Regency historical; gaming hell owning hero, heroine lost to him in a card game. Old-school historical. Hero & heroine have been best friends since 4th Grade, and finally discover that they're in love. Our heroine hated her father with good reason. Old School (ish). So much chemistry.BUY INDIE, Listen to the Asking for Trouble Fated Mates episode, Regency historical,M/M/F/F;quiet regency featuring stiff husband, his adventurous bride & their respective lovers.BUY INDIE, Medieval historical; Love at first sight that immediately goes south. BUY INDIE, Contemporary M/M. Now Is Good (2012): Tessa (Dakota Fanning) has been undergoing chemo for several years to treat her leukemia, but it isnt working. Adam Shankman | Gross: Consensual rape fantasy (check CWs). Delicious. Stars: 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. RELATED: 8 Books With Delicious Use of the Only-One-Bed Romance Trope. Criteria for this list: -Book ends in HEA. Contradictory movements have accompanied greater freedoms in discussing breast cancer, and this essay argues that feminists can find in romance novels a powerful site, supplementary to feminist theory and activism, for elaborating a productive and critical public breast cancer discourse. falls for a crusty governess and her twin charges. Impossible Love. The hero is a rich Minotaur in a world where humans and monsters coexist. CIA officer Patrick Killion has been tasked with apprehending an assassin, and Audrey is the number one suspect. Hoping to find some solace, Emery moves in with her father and his family, which includes her new stepbrother, Kaiden Monroe. Elisabeth Harnois, Definitely my favorite hero. 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). **, 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. Drama, Romance. 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. Director: Rich 20-something Harold (Bud Cort) doesnt know his beloved Maude (Ruth Gordon) is going to kill herself before the moment she does it or does he? At Harvard, rich boy Oliver (Ryan ONeal, before he was totally crazy) falls in love with working-class Jenny (Ali McGraw) and marries her even though it means that his father cuts him off financially. Doctor hero is eager to build a medical research center threatening heroines artists community. He's spent years trying to stop Frankie Langtry's gang but Rose is a different matter. Linguist heroine. I don't want to tell you anything about it, just trust me. Regency historical, lower-class. This one swings for the fences with a wild, rompy ride of a romance between a heroine who is a member of a ladies crime syndicate, a hero who is one-part pirate, one-part assassin, and one part dreamboat, and a reimagined 1890s Britain where houses fly. This series, set in a small town filled with heroes who all know how to get it done, is a perfect fast read. Beautiful twist on the heroine-in-pants trope--crusty, proper Alistair falls for non-binary Robin, who has assumed the identity of a dead man. Gybbon will care for this feisty woman who wants justice for her family. Very sexy/bordering on erotic. Sexy contemporary. 95 min The fourth (ignore the description here) in an unputdownable series, but you can start here and go back! BUY INDIE. Desolate and evocative. $0.01M, PG-13 Delicious and sexy and very very old school. You must have a goodreads account to vote. 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. Virgin NFL hero whos been obsessed with heroine for years. Flynn Bradshaw's sister-in-law, Sunday, is finally home after the accident that killed her husband and left her profoundly injured. Regency historical. Its also a pattern that has existed since the awards first began in 1982. Asexual hero matched with a sex-obsessed hero. Sexual tension for days. Get the whole collection.**. | Rose Langtry grew up as one of a big loving family on a ranch in picturesque Whispering Pines, Colorado. Paranormal;Little Mermaid retelling. Delightful. Good news, romance readers: Weve gathered below the hottest and most popular new book titles of May. The Me is high-school senior Greg (Thomas Mann, not the novelist), who puts his studies on hold to care for his childhood friend Rachel (Olivia Cooke). 6. As happens. BUY INDIE, Contemporary. The hero and heroine are being hunted by rich dudes as part of their death sentence on a futuristic prison planet. Lovely, lovely romance. A delightful, sexy book.BUY INDIE. (Buy Indie). American heroine with perfect life arrives in St. Petersburg to discover her dead father has left her a multimillion-dollar and a business arrangement with a billionaire French media mogul. RELATED: Romance Books to Read Based on Your Favorite Tropes. Listen to the Fated Mates Dreaming of You episode. 18. Romance.io is a website that suggest . Regency historical;Byronic recluse hero, thought to be mad falls for a thief heroine. 4. Absolutely magnificent Chicago-set contemporary. And yes, some smooching. The film is shot beautifully and the performances are fantastic. CLICK CLICK**. First in a duology. Lela, a 47-year-old divorced makeup artist, wakes up after . Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #2) by. Todd Kessler Very sexy and emotional.BUY INDIE, Listen to the Three Little Mistakes Fated Mates episode, Post Apocalyptic New Adult. 100 min She's beautiful, caring, and doesn't have a bad bone in her body. Director: First in a series of erotic contemporaries about Air Force fighter pilots and their fall into love. Dressed as Karl Lagerfelds beloved cat, Choupette. Reconstruction-era suffragette teaching freed men to read and write rediscovers her long-lost love, a Union Soldier, and the two fight together for a new, better country. **, This book is what happens when you put small town romances and menage romance into a reactor and slam them together. Eventually she gives in to their love just before she dies of consumption. Erotic historical. Emotionally lost bellboy finds rockstar dead in hotel room. Delicious contemporary that is part billionaire romance, part motorcycle romance, and part best friend's older brother romance. Con artist heroine tries to game super broken Alpha billionaire hero who is instantly drawn to her. She has no idea who he is. 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. 7. When it comes to quick and dirty reads, there are few that deliver both steam and emotion like Brill Harper. Plus sized spinster gives herself a male prostitute for her 30th bday. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Natalie, head of her curriculum activities in high school and riding on a tennis scholarship for college, gets Keith as her Chemistry lab partner. Hero is a bad-boy actor with a reputation problem. Bartender heroine loses apartment, must move in with sexy, amazing, single boss. Nobody likes being hurt, but in the romance world, injuries often lead to the sexiest of moments. A love story set against the backdrop of family responsibility and expectation.BUY INDIE. (Buy Indie), Delicious secret billionaire story. Sign up to get swoon-worthy stories sent straight to your inbox. Trademark, Do BUY INDIE, Four beautiful historical novellas set in post-Civil War and Civil Rights Era America. But soon he finds himself falling for the woman he's supposed to hand over to the authorities. Its about living again, for both the hero and heroine, not a deep dive into the trauma that led to it. What If a Whole Stand-up Special Were About Peanut Butter? Paranormal; hero is a human-phoenix hybrid rescued from scientific experiments by journalist heroine who is somehow immune to his fire. Possibly my favorite romance of all time. Bareknuckle Bastards Book III - starring a heroine with ladies club and a lifelong vendetta and a hero who has loved her foreverwhich would all be fine if she didnt think hed tried to murder her that one time. After realizing that all of her boyfriends dump her and marry the next person they date, Alex decides shes going to interview her exesand falls for an old friend in the balance. I think they do live apart for a while, and hero visits her and she pushes him away, acts hostile etc. When executed poorly which they usually are! Georgian historical. That didnt work out, and neither did this teen weeper starring Sobieski as a girl who is diagnosed with bone cancer and caught in a love triangle between the boy shes always liked (Hartnett) and the rich jock she just met (Klein). Derek Craven is one of the first working-class historical heroes ever written, and this book will destroy you in all good ways. Arguably the greatest romance novel of all time, Austen's Pride and Prejudice follows the opinionated heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, as she frequently finds herself at odds with her beau, the uptight Mr. Darcy. While still liable to many of the criticisms leveled by feminists in the 1980s and beyond, romances can tell new stories as well as the old ones, expanding an inadequate set of cultural and emotional vocabularies. This pattern of recovery with the support of a hero who sees the strength of the heroine, has repeated itself across all the romance sub-genres awarded in the RITA Award, from historicals to contemporary romantic comedies to paranormals and even the recently revived category of mainstream fiction with romantic elements. Full disclosure, its difficult for me to limit the number of Sophie Jordan books on my list because I love her writing almost as much as I love her. She did tell him, after all, that 80 was the perfect age to die, and then she swallows a handful of sleeping pills at her surprise 80th birthday party. But Morgan's feelings run far deeper than those of mere practicality. He finally finds he can't resist her. (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. 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. In The Texans Reward by Jodi Thomas, which won the Short Historical RITA in 2016, the heroine is disabled, left without the use of her legs due to a gunshot wound. 213,750 Moulin Rouge! Sexy, honest romance. Her November is Nelson, Keanu Reeves at his saddest. BUY INDIE. And if all else fails, talk to your local librarian! published 2017, avg rating 3.34 This Duchess of Mine by Eloisa James. BUY INDIE, A bored duke finds love with the brilliant lady owner of the sex club that is his refuge. 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. Who's the real villain here? Bathtub scene that will slay you. Neither are used to asking for a shoulder to lean on, even when they need it. Includes older maid finding her sexy self! Pleasure at Home. Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran, the 2015 Historical Romance: Long winner, is a Regency-set historical with a heroine who falsifies references to gain entry into the home of a Duke. Strong, smart heroine, a powerful hero willing to do anything for love, and absolute proof that happily ever after is real. 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. Merry's life has changed a lot. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The hero has known her for years and loves her, but her struggle is that she must feel complete again, if not physically, emotionally, first. $53.70M, PG-13 Hero feeds on emotion. (SERIOUSLY) Debut. Old school regency historical. High fantasy romance. | | Extremely fun erotic romance with a hint of epistolary love story at the start. I also want to get the Early Bird Books newsletter featuring great deals on ebooks. $106.40M, PG 106 min Spoiler: She picks Klein and drops dead. She's been hired to assist Noah, who says he doesn't need help. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015): This Sundance hit that failed to impress at the box office was brazen enough to spoil its ending right in its title. Its extremely fun. Dying Young (1991): Really only suitable for those who feel the need to see every film in the Julia Roberts oeuvre, this sad tale was an early career misfire in which she plays an aimless young woman named Hilary who ends up nursing rich-kid Victor (Campbell Scott), who is dying of leukemia. Listen, I know. | Hes a hockey star, shes the daughter of the team owner, training to take over. Its a fitting end for the bizarre romance between this death-obsessed pair. When a stranger steals Sir Gybbon Murray's horse, he thanks his lucky stars that the animal doesn't take too kindly to strangers. . Privileged heroine and self-appointed bodyguard hero. 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. Its electrifyingly romantic. Now shes back, and hes dreamy, and the timing is right. 1. Delicious Thanksgiving-themed romance. **, BUY INDIE; Listen to the Best Romance of 2020 Fated Mates podcast. They try to create a Spectacular Spectacular at the titular cabaret even as Satine rebuffs his advances for more wealthy suitors. A chubby little girl with ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. Shes an assassin; hes a vampire attache to Louiss court. 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. He could never show her love or even affection and he certainly never believed in her. 5-Down, Eight Letters: Show that gave us New New York. Extremely sexy second chance love story between a megastar rapper and his best friends sister, who hes wanted forever. An accidental pregnancy leads to a shotgun marriage between an astronaut and a woman he doesnt have time to love, because love will distract from winning the Space Race. published 2012, Did You Miss Me? Duke/governess romance--hedonistic Duke (complete with sex swing!) 2013 University of Tulsa Regency historical. An absolutely perfect Paris-set historical featuring a Dominican rum heiress who takes the Worlds Fair by stormand brings a hot Scot to his knees in the process. As Natalie can be uptight, Keith proves to be the opposite, even while hiding a secret. Australian Rugby player and the sexy plus-sized heroine who wins his heart. College-set contemporary. 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. and our Doesnt he already have enough to be sad about? Listen to the A Kingdom of Dreams Fated Mates episode. Director: 16. Together, they can make something new from her old house. Absolutely stunning marriage of convenience story, between a hero in love with another woman and a young heroine who cant help but fall in love. Peter Coyote, J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author) Stars: This book will gut you. BUY INDIE, Modern amnesia story. Laura Dern, Votes: Get tissues. Comic book writer hero with legendary skill in the bedroom falls accidentally in love with his best friend's tomboy sister when she asks him how to land a boyfriend. Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature Plus-sized heroine bullied and mocked by her peers. 2023 Met Gala Carpet Is Approved by Your Dentist. He's willing to give her what she wantsfor a price. Hero is a priest, heroine is an exotic dancer. BDSM erotic contemporary. Eye on Romance is romance novel and author directory you can use to search for books by theme, hero or heroine's name, or character type. On their site, you can search for books by time period, genre, theme, and character type and more. Joanna Shupe is hands down one of the best historical romance writers out there today. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Between a bit of searching and crowdsourcing, there are, thankfully, a few different ways to search the internet to try to find your lost book! Childhood friends to lovers. Enchanting WWII-era m/m retelling of Beauty & the Beast, where the beast falls in love with Belles father. Bryce Dallas Howard, Votes: Chicago-set contemporary. 2,113 ratings Puck Me Secretly (A Vancouver Wolves Hockey Romance Book 1) By Stone, Odette. | Former gang member hero is just out of prison and trying to set himself straight. Carrigans of the Circle C. North Star. Black artist heroine & white police officer find love in NYC. Hero plans to ruin heroine's charge. Thoroughly charming. Second book (How Not to Let Go) required for happily ever after. Shailene Woodley, -Heroine's illness/disability isn't magically cured. Thief heroine steals one penny from his hoard. Small town contemporary. Regency Historical; Stuffy British ship's captain; young, scandalous American heroine in disguise as cabin boy. Unloved by Katy Regnery. A little bit D/s romance, a little bit boss/employee romance and a really terrific, uniquely structured romance. Regency historical; Spinster heroine in disguise stumbles upon her family's mortal enemy and falls in love. Delightful. Cookie Notice The 2020 print edition includes an introduction by Sarah BUY INDIE, Listen to the Gentle Rogue episode of Fated Mates, Regency historical; retelling of The Hangover. scholars. Of course. 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. He doesn't believe in commitment; she won't settle for anything lessit doesn't matter how hot he is. Best bad sex ever. And I've your at all paranormal inclined, Lover Eternal by J.R Ward has a heroine who's been through multiple cancer battles and is still fighting. I promise its awesome. Josh Boone Error rating book. She spends most of the novel in a wheelchair, wary of anyone pitying her, while she struggles to regain some of her physical mobility. avg rating 3.90 Elizabeth Shue plays Sera, the prostitute whose love isnt quite enough to save him. UK-set contemporary. When his pregnant wife dies in a shipwreck, Jesse Morgan gives up his wealth and place in Seattle society. Votes: 335,431 | Gross: $35.01M. Sexy, smart and incredibly scintillating. 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. He's spent years trying to stop Frankie Langtry's gang but Rose is a different matter. After Oliver becomes a successful lawyer, they find out that Jenny is dying of leukemia, so they ask his father for money for her costly treatment. Refresh and try again. Personal chef to a rock band falls for studio musician with a devastating past. (Book 1 of a 2 book story Book 2 is Cheeky King.). I'm feeling kind of fragile lately, so I'd love your recs of books where the heroine is injured/ill and the hero helps her recover or, like, sits by her bedside and is distraught and protective. heroine strong (8) adultery, pregnancy (5) bad-boys, new-adult, romance (5) Hero is a millionaire president of a bank. As close to inspirational romance as erotic can get. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Over and over, these stories feature heroines overcoming doubt, horrific traumas, and the bad hands that fate has dealt to them and, finally, winning. Game changing erotic historical romance from the early 2000s. Rose needs support to keep her family farm from going under, and a marriage of convenience will provide it. | Gross: Remembering one of fashions most problematic faves, Karl Lagerfeld. (Many would tell you this one is best read last in the Scoundrels quartet.). 90 ratings Way creepier than sweet. Hero is knocked for a loop when she arrives to solve a delicate matter involving his sister and a dead aristocrat. The best romance novel ever written. Gerard Butler, Check. Regency debut that harkens back to the heyday of historicalsarrogant hero can't help but kiss an obstinate heroine, after which they're discovered and forced to marry. As a young girl, Rose was afraid of the infamous Morgan LeMasters, but she won't let him hurt her family. Four years after the heroine confessed her feelings for the playboy hero and he did not reciprocate, he comes back into her life to fight for her. Old School Romance. Old school romance. Director: So, she decides to take a three-week hike through the Scottish Highlands. Once youve started, listen to my podcast (Fated Mates) for an in-depth read-along discussion!
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