2026 IHS Reading Challenge Week Twenty-Four Giveaway

She was supposed to be guarding the curvy little human, not falling in love with her.

When my boss assigns me bodyguard duty for a politician’s daughter, I’m expecting a rich, spoiled princess. Instead, my new client is a quirky and independent cupcake shop owner. The minute I scent her I know I’m in big trouble. Suzie Harrington is my fated mate, and I have a bad feeling that I’m not going to be able to resist her for long.

Sometimes going home reminds you of who you are and what you care about.

Butcher and Blood Mage, Callie Payne, once left a city behind for a different life. But when she is forced to return to the streets of Seattle, the woman and the things she thought she left behind come to reclaim her.

Solving mysteries is her business. Finding love is her dream. Will combining the two get her killed?

Victorian London brims with dangers as Stetson plays the detective she was born to. But will she ever find the right woman to be her co-star?

Mysteries follow her wherever she goes.

Stetson defies convention, solves mysteries, and has won a musician’s heart, but will confronting lethal foes destroy it all?

A chance encounter that leads to a life transformation

Alice French is an emotional wreck. She’s left her toxic lover. She’s probably going to lose her job. She’s even about to ruin her expensive heels when she stumbles upon a barely conscious stranger… Threaded with humour, heart, and intrigue, Pyg explores a life transformation with a side of romance!

When the past resurfaces, so does the chance to finally live.

Dr Catherine Truscote has spent her life ordering other people’s chaos while keeping her own under wraps. But when a scandal rocks her tightly controlled world, the careful walls she’s built begin to crack. As desire, loyalty, and long buried grief collide, Catherine must decide whether to retreat behind her walls… or finally choose herself.

A romance on an epic, generation-spanning scale, Mae Marvel’s The Guest Book delivers the authors’ signature heart, sapphic steam, and humor in a book you’ll curl up with and never forget.

Mae Marvel, the alias of writing duo Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare, takes readers on a globe-trotting romantic journey in their new novel, The Guest Book. Full of long-buried secrets, intimate treasure hunts, and a cozy manor house, this opposites-attract romance has all the ingredients for the perfect escapist read.

Fussy & Quirky Meets Messy & Spunky

Two polar opposite actresses and personalities navigate the realities of love in this untraditional Opposites-Attract sapphic romance that proves that love is both messy and funny.

Originally self-published in 2024.

Once Upon... WTF?

An unconventional opposites-attract love story that comically examines the perils of love, marriage, motherhood, and identity. A neat-freak Ice Queen marries a messy Fire Princess and undergoes a transformation unlike any other in the realm of fairytale romances when she realizes fire does indeed melt ice.

This book has been significantly edited by Bella Books and the author from its previously self-published form.

Release Date: June 23, 2026

Part Sherlock Holmes. Part disaster. Abigail Palmer notices absolutely everything except when someone is flirting with her.

A brilliant, socially-awkward sleuth who’d rather solve murders than do small talk. Artisan cheese shops and Italian pizzerias in a charming British town. A tortoiseshell cat named Jasper (obviously). A slow-burn sapphic romance that sneaks up on you. Fair-play clues you can actually solve.

Hereswith is frustrated with the world.

Join Hereswith and Bess in 1854 for a f/f (sapphic) romance full of drinking chocolate, Victorian delights, and growing love and mutual support. There’s the utter delight of a trip to London’s Crystal Palace, and a social triumph or two for both of them. The first book in the Council Mysteries series, Claiming the Tower can be read in any order.

Like pretty much all acts of life-changing stupidity, this story starts with a dare…and a grasshopper.

Sparks fly the moment Bryn Nakamura lays eyes on Anna Fitzpatrick, and not in a good way. All Bryn wants is to forget about the woman who accidentally destroyed part of her beloved vineyard, but suddenly it seems like Anna is everywhere. Clearly, Fate has other plans.

Love is a dance.

Once bitten, twice shy. That’s Mallory Collingswood to a tee, until she’s offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform alongside the Royal Ballet’s brightest star. They couldn’t be more different, but as each day draws the pair closer, Mallory begins to wonder if it’s time to risk her heart again.

True love is worth the wait.

When Nina Devereaux grabs the opportunity to stage her revolutionary ballet, she pours everything into bringing her love letter to the woman who has always held her heart to life. When Clara Martin returns to London, a different dance rekindles between them, one that Nina hopes will never end.

Enemies-to-lovers (with swords!)

Every time Serena Bowers and Rowan Alexander meet, it seems like one is always trying to stab the other. Will being forced to work together to bring an all-new ballet to stage be enough to force them to put their past behind them?

London might change everything.

When musical legend Lydia Howard Fox is at her lowest, a composer’s program in London might be the key to finding her music again. And for Ella Hendrickson, it might be the key to getting her life back.

A second shot to score your sapphic awakening

Twenty years after unknowingly being each other’s sapphic awakenings, a wedding brings international rugby star Eve Archer and writer Ophelia Pendrick back together. And it doesn’t seem like either of them has ever quite gotten over that early crush.

What if Robin Hood was real, only the heroic outlaw had been a woman?

When Robyn loses everything, she reinvents herself with Marian’s help. Marian is spying for Queen Eleanor, who works feverishly to secure her son Richard’s release. Can Robyn defeat the wicked sheriff, secure the treasure Eleanor needs, and win Marian’s heart, or will she fall victim to the sheriff’s cruel blade?

What if the life you really want already belongs to someone else?

Gemma’s life is spiraling, and a mysterious flyer offers her a chance to start over. When she swaps lives with Alex, a content but lonely business owner, both must adapt to their new realities. Can Alex embrace the family she never knew she wanted, and will Gemma find the change she craved?

When your past and future collide, who do you become in the present?

Angel Lamb has always been a free spirit, but when Dani Cavell walks into her life, she wonders if she’s met the woman of her dreams. But can Dani let go of the woman who once captured her heart and embrace the chance at the greatest adventure of all?

A love too powerful to stay in the past

Rory is questioning who she is and how she wants to present to the world. She needs a friend. So when her former best friend and one time lover Gemma crashes back into her life she decides to ignore her growing feelings and concentrate on friendship. Easy right?

She didn't think her secrets would separate her from her soulmate.

World War II code-breaker, Bea Williams, makes a career of secrets and half truths. But when they threaten to tear her from her greatest love, Maud Heaston, in their twilight days, they’re forced to face the world. Can long lost family free them to be together, or will the past destroy their future?

Can love triumph in the battle between duty and desire?

Destinies collide when Odette crashes into Beryl’s life, sparking a blaze of passion and an enduring infatuation. Can love conquer the clash between duty and enchanting desire?

Sometimes the call you least expect is the one you need the most.

When Ash and Evie meet at the Hound Hotel where Evie volunteers, sparks fly. Ash is a free spirit, something that calls to Evie despite her knowing better, and Ash can’t get enough of Evie’s strong, sexy fire.

But will they hear love’s call, or will they let it pass them by?

Two rival captains, one deadly mission, and secrets that could set the skies ablaze.

Captain Temp Strud’s mission to retrieve a powerful artifact forces her into a tense alliance with Minty, a notorious pirate. As danger closes in and betrayal looms, one wrong move could cost them everything. Can they claim the Golden Apple before their enemies unleash world-ending devastation?