June's New Releases are Sure to Heat Up the Summer Book Scene
- BirdieMama
- May 24
- 21 min read
Hello friends! As June quickly approaches, I can see Summer on the horizon, bringing with it warmer weather, longer days, and highly anticipated book releases. Summer is a time to grow and blossom with new stories that will engage, entertain, and possibly even spark inspiration. I expect my fellow readers and I will be diving into these new books seeking joy, to escape the world for a while, and maybe even to discover new perspectives that connect someone else's experiences with that of our own. These upcoming releases present a combination of hard work, uniquely crafted creativity, and dedication from a multitude of talented authors that span a variety of genres.
Each new title is a segway to engaging narratives, challenging adventures, and fresh stories just waiting to be explored. So, as we embark on the beginning of this vibrant season, let’s embrace the energy that Summer brings. Let’s celebrate the new beginnings, the adventures that await us, and the stories that are yet to be told. Let us step together into this season of warmth and creativity, ready to explore all the possibilities that lie ahead, and may our days be filled with sunshine and lots of opportunities for adventure, in and out of our books. Without further ado, let's dive into the exciting new releases that are sure to heat up the summer book scene.
-Contemporary Fantasy-
Don't Trust the Raven by Alice Brooks
Expected Release: June 1, 2025
Description
Could you turn back if you had all you ever wanted?
Ellie has been trapped in a life she doesn't believe to be her own. From living in an apartment that carries her trauma, to an unsatisfying job and a toxic relationship, she has no control over her life. When her sister Mallory moves out, she is left on her own to cope with her fears.
Everything changes when Ellie realizes she can control and manipulate dreams—not just her own, but those of the people around her, too. She learns to regain control over her life through her abilities, and it's all under the teaching eye of Aura, a beautiful inhabitant of the dreamworld. As Ellie slowly learns to take charge of her own life, her dreams prove to be the only safe space she has.
But when strange memories begin invading her mind and an eerily familiar woman from a story Mallory made up years ago starts talking to her in riddles, Ellie realizes there is more to her safe haven than meets the eye. Her perfect world harbors a dark secret; and it's up to her to decide which path she wants to take and who to trust.
Alice Brooks' indie debut Don't trust the Raven is a mystery novel about taking charge of one's destiny and walking the narrow line between wanting to be in control and obsessing over it.
This book is recommended for ages 16 and above.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Don't Trust the Raven, Amazon website, Accessed 23 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/g6s4e6k>.
-Romance-
Dirty Little Secret (Sweetwater Resort Series: Book 1) by T.R. Hill
Expected Release: June 1, 2025
Description
Kellyn Daniels has rules. Lots of them.
Like: don’t fall for Vinny Moretti. (Oops.)
Last summer, they hooked up—but she had rules: one time, no one can know, and no feelings. Yeah, that lasted twenty-four hours.
Now, she’s home from college, working at her family’s Lakeside resort for the summer and trying to forget last summer ever happened.
But that’s hard to do when she’s stuck coordinating the resort’s first music festival with none other than her button-pushing, infuriatingly sarcastic, lip-ring flicking dirty little secret—Vinny. And he’s still calling her Boss, which annoys the hell out of her and turns her on at the same time.
She’s trying to focus. He’s trying to get under her skin. And that third rule—no feelings? Good luck with that!
If enemies-to-lovers, lakeside hookups, and summer chaos with spicy banter are your thing—you’re in the right place. Welcome to Sweetwater Resort.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Dirty Little Secret (Sweetwater Resort Series: Book 1), Amazon website, Accessed 23 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/4yCtl9E>.
-Dark Fantasy Romance-
The Poison of the Earth (Spirit Bound Book 1) by Tilly Bramley
Expected Release: June 1, 2025
Description
Oleander is an earth Fae who bears heavy scars upon her body and soul. Wronged by the King years ago, she's spent time trying to heal and to find a way to deliver retribution.
For the last thirty years, Lonan Stromwaters has been leading the rebellion against the usurper’s son, who now sits in the high throne.
Captain Kai Ignisroth has followed his milk brother Lonan from the moment they could walk. Finally close to their goal, he is devoted to their purpose: the downfall of the King and revenge for their family.
Now, with all the pieces falling into place throughout the lands of Faery, Oleander is determined to find what she considers the only solution: a place in Lonan’s bed.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, The Poison of the Earth (Spirit Bound Book 1), Amazon website, Accessed 23 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/fxuEjCL>.
-Cozy Mystery-
Light Roast Larceny: A Coastal Coffee Mystery by Kate Montgomery
Expected Release: June 1, 2025
Description
Cici Larkin wasn't planning to become an amateur sleuth; she just wanted to figure out her next chapter after an unexpected layoff. Now, her days are filled with mystery novels, misadventures in cooking for her husband, and walks with her two tiny (but mighty) dogs under the Florida sun. She's built a strong community with the retirees surrounding her, and she's fiercely protective of her friends.
When a string of odd petty thefts starts rattling her coastal community, Cici can't help but get curious. Why would someone steal trinkets and items easily missed? It doesn't add up, and Cici's determined to find out why. With the help of a sharp-witted local police officer and fueled by iced coffee and intuition, Cici follows the trail of clues through her tight-knit neighborhood and sandy side streets. But the deeper she digs, the stranger (and more dangerous) the mystery becomes.
Can Cici and her new friend solve the case before things get out of hand? Or will their seaside sleuthing brew up more trouble than they bargained for?
Light Roast Larceny is a feel-good, sun-soaked cozy mystery full of friendship, caffeine, and charm. A perfect read for fans of quirky heroines, small-town secrets, and a touch of danger served with their daily brew.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Light Roast Larceny: A Coastal Coffee Mystery, Amazon website, Accessed 23 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/7O4ENkH>.
-LGBTQ+ Romantic Comedy-
Maybe We Can Fake It by Tammy Subia
Expected Release: June 3, 2025
Description
Welcome to Mayweather...
Brenden Sanderson is known in his small town for his sunny personality and being friends with everyone. But when he accidentally tells his adopted daughter’s grandparents that he’s in a serious relationship right before they announce an unexpected visit, he goes into panic mode.
His longtime friend Travis Reed is known in town as a grumpy loner, but he has his reasons, and he also has a serious soft spot for Brenden. So when he offers to help Brenden out by being his fake boyfriend, Brenden isn’t going to turn him down.
What neither of them expect, though, is for fake boyfriends to turn into fake boyfriends with benefits, and then into something else that feels a lot less fake.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Maybe We Can Fake It, Amazon website, Accessed on 23 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/c74jtB1>.
-Cozy Fantasy Romance-
Potions & Prejudice (Moonflower Witches Book 1) by Tee Harlowe
Expected Release: June 3, 2025
Description
Witch hates warlock.
Warlock hates witch.
Warlock falls for witch.
. . . Things get very, very complicated.
Elspeth Moonflower just wants to cast a spell. Unfortunately, that’s impossible due to a curse her grandmother cast that forces every witch in her family to marry before using magic. As a result, Elspeth and her sisters are outcasts, helping their mother run her traveling apothecary shop—while she complains that her daughters are all magicless spinsters.
When their cart breaks down and strands them in the charming village of Thistlegrove, Elspeth’s older sister meets a handsome warlock who’s smitten. If only the warlock’s best friend wasn’t completely insufferable. Draven Darkstone is broody, arrogant, wealthy—a perfect example of why Elspeth never wants to marry. But for the sake of her sister, she needs to be nice.
Which is hard when all Draven does is glower at her. It’s even harder when the glowering turns to longing glances. It’s downright impossible when he kisses her.Little does Elspeth know, the line between love and hate just got thinner.The low-stakes fantasy of Legends and Lattes meets the romance of Bridgerton in Potions & Prejudice, a spicy cozy fantasy romance with a grumpy sentient cottage, an anxious miniature dragon, and all the cottagecore vibes.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Potions & Prejudice: A Cozy Fantasy Romance (Moonflower Witches), Amazon website, Accessed 23 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/7rQhvpP>.
-Contemporary WOmen's Fiction-
If Anything Happens to Me by R.G. Prince
Expectected Release: June 3, 2025
Description
Georgia thought she knew what love looked like. She believed in happy endings, in forever, in the kind of romance that wraps you in safety and never lets go.
But when her picture-perfect engagement begins to crack, Georgia is forced to confront a truth she never saw coming: love can be tender, and it can also be terrifying.
As the man she once trusted begins to unravel, Georgia clings to the hope that she can fix what’s broken—until the night everything shatters. Left with questions, fear, and a journal full of secrets, Georgia must find the strength to reclaim her voice, her future, and the pieces of herself that nearly disappeared.
If Anything Happens to Me is a heart-wrenching, beautifully written story about love, survival, and the courage it takes to walk away. A poignant reminder that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is choose yourself.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, If Anything Happens to Me, Amazon website, Accessed 23 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/2hosMfT>.
-Thriller-
The Belle and the Bird by Celaena Cuico
Expected Release: June 3, 2025
Description
One trained to kill. One trained to dance. Neither is prepared for the fire between them.
Raven doesn’t do emotions—she does contracts, guns, and control. As the founder of The Nest, an elite mercenary group, she’s built a reputation for being ruthless and unbreakable. But when a powerful Senator—at the suggestion of her infuriating ex-husband—hires her to protect his daughter, Raven finds herself facing a new kind of threat.
Xyla is a ballerina with a sharp tongue and a body carved from discipline and desire. Fierce, untouchable, and preparing to perform the Black Swan, she's more than a spoiled politician’s daughter—she's a walking contradiction. And she seems to delight in making Raven's life a living hell.
But when a faceless terrorist organization sets its sights on Xyla, the danger becomes more than just bullets and blades. Kidnappings, torture, and assassination attempts blur into sleepless nights and breathless moments. And somewhere in the chaos, the tension between Raven and Xyla ignites—a slow burn turning into a raging inferno neither of them can control.
The line between protector and temptation has never been thinner.
With every brush of skin and every whispered threat, Raven and Xyla must fight not just for their lives—but for the tangled desire threatening to consume them both. Because in this deadly game of cat and mouse, surrender might be the most dangerous move of all.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, The Belle and the Bird, Amazon website, Accessed 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/9kK418o>.
-Hispanic American Literature & Fiction-
Isabel and The Rogue (The Luna Sisters) by Liana De La Rosa
Expected Release: June 4 , 2025
Description
'Sisterhood, espionage, and an unstoppable romance between two passionate leads - Isabel and the Rogue is utterly delightful and charming and not to be missed!' EVIE DUNMORE
A wallflower and a spy collide during the London season in this exciting new historical romance novel . . .
When a Mexican heiress defies Victorian society to protect her country a British war hero makes it his new mission to protect her...
Isabel Luna Valdés has long since resigned herself to being the "forgotten" Luna sister. But thanks to familial connections to the Mexican ambassador in London, wallflower Isabel is poised to unearth any British intelligence hidden by the ton that might aid Mexico during the French Occupation. Though she slips easily from crowded ballrooms into libraries and private studies, Isabel's search is hampered by trysting couples and prowling rogues—including the rakish Captain Sirius Dawson.
As a covert agent for the British Home Office, Sirius makes a game of earning the aristocracy's confidence. He spends his days befriending foolish politicians and seducing well-born ladies in order to learn their secrets. But after he spies a certain sharp-tongued Luna sister lurking in the shadows where no proper debutante should venture, it's clear Sirius is outmatched, outwitted, and soon to be outmaneuvered by the one woman he can't resist.
Their mutual attraction is undeniable, but when Isabel discovers private correspondence that could turn the tide of political turmoil in Mexico, she's willing to do whatever it takes to protect her country—even if this means ignoring her heart and courting danger...
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Isabel and The Rogue (The Luna Sisters), Amazon website, Accessed on 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/8Wr0nGF>.
-Romantasy-
The Forgotten Dawn (The Shattered Sky Saga) by Laura A. Blake
Expected Release: June 5, 2025
Description
Where lies are currency, the price of truth is blood.
Brida Larrow has no right to be among the Fae Courts, but she's willing to risk everything to save her dying father. Armed with a forged invitation and a fierce determination, she enters the treacherous Fae Trials, a deadly contest crafted to break even the strongest Fae. One misstep, and the truth of her identity could be her undoing-and cost her the cure she so desperately needs.
With enemies around every corner, Brida must rely on her wits and cunning to survive. But when Dainan, the enigmatic Prince of Shadows, takes notice of her, the stakes grow even higher. Betrothed to her most dangerous rival and a master of secrets himself, Dainan sees through her every deception. His dark allure stirs something within her, sparking a forbidden attraction that could either ruin her or become her greatest weapon.
Caught in a web of deception and desire, Brida walks a fine line between ambition and survival. In a world where alliances shift like shadows and betrayal is the currency of the Courts, she must find the strength to face not only the ruthless Trials but also the dangerous emotions Dainan awakens. One wrong move could doom her to failure-or reveal a side of herself she never knew existed.
The Forgotten Dawn is the spellbinding first book in The Shattered Sky Saga, an epic fantasy romance series brimming with rich world-building, electrifying slow burn chemistry, and pulse-pounding action. Perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, Throne of Glass, and A Court of Thorns and Roses
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, The Forgotten Dawn (The Shattered Sky Saga), Amazon website, Accessed on 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/8ezcncG>.
-Dystopian Fantasy-
The Lost Saint: Chronicles of the Lost Saint by Jake Lynch
Expected Release: June 5, 2025
Description
What is a warrior without a home? A soldier without a nation. A man without a family.
What does one fight for when there is nothing left to fight for?
After the Great Wars devastated most of the planet, a lone soldier named Marcus wanders the world in search of a new purpose. But the world is not as he remembers, finding the land has devolved into a modern dark ages. Old countries and borders no longer exist as new orders are established in the chaos. Bandits roam the countryside murdering anyone they come across, while morals mean nothing as power is law.
Will Marcus find his purpose, or will he succumb to the evils of this new world?
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, The Lost Saint: Chronicles of the Lost Saint, Amazon website, Accessed 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/c7QJIRt>.
-Romance-
Salvation: (Clover-Hills 1) by Kelsee Warrick
Expected Release: June 6, 2025
Description
Blake Warner left her sleepy little town of Clover Hills the night she turned 18, fleeing from a painful past—an abusive father, a mother struggling with rehab, and a town that felt too small for her big dreams. Six years later, after a failed career and an even worse relationship in the bustling chaos of New York City, Blake finds herself back where it all began. But Clover Hills isn’t the same place she left, and neither is she.
The town’s quiet charm and gossip-filled streets couldn’t be more different from the fast-paced city she once called home. And the last person Blake expects to see again is Wesley Conway—the childhood friend she left behind, the boy whose heart she broke without looking back. Wesley is no longer the sweet, carefree guy she remembers. In fact, he’s anything but thrilled that she’s back, and his coldness stings more than she imagined.
As Blake reconnects with old friends and builds new relationships in the tight-knit community, she’s forced to confront the secrets of her past and the tangled feelings she still has for Wesley. With the picturesque town and its quirky residents reminding her of everything she’s tried to forget, Blake begins to question: Is Clover Hills the place she ran from, or the place she’s meant to be? And is there still room in Wesley’s heart for the girl who left him all those years ago?
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Salvation: (Clover-Hills 1), Amazon website, Accessed 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/1ye6GOW>.
-Literary Fiction / Women's Fiction-
Far and Away by Amy Poeppel
Expected Release: June 10, 2025
Description
The “absolutely hilarious” (Real Simple) Amy Poeppel delights once again with a charming new novel about a house swap gone wonderfully awry.
Perfect strangers Lucy and Greta have agreed to a house swap—and boy, are they going to regret it.
Lucy’s hometown of Dallas has gone from home sweet home to vicious snake pit in the blink of an eye after her son makes a mistake he can’t undo. And Greta’s beloved flat in Berlin is suddenly up for grabs when her husband Otto takes a dream job in Texas without even telling her. In their rush to leave town, Lucy and Greta make a deal, pack their bags, and—thanks to martinis, desperation, and some very rusty German—have absolutely no idea what they’re getting themselves into.
Trading Southern charm and barbecue for European sophistication and schnitzel, the two women get a lot more than a change of scenery as they move into each other’s houses, neighborhoods, and lives. Greta and Lucy’s husbands are no help: Otto is winning over his colleagues, swimming laps in the backyard pool, and rooting for the Rangers, while Lucy’s husband is doing a six-month stretch out west, either in a NASA biosphere or in jail, depending on who you ask. Meanwhile, Greta’s daughter Emmi and Lucy’s son Jack get tossed into each other’s orbits, where they both discover secrets they can’t ignore.
When Greta’s biggest career achievement—the buzzworthy purchase of a Vermeer at auction—is thrown into question and Lucy’s past with a hot Viking named Bjørn invades her present, the two women need each other in ways they never could have imagined. Through jet lag, culture shock, suspiciously nice neighbors, and scandals that refuse to be left behind, Lucy and Greta will have to decide if they can ever go home again.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Far and Away, Amazon website, Accessed 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/66kjUgg>.
-Dark Romantic Fantasy-
Shaedes of Fire (Soul Magic Book 2) by Jenny Grimes
Expected Release: June 10, 2025
Description
“Lesson one: A dragon will always catch you when you fall.”
Months have passed since Opal returned to the Shaede Court after defeating the Night Prince and experiencing the epic loss of her family. While so many things seem like they are falling into place for the High Shaedes, Opal must now navigate the dueling affections of her charming faerie lover, Farris, and Edmyn, the handsome and relentless Moon King.
In addition to dealing with all the complications that are revealed about her magical bond, dragons have come out of isolation and attacked the Night Court for no known reason, leaving the faerie realm both puzzled and crippled with fear. Add some drama with the faerie-worshipping wizards in the south and some unusual nightmares plaguing her best friend, and the hard-won peace that Opal and her friends thought they’d achieved begins to quickly unravel, leading them to places they have never been before.
What begins as a journey to discover the truth in Opal’s heart, quickly transforms into a high stakes quest, which involves a magical rock hunt, dragons with bad attitudes, wizards who become family, and a spicy love triangle that wants to be so much more. Welcome back to the Seam, where magic abounds, dysfunction festers, and love grows.
Shaedes of Fire is the second book in the Soul Magic Series, and will delight all lovers of dark romantasy, complicated characters, colorful world building, and epic magic. This is the hangover cure to the Fourth Wing and ACOTAR series!
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Shaedes of Fire: A Dark Fae Fantasy Romance (Soul Magic Book 2), Amazon website, Accessed 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/fHCfDYp>.
-Dystopian Fantasy-
Tales of the Black Knight: An Impossible Debt by J.R. Carter
Expected Release: June 10, 2025
Description
Unable to return home and lost in a world unfamiliar to him, seventeen-year-old Sonny Venshae has lost everything. With no skill for survival, combat or much of anything else, Sonny lays blame for his woes at the feet of none other than the notorious and legendary Black Knight.
Determined to claim his vengeance, Sonny joins a gang of colourful mercenaries as they embark on a dangerous adventure that even the most experienced among them may not survive. Forced to balance his own desires against the good of the group, Sonny’s internal battle puts all at risk as they fight across a deadly and inhospitable land.
From battered wastelands to towering jungles, An Impossible Debt asks how much revenge is truly worth, and whether some debts are too big to ever be paid...
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Tales of the Black Knight: An Impossible Debt, Amazon website, Accessed 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/iN8MryZ>.
-Paranormal Romantasy-
A Vision of Lights (The Elemental Realm Duology Book 2) by Maria A. Eden
Expected Release: June 11, 2025
Description
Fixing something broken is impossible if you can’t find all the pieces.
Enzo Mangianelli was destined to kill his sister, Cori, but fate had different plans. After the prophecy, he lost everything: his magic, his daughter, his restaurant, and his best friend. When given the opportunity to make things right, Enzo finds himself at the mercy of the same witches who once pursued him.
Prudence Alden lived her life bound to a promise. But what good is a promise when no one believes she deserves it? Pru is ready to inherit her father’s position and take on the role of high priestess when an opportunity to restore power to those who have lost their magic presents itself. Pru wants nothing more than to prove herself—even if it means she must heal Enzo Mangianelli’s tarnished soul to do it. Enzo is the last person Prudence wants to work with, but the more she learns about him, the more she realizes that there is much more than shared trauma that draws them together.
Return to the charming small town of Farley, Maine, where magic, steamy romance, and intense family drama immerse you in the high-stakes, contemporary paranormal urban fantasy of the Elemental Realm.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, A Vision of Lights: a contemporary, paranormal romantasy: witches (The Elemental Realm Duology Book 2), Amazon website, Accessed 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/dp49CgM>.
-YA Dystopian Thriller-
Meet Me Tonight (The Sessanite Book 1) by L.A. Fowler
Expected Release: June 11, 2025
Description
New school, new homeroom, and kids going missing?
This is definitely not what I signed up for.
I just wanted a normal high school experience—bullies, mascots, maybe even a love interest. Instead, I get a cryptic warning: Fear Kraehlings.
Scientific anomalies? Check.
Vril-Challenged (whatever that means)? Apparently.
A rare blood type that puts a target on my back? Fantastic.
When six students vanish, the professors tell us to forget. But my friends and I won’t let it go—and what we uncover is worse than anything we imagined.
These kids aren’t just disappearing.
They’re being used.
How did survival at this school end up on me? I just got here! But if we don’t fight, empower, adapt, and resist… then we’re all on the menu.
Perfect for fans of dark academia, reluctant heroes, and YA dystopian thrillers with a dash of morbid humor.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Meet Me Tonight (The Sessanite Book 1), Amazon website, Accessed 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/dVNMiV3>.
-Heist / Historical Romance-
Savannah Royals by Lindsay Barrett
Expected Release: June 12, 2025
Description
A bayou con artist with a thirst for riches.
A blue blood boy with a heart of gold.
And the criminal mastermind who brings them together…then tears them apart.
By day, Katarina Quinn masquerades as a well-bred lady of Savannah. At night, she runs with a ragtag gang of con artists and thieves. She’s a downright professional. And pros never make rookie mistakes like falling for the target—especially when they’re already in love with the criminal underlord of the city.
Enter Matthew DaMolin, a wittily charming, newly minted physician, who just so happens to be the son of one of the great American dynasties. Matthew is Kat’s ticket into a highly exclusive club, a place to rub shoulders with the likes of the Rockefellers and the Astors. The thief inside Kat is salivating, but much to her surprise, so is the woman. When her interest shifts from professional to personal, it threatens her place in both Savannah’s criminal underworld and high society.
With a street war brewing amongst the city gangs of Savannah and a jewel heist against Matthew’s family on the horizon, Kat’s two worlds collide in a clash of knives and double-crosses. Caught between the cunning, indomitable rogue she’s loved since childhood and the captivating, earnest man targeted by her schemes, she must choose…
Whose throat will Kat press her dagger against when the dust settles?
Savannah Royals is a Prohibition era heist romance filled with thieving shenanigans and double-crosses, a morally grey cast, and a piping hot love triangle. Perfect for fans of MacLean’s Bareknuckle Bastards series and those who loved Six of Crows...but wanted more romance! It can be read as a standalone.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Savannah Royals: A Savannah Wolves Heist, Amazon website, Accessed 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/78wBHB3>.
-Sports Romance-
Make the Play (Colorado Storm Book 2) by Hailey Rodger
Expected Release: June 12, 2025
Description
A fake dating, frenemies to lovers hockey romance
Chase
I may or may not have been in love with Zoe Carlson for years, she just doesn’t know it.To her, I’m an arrogant, insufferable defenseman. Her favorite headache. A guy who flirts because he likes to rile her up, who pushes her buttons for fun. The jokester.And maybe I was.Until the night I finally kissed her. Until the night I finally had her. Until the morning she walked away like it meant nothing.Now, she’s mine—at least in the public eye. A PR stunt. A media play. Something I’m supposed to fake.But when she lands herself in real danger?Game over.And if she thinks there’s anything fake about that, she’s about to learn that when it comes to her, I’ll always make the play.
Zoe
Chase Walton is a menace. Cocky, insufferable, too damn pretty for his own good.And my brand-new fake boyfriend.It started as damage control. A PR stunt to clean up his reputation after an ill-advised tape from his playboy past surfaced. He needed stability, an image overhaul.And apparently, I’m it.Never mind that I work for his hockey team’s PR department. Never mind that we’re in the same social circle, or that his favorite activity is getting under my skin. Never mind that I made the catastrophic mistake of sleeping with him once and now can’t stop thinking about it.It’s fine. I can handle this. I can handle the staged dates, the cameras, the way he looks at me like he already knows I’d let him do it again.What I can’t handle is the part where it stops feeling fake. The part where he moves me into his condo, takes up my space, my air, my sanity.The part where a real threat puts me in danger, and Chase stops playing pretend.Because the thing about Chase Walton is, he plays to win. And this time?He’s playing for me.
Make The Play is the second book in the Colorado Storm hockey series or interconnected stand-alones, and features the following tropes:
Pro hockey x PR exec
Golden retriever x Black Cat
Fake Dating
Frenemies to lovers
She's grumpy to no-one except him
ONS
When Ms. ‘I’ve got this’ meets Mr. ‘And I’ve got you.’
An age-gap that's not a big deal but she makes it one
Plenty of spice
Plenty of banter
Found family
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Make the Play: A Fake Dating, Enemies to Lovers Hockey Romance (Colorado Storm Book 2), Amazon website, Accessed 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/fHk8fWw>.
-Paranormal Romance-
The Inn Between by Danika Brown
Expected Release: June 12, 2025
Description
"Till death do us part" was never meant to be the end.
Nova Taylor has never felt more at home than when she’s surrounded by ghosts. So when her only living friend is nearing the end of her life, Nova refuses to mourn. Instead, she’s determined to give her the love story she deserves.
To do that, she turns to Maverick Oakhorn, a ghostbuster with a deep skepticism about meddling with the dead.
As they work to reunite the lost loves, she finally feels like she’s building the life and the family she’s always longed for.
Until a spirit that should have been left to rest threatens to tear it all apart.
Now, to protect the people she loves—living and dead—Nova must trust that the souls that are meant to stay will and that some bonds are too strong to break, even in death.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, The Inn Between, Amazon website, Accessed 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/eozjcJD>.
-Dark Fantasy Horror / Romantic Fantasy-
Daughter of the Dead by K. Jamila
Expected Release: June 12, 2025
Description
A Witch Fighting for her Freedom
Centuries after the Massacre of the Witches, Nova Aarin has clawed her way out of the dirt. Through death and destruction, she has learned that above all, blood answers to her. After striking a deal—death for freedom—Nova chases all she has ever wanted: her autonomy. For someone who has brought nothing but death, will her life ever be her own?
A Princess Vying for her Throne
Fear is the most powerful emotion of all. Elaia Zūne, the Princess of Shadow, knows that, even if she cannot admit it. Her mother and sisters are dead. Her father and the girl she has loved all her life, are all who remain. Darkness and death wait in the shadows and fear slithers within her. Will she bend to it? Or will fear bend to her?
A Queen Discovering World's End
Failure was not an option, not for Syrena Savali. The Reyn of Iyvia is dead and the crown is hers. Syrena must rise to the challenge or risk losing her position. But her world is not all that is changing—under the ocean’s surface, a rift grows on the seafloor, and something poisonous leaks.
Is she strong enough to contain it, or will she fail the world?
The Descent
The world fractures and the hunt begins.
Source Citation:
Amazon.com 2025, Daughter of the Dead, Amazon website, Accessed 24 May 2025, <https://a.co/d/eQsBzoN>.
So there you have it friends, part one of the exciting new June book releases that are set to hit the shelves soon. I don't know about everyone else, but I must say that June may just be my favorite month for new releases so far this year. There are so many impressive titles releasing in June that promise to keep readers entertained throughout the entire summer season and even into the crisp, cool days of fall. With such a diverse collection of books releasing soon, there is truly something for everyone. Are there any specific titles that have caught your eye? Anything that maybe you're thinking about adding to your ever-growing TBR? I know I'll be adding quite a few of these in addition to the ones I'm already lucky enought to be reading as ARCs. Keep an eye out for part two of this article, which will be coming soon. I will be sharing even more thrilling titles that you won’t want to miss!
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