Eve, Justin, Susie and Ed have been friends since their teens and have managed to remain close into their 30s. Another thing that has stood the test of time: Eve’s unwavering crush on Ed. When an unexpected incident changes their lives, Eve is forced to confront her past and re-evaluate her future in a tale that tackles love, friendship and grief with Mhairi McFarlane’s signature humour.

Though Hana works part-time at her family’s halal restaurant, her true passion is radio; she even has her own podcast—with one particularly loyal listener. Life in Toronto’s Golden Crescent neighbourhood becomes complicated when a competing halal restaurant opens up and Hana develops feelings for the owner. This is Canadian author Uzma Jalaluddin’s second romance novel; it follows the successful Ayesha at Last, a modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice.

Following her sparkling debut, Red, White and Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston returns with another delightful and heartfelt coming- of-age tale. August, a 23-year-old cynic, doesn’t believe in the kind of soaring romances that exist onscreen until she meets Jane on her commute to school. Turns out her subway crush is from the ’70s and has somehow got stuck in the present, forcing August to reconsider her thoughts on time traveland maybe even love.

When Meddelin Chan accidentally kills her blind date, her meddling mom and aunties get involved to help cover it up. Things take a turn for the worse when the body is sent to a billionaire’s wedding the Chans are working at and her college sweetheart shows up. Full of hijinks, Jesse Q. Sutanto’s laugh-out-loud book about this Chinese-Indonesian-American family is already being developed by Netflix with Fresh Off the Boat producer Nahnatchka Khan.

This multicultural Regency-era romance (the second book in a series) follows Jemina St. Maur, a shipwreck survivor who arrives in London from Jamaica with amnesia and embarks on a quest to uncover her identity. Get your fill of scandal, misunderstandings and a secret society to boot.

Liv and Eliot Goldenhorn run a wedding-planning business in Brooklyn, but when Eliot dies, he shockingly leaves his half of the business to his young mistress, which makes for a disastrous matchup. Centred on the diverse lives of five couples, this story, told with a sparkling Love Actually-style narrative, is filled with second chances, soulmates and charm.

Newly single, 48-year-old Maggie heads to Paris in the hope of finishing her manuscript but finds herself dealing with distractions like her ex-husband and a mysterious Frenchman instead. The delicious carb-filled jaunt through the City of Light is guaranteed to inspire wanderlust—and just plain lust.

A Hollywood party girl is cut off from her rich family and sent packing to a remote fishing village where she meets a grumpy local who doesn’t think the socialite is cut out for small-town life. It’s easy to imagine this riches-to-rags tale as Alexis Rose does Westport, Washington State.