August 2026 Queer Romances

Hide Your Wallet August’s new romance releases brings a little treat for all different approaches to the month. Whether you’re still celebrating summer, anxious for fall, or just want to enjoy a sweet ‘n sexy vacation, there’s something for you hitting shelves this month. Ghosts That We Knew While still running from the ghosts of his past, a trans man reluctantly returns to his hometown and runs straight into the arms of a ghost who is about to change his future. Hayes Hastings never expected to go back to Broomstick Bluff. Yet with a faltering family business and parents unwilling to step up, he returns to help his beloved grandmother with the ghost tour company that put his family on the map. He’s determined to hate the small town suspended in an eternal autumn just as much as he’s dead set to leave on the first day of winter with as little contact with the town’s residents as possible. But before he can even start his first day of work, his carefully planned world is knocked off its axis in the form of a beautiful employee dressed as a witch with wildfire hair, a familiar cinnamon scent he can’t place, and a carefree attitude unlike anything he could ever dream of possessing Wha...