Indie/Hybrid Romance Hotlist (6.16.25)

The latest trending indie and hybrid romances!

Top 15 Indie Romance Hotlist

Top 15 trending self-published romances for the week ending June 14.

#1 FILTHY PROMISES by Nicole Fox | Mafia Romance |🌶️x 5

A devoted assistant finally catches the attention of her ruthless billionaire boss, only to find herself caught in a tangled game of seduction, power plays, and an unexpected pregnancy.

#2 MILE HIGH by Liz Tomforde | Sports Romance |🌶️x 4

A hot-headed NHL enforcer and the no-nonsense flight attendant assigned to his team clash at 30,000 feet.

#3 DUPLICITY by Elodie Hart | Billionaire Romance |🌶️x 5

To save her daughter, a desperate single mother takes a high-paying job as an executive assistant with a dark twist, falling for the ruthless billionaire who must never learn the truth.

#4 BOURBON AND PROOF by Victoria Wilder | Romantic Suspense |🌶️x 4

In a town ruled by legacy and secrets, a bourbon heir enters a marriage of convenience with the one woman he was sworn to avoid, his brother’s best friend.

#5 A CLAIM OF FORTUNE by Jaymin Eve | Paranormal Romance, Reverse Harem | 🌶️x 5

When a rogue dragon shifter disrupts her bonded pack, a runaway must unite five powerful alphas to stop a rising evil.

#6 HAT TRICK by Chelsea Curto | Sports Romance |🌶️x 4

After a career-ending injury, an NHL player grapples with his identity and recovery, while an unexpected connection with his athletic trainer complicates everything.

#7 THE BUTCHER by Penelope Sky | Mafia Romance |🌶️x 5

After a brutal breakup, a heartbroken woman seeks one night of escape,only to fall into the arms of Paris’s most feared crime boss.

#8 THE RITUAL by Shantel Tessier | Dark Romance |🌶️x 5

At an elite university ruled by a violent secret society, a young woman is chosen to serve one of its most powerful members.

#9 THE RIGHT MOVE by Liz Tomforde | Sports Romance |🌶️x 4

When an NBA star asks his sister’s best friend to fake-date him for the sake of his image, playing pretend gets complicated.

#10 KING OF DEPRAVITY by Tammy Andresen | Mafia/Billionaire Romance | 🌶️x 4

#11 FILTHY LIES by Nicole Fox | Mafia Romance |🌶️x 5

She married her mob boss, got pregnant, and became his partner in power. When their enemies come for their family, she proves she's every bit as dangerous as the man she loves.

#12 FORGED IN BLOOD by Sadie Kincaid | Paranormal Romance |🌶️x 5

When orphaned foster kid Ophelia Hart earns a spot at an elite university, she enters a world of magic, secrets, and danger.

#13 HEART OF A DEVIL by Sadie Kincaid | Mafia Romance |🌶️x 5

A woman fleeing her past finds herself drawn to her best friend’s father, a dangerously charming man with dark desires of his own.

#14 CAUGHT UP by Liz Tomforde | Sports Romance |🌶️x 4

A single-dad baseball player reluctantly agrees to a temporary nanny, his coach’s free-spirited daughter.

#15 THE RISK by S.T. Abby | Dark Romance |🌶️x 3

By day, he hunts killers. By night, he sleeps beside one. As a relentless vigilante exacts revenge on those who destroyed her, she must decide if love can survive the truth.

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Top 15 Hybrid Romance Hotlist

Top 15 trending hybrid romances for the week ending June 14. Hybrid romances are those that are self-published in one format (e.g. e-book) and traditionally published in another format (e.g. print).

#1 TILL SUMMER DO US PART by Meghan Quinn (Bloom Books) | Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy |🌶️x 4

To cover a workplace lie, Scottie ropes a charming improv-loving millionaire into posing as her husband, only to end up at a couples’ retreat with her entire team and a fake marriage that’s getting way too real.

#2 REWIND IT BACK by Liz Tomforde (Amara) | Sports Romance |🌶️x 4

Six years after a heartbreaking split, a rising interior designer is forced to renovate her ex’s home..

#3 BEAUTIFUL VENOM by Rina Kent (Bloom Books) | Dark Romance |🌶️x 5

To avenge her past, she sets out to infiltrate a secretive college hockey society, only to fall into the trap of its most dangerous member.

#4 STORY OF MY LIFE by Lucy Score (Bloom Books) | Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy |🌶️x 4

A blocked romance author flees the city for small-town peace, only to find a grumpy contractor, a crumbling house, and a fake date.

#5 KING OF ENVY by Ana Huang (Bloom Books) | Billionaire Romance |🌶️x 4

A scarred billionaire risks everything for the woman he can't have, his best friend's fiancée, whose fake engagement hides dangerous secrets of its own.

#6 HAUNTING ADELINE by H.D. Carlton (Zando — Slowburn) | Dark Romance |🌶️x 5

When a gothic mansion inheritance brings Adeline Reilly home, she uncovers chilling family secrets, a haunting legacy, and a stalker.

#7 GILD by Raven Kennedy (Bloom Books) | Romantic Fantasy |🌶️x 3

Caged in gold and bound to a king, a woman once rescued must confront the truth behind her gilded prison before war and darker monsters change everything.

#8 ZODIAC ACADEMY: THE AWAKENING by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (King’s Hollow — Simon & Schuster (Distr.)) | Romantic Fantasy |🌶️x 3

A sharp-tongued Gemini and secret Fae heir must survive a deadly academy of supernatural rivals, twisted teachers, and one infuriatingly hot dragon shifter.

#9 ON WINGS OF BLOOD by Briar Boleyn (MIRA) | Romantic Fantasy |🌶️x 4

At a deadly vampire academy, a half-fae outcast discovers she’s a dragon rider, and bound to her enemy, as a looming war awakens something dark within her.

#10 FLAWLESS by Elsie Silver (Bloom Books) | Contemporary Romance, Western Romance |🌶️x 4

A bad boy bull rider is forced to clean up his act under the watch of his agent’s fiery daughter.

#11 KING OF WRATH by Ana Huang (Bloom Books) | Billionaire Romance |🌶️x 4

A cold-hearted billionaire and a high-society heiress enter a fake engagement for power and protection.

#12 WILD LOVE by Elsie Silver (Bloom Books) | Contemporary Romance, Western Romance |🌶️x 4

A grumpy billionaire hiding out in a small town tries to resist his best friend’s chaotic little sister.

#13 THE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF NIGHT by Carissa Broadbent (Bramble) | Romantic Fantasy |🌶️x 3

To survive a deadly vampire tournament, a human princess must ally with her fiercest rival.

#14 THE DEAL by Elle Kennedy (Bloom Books) | Sports Romance |🌶️x 4

A focused college student strikes a fake dating deal with the campus hockey star to get her crush's attention.

#15 WILD SIDE by Elsie Silver (Bloom Books) | Contemporary Romance, Western Romance |🌶️x 4

To keep custody of her nephew, a woman marries the man who once betrayed her.

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