From Cosmopolitan's Cosmo Reads imprint comes a delightful contemporary romance full of surprises.

Welcome to Darling Springs, where everyone's got a juicy secret.

Dog trainer Chloe Rivers knows that her recent impulsive one night stand was a mistake―especially now that the sexy stranger in question, Sawyer Dumont, turns out to be her new landlord at the town's newly opened doggy daycare. He's all tailored suits and tight schedules; she's sunshine, donuts, and sit stay swoon. They agree to pretend nothing happened. Their chemistry refuses.

Chloe's dog training business is gaining celebrity clients daily, and Sawyer's doggy daycare becomes the hot spot for a new TV show, forcing the two to work together more and more closely. And then there's the night that Chloe discovers Sawyer's secret alter ego, complete with a fandom.

When Chloe gets roped into a charity dance number, she blackmails Mr. Serious into being her partner. Cue closed door rehearsals, burning hot touches, and Dirty Dancing energy that's impossible to fake―on or off the dance floor. But working together means all kinds of complications, in spite of which Chloe can't deny it: she's crushing hard…and she's not the only one.

Release date: July 28, 2026

From Cosmopolitan's Cosmo Reads imprint and the author of the smash hit Call It What You Want comes a fresh, charming romcom about the chaos of dating in your twenties, the ache of a brutal breakup, and the hilarious lengths one romance writer will go to get her spark back―including staging her own meet-cutes. Perfect for fans of Katherine Center and Emily Henry's Beach Read.

If you can't write a good meet-cute, maybe you need to live one first…

Ainsley Green writes happily-ever-afters for a rabid fanbase of hopeless romantics. In real life? Her boyfriend just broke up with her, her editor wanted a new book yesterday and she's starting to wonder if love actually exists beyond the pages of her favorite novels.

So when Lucas, Ainsley's best friend and biggest cheerleader, insists the best cure for writer's block is real-life inspiration, she's ready to try anything. Enter: the meet-cute plan, a mission to take her head out of her heartbreak and force meet-cutes IRL to spark some new ideas. But as failed missions bumping into strangers at the airport and spilling coffee on men at the cafe result in nothing but embarrassment and stained clothing, Ainsley begins to wonder if maybe the romance she's been chasing already has a leading man.

Because the truth about falling in love? It never goes according to plan.

Equal parts heartbreak, humor, and hope, How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle is a fresh, flirty send up of dating in the modern age and a reminder that love finds us when we stop performing and start living.

Release date: August 4, 2026

Found family, forbidden love, and a heroine who refuses to kneel― from Cosmopolitan's book imprint comes REIGN, a fierce feminist romantasy about choosing freedom over fear and setting fire to the throne.

The Kingdom of Lyonesse is absent of magic but not of rain.

In the rain-soaked Kingdom of Lyonesse, magic is outlawed―punishable by death.

So when Niamh's forbidden witchcraft is exposed, she flees her rainy village disguised as a man.

She never meant to end up on a battlefield.

Mistakenly conscripted into a brutal war engineered by a paranoid king against a vengeful sorceress determined to reclaim the throne, Niamh now hides another secret―her womanhood. Between fighting terrifying beasts and confronting arcane powers she once believed were merely folklore, Niamh is thrust into a world where survival relies on more than luck―it demands alliances.

In battle, Niamh must obey Prince Fitzroy, the king's infuriatingly handsome illegitimate son and sharp-tongued commander tasked with eradicating magic. He is everything she despises…and everything she struggles to resist. Back at camp, she forges a complicated friendship with Bash, a fellow soldier who sees her like no one else does and stirs forbidden feelings that could shatter her disguise.

As war tightens its grip on the kingdom, Niamh is forced to choose: obey the prince who could expose her, trust the soldier who could love her, or embrace the forbidden magic that could save them all.

But war is merciless, and not everyone will live to see which side prevails.

Release date: September 1, 2026

From Cosmopolitan's Cosmo Reads imprint comes BACK FOR SECONDS, a sexy, sensory exploration of how food, sex, connection, and community can make even the darkest days shine bright with hope and love. It's about letting yourself be seen―mess and all.

Two cups of chaos, a dash of generational trauma, and a pinch of Christmas magic.

June Alfiero is just trying to survive her first Christmas post-divorce. If growing up the only daughter of Evergreen's boardwalk pizza king taught her anything, it's how to eat or be eaten.

She's done indulging family drama; she refuses to play games with her ex; and she definitely will not be falling for the viral vegan homecook she accidentally dragged on TikTok after one too many margaritas.

But when June comes face-to-face with the Adonis himself, Joey Pagano is nothing like his digital footprint. He's patient. Earnest. Maddeningly kind. And navigating his own heartbreak.

The more time they spend together, sharing home-cooked meals and soft confessions,―the more June's hardened exterior begins to melt.

Suddenly, her small Jersey Shore town is serving up more than bittersweet nostalgia: it's late-night kitchen experiments, flirty bickering, shared secrets, and the kind of steady companionship June had given up on. Joey doesn't shy away from her mess―he pulls up a chair, pours a glass of wine, and asks for seconds.

With every boardwalk stroll and cozy, flour-dusted moment, June feels something inside her unclench. Maybe healing doesn't have to be quiet. Maybe it can be loud, joyful, and a little chaotic―just like Evergreen at Christmas.

But bearing her soul to Joey means risking the kind of heartbreak she's barely recovered from.

Will June take a chance on the delicious magic growing between them―or close the door before Joey can knock again?

Release date: October 6, 2026

For fans of Ashley Poston and The Love of My Afterlife comes a clever and swoony novel about an aspiring New York lifestyle influencer who gets trapped in her own "day in the life" video, with only a mysterious stranger to help her break out.

Get ready with me… to break out of the algorithm

Laia Grace is the New York City lifestyle influencer… or at least, she's determined to be. After leaving her past behind to pursue her dreams, failure is not an option.

Every day, she films her aesthetic routine ― the perfect light, the perfect latte, the perfect life. Until one morning, her day starts to… glitch. Her neighbors flicker. Her best friend loops. And Laia realizes she's no longer the creator, but the content ― and she's trapped inside of her last "day in the life" video, forever playing on an endless, infinite loop.

That's when a brooding, unshaven, decidedly unfiltered man (literally) crashes into frame. Noah's been stuck in Laia's timeline, too, and he's desperate to get them both out. Together, Laia and Noah fight to outsmart the algorithm that's captured them, uncovering secrets and confronting biases along the way.

As they grow closer, the line between performance and personhood blurs, and Laia realizes she might have to face the one thing she's been avoiding all this time: herself.

Release date: October 12, 2026

Xochitl Ruth Bader Bernstein Buenaventura works in the public health department to ensure that all the citizens of Los Angeles County can have all the safe, shame-free sex their hearts desire. But her own sex life is nonexistent now that she's living at home with her Ashkenazi Jewish family after a miserable break-up. She's always felt like an outlier ever since her Mexican mother died. But at least she has her work. Until the patient in her latest case turns out to be her former high school crush.

Cristian Martinez has been kicked out of the art residency program that was supposed to lead to his dream career. Then he really hits rock bottom when a Public Health caseworker informs him that he's been exposed to an STI. An extremely flustered, strangely familiar caseworker, who, for some reason, he can't stop thinking about.

When his ex-girlfriend denies everything, Cris and Xochi team up and uncover a shocking underground adultery ring that busts Xochi's case load wide open. As secrets come to light, their growing attraction threatens to ruin everything Xochi has worked for. Because the most important rule of being a good Sex Detective is never to fall for your client.

Release date: January 19, 2027

The Unhoneymooners meets The White Lotus in this Hawaii-set romantic comedy from Cosmopolitan's Cosmo Reads imprint, where a cynical mystery writer fake-dates a resort heir for research after her romance-writing co-author is left at the altar, only to find herself pulled into an investigation ripped from her own book and a romance she never saw coming.

Eve writes the murders. Harper writes the romance. Together, they're the bestselling duo behind Love, Lies & Alibis. But just weeks before their big-deal manuscript is due to the publisher, Harper gets left at the altar. And their manuscript falls apart with her.

Eve's solution? Turn Harper's nonrefundable honeymoon into a two-week Hawaiian writing retreat. One problem: Harper's too heartbroken to write a single swoony word. And Eve―the murder half of the team―doesn't believe in love anyway.

Then a bride goes missing at the resort, and Eve crosses paths with Miles Overton: gorgeous, charming, and annoyingly good at reading her. He's also her only ticket into the couples-only activities she needs for "research."

So, they strike a deal: fake date their way through paradise. She gets the romance scenes, he gets help finding the missing bride, and they both pretend not to fall for each other.

But when a plot twist straight out of one of Eve's books blows everything up, she'll have to decide: play it safe and walk away or rewrite her ending and bet big on real love.

Murder, margaritas, missing brides, and a love story no one saw coming―except maybe their readers.

Release date: February 9, 2027

Two rival small-town innkeepers. Two competing visions. Only one bed.

I had a plan: turn my cozy inn into a dream destination in my small town. I didn’t count on getting stuck on a Ferris wheel with a sexy stranger, or that his mind-blowing kisses would lead to a night I’d never forget. No regrets. No last names.

Until the next morning when my mystery man strolls into a town council meeting as my brand-new corporate rival. It’s official: he’s the enemy—regardless of how hot he looks in a suit (and out of it).

Oliver’s sleek new inn threatens everything I’ve built in Darling Springs. Worse, he’s presenting flashier versions of my ideas for the annual Spring Fling festival. To save my business, I have to compete with him, but the town council has other ideas and forces us to co-chair the event together.

Suddenly, we’re bickering over pie contests and parade details, but Oliver counters my arguments with witty comebacks and lingering gazes that prove he can’t stop thinking about our time together either. I try to ignore the heat between us, until one night, when there’s only one bed left, and we finally break.

Falling for my rival, who might put me out of business, is a bad idea. But beneath Oliver's corporate exterior is a man just looking for a place to call home—and I’m dangerously close to letting him be mine.

Release date: March 9, 2027

Release date: March 23, 2027

Magic is murder.

In the brutal kingdom of Averyth, where outlawed magic is passed through murder, the Chosen are trained from childhood to make sure it ends that way.

Auri is the best of them. An elite torturer with a flawless record, raised to hunt outlawed magic with blades and blood. Loyal. Lethal. Unquestioning.

Until Auri is thrust into a competition to crown the first Royal Chosen, and she realizes that winning could expose the secret she's risked everything to keep hidden: Auri has magic of her own.

As the trials unfold, it becomes clear that Auri's loyalty is what's really being tested.

Then everything breaks. The competition is violently interrupted by a coordinated attack―one that fractures the illusion of control Averyth has relied on for generations.

In the chaos, Auri is forced to flee with the last person she should trust: a former Assignment she was trained to break. A man bound to her past, armed with dangerous truths and a dangerously disarming charm that's becoming harder to resist.

Hunted by the very system she upheld, Auri must unravel betrayals, buried histories, and a prophecy whispered in the shadows.

Because some destinies don't come quietly.

Some destinies scream.

Release date: May 11, 2026