The Saturday after Black Friday is known as Small Business Saturday. After the corporate hullabaloo that took place yesterday, today is the day to support your local small business. Whether that means stopping at a local bookstore, grabbing lunch from a family-owned restaurant, or supporting an independent author, today is the day to go out of your way to help small businesses.
Inconvenient Marriage by Carin Hart (The Order of the Owed Series)
Inconvenient Marriage by Carin Hart follows Annaliese Crawford, a woman trapped in the rigid hierarchy of Harmony Heights, where the Order of the Owed controls every aspect of life. One mistake pushes her toward a future as a mistress, unless she can secure a marriage that protects her family and saves her sister. Desperate for a way out, she offers herself as a fake wife to Sebastien Reynolds, the rebellious second son of a founding family. All she needs is his signature and a shared home. What she refuses to consider is falling in love again.
Sebastien has always lived outside the Order’s expectations, content to remain the family’s black sheep. Marriage was never part of his plans until Annaliese walked into his life with determination in her eyes and ruin at her heels. Their deal is supposed to last one year, but Sebastien quickly realizes he wants forever. Protecting Annaliese becomes his only mission, and he will not let anything stand in the way.
Tiger Summer by Zoe Chant (Shifter Cub Camp Series)
Tiger Summer is the third book in the Shifter Cub Camp Series by Zoe Chant. Head counselor Leonie MacCormick loves the chaos and charm of shifter cub camp, but her routine is disrupted when stern Shifter Agent Shan Zhao arrives to investigate strange occurrences rumored to be haunting the grounds. Shan expects a quick mission, not a genuine threat or an irresistible pull toward Leonie, whose warmth calms the beast he struggles to control. Determined to hide the truth that they are fated mates, he keeps his distance, even as danger closes in. The campers, however, see everything, and they are determined to push their counselor and the brooding agent together before summer ends.
Cosmic Cupids by S.C. Principale (Felix Orbus Galaxy Series)
Cosmic Cupids is a standalone novel in the Felix Orbus Galaxy Series by S.C. Principale. The crew of the Comet Stalker prepares for an improvised Valentine’s Day celebration that stirs unexpected romance among humans, Felids, and Canids. In the med bay, Skyla’s sudden illness brings her long hidden attraction with Dax to the surface. Elsewhere, widower Jaxson and Kaylie explore old holiday traditions that turn their quiet evening into something far more intimate. In the nursery, Elio and Lycen finally speak honestly about their future while the cubs sleep, forcing them to choose between duty and desire. Together these stories reveal how love can appear in the most unlikely corners of deep space.
Captive Audience by Julie Weaver (The Beasts of Belfast Series)
In Captive Audience by Julie Weaver, a true crime podcaster with sharp instincts meets the one man she never saw coming. Rook O’Connell is danger in a tailored suit, and one reckless night pulls her straight into his world. What begins as a blazing attraction ends in a trap: a fake marriage to an Irish gangster who refuses to let her walk away. He needs her to solve the murder that haunts him, and she needs answers if she ever wants her life back. But as they hunt a killer together, every line between duty and desire dissolves. The deeper she goes into Rook’s bed, his secrets, and his violence, the more she questions whether she wants freedom at all, or the man she was never meant to trust.
Here is a list of all of the new books releasing today:
New Book Releases for November 29th, 2025
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Vince is the Entertainment Editor at Book Notification. His first book was Green Eggs & Ham by Dr. Seuss, and his passion for reading took off from there. He'll read just about anything, but can usually be found re-reading his favorite Pynchon novels and Seattle Mariners box scores.