💛 Your May Book Box picks are here

Whether it’s the feeling of power or the power of a feeling, it’s pure magic between the pages of our May book picks!

The emotion-filled & rage-fueled high fantasy romance won’t let you go. After making the brave decision to leave the safety of her past for the unknown of her future, she's thrust into a danger-filled journey. With the help of her found family (seriously the HIGHEST tier friend group!) and new allies, she must embrace her mysterious power to navigate the deadly realms, outrunning the promise of war and the snare of deadly creatures to make it to the fabled safe haven. This is made harder by her tumultuous relationship and easier by the mysterious new ally who’s dead set on helping her hone her power and reach her potential (or does that make it even harder?). But with secrets unfurling, desires burning, and bonds tested, their fated path may cost her everything. 📖⚔️🖤

✨ Special box: The books in our May Fantasy Romance Book Box come with signed bookplates and the playlist includes author-selected songs!

The contemporary romance is sure to pull on your heartstrings while bringing all the heat & electricity. He's fallen out of love with love, which is not ideal considering he's the host of Baltimore's beloved radio hotline: Heartstrings. She's got her version of a romance-free happily-ever-after, complete with great family and an incredible daughter, but that all changes after her daughter makes a late-night call to Heartstrings to get dating advice for her mom... and it goes viral. With her dating life being examined by the show's listeners (and potential suitors calling in for their chance to meet her..), she's now spending time in the booth with the Heartstrings host (all while he plays emcee and date-planner and is not pining for her at all whatsoever…). As their friendship electrifies, she’s now answering the question of whether the magic she's always held out for actually does exist.  

✨ Special box: The books in our May Contemporary Romance Book Box come with signed bookplates and the playlist includes author-selected songs!

Scroll on to see these powerful sparks fly!

Our May Fantasy Romance pick:

The Book of Cin by H.M. Wolfe

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You can expect:

• chosen family
• shadow powers
• touch her and die

Content warnings:

• graphic language
• abuse - mental/physical/emotional (on and off page)
• blood and violence
• conversations of self-harm and suicide
• mental health and PTSD
• child abuse (off page/backstory)
• If there is a particular content theme that is triggering for you, we suggest doing additional research on the title to ensure your mental health. 

Our May Contemporary Romance pick:

First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison

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Aiden Valentine has a secret: he’s fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore’s romance hotline, that’s a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight.

Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an incredible family; and a smart, slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life—or lack thereof—she begins to question if she’s as happy as she believed. Maybe a little more romance wouldn’t be such a bad thing.

Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending…even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final decision between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her.

You can expect:

• forced proximity
• friends to lovers
• slow burn (and when the spice hits...!)

Content warnings:

• cancer
• grief
• abandonment
• explicit sexual content
• If there is a particular content theme that is triggering for you, we suggest doing additional research on the title to ensure your mental health