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Lyra Park
These Four K-Pop Mermen!: A K-Movie Romance
Reverse Harem, Complex Relationship Web, Forced Proximity, Instalove, Coworkers,
British mermaid performer Annie fled to Busan to escape a toxic ex, but when she's cast opposite four gorgeous K-pop idols in a music video, she finds herself drowning in a whirlwind of stolen kisses and desperate confessions from warm Woo-jin, steady Ju-won, intense Ha-jun, and charming Chen. As rehearsals blur into jealous confrontations and the pressure of choosing mounts, Annie compares every touch and whispered promise until a disastrous press conference exposes their romantic competition to the world. When raw footage reveals the one face she's been reaching for all along, Annie must finally stop running and choose the man who truly sees her—before she loses all of them forever!

Leandra Dare
The Caracas Nightwatch
Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Mutual Pining, Rivals to Lovers
In futuristic Caracas, rogue angel Rogelio Ruiz and disciplined Nightwatch muralist Natalia Navarro are bitter rivals whose best friends Sebastiano and Miao secretly sabotage their work and whisper poisonous lies to keep them apart—but forced joint missions reveal their volatile collaboration creates unexpectedly powerful hope-sigils, and their rivalry blurs into desperate attraction. When their friends publicly expose their secret romance and evidence of deliberate sabotage emerges, Rogelio and Natalia's fragile trust shatters on the Blackout Bridge, leaving them questioning everything they believed about each other. As a despair incursion threatens the city's heart, they must decide if their connection is strong enough to overcome the betrayal—or if their friends' conspiracy to divide them has succeeded forever.

Sheila McLaren
Mr. Entitled
Angst with HEA, Class Difference, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Guarded Heart
Working-class Mila is trapped for the summer in a wealthy Belgian villa while her mother dates the owner, and she's forced to endure the taunts of his entitled heir, Lievan. He provokes her at every turn—mocking her jacket, her mother's gratitude, her poverty—but their hate-fueled bickering ignites a stolen kiss that neither can forget. As Mila's carefully constructed walls crumble and Lievan reveals a vulnerable side beneath his arrogance, they must decide if a summer fling can survive the class divide that threatens to tear them apart.

Seraphine Blair
Huracan Heirs
Enemies to Lovers, Rivals to Lovers, Classmates to Lovers, Project Glue, Demons Before Desire
When rival Heirs Chac Toh and Nuru Marín are forced to partner against a brewing hurricane, their clashing Maya glyphs and Garifuna drum magic ignite a passion that threatens everything. But as jealous allies poison the academy with lies—claiming Chac wants Nuru's traditions banned and Nuru is seducing their mentor for favor—their fragile trust shatters just as the real storm descends. To survive the tempest and expose the manipulation tearing them apart, they must finally blend their warring magics and hearts before their rivalry destroys them both.

Shaina Rhodian, Alice Dixon-Le Plongeon, Augustus Le Plongeon
Echoes of Mu. Vol. 1. The Talisman of Mu
Friends to Lovers, First Love, Second Chance, Long Distance, Fated Mates
When fourteen-year-old Muna travels from Egypt to the Yucatán and locks eyes with local guide Basilio, they feel an impossible recognition—two souls bound by a jadeite talisman split in half, their connection mirroring star-crossed Maya royals from a forgotten era. But tragedy tears them apart: a car accident leaves Muna hospitalized, her overprotective mother severs all contact, and Basilio spends eight years searching for the girl who vanished—until a chaotic Airbnb guest named Lucia unwittingly reunites them in Mérida. As their half-talismans pulse with ancient warmth and a hidden tomb reveals the missing pendant, Muna and Basilio must confront whether their love can survive eight years of silence—and the terrifying truth that a jealous prince's soul is hunting them across lifetimes.

Shaina Rhodian, Alice Dixon-Le Plongeon, Augustus Le Plongeon
Echoes of Mu. Vol. 2. The Heart of Mu
Second Chance, Fated Mates, Love Triangle
Now reunited in Mérida, Muna and Basilio discover they're the reincarnated Maya royals Queen Mu and Prince Coh—but their past-life romance was shattered by the jealous Prince Aac, whose soul now inhabits the magnetic and obsessive Emerico, reigniting a deadly love triangle. As jadeite talismans pulse with ancient memories, the group journeys deep into the Yucatán jungle to a hidden cenote, where the heart of Mu is revealed—but the chamber collapses, and dark forces, including Emerico's reincarnated obsession, close in. Now Muna must choose between Basilio's steady devotion and Emerico's dangerous pull, break the cycle of tragedy that has haunted her for centuries, and sail to a half-submerged Caribbean island to unlock Mu's new secret.