He felt like he was drowning. She was about to drown. Josefine Resendiz, is struggling to figure out her life. Between her complicated relationship with grief and not having a single clue how to feel what she can't understand, she's sinking and isn't sure how to float back up to the surface. Daniel Garcia, shortstop, a budding ray of sunshine, and potential first round pick for the MLB Draft, has life figured out. At least, that's what everyone assumes. On the surface, he's the embodiment of happiness and life. But beneath it all, guilt and grief have been consuming him since his brother passed away. Unsure how to deal with his feelings, he bottles them up and masks the pain of haunting reminders behind a mask of smiles. That's until he stumbles upon Josefine on Christmas Day. That wasn't supposed to happen. He wasn't supposed to be there but neither was she, at least not for long. The night evolves into something neither one of them expected and when morning comes, she's nowhere to be found. He can't stop thinking about her. She wants to forget him. But fate seems to have plans for them. Once the semester begins they find out they have a class together, and avoiding Daniel becomes hard when they're paired to be hiking buddies. Much to Josefine's chagrin, she likes him more than she cares to admit. And Daniel is struggling to keep everything he's bottled up around her. Hesitantly and unknowingly, they're opening up old wounds they wanted to keep closed. Feeling grounded around each other. And unintentionally falling in love.

Senior year should be easy. Unfortunately, it's going to be anything but that for Julianna Sparks. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Julianna moves in with two of her friends, who also happen to be best friends with the guy she hates. But that's not the only issue… she’s three weeks into school, and struggling to understand calculus II. Her need to make her parents proud has her willing to do anything, even if it means putting her pride aside to seek tutoring from Landon. Landon Taylor’s goal of cruising to the end of his senior year falls apart when his best friends take in the girl he hates. Now he's doing everything in his power to avoid her, and immediately turns her down when she asks him to tutor her. His plan would've worked out until an unfortunate circumstance forces him to agree. Now they're spending more time together than either one of them would've liked. But as time goes on, they realize that maybe being in each other's company isn't so bad after all. And that there might be more. But will they acknowledge what it is before the semester is over, or will they let their mutual hatred stand in their way?

Duke Parker’s life has been years of unrelenting order. Meticulous schedules and forced similarity–it’s the only thing that’s helped him avoid being swallowed by the consuming guilt of an incident nine years ago that rearranged his entire world. Unable to put it off any longer, Duke agrees to finally take on the role of Senior Pilot of Greenway Select. A semi-private division of his family’s multi-billion-dollar airline, Greenway Airlines.The only problem? He’s going to have to break his perfect routine to find help for his nine-year-old twin boys. Adding someone new meant the possibility for mild turbulence in his life–not love. Recent Churchill University grad Sienna Johns is desperate to unshackle herself from her people-pleasing past. After turning down a senior-level position at her father’s world-renowned sports agency, she decides for the first time ever she’s going to choose herself. With dreams of becoming a music playlist curator, and a desperate need for self-discovery, Sienna finds herself at an open interview with Greenway Airlines heir Duke Parker.What neither of them expects is for their imperfections to be seen as perfect to one another.Two imperfect people. One perfect love. Is the perfectly imperfect love they’ve built strong enough to withstand their connected past, or will an undiscovered secret threaten to ruin it all.

Alexandra grew up hungry. Hungry for food, hungry for safety, hungry for love. Which is why she's worked so hard to have it a beautiful home, a gorgeous doctor boyfriend, and an ambitious job matching individuals with... unconventional emotional responses. Sure, her clients may sit somewhere on the psychopathy scale. But they're not the dangerous, murderous kind. They're doctors, lawyers, teachers, and everyone deserves love.And that's exactly what Alex thinks she's found. Love. So she's floored when she arrives to her dinner with her boyfriend, expecting a ring in a little box, and instead finding her best friend sat at the table with him. They have news. They're together now. And apparently her birthday dinner is the best time to share the news.Suddenly, Alex's world implodes. She has lost the two people in the world closest to her, her only support. She's utterly alone, her future in pieces. So when she unexpectedly bumps into a client, Rebecca, and Rebecca seems to want to be friends, it feels like a lifeline. But then Alex's now ex turns up dead, then more people around her seem to be dropping like flies. And she can't help but wonder if this new friendship is a match made in hell.

Agent Lyla Matthews had two rules in the zombie apocalypse: 1. Don’t get attached. 2. Always aim for the head. She didn’t plan to adopt a snarky teen sidekick or lead a rescue mission against a group of power-hungry captors—but the end of the world doesn’t care about your five-year plan. Lyla’s not looking for love. She’s hunting a monster she’s been chasing for years—and she won’t stop until he’s dead. Enter Jacob: a roguish ex-fire chief with solid combat skills, a dangerously sharp tongue, and a heart that refuses to die quietly. When his people are taken by a ruthless faction, he’ll burn the world down to get them back—even if it means teaming up with a sassy, knife-wielding woman covered in zombie guts. They’ve both been surviving on their own terms. But together, they might just figure out how to start living again. For fans of pulse-pounding action, banter-filled slow burn, and spice amidst the apocalypse, Dating in Decay is a darkly funny, zombie-filled romp that will keep you laughing—and maybe gasping—until the very last page.

Shailee Thompson’s HOW TO KILL A GUY IN TEN DATES, a horror romance in which a woman gets caught in the middle of a killing spree at a speed dating event and must find a way to use her encyclopedic knowledge of the horror genre to make it as a real-life final girl.

Alexandra grew up hungry. Hungry for food, hungry for safety, hungry for love. Which is why she's worked so hard to have it a beautiful home, a gorgeous doctor boyfriend, and an ambitious job matching individuals with... unconventional emotional responses. Sure, her clients may sit somewhere on the psychopathy scale. But they're not the dangerous, murderous kind. They're doctors, lawyers, teachers, and everyone deserves love.And that's exactly what Alex thinks she's found. Love. So she's floored when she arrives to her dinner with her boyfriend, expecting a ring in a little box, and instead finding her best friend sat at the table with him. They have news. They're together now. And apparently her birthday dinner is the best time to share the news.Suddenly, Alex's world implodes. She has lost the two people in the world closest to her, her only support. She's utterly alone, her future in pieces. So when she unexpectedly bumps into a client, Rebecca, and Rebecca seems to want to be friends, it feels like a lifeline. But then Alex's now ex turns up dead, then more people around her seem to be dropping like flies. And she can't help but wonder if this new friendship is a match made in hell.

For fans of Lights Out and You comes a dark rom-com debut about a woman who confides her fantasies to an AI boyfriend app—unaware she’s really talking to her hot, tattooed coworker who hacked her phone. When overworked department store manager Izzy Russo downloads an AI boyfriend app to fill the emotional void left by her inattentive real one, she thinks she’s just venting to a harmless chatbot named “Caleb.” In reality, she’s been pouring her deepest, dirtiest fantasies into the ears of Callahan Knight—her store’s brooding new head of security. Because Cal? He’s been listening. The moment he saw Izzy, he knew she was his. Did he hack her phone? Absolutely. But who could blame him? A woman like Izzy deserves to be cherished by someone who truly knows her worth—and he’ll do anything to be that man. So when Izzy finally sees her boyfriend for who he really is, and the danger she’s unknowingly been caught up in, Cal is ready to protect her, no matter the cost. Even if it means revealing the truth. She might not have meant to build the perfect man. But he’s here now. And he’s never letting her go.

Meeting during senior week on the day of their birthdays was pure coincidence. It was supposed to be nothing more for Lola Larson and TJ Kingston than three days of fake dating before going back to their everyday lives. Not thinking they will see each other again, they part ways without getting each other’s last names or phone numbers. Two years later, they’re in college, where they meet again. However, their priorities are different from the last time they saw each other. TJ wants nothing more than to enter the draft and play for the NBA. It’s all he’s worked hard for, and has made sure that nothing and no one hinders him from achieving his dream. That is until he sees Lola again, and realizes that basketball is no longer his sole priority when he finds out he has a kid.

From arrested to VIP entry—will Lola's missteps on her chase for a story keep her from reaching the finish line?She works for The People Agenda, a non-profit dedicated to bettering the lives of everyone by working to unite the straight and LGBTQ plus communities, and she just got a big assignment to find a compelling story to turn into a series or movie. Lucky for her, the biggest story of the year falls right into her lap when her favorite band's lead singer, the world-famous Chris Ellington, is seen kissing another man in a hotel room in Spain.The road to landing this story for a greater cause is a bumpy one, and she feels the aftershocks of her quick decisions for months. While she works tirelessly to produce something the entire LGBTQ plus community can be proud of, she is faced with the need to confront her spiraling mental health and coping mechanisms head-on, or potentially miss out on her own budding love story.

Agent Lyla Matthews had two rules in the zombie apocalypse: 1. Don’t get attached. 2. Always aim for the head. She didn’t plan to adopt a snarky teen sidekick or lead a rescue mission against a group of power-hungry captors—but the end of the world doesn’t care about your five-year plan. Lyla’s not looking for love. She’s hunting a monster she’s been chasing for years—and she won’t stop until he’s dead. Enter Jacob: a roguish ex-fire chief with solid combat skills, a dangerously sharp tongue, and a heart that refuses to die quietly. When his people are taken by a ruthless faction, he’ll burn the world down to get them back—even if it means teaming up with a sassy, knife-wielding woman covered in zombie guts. They’ve both been surviving on their own terms. But together, they might just figure out how to start living again. For fans of pulse-pounding action, banter-filled slow burn, and spice amidst the apocalypse, Dating in Decay is a darkly funny, zombie-filled romp that will keep you laughing—and maybe gasping—until the very last page.