26 amazing romance book recs

Whenever you’re in online book spaces it can feel like you’re bombarded with romance book recommendations. Or, it feels that way to me. But the great thing is that I absolutely love that! Here are 26 more romance books to add to your tbr!

Hard as Steel – McKinley May

Rayne sees becoming a sports reporter as her calling. Her plan to get into Windhaven University’s journalism program, get the sports section of the campus paper has worked out well so now she just needs to get her dream internship.  

But to get it she’s going to need to interview the last athlete she ever wants to interview – Vaughn Steel. He’s arrogant and impulsive and, unfortunately, extremely handsome. But now she has to spend the semester with him and work on her most important article yet and then she can be done with him. For good.

The Right Swipe – Alisha Rai

Rhiannon has revolutionised the digital dating world but in real life she prefers to focus on her career. And maybe the occasional hookup. She controls her love life with the following rules: no nude pics (unless she asks), if someone stands you up, block them, and protect your heart.

But then she matches with former pro-football player Samson Lima and struggles to manage her attraction to him until he woos her with one magical night… and then disappears. He resurfaces working with her business rival months after ghosting her and promises this time he won’t fumble his chances… but surely she can’t take that risk.

Baking Me Crazy – Karla Sorensen

Levi knew that Jocelyn was the one ever since he met her and she beat him at basketball. However, he also knew he didn’t want a romance so for the past 5 years he’s just been her best friend. But the day she comes to him and says she’s ready to find love with someone that isn’t him, he’s not happy. 

So now it’s time for him to prove that the best man for her has been the one in front of her the entire time.

Dear Emmie Blue – Lia Louise

At 16, Emmie Blue stood in the fields of her school and released a red balloon with her name and email address attached. Weeks later, on a beach in france, Lucas found the balloon and emailed her, sparking an intense friendship. 14 years later, Emmie is desperately in love with Lucas so when he says he has a big question to ask her, she’s convinced this is the moment he will reveal his feelings… but nothing in life ever quite goes as planned.

Ghost Walk – Cassandra Cannon

Trained as a crime scene investigator, Grace just wants to be normal. She believes in cold, hard facts… until she finds herself looking at the ghost of a dead pirate. In 1789, Captain James Riordan was unjustly hanged for murder and has been haunting the town since trying to find a way to clear his name. And now Grace can see him so she attempts to prove his innocence.

In Love and War – Kyra Parsi

Okay, you might say I was a little distracted. I didn’t see it coming at all. The guy was gorgeous and I didn’t know what to think. I didn’t even know that he could fire me without my dad putting a stop to it, let alone realise that he would do it to promote his own personal agenda. But when I realised what he was doing I started to plot my revenge. Years later I’m back and ready to take my revenge. He is going down.

Thrown off the Ice – Taylor Fitzpatrick

Mike knew he was making a mistake when he let the rookie climb into bed with him. He just didn’t know it’d be a mistake that would follow him for the rest of his life.

Float Plan – Trish Doller

Anna has been wracked with grief since the loss of her fiance and when she’s reminded of the trip they were supposed to take on a sailboat, she plans to go alone. But after one treacherous night she realises she can’t do it herself so she hires a professional sailor to help.

Waking Olivia – Elizabeth O’Roark

With a failing farm, his father’s debt and a struggling college track team, Will Langstrom has too many responsibilities and the last thing he needs is Olivia, a beautiful but troubled new student. Olivia is her own worst enemy with a past she can’t seem to escape and now she has a coach she can’t seem to please.

Reel – Kennedy Ryan

I was an understudy waiting for months, preparing for my time to shine but I never imagined that Canon Holt, famous director would be in the audience the night I got my shot. Suddenly everything changed and now everyone knows my name. But a forbidden attraction and scandal threatens to ruin my dream forever.

That Fine Line – Cindy Steel

I didn’t think it was too much to just want a quiet summer on my family’s ranch. I was back home to plan my wedding with my fiance in California and I didn’t need anyone messing with me. Especially not the guy who teased me to hell in high school. But now he’s living on our ranch and I have a score to settle.

Plotting Summer – Jess Heileman

10 years ago I made a horrible mistake. I’m an anonymous, best-selling romance author and I chose a pen name inspired by next-door-neighbour. He can never find out, especially since my first book is a fictionalised account of our love story. But when I return home he’s determined to remind me what the island has to offer again… I can’t help but feel attracted to him.

Hail Marry – Martha Keyes

With his student visa expiring, Luca’s dream of being drafted to the NFL seems completely out of reach until fate hands him a wild card: saving a stranger from a truck. Tori feels like the best way to thank Luca for saving her life is to be his fake wife… but it’s not quite as easy as they both imagined.

Recipe For Rivals – Kasey Stockton

After getting a divorce and leaving New York behind with her two children, Nova finds herself in a small Texas town working in her aunt’s diner. She doesn’t expect to butt heads with a fiery firefighter who has a knack for pushing her buttons.

Never With You – Kortney Keisel

After her last office romance ended in humiliation, Carly vowed to never date a co-worker again. But when her office rival needs a fake girlfriend to trick his parents and she wants to make her ex squirm. A mutually beneficial arrangement is born.

Scandal of the Season – Aydra Richards

The new Marquess of Granbury, Grey St. Clair, has always had a grudge against the artistocracy. He spent years clawing his way into their ranks in service of bringing down the earl who destroyed his family 2 decades ago. He decides to take his daughter as his mistress by leveraging her father’s debts. But he has no interest in making her his true mistress so they strike a bargain: in return for her agreeing to pretend he will leave her a wealthy woman. But now with her changed place in society she has no reputation to protect and perhaps might be free to fall in love with an unsuitable marquess.

The Proposition – Judith Ivory

No man has ever looked at Lady Edwina the way the man in front of her is doing right now. Edwina has accepted the challenge to transform Mick Tremore into a gentleman in 6 weeks. While she’s sure she can do it, she’s not sure she will be able to ignore his charms while she does.

Role Play – Kay Cove

After publishing multiple books, I thought I would have made it as an author by now. And now I’ve somehow found myself blowing my marketing budget on an escort. Forest is a charming single dad by day, escort by night and he’s ready to be my muse. He plays the part of my book boyfriend perfectly… so perfectly that I’m beginning to forget this isn’t real.

Season of the Witch – Sophie H. Morgan

Tia has refused to even speak Henry’s name for 8 years unless she’s cursing him. But now with their family businesses merging, she must pretend to date her insufferable ex-boyfriend to secure a wealthy warlock’s investment. On top of all that, she’s accidentally fed him a potion that’s erased any memories he had of her…

Hoax and Kisses – Elodie Colliard

As he’s caring for his teenage sister, Matt needs money – and he needs it fast. Zoey is being groomed to take over her dad’s hotel empire but she needs to prove she has what it takes. But when a town vote in the town she plans to secure a piece of land goes drastically wrong, Matty suggests faking a relationship to improve her reputation in exchange for a spot in her small business investment program.

Grump Gone Wild – Cassie Mint

Here’s a tip: when your super hot boss that you’ve definitely fallen for asks you to fake date him in front of his snooty family, say no.

The Buy-in – Emma St. Clair

Ever since his career-ending injury, Pat has bounced from job to job but when his dad buys a small town he sees it as the perfect chance to win back the woman who got away. Lindy should’ve been travelling the world but she’s stuck in a small town taking care of her niece and the only way for her to keep custody is to enter into a marriage of convenience with the man who broke her heart.

Because of Miss Bridgerton – Julia Quinn

Everyone expects Billie Bridgerton to marry a Rokesby brother but no one expects it to be the only one she absolutely cannot stand, George. He’s the heir to the earldom but he’s arrogant and annoying and she can’t stand him. But sparks fly when they find themselves thrown together.

The Hook Up – Kristen Callihan

Anna wants to finish college and figure out her life and she absolutely doesn’t want to date the star quarterback. She completely shuts him down until a chance encounter leads to the hottest sex of their lives. Anna wants it to just remain a hook up but Drew’s not going to let her go that easy.

The Perils of Pleasure – Julie Ann Long

Scandal rocks the city when Colin Eversea is sentenced to hang for murder. It only gets worse when he is kidnapped by a daring and clever mercenary, Madeline Greenway. She is completely immune to his charm but then she discovers that whoever wants Colin alive wants her dead and the two become uneasy allies.

Catch and Cradle – Katia Rose

After witnessing too much drama, Becca knows not to date anyone on her Lacrosse team. She wants no distractions except that there’s one big distraction on the team – Hope Hastings.