Our top picks of the best romance reads for today.

They call him the devil.

When I crash-landed into him on my first day at Loyola Academy, I was sure that couldn’t be true.

He was the most gorgeous man I’d ever seen in real life.

Little did I know he was also the cruelest.

I went from starstruck to stunned the moment his cynical eyes cut through me.

I can’t tell you what it was that made him want to punish me. But from that day forward the brooding recluse of a man made it his goal to torment me.

I want to loathe him, and some days, I do.

But good or bad, nobody’s attention has ever tasted so sweet.

What do you do when you have a hate crush on your bully?

Worse yet, what do you do when he’s also your teacher?

? Heat Level 5

I left my badge behind and tried to forget.

When I took a job as bouncer at a biker club, I was just an ex-cop looking for a paycheck and a chance to beat up the drunks who start bar fights.
I never thought I’d be caught in a gang war.
Or that my boss’s little sister Connie would be so delicious, so hard to resist.
She’s a tough single mom, a feisty little thing who can take care of herself.
A rival gang makes a threat, and we all go on lock-down in the Twisted Souls compound while a gang war rages.
It’s my job to keep her safe.
Taking a bullet for her would be the easy part.
Letting her anywhere near my broken heart is way more dangerous.
From the first moment I tasted her lips, to our secret trysts inside the compound, where we could be caught at any second, I knew this wildcat of a woman had gotten to me.
Our blazing hot affair grinds to a halt when the enemy kidnaps Connie’s little girl.
I’ll do anything to save her, to bring her back home.
There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for Connie.
Even if it means telling her how I really feel…

If I can save her daughter… If I live through the night.

? Heat Level 5

NICOLAI
Bouncy under an unruly mop of hair, ‘dirty blonde’ I believe it is called, she bursts into the executive elevator. A pair of watery eyes, wet red lips and curves that set my mind on fire. A merger with her assets would be strictly against company policy. I should know, it’s my company. But we’re going to play by my rules now.

I haven’t given a thought to love in years but this feisty a young intern has changed all that. What’s on the table is going to be her. This young firecracker may be a data whizz but all I can think about is how her curves will yield under my firm hand.

LAUREL
He’s so big he takes my breath away. He’s so stern he makes me tremble. And he’s so off-limits that he really shouldn’t make me feel the way that I do. I definitely should not picturing him in any of the ways that I do.He’s older, and it turns out, he’s my new boss. In fact in this corporation, he’s everybody’s new boss. But when he commands me, the feeling I get is so strong I don’t know how I’ll be able to resist.

He’s too old! He’s too big! His demands are too outrageous! But when this ruthless Russian hunk feels how his little intern responds to his discipline, his cold heart melts and turns to pumping hot lava. No cheating, just a lot of warm love, and the endings are all guaranteed Happy Ever After.

? Heat Level 5

A trip over his knee didn’t solve everything, did it?

Hannah’s entire focus is the little hardware store she and her brother own together. When the father of one of her employees walks in, she feels her world shift. He’s older, stern, hot, demanding – what has she gotten herself into?

Derrick Hawk looks into the blue eyes of the little blonde and falls, hard. But she is young, just starting her life and business, while he is well established and has already raised a child. Does he want to start over again? How would they mesh their lives together? Could they?

? Heat Level 2

Adopted as an infant, Rowena Erikson has a nearly perfect life, with wonderful, loving parents and her sexy, dominant husband, Octavius, who adores her.

She’s always wondered about her biological family, but she never thought she’d actually meet them, until an extraordinary series of events reveals she has not just one, but two identical sisters.

She is a triplet!

But, her newfound family is nothing like she imagined. Each sister is struggling with her own heartache, and as Rowena has learned the hard way, perfect is only an illusion.

♨️ Heat Level 4

An identity stolen, a fortune gone, he’s the only person she can trust.

Brad
From the outside, I’ve got it all. Money, power, and a billion dollar company with my two best friends. Everything a man could want… except love.
I’ve spent years thinking Lena, my dream woman, works at Theta under false pretenses. Then she loses everything, and I learn how very wrong I could be.
The perfect woman has been under my nose for years, hiding in plain sight. It’s time for the games to end. Lena’s in my sights, and it’s time to make her mine.

Will Brad cast aside his assumptions, rise above society shenanigans, and survive the machinations of Lena’s vengeful Mother to find his one true love? This 8500 word, instalove, short romance is a standalone story with no cliffhanger.

July Hunt writes instalove, steamy, short romances with alpha heroes who always get their woman. Everybody gets their Happily Ever After.

♨️ Heat Level 4