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99 PERCENT MINE by Sally Thorne (January 29; William Morrow)<\/strong><\/h2>\nDarcy Barrett has undertaken a global survey of men. She\u2019s travelled the world, and can categorically say that no one measures up to Tom Valeska, whose only flaw is that Darcy\u2019s twin brother Jamie saw him first and claimed him forever as his best friend. Despite Darcy\u2019s best efforts, Tom\u2019s off limits and loyal to her brother, 99%. That\u2019s the problem with finding her dream man at age eight and peaking in her photography career at age twenty\u2014ever since, she\u2019s had to learn to settle for good enough.<\/p>\n
When Darcy and Jamie inherit a tumble-down cottage from their grandmother, they\u2019re left with strict instructions to bring it back to its former glory and sell the property. Darcy plans to be in an aisle seat halfway across the ocean as soon as the renovations start, but before she can cut and run, she finds a familiar face on her porch: house-flipper extraordinaire Tom\u2019s arrived, he\u2019s bearing power tools, and he\u2019s single for the first time in almost a decade.<\/p>\n
Suddenly Darcy\u2019s considering sticking around to make sure her twin doesn\u2019t ruin the cottage\u2019s inherent magic with his penchant for grey and chrome. She\u2019s definitely not staying because of her new business partner\u2019s tight t-shirts, or that perfect face that’s inspiring her to pick up her camera again. Soon sparks are flying\u2014and it\u2019s not the faulty wiring. It turns out one percent of Tom\u2019s heart might not be enough for Darcy anymore. This time around, she\u2019s switching things up. She\u2019s going to make Tom Valeska 99 percent hers.<\/p>\n
Get 99 PERCENT MINE at The Ripped Bodice<\/a>| Amazon<\/a> | Apple Books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Kailyn Flowers was always calm, rational, and controlled-until she ended up sprawled all over Daxton Hughes, the former actor she totally crushed on as a teenager. Then she did the unthinkable: She became a mortifying fangirl in five seconds flat, which may or may not have included professing her undying love. And oddly, he didn’t run away. In fact, their meet cute led to a friendship she never saw coming. Of course, she never saw his betrayal coming, either…<\/p>\n Now Dax needs her help. As guardian to his thirteen-year-old sister, he’s in way over his head. And though Kailyn hasn’t forgiven Dax, she isn’t heartless enough to make him fend for himself, either. Soon their friendly meetings turn into flirty dinner dates, and Kailyn can feel their chemistry is as explosive as ever. But how can she possibly let down her guard again to a guy who has heartbreak written all over him?<\/p>\n Get MEET CUTE at The Ripped Bodice<\/a>| Amazon<\/a> | Apple Books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n T.K. Moore, the starting wide receiver for the Denver Mustangs, dreamt his entire life about being in the NFL. His world is football, parties, and women. Maybe at one point he thought his future would play out with his high school sweetheart by his side, but Poppy is long gone and he\u2019s moved on.When Poppy and TK cross paths in the most unlikely of places, emotions they\u2019ve suppressed for years come rushing back. But with all the secrets they never told each other lying between them, they\u2019ll need more than a dating playbook to help them navigate their relationship.<\/span> Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions\u2014like grief. And love. He thinks he’s defective. His family knows better\u2014that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride.<\/p>\n As a mixed-race girl living in the slums of Ho Chi Minh City, Esme Tran has always felt out of place. When the opportunity arises to come to America and meet a potential husband, she can’t turn it down, thinking this could be the break her family needs. Seducing Khai, however, doesn’t go as planned. Esme’s lessons in love seem to be working…but only on herself. She’s hopelessly smitten with a man who’s convinced he can never return her affection.<\/p>\n With Esme’s time in the United States dwindling, Khai is forced to understand he’s been wrong all along. And there’s more than one way to love.<\/p>\n Get THE BRIDE TEST at The Ripped Bodice<\/a>| Amazon<\/a>| Apple Books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n She’s obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother disapproves, and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi’s entire future seems on the verge of falling apart. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi’s estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life.When she arrives in Japan, she’s met with a culture both familiar and completely foreign to her. She loses herself in the city’s outdoor markets, art installations, and cherry blossom festival – and meets Akira, a cute aspiring med student who moonlights as a costumed mochi mascot. And what begins as a trip to escape her problems quickly becomes a way for Kimi to learn more about the mother she left behind, and to figure out where her own heart lies.<\/p>\n In\u00a0I Love You So Mochi<\/i>, author Sarah Kuhn has penned a delightfully sweet and irrepressibly funny novel that will make you squee at the cute, cringe at the awkward, and show that sometimes you have to lose yourself in something you love to find your Ultimate self.<\/p>\n Get I LOVE YOU SO MOCHI at The Ripped Bodice<\/a> | Amazon<\/a> | Apple Books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in\u2026well, everything. Her identical twin sister Amy, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fianc\u00e9 is something out of a romantic comedy (gag) and she\u2019s managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a series of Internet contests (double gag). Worst of all, she\u2019s forcing Olive to spend the day with her sworn enemy, Ethan, who just happens to be the best man.<\/p>\n Olive braces herself to get through 24 hours of wedding hell before she can return to her comfortable, unlucky life. But when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning from eating bad shellfish, the only people who aren\u2019t affected are Olive and Ethan. And now there\u2019s an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs.<\/p>\n Putting their mutual hatred aside for the sake of a free vacation, Olive and Ethan head for paradise, determined to avoid each other at all costs. But when Olive runs into her future boss, the little white lie she tells him is suddenly at risk to become a whole lot bigger. She and Ethan now have to pretend to be loving newlyweds, and her luck seems worse than ever. But the weird thing is that she doesn\u2019t mind playing pretend. In fact, she feels kind of…lucky.<\/p>\n With Christina Lauren\u2019s \u201cuniquely hilarious and touching voice\u201d (Entertainment Weekly<\/i>),\u00a0The Unhoneymooners\u00a0<\/i>is a fun and charming romance that is perfect for anyone who has ever felt unlucky in love.<\/p>\n Get THE UNHONEYMOONERS at The Ripped Bodice<\/a> | Amazon<\/a> | Apple Books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The worst birthday ever might just be the gift of a lifetime\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n It\u2019s Sophie Bloom\u2019s forty-second birthday,\u00a0and she\u2019s ready for a night of\u00a0celebration with Gabe, her longtime, devoted husband, and her two besties and their spouses. Dinner is served with a side of delicious gossip, including which North Grove residents were caught with their pants down on Ashley Madison after\u00a0the secret on-line dating site for\u00a0married and committed couples was hacked. Thirty-two million cheaters worldwide have been exposed\u2026including Sophie\u2019s \u201cperfect\u201d husband.\u00a0To add insult to injury, she learns Gabe is the top cheater in their town.<\/p>\n Humiliated and directionless, Sophie jumps into the unknown and flees to France to meet up with her teenage daughter who is studying abroad and nursing her own heartbreak. After a brief visit to Paris, Sophie heads out to the artist enclave of Saint-Paul-de-Vence. There, for the first time in a long time, Sophie acknowledges her own desires\u2014not her husband\u2019s, not her daughter\u2019s\u2014and rediscovers\u00a0her essence with painful honesty and humor, reawakening both her sensuality and ambitions as a sculptor.<\/p>\n As she sheds her past and travels the obstacle-filled off beaten path, Sophie Bloom is determined to blossom.\u00a0Allowing her true self to emerge in the postcard beauty of Provence, Sophie must decide what is broken forever…and what it means to be truly unbreakable.<\/p>\n Get THE UNBREAKABLES at The Ripped Bodice<\/a> | Amazon<\/a> | Apple Books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n At the news of her mother\u2019s death, Natalie Tan returns home. The two women hadn\u2019t spoken since Natalie left in anger seven years ago, when her mother refused to support her chosen career as a chef. Natalie is shocked to discover the vibrant neighborhood of San Francisco\u2019s Chinatown that she remembers from her childhood is fading, with businesses failing and families moving out. She\u2019s even more surprised to learn she has inherited her grandmother\u2019s restaurant.<\/p>\n The neighborhood seer reads the restaurant\u2019s fortune in the leaves: Natalie must cook three recipes from her grandmother\u2019s cookbook to aid her struggling neighbors before the restaurant will succeed. Unfortunately, Natalie has no desire to help them try to turn things around\u2014she resents the local shopkeepers for leaving her alone to take care of her agoraphobic mother when she was growing up. But with the support of a surprising new friend and a budding romance, Natalie starts to realize that maybe her neighbors really have been there for her all along.<\/p>\n Get NATALIE TAN’S BOOK OF LUCK AND FORTUNE at The Ripped Bodice<\/a> | Amazon<\/a> | Apple Books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a small town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake rarely leaves her house. Everyone in town, including her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and she doesn’t correct them. In New York, Dean Tenney, former major-league pitcher and Andy’s childhood friend, is struggling with a case of the “yips”: he can’t throw straight anymore, and he can’t figure out why. An invitation from Andy to stay in Maine for a few months seems like the perfect chance to hit the reset button.<\/p>\n When Dean moves into an apartment at the back of Evvie’s house, the two make a deal: Dean won’t ask about Evvie’s late husband, and Evvie won’t ask about Dean’s baseball career. Rules, though, have a funny way of being broken–and what starts as an unexpected friendship soon turns into something more. But before they can find out what might lie ahead, they’ll have to wrestle a few demons: the bonds they’ve broken, the plans they’ve changed, and the secrets they’ve kept. They’ll need a lot of help, but in life, as in baseball, there’s always a chance–right up until the last out.<\/p>\n Get EVVIE DRAKE STARTS OVER at the Ripped Bodice<\/a>| Amazon<\/a>| Apple Books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Rhiannon Hunter may have revolutionized romance in the digital world, but in real life she only swipes right on her career\u2014and the occasional hookup. The cynical dating app creator controls her love life with a few key rules:<\/p>\n – Nude pics are by invitation only<\/p>\n – If someone stands you up, block them with extreme prejudice<\/p>\n – Protect your heart<\/p>\n Only there aren’t any rules to govern her attraction to her newest match, former pro-football player Samson Lima. The sexy and seemingly sweet hunk woos her one magical night… and disappears.<\/p>\n Rhi thought she’d buried her hurt over Samson ghosting her, until he suddenly surfaces months later, still big, still beautiful\u2014and in league with a business rival. He says he won’t fumble their second chance, but she’s wary. A temporary physical partnership is one thing, but a merger of hearts? Surely that\u2019s too high a risk.<\/p>\n Get THE RIGHT SWIPE at the Ripped Bodice<\/a> |\u00a0Amazon<\/a> | Apple Books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Maddie and Theo have two things in common:<\/p>\n 1. Alexa is their best friend But as with any engagement with a nemesis, there are unspoken rules that must be abided by. First and foremost, don’t fall in love.<\/p>\n Get the Wedding Party at The Ripped Bodice<\/a> | Amazon<\/a> | Apple Books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Cassie Hanwell was born for emergencies. As one of the only female firefighters in her Texas firehouse, she’s seen her fair share of them, and she’s a total pro at other people’s tragedies. But when her estranged and ailing mother asks her to give up her whole life and move to Boston, Cassie suddenly has an emergency of her own.<\/p>\n The tough, old-school Boston firehouse is as different from Cassie’s old job as it could possibly be. Hazing, a lack of funding, and poor facilities mean that the firemen aren’t exactly thrilled to have a “lady” on the crew\u2014even one as competent and smart as Cassie. Except for the infatuation-inspiring rookie, who doesn’t seem to mind having Cassie around. But she can’t think about that. Because love is girly, and it\u2019s not her thing. And don\u2019t forget the advice her old captain gave her:\u00a0Never date firefighters.\u00a0<\/i>Cassie can feel her resolve slipping…and it means risking it all\u2014the only job she\u2019s ever loved, and the hero she\u2019s worked like hell to become.<\/p>\n Katherine Center’s\u00a0Things You Save in a Fire<\/i>\u00a0is a heartfelt and healing tour-de-force about the strength of vulnerability, the nourishing magic of forgiveness, and the life-changing power of defining courage, at last, for yourself.<\/p>\n Get THINGS YOU SAVE IN A FIRE at The Ripped Bodice<\/a>|\u00a0Amazon<\/a> | Apple Books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>![\"meet](\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/meet-cute.jpg\")
<\/p>\nMEET CUTE by Helena Hunting (April 9; Forever Romance<\/strong><\/h2>\n
FUMBLED by Alexa Martin (April 23; Berkley Romance)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Single-mother Poppy Patterson moved across the country when she was sixteen and pregnant to find a new normal. After years of hard work, she\u2019s built a life she loves. It may include a job at a nightclub, weekend soccer games, and more stretch marks than she anticipated, but it\u2019s all hers, and nobody can take that away. Well, except for one person. <\/span><\/p>\n
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\n <\/p>\nTHE BRIDE TEST by Helen Hoang (May 7; Berkley Romance)
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<\/strong><\/h2>\nI LOVE YOU SO MOCHI by Sarah Kuhn (May 28; Scholastic)
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\nTHE UNHONEYMOONERS by Christina Lauren\u00a0 (May 14; Gallery Books)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
THE UNBREAKABLES by Lisa Barr (June 4; Harper)
<\/strong><\/h2>\nNatalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim (June 11; Berkley Romance)<\/strong><\/h2>\nEvvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (June 25; Ballantine)
<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe Right Swipe by Alisha Rai (July 2; Avon)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n
The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
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\n<\/b>After an “oops, we made a mistake” night together, neither one can stop thinking about the other. With Alexa’s wedding rapidly approaching, Maddie and Theo both share bridal party responsibilities that require more interaction with each other than they’re comfortable with. Underneath the sharp barbs they toss at each other is a simmering attraction that won’t fade. It builds until they find themselves sneaking off together to release some tension when Alexa isn’t looking, agreeing they would end it once the wedding is over. When it\u2019s suddenly pushed up and they only have a few months left of secret rendezvouses, they find themselves regretting that the end is near. Two people this different can\u2019t possibly have a connection other than the purely physical, right?<\/p>\nThings You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center (August 13; St. Martin’s Press)<\/strong><\/h2>\n