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January 2026, New Releases

New Releases in Romancelandia, Canada January 2026

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The cover for Tortured Dream is a knife in the middle surrounded by vines and roses.

Tortured Dream by JM Stockford

  • Romantic Suspense with Magical Realism
  • Dreamwalking
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Damaged FMC
  • Guardian Dog Companion
  • Captive vs Captor

Sydney Mckenna leaves her past behind only to have it threaten her future.

Release Date: January 5, 2026

But Links:
Author’s Website
Amazon

The cover for The Right Time: Back To The Eighties features a neon-purple sunset with the Seattle skyline in the background and an ambulance in the front. The title font is a throwback to the original Back To The Future iconic style.

The Right Time: Back to the 80s (A Time Slip Novel #2) by Lena Gibson

  • Time Slip Romance
  • Slow Burn Romance
  • Found Family,
  • Magical Realism
  • 1980s Nostalgia
  • Guarded Hero/Wounded Heroine

An overwhelmed teacher hiding from her abusive ex wishes for a simpler time, and slips back to the 1980s. She finds a haven and makes personal connections, but her biggest obstacle to true happiness may be herself.

Release Date: January 8, 2026

Buy Links:
Black Rose Writing
Amazon

Image of two men on a lounge by a pool. The brunette man is holding a book and staring up at the redheaded man, who is hovering over him while dripping water and smirking.

Perfect Strangers by J. Rhys

  • Contemporary MM Romance
  • Forced Proximity
  • Aggravation to Lovers
  • Fake Marriage
  • Bi Awakening
  • Opposites Attract

A jilted groom, a friend without benefits, two weeks in paradise will change everything.

Release Date: January 20, 2026

Buy Links:
Books2Read

book cover with a young white man wearing a green and orange ski jacket and goggles. He's standing in front of a mountain background. The text says Ski-Crossed Lovers with the author name Allison Temple. The series logo is a gold medal with the title Love On the Podium. The medal is hung from ribbons in the gay pride and pansexual pride colours.

Ski-Crossed Lovers by Allison Temple

Love on the Podium series

  • Gay Sports Romance
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Hurt-Comfort
  • Amnesia
  • Olympics
  • Super Canadian

Winners don’t always come first.

Release Date: January 19, 2026

Buy Links:
Amazon

A Good Puck by Rochelle Wolf

Love on the Podium series

  • Hockey Romance
  • Sapphic
  • One Night to Forever
  • Set During the Olympics
  • High Spice
  • Low Stakes

It was just supposed to be one night. Just a good puck to forget all about the stress of her upcoming hockey game…

Release Date: January 26, 2026

Buy Links:
Hopeless Romantic Bookstore
Amazon

Red headed fire fighter with his arms crossed leaning against a black woman in office clothes also with arms crossed.

Order & Chaos. Alexandra Isobel

  • Interracial firefighter romance

She’s all elegance and organic lattes. He’s all grit and steak dinners. When Madeline’s past comes knocking, will their unlikely bond be strong enough to withstand the heat?

Release Date: December 15, 2025

Buy Links:
Books2Read

A couple stand in a meadow

Pick Up Speed by Jemi Fraser

  • Small Town Romance
  • Neighbours to Lovers
  • Found Family
  • Workplace Romance
  • Mid-Steam
  • Contemporary
  • Blue Collar

Danger is buzzing around the beekeeper, but he’ll do anything to keep her safe.

Release Date: January 27, 2026

Buy Links:
Books2Read

Two hockey players stand back to back, glancing at each other curiously. Mats is on the left, he's Japanese Canadian and has luscious dark hair that falls over his forehead. Cleo is on the right, she is white American with a long blond braid falling over her shoulder. They're both dressed in their college's colours, which is involves a lot of purple. In the background is the beautiful Monarch College Campus.

Faking It 101 by Melanie Ting

  • Hockey Romance
  • Fake Dating
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Opposites Attract
  • Just One Bed

Hockey captain Cleo Nelson must fake-date the only man on campus she despises, Roy Matsumoto

Release Date: January 13, 2026

Buy Links:
Kobo (Exclusive)

The cover shows two figures standing close together against a deep-space background filled with stars and swirling nebula clouds in pink, purple, and blue. On the left is a tall, muscular alien male with green skin. His skin appears smooth and slightly reflective, and his features are sharp and humanoid but clearly nonhuman. He has pointed ears, glowing blue eyes, and a strong jaw. His expression is calm and focused, and he is looking down at the woman in front of him. His arms are wrapped around her waist in a protective, steady hold. On the right is a human woman with long, flowing blonde hair that falls over her shoulders and down her back. She has a curvy body and is wearing a soft, sleeveless dress in pale pastel tones. She is facing the alien, her head tilted slightly upward toward him, and one hand rests on his chest. Her expression is serious and intimate rather than playful. The two figures are positioned very close together, suggesting trust and emotional connection rather than action or conflict. At the top of the cover, the author name “Alison Voss” appears in white lettering. At the bottom, the title “The Alien Enforcer’s Mate” is written in large, elegant white text that overlaps the lower portion of the couple. Overall, the image conveys a romantic science-fiction tone, emphasizing protection, intimacy, and a bond between a human woman and an alien partner set against a cosmic backdrop.

The Alien Enforcers Mate by Alison Voss

  • Sci-Fi Romance
  • Fated Bond
  • Forced Proximity
  • Bureaucratic Dystopia
  • Protector
  • Grumpy x Sunshine

When Earth becomes unlivable, Frankie enters an off-world integration program that binds her to an alien enforcer, forcing her to navigate survival, autonomy, and a bond that slowly transforms from obligation into something neither of them expected.

Release Date: January 31, 2026

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Coming Soon!

An Ojibway woman, a coureur de bois, a corn maze and a skeleton creature guarding the maze

Born Like This by Maggie Blackbird

  • Time Travel Romance
  • Historical
  • First Nations Romance

She went back in time to rescue him. She never counted on falling in love…

Release Date: October 31, 2025

Buy Links:

Books2Read
Amazon

A colourful, sylized image of a horse with a feather on its head in a circus ring, with spotlights shining down. In the background, under one of the lights, is a male/female couple occupied in a searing kiss.

Sawdust & Silk by Cheryl S Rosbak

  • Contemporary
  • Age Gap
  • Older Woman
  • Opposites Attract

A novel of romance, horses, stardom, and social media.

Release Date: January 31, 2026

Buy Links:
Coming Soon!

A man and a woman run together, glancing at each other, with the Toronto skyline in the background

Love On The Run by Greta Lacroix

  • Contemporary Romance
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Forced Proximity
  • Slow Burn
  • Fade to Black

Cal was running from his problems. Laurel just wanted to run. Can they work through their differences and take their love across the finish line?

Release Date: January 27, 2026

Buy Links:
Amazon