Stealing Hearts: The Most Anticipated April 2025 Romance Books

Camille Ashwood loves a good plan, and marrying was supposed to be her best one yet—until her groom bails. Left without a home, she rents the house she’s adored for years…right next door to Dusty Tucker. Dusty’s spent years avoiding Cam, his first love, but now she’s single and living beside him. Determined to be friends, they fall into an effortless rhythm—until old wounds resurface and buried feelings ignite.

A decade after they first fell, Cam and Dusty must decide if first love can be forever love.

Billionaire Vuk Markovic avoids people—except her. Ayana Kidane, the woman he’s obsessed with, is engaged to his best friend. As the wedding nears, Vuk wrestles with loyalty and desire, knowing she should be his.

Ayana’s engagement is a business deal, her ticket to freedom from an abusive agency. Pretending to be in love is easy—until Vuk becomes impossible to ignore. He terrifies and captivates her, but when her wedding falls apart, he’s the only one who feels safe… until his past threatens to destroy them both.

Optimistic aspiring writer Alice Scott and brooding Pulitzer winner Hayden Anderson arrive on Little Crescent Island to write the biography of the elusive Margaret Ives—once a scandalous heiress, now a mystery. Margaret offers them a one-month trial, after which she’ll choose who tells her story.

Alice is determined to win, but there’s a catch: Margaret feeds them different pieces of her past, bound by NDAs. As rivalry turns to something deeper, Alice and Hayden realize their own story—like Margaret’s—could be a mystery, tragedy, or romance, depending on who’s telling it.

Icarus never expected to survive his fall—let alone land in the hands of Poseidon. Being the sea god’s captive wouldn’t be so bad if Olympus weren’t on the brink of war… or if Poseidon’s stormy gaze weren’t so hard to resist.

Tasked with keeping Icarus out of harm’s way, Poseidon soon realizes his prisoner isn’t the villain he thought. As war looms and emotions rise, he must choose between loyalty, love, and the man who’s awakened his heart—just as everything threatens to shatter around them.

Bennet Taylor’s twenties are nothing like she imagined—just a string of temp jobs, loneliness, and lingering grief for her first love. When she drunkenly admits to Henry Adams that she’s lost all passion for life, he proposes a challenge: every Saturday, they’ll try something new to help her rediscover joy.

From carpentry to rappelling off skyscrapers, their “passion project” pushes Bennet out of her shell—and closer to Henry. But as secrets emerge, she must decide if she’s ready to move forward… and who she wants by her side.

Katie Campbell, a globetrotting travel writer and podcaster, is famous for her adventurous spirit—and inevitable misadventures. When she joins a three-week Edwardian experience in Scotland to explore her roots, she expects mishaps. She doesn’t expect Graeme MacKerrow, a brooding Scotsman determined to protect his family’s home.

As Katie’s chaotic charm collides with Graeme’s steadfast nature, sparks fly amidst folklore, kilts, and a meddling macaw. But can a restless traveler and a rooted Scot rewrite their idea of home? Maybe home isn’t a place—it’s a person.

Elsie Hoffman’s been engaged for a year and a half. Ginny Holtz has been in love with her for nearly fifteen.

When Elsie’s fiancé plans their entire wedding and honeymoon without her input, she realizes she’s been sleepwalking into a future she doesn’t want. She calls it off—then takes her best friend Ginny on the non-refundable honeymoon instead.

Ginny dares Elsie to finally ask for what she wants. But when playful dares turn into stolen kisses and undeniable chemistry, they have to face the real question: what happens after the honeymoon?

A one-night stand was all Zeke and Lexi planned—until they woke up lost at sea.

Zeke’s in town to buy back his late father’s houseboat. Lexi’s too busy helping raise her best friend’s daughter to think about dating. A night together was supposed to be a simple escape. But after a foggy miscommunication, neither of them tied the boat to the dock.

Now, adrift with limited supplies, they have to find their way home. But when you’re stranded with someone, falling in love might be the real adventure.

Eloisa James returns with a sizzling forced-marriage romance in Accidental Brides.

After a disastrous Season, Miss Clara Vetry flees London, posing as a housekeeper bound for Scotland. But when Laird Caelan of Castle CaerLaven meets his new “employee,” he decides marriage is the better arrangement. Clara, however, refuses him—again and again.

When her true identity is exposed, they’re forced to wed. Caelan may have won her hand, but can he win her heart? In this battle of wills, love might be the most unexpected twist of all.

Lady Zenobia “Zia” Osborn refuses to be just another duke’s daughter. Trapped by society’s rules, she finds freedom in the Lady Knights—a secret club where rebellious women fence, compose music, and aid the less fortunate.

No one knows her double life… until Rafi Nasser, a charming rogue with secrets of his own, uncovers the truth. Intrigued, he vows to protect her from scandal. But as they grow closer, keeping their hearts untangled proves far more dangerous than keeping Zia’s secret.

Avery Jensen, almost thirty and fresh off a breakup, is ready to ditch her uptight, well-behaved life. She wants to date around, flirt, and experience all the things she missed out on in her twenties—there’s just one problem: she doesn’t know where to start. Enter Taylor Cameron, Napa Valley’s biggest flirt, who’s recently broken up with her girlfriend. Taylor offers to teach Avery how to flirt, but as their weekly lessons progress, Avery starts to fall for Taylor.

Now, both women are struggling to deny their growing feelings, especially when Taylor wonders if she’s already ruined the best thing she’s ever had.

In this smart, sexy second-chance romance, exes Jaime Croft and Scarlett Arbuthnot reunite to adapt Scarlett’s memoir into a film. Jaime, determined to prove his directorial skills, once thought Scarlett was his perfect match, but it’s been seventeen years. Surely he’s over her—right? Scarlett, a chess world grand master, can handle the pressure of working with her ex, but the old wounds from their past are hard to ignore.

As they revisit her memoir, long-buried feelings resurface, forcing them to face whether they’re ready to let go of the walls they’ve built.

Emma Page has always been the black sheep in her bookish family, raised to worship “serious” literature while her parents run a highbrow vanity press. Hiding her own romance manuscript from their judgment, Emma finds inspiration in the “fluff” novels her late grandmother loved. But a shocking secret from her Gigi’s belongings threatens to destroy her parents’ reputation—and their business.

With an unscrupulous insider now holding the key to the secret, Emma must decide if she’ll expose it or protect her family’s legacy, even if it means betraying her own dreams.

Piper Adams insists she’s completely over Wyatt, the man who broke her heart. But when they unexpectedly reunite at the airport and end up stranded together on a deserted island after their plane crashes, old feelings resurface. As they struggle to survive, Piper sees Wyatt in a new light—charming, resourceful, and undeniably attractive. Despite her hesitations, their chemistry reignites.

To embrace a second chance at love, Piper must learn to trust Wyatt—and herself—letting go of her safe, controlled life. But first, they need to survive the island long enough for rescue.