Below I’ll give you my selections for the best Contemporary Romance books by a few categories. I will cover these and other great books more in depth later.
- One Day in December: A Novel (2018)
- Accidental Rebel: A Marriage Mistake Romance (2019)
- Sorry Not Sorry: The perfect laugh out loud romantic comedy (2019)
- The Irish Lottery: A Friends-to-Lovers Contemporary Romance (2019)
- Wish Upon a Cowboy (Cowboys of Creedence) (2019)
- Chicago Billionaires – Contemporary Romance Series (2017)
- Bane & Althea – Fated Union: A Contemporary Romance Novel (The Adair Series) (2019)
- Accidental Lies: An unputdownable, steamy, sexy contemporary romance novel (2019)
- The Forever Series (Four Book Collection): New adult contemporary romance (2019)
- Flavors of Forever: A Christian Romance (Urban Farm Fresh Romance) (2018)
One Day in December: A Novel (2018)
Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn’t exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there’s a moment of pure magicand then her bus drives away.
Accidental Rebel: A Marriage Mistake Romance (2019)
Accidentally hitched to a dream.
Sorry Not Sorry: The perfect laugh out loud romantic comedy (2019)
She’s not just stuck in a rut – she’s buried in it up to her chin. The only company she has in bed is the back catalogue of Netflix and falling in love feels like the stuff of fairy tales.
The Irish Lottery: A Friends-to-Lovers Contemporary Romance (2019)
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Our ma is sick and this lottery is the only way to raise that much money quickly. But when my best friend in the whole world, the girl I've secretly loved for years, turns up as the winner I cannot believe it. When I read the secret fantasy she's submitted I almost choke. She just wants us to give her what she's never had
Wish Upon a Cowboy (Cowboys of Creedence) (2019)
Hot on the ice and tall in the saddleRancher and hockey coach Logan Rivers’ attempts to hire a housekeeper are hindered by women more interested in marriage than meal-planning. So when snarky Harper Evans arrives with zero romantic interest in him, he couldn’t be happier.
Chicago Billionaires – Contemporary Romance Series (2017)
~ Famous Dutch architect, Sven van der Meer, has just completed the greatest achievement of his professional life–the design and construction of The Spire, Chicago’s tallest, most controversial skyscraper. But a shameful secret threatens to destroy his prestigious career–he’s losing his eyesight. Now, he’s run out of time and the only woman qualified to help maintain his charade of invincibility is also the one woman who despises him and The Spire.
Bane & Althea – Fated Union: A Contemporary Romance Novel (The Adair Series) (2019)
DESTINED. MEANT TO BE. SOULMATES. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try to stay away, the plan is already written in the star’s, and it’s pointless to fight it. University freshman, Althea “Thea” Adair, has loved Bane Curtis her whole life. However, there are two problems: He’s her brother’s best friend—and he’s much older. Brother’s best friend; easy enough to get passed, but the age gap; not so much—especially for her father.
Accidental Lies: An unputdownable, steamy, sexy contemporary romance novel (2019)
It was only meant to be a vacation fling…Three blissful weeks on the beautiful island of Maui are exactly what I need… Hula dancers, Mai Tais with cocktail umbrellas, and golden beaches – what more could I want?Then I see her, and I realize she’s exactly what I want.She was locked outside of her hotel room, all buttoned-up in a suit definitely not appropriate for a vacation, and wearing a fierce take-no-shit stanc…
The Forever Series (Four Book Collection): New adult contemporary romance (2019)
No one prepares you for love.You read about it in books, watch it in movies and on TV. You fantasize about that special someone, and if you’re lucky, you find him.My great love was hidden behind a sexy smile and a tortured soul.I never saw Sebastian coming. He was the infamous college senior at our private college.
Flavors of Forever: A Christian Romance (Urban Farm Fresh Romance) (2018)
Welcome to Bridgeview, where engaging characters, strong communities and deep faith result in sweet romance!God’s love is the gold mending broken hearts and dreamsAs her friends pair off, Kassidy North thinks happily-ever-after has passed her by, but she’s too busy running a busy bistro and once-a-month cooking club to be bothered by it. Much.
Best Contemporary Romance Books That Will Hook You
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Love in Contemporary Cinema: Audiences and Representations of Romance
Author(s): Benjamín de la Pava Vélez
ID: 3006932, Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2021, Size: 6 Mb, Format: pdf
Word Mingas: Oralitegraphies and Mirrored Visions on Oralitures and Indigenous Contemporary Literatures
Author(s): Miguel Rocha Vivas, Paul M. Worley, Melissa Birkhofer
ID: 3067680, Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, Year: 2021, Size: 9 Mb, Format: pdf
Imagining “We” in the Age of “I”: Romance and Social Bonding in Contemporary Culture
Author(s): Mary Harrod (editor), Suzanne Leonard (editor), Diane Negra (editor)
ID: 3382371, Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2021, Size: 43 Mb, Format: pdf
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