2025 books
Items in this hypelist
December
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy - A Dark Romantic Comedy Series)
Brynne Weaver • 2023
Leather and Lark (Leather and Lark. Ruinous Love Trilogy 2) La Trilogía Del Amor Caótico 2
Brynne Weaver • 2025
Sin Bin
2025
Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.
The Wrath of the Fallen
Amber V. Nicole • 2025
October
Mate
Ali Hazelwood • 2025
Wild Side
Elsie Silver • 2025
<b>FROM THE</b> <b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLING AUTHOR*, ELSIE SILVER! SET IN THE SAME BELOVED UNIVERSE AS SMASH-HIT SERIES CHESTNUT SPRINGS: SMALL-TOWN, BIG CHARACTERS, FOUR ADDICTIVE LOVE STORIES . . .</b><br> <br> <b>MEET THE SINGLE DADS OF ROSE HILL.</b> <br> <br> 'Elsie Silver's writing is a true revelation!' <b>ALI HAZELWOOD</b><br> <b>'</b>This book contains a hero to die for' <b>TESSA BAILEY</b><br> <b><br> ----</b><br> <br> I'd always dreamed of my wedding day. But not like this. Not looking into the eyes of the man who betrayed me.<br> <br> But when my nephew's guardianship is contested, I decide I'll do whatever it takes to keep him in Rose Hill. Even if it means marrying the enemy.<br> <br> Rhys Dupris.<br> <br> A man who is secretive, broody, and completely infuriating. A man whose work takes him away for weeks on end and brings him back covered in mysterious bruises-ones he won't talk about. In fact, we barely talk at all.<br> <br> Which would be fine, except when he's not talking, he's staring. And the way he looks at me is borderline indecent.<br> <br> The tension between us has always been palpable. But living under the same roof is a dangerous temptation.<br> <br> I swore I would never forgive him. But that was before I knew the man behind the mask. The one who's fierce and protective. The one who's gentle and patient. The one who shows up for us when we need him most.<br> <br> He's not at all who I thought he was.<br> <br> And that makes hating my husband so much harder... and loving him just a little too easy.<br> <br> <b>Readers can't get enough of the Rose Hill series <i>. . .</i></b> <br> <br> '<b>Billionaire</b> romance but make it <b>rustic</b> . . . Elsie Silver just hits the mark every time'<br> ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br> <br> 'Hands-down my <b>favorite</b> book Elsie has written. <b>HIGHLY recommend</b>'<br> ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br> <br> 'Did I <b>devour</b> this in a single day? You bet I did!'<br> ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br> <br> 'Elsie Silver is the <b>queen</b> of <b>small-town</b> romances'<br> ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br> <br> 'The <b>banter</b>. The <b>tension</b>. The relationship between Ford & Rosie. The character development. <b>Wow</b>'<br> ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br> <br> 'I was <b>hooked</b> from the first chapter'<br> ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br> <br> *<i>Wild Love</i> was an instant <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller in the second week of April 2024. <i>Wild Eyes</i> was an instant <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller in the second week of September 2024.
Wild Eyes (Rose Hill, 2)
Elsie Silver • 2024
September
The Primal of Blood and Bone: A Blood and Ash Novel (6)
Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2025
August
City of Gods and Monsters (House of Devils Book 1)
Kayla Edwards • 2022
Wild Love (Rose Hill, 1)
Elsie Silver • 2024
Finn Rhodes Forever
Stephanie Archer • 2024
In Your Dreams, Holden Rhodes (The Queen's Cove Series)
Stephanie Archer • 2022
The Wrong Mr. Right (The Queen's Cove Series)
Stephanie Archer • 2022
July
Hat trick
Chelsea curto ▪︎ 2025
Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.
Gloves off
Stephanie Archer ▪︎ 2025
June
Problematic Summer Romance
Ali Hazelwood • 2025
The deal
Elle Kenedy ▪︎ 2015
Play with Me: A Playing for Keeps Hockey Romance (Playing for Keeps, 2)
Becka Mack • 2024
The Lies we Steal (The Hollow Boys)
Monty Jay • 2021
May
The Fake Out (Vancouver Storm)
Stephanie Archer • 2023
The Wingman
Stephanie Archer • 2024
Mile High (Windy City Series Book 1)
Liz Tomforde • 2022
Face Off: A Spicy Rivals to Lovers Hockey Romance (D.C. Stars)
Chelsea Curto • 2024
Slap Shot (D.C. Stars)
Chelsea Curto • 2025
Power Play: A Grumpy Sunshine Marriage of Convenience Romance (D.C. Stars)
Chelsea Curto • 2024
April
The Dawn of the Cursed Queen (Gods & Monsters)
Amber V. Nicole • 2023
March
The Throne of Broken Gods (Gods & Monsters)
Amber V. Nicole • 2023
Fall with Me: A Playing for Keeps Hockey Romance (Playing for Keeps, 4)
Becka Mack • 2024
From bestselling author and TikTok sensation Becka Mack comes the next book in her sizzling hockey romance series about a playboy defenseman and the team photographer who reforms him.<br/><br/>The fourth book in the globally popular Playing for Keeps series that New York Times bestselling author Hannah Grace calls “endlessly sexy and funny.”<br/><br/>It was supposed to be a one-night stand. But what if they can’t leave it in the past?<br/><br/>Jaxon Riley is exceptional at three things: starting fights on the ice, picking up women post-game, and going home to fulfill his role as the world’s best cat dad. Relationships, unfortunately, missed the list.<br/><br/>Lennon Hayes is supposed to be on her honeymoon. Instead, she’s alone and single, vacationing next door to a surly tattooed man who ran his date off the resort. When a run-in at the bar results in a night of bickering and cocktails, she finds herself tumbling into bed with the enemy next door, then sneaking out before the sun comes up.<br/><br/>Lennon’s plan to start over in a new city is going great, until she starts her new job. The job? The Vancouver Vipers’ new photographer. And the defenseman scowling at her from across the room? The one-night stand she wasn’t supposed to see again. Good thing neither of them are looking for anything serious… right?<br/><br/>Jaxon may not be used to falling, but if he’s going to go, he refuses to go alone. If he falls, he wants Lennon to fall with him.
Unravel Me: A Playing for Keeps Hockey Romance (Playing for Keeps, 3)
Becka Mack • 2024
In the sizzling hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, the star goalie discovers the family he’s always wanted when he falls in love with a single mother.<br/><br/>“Mack proves it is in fact always the quiet ones. Another deliciously sexy and honest story of friendship, family, and falling in love.” ―Hannah Grace, New York Times bestselling author of Wildfire and Icebreaker<br/><br/>The third book in the globally popular Playing for Keeps series.<br/><br/>Can he leave the past behind to forge the future he’s always wanted?<br/><br/>When it comes to dating, Adam Lockwood wouldn’t know luck if it hit him in the face. After a failed relationship and a string of dates gone wrong, the thought of being vulnerable with someone is terrifying―most women only see his fame. But when his dog runs into Rosie Wells, a beautiful woman with a blush as pink as her hair, she doesn’t seem to have a clue who he is, and Adam seizes the opportunity as a chance to finally be himself.<br/><br/>Rosie has her hands full as a single mother and fourth-year veterinary student, and she certainly wouldn’t know a hockey player if she ran into one. She doesn’t have time to date, and she’s fiercely protective of her little family. But when a chance encounter leads her to Adam, she knows it’s worth risking her heart.<br/><br/>The only problem? Adam is used to wearing a mask―he’s a goalie, after all. And as he holds onto a secret that threatens to unravel him and destroy his new family, they’re both at risk of losing more than ever before.<br/><br/>Unravel Me contains emotional references to the past death of parents and its surrounding grief, as well as brief discussions of foster care, depictions of child neglect (not by the main character), and the death of an animal (minimal descriptions and as it pertains to the FMC’s training as a veterinarian student; not main character’s pet). If you are sensitive to these subjects, please use this information to make an informed decision about whether to proceed with this story.
Consider Me: A Playing for Keeps Hockey Romance (Playing for Keeps, 1)
Becka Mack • 2024
In the sizzling hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, the ultimate player turns romantic to charm the woman he is desperate to win over.<br/><br/>“Endlessly sexy and funny. Consider Me will have you fanning yourself and googling your closest hockey team hangout.” ―Hannah Grace, New York Times bestselling author of Wildfire and Icebreaker<br/><br/>The first book in the globally popular Playing for Keeps series.<br/><br/>For a shot at love, he’ll do whatever it takes…<br/><br/>Carter Beckett is the NHL’s best player―both on and off the ice. His career is at its peak, his friends are performing better than ever, and there’s no shortage of women to spend the night with. What more could he want?<br/><br/>Olivia Parker isn’t new to professional hockey players, thanks to her best friend’s boyfriend, but she has no interest in dating one herself―no matter how hot he is. And anyway, she loves working as a teacher and hanging out with her best friend, drama-free. Why would she want to spend her time stroking the ego of an arrogant athlete?<br/><br/>But once Carter meets Olivia, he can’t think of anything else. Too bad for him, Olivia is hellbent on keeping him at arm’s length, with no intention of giving into his charms. Perhaps it’s time for Carter to up his game…after all, nobody said he had to play fair.<br/><br/>Sparks will fly as Carter does whatever it takes for Olivia to consider him.
February
Lights Out: A Dark Stalker Rom-Com
Navessa Allen • 2024
Deep End
Ali Hazelwood • 2025
January
Heartless (Chestnut Springs, 2)
Elsie Silver • 2023
Working as a nanny for the world's grumpiest single dad should be simple…except she can't keep her eyes off him. And he can't keep his hands off her.<br/>Cade Eaton is thirteen years older than Willa Grant, and he barely looks her way, even though she's living in his house for the summer. That is, until she gets him into the hot tub one night for a game of truth or dare. Then, all bets are off―and so are their clothes.<br/>Cade is gruff, a little rough around the edges, but broad-shouldered ranchers with calloused hands and filthy mouths are this city girl's kryptonite. So who is she to resist?<br/>But it's in their quietest moments together that he softens. It's in the unexpected way he takes care of Willa that she realizes his hardened exterior is just a façade. And it's when she watches him go all sweet with his little boy that she starts to fall for him, whatever the consequences.<br/>Someone once convinced Cade that his best wasn't good enough. But Willa has never felt more cherished than she does in his arms.<br/>Her contract says this arrangement is only for two months.<br/>But her heart says this is forever.
Flawless
Elsie Silver • 2023
The rules were simple: keep his hands off his agent's daughter and stay out of trouble.<br/>But now he's stuck with her. There's only one bed. And well, rules are made to be broken.<br/>Rhett Eaton is the face of professional bull riding. The golden boy. Or at least he was until it all blew up in his face after a public brawl. Now his agent says he has to clean up his image, and sticks Rhett with his ball-busting daughter for the rest of the season as "full-time supervision."<br/>But Rhett doesn't need a goddamn babysitter―especially one with skin-tight jeans, a sexy smirk, and a mouth she can't stop running.<br/>A mouth he can't stop thinking about.<br/>And he quickly learns that Summer Hamilton isn't just another conquest. She sees the man behind the mask, and she doesn't run―she pulls him closer, even when she shouldn't.<br/>She says this means nothing.<br/>Rhett says this means everything.<br/>She says there are boundaries they shouldn't cross. That Rhett's reputation can't take any more hits…and neither can her damaged heart.<br/>Rhett says he's going to steal it anyway.
The Anaconda Downstairs (The Cocky Kingmans)
Amy Award • 2024
The Wiener Across the Way (The Cocky Kingmans)
Amy Award • 2024
What happens when the sunshiny pop princess and the grumpy football player discover there's more to their fake romance than inspiration for a new love song?<br/>Kelsey Best is America's pop sweetheart and anyone who says they don't like her music is a liar and needs to be punched in the nads. And I'll do it too, because I'm the guy the NFL dubbed the meanest player in the league. Great for my career on the field, not so much for my reputation off it.<br/>So I'm shocked as hell when Kelsey's team sends my agent a wild idea – they want a showmance between us. She's looking to dodge the media frenzy after her breakup with Hollywood's latest heartthrob, and I apparently fit the bill as her perfect distraction. My agent is convinced this fake dating stunt is the key to fixing my image. The whole world is going to hate me when we fake break up. And what happens when I fall for her? She's going to create a blank space in my heart, and I don't think I'm going to be able to shake it off.<br/>This plus-size curvy girl romance has a burnt cinnamon roll hero with a mean protective streak and a baddie plus-size pop star who is on the verge of burn out. But a Bridgertons-meets-American-Football family you'll wish you were a part of will make sure they get their happy ever after.
The C*ck Down the Block (The Cocky Kingmans)
Amy Award • 2023
Always the nerdy girl, never the girlfriend~<br/>Until her cocky best friend and his *ahem* rooster take charge.<br/>Look, I've had it bad for the girl with all the curves next door forever. She turned me down in high school and since I'm not a total douchecanoe, I lusted after her all by myself in my shower, and we stayed just friends for years.<br/>Now she's the adorkable librarian next door and I'm the star quarterback of the best pro football team in the league.<br/>So when she asks me to be her fake date to her all-girls school reunion I am totally down to show her off to the mean girls who bullied her back then so they can see just how incredible she is.<br/>I'll be the best boyfriend they've ever seen. The best fake boyfriend that is.<br/>Until I find out from her slightly-stalkery classmates that she still has her v-card. I don't see how that is even possible. Not with how sexy and sweet she is. Could it be because she knows she belongs with me?<br/>This curvy girl and football quarterback sports romance has a baddie plus-size woman who knows her own worth and a Bridgertons-meets-American-Football family you'll wish you were a part of.
The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air Book 3)
Holly Black • 2019
<b>A powerful curse forces the exiled Queen of Faerie to choose between ambition and humanity in this highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy from a #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author.</b><br><br><i>He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne</i><br><br>Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power.<br><br>Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan's betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her twin sister, Taryn, whose life is in peril.<br><br>Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict's bloody politics.<br><br>And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity . . .<br>
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air Book 2)
Holly Black • 2019
<b>The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling novel <i>The Cruel Prince.</i></b><br><i>You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.</i><i><br></i><i>The first lesson is to make yourself strong.</i><i><br></i>After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.<br>When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air Book 1)
Holly Black • 2018
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.
To read
People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry • 2021
<b>From the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Funny Story </i>comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations.</b><br><b><br></b><i>Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.<br></i><br>Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together. <br><br>Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven't spoken since. <br><br>Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees. <br><br>Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?
