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This historical romance centres on Anna’s uncertain engagement, family inheritance and growing attraction to Ewan. Her interest in poetry and doubts about love unfold alongside a plot against Ewan.

This supernatural story centres on a young werewolf trying to manage dangerous urges while hunters close in. It also brings a love-versus-duty dilemma into the conflict.

Expect court and kingdom tensions alongside a developing romance, sibling bonds and choices about love and duty. The story also includes magic and a threatened invasion.

This science-fiction adventure centres on time travel, conflict with Eyewall and a choice between protecting loved ones and trying to avert a grim future.

The story pairs a spy mission with a rivalry that shifts as Caden develops feelings for Dylan. Its central tension is between the organisation’s lethal competition and the boys’ unexpected connection.

Antonio’s father has taught him that women cannot be trusted and that a man should have more than one partner. Miesha has her own guarded approach to romance, and their games bring both to question whether love is real.

Expect four folktales alongside cultural context: each story is followed by an account of its festival and how it is celebrated. The collection connects legendary events with customs including boat-racing, water-splashing and festival dancing.

A set of festive recollections, these stories range from family and neighbourly encounters to school-pageant humour and a Christmas Eve journey in Bali.

This is a romance-centred coming-of-age story about a girl pursuing a boy and making plans to attract his attention. The summer job brings her into the same setting as Jim, while his girlfriend is also part of the conflict.

At its centre is Jamie’s effort to hide his sexuality and the experimental drug he hopes will change his attraction to boys. His choices also affect his connection with Celia and the people closest to him.

Kailey’s love of the shoreline turns into a campaign when she learns that development could transform its tide pools. Her plan is an art protest, and she must try something unfamiliar to her.

A science-fiction thriller about two teens caught between human institutions and aliens, alongside Reese’s unresolved feelings for her ex-girlfriend and David.

Nina describes the practical change of having one home with her mother and another with her father, and living in each at different times.

This is a romance set against conflict between African American and Somali students. Rodney and Jawahir’s relationship brings questions of loyalty and social division into the foreground.

Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare try to describe how much they love one another, discovering that love is not easy to measure. This illustrated story centres on affection between a parent and child, with hares and a bedtime setting.

This is a contemporary family-and-romance story about Frank negotiating his parents’ expectations, his relationships and his Korean American identity. A serious illness and bereavement also shape the family story.

A fantasy premise turns an expected future upside down: Liz must find her place in an afterlife where people grow younger. Her adjustment brings grief and frustration alongside friendship, love and personal choices.

A family’s drought-hit farm forms the backdrop to Dutch’s changing feelings, her cousin’s visit and conflicts among relatives. The story follows a summer of shifting relationships and new perspectives.

A ballet-loving kitten learns that dancing with friends can be enjoyable too. Ballet practice, disagreement with Froggy, and a lively party shape a gentle story about different ways of moving.

Ari wants a different future from the family bakery; meeting Hector brings baking and a developing romance into that conflict. The story also foregrounds decisions and the support loved ones may offer.

Natan’s resolve to speak out places him amid dangerous accusations against Strasbourg’s Jewish community, with plague fear and a violent incident adding to the stakes.

A family story about a boy caught between a reserved father and a mother who left, then returns to his life. Jeff's hopes for renewed closeness meet a painful betrayal.

A horse-centred story about a foster teenager offered another home and a chance to build trust, alongside Christian themes and practical horse-related back matter.

This is an intimate poetry collection about love, growing up and difficult feelings, including loneliness and depression. It may suit a reader drawn to personal, emotionally direct poems.

A speculative romance joins two teenagers across time, while family upheaval and other historical and supernatural elements compete for space. The central relationship may not be the novel’s only substantial focus.

Katie’s move and efforts to make friends place her first-love experience within a wider story of adjusting to a new school and family life.

At its centre is Pattyn’s search for where she belongs, as family ties, faith and her feelings about being loved come into question.

This is a romance shaped by a bid for stardom: Roxanne’s Hollywood prospects and her feelings pull in different directions. The book’s ending and the eventual outcome of her choices are unclear.

This is a Christian story about kindness and love, including loving people who are hard to like. Grampa explains these ideas through Little Cub’s questions and relationships.

Expect a high-stakes escape-and-resistance story involving bounty hunters, alleged human ownership and a threat to brainwaves. The plot also centres on Genie and Rian’s relationship.

The central appeal is the clash between a long-standing relationship and a choice that affects more than the couple. Morgan also has an unusual ability to predict the future.

Expect an intergenerational family story shaped by biblical parallels, with identity and love among its central concerns. Its tone is described as often brutal, so the emotional register may be intense.

This is a high-stakes ballet competition story, with the dancers’ ambitions entangled with accusations, bullying and personal loyalties.

This instalment combines supernatural peril with a romantic dilemma: Ever’s efforts to help Damen unfold alongside an unexpected attraction to Jude.

This is a fantasy quest driven by Luka’s effort to save his father. Enchanted companions and perilous challenges shape the journey; family love and mortality are also named as themes.

Expect a blend of romance and a quest: Simon and his friend El Pollo face unexpected events as Simon tries to settle accounts with his past.

This is a fantasy adventure built around a perilous flight and a family under pressure. Its appeal may lie in the combination of strange threats, a legendary inheritance and the siblings’ relationships.

Four Houston debutantes navigate romance and revenge as they begin etiquette classes. The story appears to bring personal relationships into a setting shaped by debutante expectations.

This is a supernatural rescue story centred on loyalty, competing attachments and the possibility of personal cost. Nikki’s determination drives the journey, while Cole’s motives complicate her choice to trust him.

This is a story about bereavement and the effort to maintain happiness and close relationships. A rare plant Tessa’s mother entrusted to her care also features in the plot.

This is a contemporary story about a teenager navigating love, secrecy and family strain. Astrid’s imagined connection with people travelling overhead gives her a private way to send care beyond the small town where she feels constrained.

This is a conclusion to a larger fantasy story, bringing prophecies and existing story threads to resolution. Readers unfamiliar with the earlier books may encounter characters and conflicts already in progress.

A playful family-and-space adventure builds around Dad’s alien book, then turns the imagined story back towards the family. It combines encounters with aliens with a romantic turn.

This is a story of separation and a determined attempt at reunion, with Ethan and Lena acting from different sides of the same predicament.

A humorous identity story that puts self-image and outside expectations at its centre, alongside the pain of grief and changing relationships.