Valentine’s Day Sale
If you haven’t purchased a Valentine’s Day gift for your loved one yet, it’s not too late! All of our romance books as well as the romance category of Blind Date with a Book are currently on sale. If you’re not sure what your person will like, buy a gift card! Us book people always appreciate book themed gift cards and of course bookish merch like this bookmark. Check out some of the romance books below and purchase between now and Monday to get them before the holiday!
A French Girl in New York—$12.99 $11.17
Orphan Maude dreams of escaping her provincial French village and becoming an opera star. When a livestream of her singing in a Paris café goes viral, record companies chase her with promises of stardom—but they all want her to sing pop. Maude hates pop but she accepts the challenge in part because she learns that her Nigerian father lived in New York once. Whisked away to the Big Apple, she has six months to prove herself and learn about her parents. If she doesn’t succeed, she’ll have to return to France.
But there’s one major problem—her collaborator, Matt. He’s annoying and arrogant, a popstar on a break, and he’s determined to force Maude out of her comfort zone. As Maude and Matt explore New York, they’ll have to put their bickering aside if they’re ever going to create the perfect harmony.
Along for the Ride—$12.99 $11.17
Nights have always been Auden's time, her chance to escape everything that's going on around her.
Then she meets Eli, a fellow insomniac and he becomes her nocturnal tour guide.
Now, with an endless supply of summer nights between them, almost anything can happen...
Anna and the French Kiss—$8.99 $7.73
Anna is happy in Atlanta. She has a loyal best friend and a crush on her coworker at the movie theater, who is just starting to return her affection. So she’s less than thrilled when her father decides to send her to a boarding school in Paris for her senior year. But despite not speaking a word of French, Anna meets some cool new people, including the handsome Étienne St. Clair, who quickly becomes her best friend. Unfortunately, he’s taken—and Anna might be, too. Will a year of romantic near misses end with the French kiss she’s been waiting for?
Better Than the Movies—$12.99 $11.17
Liz Buxbaum has always known that Wes Bennett was not boyfriend material. You would think that her next-door neighbor would be a prime candidate for her romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only proven himself to be a pain in the butt, ever since they were little. Wes was the kid who put a frog in her Barbie Dreamhouse, the monster who hid a lawn gnome’s severed head in her little homemade neighborhood book exchange.
Flash foward ten years from the Great Gnome Decapitation. It’s Liz’s senior year, a time meant to be rife with milestones perfect for any big screen, and she needs Wes’s help. See, Liz’s forever crush, Michael, has just moved back to town, and—horribly, annoyingly—he’s hitting it off with Wes. Meaning that if Liz wants Michael to finally notice her, and hopefully be her prom date, she needs Wes. He’s her in.
But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she actually likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love—and rethink her own perception of what Happily Ever After should really look like.
Catching Jordan—$10.99 $9.45
Athletic superstar Jordan Woods is the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. Her teammates, including her best friend Sam, all see her as their leader and one of the guys, and that’s just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university.
But everything she’s ever worked for is threatened when Ty Green moves to her school. Not only is he an amazing QB, but he’s also amazingly cute. And suddenly, Sam—who has always been her rock—is acting differently toward her. For the first time, Jordan’s feeling vulnerable. Can she keep her head in the game while her heart’s on the line?
Dating and Dragons—$12.99 $11.17
Quinn Norton is starting over at a new high school and hopes that joining a D&D game will be the trick to making friends. The plan sounds even better when she’s invited into a group that includes Logan Weber, the cute and charming guy she met on her first day of class. But this isn’t your average D&D campaign—this group livestreams their games and enforces strict rules: no phones allowed, and no dating other group members.
Quinn is willing to accept the rules, even if it makes Logan off-limits. And she quickly learns that doing so won’t be a problem, since Logan goes from charismatic to insufferable as soon as she agrees to join. As their bickering—and bantering—intensifies inside and outside the game, Quinn can’t help wondering: Is Logan’s infuriating behavior a smokescreen for hidden feelings?
Quinn is risking it all, and the twenty-sided dice are rolling!
Emerge—$12.99 $11.17
Lia Nautilus may be a mermaid, but she's never lived in the ocean. Ever since the infamous Little Mermaid unleashed a curse that stripped Mer of their immortality, war has ravaged the Seven Seas. Now Lia lives in a secret community of land-dwelling Mer hidden among Malibu's seaside mansions and attends high school with humans. To protect everyone around her, she must limit contact with non-Mer. No exceptions. But when the new girl sets her sights on Lia's crush, she will risk exposing her deadly secret to stop him from falling for the wrong girl.
Ever the Same—$16.95 $14.58
Sam thinks her life is over when her parents tell her the family is moving weeks before school starts. Starting over is hard enough, but when it is your senior year of high school, it's even harder.
Conner has a great life. He is captain of the school's hockey team, dating a cheerleader, and ready to breeze through his senior year. He didn't expect his life to be thrown off kilter on the first day of school when he meets the new girl.
Ever the Same takes you on a journey of friendship and love that you won't be able to put down.
I’d Tell You I Love You But Then I’d Have to Kill You—$11.99 $10.31
Cammie Morgan was born to attend the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school--assuming all schools taught advanced martial arts in PE and gave extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. So, yeah...the Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses, but, really, it's a school for spies.
As the daughter of two former agents, Cammie thinks the hardest part of learning covert operations will be the mysterious new teacher who seems to have it out for her. But when an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl approaches her during a training exercise, Cammie has no idea what to do.
Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, or track him through town--but can she maneuver a relationship with someone who can never know the truth about her?
Cammie may be an elite spy in training, but in her sophomore year, she'll take on her most dangerous mission yet--falling in love.
Joined at the Joints—$19.99 $17.19
Chronically ill seventeen-year-old Ivy has spent the summer baking--pies are better than people, and they don't trigger her social anxiety. So when her (also) chronically ill mom and sister cook up a plan to get Ivy out of the house and into a support group, she certainly doesn't expect Grant.
Grant is CUTE: class-clown cute, messy-hair cute, will-always-text-you-back-cute. The fact that they share the same diagnosis--juvenile rheumatoid arthritis--is only one part of their instant connection.
But just because Grant understands Ivy's pain doesn't mean he can take it away. And she wishes he could--because it's getting worse. Ivy has always tried to appear pain-free, but between treatment plans, symptom management, and struggling with medical self-advocacy, being sick feels increasingly difficult. Will Ivy's delicious new romance pan out? Can she keep up a façade of "normality," whatever that is, for him and for the world...or should she be brave and let it go?
Maybe Meant to Be—$11.99 $10.31
Everyone at Bexley School believes that Sage Morgan and Charlie Carmichael are meant to be. Even though Charlie seems to have a new girlfriend every month and Sage has never had a real relationship, their friends and family all know it's just a matter of time until they realize that they are actually in love.
When Luke Morrissey shows up on campus, his presence immediately shakes things up. Charlie and Luke are drawn to each other the moment they meet, giving Sage the opportunity to spend time with Charlie's twin brother, Nick.
But Charlie is afraid of what others will think if he accepts that he has much more than a friendship with Luke. And Sage fears that if she lets things with Nick get too serious too quickly, they won't be able to last as a couple outside of high school and they'll miss their chance at forever. Charlie and Sage will need to rely on each other and their lifelong friendship to figure things out with the boys they love.
My Life with the Walter Boys—$11.99 $10.31
Jackie's goal is perfection--the perfect grades, the perfect look, getting into the perfect school. If she can achieve that, then maybe her too-busy mom and dad will take notice. But when her parents die in a tragic accident, Jackie is shipped across the country to live with the Walters, her new guardians...who just happen to have eleven sons (and a daughter who is basically one of the boys).
The Walter boys are loud, dirty, annoying--okay, some of the older boys might be Greek-god-level hot--but they don't think a city girl belongs on their horse ranch. How is Jackie supposed to fit in to their chaotic world when she needs to keep her parents' memory alive by living up to the promise of perfect?
But as Jackie spends more time with the Walter boys, she begins to wonder if being perfect isn't the only way to find love after all.
Picking Daisies on Sundays—$15.99 $13.75
Daniella Daisy Maria wanted love. It's all she hoped for when watching endless rom-coms every Friday night. What she hadn't hoped for was to find it in her childhood best friend Levi. It was the hand-trembling, heart-thumping kind of love that wasn't supposed to happen when you saw your best friend. But it all ended when he didn't feel the same way and she vowed to never see him again.
Four years later and one night in a crowded bar in the West Village, there he was, just as perfect as ever. Maybe it was the lighting or the way his hair curled above his brow, but she couldn't say no when he asked her to be his fake girlfriend for his sister's wedding. Another chance at being his friend and mending her immature mistake? How was she supposed to say no?
The weight of possible rejection from her dream grad school quickly became the least of her problems. With old, resurfacing feelings at every staged, romantic interaction and stolen glance, she struggles to find confidence. She couldn't help but think that maybe she should've said no to protect her heart for a second time.
Rival Darling—$17.99 $15.47
When seventeen-year-old Violet is left heartbroken by the captain of her school's ice hockey team, she vows to never date a jock again. But, in an attempt to prove she's moved on, she turns to the most unlikely person--her ex's biggest rival, the notorious captain of the Ransom Devils.
Reed Darling is gorgeous, mysterious and intimidating, both on and off the ice. Wild rumors constantly circulate about him, and the only thing people love to talk about more than his hockey skills are his exploits as a ruthless heartbreaker and bad boy. Who better to serve as Violet's fake boyfriend until her ex gets the message, right?
But, despite the intense rivalry between their two schools and Reed's infamous reputation, Violet soon starts to wonder if there's more to him than the gossip suggests. And while she tries her best to control their 'relationship' with a list of strict guidelines, Reed has other ideas. He's set his sights on winning her over and is determined to show Violet he's not the guy everyone thinks he is.
She should have known better than to make a deal with a Devil because this one is going to break all the rules.
The Kissing Booth—$13.99 $12.03
Meet Rochelle Evans. Known as Elle to most everyone. She’s pretty, she’s popular, and she’s never been kissed.
Meet Noah Flynn. Known as Flynn to most everyone. He’s gorgeous, he’s badass, and he’s a total player.
When Elle and her best friend, Lee, decide to run a kissing booth at their school’s Spring Carnival, Elle ends up locking lips with Noah, and her life is turned upside down. But this romance seems far from a fairy tale. Is Elle headed for heartbreak, or will she get her happily-ever-after?
The Last Best Kiss—$9.99 $8.59
Anna Eliot is tired of worrying about what other people think. After all, that was how she lost the only guy she ever really liked. Back in freshman year she was too embarrassed to admit to her friends that she liked skinny, nerdy Finn Westbrook. Then his family moved away, and all Anna had left was regret.
Now it’s senior year, and Finn is back. Anna can’t believe her luck—maybe now she’ll get the chance to relive their last kiss again (and again and again). But he obviously hasn’t forgotten how she treated him, and while this newly confident, adorable Finn is happy to flirt with all of Anna’s friends, he makes it clear he has no interest in having anything to do with her.
Anna keeps trying to persuade herself that she doesn’t care about Finn either, but even though they’ve both changed since they first met, deep down she knows he’s the guy for her. Now if only she can get him to believe that, too…
The Loudest Silence—$19.99 $17.19
Casey Kowalski once dreamed of becoming a professional singer. Then the universe threw her a life-altering curveball--sudden, permanent, and profound hearing loss--just before her family's move from Portland to Miami. Now, she's learning to navigate the world as a Deaf-Hard of Hearing person while trying to conceal her hearing loss from her new schoolmates.
Hayden González-Rossi is also keeping secrets. Three generations of González men have risen to stardom on the soccer field, and Hayden knows his family expects him to follow in their footsteps, but he wants to quit soccer and pursue a career on Broadway. If only his Generalized Anxiety Disorder didn't send him into a debilitating spiral over the thought of telling the truth.
Casey and Hayden are both determined to hide who they really are. But when they cross paths at school, they bond over their shared love of music and their mutual feeling that they don't belong, and the secrets come spilling out. Their friendship is the beating heart of this dual-perspective story featuring thoughtful disability representation, nuanced queer identities, and a lovably quirky supporting cast.
The Summer of Broken Rules—$10.99 $9.45
When Meredith Fox lost her sister, Claire, eighteen months ago, she shut everyone out. But this summer she’s determined to join the world again.
The annual family vacation to Martha’s Vineyard seems like the perfect place to reconnect. Her entire extended family is gathering for a big summer wedding, and although Meredith is dateless after being unexpectedly dumped, she’s excited to participate in the traditional Fox family game of Assassin that will take place during the week of wedding festivities. Claire always loved the game, and Meredith is determined to honor her legacy.
But when Meredith forms an alliance with a cute groomsman, she finds herself getting distracted. Meredith tries to focus on the game and win it for her sister, but she can’t help falling for him. And as the week progresses, she realizes she’s not only at risk of losing the game, but also her heart.
We’re At It Again—$9.99 $8.59
Hudson wilder is the ultimate bad boy, known for his rebellious streak and knack for finding trouble. Beneath his tough exterior, he’s been harboring a secret: a deep, unspoken love for Luna, his best friend turned enemy. Despite their fiery clashes, Hudson’s heart has always belong to her.
Luna Delgato is the quintessential good girl, dedicated to her studies and always following the rules. But when her boyfriend dumps her, her orderly world shatters. Desperate for revenge, she turns to Hudson for help and proposes a fake dating pact. As they navigate their charade, old feelings begin to resurface, threatening to blur the lines between pretense and reality.
What Happens After Midnight—$11.99 $10.31
Lily Hopper has two more weeks until she’s officially finished with boarding school. With graduation quickly approaching, Lily is worried that she’s somehow missed out on the fun of being in high school. So when she receives a mysterious note inviting her to join the anonymous senior class Jester in executing the end-of-year prank, Lily sees her chance to put her Goody Two-Shoes reputation behind her.
When Lily realizes the Jester is none other than Taggart Swell, her ex-boyfriend, she’s already in too deep to back out…and it’s going to be a problem. Lily might’ve dumped Tag, but she still has major feelings. Plus, his brilliant plan to steal the school’s yearbooks targets none other than Lily’s prom date: the senior class president, Daniel.
As the group of pranksters hide cryptic clues across campus for Daniel to find, Lily and Tag find themselves in close quarters. As the exes dodge Campus Safety guards, night owl teachers, a troop of freshman, and even Daniel himself, new sparks fly between them. But old hurts and painful secrets refuse to be ignored. And with graduation on the horizon, sometimes it takes letting go to realize that some bonds can’t be broken.
100 Days of Sunlight—$16.99 $14.61
When 16-year-old poetry blogger Tessa Dickinson is involved in a car accident and loses her eyesight for 100 days, she feels like her whole world has been turned upside down.
Terrified that her vision might never return, Tessa feels like she has nothing left to be happy about. But when her grandparents place an ad in the local newspaper looking for a typist to help Tessa continue writing and blogging, an unlikely answer knocks at their door: Weston Ludovico, a boy her age with bright eyes, an optimistic smile...and no legs.
Knowing how angry and afraid Tessa is feeling, Weston thinks he can help her. But he has on condition: no one can tell Tessa about his disability. And because she can't see him, she treats him with contempt--screaming at him to get out of her house and never come back. But for Weston, it's the most amazing feeling: to be treated like a normal person, not just a sob story. So he comes back. Again and again and again.
Tessa spurs Weston's "obnoxious optimism", convinced that he has no idea what she's going through. But Weston knows exactly how she feels and reaches into her darkness to show her that there is more than one way to experience the world. As Tess grows closer to Weston, she finds it harder and harder to imagine life without him--and Weston can't imagine life without her. But he still hasn't told her the truth, and when Tessa's sight returns he'll have to make the hardest decision of his life: vanish from Tessa's world...or overcome his fear of being seen.
