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Summer Camp Romance Recommendations
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Kaitlyn Arford
June 03, 2025
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Romance Recommendations
 | Wish You Weren’t HereJulliette doesn’t hate Priya…but she can’t stand her. She can’t wait until she goes to the sleepaway camp where she feels safe from everything. Unfortunately, she arrives only to find herself stuck with Priya as a cabinmate. |
 | WildfireTwo students celebrate the end of the school year with a one night stand only to reconnect at the summer camp where they’re both working as counselors. |
 | Dead of SummerA camp counselor discovers that a new counselor is about to kill the campers they’re supposed to protect. To save them, she strikes a deal. |
 | Luck of the DrawZoe quits her law firm after winning the lottery and immediately tries to make things right with the family her firm screwed over in a wrongful death case. Aiden O’Leary decides that she can become his fake finacée so he can win a bid on the campground he wants to run. |
 | Say You Love MeThe first love of Piper’s life comes back into her life when he starts working as a security guard at her dad’s company. She hasn’t seen him since they were summer camp counselors together, but that schoolgirl crush is still there. |
💌 Romancelandia News
More AI-generated nonsense. Business Insider recommended nonexistent books to its staff.
J.K. Rowling is using Harry Potter wealth to fund her anti-transgender organization. In good news, Bridgerton stars have raised £70,000 for trans rights.
New publishing company Authors Equity, has announced the first 10 books it’s publishing. Authors Equity relies on the gigification of publishing and owns 831 Stories. One of the authors, James Frey, publicly uses AI and is drawing a lot of criticism from other authors and readers.
Kennedy Ryan’s Can’t Get Enough is centered on a childless-by-choice woman and dives into civil activism. Kennedy chats with Elle on her Syland saga going into development at Peacock and the systematic problems in publishing for Black women.
Romance novel print sales are down, reports Shelf Love.
Wild Geese Bookshop in Franklin, Indiana, has a Summer Camp for Grown Ups where a bunch of romance authors are hosting!
Paramount is adapting fantasy romance Divine Rivals by Sofia Alvarez
Black-owned mobile bookstore Lattes and Love Letters is opening soon in Louisiana. Good Girl Books is opening June 28 in Knoxville.
Out Magazine asks why more gay male bestsellers aren’t written by gay men.
Holly June Smith is offering a fully funded character art commission to a debut BIPOC LGBTQIA+ indie author whose book celebrates queer love
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Romancelandia Jobs
🔴 Pepper Story wants a freelance prose writer for only $15-$20/chapter of 1,200 words. That is a super low rate.
Terryn Witherspoon-Woolfolk needs someone to help with newsletter growth The Richard S. Holden Diversity Fellowship provides $3,000 for continuing career development Rachel Lewis needs a pro to do exterior formatting for a book that needs a spine and a blurb Ariel Brouillette needs affordable NSFW artists for future reference Melissa Wiesner needs a proofreader for a final manuscript Michele Khalil needs an editor to work with consistently on fantasy work | Jo Sian needs artists for character art commissions Emma wants to know about your favorite non-AI character artists Sylvia Dark needs a developmental editor with no trigger warnings Astrid Rose needs a PR company to promote her dark paranormal fantasy Natasha needs a website designer Daphne Elliot needs an artist who does noir style or modern pulp illustrations Green Avenue Books & Publishing needs a contract editor for 1-2 manuscripts a month |
Romance Releases
Contemporary | ||
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Never Thought I’d End Up Here by Ann Liang | Til Summer Do Us Part by Meghan Quinn | Ready to Score by Jodie Slaughter |
Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales | Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto | Can’t Always Get What You Want by Sara Ney |
Historical | ||
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Miss Davis and the Architect by C.N. Jarrett | The Lady Makes Her Mark by Susanna Craig | The Lord’s Absolutely Perfect Pickpocket by Eva Devon |
A Touch of Steele by Cathy Maxwell | The Wise Daughter by Shelley E. Powell | The Earl’s Error by Rose Pearson |
Fantasy | ||
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A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim | The Saltwater Curse by Avina St. Graves | Power Shift by Hannah Cowan |
Lady’s Knight by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner | It Takes a Psychic by Jayne Castle | The God and the Gwisin by Sophie Kim |
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Free Romances
One Night Stand by Jenna Kent When the Duke Loved Me by Lydia Lloyd The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles The Awakening of Ivy Leavold by Sierra Simone Stone Temptation by Richard Amos Getting Lei’d by Ann Omasta Heir of Ruin by Leigh Kelsey Like You Mean It by Jillian Liota Those Red High Heels by Katherine May | Butterflies in Paris by Shannon O’Connor Feinted Love by Elle Keaton Splintered Hearts by Sophie Quinn On The Sidelines by Adeline Brown Abigail’s Shop by Rachael Herron King of the Fae by Ava Mason The Viscount’s Darling Cinderella by Hayleigh Mills Rise of the Phoenix by JL Madore Forking Around by Erin Nicholas Buddy Reads by Dhara Shah |
eBook Sales
Pardon My Frenchie by Farrah Rochon Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas $2.99 | Sex, Lies and Sensibility by Nikki Payne $1.99 Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon $1.99 |
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