February Releases! What are you excited about?
Every month we pull together what’s out each month–here’s February’s! What books are you looking forward to this month? Have you read any of these yet? If so, what did you think?
Here are a few our reviewers have noted:
Releasing the week of 3rd Feb 2025
A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera (February 4)
Aged to Perfection by Niloufar Lamakan (February 3)
Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb February 4)
Come Fly With Me by Camille Di Maio (February 4)
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood (February 4)
Dream Girl Drama by Tessa Bailey (February 4)
Misdirected by Lucy Parker (February 4) audiobook only
My Dark Prince by Parker S. Huntington, L.J. Shen (February 7)
Never Gamble Your Heart by Lindsay Lovise (February 4)
Smooth Sailing by Kristen Ashley (February 4)
Textbook Defense by Ashlyn Kane and Morgan James (February 4)
The Confessions of a Lady by Darcy McGuire (February 9)
The Crime Brûlée Bake Off by Rebecca Connolly (February 4)
The Love Lyric by Kristina Forest (February 4)
The Paris Bookshop for the Broken Hearted by Rebecca Raisin (February 3)
The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith (February 4)
There’s Something About Mira by Sonali Dev (February 4)
Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray (February 4)
Releasing the week of 10th Feb 2025
By the Book by Gregory Ashe (February 10)
Can’t Help Faking in Love by Swati Hedge (February 11)
Celebrity Crush by Christy Swift (February 11)
Change of Heart by Falon Ballard (February 11)
City Without End by Kelly Jensen (February 12)
First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison (February 11)
Just Forever by Briar Prescott (February 13)
Scythe & Sparrow by Brynne Weaver (February 11)
Something Like Fate by Amy Lea (February 11)
The Launch Date by Annabelle Slator (February 11)
The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall by Ann J. Thomas (February 11)
The Perfect Rom-Com by Melissa Ferguson (February 11)
This Violent Heart by Heather Levy (February 11)
Releasing the week of 17th Feb 2025
10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love by Emmy Sanders (February 20)
Between the Lines by Katie Naymon (February 18)
Escape to the French Riviera by Helga Jensen (February 20)
I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberley Lemming (February 18)
Never Planned on You by Lindsay Hameroff (February 18)
The First Girl by Claire McGowan (February 18)
The Fox and the Falcon by Piper CJ (February 18)
The Girl Most Likely To by Julie Tieu (February 18)
The Last Guy on Earth by Sarina Bowen (February 18)
The Pucking Proposal by Lauren Landish (February 18)
To Sicily with Love by Jennifer Probst (February 18)
When We Burn by Kristen Proby (February 20)
Releasing the week of 24th Feb 2025
A Slash of Emerald by Patrice McDonough (February 25)
Best Friends for Never by Teagan Hunter (February 25)
Big Name Fan by Ruthie Knox, Annie Mare (February 25)
Book Boyfriend by Emily Wibberley; Austin Siegemund-Broka (February 25)
Fated Winds and Promising Seas by Rose Black
His Enemy’s Surrender by Sharon Kendrick (February 25)
Hostage Security by Lisa Childs (February 25)
I Died for Beauty by Amanda Flower (February 25)
Love and Other Hollywood Endings by Susannah Erwin (February 27)
Rustler Mountain by Maisey Yates (February 25)
Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld (February 25)
The Charlie Method by Elle Kennedy (February 25)
The Devil’s Charm by Megan Frampton (February 25)
The Duchess Charade by Emily E. K. Murdoch (February 25)
The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor (February 25)
The Unexpected Family Man by Alexis Morgan (February 25)
What Happens at the Beach by Rachael Stewart (February 25)
While the Duke Was Sleeping by Samara Parish (February 25)
I am very interested to see if The Fox and the Falcon is as good as The Deer and the Dragon which I loved.
Lily Morton’s Paper Roses (Confetti Hitched #3), was released yesterday. I wasn’t crazy about book 1, Confetti Hearts, but I thought Something Borrowed was a nice read. I’ll be reading this one, although I may wait until the audiobook with Joel Leslie at the helm is released.
I haven’t yet read the first book in Kelly Jensen’s To See the Sun series, but it’s on my TBR list.
Most of the m/m books listed here are by authors I’ve read in the past and enjoyed. The Jensen series feels like the most original one. I enjoy hockey romances, but the market feels flooded and it’s really difficult for books to stand out, even when they’re well written.
My review of the Jensen will run this week – of you’re looking for something a bit different, bump To See the Sun up the TBR.
I wrote my review of the Prescott over the weekend – I honestly don’t think you’ll need to re-read book 1.
I plan on reviewing the Bowen in audio – Teddy Hamilton & J.F Harding are narrating (squee!)
Thanks! Good to know about the Prescott I need to catch up on Bowen’s Hockey Guys. I have the fist one on audio, so I’ll listen soon. You’re right- great narration team!
I have the Jensen on pre- order – I loved to See the Sun!
I plan to read Paper Roses too (already bought). This series hasn’t been my favorite by Lily Morton but Confetti Hearts actually grew on me in re-reading and I liked Something Borrowed. I think Paper Roses has the potential to be my favorite of the 3 (based on tropes).
Good to know. I think Confetti Hearts may be out on audio, so I could revisit it that way.
Have read some of these for the site!
I look forward to seeing your reviews! I just started listening to Lucy Parker’s new one, Misdirected and it reminds me of the London Celebrities series (which I loved).
TEXTBOOK DEFENSE by Ashlyn Kane & Morgan James (February 4) is the next book in their Hockey Ever After series of m/m hockey romances. In this outing, a professional hockey player hires an unemployed children’s librarian to be the manny for his young daughter. A fake relationship ensues. (I’ve already grabbed this from KU, but haven’t started it yet. I’m wondering—in light of the recent Neil Gaiman revelations—which were awful—how much of a stomach romance readers will continue to have for nanny- (or, in this case, manny-) employer relationships.)
PLAYING FOR KEEPS (February 15) wraps up Eve Dangerfield’s Playing for Love series with an anthology of short stories checking in with the MCs of the previous books and their post-HEA lives. This being Eve Dangerfield, I’m anticipating each story to be full of her trademark humor, heart, and heat.
LAST GUY ON EARTH (February 18–apparently moved up from a planned March release) by Sarina Bowen is a second-chance romance between hockey players who had a secret relationship 15 years before and now find themselves playing on the same team.
C.M. Nascosta finally brings her Girls Weekend series to an end with REUNIONS (February 19). Three female elves and their orc boyfriends must tie up the various strings of their relationships as one couple gets married, one couple considers their future together, and the other couple have to grapple with a menace from the past.
Willow Dixon’s IN PLAIN SIGHT (February 20) is the third book in her Legacy Mechanics series featuring the Millennial & Gen Z employees of the title business. In this book, two co-workers start texting/sexting each other on an app, each unaware of the identity of the other.
Briar Prescott’s JUST FOREVER (February 20) is a sequel to last year’s JUST A TASTE. The MCs from that book are now married, but apparently they’ve been keeping things secret because of one of them is a professional athlete.
Megan Crane’s THE COWBOY’S SECRET BABIES (February 25) is the next in her Careys of Cowboy Points series of contemporary cowboy romances. The title pretty much sets up the story: a man returns to his home town to discover that a long-ago hook-up resulted in twins. Crane (aka, Caitlin Crews) is the queen of angsty heartache, so I’m expecting plenty of it in this book
I’m enjoying the Hockey Ever After series, but I may wait for them on audio. The first two are anrrated by Nick J. Russo, so the series is in good hands.
I still haven’t started Sarina Bowen’s Hockey Guys series, even though I have the first one on audio. There are just so many m/m hockey series right now that I have to space them out or get completely confused about which series I’m actually reading/listening to!
I realized that even though I gave Just a Taste a good grade, I can’t remember anything about the book. I’m wondering whther I’ll keep going with the series. I’ve loved Prescott’s books, but I think I’d have to reread the first one in order to enjoy this one.
One of the criteria I use for my end of the year lists is whether I can still remember something about the book at the end of the year! Some books get a high grade but then I can’t remember anything about them months later, so they aren’t memorable enough for a list.
That makes sense! I do think there is a difference between an enjoyable experience while reading a book and a book that stays with you. Both may be worth high grades because the “in the moment” enjoyment is a major reason I read. But the books on my end-of-year list are the ones that are unique or stand out in some way.
I love the Hockey Ever After series and Sarina Bowen’s Brooklyn Bruisers series, both the M/F and M/M pairings, so I’m looking forward to Textbook Defense and Last Guy on Earth.
As for Just Forever, despite my love for Briar Prescott, I actually never got around to reading Just a Taste. I was so excited to find out about Just Forever as now I will just read them back-to-back like one long book!