Best Romance Books

Charlie, a highlystrung, openly gay overthinker, and Nick, a cheerful, softhearted rugby player, meet at a British allboys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more...Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys.

Dark Lover reads like a high-heat paranormal romance anchored by a brooding immortal leader who must protect an unexpected ward while settling old scores. Expect intense romantic scenes, an emphasis on protective alpha dynamics, and heavy worldbuilding about vampire hierarchies; the book delivers escapist emotional payoff for readers who like melodrama and mythic stakes. Main limits: recurring exposition about the world’s rules and moments where romance and sentimentality crowd out nuance, so it’s better for readers who want atmosphere over subtle realism.

?. . . I wonder how the book got to Guernsey Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.?January, 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book…

In this lyrical, exuberant followup to her novel The Bastard of Istanbul, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak incarnates Rumi's timeless message of loveThe Forty Rules of Love unfolds two tantalizing parallel narrativesone contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth…

Twentysevenyear old Anne Elliot is Austen's most Adult, heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a…

Modern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but what comes after happily ever afterThis is a love story with a difference.

He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual blackhaired stranger who stirs Gabrielle Maxwell_x0092_s deepest fantasies. But nothing about this night_x0097_or this man_x0097_is what it seems.

The first book of Kate Elliott_x0092_s epic Novels of the Jaran, set in an aliencontrolled galaxy where a young woman seeks to find her own life and love, but is tied to her brother_x0092_s revolutionary fateIn the future, Earth is just one of the planets ruled by the vast…

Can the road to the top take you on a path to loveCan the corporate ladder be a step up to loveAfter ten years abroad, Alexandra 'Ali' Lennox's father asks her to move back to Los Angeles to head the family company, Lennox Breweries.The company's COO, Jill Gold, has dedicated…

When Chloe Pierce_x0092_s mom forbids her to apply for a spot at the dance conservatory of her dreams, she devises a secret plan to drive two hundred miles to the nearest audition.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 13: 9781481280761.On the evening of Sofia Claremont's seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake.A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more…

When tragedy strikes Michele Windsor's family, she is forced to move from Los Angeles to New York City to live with the wealthy, aristocratic grandparents she has never met.

All three books in the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy, are now available together in a collectible paperback boxed set. The books have gorgeous new covers, maps, forewords, and bonus content.Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment.

Alisha Rai returns with the first book in her sizzling new Modern Love series, in which two rival dating app creators find themselves at odds in the boardroom but in sync in the bedroom.Rhiannon Hunter may have revolutionized romance in the digital world, but in real life she…

Isabel is a single, twentysomething thriftstore shopper and collector of remnants, things cast off or left behind by others.

Behrouz Gets Lucky is a romantic, literary, kinky, and political novel about two older San Francisco queers a butch dyke gardener named Lucky and a genderqueer librarian named Behrouz.

A showrunner and her assistant give the world something to talk about when they accidentally fuel a ridiculous rumor in this debut romance.Hollywood powerhouse Jo is photographed making her assistant Emma laugh on the red carpet, and just like that, the tabloids declare them a…

A Time Magazine Best Fantasy, Book of 2018L. Penelope's Song of Blood & Stone is a treacherous, thrilling, epic Fantasy, about an outcast drawn into a war between two powerful rulers.The kingdoms of Elsira and Lagrimar have been separated for centuries by the Mantle, a magical…

Venice, 1681. Glassblowing is the lifeblood of the Republic, and Venetian mirrors are more precious than gold. Jealously guarded by the murderous Council of Ten, the glassblowers of Murano are virtually imprisoned on their island in the lagoon.

A funny young Adult, novel about a KoreanAmerican girl who uses KDrama techniques to snag the boyfriend of her dreams.One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2017One of Seventeen.com's Best YA Books of 2017Hilarious.

After her marriage ends in bitter divorce, all Lorren Jacobs wants is to leave California behind. Returning to her roots in Texas seems to be just what the doctor ordered...until she meets reallife physician Justin Madaris.

New York Times bestselling author Jenny Han_x0092_s beloved novels are now available together in this delightful paperback boxed set!What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them_x0085_all at onceLara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her…

An expansive urban-fantasy romance that hooks on a brutal opening loss and a murder-investigation, then settles into long, relationship-driven stretches and layered supernatural worldbuilding. Best value comes from surrendering to heavy emotional beats and explicit romantic tension while following plot threads across a large cast. Main limitation: repeated romantic/scene-heavy passages and sprawling detail slow momentum, so readers who want tightly plotted mysteries or lean prose may find it bloated. Visceral scenes and theatrical set pieces reward patient, invested readers.

Graham Russell and I weren_x0092_t made for one another.I was driven by emotion; he was apathetic. I dreamed while he lived in nightmares. I cried when he had no tears to shed.Despite his frozen heart and my readiness to run, we sometimes shared seconds.

For years the Shalador people suffered the cruelties of the Queens who punished those who defied them. And even though the refugees have found sanctuary in Dena Nehele, they have never been able to call it home.

Resisting an irresistible force wears you down and turns you out. I know. I've been doing it for years. I may not have a musical gift of my own, but I've got a nose for talent and an eye for the extraordinary. And Marlon James Grip to his fans is nothing short of extraordinary.

It started off as a battle of wits. Me: the ordinary girl with a big mouth against Him: the sexy bastard with a big...ego.I thought I_x0092_d hit the jackpot when I was upgraded to first class on my flight to London.That is until HE sat next to me.

Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most.Lily hasn_x0092_t always had it easy, but that_x0092_s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants.

Stay up all night with the sexy rockers in Stage Dive, the epic New Adult, series from New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott, author of Lick and Play.As the lead singer of Stage Dive, Jimmy is used to getting whatever he wants, whenever he wants it, whether it's booze,…

Major Jack Novak has never failed to meet a challengeuntil he meets army nurse Lieutenant Ruth Doherty. When Jack lands in the army hospital after a plane crash, he makes winning Ruth's heart a top priority mission. But he has his work cut out for him.

It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing.Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself.

If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class.

Italy, 1943 ? Germany occupies much of the country, placing the Jewish population in grave danger during World War II. As children, Eva Rosselli and Angelo Bianco were raised like family but divided by circumstance and religion.

Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her.

Nothing could keep Christopher and Rebecca apart: not her abusive parents, or even the fiancé she brought home after running away to England.

The Thorn Birds is a robust, romantic saga of a singular family, the Clearys. It begins in the early part of this century, when Paddy Cleary moves his wife, Fiona, and their seven children to Drogheda, the vast Australian sheep station owned by his autocratic and childless older…

Bossman opens with a bruising, comic meet-cute and settles into a flirtatious workplace-romance rhythm: lots of banter, escalating attraction, and a few temper flare-ups. Its useful part is light, fast-moving escapism—snappy dialogue and physical chemistry carry most scenes. Limiting elements include familiar genre beats and some contrived misunderstandings, so emotional nuance and realistic consequences get short shrift. Best consumed as a mood read for a guilty-pleasure evening rather than a deep character study.

Sound is an abstract concept for most people. We spend our lives blocking out the static in order to focus on what we believe is important.

_x0093_The bighearted, wildly charming, painfully real love story I_x0092_ve been waiting for._x0094_ _x0097_Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs.

In this moving story two teens fall in love with just one minor complication_x0097_they can_x0092_t get within five feet of each other without risking their lives.Can you love someone you can never touchStella Grant likes to be in control_x0097_even though her totally out of…

Three years ago, Tanner Scott_x0092_s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet.

The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heartwrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!

Three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland...The eldest Concannon sister, Maggie, is a reclusive, stubborn and freespirited glassmaker_x0097_with a heart worth winning.Margaret Mary is a glass artist with an independent streak as fierce as her volatile temper.

"I'm not the hero in this story, girl. You'd do best to remember that." Once upon a time, I was an eighteen year old psychology student. Now, I'm a man's property. Stolen and sold, I've been decorated in bruises since the day my world changed two years ago.

Her story is a phenomenon. Her life is a disaster.In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she_x0092_s LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea.

Nevil Shute alternates a stark wartime captivity narrative with a patient, almost forensic account of rebuilding a life in the Australian outback. The book's strongest effect comes from its plain-spoken heroine and the contrast between extreme survival and steady enterprise; readers who enjoy atmosphere and character stamina will be rewarded. Expect limits: pacing slackens after the march, social assumptions reflect mid-century outlooks, and the novel leans more toward steady resolution than psychological depth.

Ilhéus in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendona discovers his wife in bed with a lover, he shoots and kills them both.

Here is the novel that started it all the first book in J.D. Robb's numberone New York Timesbestselling In Death series, featuring New York homicide detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Roarke. It is the year 2058, and Technology, now completely rules the world.

Amber Jones is in a pickle. And when I say pickle, I mean a world of trouble. She knew she shouldn_x0092_t have gone to her ex_x0092_s New Year_x0092_s Eve party. And she reeeaally didn_x0092_t mean to almost burn down his house. Now she needs a good lawyer, stat.

Brooklynaire is a glossy, steam-forward contemporary romance that pairs a wealthy hockey-team owner with the woman who manages his team; it trades slow-building complexity for immediate sexual tension and workplace chemistry. what works best is escapist pleasure—snappy dialogue, repeated heat scenes, and a tidy emotional resolution. Its main limitation is predictability and reliance on familiar billionaire/office tropes, with secondary characters often in service of the central romance rather than fully developed arcs.

When Cordelia Naismith and her survey crew are attacked by a renegade group from Barrayar, she is taken prisoner by Aral Vorkosigan, commander of the Barrayan ship that has been taken over by an ambitious and ruthless crew member.

Tiffy and Leon share a flatTiffy and Leon share a bedTiffy and Leon have never met_x0085_ Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash.

One Life to One Dawn.In a land ruled by a murderous boyking, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteenyearold Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new bride only to have a silk cord wrapped around her throat come morning.

It_x0092_s been one year since exNavy SEAL Ethan Kelly last saw his wife Rachel alive. Overwhelmed by grief and guilt over his failures as a husband, Ethan shuts himself off from everything and everyone.His brothers have tried to bring Ethan into the KGI fold, tried to break…

From New York Times Bestselling author, Laurelin Paige, Fixed on You is a USA Today Bestseller and Book One in the Trilogy that PEOPLE Magazine named in their Top Ten Reader Favorites of 2014.Fixed on You is the first book in a trilogy but ends without a cliffhanger.

A shooting party at the Earl of Witton_x0092_s remote country house is a high treat for champion shot Patricia Merton_x0097_until unexpected guests turn the social atmosphere dangerously sour.That_x0092_s not Pat_x0092_s biggest problem.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THIRTY DAYS That s all Adam Steinbeck demands of his wife. Thirty days in a remote cottage, doing everything he demands. After that, he ll sign her divorce papers and give her their company.

KINGDOMS WILL RISE AND FALL FOR HER...BUT NOT IF SHE CAN HELP ITCatalia "Cat" Fisa lives disguised as a soothsayer in a traveling circus. She is perfectly content avoiding the danger and destiny the Godsand her homicidal motherhave saddled her with.

With a famous NHL player for a stepbrother, Violet Hall is well acquainted with the playboy reputation of many a hockey star. So of course she isn't interested in legendary team captain Alex Waters or his pretty, beatup face and rockhard sixpack abs.

When female wolf shifter Taryn Warner first encounters Trey Coleman, an alpha male wolf shifter with a dangerous reputation, she_x0092_s determined to resist his charms.

You've lost your job as a department store lingerie buyer, your car's been repossessed, and most of your furniture and small appliances have been sold off to pay last month's rent. Now the rent is due again. And you live in New Jersey.

The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good... and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.

England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford.

A new kind of bighearted novel about being seen for who you really are.Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she's determined not to get too close to anyone.

With a steady boyfriend, the position of Student Council President, and a chance to go to an Ivy League college, high school life is just fine for Holland Jaeger.At least, it seems to be. But when Cece Goddard comes to school, everything changes.

They say your first kiss should be earned. Mine was stolen by a devil in a masquerade mask under the black Chicago sky. They say the vows you take on your wedding day are sacred. Mine were broken before we left church. They say your heart only beats for one man.

She gave him her innocence . . .Lady Aline Marsden was brought up to marry a man of her own class, but from the moment she meets John McKenna, she risks everything to be with him.He gave her his heartAlthough their love is forbidden, McKenna's passion for the beautiful Aline is…

On Solange_x0092_s sixteenth birthday, she is going to wake up dead. As if that_x0092_s not bad enough, she also has to outwit her seven overprotective older brothers, avoid the politics involved with being the only daughter born to an ancient vampire dynasty, and elude Kieran…

"The longing for a destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life" we are told at the outset of Alain de Botton's On Love, a hip, charming, and devastatingly witty rumination on the thrills and pitfalls of romantic love.

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be almost comically jinxed. By contrast, her sister, Ami, is an eternal champion . . .

Once he drove back the darkness. Once he loved with such passion his name was legend.Once, driven wild with grief over the murder of his beloved, the majestic Fey King Rain Tairen Soul had laid waste to the world before vanishing into the Fading Lands.

Trapped in the wrong time, she needs a knight in shining armor, but this damsel in distress might be the real savior.A damsel in distress...With a day planner attached to her hip, the last thing Katy Tolson wants is a romance that threatens her wellordered life.

A timeless novel of a straitlaced village's awakening to joy and sensuality every page offers a description of chocolate to melt in the mouths of chocoholics, francophiles, armchair gourmets, cookbook readers, and lovers of passion everywhere.Illuminating Peter Mayle's South of…

Four elite fae warriors. One mortal female. A magical bond they can't allowor resist. Orphaned and sold to a harsh master, Lera's life is about mucking stalls, avoiding her master's advances, and steering clear of the mystical forest separating the mortal and fae worlds.

Can a former privateer and a determined heiress find lost treasure in 1725Pasts collide in New Orleans when a treasure goes missingOne hundred years after her mother's family came to the New World on the Mayflower, Maribel Cordova has landed in New Orleans to seek the man who…

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The first chapter takes place in a Protestant street. Tommy and Sadie Jackson are already looking forward to the 12th day of July which is a Protestant celebration day. Meanwhile, Catholic Kevin McCoy is out causing trouble in the Protestant part of town.