Get your TBR list ready with these new romance book releases coming November 2023 that you won’t want to miss. As a devout romance book lover, I always get so giddy when it comes to new releases and in this book list, I’m sharing my top 10 most anticipated new romance books that I cannot wait to get my hands on and recommend that you read as well.
For each book on the list, I include the book summary as well as my thoughts on why I can’t wait to read it so you can determine if you want to read it too.
These new romance books below made my list because they have the best stories or because are written by some of my favorite romance authors. Either way, I hope they knock my socks off and make it onto my list of best romance novels of 2023.
For even more new romance book releases to read, don’t miss my upcoming releases page or my previous monthly release book posts.
Happy reading, because life is better with a love story…
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My Most Anticipated New Romance Books Releasing in November 2023:
Iron Flame
by Rebecca Yarros
Fantasy Romance
Releasing November 7, 2023
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.
Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance.
It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.
Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron.
And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.
But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.
Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.
Honestly, Iron Flame takes the cake as the most anticipated new romance book release for November and I know I’m not the only reader looking forward to continuing the Fourth Wing series!
Fourth Wing has dominated the best seller lists and I’m so glad we don’t have to wait long to continue Violent and Xaden’s story in this must-read fantasy romance. And that cliffhanger – woah! I’m so ready to learn more about this world, these characters and these dragons!
Bring it on Yarros 😊.
Check & Mate
by Ali Hazelwood
Academic Rivals to Lovers Romance
Releasing November 7, 2023
Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory’s focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the job that keeps the lights on.
That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and inadvertently wipes the board with notorious Nolan Sawyer: current world champion and reigning Bad Boy of chess.
Nolan’s loss to an unknown rook-ie shocks everyone. What’s even more confusing? His desire to cross pawns again. What kind of gambit is Nolan playing?
The smart move would be to walk away. Resign. Game over. But Mallory’s victory opens the door to sorely needed cash-prizes and despite everything, she can’t help feeling drawn to the enigmatic strategist.
As she rockets up the ranks, Mallory struggles to keep her family safely separated from the game that wrecked it in the first place.
And as her love for the sport she so desperately wanted to hate begins to rekindle, Mallory quickly realizes that the games aren’t only on the board, the spotlight is brighter than she imagined, and the competition can be fierce (-ly attractive. And intelligent…and infuriating…)
I’m such a huge fan of Ali Hazelwood’s books that it’s a no-brainer that I’ll be reading her first young adult romance, especially since it’s an academic rivals to lovers romance.
I’ve only dabbled in chess myself, but I find the game and strategy fascinating. I cannot wait to see what parallels she draws from the game to this budding romance and how she navigates the family dynamics in the relationship between Mallory and Nolan.
Check out my book review of Check & Mate.
Love Redesigned
by Lauren Asher
Small Town Billionaire, Enemies to Lovers Romance
Releasing November 7, 2023
Julian: If I ever caught on fire, Dahlia Muñoz would fan the flames with a smile. So, when she returns to Lake Wisteria, I fully intend to avoid the interior designer. At least until my meddling mother exploits my savior complex.
The faster I help Dahlia find her creative spark, the sooner she will leave town. But while I was busy getting rid of Dahlia, I overlooked one potential issue.
What happens if I want her to stay?
Dahlia: People say the devil has many faces, but I know only one. Julian Lopez—my childhood rival and family frenemy.
I vow to steer clear of him while recovering from my broken engagement, but then the billionaire makes an irresistible offer. Renovate a historic house together and triple our profits.
Our temporary truce becomes compromised as we face years’ worth of denied attraction and mixed emotions. Giving into our desire is inevitable…but falling in love? That isn’t part of the plan.
I’m all about enemies to lovers books and I’ve got my pick this month starting with Asher’s newest billionaire romance.
Fans of her Dreamland Billionaires series will want to check out this small town billionaire romance if you need your fix – especially if you love HGTV shows!
I’m just hoping that the forced proximity of working together leads to some extra special steamy times given their chemistry and years of denied attraction. Bring it 😊.
Claus & Effect
by Piper Rayne
Christmas Romance
Releasing November 14, 2023
Two strangers who couldn’t be more opposite find themselves on an unexpected cross-country road trip days before Christmas where whatever can go wrong, does.
He’s an Army Ranger. She’s a baker. He’s organized and ridged. She’s messy and carefree.
He doesn’t do relationships. She’s following her heart. His family chat blows up his phone. She just buried her last living relative.
The holiday season doesn’t seem so jolly as they venture from one mode of transportation to the next. But, they have to become friends and rely on each other if they’re going to survive all the obstacles thrown their way.
As the miles grow shorter, vulnerabilities are shared, and by the time they reach their destination, neither one of them is sure what they really want for Christmas anymore.
I am SO ready to get into the holiday groove and this new Christmas romance book for 2023 is just the ticket!
Last year the writing duo dazzled with Single and Ready to Jingle and this year they are back with another standalone Christmas romance.
Road trips offer the best forced proximity romance stories and I’m excited to learn more about these two opposites and see the sparks begin to fly.
If you too are ready to get into the holiday spirit, add this to your TBR list.
Next Door Nemesis
by Alexa Martin
Steamy, Enemies to Lovers Romcom
Releasing November 14, 2023
After years of hustling, Collins Carter has finally made it…back to her parents’ house. Between tending to the compost with her newly retired dad and running into her high school nemesis at the only decent coffee shop in town, Collins realizes this subdivision from hell she swore she’d never return to is her rock bottom.
Then the homeowner’s association complaint arrived.
Nathaniel Adams always dreamed of a nice, quiet life in his suburban hometown. Or at least that’s what he thought until Collins moved back and sent his quaint, organized life into a tailspin.
He thought Collins was infuriating ten years ago, but when she announces she’s running against him for HOA president, all bets are off.
From secret board meetings to vicious smear campaigns whispered over backyard fences, Collins and Nate sink to levels their sleepy suburb has never seen before.
But as hate turns into lust, these two enemies are forced to reckon with the feelings they’ve ignored for years. If only there were bylaws for real life.
I had to add this to my TBR list because I love the uniqueness to this story that involves a home owners’ association. Oh boy, can things get heated with HOA’s so I’m hoping Martin’s latest is both steamy and hilarious in equal measure.
Do Your Worst
by Rosie Danan
Enemies to Lovers Romance
Releasing November 14, 2023
Riley Rhodes finally has the chance to turn her family’s knack for the supernatural into a legitimate business when she’s hired to break the curse on an infamous Scottish castle.
Used to working alone in her alienating occupation, she’s pleasantly surprised to meet a handsome stranger upon arrival—until he tries to get her fired.
Fresh off a professional scandal, Clark Edgeware can’t allow a self-proclaimed “curse breaker” to threaten his last chance for redemption.
After he fails to get Riley kicked off his survey site, he vows to avoid her. Unfortunately for him, she vows to get even.
Riley expects the curse to do her dirty work by driving Clark away, but instead, they keep finding themselves in close proximity. Too close.
Turns out, the only thing they do better than fight is fool around. If they’re not careful, by the end of all this, more than the castle will end up in ruins.
This is another enemies to lovers romance that captured my eye because I love the fun, paranormal angle and the fact that Riley is an occult expert. Can’t say that I’ve read a romance with this type of heroine before so I’m game!
I’m already loving that they don’t resist their attraction for long and start an enemies with benefits relationship. I just can’t wait until the part when they finally realize that it’s more.
Check it out if you have a thing for more contemporary, paranormal romance books!
Naughty-ish
by L.B. Dunbar
Grumpy Sunshine, Neighbors to Lovers Christmas Romance
Releasing November 21, 2023
With the name Holliday, you’d think I’d be all about the Christmas season. Most years, I am, but this one not so much.
Between my ex being a real Scrooge-in-the-backside, re-entering the workforce, wrangling my two children, and evading my eight-year-old’s questions about Santa’s existence, I’m struggling to believe in the magic myself.
Enter Nick, my next-door neighbor. My very hot, single, fireman neighbor. He’s full of the seasonal spirit from hanging my outdoor Christmas lights to playing Santa for the local church breakfast.
Funny thing about Nick, he kind of resembles the man in red, in a younger, hotter, silver fox way, complete with snow in his beard but rather tight abs suggesting cookies are not part of his diet when they are a staple of mine.
Anywho, he’s sweet in a rugged sense, and if he were the man making a list and checking it twice, I’d like to be in his naughty column.
Because something tells me being a little naughty-ish with Nick from next door might bring me tidings of comfort and restore my joy in this season.
When he discovers I have a seasonal list myself, he’s determined to help me accomplish all the to-dos, only falling in love with my next-door neighbor wasn’t one of them.
I LOVE Christmas romance books with characters who just can’t get into the holiday spirit and even more so when authors give their characters holiday-esq names. It just adds a little something that I really enjoy and I hope Dunbar really shines with this one.
This is definitely another book to add to your TBR list if you’re ready to get into the holiday spirit.
Betting on You
by Lynn Painter
Opposites Attract, Young Adult Romance
Releasing November 28, 2023
When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to see an old acquaintance is one of her coworkers.
Bailey met Charlie a year ago on the long flight to Omaha, where she moved after her parents’ divorce.
Charlie’s cynicism didn’t mix well with Bailey’s carefully well-behaved temperament, and his endless commentary was the irritating cherry on top of an already emotionally fraught trip.
Now, Bailey and Charlie are still polar opposites, but instead of everything about him rubbing Bailey the wrong way, she starts to look forward to hanging out and gossiping about the waterpark guests and their coworkers—particularly two who keep flirting with each other.
Bailey and Charlie make a bet on whether or not the cozy pair will actually get together. Charlie insists that males and females can’t just be friends, and Bailey is determined to prove him wrong.
Bailey and Charlie keep close track of the romantic progress of others while Charlie works to deflect the growing feelings he’s developed for Bailey.
Terrified to lose her if his crush becomes known, what doesn’t help his agenda is Bailey and Charlie “fake dating” in order to disrupt the annoying pleasantries between Bailey’s mom and her mom’s new boyfriend.
Soon, what Charlie was hoping to avoid becomes a reality as Bailey starts to see him as not only a friend she can rely on in the midst of family drama—but someone who makes her hands shake and heart race.
But Charlie has a secret—a secret that involves Bailey and another bet Charlie may have made. Can the two make a real go of things…or has Charlie’s secret doomed them before they could start?
So, I admit that I was late to the Lynn Painter party, only joining this year after reading The Love Wager, but I’m now fully onboard and ready to finally read one of her young adult romances.
I’m also a sucker for romance books where a bet is involved and I’m loving that this one is giving me She’s All That and 10 Things I Hate About You vibes.
Offside Yuletide
by Victoria Denault
Christmas Romance
Releasing November 28, 2023
Some guys have all the luck. I’m one of them. My entire life is a happy accident. Did I mean to become a professional hockey player? Nope.
I took the scholarship so I could go to Harvard and get my neuroscience degree for free. But, here I am playing for the Vancouver Comets.
My parents aren’t big on the fact that I picked hockey over becoming a doctor, like them. So when an injury starts my Christmas break early, the last place I want to spend it is at home hearing ‘I told you so’.
When our team captain invites me to spend the holidays at a cabin in the mountains with his family, I quickly accept.
What he failed to tell me is that his family consists of just his mom. His single mom, Hannah.
Hannah is hot, confident, and witty but it’s not like I would make a move on my teammate’s mom. That’s offside, as the refs would say.
But my life is a series of happy accidents, remember? So when we accidentally get snowed in together — alone — all I can say is… Oops.
Hockey romance books are my jam so mix that with a Christmas romance between a player and his teammate’s MOM and this book is going to be FIRE. 😊
I honestly cannot wait to see how the sparks fly in this Christmas romance novella from Denault who I will continually read ever since her release of Blindsided.
Let the steamy times begin!
A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch
by Sarah Hawley
Paranormal Romance
Releasing November 28, 2023
Calladia Cunnington knows she’s rough around the edges, despite being the heir to one of small-town Glimmer Falls’ founding witch families.
While her gym obsession is a great outlet for her anxieties and anger, her hot temper still gets the best of her and manifests in bar brawls.
When Calladia saves someone from a demon attack one night, though, she’s happy to put her magic and rage to good use . . . until she realizes the man she saved is none other than Astaroth, the ruthless demon who orchestrated a soul bargain on her best friend.
Astaroth is a legendary soul bargainer and one of the nine members of the demon high council—except he can’t remember any of this.
Suffering from amnesia after being banished to the mortal plane, Astaroth doesn’t know why a demon named Moloch is after him, nor why the muscular, angry, hot-in-a-terrifying-way witch who saved him hates him so much.
Unable to leave anyone in such a vulnerable state—even the most despicable demon—Calladia grudgingly decides to help him.
The two set out on an uneasy road trip to find the witch who might be able to restore Astaroth’s memory so they can learn how to defeat Moloch.
Calladia vows that once Astaroth is cured, she’ll kick his ass, but the more time she spends with the snarky yet utterly charming demon, the more she realizes she likes this new, improved Astaroth . . . and maybe she doesn’t want him to recover his memories, after all.
I’ve been on a paranormal romance kick so why not continue it into November with this book that pits a witch again a demon?
I’m also loving the amnesia storyline and anxious to see how that plays out and how Calladia manages a change of heart.
Hawley’s books have continually been on my radar so I think it’s high time that I dive into one. Let me know if you join me!
What new romance book are YOU most excited to read this November 2023? Share in the comments below!
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- Top 10 New Romance Books Coming October 2023
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