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11 editor’s picks matching New Adult
The second book in the Neverbound Academy series is a strong match for readers who like fantasy romance with rejected mates, possessive love interests, and volatile magic.
Reaper of Ruin
Romantasy · New Adult
Our take
Rebuilding her life means recovering lost memories, learning to control dangerous magic, and confronting unexpected enemies. Meanwhile, the four fated mates who rejected her have become obsessively protective, complicating her fight to survive. The second book in the Neverbound Academy series is a strong match for readers who like fantasy romance with rejected mates, possessive love interests, and volatile magic.
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My life has gone up in flames.
I may not have lit the match, but I’m the one who started the inferno.
Now, I must rebuild from the ashes, one memory at a time.
I’m up against unforeseen enemies, wrangling a power I have yet to truly comprehend, while juggling four hated mates who have transformed passive rejection into obsessive protection. I’m starting to wonder if The Fates blessed magic is more of a curse rather than a gift.
It’s time to gain the upper hand, and I have no choice but to fight.
Fight to learn.
Fight to endure.
Fight to live.
Because the heat is rising and the power thrumming through my veins may destroy us all before I learn how to control it.
Resurrection isn't a second chance.
It's a reckoning.
Reaper of Ruin is book two in the addictive fated mates series, Neverbound Academy, riddled with secrets, rejection, and steam in the form of four mates, who are more possessive than ever.
They’ve caused enough pain; now, the real question is, can they handle the heat?
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A good pick for readers who enjoy why-choose fantasy romance, rejected mates, and academy secrets.
Angel of Ashes
Romantasy · New Adult
Our take
After four fated mates reject her, a young woman loses her chance to claim her power and her place at Neverbound Academy. Two years later, they interrupt the marriage arranged for her father's political gain, leaving her to choose between changing her fate and protecting her heart. A good pick for readers who enjoy why-choose fantasy romance, rejected mates, and academy secrets.
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Two years ago, my fated mates rejected me.
Now they want a second chance.
All my life, I've been a symbol of hope and a portrait of perfection, the daughter molded by legacy and duty.
On my 21st birthday, I stood before the Fates, ready to meet my mate and become something more than the pedestal I’d been placed on.
In a cruel twist, the ritual ended with four sets of eyes staring back at me and one word waiting on their lips.
Reject.
In one breath, they stole my future, along with any hope of ever claiming my power or my place at Neverbound Academy.
Two years have passed, full of fake smiles and hidden shame, reduced to a bargaining chip for my father's political gain.
Now I stand in bridal lace, walking toward the altar, but it’s not my father’s match waiting for me. Instead, I’m greeted with the same four sets of eyes that haunt my soul.
It seems they’ve changed their minds. Now I must decide what’s more important - changing my fate or protecting my heart.
Angel of Ashes is book one in a rejected-mate fantasy romance series featuring why-choose, academy secrets, and the four supernatural men who will regret everything.
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Irritation starts to feel dangerous when it gives way to something harder to deny.
Fair Catch
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · New Adult · Sports Romance
Our take
Irritation starts to feel dangerous when it gives way to something harder to deny. In Fair Catch, a guarded college student takes in an infuriating football player as a roommate, expecting chaos and counting the days until he can reclaim his space. Instead, their uneasy truce deepens into closeness, forcing him to choose between the future he planned and a connection that could change everything. This new adult sports romance blends class tension, reluctant intimacy, and emotional risk.
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Catching feelings was never part of the plan.
Taking in Kason Fuller as roommate is meant to be a favor; one I regret immediately.
The bumbling, virgin football player drives me to the brink of sanity, stealing my food, my sleep, my peace and solitude.
My solution? Call a ceasefire.
Get him out on dates and out of my hair.
Yet as our truce shifts, I realize there’s a depth to this connection unlike any I’ve felt before.
It turns out, I don’t mind his presence.
I crave it, along with every morsel I learn about him.
But falling for the guy from the wrong side of the tracks wasn’t in the cards.
And I’m not the only one who thinks so.
Now, I’m at a crossroads between the life I thought I’d have, or risking everything to catch him.
*Fair Catch is the third in a five book standalone college sports romance series featuring one extremely *frustrated* virgin, flirtatious roomie dates, and a not-so-sanitary use of butter that will have you clutching your pearls. Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age.*
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Jealousy is easy to dismiss until it starts looking too much like the truth.
Caught Stealing
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · New Adult · Sports Romance
Our take
Jealousy is easy to dismiss until it starts looking too much like the truth. In Caught Stealing, a fiercely protective friend tries to keep a notorious campus playboy away, only to get pulled into a charged game of pranks, rivalry, and attraction that keeps turning personal. This new adult sports romance builds on buried feelings, loyalty, and slow-burning tension with a playful but emotionally risky edge.
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It's not stealing if he's meant to be mine.
Let me tell you how Holden Sykes operates.
As the campus playboy and one-and-done king, he doesn’t do strings.
Or repeats.
Or names, for that matter.
So when he tries making my best friend the next notch on his bedpost, I react poorly.
Some would call it jealousy or an unrequited crush, but friends protect each other from making mistakes.
The same ones I’ve already made.
Which is why driving Holden away seems like my only option.
Too bad he’s not giving up without a fight.
Each prank leads to another until he turns this into a game far more precarious than intended.
One filled with stolen moments and heated glances, drawing me into his orbit.
But the undeniable attraction simmering between us leaves me caught in the crosshairs of an impossible decision.
Loyalty...or love.
*Caught Stealing is the second in a five book standalone college sports romance series featuring a road-tripping rubber ducky, two guys fighting for the upper hand, and enough cock-blocking shenanigans to make your cheeks flush. Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age*
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Hatred gets complicated when winning starts to depend on the person you can’t stand.
Iced Out
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · New Adult · Sports Romance
Our take
Hatred gets complicated when winning starts to depend on the person you can’t stand. In Iced Out, two college hockey rivals become reluctant teammates, and their fierce competition takes an unexpected turn when secret hookups seem tied to the team’s success. This new adult sports romance delivers enemies-to-lovers tension, sexual awakening, and emotional friction with a fast, charged edge.
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All's fair in hate and hockey.
My path to success never included an enemy as a teammate, especially one as infuriating as Quinton de Haas.
Clawing under my skin is his favorite pastime, only feeding the animosity between us as the years pass.
We’re as completely opposite as two people can be; the golden boy and the black sheep.
Constantly at odds or at each other’s throats.
The only thing we can agree on is hockey is our true love, and we’ll do whatever it takes to come out on top.
I never imagined that drive would lead me to do the unthinkable: falling into bed with my not-so-straight rival.
But athletes are a superstitious bunch, and when our hook-ups lead to victories, we tell ourselves we can’t stop.
Besides, it’s all for the sake of the team, right?
*Iced Out is the first in a five book standalone college sports romance series featuring two misunderstood rival teammates, pages of snarky banter, and more secret spicy times than any book should be filled with. Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age.*
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Never Will I Ever turns a bitter grudge into dangerous attraction when two former teammates are forced into close quarters at summer camp.
Never Will I Ever
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · New Adult · Sports Romance
Our take
Never Will I Ever turns a bitter grudge into dangerous attraction when two former teammates are forced into close quarters at summer camp. After betrayal, banishment, and secrets leave his life in pieces, the last person he wants beside him is Kaleb LaMothe. This new adult MM college romance fits readers looking for earned tension, forced proximity, emotional resistance, and chemistry that grows from real conflict.
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"Never Will I Ever surprised me with a hot, nostalgic summer camp setting that made the enemies-to-lovers romance feel tense, physical, and emotionally earned. The chemistry worked, the spice served the story, and by the end, I immediately wanted the rest of the series." - Apropos Books
He's the one I swore I'd never ever fall for.
A teammate’s betrayal. A banishment. A secret revealed.
That’s all it took to unravel my life at the seams.
The punishment for my past mistakes goes further than expulsion, and penance can only come from the worst hell imaginable:
Summer camp.
Ten weeks spent wrangling a bunch of kids is bad enough, only to get worse when I meet my new co-counselor.
The back-stabber himself.
Kaleb LaMothe.
Being forced to coexist adds more tension to our already shaky foundation, but it also pushes us to uncover deeper parts of each other.
Until animosity becomes a feeling far more dangerous.
An attraction so potent, I lose sight of why I’m stuck in the wilderness to begin with.
And if I’m not careful, I might lose something else entirely.
Like my heart.
*Never Will I Ever is a new adult college romance featuring two quarreling camp counselors, grudges the size of Mount Hood, secretive outdoor rendezvous, and a group of meddling tweens sure to send you into hysterics. Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age.*
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One impulsive kiss turns certainty into something far more dangerous.
Don’t You Dare
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · New Adult · Sports Romance
Our take
One impulsive kiss turns certainty into something far more dangerous. In Don’t You Dare, a college student starts pushing the boundaries of friendship after a party dare leaves him wanting more from his best friend than either of them expected. This new adult romance leans into bi-curious awakening, emotional risk, and escalating tension as desire starts to threaten everything they already are.
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It was never meant to be more than a dare.
A party game. A dare. A single kiss.
That’s all it took to flip my world upside down.
I’ve always classified myself as straight, and as far as I can tell, so has he.
I didn’t think one kiss would change that, but I was so wrong.
Now, I can’t stop thinking about him. In all the ways I shouldn’t.
My best friend.
Aspen.
His taste is branded in my memory, his touch seared in my skin.
And I want more.
This simmering attraction I feel only grows with passing time.
Which is why I start tossing out new dares.
Riskier ones that toe lines we never thought we’d cross.
I’m gambling with our friendship, knowing it could ruin us.
But there’s so much more at stake here.
Like my heart.
*Don't You Dare is a new adult college romance featuring two best friends, too many baseball puns, scorching dirty talk, and a whole lot of bi-curious exploration. Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age.*
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Protection and obsession blur when the person watching from across the street may not be the hero he believes himself to be.
The Guy Next Door
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · Gay Romance · New Adult · Romantic Suspense
Our take
Protection and obsession blur when the person watching from across the street may not be the hero he believes himself to be. Zane moves next door to keep Leif safe from a threat no one else sees, even as his own motives grow complicated. When attraction and suspicion collide, trust becomes fragile and dangerous. The Guy Next Door is an MM romantic suspense novel about desire, perception, and the fear of being wrong.
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ZANE
Is it wrong that I watch him?
Leif Anderson seems like a friendly, kind, normal, boy-next-door type.
Unlike me.
His stalker, a creep who moved into the place next to his parents' house to keep an eye on him.
I'm not the bad guy, though.
I'm the one who will protect him.
The cops don't believe he's in danger.
Maybe they're right, and this is all in my messed-up head.
I've been wrong before.
And no matter how I justify this to myself, my motives aren't entirely pure.
It's impossible to watch a guy this hot walking around in those adorable beanies without getting a little turned on.
When he discovers my secret surveillance, I'm sure it's over.
No way he believes my reasons for watching him, but he doesn't report me for my crime.
He's curious about me in a way I don't expect from a straight guy.
Or as I quickly learn, maybe not so straight.
Before I know it, we're on a journey, exploring this wild, exciting part of Leif while I try to keep him safe from harm.
But the closer we get to one another, the more I wonder: what if it was all in my head?
What if no one's coming for him?
What if the real threat to Leif is me, the guy next door?
CW: The Guy Next Door is a steamy romantic suspense novel but contains content that may trigger some readers. Please use the "Look Inside" preview to view the complete CW at the start of the book. This warning contains spoilers for the novel.
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Morgan Bridges concludes The Obsidian Order duet with Vicious Society, a 4.3 out of 5 stars dark stalker romance filled with betrayal, rebellion, and scorching obsession.
Vicious Society
Romance · College Romance · Gothic Romance · New Adult
Our take
Morgan Bridges concludes The Obsidian Order duet with Vicious Society, a 4.3 out of 5 stars dark stalker romance filled with betrayal, rebellion, and scorching obsession. The stabby heroine and her touch-her-and-die hero must defy the Order itself to survive. Dark, addictive, and dangerously romantic, this is the epic finale readers have been waiting for.
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The Obsidian Order was never meant to be defied. Xavier has spent his life surviving its brutal Trials, rising through a world where loyalty is conditional and power demands blood. But rebellion burns in his chest—and its name is Delilah. She’s his obsession, his bride, his little raptor. For her, he would destroy everything.
Delilah wanted freedom. Instead, she uncovered secrets darker than she imagined and bound herself to the man she once tried to kill. Now Xavier is both her cage and her protector, the only one standing between her and a society that wants them silenced.
The Bride Hunt was only the beginning. To win their love, and their lives, they’ll have to fight an empire of shadows.
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Morgan Bridges launches The Obsidian Order duet with Vicious Secret, a dark stalker romance that drips with danger and obsession.
Vicious Secret
Romance · College Romance · Gothic Romance · New Adult
Our take
Morgan Bridges launches The Obsidian Order duet with Vicious Secret, a dark stalker romance that drips with danger and obsession. With 4.4 out of 5 stars, this morally grey, touch-her-and-die hero and stabby heroine deliver a twisted campus romance you won’t forget. Fans of high-stakes, shadowy societies will devour this cliffhanger start.
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At Obsidian University, power is everything. Every recruit from the founding families must survive brutal Trials to earn a place in the secretive Order. For Xavier, that should be simple, if only he could control his obsession with the one girl he can’t let go.
She isn’t supposed to matter. But she’s his. And he’ll fight anyone, even the Order itself, to claim her.
She only wanted freedom, coffee, and to find her missing foster brother. Instead, she stumbled into a society of shadows and violence, and into the path of the dangerous man she once tried to kill.
Now she’s caught between survival and surrender, her only lifeline the possessive enemy who’s made her his bride.
In this game, death is only the beginning.
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Max Kuemper keeps his head down—school, hockey, and burying his past.
Save the Game
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · New Adult
Our take
Max Kuemper keeps his head down—school, hockey, and burying his past. Luke Kelly plays the field, both in baseball and dating. But when their paths cross during a late-night shift, sparks fly. As secrets unravel, they must confront what it means to be vulnerable. A heartfelt story of love, healing, and second chances.
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After a traumatic event and a rough sophomore year, Max Kuemper just wants to keep his head down. School and hockey are the only things he can handle. The last thing he needs is anyone getting too close—especially when he’s determined to bury his past and never let his secret surface.
Enter Luke Kelly: confident, flirty, and effortlessly charming. Whether it’s dating or baseball, Luke knows how to play the field. But when he meets Max during a late-night shift at work, his usual carefree approach takes a backseat to something deeper. Max’s quiet intensity pulls him in, even as he senses the walls Max has built.
But secrets have a way of surfacing. And as feelings deepen, both Max and Luke must confront what it means to be vulnerable—and whether their connection can survive the truth.
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