S07.29: Spring 2025 New Releases: Teasing Your TBR

It's our quarterly discoverabilibuddy episode! Get your TBR piles structurally sound and exercise that preorder clicking finger, because here are nearly 50 books coming out in the next three months that we're excited to read! Eric said next time we have to split it into two if we're going to keep talking about what's coming for hours... In the meantime, we're ungovernable! Tell us about the books you're waiting for...and if you're a romance novelist and have a book coming this year, please head over and fill out our handy Google form to let us know!

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Our next read along is Rachel Reid's Heated Rivalry, which you can get in print, ebook, audiobook or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited. Find it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books.

The Books

MARCH

• Witch of Wall Street by MJ Etkind
• A Wager at Midnight by Vanessa Riley
• Lush by Tinia Montford

APRIL 

• Royal Bride Demand by LaQuette
• Wyoming Double Jeopardy by Juno Rushdan
• Any Trope but You by Victoria Lavine
• Whisk Me Away by Georgia Beers
• Playing for Keeps by Lainey Davis
• The Nanny is Off Limits by QB Tyler
• Marriage Bargain with the Comte by Parker J. Cole 
• A Lady’s Guide to London by Faye Delecour
• The Duke and the Widow by Christina Diane
• Naked in Naknek by Lolu Sinclair
• Fly by Night by Kelly Cain
• The Matchmaker by Aisha Saeed
• Anywhere You Go by Bridget Morrissey
• Once Upon You & Me by Timothy Janovsky
• Gold Coast Dilemma by Nana Malone
• The Last Guy You Kiss by Carla de Guzman

MAY

• Left of Forever by Tarah deWitt
• Time Loops & Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau
• The Singular Life of Aria Patel By Samira Ahmed
• Bad Publicity by Bianca Gillam
• A Showgirl’s Rules for Falling in Love by Alice Murphy
• Love in Focus by Lyla Lee
• A Simple Twist of Fate by April Asher
• His Dark Vendetta by Katelyn Brehm
• Digging Dr. Jones by Olivia Jackson
• All Superheroes Need PR by Elizabeth Stephens
• The Romance Rivalry by Susan Lee
• Slipstream by Madge Maril
• Katheryn by SM LaViolette
• Along Came Amor by Alexis Daria
• Hunted through Italy by Delaney Diamond
• Marked by Moonlight by Sophie Jordan

JUNE

• Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto
• Empire of Seduction by Milla Finelli 
• Never been Shipped by Alicia Thompson
• Writing Mr. Right by Alina Khawaja
• Party of Three by C. Travis Rice
• Plus Sized Player by Danielle Allen
• When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa
• Cruel Summer by Maisy Yates
• A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell
• Gloves Off by Stephanie Archer
• Savannah Royals by Lindsey Barrett
• He’s to Die For by Erin Dunn
• Sounds like Love By Ashely Poston
• Writing Mr. Wrong by Kelley Armstrong

Bits and Pieces

• We’ve collected our 76 (and counting!) deep dives at fatedmates.net/bookclub, making it a fine place to discover your next great romance read.
• And if you’re the type of person who’s always believed you deserve a medal for your reading prowess, you can visit our friends at Pagebound.co, where you can join our Fated Mates Book Club Challenge.
• Don’t forget to tell us what you think of us in via our annual survey. We’re dying to know what you think.
• The Arc browser is almost a religion for Eric, but you should feel comforted by the fact that a normie like Sarah likes, too.
• We love these great indie bookstores: Montgomery & Taggert (in our new favorite small town, Chester CT) and Heartleaf Books in Providence, RI.
• Nearly all of these titles are available at Bookshop.org. We created a collection to make it easy for you.
• We shared the full list at Pagebound, as well.

Sponsors

• Lotte James, author of A Governess to Redeem Him, available in print, ebook, audio, from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books.
• Avon Books, publishers of Annie McQuaid's Crash Landing, available in print, ebook, audio, from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books.
• Stephanie Rose, author of Just One Favor, available in print, ebook, audio, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited.

The Rest

• For even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fated Mates has to offer, visit: https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2025/3/30/0729-spring-2025-new-releases
• If you wish you had six more days in a week of people talking about romance, may we suggest joining our Patreon? Aside from an additional episode every month you get access to our Discord, where other romance readers are talking about books they love (and many other things!) all the time. It’s so fun! Learn more about the Patreon and go join those cool people who love romance as much as you do at patreon.com/fatedmates.
• Beyond your favorite podcast app, you can find us on Instagram, Threads, Blue Sky, Tumblr, and probably some other places, too, if you look hard enough.
• If you've never listened to our Stop Book Banning episode, there's no better time than now.