My partner is a big reader, and mentioned getting her a book to read as a gift. She said she really wants a romance book, and gave me some does and do nots, however I don’t read romance books at all! Some possible recs would be appreciated. Here is what she mentioned,
No Emily Henry books
No Colleen Hoover books
Don’t get the “twisted” series
Don’t get the “Things I never got over” series
Don’t get fantasy romance
Thanks in advance!
by Rare_Atmosphere6884
8 Comments
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Last Call at the Local by Sarah Grunder Ruiz
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
Love is a War Song by Danica Nava
With Love, From Cold World by Alicia Thompson
It Happened Last Summer by Tessa Bailey
– flighty rich girl banished to small coastal town meets stoic fisherman.
The Love Hypothesis
– grad student fake dates a professor
The cat in in the hat
Before I Saw You- Emily Houghton
The Wedding People-Alison Espach
Over The Fence- Melanie Moreland
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall (romance between two contestants on what’s basically The Great British Bake Off)
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (an actor on a Game of Thrones type show goes on a date with a cosplayer to spite Twitter, they hit it off for real, and he has to hide from her that he’s also her online fandom bestie)
Every Summer After
Red White & Royal Blue
Part of your World
All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata
Contemporary romances:
1. **Whistleblower** by Kate Marchant
2. **The Play** by Elle Kennedy
3. **The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year** by Ally Carter
4. **The Neighbor Favor by** Kristina Forest
5. **Much Ado about Nada** by Uzma Jalaluddin
6. **Ayesha at Last** by Uzma Jalaluddin
7. **Hana Khan Carries On** by Uzma Jalaluddin
If she likes historical romance:
1. **What Happens in London** by Julia Quinn
2. **The Other Miss Bridgerton** by Julia Quinn
3. **Gentleman Jim** by Mimi Matthews
4. **The Winter Companion** by Mimi Matthews
5. **Reputation at Risk** by Martha Keyes
6. **Love in the Afternoon** by Lisa Kleypas
7. **Romancing the Duke** by Tessa Dare
If she likes YA romance:
1. **Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda** by Becky Albertalli
2. **Twelfth Knight** by Alexene Farol Follmuth
3. **P.S. I Like You** by Kasie West
4. **Never Thought I’d End Up Here** by Ann Liang
5. **Check, Please!** by Ngozi Ukazu (graphic novel)
6. **Heartstopper** by Alice Oseman (graphic novel)
7. **Lunar New Year Love Story** by Gene Luen Yang (graphic novel)