Contemporary Romance

A Northern Light in Provence by Elizabeth Birkelund

Fiction

Elizabeth Birkelund Discusses Her Tender Novel Set in French Village

In Elizabeth Birkelund’s new novel, A Northern Light in Provence (Ballantine), we have an enticing love story that encompasses many layers. The locales are disparate, one is icy Greenland and the other is the mountains of Provence. Shadowing the lovers is how they have been formed by place and experience.…

Susan Shapiro BarashJune 17, 2024

Miscellany Romance

AuthorBuzz: Finding Love on Reality TV Show

My Royal Showmance: A Park Avenue Promise Novel (Book 2) by Lexi Blake (Blue Box Press) Dear Reader, The reality TV setting made writing My Royal Showmance so much fun. Anika is expecting a boring time on her latest job but things turn when she has to step in for…

AuthorBuzzJune 3, 2024

Fiction Recommended Romance

Lust and Financial Intrigue Meet in New Contemporary Romance

The hotel key was delivered to his office earlier, a service any billionaire might expect. They entered the lobby of the Dream Hotel and headed to the elevator. He hit the “P” for Penthouse Suite — again, he was, after all, a billionaire. He led her down the corridor and…

Jim AlkonMarch 20, 2023

Romance

Ali Hazelwood’s New STEMinist Rom-Com Has Off-the-Charts Chemistry

Ali Hazelwood shines as an author. She crafts bold, compelling romantic stories led by strong characters, who are predominantly women in STEM. Paired with men working in the same environment, these characters are able to learn from each other professionally. And then, love finds a way to creep into their…

Aurora DominguezJune 10, 2024

Listicles Romance

Sports Romances That Knock It Out of the Park

Tall Poppy writer and author Priscilla Oliveras shares the origins of her love for sports romances and a list of her recommended faves. Practically everyone who knows me, receives my News & Notes email filled with insider info, or follows me on social media knows that I’m a BIG sports…

Priscilla OliverasJune 6, 2024

Romance

Trust Fund Heiress and Grouchy Mechanic Agree to an Ill-Advised Exchange

You know that story when someone rich and privileged gets brought down a peg by trading places with someone who’s in the lowly working class? It’s a story about the 1% that the other 99% of us love to see, especially when we’re feeling not so valued at work. Or…

Y. M. NelsonOctober 11, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Small-Town Love Story Meets Sisters’ Buried Cultish Past

“Normalcy is a foreign concept, and every decision feels like a crossroads that could either lead us to healing or trigger the memories we’ve fought so hard to suppress.” So reads the memoir of Ava Howell Brooks, who spills her deeply personal family history in 15 Summers Later by RaeAnne…

Megan BeauregardJune 11, 2024

Romance

“One Day” Author David Nicholls Pens Adventurous Mid-Life Romance

I love going on walks. During Covid, I got used to taking daily walks to get out and break up the monotony of daily life. At first, it was just something to do, maybe getting out of my apartment for 20 minutes to stretch my legs, but those short walks…

Kelsey HallJune 5, 2024

Recommended Romance

Budding Romance & Family Drama in Heartwarming Small-Town Novel

Zachary Hartmann is on trial for the biggest corporate fraud incident that Minnesota has seen in decades — a crime he insists he didn’t commit — and his financial assets have been frozen. He has no career, no money and no clue what will happen next. When his lawyer and…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 18, 2023

Recommended Romance

Billionaire Meets Celebrity Journalist in Riveting Enemies-to-Lovers Romance

For celebrity journalist Elsa Cohen, an exclusive interview with billionaire Hale Wheeler would put her on the map. The only issue? They can’t stand each other and have been dodging the interview for ages. Hale is infuriating but so, so attractive. And Elsa can’t help but fight the pull she…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 19, 2023

Fiction

Uplifting Testimony to the Power of Hope and Love Amidst Grief

Australian journalist and best-selling YA author Emma Grey’s first adult novel The Last Love Note (Zibby Books) is an extraordinary bittersweet romance replete with genuine warmth, emotion and elements of wry humor. It was moving, uplifting and relevant leaving the reader with an appetite for more from this writer. This…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 15, 2024

Book Club Network Romance

Screenwriter and Author Find Romance After Tragedy in Yulin Kuang’s “How to End a Love Story”

How to End a Love Story (Avon) by Yulin Kuang is an intriguing debut novel that is told from the alternating perspectives of two main characters Helen Zhang and Grant Shepard. Set against the backdrop of a writers’ room in LA for a TV adaptation of Helen’s successful book series,…

Emily FinlaysonApril 9, 2024

Romance

Mistaken Identity Turns App-Developer’s Life Upside Down in Hilarious Rom-Com

Suzanne Park demonstrates her former competition-winning stand-up comedian chops in her latest novel One Last Word. The emphasis is on smart comedy in this laugh-out-loud rom-com replete with heart and social commentary. Narrator/protagonist Sara Chae, a 34-year-old brilliant Korean American woman who works in mid-level management for Los Angeles-based Color…

Linda HitchcockMay 10, 2024

Fiction Romance

Love, Drama & Cats Abound in Romantic Comedy Series

Author Valerie Taylor writes bright and lively dialogue exchanged among smart, highly motivated people. The women in her world can be calculating and manipulating — the men, not so much. Yet in What’s Not Lost (Aspetuck Publishing), the third in her addictive series with a plucky 40-something heroine again at…

Sherri DaleyFebruary 7, 2023

Miscellany Romance

Romance for Real People: The Ultimate Happily Ever After

Widely read and deeply loved, the romance genre brings its readers joy, touches our hearts, and makes us swoon. But perhaps, most of all, we romance readers love this genre because, even when struggles come and conflict makes things messy, the promise of happily ever after awaits. In romance, unlike…

Chloe LieseApril 30, 2024

Miscellany Romance

AuthorBuzz: A Steamy Romance Novella

Just One Summer: A Dirty Dare Series Novella by Carly Phillips (1001 Dark Nights Press) Dear Reader, I love writing family stories where readers can revisit their favorite couples as each stand-alone series in the story comes out. The Kingstons and the Dirty Dares have brought me so much joy to…

AuthorBuzzApril 29, 2024

AuthorBuzz: Finding Love on Reality TV Show

Lust and Financial Intrigue Meet in New Contemporary Romance

Sports Romances That Knock It Out of the Park

Small-Town Love Story Meets Sisters’ Buried Cultish Past

Budding Romance & Family Drama in Heartwarming Small-Town Novel

Billionaire Meets Celebrity Journalist in Riveting Enemies-to-Lovers Romance

Romance for Real People: The Ultimate Happily Ever After

AuthorBuzz: A Steamy Romance Novella

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