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.
Today we welcome author Anna Daniels to Booklover Book Reviews to share with us why she chose London as one of the settings for her debut novel Girl in Between. Our brief review of this novel and an opportunity for you to win…
Today we welcome Christoph Martin, the collaborative writing team of Christoph Martin Zollinger and Libby O’Loghlin, to Booklover Book Reviews to tell us about the research that went into their new novel The Expansion. The Expansion Synopsis: In politics and…
Lone Theils’ Fatal Crossing is a page-turner with real grit, substance and a fantastic heroine. Read my full review. Fatal Crossing Book Synopsis When a picture of two Danish girls who disappeared on a boat bound for England in 1985 surfaces in an old…
An intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery Spaceman of Bohemia Synopsis : Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Procházka has risen from small-time scientist to become the country’s first astronaut. When a dangerous…
Our Tiny, Useless Hearts is Toni Jordan’s best novel yet. Love her fun and intelligent take on relationship fiction, comedic farce and satire. Read on for our full review of this must-read romantic comedy. Our Tiny, Useless Hearts Synopsis Henry has…
Kayla Rae Whitaker’s debut novel The Animators was named ‘One of The Best Books of 2017’ by NPR, Kirkus Reviews and BookPage. The Animators Synopsis She was the first person to see me as I had always wanted to be seen. It…
Debut novel from Aussie author AK Alliss, Ouroboros Cycle Book 1. Frame Synopsis : How far would you go to save someone who was already dead? Hidden in the frame of a single photo, a content producer for social media sensation, Mathew…
The Nakano Thrift Shop is a beguiling story of love found amid odds and ends, an utterly charming novel from one of Japan’s most celebrated contemporary novelists. The Nakano Thrift Shop Synopsis : When Hitomi takes a job on the cash register of…
Karl Geary’s Montpelier Parade was one of my favourite reads of 2017. Montpelier Parade Synopsis : The house is on Montpelier Parade: just across town, but it might as well be a different world. Working on the garden with his father one…
As She Climbed Across The Table Synopsis: What if your lover left you for nothing? Literally Nothing? From the author of Motherless Brooklyn, this is a strange, hilarious love story about a man, a woman, and the space between them. Physicist…
Deborah O’Brien’s The Rarest Thing was one of our dozen Top Aussie Reads of 2016. The Rarest Thing Synopsis: A heartwarming new novel from the author of the bestselling Mr Chen’s Emporium It’s 1966, and a mountain pygmy possum – a species…
In Le Chateau, Sarah Ridout’s evocation of the sights, sounds, scent and mystique of Southern France will be the envy of many authors. Le Chateau Synopsis What really happened at the Chateau? When Charlotte regains consciousness after an accident, she finds…
The Best of Adam Sharp is a novel about love, music and coming to terms with the past, from the author of the international bestseller The Rosie Project. The Best of Adam Sharp Synopsis On the cusp of fifty, Adam Sharp has…
Jonathan Unleashed Review: A farcically funny New York romantic comedy novel by Meg Rosoff – think Must Love Dogs meets Devil Wears Prada. Jonathan Unleashed Synopsis Jonathan Trefoil’s boss is unhinged, his relationship baffling and his apartment just the wrong side…
Midge Raymond’s My Last Continent was one of our Top 10 International Reads of 2016. My Last Continent Synopsis: It is only at the end of the world — among the glacier mountains and frigid waters of Antarctica — where Deb…
Bad Blood Synopsis Freelance journalist Harry Hendrick is beginning to realise that you’re only as good as your last exclusive, and buzz doesn’t pay the bills, when he’s blackmailed by the police into investigating a series of bizarre suicides. Those investigations…
