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<\/a>The Big Fix<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Holly James<\/p>\nKatherine Center\u2019s The Bodyguard meets The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling in a modern blend of screwball action and romantic attraction when a case of mistaken identity lands a college professor on the run with a mysterious\u2014and dangerously hot\u2014fixer . . .<\/em><\/p>\n When bookish Penny Collins reluctantly lets her sister drag her to an estate sale at a neighbor\u2019s house, she\u2019s hoping for a little diversion rummaging through dusty antiques. Instead, she ends up in a public squabble over candlesticks with the deceased owner\u2019s nephew, Anthony\u2014right before a dead body tumbles out of a closet.<\/em><\/p>\n Penny\u2019s plan for the summer involved finalizing tenure at the university where she\u2019s a computer sciences professor. Instead, she\u2019s suddenly on the run with a man she barely knows, scaling walls, evading bullets, and accidentally stabbing henchmen. It seems the wrong people have got it in their heads that she\u2019s Anthony\u2019s girlfriend and, by association, in possession of something they desperately need\u2014and will do anything to get.<\/em><\/p>\n As for Anthony, he has a top-secret occupation as a fixer, but a recent fix went dangerously awry, and now he and Penny are dodging both a ruthless billionaire and the FBI. And it\u2019ll take all of Penny\u2019s plentiful savvy and common sense, in addition to Anthony\u2019s particular set of skills, to survive long enough for her to see the next semester . . .<\/em> – Kensington<\/p>\n One fake prime minister, one ridiculously hot handler, and one Italian summer collide in this thrilling adventure rom-com.<\/em><\/p>\n Max is just your average girl. She works odd jobs, has a soul-crushing amount of debt, and happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to Europe\u2019s youngest female prime minister, Sofia Christensen. Sofia is powerful, beautiful\u2014and unfortunately, someone is trying quite hard to assassinate her.<\/em><\/p>\n When the CIA approaches Max with a deal, a life-changing amount of money if she pretends to be Sofia on the prime minister\u2019s annual Italian vacation, Max packs her bags for the Amalfi Coast. The delicious food, the breathtaking views\u2014this trip would be a dream if it weren\u2019t for those pesky assassins and Flynn, the handler assigned to Max\u2019s case. Flynn, who has an unexpected history with Max, from another sun-drenched summer years and years ago. Now he\u2019s instructed to stay in Max\u2019s suite to protect her, as old passions and assassins collide.<\/em><\/p>\n Losing herself in the role of a prime minister is one thing. But losing her heart to Flynn again? Now that\u2019s a risk she isn\u2019t willing to take . . .<\/em> – Berkley<\/p>\n Jane and Dan have been married for nineteen years, but Jane isn\u2019t sure they\u2019re going to make it to twenty. The mother of two feels unneeded by her teenagers, and her writing career has screeched to an unsuccessful halt. Her one published novel sold under five hundred copies. Worse? She\u2019s pretty sure Dan is cheating on her. When the couple goes to the renowned upscale restaurant La Fin du Monde to celebrate their anniversary, Jane thinks it\u2019s as good a place as any to tell Dan she wants a divorce.<\/em><\/p>\n But before they even get to the second course, an underground climate activist group bursts into the dining room. Jane is shocked\u2014and not just because she\u2019s in a hostage situation the likes of which she\u2019s only seen in the movies. Nearly everything the disorganized and bumbling activists say and do is right out of the pages of her failed book. Even Dan (who Jane wasn\u2019t sure even read her book) admits it\u2019s eerily familiar.<\/em><\/p>\n Which means Dan and Jane are the only ones who know what\u2019s going to happen next. And they\u2019re the only ones who can stop it. This wasn\u2019t what Jane was thinking of when she said \u201c\u2019til death do us part\u201d all those years ago, but if they can survive this, maybe they can survive anything\u2014even marriage.<\/em> – Berkley<\/p>\n Two career thieves reunite for one last job and must put their messy romantic past behind them to pull off the jewel heist of the century in this scorching, action packed romance!<\/em><\/p>\n He was her partner\u2014both in crime and between the sheets. It\u2019s been five years since professional thief Celeste St. Pierre laid eyes on Magnus Larsson. These days, she runs a Manhattan antique store, but her talent for stealing beautiful, shiny things hasn\u2019t faded. And as a chance reunion over a locked safe proves, neither has the heat between her and the gorgeous, ice-cool Magnus.<\/em><\/p>\n For Magnus, only one thing beats the thrill of getting away with robbery\u2014and that\u2019s the woman he\u2019s tried hard to forget. Their last job together ended in disaster. But if they\u2019re going to honor their mentor\u2019s last wishes to pull off the theft of the century, they\u2019ll have to temporarily put their grudges behind them.<\/em><\/p>\n Crisscrossing Europe on a real-life treasure hunt, Celeste and Magnus quickly rediscover how well they work together. The higher the stakes, the hotter the sexual tension. But one slipup and it won\u2019t be only jewels on the line, but a future that, just maybe, has been the ultimate prize all along\u2026<\/em> – Canary Street Press<\/p>\n If Emily Edwards knows one thing, it\u2019s that you don\u2019t go to a remote island by yourself. Ever the type A personality, Emily doesn\u2019t want to hike around an unfamiliar island, but she\u2019s determined to fulfill her late father\u2019s national park bucket list, starting with Isle Royale National Park\u2014home to wolves, bears, and hundred-year-old shipwrecks. She has no choice but to hire a tour guide, and there is only one that isn\u2019t booked solid.<\/em><\/p>\n Ryder Fleet, co-owner of Fleet Outdoor Adventures, wouldn\u2019t call himself a wilderness expert, and he definitely doesn\u2019t know how to find true north. But when his dormant adventure guide business suddenly finds life again after a random inquiry, Ryder somehow finds himself on a ferry to Isle Royale with a very beautiful, no-nonsense woman. What this woman doesn\u2019t know is that his brother Caleb, who died two years ago, was the outdoorsman of their business, while Ryder just did the marketing. But how hard could it be to hike up a few mountains?<\/em><\/p>\n Pretty difficult, actually, when murder is involved. Emily\u2019s perfectly planned trek turns disastrous when she and Ryder witness a brutal crime and are suddenly forced to evade a group of archaeologists on the hunt for a jewel. As they spend nights together too close for comfort, they realize their shoddily built fire isn\u2019t the only thing that\u2019s kindling, and that they must trust each other if they want to escape the island with their lives\u2014and hearts\u2014intact.<\/em> – Berkley<\/p>\n Right place. Wrong person. After a case of mistaken identity, one woman must work with her sister\u2019s sexy spy partner to save the world in this heart-pounding romantic comedy.<\/em><\/p>\n The first thing to know about Dove Barkley is that, even though she works as a cyber security analyst, she is one hundred percent not an undercover CIA operative. But when a group of bad guys mistake her for her super-spy sister (news to her!), Dove gets roped into a dangerous government mission that she\u2019d very much rather be left out of, thank you.<\/em><\/p>\n Too bad Mendez, the man who claims to be her sister\u2019s partner, says she\u2019s in too deep to back out now. He\u2019s smart, capable, and has a body almost distracting enough to make Dove forget about the team of trained assassins after her.<\/em><\/p>\n Dove has information that can help prevent a national tragedy, but there\u2019s mounting evidence that Mendez might not be who he claims. More importantly, she\u2019s running out of time to save her sister. Because the last thing Dove wants is for either of them to go out with a bang.<\/em> – Berkley<\/p>\n What if you were lost at sea\u2026with your one-night stand?<\/em><\/p>\n Zeke and Lexi thought it would just be a night of fun. They had no intentions of seeing each other again. Zeke is only in town for the weekend to buy back his late father\u2019s houseboat. Lexi has no time for dating when she needs to help take care of her best friend\u2019s daughter.<\/em><\/p>\n Going back home with a stranger seems like a perfect escape from their problems. But a miscommunication in the dark, foggy night means no one tied the houseboat to the dock. The next morning, Zeke and Lexi realize all they can see is miles and miles of water.<\/em><\/p>\n With just a few provisions on the idle boat, Zeke and Lexi must figure out how to get back home. But aside from their survival, they\u2019re facing another challenge. Because when you\u2019re stuck together for days on end, it gives you a lot of time to get to know someone\u2014and to fall in love with them.<\/em> – Berkley<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a year since Simi Chopra\u2019s motley crew pulled off a high-wire diamond necklace heist with the help of sexy rogue Jack Danger. After living it up on the reward money, they\u2019re back where they started, struggling to pay their bills. So when a Chicago Mafia boss demands they return the jewels\u2014plus interest, or else\u2014they need to get the team back together\u2026and fast.<\/em><\/p>\n Unfortunately, Simi soon discovers that the necklace is in the hands of Jack\u2019s nemesis, a highly-skilled and supremely vengeful master thief who is not above a little blackmail to get even. (Did Jack really have to piss her off?) Now, the crew is forced into her working her con in order to get the necklace back.<\/em><\/p>\n As if Simi needed any more complications while trying to rob a billionaire\u2019s mansion, she and Jack are on the rocks, someone else is after her score, and a gorgeous detective is hot on her tail. Simi better be careful or she\u2019ll end up in the less fun kind of handcuffs.<\/em> – Berkley<\/p>\n They’re walking on the wild side\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n The Plan was simple: find a cure for the cancer that nearly took her sister\u2019s life. But for Zoey Fong, something about The Plan isn\u2019t working anymore. When a crucial tissue sample accidentally winds up in the hands of a very distracting\u2014and disarmingly handsome\u2014visitor, Zoey jumps at the chance to follow him home to retrieve it.<\/em><\/p>\n Davy Hsieh\u2019s rugged island estate is no manicured suburban park. His plan is simple: establish a legitimate animal sanctuary and embrace life as a hermit to make up for a sketchy past. Zoey invading his fortress of solitude should not, under any circumstances, be a romantic development.<\/em><\/p>\n And yet it\u2019s the single most invigorating week of their lives\u2026when they’re able to set their many differences aside and embrace it. Stranded amid all manner of flora and fauna\u2014including a semidomesticated cougar called Baby\u2014Davy and Zoey first have to survive the island. Then they’ll need to take a leap of faith, maybe even trusting in each other, to save it.<\/em> – Harlequin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On my quest to find some compelling new romance reads, I stumbled into the sub-genre of adventure romance! Adventure romance is a mix of heart-racing adventure and swoon-worthy romance. These can be treasure hunts, look-alike swaps, dangerous journeys, wild expeditions, and so many other things. 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<\/a>Code Word Romance<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Carlie Walker<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Jane and Dan at the End of the World<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Colleen Oakley<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Jewel Me Twice<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Charish Reid<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The Jewel of the Isle<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Kerry Rea<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The Spy and I<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Tiana Smith<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Swept Away<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Beth O’Leary<\/p>\n
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<\/a>‘Til Heist Do Us Part<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Sara Desai<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Wild Life<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Opal Wei<\/p>\n