<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[bl results for ((subject:(romance)   collection:"Adult eng fiction") OR collection:"Adult eng pb romance") AND oo:(true)]]></title><description><![CDATA[bl results for ((subject:(romance)   collection:"Adult eng fiction") OR collection:"Adult eng pb romance") AND oo:(true)]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/ottawa/rss/search?query=%28%28subject%3A%28romance%29%20%20%20collection%3A%22Adult%20eng%20fiction%22%29%20OR%20collection%3A%22Adult%20eng%20pb%20romance%22%29%20AND%20oo%3A%28true%29&amp;searchType=bl&amp;f_NEWLY_ACQUIRED=PAST_90_DAYS&amp;locked=false&amp;pagination_page=1&amp;searchScope=ottawa&amp;sort=newly_acquired&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;suppress=true&amp;title=---Romance&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:13:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Rules for the Summer (Standard Edition)]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 200,000 From NYT bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a new laugh-out-loud summer rom-com. Renley Gossage has one shot to prove she's more than Cape Meril's favorite cautionary tale: restore her favorite candy shop before the town writes her off like they did her father. No help, no shortcuts, and definitely no rich men wielding engagement rings and making things messy. Theo Williams never planned on ending up in Cape Meril. A drunken game of truth or dare turned into a botched online engagement, and now he's across the ocean, escaping his father's control with nothing but designer shoes, misplaced confidence, and a rental next door to Renley. Between collapsing drywall, gossiping neighbors, and the chaotic schemes of Renley's aunt, their forced proximity turns into something dangerously close to real.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706950</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706950</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Quinn, Meghan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1706950026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464246753/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falling Into You]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 30,000 Colburn Brothers #3, following FREE FALLING. Childhood sweethearts who now hate each other get a second chance to release all their unresolved tension in this warm, sexy contemporary romance. Hazel Pierce has three goals for coming back to Star Falls: Help her estranged dad. Keep things strictly temporary. Absolutely, under no circumstances, fall for Tucker Colburn again. That plan dies a dramatic, soggy death when a rogue wasp sting sends Hazel swerving off the road and into the river - only to be hauled out, half-drowned and furious, by the Star Falls Fire Department's finest. Unfortunately, "finest" is ex–best friend, ex–one-night mistake, and the man she's been avoiding for a decade. Tucker's always had a way of getting into her head. As sparks turn into late-night confessions and slow, toe-curling kisses, Hazel has to decide if she's done running - from her past, from this town, and from the only man who's ever made her feel like home.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706833</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706833</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shalvis, Jill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1706833026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464261060/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enter the Nightmare]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 75,000 Harmony #18, following IT TAKE A PSYCHIC. Alice Radstone should have known not to return. Her life before the Hotel of Dreams had been the perfectly cloistered world of a teacher at the Ballantine Academy. When the death of her mentor forced her out, she was left to reinvent herself in the big city. Since then, things have not gone well. Ten months ago, after her first trip to the hotel, she woke up in the locked ward of a hospital for the criminally insane, told that she had murdered her husband on their wedding night. Unfortunately, Alice’s second reinvented life is also deteriorating rapidly, which is why she finds herself once again at the Hotel of Dreams - this time hiding in the shadows of her room, a dead body in the shower, and two men wearing masks creeping toward the bed to kidnap her. Again.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706824</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706824</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Castle, Jayne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1706824026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217187379/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fever Dream]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 30,000(CDN) From #1 NYT bestselling author Elsie Silver comes a small-town, forbidden, rivals-to-lovers romance, the first book in the brand-new Western romance series Emerald Lake. Professional bull rider Emmett Bush is not looking for love. He’s looking for a paycheck to save his family’s farm from bankruptcy. So, when he agrees to be the leading man on a hot new reality dating show, Romance Ranch, he’s already decided it’s all one big performance. Until Julia Silva walks onto his property. Smart, snarky, beautiful, and off-limits in more ways than one. As the location consultant on set and the little sister of his most bitter professional rival, she’s the last woman who should pique his interest. Julia has been warned about Emmett. But as Julia and Emmett work together, mutual distaste grows into an unexpected connection and then… something more.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706836</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706836</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Silver, Elsie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1706836026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668203828/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Daisy Chain Flower Shop (Dream Harbor, Book 6)]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 250,000 Dream Harbor #6, following GINGERBREAD BAKERY. The greatest love is the one you never expected to find. Daisy is fed up with being unlucky in love, and after several weddings she has done the flowers for end in divorce, her beloved flower shop has gained a reputation of being cursed, thanks to Mayor Kelly and his infamous visions. Dream Harbor newcomer, Elliot, has been adjusting to town life following his own relationship turmoil. And until now he’s avoided the flower shop at all costs. If the mayor is correct, he doesn’t need any more bad luck in his life. But with his family coming to visit, Elliot finds himself reluctantly in front of Daisy’s store in need of some flowers.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706687</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706687</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gilmore, Laurie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1706687026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780008761479/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Stick Energy : A New York Legends Hockey Romance]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 75,000 New York Legends Hockey #2, following THROWN FOR A LOOP. A hockey team captain and a bubbly staffer mix business with pleasure when they start fake dating through the wedding season in this hot sports romance. Darcy Kendrick is used to putting out fires. As an overworked admin to a hockey team, she’s seen it all. But nothing prepares her for accidentally DMing her very private, very NSFW fantasy to the subject of this fantasy: team captain Eric Tremaine. But when a wedding invite puts them on a collision course with her chaotic family and his emotionally fraught past, Eric suggests a plan: they fake-date their way through the “Wedding Experience.” Except between mini tacos, slow dances and lingering glances, Eric starts to wonder if the sharp-tongued assistant with a bottomless to-do list might be the one person who truly sees him.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706679</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706679</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bowen, Sarina]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1706679026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538772492/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blaze of Glory]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Everett is the last of his father's sons to live at home on the Everett ranch, working with their prize bulls and trying to forget the heartbreak he's been living with when the woman of his dreams chose his brother over him. He doesn't expect to ever find love. That is, until he finds the feisty Josie Blake sneaking around his award-winning cattle. Josie is brash, bold and not interested in John--or so she says. But they soon realize their connection is deeper than either of them expected as Josie infiltrates the ranch and John's heart. Before long, John realizes there's more to Josie than meets the eye, and her interest in the ranch and in the town of Branntville might be more than just honest curiosity. When danger finds her, can John rely on his Everett family connections to help save Josie before she's in over her head? And will the two of them overcome the secrets swirling around them and find their way back to each other? 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I’ve spent years stuck behind a desk, always doing the practical, predictable thing. But when my sister’s untimely death leaves me with her unfinished bucket list, I have no choice but to throw caution to the wind and hop on a flight to sunny Ibiza. Attempting to carpe my diem on the shores of the Spanish Mediterranean, I waste no time making new friends and finding work at a popular nightclub. Living out my sister’s dream summer shouldn’t be hard with her bucket list as my guide. That is, until I meet my surprisingly sexy boss Cristiano Moreno Winthrop. He’s completely off limits, but we can’t seem to stay away from each other.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1707049</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1707049</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grey, R. S.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1707049026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316603560/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lion and the Deathless Dark : The Bloodborn Duet, Book One]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 750,000 #1 NYT bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns with a brand new novel in the Crowns of Nyaxia series - the first book in the Bloodborn Duet. Features beautiful case art and a detailed map. Some blood tastes like vengeance. Some blood tastes like grief. Some blood tastes like nothing at all. Under an eternal night, the world has been ravaged by ten years of war between humans and vampires. Kyrene scrapes by as a bounty hunter, bearing a blessed sword from the goddess of justice. But in the wake of a devastating loss, Kyrene commits a crime that makes her a target for mortals and gods alike - and she is still desperate for vengeance. Her only chance at survival - and revenge - is making a deal with her enemy, the silver-tongue vampire prince, Septimus, who offers her one final job: to slay the gods themselves.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706975</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706975</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Broadbent, Carissa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1706975026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250367846/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Matchmaker's Cottage]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 60,000 DEBUT. A cozy fall romance wrapped in small-town charm reunites the owner of a B&B with her childhood sweetheart for a celebrity matchmaking scheme which has them both seeing stars. Julia Schaeffer might run the most romantic little B&B in Upstate NY, but as far as that infuriating Ethan Duchamp is concerned, this older, wiser Julia has a strict “no vacancy” policy. Sure, she’s teetering on the edge of a financial cliff, and his half-baked plan to pair up his celebrity clients at her inn will undoubtedly be good for business - but how much forced proximity with the man who abandoned her is she supposed to take? Ethan needs this to work. The dreamy, autumnal - and blissfully secluded - cottage from his childhood summers, is the ideal setting for playing matchmaker to Hollywood’s next power couple. It’s the only way to save his PR career from the tabloid toilet.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1707154</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1707154</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sloane, Kat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1707154026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217189519/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thief]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 75,000 Love Me With Lies #3, following DIRTY RED. In print for the first time (self-published 2013). This is more than just a love story. This is a testament to a love so profound, it never goes away. But first, things will get messy. Caleb Drake never got over his first love. Not when he got married. Not when she got married. When life suddenly comes full circle, Caleb must decide how far he is willing to go to get the aloof and alluring Olivia Kaspen back. But for every action in life there is a consequence, and soon Caleb finds out that sometimes love comes at an unbearably high price.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1707021</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1707021</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fisher, Tarryn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1707021026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781525830396/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vera Stein Is Fine : A Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 100,000 A heartfelt and hilarious tale of a woman who thinks life and love have passed her by until she’s thrown into her grandmother’s quirky world of octogenarian free love and gets a second chance with the one man she never expected to see again. Welcome to Starlight Palms, a favorite retirement facility among Hollywood actors and industry professionals tucked away just outside of sunny Palm Springs. Filled with forgotten scream queens, eccentric screenwriters, and heartthrobs of the past, it has a brand-new resident: Vera Stein, age 40. The Starlight Palms Senior Living Center is midcentury Hollywood down to its pastel-painted bones. This desert gem isn’t lacking in saucy plot twists (swinging seniors, anyone?) or a leading man: Elias Buckley, the on-site doctor and Vera’s former ill-fated college fling and - for reasons that will stay in Vegas - legally her ex-husband according to the state of Nevada.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1707085</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1707085</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Murphy, Julie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1707085026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063386839/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fossil Feud : A Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 50,000 The hunt for fossils - and love - is on in this steamy, STEMinist romance about two paleontologists who join forces to prevent a fraudulent dinosaur discovery, but accidentally dig up feelings for each other along the way. Renegade paleontologist Ripley Adams is this close to digging up a fossil treasure and vindication. She’s spent the last three years in academic exile after her ex-boyfriend stole her work, betrayed her trust, and broke her heart in one fell swoop. If she can unearth a complete specimen of her newest discovery - a never-before-seen missing link between dinosaurs and birds - it will put her back on the map and finally restore her ruined reputation. But when unfairly hot Oxford professor James Smithson crashes Ripley’s dig site, she realizes she’s not the only one searching for redemption in the Montana dirt.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706926</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706926</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[North, Maggie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1706926026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217299089/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ship Happens : A Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 75,000 From bestselling and award-winning author Mason Deaver comes a delightful second-chance romance with trans representation. A year ago, Owen Henson had a close-knit group of friends who felt like family and a boyfriend who made his heart race just by walking into the room. But now? Everything’s unraveling. His friends seem to be moving forward without him, and his happily-ever-after shattered when his boyfriend Jacob packed up and left for North Carolina to join a research team. The last thing Owen needs is for Jacob to waltz back into the city like nothing happened, showing up at their friends’ annual Christmas party looking just as annoyingly handsome as the day he left. Or for their friends to spring a surprise six-day, seven-night cruise up the West Coast to Alaska as a bonding trip for the group. How is Owen supposed to keep it together around the man who broke his heart, all while pretending he’s fine?]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1707002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1707002</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deaver, Mason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1707002026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063394346/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Die for Me : A Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 50,000 A stay-up-all-night, smart, spicy romance following a doctor who finds herself falling for an alluring, much-younger man with a deadly secret. Sean’s not in the market for love. The only female, let alone Black, interventional cardiologist at her hospital, she’s watched too many of her male colleagues divorce their first wives to marry younger models - and then there’s the abusive relationship she’s spent the better part of her early 30s healing from. Her passions are reserved for her best friend, her goddaughter, and her job. Then she meets Julian. Brooding, beautiful and 11 years her junior. In short: A bad idea. Julian pursues her in a way that sets off alarm bells in her mind, but she finds herself unable to resist their undeniable chemistry - even starts fantasizing about him in dreams that feel altogether too real.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706706</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706706</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Obuobi, Shirlene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1706706026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780143139188/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devil Inside : A Novel]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 75,000 EXORCIST meets DEAD ROMANTICS in this horror romance about a young man who think he’s met the love of his life only to find out she’s a demon, and must decide how far he's willing to go to make this relationship work. Jordan suffers a traumatic accident on the job. It takes him a year to recover after dying for two minutes, and he’s just starting to feel like himself again. Well, there’s a black void in his heart he can’t seem to fill, but other than that, he’s ready to get back out into the world. His friends think he should meet someone, but he doesn’t think he’s ready. Until he encounters Lilith. The two share an instant connection and Jordan can’t wait to see her again. Except the next time he runs into her, she’s in a different body.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706705</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1706705</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[McLeod Chapman, Clay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1706705026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780778306214/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want Me, Take Me, Haunt Me, Make Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[FP 75,000 The Conjuring takes a turn for the dark and spicy in this chilling horror romance by DEBUT author Isabel Crowley. Hazel Lewis has a serious problem. The guy who hired her to conduct a seance before he died turned out to be a serial killer with a demonic contract, and the seance itself was a trap. Hazel escaped with her life, but not as she knew it: the bite of a demon is spreading through her body, letting the supernatural bleed into the world around her, and the now-dead serial killer is waiting to take over her body if she dies. Hoping to contain the damage, Hazel moves to a small house in a remote location. But she soon finds out that she’s not alone. There’s the reporter demanding answers, the friendly neighbor with chemistry she doesn’t need and problems he can’t talk about…and the mysterious face she sees beyond her window, watching her every night with glowing red eyes.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1707110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1707110</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Crowley, Isabel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1707110026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464241413/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just for the Cameras (Standard Edition)]]></title><description><![CDATA[From NYT bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a sizzling sports romance full of flamingo feathers, slow-burn heat, and one grump-meets-sunshine love story that's anything but fake. Graydon St. John doesn’t do drama - or public appearances. The brooding defensive end for the San Francisco Foghorns prefers silence, solitude, and avoiding headlines. But when a league-wide PR scandal forces him into a media stunt at the city zoo, he’s suddenly face-to-face with squawking birds, nosy fans, and the zookeeper who seems to hate his guts on sight. Maple Baker loves her flamingos. Loud, pink, messy? Sure. But they’re hers. 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Marketing specialist Sabrina Greenlee knows she's playing with fire when it comes to her feelings for Hewitt Birch. But when masked men kidnap her, her very survival depends on the team she calls family¿Hew included¿and she willingly welcomes the flames. Hewitt Birch has spent a lifetime controlling his emotions. But when Sabrina disappears, his carefully maintained self-discipline shatters. He vows to bring Sabrina home, even when it becomes clear her kidnapping is a smokescreen. The real target? BKI itself. When the rescue mission goes sideways, Sabrina and Hew are left reeling from the lingering danger and the passion ignited between them. With enemies closing in and betrayal lurking around every corner, they'll have to decide if they can afford to risk their hearts while they fight for their lives¿]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1704925</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1704925</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Walker, Julie Ann]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1704925026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781950100224/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rooting Interest : An 831 Stories Romance]]></title><description><![CDATA[For fans of will-they-won't-they courtship and women's sports, a queer romance that will leave you breathless until the final buzzer. When Jennifer Felix gets pulled off her NFL beat to cover the WNBA All-Star weekend, she doesn't expect to find herself so taken with the sport, its fans, or one of its stars, crowd-favorite Natalie Czapski. But as they move past their rocky start in the press room, Felix has to decide if she's going to risk putting her heart out there for a woman who claims to be married to the game. "Whether or not you're a sports fan, you'll cheer on Felix and Natalie, two women figuring out what they want in life. Rooting Interest is smart, nuanced, and desperately sexy." --Amy Spalding, bestselling author of For Her Consideration and On Her Terms]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1704985</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1704985</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Disabato, Cat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1704985026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798893311037/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Last Guy on Earth]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest LGBTQ hockey novel from bestseller Sarina Bowen! One cold December day, two men are blindsided by a hockey trade; one is the most decorated goalie in the league, while the other one is the youngest coach in the majors. Jethro Hale is the last player Coach Clay Powers wants to see on his roster, but the G.M. pulls a fast one. And it's not like he can even explain why. Nobody knows about their love affair fifteen years ago. Cue the all-star awkwardness, the painful memories and the reawakening of deep feelings on both sides. Unfortunately, their attraction still burns brightly. But it can never be. A player and a coach? The scandal would overshadow the team's banner year. If only they could resist each other... If you love grumpy heroes, high stakes hockey, struggling single parents and smoldering kisses, grab your copy of The Last Guy on Earth.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1704959</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1704959</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bowen, Sarina]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1704959026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781950155828/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's Looking at You]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite the oddballs that keep turning up on her dates, Anna couldn't be happier. As a 30-something with a job she loves, life has turned out better than she dared dream. However, things weren't always this way, and her years spent as the butt of schoolyard jokes are ones she'd rather forget. So when James Fraser - the architect of Anna's final humiliation at school - walks back into her life, her world is turned upside down. But James seems a changed man. Polite. Mature. Funny, even. People can change, right? So why does Anna feel like she's a fool to trust him? Full of laugh out loud humor, Here's Looking At You is a novel about facing your demons and being happy with who you really are. 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Blair and Declan were inseparable growing up - best friends who knew each other better than anyone else. But when an impulsive kiss took them from friends to something more, everything changed. Just as quickly as their romance started, one moment shattered it all, leaving them with nothing but heartbreak and silence. Now, four years later, Blair is back in their coastal hometown of Seabrook to support her mom and care for her great-aunt Lottie as her health declines. To make ends meet, Blair applies to work at a coffee shop - only to discover it’s managed by none other than Declan. The boy she loved. The boy she lost. 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Known for its natural beauty, holiday-themed Noel, North Carolina, isn’t just the country’s second largest producer of Christmas trees, it’s a warm, welcoming community, as one visitor on a challenging journey is about to discover. By the time 25-year-old single mom Nicole Vaughn pulls her RV into Noel she’s at the final stop of a momentous road trip with her daughter, Kyle. Born with a heart defect, 8-year-old Kyle is now in need of a life-saving donor heart. Nicky holds out hope, but she knows the road ahead won’t be easy. Determined to make this Christmas rich and exciting, she’s traversed the U.S. to show Kyle the country’s natural wonders. But now Nicky’s out of money and needs a job. At the Frosted Firs Ranch, she finds much more.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1697290</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1697290</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dailey, Janet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1697290026</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781496744968/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=O</image_url></item></channel></rss>