Readers' Arcades

Seraphine Blair

Chasing Depths

Rivals to Lovers, Classmates to Lovers, Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn

When rivals   Esmeralda and Armando are forced into tandem diving exercises at Isla   Margarita's elite pearl academy, their clashing magic—her intuitive island   attunement against his calculative mainland precision—ignites a forbidden   attraction that threatens everything. As jealous allies and a scarred mentor   warn of mainland betrayal, their growing bond becomes a dangerous distraction   before the final sacred dive for a prophecy pearl in the island's jungle   ruins. To win the competition, Esmeralda must master the depths; to love   Armando, she must risk drowning in them—and discover if his storm-grey eyes   hold truth or calculated deception.

Morris Jastrow, Albert Tobias Clay, Tina Isabel Leung

Enkidu's Embrace

Rivals to Lovers, Royalty, Forced Proximity, Almost Together, Demons Before Desire, Grumpy / Sunshine, Guarded Heart, Friends to Lovers, Quest Glue, Reformed Rake, Right Person Wrong Time, Soulmates, Instalove

Gilgamesh, the lonely two-thirds divine king of Uruk, has conquered kingdoms and taken countless lovers but nothing fills the hollow ache in his chest—until Enkidu, a wild man forged from river clay, walks into his city and refuses to bow. Their first meeting erupts in a brutal clash of equals, but as they journey together through burning deserts and forbidden cedar forests to face the monster Humbaba, rivalry ignites into consuming passion. When Gilgamesh rejects the goddess Ishtar's advances, she unleashes divine wrath upon his city, forcing the lovers to fight for their kingdom.

Elisabeth G. Birkmaier, Maxine Foti

Atlantis Captives

Secret Identity, Instalove, Meet Cute, Opposites Attract, Two Couples, Forbidden Love

When Pelasgian siblings Hellan and Aeolia are torn from their mother and dragged to Atlantis as captives, they find themselves trapped in a gilded cage of scheming priests and a cruel king—but forbidden love blooms in the shadows. Hellan finds his match in defiant princess Electra, while Aeolia's heart is captured by Seladin, a mysterious temple servant whose kindness hides a secret that could save them all. As earthquakes shake Atlantis to its foundations and the island begins to sink into the sea, the two couples must risk everything for love before paradise vanishes forever.

R. M. Ballantyne, Tina Isabel Leung

Coral Lips

Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Forced Proximity, Mutual Pining, Secret Relationship

Shipwrecked on a South Pacific island, seventeen-year-old Ralph Rover, his friend Jack Martin, and their irrepressible companion Peterkin Gay transform a classic Victorian adventure into a tender journey of forbidden love, slowly realizing that the charged glances and lingering touches they’ve been sharing are far more than simple friendship. When Ralph is captured by pirates and dragged thousands of miles away from the paradise he’s come to call home, the only thing that sustains him is Jack’s whispered promise of forever—while Jack, desperate and unyielding, vows to cross oceans to bring him back. Ultimately, after facing tribal warfare, a brutal prison sentence, and a cyclone that tears their world apart, Ralph and Jack must risk everything to confess their love.

Candy De Luna

Still Spinning

Found Family, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, Mutual Pining, He Falls First, Second Chance, Healing Romance,

Serah's record shop is her sanctuary—orderly and safe—but when Carter walks in carrying a vinyl she mentioned once, his quiet persistence threatens every wall she's built after years of her mother's cruelty. Their connection burns bright through bonfires and lake nights, but when her mother tears him apart and Serah freezes instead of defending their love, Carter walks away—leaving her alone with the devastating truth that she pushed away the only person who made her feel enough. Now she has to decide if he's worth the risk of fighting for.

Rachel Rhodian

The Lost Ivory Tablet

Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Rivals to Lovers, Opposites Attract, Student/Teacher, Road Trip

Laurie has spent a decade hunting the truth about her father's disappearance, but the only man who can help her is Preston—the cold, infuriating archaeologist who leads the expedition and holds secrets that could shatter everything she believes. As they battle river pirates, deadly rapids, and ancient temple traps, their forced partnership ignites a forbidden attraction neither can resist, even as Preston's buried past threatens to tear them apart. When the rival expedition closes in and the temple's final secret is revealed, Laurie must choose...