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Check Me Out ;) BOYFRIEND MATERIAL By Alexis Hall
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS By Ali Hazelwood
SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE By Tia Williams
To convince her best friend that she is on her way to a happily ever after, third-year Ph.D. candidate Olive Smith, who doesn’t believe in long-lasting romance, forms a fake relationship with Stanford’s reigning lab tyrant and soon finds their experiment putting her own heart under the microscope. A delightfully nerdy romance.
Twenty years ago, now-writers Eva and Shane spent a week falling madly in love and never saw each other again. When they meet once again at a literary event, the two reconnect over shared memories, past pain, and a still undeniable connection. This is a richly layered and satisfying look at second chances.
THE MEET-CUTE PROJECT By Rhiannon Richardson
A PHO LOVE STORY By Loan Le
High school junior Mia, who hates romantic comedies, must endure the “meet-cute” encounters her best friends set up to help her find a date for her sister’s wedding. Fun and frothy romance for fans of “All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and “Save the Date.”
In this cute and quirky romcom, Bao and Linh work in their respective parents’ competing, neighboring pho restaurants. When a friendly competition brings them closer together, the sparks fly despite fears of their relationship surviving between feuding families.
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To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice, normal relationship… and Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come. Unfortunately, apart from being gay, single, and really, really in need of a date for a big event, Luc and Oliver have nothing in common. So they strike a deal to be publicityfriendly (fake) boyfriends until the dust has settled. But the thing about fake dating is that it can feel a lot like real dating. And that’s when you get used to someone and start falling for them.
MY WEIRD SCHOOL SPECIAL: OH VALENTINE, WE’VE LOST OUR MINDS! By Dan Gutman It’s the week of Valentine’s Day, and A.J.’s class is getting a foreign exchange student! His name is Pierre, and he’s from France. But what happens when Pierre challenges A.J. to a duel (or at least a thumb war) over Andrea? One thing’s for sure: when L-O-V-E comes to Ella Mentry, it spells the weirdest Valentine’s Day story in the history of the world! 36
YOU HAD ME AT HOLA By Alexis Daria ONE TO WATCH By Kate Stayman-London
Jasmine moves home to New York for an unbelievable chance: the lead role in a bilingual rom-com. The timing couldn’t be better— after being painfully and publicly dumped, and the tabloids have painted her as a loser in love. Ashton has two goals: achieving mainstream Hollywood success and keeping the paparazzi from discovering his 8-year-old son. He studiously avoids his attraction to Jasmine—she’s a paparazzi magnet. However, as work on the show continues, they give in to their undeniable attraction.
“One to Watch” follows plus-sized blogger Bea Schumacher through her journey of self-acceptance and love. After a devastating heartbreak, Bea takes to her infamous blog, OMBea, to express her frustration with dating reality show Main Squeeze’s lack of diverse representation. Her post goes viral, and Bea lands as the next season’s first plus-sized star. A delightful rom-com about whose love stories get told.
LOVE MONSTER By Rachel Bright
I NEED A HUG By Aaron Blabey
A googly-eyed misfit struggles to find a place among the adorable and fluffy residents of Cutesville, an effort that compels him to search high, low, and middle-ish to find a friend who will accept him just the way he is. A wonderfully warm look at how sometimes, when you least expect it, love finds you.
A little porcupine needs a hug, but her prickly spikes get rebuffed by the other animals. The despondent porcupine sees these animals running back towards her, only to find they are escaping from a snake. “I Need a Hug” is a sweet story about friendship and learning not to judge a book by its cover. Perfect for Valentine’s Day or any day that requires a hug.
