There’s nothing quite like a fantastic romance book. Here are 10 that I loved.
How to Honeymoon Alone – Olivia Hayle
Eden found out that her fiancé was having an affair with her best friend just before the wedding and the last thing she expected to do was go on their tropical honeymoon alone. However, it’s her dream trip and it’s non-refundable so she finds herself in a beautiful island resort where she plans to relax for two weeks.
But on her first night, she ends up having dinner with a handsome stranger, Phillip. He’s grumpy and a workaholic and they seem to have nothing in common, but they soon begin spending all their time together. Eden quickly finds herself falling for Phillip while trying to keep in mind that they’ll both be going their separate ways after their vacation is over.
Tropes: summer romance, instalove, holiday romance, kinda fake dating
Magnolia Parks – Jessa Hastings
Magnolia Parks is beautiful, wealthy, and a London socialite. BJ Ballentine is the guy that broke her heart. Magnolia and BJ were together since they were teenagers and everyone knows that they should be together… but after much hurt they’ve decided to be just friends. Kind of.
They spend all of their time together and he stays over the night, but she dates other people and he sleeps with other girls. However, their dysfunctional relationship is about to catch up with them and they’re finally forced to face reality when Magnolia begins seeing a man that she can finally see a future with.
Tropes: childhood friends to lovers, second chance romance
A Lie For a Lie – Helena Hunting
Lainey meets Rook on a flight to Alaska where they’re both going to be staying for a while. They immediately hit it off and while they’re there end up spending all of their time together before Rook is called away.
A year later, they unexpectedly meet again and this time they’re forced to confront the secrets that they’ve both been keeping.
Tropes: surprise baby, sports romance
Hail Mary – Kandi Steiner
Mary and Leo meet (online) as teenagers where they both play the same video game and talk every single day. But, Leo is popular while Mary is not, and when Mary tries to introduce herself, Leo ignores her and then allows his friends to make fun of her throughout high school.
Years later, Mary needs somewhere to live and Leo has a cheap room to rent. Mary has no other options so decides to take him up on his offer – but she soon realises he has no idea who she is.
Tropes: college romance, sports romance, roommates to lovers
Funny You Should Ask – Elissa Sussman
Chani is a journalist hired to write a profile of Gabe Parker, a movie star who’s just been cast as James Bond and needs some good press. The interview turns into a whirlwind weekend where Chani spends every moment with Gabe and when the profile goes viral it seems to the public that something might have happened between them.
10 years later, Chani has always denied that anything happened and is asked to re-do the interview for its anniversary. She knows that meeting Gabe again will force feelings to the surface that she’d rather forget.
Tropes: celebrity romance
Icebreaker – Hannah Grace
Anastasia Allen is a competitive figure skater on track to compete in the Olympics. Nathan Hawkins is captain of the university ice hockey team. When one of their ice rinks is trashed, they’re forced to share the same rink.
They find themselves stuck together in more than one way, but Anastasia has made it very clear that she doesn’t like hockey players.
Tropes: rivals to lovers, sports romance
Knot My Type – Evie Mitchell
Frankie is a sexologist in a wheelchair who hosts a podcast all about sex. A listener wants to learn about accessible rope play and she has no idea what to say so she enlists the help of Jay Wood who knows more than most about the topic.
Jay’s not a one-girl type of man… but he soon finds himself becoming more and more attracted to Frankie.
Beautiful Bastard – Christina Lauren
Chloe Mills is a hardworking intern who only has one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He’s just returned to Chicago to take a vital role in his family’s massive media company. Bennett is blunt, rude, inconsiderate, and completely irresistible.
And despite rumours, he’s never been the type for a workplace hookup, but he quickly begins to find it very difficult to stay away from Chloe.
Tropes: enemies to lovers, boss x employee
American Royalty – Tracey Livesay
Duchess is a rapper who is about to sign a deal that will make her one of the richest women in hip-hop. But the deal is put in jeopardy and she’s forced to generate some positive publicity… or else.
Prince Jameson prefers a life out of the spotlight and usually works as a professor. But when the Queen is desperate, he agrees to be in charge of a tribute concert to her late husband.
Duchess agrees to be part of this concert to improve her image and ends up spending time with Prince Jameson and they become closer than any of them would’ve ever expected.
the next Great American Novel.
Tropes: royalty romance, secret romance
Uncoupling – Lorraine Brown
Hannah is traveling to Amsterdam with her boyfriend, but she accidentally ends up on the wrong carriage of her train which lands her stranded in Paris.
She meets Leo on the station platform and ends up spending the day with him exploring the city. He is everything her boyfriend isn’t and she soon finds herself questioning everything she knows about herself and her relationship.
Tropes: romance in a day
