July’s Hottest Upcoming Romance Releases
From addictive mafia tension to small-town steam, July is serving up a sizzling selection of romance reads you won’t want to miss. Whether you're after an age-gap power play, angsty forbidden love, or heart-pounding romantic suspense, this month’s releases are filled with emotion, heat, and unforgettable characters. Add these to your TBR now—your winter nights just got hotter.
Beg For Me by J.T. Geissinger
Expected Publication: July 1, 2025
Book 3 in the Morally Gray Series
A forbidden age-gap romance packed with obsession, angst, and steam.
Sophia has every reason to stay away from Carter—he’s her business rival, fifteen years younger, and exactly the kind of man who breaks hearts. But Carter has never been one to follow rules, and he’s made it clear he won’t stop until Sophia is his. What was supposed to be a one-time mistake turns into an all-consuming fire neither of them can walk away from.
Beg For Me is a standalone age-gap romance with a possessive hero, sizzling chemistry, and no shortage of emotional tension.
Crazy Love by Willow Aster
Expected Publication: July 10, 2025
Book 5 in the Single Dad Playbook Series
A steamy marriage of convenience meets small-town sports romance with a protective single dad at its heart.
When a chance encounter in the Bahamas reunites with real life, Penn Hudson—star running back and notorious playboy—discovers the woman he couldn’t forget is now his new coworker. And she’s the only person who can help him adopt the boy he’s always protected.
With an offer to play the perfect wife, what starts as a fake marriage turns into something neither of them expected. But with public pressure, private feelings, and the risk of heartbreak on the line, this once-in-a-lifetime love might cost everything.
Crazy Love is a sizzling small-town, marriage of convenience, single dad sports romance that will sweep you off your feet.
Atone by Eva Simmons
Expected Publication: July 11, 2025
Book 3 in the Sigma Sin Series
A chilling, obsessive, and explosively dark romance that will leave you breathless.
Alex Lancaster isn’t your average monster, he’s a myth cloaked in beauty and brutality. Once locked away in a psychiatric ward, he’s now back in the shadows, manipulating the world around Everly in ways she never imagined. Their shared trauma, rooted in a fraternity’s deadly legacy, binds them in twisted intimacy.
As secrets unravel and lies consume the truth, Atone dives deep into obsession, vengeance, and two morally broken souls who may destroy everything, including each other, before they find peace.
If you’ve read Saint and Eternal, you won’t want to miss this third installment. Brace yourself for a dark descent into a romance where redemption is not promised.
Time of Your Life by Jessa Hastings
Expected Publication: July 15, 2025
1990s fame, passion, and heartbreak collide in this devastating love story.
When world-famous rockstar Joah meets It-girl Ysolde, it’s immediate, reckless, and too intense to survive. Their connection is electric—but with two careers in the spotlight and emotional wounds that run deep, love turns toxic, obsessive, and ultimately destructive.
Time of Your Life is a raw, poetic, and unforgettable romance about fame, identity, and the kind of love that leaves scars.
Watch Your Back by Tate James
Expected Publication: July 15, 2025
Book 2 in the Devil's Backbone Series
The stakes are higher. The secrets run deeper. And survival? It’s no longer guaranteed.
The Devil’s Backbone Society isn’t just a secret organization—it’s a game of power, manipulation, and bloodshed. After paying the price in pain and loss, the fight is far from over. As danger closes in and betrayal lurks behind every corner, protecting the ones you love becomes a war in itself.
But in this deadly game of shadows, watching your back might not be enough.
Packed with dark twists, addictive tension, and a heroine fighting for her heart and her life, Watch Your Back is a steamy, high-stakes reverse harem romance you won’t be able to put down.
Ignite by Luna Mason
Expected Publication: July 18, 2025
Book 2 in the Beneath the Blaze Series
An Irish mafia enforcer. A thrill-seeking nurse. A love that could save them—or destroy them.
Conan Quinn is used to solving problems with violence. In the cage or the shadows of the Decadence gates, he's a monster—until Hallie crashes into his world. One night with her changes everything. But when his past catches up and secrets explode, Hallie’s left questioning the man she thought she knew.
Torn between the man she loves and the monster he tries to keep hidden, Hallie must decide if risking everything is worth chasing a second chance.
Dark, gritty, and sizzling with tension, Ignite is a steamy, high-stakes Irish mafia romance that explores love, redemption, and the fine line between loyalty and betrayal.
Chasing Shelter by Catherine Cowles
Expected Publication: July 22, 2025
Book 5 in the Sparrow Falls Series
Romantic suspense meets small-town charm in this broody, protective single dad romance.
She’s hiding a dark past. He’s carrying wounds of his own. When fate brings them together as neighbors in Sparrow Falls, sparks fly and secrets unravel. But as danger creeps closer, their growing bond might be the only thing that can save them, or tear them apart.
With high stakes, heartfelt moments, and sizzling tension, Chasing Shelter is a small-town, neighbors-to-lovers romance you won’t want to miss.
One Night Seduction by Katelyn Taylor
Expected Publication: July 22, 2025
Book 1 in the ONS Series
A masked night of pleasure turns into an unforgettable obsession.
For one wild night, she stepped into a secret sex club with zero expectations, and walked out forever changed. What was meant to be a no-strings, anonymous experience with a mysterious Dom quickly becomes so much more.
Because when the masks come off, she realizes her Dom isn’t just anyone, he’s her ex-stepfather.
Now that he’s had a taste, he refuses to walk away. And resisting him? That might be the most dangerous game of all.
One Night Seduction is the provocative first book in the ONS series, blending taboo tension, dominant obsession, and addictive heat.
The Sun & Her Burn by Giana Darling
Expected Publication: July 23, 2025
Book 2 in The Impossible Universe Trilogy
A decade-old scandal. A marriage of convenience. A forbidden love caught in the heat of Hollywood’s spotlight.
In the highly anticipated follow-up to The Moon & His Tides, The Sun & Her Burn follows a celebrated screenwriter who finds himself back in the orbit of Adam Meyers, the world’s most famous actor and his former flame, when a tabloid threatens to expose everything. With Adam’s ex-wife remarried, a new player enters the scene: Linnea Kai, who’s equally desperate for a lifeline.
A fake marriage is meant to save their reputations, but no one expects real feelings to ignite between all three. Fame, secrets, and desire collide in this deeply emotional MMF romance full of heat, heartbreak, and redemption.
The Sun & Her Burn is book two in The Impossible Universe Trilogy and must be read after The Moon & His Tides.
Precious Hazard by Neva Altaj
Expected Publication: July 31, 2025
Book 11 in the Perfectly Imperfect Series
A forced marriage. A mafia legacy. A love neither expected.
Tara wants nothing to do with Arturo DeVille, the arrogant mafia heir she’s forced to marry. But Arturo isn’t the cold-blooded tyrant she imagined—he’s worse: intense, dangerous, and far too tempting. As their arranged marriage spirals into something much deeper, they’ll both have to decide if love can survive their pride, pasts, and everything in between.
Precious Hazard is an explosive arranged marriage mafia romance full of angst, fiery chemistry, and a guaranteed HEA.
Mountain Daddy by S.J. Tilly
Expected Publication: July 31, 2025
Book 2 in the Mountain Men Series
One night of passion turns into the most complicated situation imaginable.
Kendra wasn’t expecting to fall for the sexy older man at the motel bar. Luther definitely wasn’t expecting his best friend’s daughter. But when fate throws them back together, they can’t deny the pull—even if everything about their relationship is wrong.
Mountain Daddy is a forbidden, spicy, and surprisingly sweet small-town romance that explores age gaps, found family, and the messiest kinds of love.
Once Upon a Demon’s Heart by K.M. Moronova
Expected Publication: July 31, 2025
Standalone Romantasy
Details are still under wraps, but this upcoming romantasy promises a heart-pounding blend of fantasy, romance, and dark magic.
With K.M. Moronova’s signature world-building and love for misunderstood villains, Once Upon a Demon’s Heart is set to deliver an unforgettable fantasy romance filled with danger, desire, and rich emotional stakes. Fans of dark fantasy and morally complex love stories, add this to your TBR now.
Dance of Devils by Jagger Cole
Expected Publication: July 31, 2025
Book 4 in the Darkest Dance Series
A dark king. A broken ballerina. One deadly, all-consuming obsession.
Kir Nikolayev rules New York’s underworld with cold brutality and lethal control. Twenty years her senior, he's the last man she should crave. But after he saves her life in a storm of blood and violence, he decides she belongs to him.
She’s hiding in the shadows, dancing for dollars, living in her car, running from her past. He’s power, possession, and protection all wrapped in one dangerous package.
And when the devil claims his dancer, he doesn’t let go.
Dance of Devils is a scorching standalone in the Darkest Dance series featuring a strong heroine, an over-the-top alpha antihero, and a story packed with obsession, danger, and undeniable heat.
Which July romance release are you adding to your TBR first? From steamy small-town drama to irresistible age-gap tension, this month is overflowing with unforgettable reads. Whether you’re in the mood for suspense, slow burns, or all-consuming passion, these stories promise to deliver all the feels.
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