Romance Novel Rec Needed to Help Me Bond With My Mom

So this is going to be weirdly specific and not easy or direct at all, but I want to find a good romance novel that I can bond with my mom over.

We have very different tastes in books. She likes romantasy and romance in general (erotica as well), while I like science fiction, mystery, and literary fiction. Though that doesn't mean I hate romance, just the books she likes.

Here's where it gets a little tricky; I'm a closeted queer person, and when I read romance it's always exclusively queer as well. I don't feel like straight romance books hold a candle to queer ones when it comes to the yearning and chemistry. There's this thing I've seen online though that's like "straight ships so good they feel gay", which I do find kind of offensive, but is exactly what I'm looking for.

I don't want this book to have any smut since I'll be reading it with my mom. It should also have romance as the main plot not a subplot.

Not sure if I was very coherent, but any recommendations or help in general would be greatly appreciated <3.