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New Contemporary Romance Ebooks 2026

Enter a collection of real people, real messes, and real heart-stopping love.

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Sheila McLaren

Cider Kiss

Friends to Lovers, Found Family, Friends with Benefits, Mutual Pining

Pangur and Ed keep ending up drunk and tangled—behind equipment trucks, in nightclub bathrooms, across his black sheets. She thinks she's just convenient. He thinks loving her will destroy her. After their nights together, she hears him tell his best friend "never," and she walks into the rain. But he follows her anyway—sober this time—and a ferry cabin with a porthole becomes the first place they finally tell the truth.

Sheila McLaren

Milkshake Blush

Forced Proximity, Mutual Pining, Coworkers

Mabel and Percy serve milkshakes at a diner. Both are plus-size, touch-starved, and carrying old wounds from people who left before the coffee finished cooling. When their boss fires them for how they look, they have to decide if the soft thing growing between them is worth fighting for. He sits across the street watching her window. She waits for him to knock. His hand hovers over the door. She presses her palm to the cold glass. They are both terrified. That's the point.

Sheila McLaren

Just Not Him!

Enemies to Lovers, Opposites Attract, Forced Proximity

She swore off Latin playboys. He warned himself about Slavic girls. Xenia and Ricky fell anyway. A coquina shell on a found family table. A dark wardrobe and seven minutes. His belt buckle against her stomach in a storage shed after hours. Then three words on a sandcastle beach broke everything: just summer. Now he's at her Airbnb door looking terrible, ready to say what he should have said from the start. She has to decide: believe the lie that protected his best friend, or trust the hands that shook when he touched her in the dark.

Sheila McLaren

Sandwiches and Entropy

Forced Proximity, Workplace Romance,

A wallflower fades in a bad relationship. A shy sandwich maker believes everything falls apart. Side by side at work, two lonely people slowly find each other—but she has a boyfriend and he's terrified of love.

Sheila McLaren

Hit the Road!

Enemies to Lovers, Road Trip, Forced Proximity, Grumpy / Sunshine,

A fiery model and an introverted programmer embark on Route 66 to find her missing best friend—his ex-girlfriend. Clashing at every stop, they confront past regrets and superficial defenses while a mysterious spiritual coach leads them toward Los Angeles. Can opposites survive heartbreak and find redemption on the open road?

Sheila McLaren

Re:Active

Enemies to Lovers, Rivals to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Mutual Jealousy, Twin Flames

A brilliant chemistry student arrives and starts ruining his relationship with the sweet, uncomplicated girl. She appears everywhere—his coffee spot, his gym—marking territory until a late-night encounter dissolves every boundary. Is she in love, or is winning the only language she knows?


Emma Tarrou

Summer Camp ‘86

Rivals to Lovers,

The quiet twin travels to a Japanese sports camp to tame her wild sister but falls for a brooding tennis player with a dangerous scar. A case of mistaken identity at a camp party threatens everything—until the twins consider swapping lives. One summer, one secret, one chance to finally belong.

D. Leere

Not Sorry

Best Friend’s Sibling, Mutual Pining, Small Town Romance,

“Not Sorry” follows Lenny as he falls hopelessly for Carlotta — his best friend’s sister and the girl next door who should’ve stayed off‑limits. One Montana summer, every brush of her arm and stolen hoodie pushes him closer to the line he swore he’d never cross… until he learns she’s been waiting for him to stop pretending.

Tina Isabel Leung

One Heart, Two Loves

Love Triangle, F/M/M, Triad Romance, Complex Relationship Web

Daphne, a dutiful politician’s daughter, tastes real freedom in Aachen and falls for Kurt, a magnetic musician who upends her carefully planned life. Caught between his passion and her loyal boyfriend Martin’s stability, she’s thrust into a national scandal that forces her to confront who she truly is. Her journey becomes less about choosing a man and more about choosing herself.

Emma Tarrou

BFF 2 BAE

Unrequited Love, Mutual Pining, Childhood Friends, Travel

“BFF 2 BAE” is an AMWF friends‑to‑lovers romance where Delaney and Kevin—best friends since childhood—finally face years of buried feelings. A disastrous double date, a drunken confession, and a cross‑state road trip push them to confront the truth everyone else already sees: they were never “just friends.”

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