Browse all our articles, featuring books that contain an element of romance, whether that be simmering romantic tension or a full blown love affair — heartwarming, heart breaking or heart racing!
Recent standout reads for us in the romance genre are Ashley Poston’s The Seven Year Slip, Pip Williams’ The Bookbinder and Mhairi McFarlane’s Last Night. And, it would be hard to go wrong with some of our all time top romance reads such as the iconic One Day, The Flatshare and The Time Traveller’s Wife, the quirky under-appreciated gem Resistance Is Futile and the uplifting Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand.
Finally, if you too think romance and humour make the perfect match, then we recommend checking out our most popular Book List: 30 Top Romantic Comedy Novels.
The Peculiar State Synopsis : A Vintage Shorts Original Selection Hamburg: home of a lapsed writer and his statistician girlfriend. He is part of the 41 percent of the German population that hasn’t read a single book in the last three months;…
Part satire, part revenge tale, part wilderness adventure — with a heavy dash of noir espionage — This Is How It Really Sounds explores the seductive power of the Other Life, and what happens when you finally grasp it. This…
Endless Love Synopsis : Soon after moving from London, Rose Loxton discovers strange things are occurring at her new lodge in the Cotswolds. A dark, terrible history hangs over this place; one of unfinished and unconventional love. Rose must investigate the mystery…
In The One Plus One Jojo Moyes does romance in the real world – life is complicated and never involves just two characters, it’s about ensembles. Read on for why we highly recommend experiencing this novel in the audio format. The…
The Void Synopsis : 2403 AD It would be easier to kill him than to trust him. Transporting a serial killer might seem like a simple job for CCF Homicide Investigator Kyle Tanner. After spending years apprehending murderers, he’s ready to hang…
Cairo Synopsis At 18, Tom escapes ordinariness in small town Australia for Melbourne and a flat in a strange block named Cairo. There he meets the magnetic Max Cheever, and is drawn into his circle of bohemian artists and dreamers. But…
Cloudstreet won author Tim Winton the Miles Franklin Award and it is generally recognised as one of the greatest works of Australian literature. Cloudstreet Book Synopsis Two rural families – the Pickles and the Lambs – flee to the city after separate…
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami (Sensei no kaban, aka The Briefcase) is a quietly affecting novel that readers are stealthily drawn into. It won the Tanizaki prize in 2001, was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2013, and…
The Curse of the Lonesome Mariner by Mark David Green is a warm-hearted rom-com that would both male and female audiences will enjoy. Read my review. The Curse of the Lonesome Mariner Synopsis Harry Straight doesn’t want any complications in…
Whip Smart, Lola Montez Starts a Revolution Synopsis : A wild and sexy romp through history based on the real-life adventures of the audacious, Lola Montez. In her most flamboyant adventure yet, Lola Montez gallops to Bavaria and on an outrageous dare, seduces…
The Edison Effect Synopsis : Inventor Thomas Alva Edison is a ruthless businessman, intent on advancing General Electric and beating all rivals like Nikola Tesla and Westinghouse. Edison has agents in place in Seattle but he’s come himself in pursuit of…
Seven Letters From Paris Synopsis : Twenty years, seven letters, and one long-lost love of a lifetime At age 40, Samantha Vérant’s life is falling apart-she’s jobless, in debt, and feeling stuck… until she stumbles upon seven old love letters from Jean-Luc,…
The Medici Boy Synopsis: The worlds of art, politics and passion collide in John L’Heureux’s masterful new novel, The Medici Boy. With rich composition, L’Heureux ingeniously transports the reader to Donatello’s Renaissance Italy—directly into his bottega, (workshop), as witnessed through the…
Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project was an international publishing phenomenon, with more than a million copies sold in over forty countries around the world. Now he returns with the highly anticipated sequel, The Rosie Effect. The Rosie Effect Synopsis ‘We’ve got…
Melissa Delport’s The Legacy contains the quintessential elements of hard-to-put-down dystopian fiction – good and evil, love and passion, right and wrong, plus sacrifice (and lots of it). The Legacy Synopsis One man obsessed with power. One woman prepared to sacrifice everything…
In INFAMY Lenny Bartulin has delivered rollicking entertainment with literary authenticity – a must read ‘Australian western’ historical novel. Read on for our full review. Infamy Synopsis REWARD: Twenty gallons of Rum for the Delivery into My Custody of one Colonel George…
