1861. Elle Burns is a former slave with a passion for justice. To spy for the Union Army, she is willing to risk the brutal indignity of the slave system deeply entrenched in the South. Malcolm McCall, a seasoned detective for Pinkerton's Secret Service, is ordered to infiltrate and embed himself within a Rebel Virginia enclave. Together with Elle, these two brave spies stumble across a plot that could turn the tide of the war in the Confederacy's favor. They must foil the plan and preserve the Union at any cost, even if they lose each other.

Felix Rivendale, the Marquess of Wrenworth, is The Ideal Gentleman, a man all men want to be and all women want to possess. But underneath is a damaged soul soothed only by public adulation. Louisa Cantwell needs to marry well to support her sisters. She does not, however, want Lord Wrenworth--though he seems inexplicably interested in her. Still, when he is the only man to propose at the end of the London season, she reluctantly accepts.

In Why We Love, renowned anthropologist Helen Fisher offers a new map of the phenomenon of love—from its origins in the brain to the thrilling havoc it creates in our bodies and behavior. Working with a team of scientists to scan the brains of people who had just fallen madly in love, Fisher proved what psychologists had until recently only suspected: when you fall in love, specific areas of the brain "light up" with increased blood flow. This sweeping new book uses this data to argue that romantic passion is hardwired into our brains by millions of years of evolution. 
 

Host of the popular student radio show Brown Sugar, Kiki Banjo has made it her mission to make sure the women of Whitewell University do not fall into the mess of "situationships", players, and heartbreak. But when she kisses Malakai Korede, the guy she just publicly denounced as "The Wasteman of Whitewell,"she finds her show on the brink. Kiki and Malakai are soon embroiled in a fake relationship to try and salvage their reputations. 

With their signature wit and hilarious voice, authors, bloggers, and entrepreneurs Shane and Hannah Burcaw have put together a collection of sweet and unforgettable true love stories about interabled couples who navigate their relationships in an ableist world. 

Nora Stephens' life is books. She lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby adores her. When Libby begs workaholic Nora to take some time in the country, Big Sis can't say no. But Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute. Thrown together again and again, what Nora and Charlie discover rewrites the stories they've told about themselves.

Witch Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, but she can't resist one exception: an online account, where she posts videos "pretending" to be a witch. Then an unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. When Mika agrees, she is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also Jamie, the handsome and prickly librarian of Nowhere House who would do anything to protect the children. 

Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness.

When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. When the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. Handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. 

Ayesha Shamsi lives with her boisterous Muslim family and is always being reminded that her flighty younger cousin, Hafsa, is close to rejecting her one hundredth marriage proposal. Though Ayesha is lonely, she doesn't want an arranged marriage. Then she meets Khalid, who is just as smart and handsome as he is conservative and judgmental. When a surprise engagement is announced between Khalid and Hafsa, Ayesha is torn between how she feels about the straightforward Khalid and the unsettling new gossip she hears about his family. 

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world. As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion. 

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. When she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, she listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.

Accountant Ember Lee Cardinal thrives in corporate life. And Danuwoa Colson, the IT guy and fellow Native who caught her eye on her first day, seems to actually be interested in her too. Despite her unease over the no-dating policy at work, they start to see each other secretly. But when a scheming colleague blackmails Ember, threatening to expose their relationship, she must make the hard decision to either stay silent or tell the truth, which could cost her everything.

Modern Love, Revised and Updated, features dozens of the most memorable essays to run in The New York Times “Modern Love” column since its debut in 2004. Together, they tell the larger story of how relationships begin, often fail, and—when we’re lucky—endure.

Paris, 1889: The Exposition Universelle is underway, drawing Luz Alana Heith-Benzan, heiress to the Caña Brava rum empire. Luz Alana set sail from Santo Domingo armed with three hundred casks of rum. But in the City of Lights, buyers and shippers alike can't imagine doing business with a woman of color. Enter James Evanston Sinclair, Earl of Darnick, who's built a whisky brand that's his only passion until he's confronted with Luz, a force of nature who turns his life upside down.