March was filled with some great romance releases, from sports romances to rom-coms, here's what you may have missed!

1. Thirty Love by Tom Vellner

American tennis star Leo Chambers is determined to win the US Open by 30, the age when many players feel retirement looming. He’s just a year away from that dreaded birthday, but he can’t find his focus—considering he hasn’t told anyone he’s gay, he’s clashing with his strict coach (who also happens to be his dad), and he still can’t figure out how to beat his long-time nemesis on tour, Gabe Montoya, who, well, hits different. Gabe is playing better than ever, and Leo can’t seem to escape him—and maybe he doesn’t want to escape him. Leo’s other obstacle is Sascha Volkov, a Russian legend who has such a powerful influence on the tennis world, he would destroy Leo’s career if he found out that he’s gay. No distractions, Leo reminds himself. But when Gabe makes a shocking announcement, Leo is thrown off his game—in more ways than one. Ready? Play. Thirty Love is a must-read for fans of queer sports romances.

What to expect in Thirty Love:

~ Rivals to Lovers

~ Forced Proximity

~ Slow Burn

~ Found Family

2. Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian

Simon and Charlie, actors on a long-running sci-fi show, can’t stand one another. Charlie is impetuous, outgoing, and basically feral, and Simon thinks he should have stayed in reality television where he belongs. They’ve spent the better part of a decade quarreling over the spotlight and pretty much everything else, and everybody in the industry knows it. Now that Simon’s contract is finally done, he can move to New York, start fresh with work he actually likes, and get away from Charlie. Simon’s only problem is that people might assume he’s been pushed off the show due to being impossible to work with. And he is kind of difficult to work with. He doesn’t get along with people—unlike Charlie, who somehow tricked everyone on the show into adoring him despite some outrageously bad on-set behaviour during the show’s first season. Simon would rather never have to see Charlie again, but reluctantly agrees to stage a very public friendship during the short time before he moves. When Charlie has to leave town to deal with a family emergency, this means Simon comes along. Their road trip brings Simon to places he would never have willingly chosen to visit—and he finds he’s actually not having a terrible time. The more he gets to know Charlie, the more Simon suspects he’s underestimated his former co-worker. Simon also realizes that after seven years, Charlie might know him better than anyone ever has. Even stranger, Charlie seems to be starting to actually like him, despite knowing him so well. Still, Simon is about to move three thousand miles away, so whatever’s starting between him and Charlie can’t really amount to anything... right?

What to expect:

~ Co-Stars

~ Opposites Attract

~ Slow Burn

~ Enemies to Lovers

3. Clinching the Play by W.A Grace

Taylor Matthew’s life is going really well. She caught her fiancé cheating on her. Her best friend and co-worker Rosie, has moved to a new team without telling her, AND her coaches are replacing Rosie with her nemesis, Eloise Harper. Eloise Harper has just gotten out of a long term relationship, she’s moved cities to get away and somehow stumbled into the same city as her decade long on ice rival, Taylor Matthews. Eloise wants to keep her head down and play hockey but everything Taylor does makes her go haywire. With Coach forcing them to become friendly, these rivals-turned-teammates have to learn to get along. This means that they have to get close, very, very close, because all they know is they have one common goal- clinch the play and win the Walter Cup.

What to expect:

~ Hockey Romance

~ Second Chances

~ Found Family

~ Only One Bed

 

4. First to Finish by Rebecca J. Caffery

Race car driver Johannes Muller is on a hot streak this season and seems destined to claim the championship win … until his performance unexpectedly falters. Gone is his cool confidence – on the track he can barely qualify, let alone take home the trophy. The team’s race engineer, Caleb Hughes, is determined to get his star driver back in pole position, but soon the sparks flying over the radio are more chemistry than competition. In a sport where everyone gives it their all at all times, it’s not long before Johannes and Caleb realise that their racing line is leading them towards a collision they won’t be able to walk away from unscathed…

What to expect:

~ Friends to Lovers

~ Found Family

~ Opposites Attract

~ F1 Driver x Race Engineer

 

5. Anderson in Bloom by Jennifer Dugan

Former child star Anderson “Andy” Ducharme is hiding—has been for a long time, if she’s honest with herself, which she isn’t. When she suddenly cut off all ties and left LA six years earlier to work in a flower shop in coastal New England, she wasn’t just running away from toxic relationships, embezzling agents, and all the rest of her Hollywood life; she was running to something… sort of, if you squinted, and if you accepted that what she was running toward was little more than a vacation daydream she had made up with her (in)famous ex, and former co-star, Nicole “Nikki” Price. Then Nikki announces her plan to write a tell-all book about growing up in Hollywood and their tumultuous time on the Nik and Andy show, and Andy’s feelings of hurt and betrayal come rushing back. Emboldened by anger (and maybe one too many drinks), Andy does something very she texts her ex for the first time in years. No one’s more shocked than Andy when Nikki actually shows up to her small florist shop, looking for answers. Andy is fully prepared to send Nikki away, but it seems Nikki has some unfinished business as well. Now that she finally knows where Andy’s been hiding, she’s not letting her go so easy. And with each passing encounter, Andy can’t deny the simmering physical attraction that threatens to boil over every time they get close. But can the two of them really reunite without wrecking Andy’s carefully rebuilt life? Or is she setting herself up for a fresh heartbreak?

What to expect:

~ Second Chances

~ Small town Romance

~ Friends with Benefits

~ Celebrity x Florist

 

6. Our Funny Love Story by Byrd Koto

Kamada Eizo is a web novelist with a breezy front and a desperate core. Having landed a flagship fantasy serial with a Tokyo publisher, he's finally within reach of the life he craves-a life built on a foundation that could crumble at any moment. Miyamoto Ran detests liars. A brusque, uncompromising editor, Ran is obsessed with a single prize: unearthing the lost work of an author who vanished eight years ago. Securing Eizo's success is merely the means to an end. They are polar opposites, bound together by a misdelivered package and a mutual talent for barbed one-upmanship bordering on playground tactics until a high-stakes deadline forces an uneasy truce. Yet, as they draw closer, Ran begins to see through Eizo's mask, sensing that the fragile connection they share is built on carefully wrought artifice. But for two men who have had the story of their lives once stolen, how far will one go to win it back, even if it means silencing the other's voice?

What to expect:

~ Editor x Author

~ Enemies to Lovers

~ Grumpy x Sunshine

~ Slow Burn

 

7. Much Obliged by D.P. Clarence

Breakfast TV producer Petey Boy Topham dreams of producing the reality shows he loves to watch. When he finally lands a job on The Love Manor—a Regency-inspired dating show filmed at an actual country house—it’s his golden ticket to his career ambitions. If he can impress his new boss, she might give him his own show. William Winters is infamous in the tabloids as the “Bisexual Baron Buckford”. But this rugby-playing, fantasy-novel-obsessed aristocrat never wanted the title or the media attention. After a family tragedy, he’s inherited not only a crumbling manor house, but millions of pounds of debt. To save his estate, he’s let The Love Manor’s cameras in. Each man would do anything to make the show a success. So when the contestants discover there’s a real-life baron in residence and abandon the dating format to pursue him instead, there’s only one solution: a fake engagement between producer and baron. Living together in Buckford Hall’s romantic folly, confident Londoner Petey Boy might be up for a no-strings fling with the sexy baron—but bookish William is far from the rake the papers make him out to be. Soon, what started as a desperate lie begins to feel dangerously real. When news of their “engagement” leaks to the press and the consequences of their deceit spiral out of control, will their fake relationship survive the chaos long enough to become a reality?

What to expect:

~ Fake Engagement

~ Reality Show

~ Forced Proximity

~ Tabloid Scandal

8. My Kind of Guy by Sarina Bowen

Becker James is having a spectacularly bad season. Once a top draft pick, he’s now riding the bench in the minors, one failed save away from being cut. The highlight of his week? A lonely hour on a barstool at Sports balls, Denver’s queerest watering hole—and Forest, the bartender with flannel sleeves, a gruff voice, and a beard that stars in Beck’s dreams. Opportunity strikes when Forest’s LGBTQ hockey team—the Stickhandlers—loses their goalie last-minute. Beck makes Forest an offer: he’ll help them beat the most hated team in the beer league, but he wants something in return—one night together. Cue the record scratch, because Seth Forrester doesn’t do hook-ups. After his last one went horribly wrong, he swore off men for good. He’s definitely not falling for the awkward hottie who just stammered through an indecent proposal. But Beck is prepared to press his case, no matter how awkward it gets. And one beer league game turns into something messier, sweeter, and so much harder to walk away from…

What to expect:

~ Hockey Romance

~ Age Gap

~ Single Dad

~ Golden Retriever x Grump

9. Charmed and Dangerous by Shelly Page

Magic lingers in the cosy town of Fair Glen, Illinois, and it’s up to the agents at the Bureau of Mystical Affairs to keep it in check. Monroe Bennett, a junior recruit at the Bureau, is ready to ace her first tracking down the source of a rogue love charm. Protecting her charmed classmates, including the bureau director’s daughter Iris James, is top priority. But when Iris asks Monroe to fake date her to make her ex jealous, things get complicated. Monroe believes in duty, not romance. Yet the more time she spends with Iris, the harder it is to ignore the very real sparks flying between them. Can Monroe protect herself from love long enough to solve this case, or will her growing feelings get in the way?

What to expect:

~ Young Adult Romance

~ Opposite Attract

~ Fake Dating

~ Cosy Mystery