We review the season’s best new romance books from Shakespeare-inspired tales to thoroughly modern LGBTQ+ couplings.

Selecting body parts from the morgue, she stitches together and reanimates her ideal man.

Only he’s not so sure he wants any part of this.

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HarperCollins

That’s no less the case here.

There is an inherent mystery in Will’s background, which the book seeds in satisfying ways.

Soon, an impulsive kiss flames into something more.

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Little, Brown

It’s also a whole-hearted endorsement for therapy, championing its role in repairing Yasmen and Josiah’s love.

Reading her books, this one is particular, is like pressing a bruise they hurt so good.

Because, of course, they’re also rife with Ryan’s gift for writing toe-curling sex scenes.

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St. Martin’s Publishing Group

As a result, Cassie and Erin’s relationship can feel more belabored than sexy.

Similarly, Jamie’s own familial history and anxiety has prevented him from opening up to a partner.

Her historical romances are always engrossing, lush, and downright moving.

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National Geographic Books

Her latest,Duke Most Wicked,does not disappoint.

West sees her skill and not only celebrates it, but finds ways to champion and forward it.

Bell always stacks her novels with memorable supporting characters, but this might be her best group yet.

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Harlequin

There’s the women of the Boudicea Club, Viola’s friends who we’ve met in previous novels.

Bell offers that up in spades and proves why she keeps earning a spot on my keeper shelf.

That leads to zippy banter, the insults and loving jabs flying fast and loose.

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HarperCollins

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