17 Romance Releases I’m Anticipating for the Second Half of 2022!

We are officially halfway through the year 2022 and today I’ll be sharing all the releases I’m anticipating for the second half of 2022! So grab a snack, a drink, and a comfy place because we may be here for a minute. Let’s get started!

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July’s Anticipated Releases:

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Title: Tight Ends & Tiaras
Author: Lex Martin

Release Date: July 5th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3R32YT7

Blurb:

Football is one hundred percent the focus of my life—until a squawking toddler, with a temper to rival my own, lands in my lap and flips my life upside down.

I’ll never be Dad of the Year. Anyone will tell you that. Except maybe Sienna, my sister’s former roommate, who somehow manages to make my broody ass laugh and sees something in me no one else does.

When Sienna offers to let me and my little princess move in with her, I’m not sure if it’s to help or because she wants revenge on my teammate and long-time rival, who broke her heart.

Either way, I’m game. Because I need to get my ex off my back, and Sienna doesn’t mind pretending to be my girlfriend.

Only neither of us is ready for the sparks that fly between us or the consequences when they do.

I read a book at the beginning of the year by Lex Martin and I absolutely adored it! This one seems to fall in line of the previous story line, hopefully I’m write! I’m looking forward to diving into more from this author and I’ll definitely be reading this one as soon as it releases!

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Title: No Place Like Home
Author: C. Lymari

Release Day: July 15th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3ONhTyI

Blurb:

Put a finger down if…

-You had a crush on the hottest boy in school.

-You overhear that boy say something dumb, so you hold it against him.

-Your life gets turned upside down, but life goes on, right? So you pretend like everything is fine and keep on living.

-Years later, that boy is back. He’s successful, hotter than before, and for the first time ever, he looks at you like you’re more than a friend.

-This time, his world gets ripped apart, and somehow you’re the one person who can put him back together.

-The only problem? All that pretending catches up to you, and you run away with a secret that could change everything…

I don’t know what it is, but something about this blurb has me wanting and needing to 1-click this book as soon as it hits the shelf! This blurb screams angst to me and given the fact that C. Lymari is a new to me author is the cherry on top of it all! I’ll definitely be adding this one to my kindle asap!

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Title: Combust
Author: Laramie Briscoe
Series: Bradford Station
Book Number In Series: 2 of 2
*Can be read as a standalone*

Release Date: July 22nd
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3OPaY8k

Blurb:

The heat is on.

Situated on the Tennessee and North Carolina border, this town is nothing like you’ve ever experienced. Hot guys, the women they love, and a town worth saving. Bradford, TN is the epicenter of the next great romance dynasty.

Firefighters, family, and community…

Cameron Hines

I take my job very seriously. Both of them. I’m a Lieutenant at Bradford Station Company One, and I’m a single dad to a little girl who completely brightens my world.

It’s not easy, holding it all together, but I do my best. Honestly, I wouldn’t be doing as well as I am without my best friend’s sister. Natalie treats my daughter like her own, and watches her for me without complaint.

Things are status quo until one day I see her in a different light. She quits being the babysitter, and becomes a woman. One I’ll do anything for.

When her brother finds out all bets are off, and I have to answer for my indiscretions. He and I are sent out on a mission to find a lost child in the woods. We have to bury the hatchet and do our jobs, but when the worst happens, we have to make a decision that neither of us ever imagined.

YES! I have this feeling deep in my soul that this upcoming release by Laramie Briscoe is going to be my next, and long awaited, five star read. The blurb speaks for itself! I’m in the mood for a single father romance with a friends to lovers trope and a slight older brothers best friend approach! EEEK! Is it the 22nd yet!?

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Title: Unfinished Ex
Author: Samantha Christy

Release Date: July 30th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3OS68XT

Blurb:

He was my high school sweetheart.
My dream guy. My soul mate.
And as of yesterday… my ex-husband.

He wanted everything I couldn’t give him. A doting wife, a perfect family, a white picket fence, and game nights.

It’s not that I didn’t want to be his wife anymore. I just wanted something more—a career. So when an opportunity came up two years ago, it was easier to make him hate me than have him think he wasn’t enough.

Now, a day after our divorce is final, I find myself thrust back in the town we grew up in, down the street from the house we once owned together.

Seeing him again has me second-guessing everything. My priorities. My reason for leaving. My secrets.
When we cave, and have one explosive night of ex sex, everything changes.
Or nothing has.

And I have to decide if history is about to be repeated.

Okay! So a surprise pregnancy between a newly divorced relationship…..This blurb screams DRAAAAMA and I am here for this! Samantha Christy also happens to be a new to me author, and you all know how much I love experiencing new authors for the first time! Fingers crossed this one will knock my socks off!

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August’s Anticipated Releases:

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Title: Mine To Hold
Author: Natasha Madison
Series: Southern Wedding
Book Number In Series: 2 of 4
*Can Be Read as a Standalone*

Release Date: August 2nd
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3aeN73l

Blurb:

Are you ready for The Southern Wedding Series?
Things are supposed to go smoothly on your wedding day.
Aren’t they?

Shelby
I got a love letter the night before I was supposed to marry the love of my life.
Except the letter wasn’t for me.
My future husband had written it to someone else.

Weston (Ace)
Standing at the altar to watch my best friend get married was an honor.
Finding out that he was sleeping with my girlfriend was a nightmare.
Everything I knew was a lie.
When the opportunity came to get out of town and leave my ex behind, I took it.
Umbrella drinks and broken hearts don’t mix well.
I shouldn’t want Shelby for myself – but I do.
I want her more than I’ve ever wanted anyone.

Maybe, she was just mine to hold.

The first book in the Southern Wedding Series brought me back to OG Natasha Madison. You know, before brand name dropping was thrown in whenever and wherever it appeased her. For a long time, I missed the world building and character development she used to excel at. To see her bring that flare back in the Southern Wedding series has me excited for what’s to come in the future for this series! I can’t wait to get my hands on Mine To Hold!!!

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Title: Seducing The Cowboy
Author: Kennedy Fox
Series: Circle B Ranch
Book Number In Series: 9 of 9
*Can Be Read as a Standalone*

Release Date: August 23rd
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3Hv9Vqy

Blurb:

After leaving his hometown over a decade ago, Payton hasn’t returned. One heartbreak was enough to turn him off relationships forever. As soon as he arrived at the Circle B Ranch, they treated him like family—something he’s never had—and he met the one woman he shouldn’t want.

He’s put her in the friend zone, but after agreeing to her proposition, he can’t hold back anymore.

Kaitlyn Bishop is the only woman on the ranch without a husband and kids. A family is all she’s ever wanted, but it’s never been in her cards. Since she’s turned thirty, she’s decided to go to the sperm bank or ask her best friend to knock her up.

She knows being friends with benefits is a bad idea, but she’s willing to take the risk.

Their agreement is purely transactional, but they’ll soon find themselves in too deep—something they’re too stubborn to admit. However, they only have nine months to figure it out.

UGH! I can’t believe I have to wait until the end of August to get Kaitlyn and Payton’s story in my hands! This is the one I have been waiting for!!! You best believe I’ll be tucked away in my room with a do not disturb sign on my door the day Seducing The Cowboy releases! If you haven’t experienced the wonderful world of Bishop’s, I highly recommend you start with the Bishop Brother’s series and then work your way into the Circle B Ranch series! Trust me when I say, both series will consume you!

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Title: Second Chance Rival
Author: M. Robinson
Series: Second Chance
Book Number In Series: 5 of 6
*Can Be Read as a Standalone*

Release Date: August 23rd
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3HyOPa8

Blurb:

Marrying my enemy wasn’t nearly as fun as taking her virginity…

But I guess that’s why I’m the guy everyone loves to hate and she’s the town sweetheart. If they only knew the things she begged me to do when her father wasn’t watching.

Before they sent me away.

Before I broke her heart.

Before she hated me.

Now I’m back to claim what’s mine.

This town.

The company.

And her.

She didn’t have to love me… Hell, she didn’t even have to like me.

She just had to marry me.

She might never love or honor me.

But I intend to make sure she obeys.

In all honesty, the Second Chance series by M. Robinson has been slightly hits or misses for me. It’s close to even right now. After reading Second Chance Love, I found myself intrigued with the little sneak peek into Tristan and Belle’s story! Ohhhh! This one screams FIRE! Fingers crossed its as good as I’m imagining it being!

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Title: Reckless
Author: Aurora Rose Reynolds
Series: Adventures In Love
Book Number In Series: 3 of 3
*Can Be Read as a Standalone*

Release Date: August 30th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3sx1FS7

Blurb:

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aurora Rose Reynolds comes a steamy romance about what happens when a risk-taker tries to follow the rules.

Jade has always been the reckless type. But after her relationship implodes and her business goes under, she realizes it might be time to change her ways. She decides on a fresh start in a new place: Montana.

But shortly after her arrival in Big Sky Country, she meets headstrong wilderness retreat owner Maverick, whose name, fittingly, means “dissenter.” Jade tries to convince herself he’s not the type of man she needs in her life. The problem is, she wants him in her life. She wants him more than anything.

For Maverick, his attraction to this out-of-towner is undeniable. But he’s sworn off relationships—until he gets to know the fiery-haired, fiery-tempered Jade. He can’t help but wonder if it’s worth opening himself up to her. It’s a gamble, sure. But is it reckless?

Or is love a high-stakes game of risk and reward that just might pay off in the end?

I’m jumping the gun on this one, given the fact that I have yet to start the Adventures In Love series. However, I adore Aurora Rose Reynolds and her writing style. I can only imagine how good this series is, and soon I’ll be jumping along for the ride. I plan to binge the first two books in the Adventures In Love series so fingers crossed and wish me luck that I’ll love it as much as I’m anticipating!

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September’s Anticipated Releases:

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Title: Going Too Far
Author: Abbi Glines

Release Date: September 4th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3bM0OqV

Blurb:

A life of drugs, sex, and rock ‘n’ roll was a demon that Dean Finlay accepted as his fate. His isn’t a love story. It’s a ride and things are about to get twisted…

Dean Finlay was ready for an easier life. He was tired of the fame and he was done with younger women. The older he got the younger they got. It was a fucking loop he was sick of being stuck in.

Brielle McGinnis had been kicked out of her foster home the day she turned eighteen. The pregnancy she’d been trying to hide had taken what little youth, she had managed to hold onto, away. Bri had grown up overnight.

Life had made her tough and she’d learned to survive. Now, at twenty- eight years old, she had a good job with insurance working in admissions at the local junior college.

When rock legend Dean Finlay came walking into the college office she had wanted an autograph for her son but his arrogance changed her mind. Just like every other man, he was a disappointment.

Until… he isn’t.

Rosemary Beach… HERE I COME!! I can’t even begin to explain how thrilled I am to go back to this world Abbi Glines has created! I’m definitely feeling the need to marathon this series before the release date! Can you feel my excitement? I’m ready for Going Too Far!

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Title: Mine To Cherish
Author: Natasha Madison
Series: Southern Wedding
Book Number In Series: 3 of 4
*Can Be Read as a Standalone*

Release Date: September 6th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3aaseX5

Blurb:

From USA Today bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a small town, enemies to lovers second chance romance.

Things are supposed to go smoothly on your wedding day.
Aren’t they?

Clarabella
Did I want to get married today?
It’s hard to say when he proposed in front of over a hundred people.
Everything happened so fast, and I thought it was just nerves.
It was not.
The knock on the door showed me that what I was feeling was more than just cold feet.
I was a runaway bride.

Luke
The whole town was busy attending her wedding.
She was the one I let get away when I told her our night together was a mistake and then left town.
So I planned to spend the weekend getting drunk.
When she ran out of the church looking for a hideout, I opened the car door for her.
My cabin has one bed, and my longing looks don’t mix well.
Somehow, I have to keep my heart intact and her reputation together.
Maybe she was just mine to cherish.

I can say it til i’m blue in the face, I’m excited for more of Natasha Madison’s Southern Wedding Series! Hopefully it continues being as good as I’m assuming it’ll be! 

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Title: Stay Over
Author: Kaylee Ryan
Series: Kincaid Brothers
Book Number In Series: 1 of 2
*Can Be Read as a Standalone*

*Cover Coming Soon*

Release Date: September 13th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3NE6Ln8

Blurb:

Book one in an all-new brothers series from NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Kaylee Ryan.

Anything that Kaylee Ryan releases will ALWAYS be on any most anticipated list of mine. I’m excited to see her come out with a new series! I love the romance worlds she builds. I can’t wait to see what the Kincaid Brothers Series brings to the table! I’m expecting swoony heroes and a few epic All The Feels moments! I’m so ready for this series!

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Title: The Revenge
Author: Tijan
Series: The Insider’s Trilogy
Book Number In Trilogy: 3 of 3

Release Date: September 13th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3NG9En6

Blurb:

The Revenge is the taut, edgy, sexy, explosive conclusion to The Insiders trilogy by New York Times and USA Today bestseller Tijan!

Bailey and Kash were used to living in the shadows. Now they are thrust into the public eye. Together, they can do anything, but undeniable danger and seemingly insurmountable challenges threaten the love and passion that binds them.

1. Bailey is reeling from the greatest loss she has ever suffered.

2. Enemies are closing in.

3. Even bigger secrets and twists are coming to light.

Win or lose, for Bailey and Kash, everything is on the line.

I definitely need to get my booty moving and read the second book to the Insiders Trilogy! I heard it was crazy explosive with a brutal cliffhanger and part of me wasn’t ready at the time of release to experience that cliffhanger and then have to wait a couple months for the finale. So now, I’ll be diving into The Damaged, or maybe I’ll do a reread of the first book… I haven’t the slightest clue, but what I do know is I need to get caught up before September 13th!

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October’s Anticipated Releases:

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Title: A Little Too Late
Author: Sarina Bowen
Series: Madigan Mountain
Book Number In Series: 1 of 3
*Can Be Read as a Standalone*

Release Date: October 4th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3HHYdcr

Blurb:

How to behave when the guy who broke your heart two thousand miles away turns up in your office:

One: Don’t drop your lucky coffee cup in shock, even though it’s been ten years.

Two: Don’t get defensive when he asks how you ended up working his family’s ski mountain… and why you kept it a secret.

Three: Give him the worst room in the resort. He deserves it for suddenly waltzing back in like he owns the place. (Which he kind of does.)

Four, five, six, seven, eight and nine: Do not kiss him in the hot tub.

Ten: Try to keep your heart intact after you break all of your rules.

Because Reed is leaving again. Hate can’t turn back into love. And it’s a little too late…

I’m so excited to start this series! I love the new trend of having numerous authors write a book in the same series. It brings something special to  each and every book. I’ve read several books from Sarina Bowen and I’ve loved each and every one! I’m so excited to see what this series has to offer!

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Title: Bad Girl Reputation
Author: Elle Kennedy
Series: Avalon Bay
Book Number In Series: 2 of 2
*Can Be Read as a Standalone*

Release Date: October 4th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3nyvKh3

Blurb:

When former bad girl Genevieve West returns home for her mother’s funeral, she’s prepared to keep her distance from her ex-boyfriend, Evan Hartley. Their history is rife with turbulence. And passion. A heck of a lot of passion…which she’s trying desperately to forget.

But it’s impossible not to run into Evan in the small coastal town where they once ran wild. And the moment she sees her gorgeous ex again, it’s clear to Gen that Evan is still as unruly, sexy, and irresistible as ever. This time around, however, she’s resolved to walk a new path. No more partying. No more foolish mistakes. Her plan is to temporarily remain in town to help her father run his business, but the second he finds somebody else, she’s out of there.

Evan has other ideas. He knows they can be good together, but he just has to convince Genevieve of that, even if it means turning over a new leaf himself. But can a bad reputation ever truly be shed? Do second chances really work? Genevieve and Evan are about to find out.

I’ve been holding onto an advanced copy of this bad boy for quite some time now. I usually like to wait to read a book when it’s closer to the release date, that way the story and characters are fresh on my mind…. but the anticipation is a killer with this one. I might just have to read it now and then read it again when October hits!….

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Title: A Little Too Close
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Series: Madigan Mountain
Book Number In Series: 2 of 3
*Can Be Read as a Standalone*

Release Date: October 11th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3gCmQM0

Blurb:

Nine years ago, Weston Madigan saved me. I came to Colorado penniless, heartbroken, and pregnant, searching for a fresh start. Weston gave me a job at his family’s resort, then left the next day and never returned, not even to visit.

Then I stumble in on Weston cooking breakfast shirtless—gloriously, inappropriately shirtless—in the shared kitchen of my duplex in employee housing. Given the shock on both our faces, he wasn’t expecting a roommate either, let alone two.

The growly pilot is only home to start his family’s new heli-skiing operation. I can handle being his temporary roommate, right? Chemistry and attraction aren’t impossible to ignore when you agree on ground rules. Besides, even with those gorgeous, brooding brown eyes, the guy is a walking thundercloud…until my daughter, Sutton, makes him laugh and he smiles at me. Then everything changes. Cue inconvenient heart flip.

This is only temporary.
I can’t fall for Weston.
I. Will. Not. Fall. For. Weston.
But rules go out the window when you’re a little too close.

The more blurbs I read for this upcoming series, the more I want it in my hands now!! Have I mentioned, I CAN’T WAIT!!! I’ve only read a couple books from Rebecca Yarros, but everything I read I have loved so here’s to assuming this one will be just as good as her other work! Fingers crossed!

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Title: Runaway Groomsman
Author: Meghan Quinn

Release Date: October 11th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3OXRZbO

Blurb:

Hollywood screenwriter Sawyer Walsh knows a good love story when he sees it. But when it comes to real life romance, he’s a mess. That’s how he finds himself standing at the altar…as his ex-girlfriend ties the knot with his very famous best friend. The pressure, the resentment, the media coverage—it’s all too much—and before he knows exactly what he’s doing, he’s making a run for it, leaving a shocked congregation and flashing cameras in his wake.

Needing to lie low amid the media fallout, Sawyer lands in the charming town of Canoodle, California, where he crosses paths with Fallon Long, who runs the Canoodle Cove Cabins, a family-owned business and Sawyer’s new short-term residence. Overwhelmed with renovations and her long list of responsibilities, Fallon is struggling to make ends meet while attempting to bring the cabins back to their original glory. So when Sawyer arrives, she is grateful for the income, but immediately writes him off as just another vapid Hollywood hack, until he begins to prove her wrong at every turn.

As Fallon comes closer to saving the family business, an undeniable bond forms between her and the handsome screenwriter. But the pressures of her family obligations and Sawyer’s notoriety might prove to be too much for anyone to handle. Could Canoodle be the setting for a new romance—or is true love just a Hollywood cliché?

I’m feeling the need to binge as many Meghan Quinn books as I can possibly fit into a monthly tbr. MQ always has me feeling the emotions. Either I’m laughing so hard I’m holding my sides, or I’m feeling the need to cry hot ugly tears. It’s always a wild ride full of chemistry. Runaway Groomsman sounds like my kind of book! You hear about a runaway bride but never the groomsman! color me intrigued! I can’t wait for this one to release!

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Title: A Little Too Wild
Author: Devney Perry
Series: Madigan Mountain
Book Number In Series: 3 of 3
*Can Be Read as a Standalone*

Release Date: October 16th
PreOrder Today: https://amzn.to/3rA55mF

Blurb:

Crew Madigan is a snowboarding legend. He’s gorgeous, rich, famous and every woman’s dream. Well, except mine. I’ll take a nerdy guy with a clumsy streak who wouldn’t know what to do with a pair of skis to save his life. Superstar athletes? No, thanks. World champions? Hard pass. Crew? Definitely not.

It’s been over a decade since Crew set foot on Madigan Mountain. Instead of sitting with his family during his brother’s wedding, he takes the chair beside mine. ESPN really doesn’t do that chiseled jaw justice. The cameras miss the flecks of gold in his eyes. When he invites me to his hotel room after the wedding, I break all of my own rules for just one night.

But here’s the problem with just one night. Crew is impossible to forget. And he’s not the only one who loves a thrill. The crash, the broken bones, are inevitable. Because together, we’re a little too wild.

Another blurb means another level of intrigue! So we have Sarina Bowen, Rebecca Yarros, and Devney Perry writing in the Madigan Mountain series! HELLLL YEAH! I can’t wait for this series to release! 

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I haven’t really looked through November and Decembers upcoming releases, so if you all are excited for any new releases coming in the final two months of 2022 share them with me in the comments!

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