow him whole. The only light in his sea of darkness is his boss's firecracker of a daughter who refuses to back down. A girl who just so happens to be his classmate. Aoife Molloy has never been backwards in coming forward. Her bubbly and self-assured nature has never led her astray. Until her first day of secondary school when she collides with a hot-headed boy who sparks a burning curiosity inside of her that only grows stronger by the day. Falling into a complicated friendship with her father's apprentice, Aoife works to unravel the secrets around Joey Lynch's life - while he desperately fights to keep her out. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349439280 • Author: Chloe Walsh • Publisher: Piatkus • Format: Paperback • Pages: 656 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 4.6 x 19.6cm

Enjoy this 5-book collection of Jessa Hastings’ hit sensation, the Magnolia Parks Universe series! Includes: • Magnolia Parks • Daisy Haites • Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home • Daisy Haites: The Great Undoing • Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398725775 • Author: Jessa Hastings • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Book Collection • Number of Books: 5

Introducing our Book of the Week! Each week we personally recommend a trending title that we're super excited about. Want to find a bestselling book worthy of a spot on your bookshelf? Then look no further… Includes exclusive inner design. A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A junior at Stanford and a student athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships – at least, that’s what she tells herself. Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It’s how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes. So they start an arrangement. And as the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship. It was supposed to be just a temporary, mutually satisfying fling. But when staying away from Lukas becomes impossible, Scarlett realizes that her heart might be treading into dangerous water… Product Information: • ISBN: 9781408723760 • Author: Ali Hazelwood • Publisher: Little Brown • Pages: 464 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3.6 cm

They are from opposites sides of the track - but when their two worlds collide, nothing will ever be the same again. Johnny Kavanagh has everything going for him. On the rugby pitch, he's a force to be reckoned with. Primed for stardom, he's heading straight for the top. Nothing can possibly get in his way, right? Not even the shy new girl at Tommen College. The one with the sad eyes and hidden bruises. The one that distracts him like no one ever has. Life has never been easy for Shannon Lynch. Bullied and tortured, she arrives at Tommen College mid-way through the school year praying for a fresh start and desperate to shake off the demons that plague her. On her very first day at the prestigious private school, she comes into contact with the notorious Johnny Kavanagh. Thrown through a hoop over her feelings for him, and desperate to keep a low-profile, Shannon finds herself once again the target of bullies as she forms a fragile alliance with rugby's rising star. Falling into a complicated friendship and grappling with their undeniable chemistry, Johnny and Shannon could never have foreseen the obstacles that will threaten their blossoming relationship...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349439259 • Author:  Chloe Walsh  • Publisher:  Piatkus • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  816 • Dimensions: 12.8 x 5.4 x 19.6 cm

Dive into Lauren Asher's Dreamland Billionaires series with the complete 3 book collection! Includes: • The Fine Print • Terms and Conditions • Final Offer Product Information: • ISBN: 9780349444635 • Author: Lauren Asher • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Book Collection • Number of Books: 3 

New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy returns to Briar University in these hot and hilarious spinoffs of the Off-Campus series.  Favourite hockey players return and get the chance for their own happily-ever-afters with the smart and sassy women who win their hearts. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349443577 • Author:  Elle Kennedy • Publisher:  Piatkus Books • Format:  Book Collection Included in this Collection: • The Chase • The Risk • The Play • The Dare

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lucy Score brings to life the "nosiest small town in upstate New York," Blue Moon Bend, in a sexy, eccentric romantic comedy between a hot mess yoga instructor and her irresistible landlord. Beckett Pierce is the most eligible bachelor in the nosiest small town in upstate New York. But after his last girlfriend handcuffed herself to his porch and set his welcome mat on fire, he's not looking for any more romance. Especially if it lands right in his own backyard. And has miles of red hair. Gianna Decker has her hands full—no, overflowing—with problems. With two kids, a useless ex, and a brand new yoga studio, the last thing on her mind is finding a man who'll demand more of her time. Fantasizing about her hot, broody landlord? Mistake. Lusting after the sexy mayor of her new town? Terrible idea. Getting naked with the "favorite" son of her father's new lady friend? N-O. Getting involved with Beckett has disaster written all over it. Those stolen kisses were accidental. A few moments of strings-free, sizzling passion couldn't possibly cause any trouble. At least, not until tempers flare when their families complicate things and the interfering citizens of Blue Moon step in with their special brand of chaos. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781464249143 • Author: Lucy Score • Publisher: Penguin DK (Dorling Kindersley) • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 2.4 cm