The Books We’re Most Looking Forward to in October 2025
We would love to hear which books you’re looking forward to in the coming weeks. Here are a few from our AAR reviewers. (You can see them all at Amazon here.) Are you excited about any of these? Let us know!
Releasing the week of 29th September
Just This Once by Garrett Leigh (October 2)
The Daughter of Shiloh by Terri J. Haynes (October 1)
When you Blush by Kristen Proby (October 2)
Releasing the week of 6th October 2025
A Merry Little Lie by Sarah Morgan (October 7)
Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber (October 7)
All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles (October 7)
Christmas Fling by Lindsay Kelk (October 9)
Christmas With a Chimera by Isabelle Taylor (October 7)
Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane (October 7)
Dealing With a Desperate Demon by Charlotte Stein (October 7)
Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd (October 7)
Keep This for Me by Jennifer Fawcett (October 7)
Mate by Ali Hazelwood (October 7)
Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal by Meghan Quinn (October 7)
My Rock Star Neighbor by Kathy Strobos (October 10)
Overdue by Stephanie Perkins (October 7)
Script Swap by Gregory Ashe (October 6)
Top Shelf by E.M Lindsey (October 14)
The Defender by Ana Huang (October 28)
Releasing the week of 13th October 2025
Any Girl But You by Dana Hawkins (October 16)
And Then There Was the One by Martha Waters (October 14)
King of Lies by H.L. Day (October 16)
Recipe for Trouble by Dylan Morrison (October 16)
Remain: A Supernatural Love Story by Nicholas Sparks, M. Night Shyamalan (October 14)
Revolve by Bai Khabra (October 14)
Sense and Suitability by Pepper Basham (October 14)
The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong (October 14)
The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan (October 14)
The Sword of Light by Heather Graham (October 14)
Releasing the week of 20th October 2025
A Ferry Merry Christmas by Debbie Macomber (October 21)
Big Nick Energy by Kristen Bailey (October 21)
Blind Date with a Werewolf by Patricia Briggs (October 21)
Good Spirits by B.K. Borison (October 21)
Huntsman by Naima Simone (October 21)
Secret Haven by Catherine Cowles (October 21)
The Demon and the Light by Axie Oh (October 21)
The Eight Heartbreaks of Hannukah by Jean Meltzer (October 21)
The Devil She Knows by Alexandra Bellefleur (October 21)
Releasing the week of 27nd October 2025
Anne of Avenue A by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding (October 28)
Breathe With Me by Becka Mack (October 28)
Cowboy, It’s Cold Outside by Maisey Yates (October 28)
It’s Not Me, It’s You by Jo Lovett (October 28)
Julia Song is Undateable by Susan Lee (October 28)
Never Over by Clare Gilmore (October 28)
Pickle Perfect by Ilana Long (October 28)
Some Kind of Famous by Ava Wilder (October 28)
The Best Christmas Choir Ever by Elizabeth Hrib (October 28)
The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow (October 28)
While it was Snowing by Julia London (October 28)
Witches of Dubious Origin by Jenn McKinlay (October 28)
You can see–and purchase them! – here.
Ms. Renfield and the Inheritance Trap by Annika Martin deserves a read.I don’t usually like books with vampires but I was snared by the humorous scheming and banter. An outdated vamp gets duped by his lack of knowledge of modern society. Who knew spreadsheets could be so much fun?
Annika Martin (aka Carolyn Crane) is always worth a read. I missed this one and will check it out!
No, there’s no one I’m looking forward to but the is this new author of Historical Romance that’s releasing a novella under the name Heather Varlow she says her inspirations are both Judith Ivory and Meredith Duran.
Mate by Ali Hazelwood, Daughter of Shiloh, Mhari McFarlane Cover Story – It feels like every month more great books come out than I can possibly read.
I’m reading Mate now! I’m also looking forward to The Defender by Huang.
I plan on listening to All of Us Murderers by KJC as soon as I finish up the book I’m listening to now. I’m still deciding about Just This Once by Garrett Leigh. It might be a little angsty for my tastes, but I did enjoy her rather angsty book, What Remains.
I’ll wait for some reviews for King of Lies by HL Day. I generally like Day’s books, but the post apocalyptic setting for this is quite different.
Nothing else on the list grabs me. It’s ok, though. I have some catching up to do!