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    Hi, I'm 24M, and even though I've been reading for a while, I've never read any romance books. So this is something I'm trying to change this year.

    I don't really have any preference for settings. The only petition I have is that it doesn't include a Love Triangle (Never really been a fan of those lol). I'd love a happy story about two people who either fall in love or learn how to love, although not that I think about it, it doesn't necessarily need to be happy either. Just a good'ol romance.

    Thanks!

    by MrCharmander27

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    1. My fault series by mercedes ron, there are great book

      I was not someone who read romance, but i fall in love with them

    2. theygotthemustardout on

      Ah yes – my time has come:

      * *Funny Feelings* by Tara DeWitt – Contemporary, Open-Door

      * *The Dead Romantics* or *The Seven-Year Slip* by Ashley Poston – Contemporary/Magical, Open-Door

      * *Check & Mate* by Ali Hazelwood – Contemporary, YA. Closed-Door

      * *Vampires of El Norte* by Isabel Cañas – Romance + Magical Realism.

      * *Red, White, and Royal Blue* or *The Pairing* by Casey McQuiston – Contemporary, Open-Door

      * *Normal People* by Sally Rooney – Contemporary, Romantic Lit-Fic

      * *Book Lovers* or *Beach Read* by Emily Henry – Contemporary, Open-Door

      * *The Song of Achilles* by Madeline Miller – Greek Mythology

      * *It Happened One Summer* by Tessa Bailey – Contemporary, Open-Door. Trashy, but funny.

      * *The Kiss Quotient* by Helen Hoang – Contemporary, Open-Door. Good autism rep.

      * *A Court of Thorns and Roses* series – Romantic Fantasy, Open-Door. Don’t expect high literature folks – it’s a fun lil romp.

      * *One Dark Window* duology by Rachel Gillig – Romantic Fantasy duology.

      **Bonus**: Anti-romance for when you want to feel nothing but dread

      * *The Poet Empress* by Shen Tao

      * *My Dark Vanessa* by Kate Elizabeth Russell

    3. Georgette Heyer basically invented the regency romance; you cannot go wrong with her books.

      The Camelot Caper by Elizabeth Peters, a standard romance with a plot twist.

      The Thin Woman is a mystery/romance by Dorothy Cannell, and also the start of a series. Mostly mystery but absolutely a romance as well; two total strangers who…I’ll be quiet now, just read the book. 🙂 Also full of humor.

      You could try Shanna by Kathleen E Woodiwiss — from 1977; definitely about two people learning to love one another.

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