By: Vince Morales, July 3rd, 2025.
It’s heating up all over the place as summer is fully in swing. This Thursday, July 3rd, is National Stay Out of the Sun Day. With a big weekend ahead in the US, that’s probably not a bad idea. Plus, with all of these new books coming out today, who needs the beach?
Cupcake and Kisses in Micklewick Bay is the latest in the Micklewick Bay Series by Eliza J. Scott. Jasmine Ingilby spends her days cleaning and her nights baking, dreaming of turning her passion for cake-making into a real business. As a single mother of two, time and money are always tight. Just as her efforts begin to show promise, her stability is threatened when her landlord lists her home for sale and a figure from her past returns, bringing new challenges for her children.
Then, Max Grainger, her childhood best friend, returns to Micklewick Bay after twenty-five years. Now a successful businessman and father, Max offers help that Jasmine struggles to accept. Years of doing everything on her own have left her guarded. As emotions from the past resurface, Jasmine must decide whether to protect her heart or risk it all for a second chance. With friendship, love, and a bit of courage, she may just find the perfect recipe for happiness.
The Alien Abduction Series by Honey Phillips continues with Xara and the Xenobeast. Xara is abducted from Earth and crash-lands on a hostile alien planet where every creature wants her dead. Injured and alone, she is rescued by a massive, silent alien outcast known as the Xenobeast. Designed for destruction and exiled by his creators, he now protects her and the orphaned alien young she bonds with. Despite their differences, a deep connection forms between them. When danger returns, the Xenobeast unleashes his true power to defend the only person who has ever seen him as more than a weapon. No one will take what he now calls his.
Readers in the UK can enjoy The Red Shore by William Shaw. Detective Eden Driscoll is forced into sudden guardianship when his sister disappears, leaving behind a nephew he never knew. As he adjusts to life in the quiet town of Teignmouth, Finn vanishes from school, triggering Eden’s fears. When his sister’s body is recovered at sea, police call it an accident. Eden disagrees. She was a skilled sailor and never careless. Determined to uncover the truth, Eden digs into her past and begins unraveling a mystery that challenges everything he believed about her life and death. What he finds puts both his and Finn’s future in unexpected danger.
If Love Had A Manual is the latest in the Skeptically in Love Series by Laura Ashley Gallagher. After becoming guardian to his infant niece, Wes Turner struggles to balance fatherhood and running his auto shop. Help arrives in the form of Lena Carter, a capable nanny with a guarded past. Her presence brings stability, comfort, and an undeniable attraction that Wes tries to ignore. Lena, determined to keep professional boundaries, finds herself drawn to the man behind the responsibility. As emotions grow and roles blur, both must confront their pasts and fears. What began as a job becomes a chance at love… if they are willing to take the risk.
Here is a list of all of the new books releasing today:
New Book Releases for July 3rd, 2025