Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 02-20-2026

SHE’S BEEN SECRETLY IN LOVE WITH HIM FOR YEARS…

Josh Huxley is a powerhouse attorney with a devastating smile, a ruthless legal mind, and a secret that keeps him up at night: he’s terrified he inherited his sociopathic mother’s darkest traits. To keep his family from worrying, he dates a revolving door of women he’ll never love—and keeps the one woman who silences his demons at a careful arm’s length.

Ailee Klein knows her place. She’s the overlooked twin, the family disappointment, the assistant who quietly adores her unattainable boss. When her cheating fiancé is exposed in a very public restaurant meltdown, Josh does the last thing anyone expects—he claims she’s his.
One lie. Six months. A sapphire ring that feels dangerously real on her finger…”

LIVE!! MAFIA ROMANCE ALERT!!
Five years ago, my life was destroyed, and my dreams of becoming a ballerina burned with it. That night, someone pulled me out of the dark. I never saw his face. Never heard his voice. I only remember his cologne. When my father resurfaces, I’m dragged back into the mafia world. And protected by the one man who feels dangerously familiar.

Drago Korolyov. Moy zashchitnik. What we have isn’t just temptation. It’s a love deep enough to start wars. The real danger isn’t just the price on my head or the cult hunting me. It’s the truth Drago is hiding. He can protect me from almost anything. And loving him might be the most dangerous thing of all…

LIVE!! SHIFTER ROMANCE
I made a deal with the fae king five years ago. He’s come to collect payment—in the form of a marriage. Now, my bargain requires me to live with him. Share a bed with him. Vow to spend the rest of my immortal life with him, too. He expects me to be his pretty little werewolf, as if I’m just an object he can use to nullify the pain he constantly feels.

I have to play his game for now, but I’ve got a plan brewing. Because there’s one thing he’s forgotten: Even pretty little wolves have a wicked bite. He took a piece of my soul… but I’m going to steal his heart.

LIVE!! FANTASY ADVENTURE!
“…From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures.

Alexandria “Alix” Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives…inside their favorite books…”

LIVE!! HE ANNOUNCED HIS ENGAGEMENT TO ANOTHER WOMAN…
“…Her heart broke when he announced his engagement to another woman.

Tessa Hale never expected to be completely erased by Gage Langford. She thought their love was real…until he left a voicemail that didn’t ease any of her hurt before disappearing from her life.

Three years later, she isn’t the same woman Gage walked away from. She owns a successful bakery and has finally started to heal. Except the billionaire who traded her for a merger marriage is now free of his ex-wife and desperate to explain…”

LIVE!! —> HE’S COACHING HER LOVE LIFE

Jake Evans knows a thing or two about heartbreak. Recently divorced and raising his four-year-old daughter on his own, this cowboy has sworn off women for good. When a job opens up at a dude ranch in his hometown, he comes running, emotional baggage in tow.

An unexpected bonus? Spending the summer with his childhood best friend.