13 Sizzling Can’t-Miss June 2025 Romance Books

Nico “Junior” Trocci lives in a brutal world—violence, control, obsession. Lauren Marchetti is everything he shouldn’t want: sweet, sunny, off-limits. But when he stumbles across her sultry social media and ties to a local play club, the quiet girl he once knew becomes his newest obsession. Lauren can’t stop thinking about the mysterious, brooding man who keeps appearing at her club. Their teasing messages spark real emotion—and dangerous heat.

As attraction builds into something more, one question remains: who’s really in control when obsession meets desire?

All I wanted was a casual plus-one for my brother’s wedding—but thanks to my meddling family, I’m flying solo to paradise. Worse? I’m rooming with Dakota, my sister-in-law’s best friend and lifelong nemesis. She’s loud, fiery, recently divorced—and now, sharing my palapa. One unexpected, heated moment changes everything. Suddenly, she’s not just the woman who’s hated me for years—she’s the one I can’t stop wanting.

When she shows up on my doorstep asking for help rebuilding her confidence, I say yes… but I’m not sure I’ll survive falling for her.

Scottie Price just started a new job—and she’s the only woman in a sea of happily married Brads and Chads. Wanting to fit in, she blurts out a lie about having a husband. When pressed, she adds that the marriage is rocky. Her boss’s fix? A session with a top marriage counselor—who happens to be his own husband.

With no way out, Scottie ropes in her best friend’s brother: Wilder Wells, an improv-loving millionaire. One session turns into an eight-day marriage retreat…and one fake marriage starts feeling a little too real.

Joni Lark is a hit songwriter with a big secret—she can’t write anymore. Burned out and empty, she returns to her hometown of Vienna Shores hoping to rediscover her spark. But everything’s changed: her best friend is distant, her mother is fading, and her family’s music venue is shutting down. Then Joni hears it—a melody in her head and a mysterious voice that doesn’t belong to her.

When the voice’s real-life match shows up, they’re forced to finish the song binding them together… before it tears apart their secrets—and their hearts.

Stellar J. Byrd, a burned-out ex-ER doc, will do anything to stay in her beloved (and expensive) wilderness town—even take a job as camp medic at a cringe-y couples therapy retreat. Worse? Her boss is Lyle “McHuge” McHugh, the charming psychologist she drunkenly hooked up with last year. When bad press threatens the camp, a fake engagement seems like the only fix.

But as forced proximity and old chemistry collide, Stellar must decide if she’s ready to mix business with very real feelings—and risk building something that lasts beyond summer.

Micah’s band made it big as teens—then fell apart just as fast. Now, over a decade later, they’re reuniting for one final show on a themed cruise, and Micah’s sworn not to repeat past mistakes—especially falling for the wrong guy. But John, her old best friend and bandmate, isn’t the same shy boy who watched her love someone else.

As old chemistry resurfaces and band tensions rise, five days at sea might not be enough to rewrite their story—but it might be just enough to start a brand-new chorus together.

Nina Ford doesn’t believe in putting all her eggs in one basket—especially when it comes to men. For years, she’s kept her needs met by rotating a few reliable standbys: one for fun, one for brains, one for romance, and so on. But when her “Fun Guy,” Russell Long, suddenly checks every box, Nina’s carefully balanced life gets thrown off.

One man, one job, one chance at everything she’s ever wanted? It feels risky. But love—and, okay, a few other things—might just be worth the crack in her system.

Katrina Kelly has millions of followers, a stacked IMDb page—and a flailing career. With her sexuality evolving and her stardom fading, rebranding as a queer icon might just solve both problems. Jude Thacker, meanwhile, is barely holding it together working at a gentrified bookstore and nursing a two-year-old heartbreak. When Kat proposes a fake dating scheme to boost her image, Jude reluctantly agrees.

But their staged romance soon starts to feel real. Now they’ll have to decide if love is worth the risk—or just another role to play.

Debut author Gemma Stanton based the brooding hero of her spicy romance on her old high school crush, Mason Moretti—the hockey star who once rejected her in front of everyone. She never expected a live TV ambush to reunite them. To fix his bad-boy image and boost her book sales, Mason suggests fake dating. But the chemistry between them is anything but fiction.

As real feelings surface, Gemma must decide if this reformed rogue deserves a second chance—or if happily ever afters should stay on the page.

Ava Monroe isn’t exactly warm and fuzzy—not great for a London barista. With her best friend leaving soon, Ava faces a lonely summer… until endlessly cheerful (and irritatingly attractive) Finn O’Callaghan walks in with a wild idea: a friends-only summer fling to check off his London bucket list. It’s temporary, it’s harmless… until it’s not.

As Ava’s walls start to crack and Finn’s departure looms, she wonders if a summer thing can turn into something more—or if she’s doomed to fall for the one person guaranteed to leave.

Josie Klein and Ryan Lawson run rival bookstores on the same Boston street—hers is all literary classics, his is pure romance. When a new owner decides to merge the shops and pit the managers against each other, sparks fly. Josie’s all structure; Ryan’s pure chaos. As competition heats up, so does the tension—especially when their anonymous online book forum crushes turn out to be… each other.

With profit goals, pride, and possibly their hearts on the line, Josie and Ryan must decide if love is worth rewriting the ending for.

Juliette Ricci is chasing one goal: becoming the best women’s tennis player in the world. Her big break at the Australian Open puts her up against Luca Kacic—her press conference nemesis, the fan-favorite with maddening charm and killer abs. Their rivalry is electric, but when Luca discovers Juliette is her soulmate, everything changes. Forced together by fate and fueled by late nights and limoncello, their tension shifts into something deeper.

But with titles, reputations, and hearts on the line, they must choose: fight for love or fight to win.

Alice Chen doesn’t believe in true love—but she does believe in a million-dollar prize. Strapped with debt, she joins a reality dating show for the cash, not romance. But when her fiancé cheats on her mid-filming, Alice fake-dates her high school nemesis, Daniel Cho, to stay in the game. Sparks fly—and so do accusations when a cast member turns up dead.

Now, Alice and Daniel must play couple, solve a murder, and outwit rivals. With sabotage, secrets, and steamy tension, winning might mean surviving first.