From Austen to Jimenez, romance is one genre we will never get enough of. The tumultuous “will they, won’t they,” moments, the heart-pounding reveals, and the magic of first kisses, what is not to love about these love stories? We’ve included the classics as well as some of our current faves. All of these books are guaranteed swoon-worthy and always leave readers lovestruck.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr. Darcy, she sees right through his quiet mystery to his arrogant mind fortified by his elevated status, which is fine with Darcy, as he sees her as nothing more than a quaint country girl. As time goes on, both Elizabeth and Darcy realize that their judgments about one another are wrong. Putting their ideas of social status and family expectations aside, they eventually choose each other.
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Jane has been seeking a better life of freedom for herself since she was young. At 17 she becomes a governess for 10-year-old girl, Adèle, and falls in love with the handsome and mysterious Mr. Edward Rochester, Adèle’s father. Everything seems perfect, and they are about to marry, when Jane learns Rochester has kept some big secrets from her. Will Rochester confront the mistakes and secrets of his past to have a future with Jane?
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Catherine and Heathcliff grew up together at Wuthering Height and have been inseparable since, but when Catherine’s older brother Hindley returns from college, he takes ownership of the Heights and makes Heathcliff a servant. One day, Catherine meets a man named Edgar and agrees to marry him even though she loves Heathcliff. After he spends three years away getting an education, wealth, and increasing his status from servant to gentleman, Heathcliff returns to Wuthering Heights in hopes of winning over Catherine, but instead he catches the eye of someone else.
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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina, the once dutiful wife of Aleksey Karenina, a St. Petersburg government official, find herself in an affair with Alexei Vronsky, a charming military officer and her younger sister’s suitor. After years of the affair, Anna becomes distraught by Vronsky’s apparent detachment from their relationship. Her misery and pain clouded more by the day, leading to desperate acts and broken hearts.
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Probably the most popular love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet, follows the tragic love between two people forced to be apart but destined to be together. After Romeo meets Juliet, they both known they are meant to be together, even if their love can only exist in death.
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Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
From the moment he saw Fermina, Florentino harbored a deep love for her. After years pining and dozens of love letters, the two finally find their way back to one another and live the rest of their lives on a river boat, where no one other than the captain knows about their scandalous relationship.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
While this story focuses on the romantic relationships in Janie’s life, it is ultimately a story of a woman enduring terrible hardships and finding her independence. After three failed marriages, one hurricane, and a murder trial, Janie can finally know what freedom and inner peace mean to her without a man by her side, something she has grown to enjoy.
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The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Ever since Clare was young, she knew she would fall in love with Henry de Tamble. Henry has a genetic abnormality that causes him to time travel unexpectedly, meaning he can be gone for weeks at a time. Now, Clare and Henry must grapple with the inconsistency and fragility this puts on their relationship, the isolation it creates for Clare, and the mental damage it does to Henry. It is not until he travels to the future that he knows why he must bear this condition. To live for and love Clare for all his time.
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Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Now, a nine book long series with a television adaptation, Outlander is the story of Claire Randall, former army nurse and current wife on her second honeymoon in 1945. On this trip, she is transported back in time to 1743. This supernatural event thrusts her into the past, but also puts her in severe danger. Soon she realizes her only hope for survival lies in the hands of Jamie Fraser, a Scottish warrior. They begin to fall for each other as Claire contends with her feelings for Jamie, her husband back home, and what home really means.
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The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
One summer Noah and Allie fall in love, caught in the grips of first-time feelings amidst a summer fling. When Allie departs and they are kept from one another, a heartbroken Noah sends her one final letter and leaves town to fight in WWII. Though they both appear to have moved on with their lives, their love for one another is still palpable and Allie must choose between her comfortable life in high society or her passion for Noah.
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Brida by Paulo Coelho
Brida, a young Irish girl, is looking for ways to make her life a little more magical and finds two teachers who can help her. The more she practices, the more powerful she becomes, taking her one step closer to being a witch like she has always wanted, but are these abilities worth sacrificing love?
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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Tita’s first love was food and cooking. But when her mother denies her true love, a young suitor named Pedro Muzquiz, Tita is heartbroken. After years of serving her mother and watching her love from afar, Tita and Pedro are finally allowed to be together. Their love is so deep it follows them to the afterlife and the only thing left in the world to speak of it is Tita’s family cookbook.
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The Princess Bride by William Goldman
It only takes three little words to make any reader of this story swoon; “As you wish.” Full of fun, fantasy, and sword fights, The Princess Bride is a love story that has inspired generations of readers. New readers should beware of the fire swaps and R.O.U.S (rodents of unusual size).
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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Cheerful Lou takes on a job as an assistant to an ex-banker and socialite, Will Traynor after a life-threatening accident two years before caused Will to lose his ability to walk. Since the accident, any purpose he once saw in his now grim life. Even against his bitter view of his collapsing world, Lou is determined to show Will all the beauties the world still holds. This relationship blossoms into something wonderful, until Lou discovers a secret Will has been keeping from her. How far will Lou go to give him happiness, even if it will ruin her?
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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Hazel has been in and out of long-term stays at hospitals since she was young thanks to a cancerous tumor. After years of fighting and terminal diagnoses, she is finally in remission and attends a cancer survivor support group, where she meets the mysterious and charming Augustus Waters, another cancer survivor. Their friendship and trauma bonds grow into something more as they make the most of their short time together.
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Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Set in a gorgeous Italian villa in the 1980s, 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending a summer with his parents in Italy. This includes the fun of staying in their mansion and immediately getting kicked out of his own room by the random grad student his parents host every year. This all changes when he meets Oliver, this year’s grad student. Their connection is immediate, passionate, tumultuous. While the two do grow apart, they always find a way back to one another and recount their beautiful relationship and the unyielding love they hold for each other.
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Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Oh, to be young and in love, a beautifully tragic world to live in. When Eleanor and Park meet on the school bus, they begin their friendship listening to mixtapes and reading comics, and eventually their friendship becomes a relationship. As they both face hardships at home and school, they know they can always count on each other to be their safe space.
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Normal People by Sally Rooney
Like two moons orbiting each other, Connell and Marianne have always been just outside of the other’s path. They grew up in the same small town but were part of different social groups. When they run into each other a year later, they are both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. While they navigate adulthood on their own, they find themselves following the thing that was always just one orbit away, each other.
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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
An Oprah Book Club recommendation, An American Marriage is the story of Celestial, an up-and-coming artist, her husband Roy, and her childhood best friend, Andre. Roy and Celestial have only just started their married life together when Roy is arrested. Alone and heartbroken, Celestial finds solace in Andre, and they soon realize they are much more than friends. But when Roy is released early, they must confront the situation and find a way back to how it was before.
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The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
After a chance meeting on a broken elevator, Drew convinces Alexa to join him as a plus one at his ex’s wedding. After hesitantly agreeing, Alexa has the time of her life with Drew. The fun swiftly comes to an end when they go back to the real world with jobs and other stressors that would put way too much pressure on this new… relationship? They aren’t totally sure what to call it, and even though the relationship started as fake, their feelings for each other are very real.
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Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Alex lives in the limelight now that his mom is President of the United States. This comes with a lot of extra pressure for him to always set a perfect example. The facade of perfection begins to crack as he finds himself in a bitter rivalry with Henry, the Price of Wales. After evidence of their feud is leaked, Alex and Henry must do damage control and pose as friends for the cameras. This fake friendship turns into a secret romance that could ruin their families’ reputations and nations.
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Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
After a compromising photo is released, Luc is back to being Hollywood’s favorite basket case. To help save his image, he needs to find a steady relationship fast. Enter, Oliver, a man who is the definition of a steady relationship. They agree to pretend to date to improve Luc’s image, but their feelings for one another soon become all too real.
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Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Eva and Shane had a very brief love affair as teens that was as hot as the summer nights they spent together. Fifteen years pass and though they are both authors, when they run into each other for the first time at a literary event in New York, both are thrown for a loop. The sparks they still feel are undeniable, but they are different people now with lives and decisions to make that impact more than just them. Eva has some questions for Shane, and he’s been holding a secret all this time.
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Aristotle, or Ari, is a young boy living in El Paso, Texas in the 1980s, with his somewhat detached parents, after his older brother goes to jail. Feeling very alone, Ari spends his summer reading and visiting the neighborhood pool where he meets Dante, an excentric and fun-loving boy who just moved into the neighborhood. The two balance each other out and develop a tender friendship that lasts for years, even when Dante moves away. After Dante’s return, Ari begins to wonder if his feelings for his closest friend are something more, which leaves him to question who he is, who his family is, and who he truly loves.
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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
A fantastic and heart-pounding retelling of The Iliad, this story is told from the perspective of Patroclus, close friend of the Greek warrior, Achilles. In this version, Patroclus is not only Achilles’ most trusted friend, but his lover. After the Greek army raids the Trojans, a plague is sent to the army because their leader Agamemnon angered the Gods. Achilles stands up to him and refuses to continue to fight with him, leaving his love Patroclus to fight alone.
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If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
In a world of ideals and expectations, both Jeremiah and Ellie are outsiders. Jeremiah can feel the glares of his classmates as he walks down the halls to his locker, being one of the few black students at Percy Academy. Ellie is ostracized at school for being Jewish and tends to keep to herself. From the moment they meet, they know they finally have a place where they can be themselves.
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The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
When Natasha and Daniel meet on a crowded street in New York, Daniel is certain that fate is the only explanation for their meeting. Natasha, on the other hand, believes this chance encounter to be just that, a random chance. She knows they would never work out, especially with her family getting deported back to Jamaica in just 12 hours. Daniel is determined to make their short time together meaningful and not let this single day together pass them by.
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The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Stella is a person who lives for logic, letting the numbers lead her through life in terms of career, hobbies, and more. The one thing she didn’t account for was love, or the lack thereof. To increase her odds of finding love, she hires an escort, Michael, who is happy to teach her all the ins and outs of dating, flings, situationships, and everything about modern love affairs. As they spend more time together, Stella must learn to trust her head and her heart to find the answers to the confusing equation her life has become.
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Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
A messy breakup sent Queenie into a self-sabotage spiral. She feels caught between her cultures as a Jamaican-British woman, making her journey to self-discovery more even more taxing. She seeks comfort in the most unwelcoming places and most toxic people while trying to better understand herself, her future, and who she wants to be.
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Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Dani is a fierce, career-driven, and intelligent woman. All she wants from life is a successful job and partner to help her release the stress of a long workday. The catch, she doesn’t want a romantic relationship, more like a “no strings attached” partnership. Then she meets Zafir, a security guard who rescues her from a fire drill gone wrong, and she is sure this will be the person to be her new friend with benefits. That is until a video of his rescue goes viral and he asks her to fake a relationship with him as good publicity for his youth sports charity. With Dani’s hardened heart and Zafir’s hopeless romantic antics, will the fake dating become something more?
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Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
During a civil war in Nigeria, 11-year-old Ijeoma is displaced by her family to keep her safe. She is sent to Nwewi, where she meets another girl like her. Their friendship turns romantic, and Ijeoma must grapple with her new feelings and sexuality in a time and place where she would be shunned if anyone ever found them out.
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Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Grace is the epitome of hardworking. Always exceeding expectations in school, diligently pushing through to make her parents proud, she completes her PhD at only twenty-eight. To celebrate, this prim and proper girl decides to let loose on a girl’s trip to Las Vegas, resulting in holy matrimony to a woman she does not remember meeting. Now, confused about her future and needing to get away from her overbearing parents, Grace spends her summer in New York with her wife, Yuki, who she is falling for.
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Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
Fake dating and a holiday setting with a powerhouse female couple leading the story, yes please! Written in the Stars is a fun and tender story of two women who, after an incredibly awkward first date, agree to fake dating to save face with their families until New Year’s Eve. How could they possibly fall in love during such an unromantic time of year, right?
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You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Liz Lighty is a bit of an outsider at her rich, predominately white school and the small town can’t wait to leave behind for college. Her plan to attend Pennington and play in their world-famous orchestra is ripped out of her hands when her financial aid falls through. Now she only has one option: become the prom queen and claim the scholarship that comes with it. In her charade to win, the only thing keeping her grounded is her new friend, Mack. Funny, smart, charming Mack, who is also running for prom queen. Will the competition turn them into bitter rivals or bring them together to create the strongest matriarchy Campbell, Indiana, has ever seen.
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Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Felix has always been unlucky, which is ironic considering Love is his namesake. As a transgender, Black, and queer teenager, Felix is no stranger to adversity. But when someone puts his pre-transition pictures up at school with his deadname in bold, he begins his plot for revenge that leads him into a complicated love triangle.
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This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
This is a romance that transcends time and genre, as a sci-fi novel that seamlessly lives in the world of romance. Two agents from opposing sides of the time war begin sending messages to one another and fall in love. However, being from opposing sides of the war means one is destined to kill the other, so they must find a way to make sure the war never happens so they can be together in the future.
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Monique is a struggling writer and recent divorcee, so she is reasonably confused when Hollywood royalty Evelyn Hugo asks her to write her story. With nothing to lose, Monique meets up with Evelyn to discuss her 30 years in Hollywood, the seven husbands she had throughout her career, and why she has kept all of it out of the public eye. The deeper they go, Monique realizes she is connected to Evelyn in ways that transcend this story.
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Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
A young American living in 1950s France, has just proposed to his girlfriend Hella. While she is away, David finds himself in a bar chatting with the bartender, Giovanni. After a long evening of drinks and flirtation, they spend the night together in Giovanni’s curtainless room. When Hella returns, David finds himself caught between the love he should want, and the affair he can’t live without.
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To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han
Lara Jean has a habit of keeping all her feelings trapped in a box. This is especially true when it comes to any crushes she’s had, writing them love letters she knows she will never send and keeping them in a secret box. One day she finds the letters are missing, and who else but her most recent crush, Peter, asks her about the letter that he received from her. Soon more letters are uncovered by other crushes, and Lara Jean finds herself stuck in the middle of a love affair.
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Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
The once happy marriage between Yasmen and Josiah turned sour, leading to a grim separation. After a while, things settle into a new rhythm of successful co-parenting of their children and symbiotic management of their shared business. This leads to them not only spending more time together again, but they are happy again, which causes an accidental kiss, or two, or… a lot more than two. As the spark comes back to their relationship, so do the flames threatening to burn them down.
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The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Don has always done things by the book. He lives through the scientific method, making him a successful scientist and genetic professor. But not all things can be easily arranged and evaluated, especially when it comes to relationships. In lieu of going through the dating process, Don creates “The Wife Project,” a list of traits and characteristics that would make the perfect partner, which he finds in Rosie, but quickly disqualifies her and plans to not see her again. That is until she needs Don’s help finding her biological father. Now, together they pursue “The Father Project,” searching for new answers, and discovering that when you stop searching is when you find everything you had been looking for.
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The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
A fun and fresh take on a classic enemies-to-lovers plot, starring Lucy, the one person everyone in the office loves, and Joshua, the one person who does not. When a new promotion is up for grabs, a competition begins between Lucy and Joshua. If she wins, she gets the job, if she loses, she resigns. What started as an annoying and antagonistic rivalry turned into a steamy elevator kiss and some very confused feelings. Now Lucy doesn’t know what to think, did the kiss with Joshua mean anything or was it all a part of the game?
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P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Holly thought the world might stop turning when she learned the love of her life, Gerry, passed away. Now, her life is in shambles, how is she supposed to go one day without him, the man she has loved since they were children, her soulmate. A silver lining to her now tragic life is that Gerry is now her guardian angel, always watching over her. He leaves her notes that will help guide her through grieving him and going on with life, each one signed in his script, “P.S. I Love You.”
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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Set just after WWII, Stevens finds himself dissatisfied in his work as a butler now that Mr. Farraday owns the manor Stevens manages. One day, Stevens is out on a drive to visit a housekeeper that used to work at the manor, Miss Kenton, who left to get married some time ago. During his drive he reminisces all the time they worked together under their previous boss and their silly disagreements with each other. When he gets to the manor, Miss Kenton has some surprising news for Stevens that makes him rethink his choices and brings up his biggest unanswered question, “What if?”
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Beach Read by Emily Henry
January and Augustus are both authors with writers block, that is where their similarities end. When their solo efforts for inspiration at their beach cottages fail, they try to help each other overcome their block by writing as if they were the other. Meaning January will be working on the next great American novel and Augustus will be making an iconic, swoon-worthy romance. This project requires a lot more collaboration than they originally thought, will their plan to fix their writers block unlock something between them?
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The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Olive has no time for a romantic relationship as a PhD candidate, but her friend, Anh, is convinced she will find the one. To satisfy the pestering and loving Anh, Olive pretends to date Adam Carlsen, a young professor in her program who is known for his cold personality. One science fair mishap later, and Olive’s career is on the line. Then, Adam, strangely, swoops in to save the day. Olive begins to question his actions and if there could be something more to them.
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It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
Sparks immediately fly between Ryle and Lily, making Lily feel like her life is finally coming together. But, when Ryle has a strict, “no dating” rule, Lily wonders what happened to put that rule in place, even if Ryle does seem to be breaking it for her. She finds herself mulling over this while her first love, Atlas, unexpectedly shows up in Boston. Lily is caught between the past and a possible future, as her relationship with Ryle takes an unexpected turn.
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Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
Naomi’s life is crashing down around her. Her estranged sister said she needed help, when she really needed a car, money, and a place to abandon her 11-year-old daughter. Now Naomi, a runaway bride with no car, cash, home, or plan, turns to Knox, a loner bad boy type who she met in Knockemout, Virginia. He begrudgingly agrees to help her get out of trouble and get her back on her feet, but trouble has a way of finding Naomi that quickly puts everything she has at risk.
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One Day by David Nicholls
Now a successful Netflix movie, One Day tells the story of Dex and Em, who met for the first time on July 15, 1988. For the next twenty years, they always meet on July 15, and through all their disagreements, laughs, and time spent apart, they finally realize what love means to them and how to love someone when time is short.
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The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Twins Ami and Olive couldn’t be more opposite. Ami is the always perfect, successful sister who manages to get her wedding paid for by winning contests. Olive, on the other hand, has recently lost her job and has never been lucky in finding love. Now, Olive is part of her sister’s wedding, and is forced to spend the day with Ethan Thomas, the best man she despises, proving Olive truly is the unluckiest person on Earth. But, when the wedding party gets food poisoning, and a free honeymoon is on the table, Olive and Ethan decide to play nice and pretend to be the couple to spend a few days away in paradise. Olive starts to feel like the tide is turning for her, but is it because of the vacation or something else going on with her and Ethan?
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Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
Alexis is a successful ER doctor whose family of surgeons are pushing her to follow the same path. To escape her overbearing family, she meets Daniel, a small-town carpenter who takes life like a cool spring breeze. Now, having fallen for Daniel and his close-knit town where people are more like family than neighbors, Alexis is torn. She does not want to leave her life in the city as a doctor behind, but she knows being with Daniel may come with some sacrifices. Will she return to the world she knows, or plunge headfirst into the new?
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The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman
After three years of being a widow, Lilian is finally feeling back to herself again. It becomes a lot easier to slip back into routine with her two daughters and her work as an illustrator. Right when she feels nearly okay again, her boss signs her up for gardening classes to help her illustrate for a project on boutique vegetables. Lilian, with the help of her daughters, sister, kind instructor, and her new gardening friends, learn that it may be time to turn over a new leaf.
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Every Summer After by Carly Fortune
Ever since they were young, Persephone and Sam spent every summer together. For six years, they ran until the sun set and stayed up late reading together, until one day that was all torn away, and Percy left to live in the city where she swore to never let anyone get close to her again. Now, she has come home for Sam’s mom’s funeral, will they be able to confront what tore them apart and get back to where they were before, or will this weekend trip home be the last time they ever see each other?
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Magicians Marco and Celia were trained from a young age to perform at Le Cirque des Rêves, where, unknown to other performers and visitors, they have a secret magical duel. This passionate fight quickly turned into a spellbinding romance that was never supposed to be. Now, magical forces more powerful than them come to settle the score since the duel was not completed with a lone survivor, putting them, and the rest of the circus, at terrible risk.
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
No one remembers meeting Addie LaRue. In 1714, Addie pleaded to live forever, and her wish is granted, but with the caveat that no one will remember meeting her. In her 300 years of life, this has been true, until a young man in a bookstore remembers.
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It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
Hollywood starlet Piper Bellinger falls from her ivory tower when her stepfather cuts her off and sends her to live in Washington with her sister. While Piper is annoyed by her stepdad for sending her here and her new sleeping arrangements (a twin-sized bunkbed?!?) she refuses to let this town beat her. No one thinks she will last a week, especially the sexy sea captain Brenden, who she runs into everywhere. She slowly starts to fall for the town and the people in it, but still misses her life in L.A. It is up to her to decide where she belongs.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Feyre is a skilled huntress and grew up listening to stories about the Fae world she never really believed. That is until she meets Tamlin, an immortal and dangerous faerie, and her captor. Once she adjusts to her new life with Tamlin, Feyre’s feelings toward him turn into a flaming passion, but her heart is not the only thing at risk in the new, treacherous, and intoxicating world of the Fae, where a dark magic is at work threating to destroy everything.
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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Violet had been training her whole life to become part of the writer’s quadrant, the recorders of stories in the kingdom of Navarre. Despite this, her mother and army general, force her to join the rider’s quadrant. Violet faces death every day in the quadrant coming at her from all sides, nowhere is safe for her. Nobody expects her to make it out alive, including Xaden, a ruthless and alluringly mysterious wingleader with a score to settle. With revolution on the cusp, Violet and other dragon riders must shape up fast if they are going to survive.
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The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Famous actor Jack Stapelton is a worldwide star, butafter of a family tragedy, he decides to step out of the spotlight. Hannah, seemingly coy and sweet-as-sugar, is actually Jack’s bodyguard, hired to protect him from a stalker/corgi breeder. When Jack goes home to Texas to help his sick mother, Hannah must go with him, but poses as his girlfriend to not raise any suspicions among his family. The longer she keeps up the act, the harder she fights to protect Jack and her heart.
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A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn
Lottie was walking along the street in Beverly Hills, scoping out a wealthy and eligible bachelor to make her ex jealous, when she ran into Huxley Cane. He is muttering unintelligibly about a business deal gone wrong when he meets Lottie and is struck with an idea that could solve both of their problems. Lottie can pretend to be his fiancée, live in his mansion, and make her ex furious, and all she has to do is go on dates with him and pretend to be madly in love. But what if the fake fiancée starts to have real feelings for him?
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Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Raised in the glittering life of etiquette training and masquerade balls, Daphne has learned to be the near-perfect young lady by British Regency standards. She is smart, kind, and beautiful, attracting the attention of many men, but none of them see her as a potential wife. Simon has the opposite problem, so many people bring their daughters to him in hopes he will marry them, but he abhors the cage that this union and is sick of people pestering him. So, he and Daphne decide to fake a relationship to satiate Simon’s social circle and elevate Daphne’s status so she may find a husband soon. What neither of them consider is what happens if their courtship turns into a scandal.
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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Lara and her three daughters go on a trip to Northern Michigan to visit their family cherry orchard. As the girls pluck cherries from trees, they ask Lara to tell them the story of her time with Peter Duke, a famous actor she used to know, and the time they spent at Tom Lake, the theater company where they met. As Lara recounts the story, she and her daughters question their relationship with each other, and their loves of the past and present.
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The Idea of You by Robinne Lee
After her messy divorce, Solène reluctantly goes with her daughter to a concert where she will meet her favorite boy band, August Moon. Hayes Campell, the front man of the group, has an immediate spark with Solène. Their passionate flings develop into deeper feelings, complicating the relationship, not to mention Hayes is only 20, which further tangles Solène’s feelings towards him. When the news of their relationship breaks, Solène and her daughter are bombarded by interviews and photographers looking for a juicy story. Thrusted into the spotlight, Solène must figure out how to navigate this new world and relationship with a superstar while protecting her daughter and her heart.
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The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
After getting her heart wrecked, Clementine believes that planning and timing have a lot more say in the success of a relationship than something as momentary as love. Now, on her own, living in her late aunt’s apartment, she is determined to do good work and maybe meet someone one day. This comes sooner than she thought when she meets a man with a sweet Southern drawl and a love of lemon pie, a man she normally would have fallen for. The main issue is that he exists in the past, seven years before her. Turns out her aunt’s apartment is a pinch in the spacetime continuum. He is just outside of Clementine’s reach, and it threatens to break her heart all over again.
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One Day in December by Josie Silver
When Laurie and Jack lock eyes for the first time through frosty bus windows, Laurie is certain he is the one. But then, her bus leaves, taking her love and the magic she had felt for a moment, away forever. After a year of scanning faces in crowds, Laurie finally accepts that she will never see him again. Resigned to be alone forever, Laurie attends her best friend’s Christmas party and meets her new boyfriend, Jack, from the bus stop. What future missed opportunities, regrets, love, and loss, lies waiting for this trio?
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The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary
Newly single, Tiffy needs a place to live and fast. With her tiny budget, it seems like renting alone will not work, so she answers an ad for a flatmate. She has the apartment on nights and weekends, while Leon, her new roommate, uses it during the day while she is at work. Even though they live together, they have never met, so they leave notes for each other to communicate mail deliveries and what leftovers are fair game. What starts off as a fun messaging system makes Tiffy start to fall for Leon, a man she has never even met.
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How To End A Love Story by Yulin Kuang
Helen and Grant have a long history that left them forever connected, whether they want to be or not. Helen is killing it as a writer in California, her best-selling YA novel is getting a TV adaptation where she is a writer for the show. Grant, looking to start fresh in LA, takes a job as a screen writer for the same show. Now, they must work together and are forced to address their messy past. Should they just call, “Cut!” on their relationship, or see where this new story could take them?
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The Best Mistake by Nora Roberts
Zoe has decided to try out a calmer, simpler life. After her career as a model ended, she is loving her life as a single mom, but it is getting harder and harder to make ends meet. So, she decides to rent a room in her house to the charming and confident J. Cooper Mckinnon, who quickly befriends her son and soon catches Zoe’s eye. But Zoe cannot let herself fall for him and distract her from her family’s future. But what is Cooper is apart of her future?
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The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews
Hattie has only two loves, her husband and her work as a home renovator. But she lost her first love at only 25 and now lives for her work, which puts her in a bind after she falls in love with a money pit of a house. To afford the renovation, she agrees to go on a reality tv show about house flipping, cast alongside a man who is as annoying as he is mysterious. When filming for the show, the two find evidence of a cold case, the unknown disappearance of a woman years ago. Now, Hattie and her co-star are on the hunt for the truth about the woman, and the truth about Hattie’s new leading man.
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Meant to Be by Emily Giffin
In 1967, American royalty and political servant Joseph S. Kingsley, Jr., dies, leaving everything to his son, Joe III, who has a bit of a reckless streak, and struggles to live up to his expectations from society and his mother. He one day meets a girl, Cate, a model who feels her image is a sham and has never felt seen, even in all the photographs she has been captured in. Their attraction is instant, but can they stay together with the spotlight always shining on them?
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