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 The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton, 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.
Today we welcome Josephine Taylor to discuss her new novel Eye of a Rook. Plus, thanks to Fremantle Press we have 2x ebook copies of this book to giveaway – entries open worldwide. Disclosure: If you click a link in this post…
Shiver by Allie Reynolds is a new propulsive locked-room thriller and chilling psychological drama. Read on for my full review. ^ Not to be confused with Maggie Stiefvater’s bestselling YA fantasy novel Shiver (2009). Shiver Book Synopsis A reunion weekend…
My Best Friend’s Murder, Polly Phillips’ debut novel, is a layered and suspenseful domestic thriller worthy of book club discussion. Read my full review. My Best Friend’s Murder Synopsis You’re lying, sprawled at the bottom of the stairs, legs bent,…
What a year, huh? For me, one of the best things about 2020 has been the books. While below average on quantity this year, I did read quite diversely. Plus, the quality of the titles on my 2020 reading pile…
Letters From Berlin by Tania Blanchard is stirring and emotion-fueled WWII fiction from the non-Nazi German perspective. Read on for our full review. Letters from Berlin Book Synopsis From the bestselling author of The Girl from Munich and Suitcase of Dreams comes…
Today we welcome Dave Warner to discuss his new novel Over My Dead Body. Plus, thanks to Fremantle Press we have 2x ebook copies of this new novel to giveaway – entries open worldwide. Disclosure: If you click a link in this…
Sweet Sorrow, David Nicholl’s latest contemporary drama, oozes nostalgic charm and remembers the burning intensity of adolescence. Read on for our full review. Sweet Sorrow Book Synopsis From the best-selling author of One Day comes a bittersweet and brilliantly funny coming-of-age tale about the…
The Museum of Forgotten Memories by Anstey Harris is deeply moving and uplifting fiction powered by emotional honesty, strength of community and the gold in every day. Read on for our full review. The Museum of Forgotten Memories Publisher Synopsis From the…
Quotients by Tracy O’Neill is literature of and about our time, asking questions that are timeless to wantonly challenge modern thinking. Read on for our full review. Quotients Synopsis Two people search for connection in a world of fractured identities and aliases,…
Today we welcome bestselling author Karly Lane (The Wrong Callahan, Mr Right Now) to discuss the release of her enticing new rural romance Fool Me Once (Allen&Unwin). Q&A with Karly Lane on Fool Me Once Congratulations on the publication of your 15th novel! How…
The Switch, book two from Beth O’Leary, is dramatic fiction with charming gusto from the quirkiest of premises. Read on for our full review. The Switch Book Summary Eileen is sick of being 79.Leena’s tired of life in her twenties.Maybe…
Alison Booth’s The Philosopher’s Daughters is captivating and thought-provoking historical fiction tackling discrimination with artistic impact.
To Have and To Hoax, Martha Waters debut novel, is feisty and fabulously distracting romantic fiction and a timely reminder life is too short for petty squabbles. To Have and To Hoax Synopsis In this fresh and hilarious historical rom-com,…
The Gift of Cockleberry Bay… Nicola May discusses the third and final book in the #1 bestselling Cockleberry Bay series. I can personally recommend this series as I was thoroughly charmed by Book 1 The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay. It was a delightful…
The Cobra Queen, Tara Moss’ fourth Pandora English novel, is a fabulously fun supernatural new adult romance oozing female empowerment and open-mindedness. The Cobra Queen Synopsis You don’t know the New York fashion world, until you know its haunts… In the…
The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May is a delightful romantic comedy novel, cosy crime mystery and moving story of personal growth and transformation. Read on for our full review. The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay Book Synopsis Rosa Larkin…
