Hot and Spicy Romance Books to Fill Your Summer TBRs

Perhaps I’ve been heavily inspired by the scorching temperatures this week for this month’s article as I’m bringing you some hot and spicy romance books to fill your TBR. Whether the beginning of a series, or a saucy standalone, there is something for everyone here at the HEA Bookshop!

Yes, Miss by Alexandra Ravensbrook  

One of my personal favourite tropes is Professor/Student. Whether it is the temptation to fall into something forbidden or the consequences if they are caught, this trope has me grinning from ear to ear every time. So, imagine my delight when I discovered Yes, Miss by Alexandra Ravensbrook, a Professor/Ex-Student romance. With a Domme/Sub and BDSM dynamic, Yes, Miss absolutely delivers on the hot and spicy.  

James:

I used to think my desires were something I had to bury—beneath routine, responsibility, and the wreckage of a marriage torn apart. Now, I wake each morning to shame and loneliness, teaching at a school that once held my dream career but now feels like penance.

But then she walks back into my life...Isabelle.

Once my student. Now a colleague. A woman I shouldn't want but can't seem to resist. She's everything I should stay away from, yet the first thing in years that makes me feel alive. But can I really risk it all again—my career, my reputation, my heart—for a chance at something real?

Isabelle:

Coming back to the school I once loved, I feel like a different person. No one here knows who I really am now. I'm no longer the geeky quiet girl with love of piano and a crush on my Music teacher, but a woman who's learned to protect herself with confidence, a paddle, and domination. Being a Domme isn’t just a kink —it’s my armour.

Until James.

Still devastatingly gorgeous and kind, but now my colleague. This spark between us is something new, something we both need... but it's stifled by lies, pain and allegations. One wrong step could ruin everything we’ve both worked for.

But what if the man I once dreamed about, is the only one who can love the damaged girl I once was?

Desire. Worship and New Beginnings.

Can we overcome the challenges we must fight together, or will it be enough to destroy our love completely.

Two souls scarred by the past. One chance to find happiness—in each other.

V Card by Sybil Knight

If a spicy and dark novella is what you are after, V Card by Sybil Knight is the book for you. With a morally grey MMC, with a penchant for pleasure and an FMC who enters an unwinnable game, V Card absolutely satisfies those days where you need something short and smutty. 

The stakes were high. His body count was higher.

The ladies loved me. Both the ones I shoved out my hotel room door every morning and the ones I was currently flicking between my thumbs. A pair of queens. My ideal threesome.

But these gals were fickle, whereas Lady Luck was the type to never leave my side. It was the same reason the girl sitting across from me never stood a chance.

Couldn’t blame her. Not really. Pretty little thing didn’t know she was treading in shark-infested waters. Or that the only card she had left at her disposal… just so happened to be my favorite one to take. Taking wasn’t the only thing I did though. I was a giver too. Demands, degradation, dic—

Well, I think you catch my drift. Point was, the moment she decided to go all-in was the exact moment she agreed to let me do the same.

Game on, baby girl.

Sick Boys by Clarissa Wild 

As a lover of university and academy-based romances, I can wholeheartedly recommend Sick Boys by Clarissa Wild to any reader in the need for a VERY spicy romance. A reverse harem and a bully romance, Sick Boys is overflowing with hatred, fantasising and falling for, not one, but three annoyingly handsome men.  

I didn’t believe them when they said they would corrupt me.
I was wrong. So wrong.

The night my sister died, a piece of me died with her, so I made a vow.
I'm going to enroll at Spine Ridge University just like her, find the person responsible … and make them pay.

Until I meet three sick boys of the Skull & Serpent Society: Felix, Dylan, Alistair. Rude, heartless, vicious guys who are obsessed with making me regret I ever stepped foot on campus.

They make me a deal: My body in exchange for a glimpse at their violence.
Refusing them is impossible, denying them is insane.

They're rough, greedy, and every second with them is filled with depravity.
Their venom is jabbed straight into my heart and I’m sucked into their world.
All for the sake of revenge.

Until it becomes something more.
Something priceless.
Something all four of us would kill for.

Praise by Sara Cate

One of my favourite spicy romance series, the Salacious Players Club, kicks off with Praise by Sara Cate. With each book exploring a different couple and kink, Praise follows Charlie as she explores her BDSM dynamic with Emerson- a much older businessman who just happens to be her ex-boyfriend’s dad. It’s dramatic. It’s spicy. It’s full of tension!  

He calls me perfect.

His flawless pet.

His good girl.

Broken down and wounded by my emotionally neglectful ex, I wanted someone to tell me I was good enough.

Then, I stumbled into a new job with a boss who brings me to my knees—literally. He has me do things a real secretary would never do.

Emerson Grant tells me I’m more than just good enough.

I’m worthy of his praise.

There are a million reasons why I should stay away. The owner of the Salacious Players’ Club is not just my new boss, he’s twice my age.

And my ex-boyfriend’s father.

With him, I am treasured. I am adored. I am his.

I’m a good girl, but I’m falling for the wrong man.

Emerson Grant knows what he wants—

And he wants me.

So how far will I go to hear his approval?

Dangerous Haven by Luna Pierce

The upcoming release of Dangerous Haven by Luna Pierce guarantees a story filled with forbidden desire, intent on setting the pages alit. He’s a brooding billionaire with tattoos and she’s desperate for safety in New York City. Out September 24th, make sure to pre-order Dangerous Haven with the HEA Bookshop to receive an art print! 

London Gardella is running; broken, bruised, and desperate for safety. When she arrives in New York City, she’s clinging to the last hope she has left; finding sanctuary with a stranger who wants nothing to do with her.

Archer Sin is a reclusive billionaire hacker―tattooed, brooding, and razor-sharp― he thrives in the shadows. He reluctantly agrees to keep her safe, but only if she follows his two rules:

No touching his computers.

No falling in love.

Archer’s inked fingers rarely leave his keyboards, but his eyes never stop watching London… stalking her every move, sparking a fire neither can ignore. Then comes a reckless, forbidden kiss.

Rules shatter. Walls crumble. Desire ignites.

Trust is a risk neither can afford, but survival means facing the truth: sometimes, the safest haven is the most dangerous place of all.