2026 IHS Reading Challenge Week Seven Giveaway

Is it possible to find a second chance at love?

A billionaire lesbian vampire. A dangerous villain. Can Serena evade death, save the girl, and find love again?

She bumps into her unrequited crush at her ten year reunion.

Cara and Lauren reconnect at their ten year high school reunion. Sparks start flying immediately, but neither is interested in anything serious. Who would have thought a friends-with-benefits relationship could get so complicated?

A mailboat captain, a New York socialite and remote island.

Estelle Gage fled to her family’s private island seeking solitude and an escape. With the deadline for her latest novel fast approaching, her sole focus is to write. But when a charming mailboat captain shows up on her dock, writing is no longer the only thing on her mind.

Some choices aren’t really choices at all.

Parker Ravenscroft has a history of playing fast and loose with the rules. Sheridan Sloan is the exact opposite. What happens when their paths cross, and Parker’s old loyalties are put to the ultimate test?

After years of hard work, Hudson Greene is keen to launch her tenure-track career at the illustrious Coteau College.

But her first day takes an unexpected turn when she walks into new faculty orientation and discovers that Callie Shaw—her unforgettable one-night stand from the local Pride festival—is also the dean of advising.

A Crane returns to Sleepy Hollow

Is it a serial killer, or is the headless horseman real?

She must confront her feelings or risk losing love forever.

In this sequel to Underwater Vibes, Hélène struggles against her deepest emotions to avoid Sylvie, her sexy Greek swimming coach. When Sylvie heads to the airport with a mysterious woman, and a psychic reveals unexpected news, Hélène must face up to her feelings or risk losing Sylvie forever.

Fake passion turns into burning desire.

Strangers pretending to be madly in love at a week-long destination wedding. Anything could happen in this romantic comedy with a twist of family drama.

Maggie McShay wants a little magic in her life.

Something more than the drab existence of going to work and coming home to a cat that barely tolerates her.

When she spontaneously replies to a want ad asking for someone to take care of a fairy tale cottage, it turns out magic wasn’t as far away as she thought. Maggie discovers she wasn’t who she thought she was either. Recalcitrant fairy tale shepherd and ladies’ woman Kody Wilk shows Maggie a world she knew nothing about…a world they need to save before the villains of the world’s fairy tales take over New York City.

Can two people overcome their childhood traumas to find love in the end?

Dr. Nydia Rogers was stripped of her future long before she had one, she now lives day to day.

Jo Powers, a cop doing her best to make a difference, is a survivor of violence because of someone she thought was her protector. Chance brings them together, but will real life keep them apart?

Can a socially awkward intovert, and an outgoing, fun-loving extrovert find common gorund when circumstances brings them together.

Nicole, a socially awkward loner, hasn’t seen her family of origin or her hometown for decades. When she’s offered a dream contract for a book, she takes it, hoping to get in and out of town fast. But a chance meeting with her high school crush, Michele Blake, complicates things. Things only get worse when Nicole becomes dependent on Michele.

Hal Orion is an accomplished chef and food truck owner.

She loves her life, her longtime sous chef and best friend, and the food she shares with the residents of her beloved city of Buffalo. Her life is exactly how she wants it: no strings, no commitments, and no roots – just great grilled cheese and a whole lot of freedom on the side.

Life coach Elaine Raitt is educated, elegant, and dedicated to her profession. Blue-collar boi Joey Lang is too insecure to even approach her—that is until her well-meaning but meddling best friend Lisa decides to break the ice and makes Joey a life-coaching appointment with Elaine.

A session meant to bring clarity only leaves them both feeling more confused about their purpose in life and love.

Will Joey be able to find the strength to chase the woman of her dreams, and even if she does, will Elaine be willing to risk the life she loves for the woman who could be the love of her life?

What if Sappho was ace?

For centuries, Sappho has been condemned for who she loved. But what if the love she held in her heart wasn’t physical? If the world’s most passionate poet asexual, does that make the love in her heart less real?

A queer hero erased from the pages of history!

A humble priestess in love with a goddess that has betrayed her city. A Spartan king fighting an unjust war, desperate to feed his starving people. The battle that brings them together not as lovers, but as allies.

A lost treasure is found again in this second-chance, age gap, slow burn romance.

Torry’s window displays in a Manhattan clothing resale shop catch the eye of Evelyn, a fashion magazine editor, by surprise and pique her interest. As Evelyn’s interest in Torry transforms from professional to personal, so do her actions during her quest to keep Torry in her life.

Three women navigate life and love, all while dealing with the effects of a close encounter with a meteorite.

Three women’s lives interweave as they struggle to navigate life, love, and the effects of a meteorite. Physical changes and new abilities disrupt the lives of Marcia, Kiernan, and Patricia, who must work together to avoid the aliens determined to harness their new abilities for their own use.

The best games are the ones where you make your own rules.

Six years after completing her internship, Clarke reenters Fran’s life to warn her that the game her company is developing was stolen from Clarke’s computer. As Clarke and Fran enter a torrid affair, Clarke covets their time together, hoping Fran may someday return the love Clarke harbors for her.

From a flat white to forever—when the corporate grind yields unexpected romance.

After a failed wedding, Ramona St. Germaine questions her views on love and friendship. In her quest for closure, she finds an instant connection with Quinn Archer, her new corporate coworker with a complicated romantic past. This fun, intimate lesbian romance offers kisses, banter, and healing.

Will love be enough to help them find a shared vision?

When you’ve lost your purpose, how do find it again? When you’ve become so focused on the negative, what let’s the light in? The answer is always love.

When the world keeps pulling you under, who do you reach for?

When tragedy flips Mika’s life upside down, high school becomes unbearable. Her Aunt Val moving in only makes it worse. But when popular girl Willow shows unexpected interest, their blossoming friendship gives Mika hope. But will family betrayals and dark secrets destroy everything Mika is clinging to?

Can the wrong date lead you to the right woman?

Dating isn’t going well for Piper and August. After mistaking each other for their dates, they strike a deal to support each other through the trials and tribulations of trying to find ‘The One’. However, when sparks fly, will they acknowledge they might already have done so?

When does a tragic ending become a new, bright beginning?

Pat Richardson-Rose lived the dream life—a highly respected paediatrician in Rhode Island, USA, happily married to the soon-to-be mother of their daughter. Then, in a flash, everything changed…. Unable to live in the graveyard of her past, Pat decides to start over on a Greek island a million miles from her old home.

Where fate intertwines and new beginnings await.

Reunite with beloved characters in a reimagined tale of love. Familiar faces embark on a captivating journey filled with unexpected twists. Leia, content alone, meets fiery attorney Blake. Fate intervenes, weaving their lives together. Discover the beauty of acceptance and strength in vulnerability. Forever Love: Where new beginnings unfold.

This is a new edition of Forever Love, which has been rewritten but the characters are the same.

One fake girlfriend. Lots of real feelings. Zero chance this ends neatly.

Leoni plays roles, not for keeps. But her fake girlfriend gig for a wealthy family explodes when she meets the captivating sister, Aspen. Forbidden attraction ignites between them. But with their carefully constructed worlds colliding and secrets threatening to surface, will they resist a love that feels so dangerously real?

After years of slowly working her way up the ladder, Emily Desjardins is finally poised at the next step—cooking at the kind of restaurant she’d love to one day own.

Her new boss is classically trained, has stunningly high standards, and effortlessly designs delicious, creative cuisine. She’s also demanding, inflexible, ridiculously confident and so hot it’s almost silly.