June is bringing the heat (and the carnage), and headlining the month is Rina Kent’s Tempting Venom on 30 June, her highly anticipated MM dark hockey rivals-to-lovers and the next chapter in a series that has completely taken over our shelves. Beyond that, the month is stacked Below are the romance books releasing this month, listed in publication order, so you can plan your TBR with ease.
Road Trip by Mary Kay Andrews
Expected publication: 2 June 2026
Series: Standalone
Estranged sisters Maeve and Therese Dunigan are polar opposites, one a steadfast rule-follower and the other a defiant rebel, forced back together by their mother’s death and a shared, high-stakes inheritance. At the centre of their reunion is a mysterious portrait of an Anglo-Irish aristocrat that could be worth millions, provided they can prove it isn’t a forgery. To uncover the truth, the sisters embark on an atmospheric road trip from Savannah, Georgia, to the winding lanes of Ireland, digging into their ancestral roots to solve a generations-old crime. Amidst the charm of local pubs and the distraction of charismatic Irishmen, Maeve and Therese must navigate simmering tensions and ancient family secrets, testing whether they can solve the mystery, and survive each other, before the journey ends. A summary, mystery-laced sister bonding romance perfect for the start of beach-read season.
Harvest Season (The Seasons of Carnage #2) by Brynne Weaver
Expected publication: 9 June 2026
Series: The Seasons of Carnage #2
The follow-up to TikTok sensation Tourist Season is here, and it’s even darker. In Cape Carnage, secrets are the only thing that grow faster than the body count, and Nolan Rhodes is finding that every truth he unearths only seeds a new lie. As a horde of true-crime fanatics descends on the town demanding answers, Nolan is forced into the grim masquerade of leading a search party for victims he knows are already dead. While he struggles to keep the town from sliding into anarchy, Harper Starling’s carefully buried past begins to splinter. Caught in a lethal web of loyalties, Harper must decide who poses the greatest threat: the lover who originally came to kill her, the serial killer mentor who has become an unhinged liability, or the dangerous woman staring back at her in the mirror. In a place where bonds are bent to the breaking point, love isn’t a sanctuary, it’s the deadliest trap of all.
Light Wielder (Fire & Metal #2) by Rachel Schneider
Expected publication: 9 June 2026
Series: Fire & Metal #2
The eagerly awaited sequel to romantasy smash-hit Metal Slinger. Now known as the fierce Light Wielder, Jovie must use her power to end the war between her once beloved communities, or burn them to the ground trying. It’s been four years since Jovie betrayed Acker, fracturing their relationship and sparking a brutal war. Her decision to take King Edmond’s magic, sparing his life at Acker’s request, has dragged the Kenta, Strou, Roison and Alaha into open conflict, with the innocent Maile people perched dangerously on the edge of every battle. As rumours of a new darkness rising begin to rumble, Jovie will need to look to the past for answers, and decide whether she’s willing to sacrifice her soul, and her heart, to secure her Kingdom’s destiny. Dual POV, political intrigue, a Matching Bond stretched to breaking, and the slow-burning enemies to lovers payoff Metal Slinger readers have been screaming for.
VOLIK (Bonded Souls #1) by S.J. Tilly
Expected publication: 11 June 2026
Series: Bonded Souls #1
New York Times bestselling author S.J. Tilly launches a brand-new contemporary fated-mates vampire series where the men are still possessive, the women are still curvy, and there’s just a bit of a twist… and a bite. Forget the fairy tales and lore of old: vampires are real, and for the past seventy years they’ve walked openly among us, bigger and stronger than humans, with black eyes, horns and powers that shouldn’t be possible. Volik is one of them, locked away in his office at Stalden University, wasting time and waiting, until Nix, the new journalism professor, arrives the day she turns thirty and the fated mates bond detonates between them. Expect everything Tilly does best: morally questionable possessive heroes, banter, a curvy heroine who’s read every vampire book ever written, and a slow-burn campus setting that turns the small town of Hemlock Hills upside down.
West of Forever by Corinne Michaels
Expected publication: 16 June 2026
Series: Standalone
A bitter blood feud says they should be enemies, but Tristan Stone is the one man she can’t stop craving, a grumpy, single dad cowboy who shatters her defences when he stops to help her in a downpour. Unable to ignore the physical pull between them or the protective streak he shows after defending her in a bar, she offers Tristan a secret, no-strings-attached arrangement to bypass their families’ mutual hatred. What begins as stolen glances across property lines and clandestine meetings under the stars quickly unravels their “no feelings” agreement, leaving her heart fully committed to a man who swore he could never love again. Now, as their hidden world clashes with a family war that would never approve, she’s left wondering if the broken cowboy will retreat into his past or defy everyone to choose a future together. A swoony, grumpy-sunshine, single dad cowboy romance with all the forbidden tension.
Tropesick by Lauren Okie
Expected publication: 16 June 2026
Series: Standalone
A lush, slow-burning, meta love letter to the romance genre itself. Katie Caruso is a completely normal twenty-five-year-old girl, or at least, that’s what she’s been pretending to be for the past eight years: glitter, sequins, flirting with cute boys at New York City bars, and quietly ghostwriting for the bestselling romance novelist of all time. Then Tyler McNally walks back into her life and her bedazzled facade crumbles at her platform-sneakered feet. Tyler was her late brother’s best friend, the boy next door she hasn’t spoken to since her brother’s overdose. Now he’s sleeve-tattooed, Ivy League educated, nine years sober and her new writing partner for the summer at Meredith Bradford’s isolated Southampton estate. As the tropes they’re writing onto the page, forced proximity, grumpy sunshine, brother’s best friend, girl next door start playing out in real life, they’ll have to decide which is the love story, and which is the unfinished one they’re finally ready to fight for.
Rumours & Whiskey (The Whiskey Women #1) by Victoria Wilder
Expected publication: 16 June 2026
Series: The Whiskey Women #1
From the beloved author of the Bourbon Boys series comes a scorching, emotional, suspenseful new small town romance, and the first book in The Whiskey Women. In Rumor, Tennessee, the Crowne women sit at the centre of every whisper. They’ve survived decades of salacious gossip with a shot of whiskey and a wild night, but their best kept secret is how they deliver quiet revenge. After surviving a living nightmare and being sworn to secrecy about who she really is, she’s back in her small town craving routine and trying not to drown in the pressure to be the old her, until charming jeweller Julian Colton walks in with a sinful smile, deliciously dirty promises, and far too many questions. Between a dead body, a missing cop, and a job that’s tied Julian to her family, this is the kind of secrets and second chances Southern romance that hits harder than whiskey.
Depraved Desires (Villains & Vices #2) by Morgan Bridges
Expected publication: 23 June 2026
Series: Villains & Vices #2
The finale of the wickedly steamy dark romance duet that began with Depraved Devotion. USA Today bestseller Morgan Bridges returns to the cat and mouse hunt between criminal psychologist Wren Pell and Ghost, the serial killer patient turned obsessed predator who refuses to let her go. As Wren uncovers the truth about her parents’ deaths, she’s forced into a dangerous alliance with the one man she should fear most, and the only one ruthless enough to help her burn down those responsible. Expect morally grey villain energy turned all the way up, stalker tension, breaking-and-entering chemistry, and the trademark Bridges blend of romance and depravity that made book one go viral. Strictly 18+ with extensive dark content; best read after Depraved Devotion.
Big Stick Energy by Sarina Bowen
Expected publication: 30 June 2026
Series: Standalone
Overworked hockey administrator Darcy Kendrick is an expert at managing chaos, but even she can’t spin the disaster of accidentally DMing her most explicit fantasies to their target: the team’s brooding captain, Eric Tremaine. Rather than dying of embarrassment, Darcy finds herself entangled in Eric’s strategic counter-proposal to fake date through an intense “Wedding Experience” to appease her chaotic family and mask his own emotional scars. What begins as a mutually beneficial arrangement quickly blurs into reality as mini-tacos and slow dances give way to genuine connection, leading Eric to realise that the sharp-tongued woman behind the to-do lists is the only one who truly sees him. As their temporary charade nears its end, Darcy is forced to face a terrifying truth: the fire Eric has ignited in her heart is the only one she can’t manage away. A grumpy-captain, sunshine-administrator hockey fake-dating rom com with peak Sarina Bowen banter.
Tempting Venom (Vipers #3) by Rina Kent
Expected publication: 30 June 2026
Series: Vipers #3
Preston Armstrong is a man defined by depravity, a ruthless predator who takes what he wants and ruins the rest, until he crashes into the unstoppable force of Marcus Osborn. As the captain of a rival hockey team and a perpetual thorn in Preston’s side, Marcus is a “migraine in human form” who refuses to bow to Preston’s rules, matching him in both heartlessness and derision. What begins as a calculated mission to destroy Marcus’s career and his infuriatingly handsome face quickly spirals into a violent, addictive dance that neither man can escape. Instead of the mutual annihilation they expected, their collision ignites a fire that threatens to devour their lives, turning their bodies into collateral damage and forcing their stone-cold hearts into a battle neither was prepared to fight. Rina Kent does MM dark hockey romance, with all the obsession, depravity and college-set chaos her readers expect.
That’s our June 2026 round-up! From summer-soaked mysteries and literary love triangles to dark small-town carnage, romantasy at war, fated-mates vampires, single-dad cowboys, meta-romance ghostwriting, small-town Tennessee suspense, forbidden small-town spice, glamorous family sagas, dark duet finales, fake-dating hockey rom-coms and MM dark hockey from the reigning queen of obsession, there’s a June TBR for every flavour of romance reader.
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