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.
Murder on the Eiffel Tower Synopsis The brand-new, shiny Eiffel Tower is the pride and glory of the 1889 World Exposition. But one sunny afternoon, as visitors are crowding the viewing platforms, a woman collapses and dies on this great Paris landmark. Can…
The Two Hotel Francforts Synopsis: It is the summer of 1940, and Lisbon is one of the only neutral ports left in Europe – a city filled with spies, crowned heads and refugees of every nationality, tipping back absinthe to while…
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is a modern take on the classic screwball romance tackling tough societal issues with compassion and hilarity. Read on for why I think this is groundbreaking contemporary literature. The Rosie Project Synopsis The art of love…
Elizabeth Gilbert’s epic The Signature of All Things celebrates history’s inquiring minds and the unwavering strength, willpower and quiet sacrifice women have made in society across all vocations. The Signature of All Things Synopsis: 5th January 1800. Alma Whittaker is born into a…
The Greenland Breach Synopsis: A stylish, fast-paced spy thriller about the intrigue, economic warfare and struggles for natural resources promised by global warming. The Arctic ice caps are breaking up. Europe and the East Coast of the Unites States brace for…
In Mindy Mejia’s The Dragon Keeper a zookeeper fights to save the animal she loves, even as her own life crumbles around her… The Dragon Keeper Synopsis: Meg Yancy knows she may be overly attached to Jata, the Komodo dragon that has…
I Stole the Rain Synopsis: A trio of unforgettable stories from the superstitious Italian province of Campania In Campania fizzy drinks are delivered by cart, old women sell gold to a furtive clientele, and the tobacconist’s daughter is a prize…
Lion Heart Synopsis: A contemporary tale of belief, identity, the nature of fiction and the power of romance, Lion Heart is Justin Cartwright’s most inventive and powerful work to date. Richard Cathar was named after his father’s hero, Richard the Lionheart. Richard remembers…
Ramadan Sky Synopsis: A contemporary twist on a classic story of forbidden love, set in Jakarta, capital city of Indonesia. When Vic accepts a teaching position in Jakarta, she has already been working and travelling in Asia for many years; she…
The Shining Girls Synopsis THE GIRL WHO WOULDN’T DIE HUNTS THE KILLER WHO SHOULDN’T EXIST. “The future is not as loud as war, but it is relentless. It has a terrible fury all its own.” Harper Curtis is a killer who…
Deborah Levy’s Swimming Home is not so much a book to be enjoyed, but one to be admired in an artistic sense. Swimming Home Synopsis: As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above Nice, Joe sees…
Based on the true story of the first woman to set foot on Antarctica, Jesse Blackadder has captured the drama, danger and magnetic pull of exploring uncharted places.
The Travel Auction is the first novel in Mark David Green’s four-book Travel Auction Adventures series. Read why it is one of my favourite indie novels. The Travel Auction Book Synopsis Could this be the ultimate blind date…? It should have…
The Art Forger Synopsis On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art, today worth over $500 million, were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a…
Good News Bad News Synopsis Intrepid investigative journalist Scout Davis has given herself a holiday, but when Hermione Longfellow floats towards her in the supermarket, wanting to engage her services, she stops to listen. Most people in Byron Bay are aware…
Jamie McGuire’s Beautiful Disaster novel, the first in her Beautiful series, is an addictive and intense drama-filled new adult read. Read our review.
