BOOK INVENTORY

This is a list of most of the new books I currently carry.

Each one shows:

  • A brief description
  • Tropes/Themes
  • Goodreads Rating
  • Year Published

You can use this list to decide which book you would like for your Blind Date With a Book by including the book code (ex: DR3) in your order notes at checkout, or send me an email with your order number (sonderandsageco@yahoo.com)

If you would like to know the exact titles of the books I carry, send me an email using the Contact link and I can send that to you!

Additionally, if you would like me to customize a book order for you, please message me your goodreads or authors/titles you enjoy and I can order a book just for you!

 


  • Spicy Romance

      • (SR1)
        • Summary: One-night layover fling turns into a steamy workplace romance when he becomes her CEO
        • Tropes: Forced Proximity, Billionaire Boss
        • Year Published: 2019
        • Goodreads Rating: ~4.0⭐️
      • (SR2)
        • Summary: Spicy Cowboy Romance. Snowed in on a mountain ranch with her ex-boyfriends dad.
        • Tropes: Forced Proximity, Age Gap, Good Girl, Small-town romance
        • Goodreads Rating: ~3.9⭐️
        • Year Published: 2024
      • (SR3)
        • Summary: A young woman breaks up with her boyfriend & goes to get her security-deposit back — only to be confronted by his much older father- and ignites a dark, forbidden attraction that spirals into a dominant/submissive
        • Tropes: BDSM, Age Gap, Boss/Employee, “His Good Girl”
        • Year Published: 2022
        • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.1 ⭐️
      • (SR4)
        • Spicy Romantic Comedy
        • Summary: A grumpy mountain man posts a “baby momma needed” ad — but when the right woman answers, their surrogacy agreement turns into something way more complicated
        • Tropes/Themes: Grumpy-Sunshine, Small Town, Opposites Attract
        • Year Published: 2024
        • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4 ⭐️

 


• Dark Romance

      • (DR1)
        • Summary: A woman is claimed by four ruthless crime bosses and pulled into a dark, violent romance
        • Tropes: Reverse Harem, Kidnapped Heroine
        • Goodreads Rating: ~3.7 ⭐️
        • Year Published: 2020
      • (DR2)
        • Summary: Book 1 in a duology. Stalker Romance. A powerful, obsessive lawyer fixates on a senators daughter and pulls her into a dark, dangerous romance.
        • Tropes: obsession, morally gray character, The line between Love & Control
        • Goodreads Rating: ~3.6⭐️
        • Year Published: 2023
      • (DR3)
        • Summary: Romeo & Juliet retelling. An heiress to a powerful family, falls for the secret heir of her family’s sworn enemies — and their forbidden romance ignites a feud that could destroy them both.
        • Tropes: Star-Crossed Lovers, Forbidden Love, Dangerous Romance
        • Year Published: 2025
        • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.1⭐️
      • (DR4)
        • Summary:  A Motorcycle Club president’s world shatters when a “good girl” from his hometown walks back into his life — and despite the danger, he becomes obsessed with protecting her. 
        • Tropes: Forced Proximity, Enemies-to-Lovers, Possessive Hero
        • Year Published: 2024
        • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.1⭐️
      • (DR5)
        • Summary: A scholarship girl joins a prestigious university — and unwittingly steps into a secret society ruled by her step-brother and his rich friends, leading to dangerous games, dark secrets, and deadly temptation.
        • Tropes: Enemies-to-Lovers, Bully-Romance, Reverse-Harem, “Why-Choose?”
        • Year Published: 2025
        • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.3 ⭐️
      • (DR6)
        • Mafia Romance
        • Summary: An elite academy for mafia families turns friendships, rivalries, and secret romances into life-or-death stakes.
        • Tropes: Friends to Lovers, Dark Academia, Slow-Burn, Love Triangle
        • Year Published: 2021
        • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.9 ⭐️
      • (DR7) 
        • Summary: A lone survivor of a massacre-tainted black-ops squad is forced into a ruthless new team — and a reckless one-night stand becomes painfully real when the man turns out to be her terrifying new superior.
        • Tropes: “Touch her and Die”, Enemies-to-Lovers, Special-Ops Romance
        • Year Published: 2025
        • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.8 ⭐️

    • CLEAN ROMANCE

        • (CR1)
          • Summary: Two rival journalists & one fake romance to get the scoop on the next big story.
          • Tropes: fake dating, enemies to lovers
          • Goodreads Rating: ~3.9⭐️
          • Year Published: 2025
        • (CR2)The Cheat Sheet - Sarah Adams
          • Summary: Two best friends secretly in love agree to fake-date to help boost his NFL image — and the pretend romance makes their real feelings impossible to hide.
          • Tropes: Dual POV, Slow-Burn, Friends-to-Lovers
          • Year Published: 2021
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.7 ⭐️

    • Romance

        • (R1) 
          • Summary: A Slow Burn Grumpy/Sunshine Romance. A woman starting over in a Colorado mountain town slowly falls for the guarded single dad renting her his garage apartment.
          • Tropes/Themes: Slow Burn, Small Town, Healing + Grief
          • Spice: Mild
          • Year Published: 2021
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.2⭐️
        • (R2) 
          • Summary: A recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at life (and love!) if she can find him on Earth before ten days are up..
          • Tropes/Themes: Magical Realism, Second Chance, Found Family
          • Spice:
          • Year Published: 2024
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.1⭐️
        • (R3) 
          • Summary: A woman sent to interview her longtime crush — her brother’s best friend and now a single dad — returns to her small hometown, reigniting a love she thought was gone forever
          • Tropes: Grumpy/Sunshine, Second Chance, Forced proximity
          • Spice: Moderate
          • Year Published: 2024
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4 ⭐️
        • (R4) 
          • Summary: Two friends make a bet to see who can find true love first — but when they agree to be each other’s fake dates for a wedding, it becomes clear that maybe the real bet is on becoming something more.
          • Tropes: Friends to Lovers, Fake Dating, Self-Growth
          • Spice: Mild / Moderate
          • Year Published: 2023
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.9 ⭐️
        • (R5) 
          • Summary: A man with only months to live offers a troubled rock-star a safe place to crash; their friendship deepens into a heartbreaking, intense love, even as time counts down.
          • Tropes: Friends-to-Lovers, Right person-Wrong time, Love & Loss
          • Spice: Mild / Moderate
          • Year Published: 2016
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.4⭐️
        • (R6) 
          • Summary: A romance ghostwriter who no longer believes in love returns home to grieve — only to find her new editor has become a ghost who just might change her mind.
          • Tropes/Themes: Magical Realism, Self-Discovery
          • Spice: Mild
          • Year Published: 2022
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.9⭐️
        • (R7)
          • Summary: A heartbroken woman slips into the pages of her favorite romance novel (literally) and starts falling for the fictional hero who isn’t supposed to be hers.
          • Tropes/Themes: Magical Realism, Cozy Vibes, Grumpy-Sunshine energy
          • Spice: Mild
          • Year Published: 2024
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.6 ⭐️
        • (R8) 
          • Summary: She’s chaos, he’s stability — but when she starts spending time with the single dad next door, her messy life begins to shift in unexpected ways.
          • Tropes: Single-Dad Romance, Friends-to-Lovers, Quarter-Life Crisis
          • Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ (3/5)
          • Year Published: 2025 (NEW RELEASE)
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.7⭐️

     

    • Holiday Romance

        • (HR1)
          • Summary: A Christmas tree-farm owner’s rivalry with a newcomer turns into a hilarious, snowed-in enemies-to-lovers romance during the holiday season
          • Tropes/Themes: Forced Proximity, Grumpy/Sunshine, Holiday Rom-Com
          • Spice: Hot!
          • Year Published: 2025
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.1⭐️
        • (HR2)
          • Summary: A renovation expert and a grumpy small-town mayor clash while rebuilding his town — until sparks start to fly.
          • Tropes/Themes: Single dad, Grumpy/Sunshine, Holiday setting
          • Spice: Moderate
          • Year Published: 2017
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.9 ⭐️

     

    • DARK ROMANTASY 
        • (DF1)
          • Summary: A woman takes part in a deadly contest inside a haunted mansion. A charming, arrogant and infuriatingly attractive stranger offers to help her survive..
          • Tropes: Morally-gray love interest, Facing inner demons (OCD rep), Deadly magical competition
          • Goodreads Rating: ~4.1⭐️
          • Year Published: 2024
        • (DF2)
          • Summary: Entering a brutal contest meant to bind her to the crown, she finds herself drawn instead to the dangerous creature who should have been her enemy.
          • Tropes: Love-Triangle, Monster/Shapeshifter Romance
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.6 ⭐️
          • Year Published: 2025
        • (DF3) 
          • Summary: A former servant discovers she’s a rare female alpha-shifter and must survive brutal training and three ruthless alpha roommates — all while fighting in a war she never asked for. 
          • Tropes: Reverse-Harem, Enemies-to-Lovers, MMM + MMFM Spice
          • Year Published: 2022
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.8 ⭐️
        • (DF4) 
          • Summary: A brokenhearted woman is dragged into a magical labyrinth by a seductive immortal — given 48 hours to escape, or lose herself to him forever.
          • Tropes/Themes:Enemies-to-Lovers, “Escape or Die”, Forced Proximity
          • Year Published: 2025
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.8 ⭐️


     ROMANTASY

        • (RF1) 
          • Summary: A lost princess is taken by a vengeful fae king who needs her power, only to find herself drawn into his world… and to him.
          • Tropes/Themes: Enemies-to-Lovers, Slow-Burn, “Who Did This To You”,
          • Year Published: 2024
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4 ⭐️

     

    Fantasy

        • (F1) 
          • Summary: A vampire realtor teams up with the godson of Death to solve the mystery of the ghost who’s haunting the house she is trying to sell
          • Tropes: morally gray characters, paranormal romance
          • Goodreads Rating: ~3.7⭐️
          • Year Published: 2018
        • (F2)
          • Summary: A young bard returns to his magical island home to help find missing girls, uncovering old secrets and a growing threat in the enchanted land,
          • Tropes: Slow-Burn Romance, Folk-lore inspired Magic
          • Goodreads Rating: ~4.1⭐️
          • Year Published: 2022
        • (F3) 
          • Summary: A magical, wandering circus becomes the stage for two young illusionists locked in a lifelong competition — one that turns into a dangerous, impossible love.
          • Tropes/Themes: Atmospheric (THE VIBESSSS!), Forbidden-Romance, Magical Competition
          • Year Published: 2011
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4 ⭐️
        • (F4)
          • Summary: A boarding school for children who’ve returned from magical worlds forces its students to face who they were, who they are now, and the dark mystery unfolding around them.
          • Tropes/Themes: Found Family, Mystery, Portal Worlds
          • Year Published: 2016
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.8 ⭐️
        • (F5) 
          • Summary: A young woman struggling to save her brother from poverty accepts a job cleaning a notorious, possibly haunted mansion — but inside, she uncovers dark secrets tied to both the house’s history and her town’s past.
          • Tropes/Themes: Small-Town Gloom & Decay, Blending Supernatural Horror with Social Reality
          • Year Published: 2024
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.8 ⭐️
        • (F6) 
          • (book 1 of 4)
          • Summary: A young would-be warrior trains in a land scarred by gods and monsters — but when ancient evils begin to stir and prophecy looms, he and a cast of unlikely heroes must rise, face betrayal and war, and decide whether they’ll fight for light or be consumed by darkness.
          • Tropes/Themes: , Epic War, Ancient Magic, Multiple POV
          • Year Published: 2013
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.2⭐️
        • (F7)
          • (book 1 of 3)
          • Summary: A hardened god-killer whose family was destroyed by a fire god reluctantly accepts a mission to protect a noble girl bound to a minor god — forcing her to reconsider everything she believes about divinity, justice, and vengeance.
          • Tropes/Themes: Queer + Disabled representation, Dangerous Mission, Found Family
          • Year Published: 2023
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.9⭐️

    Cozy Fantasy

        • (CF1) 
          • Summary: Charmed meets The Pumpkin Spice Cafe. A witch returns to her Scottish hometown to break her family’s curse — and clashes with the grumpy mayor who’s determined to keep her from wrecking his town.
          • Tropes: Witchy Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Small-town magic
          • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.9⭐️
          • Year Published: 2025

       

      • Historical Fiction

          • (HF1) 
            • Summary: A young servant girl escapes a collapsing settlement and flees alone into the unforgiving wilderness
            • Tropes/Themes:  Survival, Colonization, Wilderness vs. Civilization
            • Goodreads Rating: ~3.8⭐️
            • Year Published: 2023
          • (HF2) 
            • Summary: A story that follows one house in the New England woods across centuries, revealing the lives, ghosts, and histories that pass through it.
            • Tropes/Themes: Multi-generational Saga, Human Connection, Linked Stories
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.1⭐️
            • Year Published: 2023


      • Literary Fiction

          • (LF1) 
            • Summary: A grieving widow forms an unlikely bond with a wise, escape-artist octopus who helps her uncover long-buried family secrets.
            • Tropes/Themes: Found Family, Animal POV, Grief + Healing
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.4⭐️
            • Year Published: 2022

      • Women’s Fiction

          • (WF1) 
            • Summary: Two women — one struggling to keep her family afloat, the other recently cut off from her wealthy life — accidentally switch gym bags and end up walking in each other’s lives.
            • Tropes/Themes: Contrasting lives from different social classes, Female Friendships, Rom-Com
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4⭐️
            • Year Published: 2023


      • Sci-Fi

          • (S1)
            • Summary: Secret service agent investigates 2 missing persons, but soon finds himself trapped in a horrific nightmare with no way out
            • Tropes/Themes: Mind Bending Plot Twists, Isolation, Reality vs Illusion
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.9⭐️
            • Year Published: 2012
          • (S2) 
            • Summary: After a devastating flu pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a traveling troupe of actors and musicians journeys across the scattered settlements performing art — striving to preserve culture, memory, and hope.
            • Tropes/Themes: Collapse & Survival, Multi-Timeline
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4⭐️
            • Year Published: 2014

      • Psychological Thriller

          • (PT1)
            • Summary: A woman who once survived a brutal massacre tries to build a normal life, but when another survivor dies and a third suddenly resurfaces, she’s forced to unravel a decades-old mystery before the killer strikes again.
            • Tropes/Themes: Slasher Style Mystery, Dual Timeline, “What Really Happened?”
            • Year Published: 2016
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.8 ⭐️
          • (PT2) 
            • Summary: Bonfire Night- a woman wakes up bound in a bonfire, 11 months earlier, three women with dark secrets entered each others lives.. but will any of them survive?
            • Tropes/Themes: “everything is not what it seems” vibe, unreliable narrators, secrets and revenge
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4⭐️
            • Year Published: 2025
          • (PT3) 
            • Summary: A therapists longtime marriage starts unravelling after a vent in his office lets his wife overhear everything— and when he disappears, the secrets will come out.
            • Tropes/Themes: unreliable narrator, small town secrets, obsession, manipulation of power
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.7⭐️
            • Year Published: 2020
          • (PT4) 
            • Summary: A mother recovering from her toddler’s disappearance teams up with a true-crime podcaster, finding unsettling truths about her past and who she can trust. 
            • Tropes/Themes: Grief, motherhood, kidnapped child, slow-burn suspense
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.1⭐️
            • Year Published: 2023
          • (PT5)
            • Summary: A woman found covered in her best friend’s blood years ago is now the subject of a true-crime podcast investigating whether she really did it.
            • Tropes: Unreliable narrator, podcast investigation, “Did she or didn’t she” murder mystery
            • Goodreads Rating: ~4.1⭐️
            • Year Published: 2024

      • Horror

          • (H1) 
            • Summary: A famous horror author’s will lures seven writers into his manor, where they must solve riddles room by room or face deadly consequences.
            • Tropes/Themes: Locked-Room Mystery, Paranormal, Multiple POV
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.6⭐️
            • Year Published: 2025
          • (H2) 
            • Summary: A reclusive man living in a boarded-up house, his eerie cat, and a woman obsessed with her sister’s disappearance — nothing is as it seems, and every truth hides a deeper lie.
            • Tropes/Themes: Unreliable Narrator, Missing Child Mystery, “Wtf is going on??” Vibes
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.8⭐️
            • Year Published: 2022

      • Cozy Mystery

          • (CM1)
            • Summary: After a suspicious death in a small town, four women — each carrying their own secrets — form a secret society to investigate the case and help the people who come to their cozy bookstore and bakery.
            • Tropes: Amateur Sleuths, Community, Cozy Bookstore Vibes,
            • Year Published: 2018
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.8 ⭐️

       

      • Young Adult

          • (YAR1) First time for everything - K.L. Walther
            • ROMANCE
            • Summary: A summer wedding forces a shy teen out of her comfort zone and into a romance she didn’t know she was ready for.
            • Tropes: Friends to Lovers, First experiences, Coming-of-Age
            • Age: 14-18
            • Year Published: 2025
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.8 ⭐️
          • (YAR2) 
            • ROMANCE
            • Summary: On Valentine’s Day a teen’s perfect plans explode — but the next morning, she wakes up to find it’s Valentine’s Day all over again. Stuck in a time loop, she relives the worst day of her life until she figures out what she really wants.
            • Tropes: Time-Loop, Second-Chance Romance, Enemies to Lovers
            • Age: 14-18
            • Year Published: 2022
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 3.9⭐️
          • (YAR3) 
            • ROMANCE
            • Summary: A famous DJ haunted by his past meets a girl whose love for music forces him to rediscover his soul and his heart
            • Tropes: Brooding Musician, Opposites Attract, Healing from Grief
            • Age: 14-18
            • Year Published: 2018
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.3 ⭐️
          • (YAR4) 
            • ROMANCE
            • Summary: Two teens — one facing deportation, the other trying to uphold his parents’ expectations — meet by chance in New York City, and spend a single day together navigating fate, identity, and the possibility of love.
            • Tropes/Themes: One-Day-Romance, Family Pressure, Fate Vs Skepticism
            • Age: 12-18
            • Year Published: 2019
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4⭐️
          • (YAF1)
            • FANTASY ROMANCE
            • Summary: A determined goddess refuses her arranged fate and flees to the underworld — where she strikes a deal with its ruler to free herself from a life she never wanted.
            • Tropes: Mythology Retelling, Slow-Burn, Destiny
            • Age: 14-18
            • Year Published: 2025
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4 ⭐️
          • (YAT1)
            • THRILLER/FANTASY
            • Summary: Years after she and her two sisters inexplicably vanished — only to return with changed hair, eyes, and strange abilities — teen Iris Hollow finds herself drawn into darkness once more when her eldest sister disappears again.
            • Tropes/Themes: Dark fairy-tale vibe, Sisterhood, Atmospheric,
            • Age: 13 - adult
            • Year Published: 2021
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4 ⭐️
          • (YAT2) 
            • THRILLER
            • Summary: A teenager wakes up bruised and with no memory on the side of a road — someone claims she’s their daughter, but she can’t shake the feeling something is deeply wrong.
            • Tropes: Dual POV, Missing Person Mystery, Small-Town Secrets
            • Age: 14 - adult
            • Year Published: 2023
            • Goodreads Rating: ~ 4.1 ⭐️

       

      MIDDLE GRADE

            • (MG1) 
              • Sports
              • Summary: A 12-year-old boy is invited to a top soccer academy, where he faces tough competition, new friends, and the pressure to prove he belongs.
              • Themes: Ambition & Big Dreams, Team-Competition, Friendship
              • Age: 7-12
              • Year Published: 2022


      • Graphic Novels

            • (G1) 
              • FANTASY
              • Summary:  A talented young cryptozoology student arrives on a magical island school to study mythical creatures — but when students start disappearing, she must face a growing mystery that threatens both beasts and classmates.
              • Themes: Friendship, Courage, The bond between humans and magical creatures
              • Age: 9-12
              • Year Published: 2018


            • (G2) 
              • ADVENTURE
              • Summary: A brave cat is launched into space to save the moon from being eaten — but ends up on a silly, chaotic adventure involving robots, worms, and plenty of pizza.
              • Themes: Friendship, Teamwork, Bravery, Problem-Solving
              • Age: 7-10
              • Year Published: 2020


            • (G3) 
              • SCARY
              • Summary: A shy kid tired of being bullied gets a terrifying Halloween mask to scare others — but the mask won’t come off and begins to change her, threatening to take over.
              • Themes: Cautionary Magic, Courage Under Pressure, Curiosity
              • Age: 8+


            • (G4) 
              • GIRLS SPORTS
              • Summary: A middle-school girl from a blended immigrant background tries out for her school’s cheerleading team, confronting racism, bullying, and the pressure to fit in — while figuring out what “belonging” truly means. 
              • Themes: Peer-Pressure, Self-Acceptance, Growing-Up
              • Age: 8-11
              • Year Published: 2022
            • (G6)
              • MYSTERY
              • Summary: A clever young girl wakes on her birthday to find her mother missing — she escapes her older brothers, adopts a secret identity, and uses her wits to solve mysteries and rescue the innocent in Victorian-era London.
              • Themes: Young Detective Heroine, Clues & Puzzles, Found Family
              • Age: 8-12
              • Year Published: 2022

       

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