mother and her three grown daughters as Lara recounts the surprisingly layered story of her youthful romance due to the virus, and to make the time pass, the girls beg Lara to share the story of her youthful romance

Quinn offers plenty of interpersonal conflict, romance, suspected double-crossing, and details of life

Romance may be the world’s oldest cult.

There are some absurd elements, magical realism, fables, superstition, and romance in this translation

health scare, sibling tensions, some teenaged foolishness that leads to trouble, glimpses of satisfying romance

ACOTAR often read like a romance novel featuring fairies; I listened to this as an audiobook and admit The book is so romaaaantic and dramaaatic, it often felt like a romance novel with fairies added in.

She becomes heartbroken when a whirlwind romance with a young German army officer, Marco Zeiller, is

In Divine Rivals, Iris and Roman, two journalists, are competing for a permanent position as a newspaper But the person receiving these missives is not Forest, but Iris's work nemesis, Roman.

There's some romance.

There is a lot more sexy yoga here than I could have dreamed of, plenty of romance, so very much wine But once I settled in, I gleefully tore through what felt like a mix of the detail and romance of Diana

Warcross is an action-packed quest to right wrongs in an immersive video game and beyond--with some romance

Quinn offers plenty of interpersonal conflict, romance, suspected double-crossing, and details of life

Despite being told there was a romance between Xavier and Juniper, the basis of this romance just didn't

The setup seems like it’s a romance, but it’s really a story about loyalty and devoted friendship without

The setup seems like it’s a romance, but it’s really a story about loyalty and devoted friendship without

She becomes heartbroken when a whirlwind romance with a young German army officer, Marco Zeiller, doesn't

Quinn offers plenty of interpersonal conflict, romance, suspected double-crossing, and details of life

that addresses serious matters—betrayal, loyalty, duty, trust, and love, with a little sleuthing and romance

The setup seems like the story is a romance, but it’s actually a story about loyalty and devoted friendship

debut cozy novel showcases many of my favorite elements--magic, banter, a grumpy-sunshine hard-won romance

Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise of a new romance

complete with Chinese folklore, a rock-solid friendship, creative fantasy elements, and great action and romance complete with Chinese folklore, a rock-solid friendship, creative fantasy elements, and great action and romance

Hazelwood Ali Hazelwood brings her wonderful banter and an intriguing mystery to this steamy interspecies romance

She has written articles for various publications and is the author of a romance novel, When Hearts Collide

The Parting Glass has both substance and lovely lighter elements like romance. Well well well! The Parting Glass has both substance and lighter elements like romance.

There is a lot more sexy yoga here than I could have dreamed of, plenty of romance, so very much wine But once I settled in, I gleefully tore through what felt like a mix of the detail and romance of Diana

Henry brings her signature warmth, great banter, and sultry romance to this story within a story.

The setup seems like the story is a romance, but it’s actually a story about loyalty and devoted friendship

True Biz is a coming-of-age story, a beginner's primer on Deaf culture, and a captivating novel about romance

True Biz is a coming-of-age story, a beginner's primer on Deaf culture, and a captivating novel about romance

Quinn offers plenty of interpersonal conflict, romance, suspected double-crossing, and details of life

Warcross is an action-packed quest to right wrongs in an immersive video game and beyond--with some romance

Quinn offers plenty of interpersonal conflict, romance, suspected double-crossing, and details of life

The setup seems like it’s a romance, but it’s really a story about loyalty and devoted friendship without

The setup seems like it’s a romance, but it’s really a story about loyalty and devoted friendship without

The setup seems like it’s a romance, but it’s really a story about loyalty and devoted friendship without

is also a refreshing lack of violence beyond fistfight-level conflicts, and the forbidden love and romance

The setup seems like it’s a romance, but it’s really a story about loyalty and devoted friendship without

Irish village in the 1960s, Time of the Child ; and I'm listening to the third in Rebecca Yarros's romantasy

The family's singing is romanticized, but Maria reveals that one daughter had extreme anxiety about performing

--which are sweet yet barbed, full of acceptance and imperfection, and never cloying or verging on "romantasy

Just when I was beginning to wonder whether her life in a brothel was being too romanticized, the various

Her self-reliance, romanticized ideas, quick thinking, and strength of character, along with the shifts

Her soaring hopes of human contact, her vulnerability and romanticized ideas--and then her growing doubts