Adult romance from Avon, Dial Press Trade Paperback, Atria Books, Berkley, Bloom Books, St. Martin’s Griffin, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Penguin Books, Silhouette, MIRA, and Forever is on sale in the U.S. the week of September 22, 2026, according to publisher product pages.
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Out this week: U.S. adult trade romance, week of Sept. 22, 2026
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The week of Sept. 22
Silhouette Special Releases Betting on You
Nora Roberts
Two contemporary romances. In “The Winning Hand,” Darcy spends her last dollars in a Las Vegas casino and draws the manager’s attention. In “The Best Mistake,” a single mother rents a room to a bachelor who was not planning on a family.
On sale September 22, 2026Silhouette Special ReleasesTrade paperbackISBN 9781335418999
Avon The Sweetest Fiend
Raven Kennedy · Played by the Piper, Book 1
A woman who is half Bane and half fae is taken as payment when the Pied Piper clears a plague from her city, and his magic will not let her leave.
On sale September 22, 2026AvonHardcoverISBN 9780063566231
Dial Press Trade Paperback Free Falling
Lyla Sage
An antiques-shop owner and a farmer in Sweetwater Peak fake a relationship to save their legacies, and still have to face the ghosts of their past.
On sale September 22, 2026Dial Press Trade PaperbackPaperbackISBN 9780593977798
Bloom Books Fallen Rook
L.J. Shen · Society of Villains, Book 3
An FBI agent who has spent years hunting a Camorra enforcer is suddenly bound to him instead, in a forbidden age-gap romance.
On sale September 22, 2026Bloom BooksDeluxe paperbackISBN 9781464252082
Atria Books Kiss of the Black Flame
Helen Scheuerer · The Bookbinder’s Bargain, Book 1
A bookbinder living with chronic pain is traded to an immortal army and has to restore a living book with a cursed general if either of them is getting free.
On sale September 22, 2026Atria BooksHardcoverISBN 9781668247310
MIRA Take a Number
Amy Daws · Wait With Me, Book 4
A deluxe paperback, with sprayed edges and new bonus chapters. Bakery owner Norah fake-dates Dean, the flirtatious investor in her shop, for her parents’ anniversary party.
On sale September 22, 2026MIRATrade paperbackISBN 9781335145444
Berkley Well Versed
Jen DeLuca
Unemployed and back at the Willow Creek Renaissance Faire, Caitlin Parker is thrown together again with Alexander Wright, the performer who broke her heart at eighteen.
On sale September 22, 2026BerkleyPaperbackISBN 9780593641255
Berkley Damned If I Do
Alexandria Bellefleur
The devil’s right-hand woman has to convince her long-lost husband to renounce their vows so she can marry a prince of Hell.
On sale September 22, 2026BerkleyPaperbackISBN 9780593952528
St. Martin’s Griffin So It Grows
Andie Burke
Felicity inherits her aunt’s plant shop in a corner of Kansas and has to work with the chef next door when a developer threatens both businesses.
On sale September 22, 2026St. Martin’s GriffinTrade paperbackISBN 9781250372543
Forever Isn’t He Romantic?
Adib Khorram
Cellist Arya agrees to a fake relationship with Ben, a one-night stand now chairing a charity ball Arya’s company is planning, so Ben can hold off an ex who wants him back.
On sale September 22, 2026ForeverTrade paperbackISBN 9781538739594
G.P. Putnam’s Sons The Little Shop of Merry and Bright
Jenny Bayliss
After Casey’s declined proposal went viral, the Spirit of Christmas Present offers a bargain — witness five alternate realities, and the video that made her notorious can be erased.
On sale September 22, 2026G.P. Putnam’s SonsPaperbackISBN 9798217182626
Berkley Prey for Me
Allie Oleander · Feral Love, Book 2
Caine Underwood’s annual haunted-house wager with Margot Walker turns deadly when the two find they are not the only ones hunting.
On sale September 22, 2026BerkleyPaperbackISBN 9798217187317
Penguin Books You’re the One That I Haunt
Katie Jung
To save her best friend from a family curse, Libby has to work with a ghost only she can see — and try not to fall for him.
On sale September 22, 2026Penguin BooksPaperbackISBN 9780143139324
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