Best Romance Novels for Adults

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

It begins right where It Ends With Us left off. Lily and her ex-husband Ryle.seem to have some common ground when it comes to parenting their daughter, and Lily finally has her rhythm back. But when she bumps into her first love, Atlas, she can’t wait to reignite what they put behind them years ago. The problem is Lily’s ex-husband is still very much in the picture, and she doesn’t want to mess up the new relationship they have going on. Lily doesn’t need to ask him to know he’ll absolutely hate Lily with Atlas, but what will Lily decide for herself?

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Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Hannah Martin is 29-years-old and still has absolutely no idea what she wants to do with her life. She has lived in over five countries across the world, but still hasn’t found what she’s looking for. She decides to move back to L.A. and live with her friend Gabby. One night, the two head to a local bar where she meets Ethan, her long-lost high school boyfriend. Hannah is faced with the decision of going back to Gabby’s or leaving the bar with Ethan. This book explores the different paths Hannah has. It is a quick page-turner, as readers will want to find out what Hannah chooses.

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Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Colby Mills is a singer who once had a great musical career in his grasp until it all fell apart. Now, he’s playing in a small town bar in St. Pete’s Beach, FL, where one night Morgan Lee comes into his life. Morgan is not only an amazing singer and songwriter, but she’s also well-educated. The two hit it off, something igniting in them like never before. Meanwhile, there is Beverly. She is on the run with her child, fleeing an abusive relationship. The storylines of all three characters entwine and take readers on a heart-pounding ride like a true Sparks novel.

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Vision in White by Nora Roberts

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Mackensie “Mac” Elliot is a photographer. More specifically, a wedding photographer. She deals with bridezilla after bridezilla. However, things change when she literally runs into Carter Maguire. He is an English teacher and not someone Mac usually dates. But a casual few dates with Carter might be what Mac needs to refocus, right?

Feelings grow deeper between the two. However, Mac might not be ready to give herself entirely to someone. Maybe not now. Maybe not ever.

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Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Nurse Claire Randall lives in the Scottish Highlands in 1945. Now that the war is over, she and her husband are on their second honeymoon. However, everything changes when Claire gets swept back in time to 1743. While she is intrigued by the life and time around her, she soon finds herself in danger.

Her only chance at making her way back to safety lies with Jamie Fraser. What life will Claire choose when her heart becomes tied to both timelines and both men?

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Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Novelist Alice decides to travel to Rome and invites Felix to come with her. The two set off and meet up with Alice’s best friend, Eileen, who is in a casual relationship with Simon.

The story follows as the four characters try and navigate life, and where they fit in with their relationships and with each other. Will the foursome find their place in the world and find themselves in the world we live in?

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The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

During World War II, Noah Calhoun moves back to North Carolina and soon finds himself thinking back to his first love, Allie Nelson. Allie is a socialite about to marry someone very wealthy. When the two reconnect, neither can stop thinking about that time they spent together a decade earlier.

Can love really run so deep that even  time can’t erase what’s changed? Or will Allie remain committed to her duty and decide a new love can be as great as her old love?

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Evelyn Hugo is a Hollywood icon who decides to write about the deep dark scandals of her past. She taps Monique Grant to be her ghostwriter, which shocks not just others around her,  but also Monique.

She isn’t exactly a thriving writer.

Nevertheless, Evelyn has made her decision, and Monique gets to go back in time while crafting the biography, reliving times and places she only dared dream about.

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Twisted Love by Ana Haung

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Alex Volkov isn’t exactly the best guy to fall for. He may be hotter than hell, but his past is cursed, and it follows him everywhere. He refuses to let anyone break that tough exterior of his.But his frozen heart starts to crack when he’s around the sister of his best friend.

Ava Chen is haunted by her own ghosts. But unlike Alex, Ava hasn’t let her past stop her from living. And she is determined to finally go for it with Alex, even though she knows loving the devil is a terrible idea.

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Summer at Firefly Beach by Jenny Hale

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Hallie Flynn has one place in all the world that’s her favorite: Firefly Beach. Her Aunt Clara has a beautiful house there, and Hallie loves it. But when her aunt passes away, Hallie is left at the house alone with her aunt’s final wish. She wants Hallie to finally fulfill the bucket list she wrote  as a teenager. At first, Hallie is hesitant. She is no longer a child and has a lot of responsibilities. But she loved her aunt and couldn’t refuse her wish, so she decided to stay at Firefly and do what her aunt wanted. In the meantime, she runs into Ben Murray again.

Will all these changes be welcomed by Hallie? And will she discover that you can have a do-over with love?

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Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Nash Morgan is the local chief of police. He is great at his job and always has a positive attitude. But after getting shot, Nash doesn’t feel anything like his old self. He gets panic attacks and has a hard time coping, but he hides it from everyone. The only one who sees through his façade is his new neighbor, Lina, who soon finds herself drawn to Nash. His touch is nothing like she’s felt before. But Lina only came to town to escape her past and refuses to share it with anyone, especially Nash.

Besides, Lina has made her mind up that Nash is just another fling and nothing more. But sometimes we can’t always decide who we love and when we love them, even if danger follows.

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Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Hallie Welch is back in town to work on the gardens at the Vos Estate. The estate belongs to Julian Vos’s family. The same Julian she had a huge crush on and nearly killed when she was fourteen. However, Julian is not the endearing heartthrob she remembers. He’s what she likes to think of as a big grump. After drinking too much wine, Hallie writes him a love letter, but Julian doesn’t know it’s from her. Meanwhile, he struggles to even concentrate with the obnoxious Hallie around.

Can the two remember their past while embracing their present, and realize all their fighting may just be foreplay?

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The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Jess Davis is a single mom who refuses to ever think about dating again. She just won’t do it. Then she gets wind of GeneticAlly. It’s a matchmaking company that finds your perfect match based on your DNA. Jess is eager  to try GeneticAlly, but halts everything when her 98% match is none of the founder, Dr. River Pena. Jess knows Dr. Pena, and she initially denies their compatibility, but the company offers to pay her just to see if the two will get along. Jess agrees, but hates the idea of it. But not everything is as it seems, including River. The two may just find common ground and the accuracy behind this DNA matchmaker company. 

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Bad Girl Reputation by Elle Kennedy

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Genevieve West has just lost her mother and returned to her small hometown. She is determined to stay away from Evan Hartley. Her ex-boyfriend was definitely not good for her. The two may have been passionately in love, but they partied a lot, and Genevieve doesn’t want to get sucked back into his drama-filled life.

Evan, though, has changed, and he is going to do everything he can to show that to Genevieve. But can a person really change?

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Husband Material by Alexis Hall

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

This book picks up where Boyfriend Material left off. Luc and Oliveronly pretended to be in love, but then actually fell in love. Now, Luc is getting anxious, because everyone around him is engaged or and getting married. Should he propose to Oliver? Is it time?

The two navigate this new chapter in their lives while trying to figure out what suits them instead of what others around them want.

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People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Poppy and Alex are best friends, but you wouldn’t have guessed it at first. She loves to travel, while he prefers to stay home and read. They go on vacations together every year until one year, that all changes. Years later, Poppy is miserable with her life. She decides that the very last time she was truly happy was on the ill-fated vacation with Alex.

She knows it’s  a long shot, but she invites him on a vacation, and he agrees.

They have one dangling question between them and seven days to mend their broken relationship.

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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Hazel Lancaster is used to being described as one word: terminal. She has cancer. She’s used to the endless hospital visits and prodding needles. But when Augustus Waters shows up in the cancer ward, she suddenly starts to feel.

What Hazel finds in Augustus is a  passionate love story that will leave her crying and smiling at the same time.

Hazel must decide if true love is terminal or if it has the power to live on.

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The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Henry DeTamble is a time traveler. He travels through time and goes on adventures no one can imagine. Henry finds himself falling in love with Clare, and their romance is nothing short of passionate. But it takes a strong woman to deal with a man who literally disappears and reappears in an entirely new timeline.

Can love withstand the test of time? Or will space create a division between them?

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Tonight and Forever by Brenda Jackson

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Lorren Jacobs has given up on love. She moves back to Texasto put the painful memories of her divorce far out of her mind. But she didn’t plan on meeting physician Justin Madaris, a local who she never saw coming. The widower is in the same boat as Lorren.

Justin never thought he’d want to look at another woman after his wife died, but there’s something about Lorren.

Will the two try and find love again, or will the past hinder their future happiness?

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Confess by Colleen Hoover

Genre: Fiction/ Romance

Auburn Reed is only 21-years-old, but has already lost so much. She decides to pick herself up again and look toward the future. But she didn’t plan on a future that includes Owen Gentry. She meets the artist at a local gallery. Instead of questioning and fighting what her heart wants, she follows it. Owen and Auburn embark on a journey neither expect.

But Own has secrets, and his past may be something Auburn can’t handle.

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