Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
If you want a justifiable reason to escape Winter weather, your children, or your To-Do list, this book is for you.
Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
Twenty plus years later she is widely considered a master of rom-com writing, but Jennifer Weiner’s debut novel in 2002, in our humble opinion, is still her best.
The Guncle by Steve Rowley
All we want to do is move in with gay Uncle Patrick in Palm Springs and have some fun while healing some hearts along the way.
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Okay you can cheat and watch the movie, but we wouldn’t recommend it. The book allows readers to really hate and then fall deeply in love.
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Because you have to list the OG of the R-C. Respect.
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
We dare you not to fall in love with socially inept Don Tillman and quirky Rosie Jarman.
Good Material by Dolly Alderton
Yes, there are emotionally wrecked straight male protagonists in rom-coms!
Don’t Forget to Write by Sara Goodman Confino
Every person looking for love deserves a smart, ball-busting yenta aunt like Great-Aunt Ada.
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
After you finish this book you will immediately want to dive into the next two – The Bride Test and The Heart Principle – because all three are heat up from the inside excellent.
The Better Half by Alli Frank and Asha Youmans
Mindy Kaling can’t be wrong when she called our book “Charming, laugh-out-loud funny, and honest, The Better Half celebrates the absurdity and joy in life, and does so with an enviable grace and good heart.” Yes, a shameless plug, but we can promise you both gut-busting laughter and shedding of tears.
The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo
Our most favorite break your heart book – EVER.
One Day by Dave Nicholls
Okay, here’s where you can cheat by watching the 2023 Netflix limited series (not the 2011 Anne Hathaway movie) – we just might like the series better than the book, and that’s saying a lot.
In Five Years by Rebecca Searle
A one-sit read you will never forget. #SWOON
Run For Your Life, Callie Kingman by Alli Frank & Asha Youmans
And if you are one of those readers who likes to be in-the-know and support authors in all the best ways (like pre-orders!) take a peek at our new love story (we are shirking the term romance), Run For Your Life, Callie Kingman (December 2025) about a blindsided soon-to-be divorcée who rediscovers herself in this witty, celebratory novel about a hard-fought comeback. Our fifth novel is our love letter to Gen X women everywhere may we thrive, survive, laugh and love where ever we may find ourselves in our sandwich era!
