As of right now there are 17 books that have my attention for May. Now there is a rumor of another title, and one of the books on this list may be pushed to June. It's all very flexible, and I'm okay with that. Seven of the books I have mentioned below are sports romance. Are we even surprised by this? Yeah, I didn't think so. At this point in my reading life, it's just best to expect that a handful (or more) are going to be sports related. I'm obsessed.
Speaking of one of the TBD books, January James said late May or sometime in June for Twisted Vines. So I have it on my list, but my gut tells me it will be in June. Therefore there is no cover, no blurb, and no links. 🤷🏼♀️
Tell me which new releases are on your list! Any that I should keep an eye out for? Are any of the books I mentioned on your list?
Tell me which new releases are on your list! Any that I should keep an eye out for? Are any of the books I mentioned on your list?
Happy Reading,
Laura
Laura
When I Come Home by Maisie Myers
Release Date: May 1Tropes: Small Town, Second Chance, Enemies to Lovers
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I left a trail of burned bridges, broken trust and shattered hearts behind me when I left my small town of Tupelo six years ago to chase fame and glittering lights in Hollywood.
But now I'm back.
And though the town still looks the same as it always did, everything about my home is different now.
People stare but never speak to me and my old friends don't know what to say anymore.
Then there's him.
Cole Mesaric. The mechanic with oil on his hands and a new girlfriend hanging off his arm. The boy from my past who I haven't stopped thinking about since the day I left.
He hates me most of all.
Can I ever make him forgive me? Or will I only make the same mistakes and tear him apart all over again?
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Release Date: May 2Tropes: Fantasy, College, Suspense
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Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general―also known as her tough-as-talons mother―has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.
With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter―like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.
She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.
Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.
Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda―because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
Dancing on bartops means the night is going great. Exiting the bar hauled over the shoulder of Heston University’s infamous hockey captain? Not my idea of a good time.
But my would-be knight would have to do. I needed an escape route from my brother…his biggest rival.
Easton Blake is the perfect reminder of why I avoid hockey players.
Cocky.
Frustratingly sexy.
Accustomed to every girl in his orbit falling for his charm.
With his sultry smile that tells me he knows all the ways to make girls come undone with his touch, I’m almost the next score on his stats. Except I have no time for distractions when I’m focused on graduating early. Gaining Easton’s attention wasn’t part of my plans. Of course, from the moment he catches me shaking my assets on the bar, he decides I’m his next goal.
Instead of sticking to my own rules, I do something I shouldn’t: I dare him to try.
Easton’s never met a challenge he wouldn’t accept. He makes it clear he won’t be iced out without convincing me to give him a chance.
I swore off hockey players for a reason. Can I risk making the same mistake again?
Skating the Blue Line by Jocelyne Soto
Release Date: May 11Tropes: Sports Romance, Close Proximity, Surprise Pregnancy
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My whole life, I have only dreamt of being one thing.
A ballerina.
From the age of three, I was obsessed with tutus, leotards, pointe shoes and everything that dancing had to offer.
After years of hard work, sweat and tears, I finally was able to make the dreams of the little girl in me come true.
Years later, I’m dancing for one of the most respected companies in the world, leaving out a dream and living the best life that I could have ever imagined.
Everything was going according to how I’d mapped it out.
Except…
I hadn’t mapped out two little blue lines skating into my life after a one night stand.
Now, there’s a possibility of me losing the dream I worked so hard to achieve.
And it’s all thanks to a professional hockey player with pretty eyes and a nice smile.
On The Line by Julia Connors
Release Date: May 12Tropes: Second Chance, Sports Romance, Single Mom, Single Bed, Enemies to Lovers
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My marriage wasn’t perfect, but my husband’s unexpected death yanks away my sense of security and leaves me floundering.
Enter Jameson Flynn, former NHL star and my late husband’s sports agent, who’s back in my life as the executor of the will. Things between us are as contentious as when we worked together five years ago, except now we’re working together to navigate all of the secrets and deceptions my husband left behind.
I remember Jameson as arrogant, condescending, and heartless. And yet, he repeatedly shows up for me and my daughters – helping me pick up the broken pieces and put my life back together.
Now I’m seeing a side of him he only reveals to people he truly cares about. He’s protective in a way I didn’t know I’d like, caring in a way I didn’t know he was capable of, and still sexy as hell.
The problem is, he broke my heart a long time ago. But the closer I get to Jameson, the more I see that the only thing easier than hating him might actually be loving him.
The Sneak Peak by Victoria Wilder
Release Date: May 12Tropes: Small Town, Single Dad, Age Gap, Forced Proximity, Nanny
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My Best Friend. Young. Tempting.
She bid on me at my company’s charity auction and won. Back then, she was too young, with hearts in her eyes and her whole life ahead of her. That’s how we started, and after all this time, she’s become my best friend.
Being a single dad of twins and running Colorado's most successful summer sports company requires control and focus. Both of which are slipping through my fingers.
I just crashed her date and watched her kiss another man. The whole time her eyes were on me.
Now, she’s living in my house, nannying my kids for the summer, and saying she wants to “explore” things that drip with the kind of filthy curiosity that I crave.
I don’t want her to have anyone else, but I know it'll change us if I take what I want. And, if we destroy our friendship it’ll ruin me. Or worse, end up breaking my kid’s hearts and hers.
The Problem with Second Chances by Piper Rayne
Release Date: May 16Tropes: Second Chance, Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Childhood Sweethearts
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For Rylan Greene and me, it was simple. Love only got us so far.
I’ve known him since we were six, long before he became the professional soccer star he is now. We’ve weaved in and out of one another’s lives as rivals, teammates, friends, and lovers. Until three years ago, when my life took a hit and I ran back to my small Alaskan town, Lake Starlight, away from anything or anyone that could hurt me.
He’s never far from my mind, a constant pining ache in my heart, but I’ve convinced myself I’m better off. But now, my best friend announces her engagement and that means Rylan will return home to stand as best man to her fiancé.
He’ll be back in my orbit for three whole weeks… but I can easily keep my distance. Sure, we’ll have to walk arm in arm down the aisle together, he’ll hold me close during the bridal party dance and we’ll stand for pictures next to each other. Nothing I can’t handle.
I’m so naïve though because he’s not in town for more than twenty-four hours before he knocks on my door. I should know by now, that the two of us will never be finished business.
Throne of Sin by Emily Bowie
Release Date: May 16Tropes: Mafia, Dark, Single Mom, Second Chance
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When I walked into a gentlemen's club looking for a job, the last man I expected to see was the boy next door, whose heart I broke all those years ago.
Dante Mancini is all grown up.
He’s changed.
Dangerous.
Hardened.
Mafia.
He’s so handsome I’ll never be able to trust myself near him. Dante is and always has been my kryptonite. One look, one touch is all it will take for me to spill my deepest secrets and that will only break us more.
Desperate times call for desperate action and now he owns me.
I can't run from my past. A single kiss has me craving things I can’t have. It causes a tiny flame of hope in my chest, fueling our inferno of chemistry.
But our past is waiting.
Dante might be a made-man but I’m the true villain in our story.
Don't Say Goodbye by Nola Marie
Release Date: May 17Tropes: Age Gap, Second Chance, Small Town, Forbidden
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Lost to the Moon by Meg Anne and K Loraine
Release Date: May 22Tropes: Paranormal, Why Choose
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It’s the end of the world as you know it…
At least it will be, if my dear despicable mum gets her way. I, however, happen to be quite fond of some of the toys I’ve discovered on this plane. Ma petite monstre, for starters.
But the plague is spreading, taking no prisoners, and I’m trapped and at the mercy of a deal I made with Rosie. If Pestilence succeeds, I’ll lose everything I’ve rightfully stolen.
What a waste that would be.
Then I’d be left in the cold and my mate would end up with them.
Her vampire duke.
Her over-protective wolf.
Her cocky shifter.
Her human hybrid.
That just won’t do. Not without her delectable demon topping the list. That’s right. Topping.
I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to redeem myself in her eyes, not after everything I’ve done. I am the villain of this story, after all. What? I did warn you. It’s not my fault you didn’t believe me.
But I’ll let you in on a little secret about villains: They’re a whole lot of fun, and if you’re not willing to lie, possess, or steal for the things you want, well can you even say you deserve them?
Unfortunately, if mummy wins, none of that matters and we all lose.
So, I suppose I’ll have to do what I can to stop the Apocalypse if I want to enjoy the prize I worked so hard to claim.
You don’t have to thank me.
I’m not doing it for you.
She was everything he shouldn’t want.
He was going to take her anyway.
Once Lily had fit the role of an annoying little sister.
But then she’d gone and grown up—become all woman and one he shouldn’t want.
She was off-limits, or should be, anyway. She worked for the San Francisco Gold, worked for the same team he played for. But that wasn’t the only reason she was off-limits.
Lily was the daughter of the man who had been more of a father than his own.
So Will couldn’t have her, couldn’t risk taking her.
Except…his body and heart weren’t listening to reason.
Because Lily had become the woman he wanted more than anything else.
Never Say Never by Rue Lennox
Release Date: May 23Tropes: Small Town, Police,
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It’s almost impossible to resist a bad boy that’s a good man… and that’s exactly what Travis Masterson is.
Scoring the Player by Rebecca Jenshak
Release Date: May 23Tropes: Sports Romance, College, Opposites Attract
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Valley U’s hottest QB has heard in detail how I want to climb him like a tree.
One viral video and my life as a wallflower is over.
Felix Walters knows exactly how I feel about him—so does everyone else on campus.
It was supposed to be a private conversation between friends.
Now I’m the butt of every joke and everywhere I turn all eyes are on me.
It’s every shy girl’s nightmare.
Except now the hottest guy on campus wants to be my fake boyfriend.
Six weeks. Just pretend.
I’m a wallflower fake dating Valley U's hottest player.
Off Ice Collision by Cali Melle
Release Date: May 25Tropes: Sports Romance, College, Grumpy/Sunshine
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Vaughn
One moment in time, one freak accident, and my entire hockey career was over.
Two years had passed since my injury and I am still mentally struggling with this loss.
Mad at the world and everyone in it, I sought solace at my parents' lake house for the summer.
It was supposed to be somewhere for me to be alone and heal.
But when London Hayes walks back into my life, the universe has different plans.
And I need to find a way to derail them because I refuse to drag her down with me.
London
It had been over two years since I'd last seen Vaughn Carter.
And he feels like a stranger.
Cold and distant, abrasive and angry.
He’s a shell of a person compared to the version I used to know, but I know he’s still in there.
Somewhere deep inside is the boy I used to love, but he needs help finding himself again.
And I won’t be the one to give up on him, even if it costs me my own heart in the end.
Hate You Always by Jennifer Sucevic
Release Date: May 26Tropes: Sports Romance, College, Friends to Lovers
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It all starts with a bucket list and a romance novel…
I’ve known Ryder McAdams my entire life. We’re neighbors and our families are besties. He’s also friends and teammates with my younger brother, Maverick.
But Ryder and me?
We’ve never been close. In fact, I’ve always gotten the distinct impression he doesn’t like me very much. He goes out of his way to ignore me.
Know what makes it worse?
The electricity that hums in the air every time our gazes collide. It sizzles through my body until I feel it in the tips of my fingers and toes. Whoever said that you can’t control who you’re attracted to was, unfortunately, right.
I’ve done my best to stomp it out.
We’ve been at Western for three years and only come in contact when forced to interact. He’s busy partying it up and getting it on with his fangirl club. I’ve spent most of my college experience studying at the library so I can apply to the med school of my choice.
One drunken night changes everything when Ryder takes me home and finds the bucket list I wrote before freshman year.
Know how many things I’ve ticked off since then?
Zero. Zilch. Nada.
For some strange reason, Ryder decides he’ll be the one to help tackle each item before graduation.
That would be all fine and good, except there’s some pretty schmexy stuff on there…
Like the big O.
Wounded Things by Samantha Lovelock
Release Date: TBDTropes: New Adult, Opposites Attract
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A single kiss, a deadly mistake, and a shocking secret that might be the only thing that can save us all.
Gorgeous, ridiculously wealthy, and too smart for my own good—that's how people describe me. To the outside world, I'm the total package. Girls want me, and guys want to be me.
If they only knew the truth.
Like a fancy hood ornament on an expensive car, the sole purpose of my existence has been to increase my parents' status. As long as I go to the college they choose, only date girls they approve of, and don't embarrass them, they completely ignore me. To them I'm not a person, I'm an accessory. Over the years I learned to play my part without complaint, believing my future was already written.
Until I met her.
Beautiful and driven, the girl my parents would definitely deem unacceptable wants nothing to do with me and I have no idea why. I'm used to getting what I want, and I want her. In this game of wills, she's already lost.
She just doesn't know it yet.
Twisted Vines by January James
Release Date: TBDTropes: Billionaire, Gothic
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