09 May 2025
From Book Boyfriends to Real Tears: Romance Books That Hit Hard
These books go beyond meet-cutes and steamy chapters—they dig into heartbreak, healing, and love that feels earned. With emotionally rich characters and unforgettable arcs, this is the list for readers who want romance with real stakes and a lot of heart.
Crown of the Raven Queen
by TZ Krasner
Release Date: April 30, 2025
Crown of the Raven Queen is the second book in the exciting Fateful Series. Featuring the second princess of Avanna, Rebecca, this fast-paced, high-action fantasy romance sends her racing across the Five Seas to seek out a magical relic in order to lift a dark curse laid on her brother-in-law, Malcolm de Bergouac.
Shield of Sparrows
by Devney Perry
Release Date: May 6, 2025
Shield of Sparrows is a slow-burn, high-stakes romantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros—where enemies become lovers, monsters stalk a cursed realm, and a forgotten princess finds the strength to tear off her crown and become the warrior she was never meant to be.
King of Envy (Kings of Sin Book 5)
by Ana Huang
Release Date: April 29, 2025
Vuk Markovic is notorious for shunning human interactions. The scarred billionaire rarely talks, and he has no interest in relationships outside his small but trusted circle. His only exception? Her. The beauty to his beast, the object of his obsession. He saw her first. He wanted her first. But now, she’s engaged to his oldest friend—and the closer the wedding looms, the more he’s torn between loyalty and desire. She should be his…and he might just risk it all to have her.
The Rejected Wife (The Davenports Book 5)
by L. Steele
Release Date: May 6, 2025
Tyler Davenport is six-feet-four-inches of pure gorgeousness in a tailored suit. Former-Marine turned ruthless billionaire. Devoted single dad. The man whose steely gaze makes my heart race. And now… my boss. I was handling it. Really. Until his little girl called me “mommy” over breakfast. Until I caught him watching me with intensity across the dinner table.
The Things We Water
by Mariana Zapata
Release Date: May 2, 2025
Nina Popoca needs help. So, so much of it. The only place she can find that help is on a sprawling ranch in Colorado. A place hiding more than a community filled with magical creatures trying to live their lives in safety and in peace. A village that might hold the answers to questions she’s had her entire life. And if that ranch is owned by her best friend’s hunky cousin?
Shattered Truths (All These Broken Parts Book 2
by Evelyn Flood
Release Date: May 5, 2025
Our mate is broken. Trapped behind glass walls where we can’t reach her, and our pack is trying to hold together the shattered pieces of what might have been in the midst of the wreckage Brett Rivers left behind. She’s coming back. We won’t stop fighting.
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