We're hoping to make life a little bit easier for your today by giving you the resources to find the title of romance novel you've forgotten! Heroine in pants, masquerading as Duke's footman. She disagrees.BUY INDIE, First in a contemporary duology. Virgin heroine hires a male escort to take her virginity. 2013 University of Tulsa Old school. with a dark side falls for a new-in-town architect who shares his taste for bondage. In Christmas on Crimson Mountain by Michelle Major, the 2017 Contemporary Romance-Short winner, the heroine has recovered from cancer and is learning to start planning for a future thats been on hold for some time. Scandal & Scoundrel Book III - Marriage in trouble, with a Bachelor-style competition for a new duchess and a duke who's still in love with his wife. This email will be used to sign into all New York sites. Coming home after five years is easier said than done, however, especially since the first thing she sees is their gruff rancher neighbor trying to kill her brother. Frog biologist Audrey Lockhart is nearly killed by a vicious attack. Workaholic single dad falls in love with his daughter's dance teacherwho has dreams that will take her away from him forever. Sweet contemporary; when her best friend and boyfriend end up together, heroine green-card marries a boxing dreamboat. BUY INDIE, Listen to the Fated Mates episode about A Heart of Blood and Ashes, A beautiful, sexy romance between a woman learning to trust the world and a man learning to trust himself. BUY INDIE. Very cleverly written. Best bad sex ever. The heroine grew up as the child of alcoholics, and was raped by their drinking buddy, and has tried to commit suicide twice. Love Story (1970): It is probably because of this old gem one of the saddest and most romantic movies of all time, which was nominated for a slew of Oscars, won five Golden Globes, and conquered the box office that we have this entire genre in the first place. Widowed heroine named Passion finds same at the Crystal Palace Exhibition only to discover that the man she craves is betrothed to her cousin. BUY INDIE, A broad, sweeping romance that harkens back to the epics of the 80s and 90s. It's very touching, and is one of the few Ward books I still recommend. PG The band have become the very thing their critics accuse them of. Who's the real villain here? Itsthe story of a divorced woman recovering from an abusive marriage. (Buy Indie), Delicious secret billionaire story. If you're a reader, one of the most frustrating things you can experience is forgetting the name of a book you've read (other than some dogearing your pages, that is). Plus-sized heroine horribly bullied in high school falls for her bully in college. Important and emotional. published 2014, avg rating 4.31 a popular audience, a huge body of romance novels whose heroines are recovering from treatment began to emerge in the mid-1990s and con-tinues into the present. and our Rose needs support to keep her family farm from going under, and a marriage of convenience will provide it. Hells Belles Book 2 a little bit girl from the wrong side of the river, a little bit stern brunch dukeand a lot only one bed on a road trip!Preorder it Signed. Self-described ugly girl and the police officer who thinks shes anything but. But his mom persuades him to wait six months in hopes that he might change his mind, maybe after he meets his attractive new caretaker, Lou (Emilia Clarke). What she couldn't have predicted was that the man she tried to rob would be sympathetic to her cause and would nurse her until they were ready to seek revenge. Forthright mathematician heroine and a terribly handsome duke work together to unlock a cipher that promises wild riches. A fun thing about Romance.io is it allows you to track the romance books you read, similar to Goodreads! Each based on a famous Christmas movie, set at Christmas, and tied together with my delicious (eventually) shortbread. Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard. Google Book's Advance Book Search allows you to search one of the largest book databases online by using keywords, phrases, words, subject, and more. Heroine lives next door to hero, whose bed bangs the wall every time he does it. Hero plans to ruin heroine's charge. Bright Star (2009): The most artful and delicate film on this list, Jane Campions gorgeous meditation on doomed love follows Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) as she and poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) tumble into romance just in time for him to contract tuberculosis. Hero & heroine wake up in Scottish hotel room married with no memory of the night before. | Vibrant and emotional. Rose Langtry grew up as one of a big loving family on a ranch in picturesque Whispering Pines, Colorado. The guy is Keith (Jesse McCartney), a cancer-ridden no-goodnik who tells goody-goody Natalie (Elisabeth Harnois) who is trying to get a tennis scholarship to Duke that she needs to relax. The second in a prison planet series is basically sexy-The Most Dangerous Game. | At turns deeply romantic and wildly funny, this asks the question: what if "the perfect match" wasn't just a hopebut actual science? 109 min BUY INDIE, Victorian historical; autistic hero, widowed heroine. This stunning Gilded Age romance novel is proof. Very sexy and emotional.BUY INDIE, Listen to the Three Little Mistakes Fated Mates episode, Post Apocalyptic New Adult. Listen to the Fall episode of Fated Mates. The perfect winter readso incredibly sweet! In Once and For All: An American Valor Novel,by Cheryl Etchison, the RITA Winner for Best First Book in 2017, the heroine has gone through cancer treatment twice and seeks a way for a new beginning, desperately wanting to be seen as a whole person and not a patient. BUY INDIE. Five years later, a secret baby is revealed when Hamas kidnaps him. Heroine has one torrid night with stepbrother before running to Italy, love triangle develops with gorgeous Italian in the seminary. Eco-terrorism subplot.BUY INDIE. Aww. Georgian historical; widowed heroine agrees to be dark, wounded hero's secretaryand save him in the balance. Blame her for all of this. 4. Secret baby, second chance at love story. Consensual rape fantasy (check CWs). Rock star hero struggling with depression falls for an ordinary girl in an extraordinary way. Listen, I know. Romances with Chronically Ill/Disabled Heroines. On their site, you can search for books by time period, genre, theme, and character type and more. Revenge plot. Romance Novels dealing with Cancer in some way. BUY INDIE, Victorian historical. Keith (2008): A small, lesser-known indie in which the death of a teen fails to inspire his surviving lover to greatness and instead turns her into as much of a slacker as he was. She decides to go to the Continent for some experimental treatments that help her be not quite so frail and returns to England, where she comes face-to-face with her first love (the MMC) who is very much the Alpha male type. I Love You (2007): A twist on the genre: Hollys (Hilary Swank) husband Gerry (Gerard Butler) dies from a brain tumor at the beginning of the film but he still manages to teach her a lesson via a series of posthumous letters (all ending with P.S. Houston, 1965. Seth Rogen, Sign up to get swoon-worthy stories sent straight to your inbox. All rights reserved. Rom-com at it's very best. Contemporary romance; genius heroine desperate for a child seduces NFL quarterback and quickly discovers the mistake. Drama, Romance. RAT CATCHER. The script is so smart and understated that youll barely realize youre watching a terminal romance movie. Listen to the Fated Mates Dreaming of You episode. He's not one for company, but now he must play nursemaid for Merry, his unexpected guest and a woman who has ignited unprecedented passion in his heart. Jemma and Elijah's emotional reunion (I know I always cry, but I cried . $106.40M, PG He falls in love with his hostesswho wants nothing to do with eligible bachelors. Want to Read. Old School Romance. Beautifully written. You loved Magic Mike XXL and now theres a romance novel just for you. The heroine has been obsessed with hero since childhood. So, pure catnip. 1,981 ratings An incredibly soft romance with two lovely heroes. Heroine arrives at the prison to discover that she has no choice but to find a protector. Club owner and cancer survivor hero falls for a heroine before realizing that her father is his enemy. | Clear rating. **, BUY INDIE; Listen to the Best of 2020 Episode of Fated Mates. (Rules of Scoundrels Book 1), Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover: The Fourth Rule of Scoundrels (Rules of Scoundrels), The Day of the Duchess: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book III, Wicked and the Wallflower: Bareknuckle Bastards Book 1, Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Love by Numbers Book 2), One Good Earl Deserves a Lover: The Second Rule of Scoundrels (Rules of Scoundrels), The Rogue Not Taken: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book I, Brazen and the Beast: The Bareknuckle Bastards Book II, Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart (Love by Numbers Book 3), No Good Duke Goes Unpunished: The Third Rule of Scoundrels (Rules of Scoundrels Book 3), A Scot in the Dark: Scandal & Scoundrel, Book II, How the Dukes Stole Christmas: A Holiday Romance Anthology, Daring and the Duke: The Bareknuckle Bastards Book III, A Duke Worth Falling For: A Secret Duke Novella. Listen to the Fated Mates episode about The Player. Newly graduated heroine falls for a graduate student in the summer after college, then realizes love might not be possible between them. In contrast to the others Ive described, it is a dark book, but it begins as the heroine believes shes found a way to function in the world. Beautifully done. Extremely sexy second chance love story between a megastar rapper and his best friends sister, who hes wanted forever. Heroine needs a fake-boyfriend to fend off irritating family questions, and finds one in sexy single-dad contractor. Eventually, Hilary confesses her love and convinces him to fight for his life. Enemies to lovers/wrong-side-of-the-tracks. These books give us a record of our times via the moments best comic minds. Part celebrity romance, part down on her luck heroine, part educational kissingall awesome. | In the ensuing fight, Rose is hurt. **, BUY INDIE; Listen to the Best Romance of 2020 Fated Mates podcast. Refresh and try again. RELATED: Romance Books to Read Based on Your Favorite Tropes. | Strong, smart heroine, a powerful hero willing to do anything for love, and absolute proof that happily ever after is real. The hero of the story is forced, over and over, to look beyond our heroines outrageousness to realize that she has for more strengths and smarts than anyone believes exists. Shes started her own business, a bakery/coffee shop on a beautifully described island in the Carolinas, and is doing all she can to provide stability and love to her son. Trademark, Do My only YA novel -- a little bit rompy Regency, a little bit the story of three best friends, a little bit murder mystery. Hero loses his fiancee to her shenanigans, forces her to help him find a new wife. She is stronger than he is and he knows it. Think sexy Jane Eyre. Autistic heroine hires a male escort with an eye toward learning about sex and relationships. these films can verge on distasteful, exploiting real-life illnesses for cheap tears. Listen to the Taking the Heat Fated Mates episode, Edwardian historical; Male/Male. Virgin NFL hero whos been obsessed with heroine for years. Again, the book is a comedy but, like all great comedies, it does not overlook the pain behind the laughter. I don't want to tell you anything about it, just trust me. First in terrific, long-standing series. 13. A twist on the Duke/governess trope, the hero hires a governess intending to seduce her, not realizing that heroine is there to exact revenge. That scene is probably one of the funniest openings to a romance novel ever. Guilt stricken and smothered by grief, he moves to a tiny coastal community and takes up the position of the local lighthouse keeper. Perfect for the tween/early-teen in your life. Once youve started, listen to my podcast (Fated Mates) for an in-depth read-along discussion! He admitted Thinking Out Loud was actually inspired by Van Morrison, not Marvin Gaye. Regency historical. Bareknuckle Bastards Book II - Strong, silent bruiser with a heart of gold goes up against a strong, chatty, curvy girl determined to seize her futureand keep him in it. BUY INDIE, Sexy contemporary brainy heroine trades tutoring to a cocky hocky-playing hero for tips on landing the guy of her dreams, only to discover that he was right there all along. Romantic suspense. 2,113 ratings (2001): Baz Luhrmanns masterpiece is a love-it-or-hate-it kind of movie, but between the killer mashup soundtrack, the glorious art direction, and one of the best performances of Nicole Kidmans post-Cruise resurgence, its probably more loved than it is hated. Estranged lovers is a theme James comes back to time and time again in her novelsthree times in the Desperate Duchesses series alone! He thinks she's bewitched him into loving her. Two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is sentenced to perform community service. | Marrying the Ghost of Karl Lagerfeld at the 2023 Met Gala. BUY INDIE, Black suffragette heroine hiding her work from her family and friends meets hero working to enforce the 15th Amendmentwho thinks suffrage should take a back seat for a bit. Director: published 2014, avg rating 4.14 Our heroine hated her father with good reason. | Director: Delicious and sexy and very very old school. | She doesn't realize it until she can't resist him. Sometimes the reader experiences the heroines trauma on the page, at least for a time. Hilary Swank, BUY INDIE, Erotic contemporary; 1st person hero POV. | Hero (in love with another) agrees to marry her for her reputation. Hero and heroine work in same room, loathe each other, are up for the same promotion. She survives, finds hope and love. Its sweet and lovely and deeply kinky, matching a curvy girl with a wounded warrior and the Kansas farmer who loves them both. This one is not for the faint of heart. MMF Menage. The fourth (ignore the description here) in an unputdownable series, but you can start here and go back! First, pin down everything you can remember about the book, plot, character names, time period in which the book may have been published, genre, etc. 15. But the genre also explores other traumas aside from rape or physical assault. Beautiful and emotional. Because this is the way terminal romance movies work, she dies anyway. BUY INDIE, Contemporary first person heroine POV, Personal assistant to an NFL star finds herself falling for her seemingly unmoved boss. Heroine who runs a gossip rag seduced by a hero attempting to keep her from discovering his secrets. NYC-set sexy contemporary; New York police officer hero, rich-girl heroine. Regency novella; a beautiful, near-perfect romance with unique story structure. Meanwhile, the Duke is mired in a deep depression because not only is his wife dead from a drug overdose but shed been cheating on him for years, with several men, and spilling political secrets to his rivals. Error rating book. . Way creepier than sweet. By continuing to browse, you accept the use of cookies and other technologies. When his pregnant wife dies in a shipwreck, Jesse Morgan gives up his wealth and place in Seattle society. A full five bananas on the bananas scale. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart. Add in serial-killers and a heroine with a secret. BUY INDIE, Four beautiful historical novellas set in post-Civil War and Civil Rights Era America. This film is responsible for more teenage female tears than One Direction breaking up, Colton Haynes coming out, and Justin Bieber abandoning his pet monkey, combined. When things go sideways at a Medieval tourney, a lady who has switched places with her maid for a chance to ogle the champions, finds herself hiding in the woods with one of them. Hero is knocked for a loop when she arrives to solve a delicate matter involving his sister and a dead aristocrat. He cant decide whether he wants to forgo treatment and enjoy the few months he has left or undergo taxing chemo that may save his life. Dressed as Karl Lagerfelds beloved cat, Choupette. Hero doesnt realize she had the mastectomy done and heroine hides it from him. Ray Milland, Votes: | Gross: **, Delicious romance that is part "Heroine decides to change her life," and part "Hero needs a fake fiance" and all wonderful read.BUY INDIE, The whole troubleshooters series is fabulous, but this one is my favorite. Possibly my favorite romance of all time. 101 min In It Had To Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, winner of 1994 Best Romance Award, the first chapter is set at the funeral of the heroine's father, a ruthless businessman and owner of the Chicago Stars NFL team. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. | Gross: (Book 1 of a 2 book story Book 2 is Cheeky King.). Stars: goodreads-bot 2 yr. ago. BUY INDIE, Deeply emotional BDSM male/male romance about a jaded aging submissive and the young dominant who changes everything.BUY INDIE, Listen to the Fated Mates episode about For Real, Orphaned daughter turns up on the doorstep of an irresponsible duke. +1 for delicious "loves all women" hero, +1 for curvy girl, crack shot heroine, +1 for delicious m/m secondary love story. **, Heroine who has been personal assistant to her best friend hero decides she can't live with her unrequited love any longer and quits. Drama, Romance. The next time someone calls romance frilly fantasies, smack one of these books into their hands and make them eat their words. Moulin Rouge! A food critic and a chef go head-to-head in New York City. She's beautiful, caring, and doesn't have a bad bone in her body. This post is sponsored by Open Road Media. Adam Shankman 4. I think they do live apart for a while, and hero visits her and she pushes him away, acts . Old School Romance. Sexy and so romantic. First in the delicious Twisted Wishes series M/M rockstar romance. She ran away from home, created a new life and fabulous persona for herself, and shows up at his funeral in an outrageous outfit with her little dog and her friend, a prominent male model. When a spaceship crash lands on a planet with an atmosphere of pure aphrodisiac, a human space soldier and an alien have no choice but to turn to each other for help. Thank you for supporting our partners, who make it possible for A Love So True to celebrate the romance stories you love. For May-December lovers, the heroine of this one was rebuffed by her dads prized employee (15 years older) seven years ago. Harry Connick Jr., Hero feeds on emotion. Second in a delightful erotic historical series -- hero is an Alpha submissive, heroine is the girl he loved madly but got away because he was afraid to tell her the truth. Hero is secretary of a Regency sex club; heroine is hired to work at the club and soon becomes his sexual dominant. Its a fitting end for the bizarre romance between this death-obsessed pair. She dies, he speaks at her funeral, and all youll be able to think about is how they have the exact same haircut. Each book features a different kink; explored with sexiness and emotion. Deeply romantic fated mates story about a buttoned up doctor and the girl who teaches him about love.**. That's unfortunate for the thief, who falls and injures herself pretty badly. Emotional and wildly sexy**, When the police cant do anything to help stop her stalker, the heroine decides to take matters into her own hands and hire a hit manthe hero. Old school romance. Desolate and evocative. (To say nothing of how well the book portrays the heros struggle with alcoholism.) Beautiful secondary love story, which arcs over the whole, delicious series. LibraryThing catalogs yours books online, easily, quickly and for free. Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease. Four erotic historical novellas set in a Regency-Era Sex Club. My first contemporary novella Her career in tatters, a celebrity photographer retreats to the British countryside to find fluffy sheep, rolling hillsand a stern, sexy secret duke. They fall in love, he dies, and her tennis game suffers (and, along with it, her chances for that scholarship), so she takes to driving Keiths beat-up yellow truck around and entering it in a car show. "Kisses should not leave you satisfiedthey should leave you wanting.. 1997-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. 33 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, Submit your email address to receive Barnes & Noble offers & updates. Listen to the Bet Me episode of Fated Mates, Regency historical; Wallflower heroine who is a rape survivor is stranded at an inn with the hero. Natalie, head of her curriculum activities in high school and riding on a tennis scholarship for college, gets Keith as her Chemistry lab partner. Emery has been living with a chronic but invisible illness for a long time. Four-volumes about young Ivy Leavold, who turns up at her cousin's home to find her dead, and her husband deeply compelling. Check. First in a regency historical series; The Scarlet Pimpernel meets Regency Romance with a chick-lit wrapper. London's winningest bareknuckle boxer is also a fallen duke, who is thought to have murdered a woman decades earlieruntil she turns up very much alive, and irresistible. Fabulous, sweet new-adult friends-to-lovers. This is a great road trip romance in 1871 America. Medieval historical - The reimagined story of Eleanor Plantagenet and Simon de Montfort. Richard LaGravenese Sexy local carpenter helps. Heroine leaves her cheating husband and finds herself in Paris, with the help of a dreamy painter. Perhaps the single biggest misconception about books in the romance genre is that theyre fluff. 2. Excellent fat rep. BUY INDIE. Anna Kendrick, Guilt-stricken, Morgan decides to take care of her. There's a swimming pool in this one that I hope will stick with you! The reason I came to love this hero, who enters the story in a scene in which he drunkenly throws a bottle at the heroine, is that he recognizes that while hes been mired in self-pity and unable to leave the house, the heroine has been remaking her life, and taking steps to outflank her enemies. Maybe the solitude of nature will help her recuperate. Hero and heroine thrust together by the gods to heal a broken land. An absolutely delicious foodie spin on Youve Got Mail, this one is a romance between a podcaster who works in her family restaurant and the dreamy restauranteur opening a place across the street. Good intentions fly out the window when they discover her praise kink is up his full alley. Listen to the Waking Up With the Duke episode of Fated Mates. WGA & AMPTP could not reach an agreement Monday night. The space for feeling that this genre opens has produced a new reading community and is at least one of the major ways that romance has been and continues to be rewritten. Two teenage cancer patients begin a life-affirming journey to visit a reclusive author in Amsterdam. Heroine finally shows him and they reconcile. What starts off as a classic alpha-submissive, billionaire hero/working class domme romance ends up as a pretty delightful example of the real work romance can do when it sets out to do it. This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. Regency historical.

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