Romance Fiction

New and recommended romance fiction

Updated October 6, 2025
Rochester Public Library RPL Staff
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Romance Fiction

New and recommended romance fiction

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When in Rome : a novel
Adams, Sarah
Paper Book
Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice of romance from the author of the TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet. "This modern take on the Hepburn classic Roman Holiday is a quick, fun, slow-burn rom-com."-...
Happy medium
Adler, Sarah
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "The perfect alchemy of romance, humor and quirky originality."--Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year and The Good Part A clever con woman must convince a...
The ladies rewrite the rules
Allain, Suzanne
Ebook
From the author of Mr. Malcolm's List comes a delightful romantic comedy set in Regency England about a widow who takes high society by storm. Diana Boyle, a wealthy young widow, has no desire to ever marry again. Particularly not to someone who merely wants her for her...
Lights Out (Into Darkness, 1)
Allen, Navessa.
Paper Book
Meet BookTok's latest obsession . . . dark, funny and super spicy, can you handle the ride? I want someone with a soul as black as night. Someone who would burn the world down for me and not lose a single minute of sleep over it. Trauma nurse...
Summers at the Saint
Andrews, Mary Kay
Paper Book
"Andrews perfectly balances the second chance-romance with the twisty mystery against a beachy backdrop that will please any armchair traveler." --Publishers Weekly "A fun, heart-warming, and intriguing summer read. For readers who'd enjoy a blend of friendships (old and new),...
Fangirl down : a novel
Bailey, Tessa
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey launches a super sexy sports romance series with a rom-com about a bad boy professional athlete who falls for his biggest fan... Wells Whitaker was once golf's hottest rising star, but lately, all he has to show for...
The fiancée farce : a novel
Bellefleur, Alexandria
Paper Book
Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy sapphic rom-com about a quiet bookseller and a romance novel cover model who agree to a modern-day marriage of convenience... Tansy Adams' greatest love is her family's bookstore,...
Hotel of secrets : a novel
Biller, Diana
Paper Book
"[A] perfect jewel-box world set in 19th-century Vienna." - The New York Times "Uniquely charming! With her delightful characters, Biller builds an irresistible world inside a Viennese Victorian-era hotel that is equal parts screwball comedy, epic love story,...
Out of nowhere
Brown, Sandra
Paper Book
From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, an emotional thriller where the lives of a young mother and a high-rolling consultant collide under devastating circumstances.  At a Texas county fair, children's book author Elle Portman is enjoying a rare...
The rom-commers
Center, Katherine
Paper Book
Featuring beautiful spray-painted edges with vibrant designed endpapers. The New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center's next laugh out loud, feel good rom-com about writing your own story. She's rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her...
The secret lives of country gentlemen
Charles, KJ
Paper Book
Abandoned by his father, Gareth Inglis grew up lonely, prickly, and well-used to disappointment. Still, he longs for a connection. When he meets a charming stranger, he falls head over heels-until everything goes wrong and he's left alone again. Then Gareth's father dies, turning the shabby London...
Here we go again : a novel
Cochrun, Alison
Paper Book
A USA TODAY Bestseller! Stonewall Book Award Honoree A Publishers Weekly, BookRiot, and Elle Best Romance of the Year The author of the "sexy, insightful, and utterly charming" (BuzzFeed) Kiss Her Once for Me...
Unsteady
Corinne, Peyton
Ebook
The good part
Cousens, Sophie
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of Just Haven't Met You Yet, This Time Next Year, and Before I Do'Sophie's books are always filled with warmth, but she's outdone herself here. It's the definition of a feel-good read! Funny, poignant, and heartfelt, I fell head-over-heels for...
Kiss the girl : a meant to be novel
Cr?dova, Zoraida
Paper Book
A modern tale of unexpectedly falling in love and finding your voice, Kiss the Girl is the highly anticipated third installment in the acclaimed and best-selling Meant to Be collection. Ariel del Mar is one of the most famous singers in the world. She and her sisters-...
Do your worst
Danan, Rosie
Paper Book
Sparks fly when an occult expert and a disgraced archeologist become enemies-with-benefits in this steamy romance from Rosie Danan, bestselling author of The Roommate. BREAK CURSES . . . NOT HEARTS Riley Rhodes finally has the chance to turn her...
The love remedy
Everett, Elizabeth
Ebook
"Beautiful and important."--New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn When a Victorian apothecary hires a stoic private investigator to protect her business, they learn there's only one way to treat true love--with a happily ever after. When Lucinda...
The partner plot
Forest, Kristina
Paper Book
Two former high school sweethearts get a second chance in this marriage of convenience in this USA Today bestselling romance by Kristina Forest. To Violet Greene, fashion is everything. As a successful celebrity stylist, she travels all over the world, living out her...
This summer will be different
Fortune, Carley
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A glorious and tantalizing escape from #1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune. This summer they'll keep their promise. This summer they won't give into temptation. This summer will be different. ...
The love of my afterlife
Greenwood, Kirsty
Paper Book
'This book has it all. Humor, heart, and a heroine I was desperately rooting for' Colleen Hoover 'An utterly charming romcom that is as hilarious as it is poignant' Carley Fortune _______________ If she wasn't dead already, Delphie would be dying of...
Bookshop cinderella
Guhrke, Laura Lee
Paper Book
Fans of Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quinn will adore this opposites-attract romance featuring a dashing duke, a shy bookshop owner, and a wager that will change their lives forever. Evie Harlow runs a quaint little bookshop in London, which is the biggest adventure an...
Bride
Hazelwood, Ali
Paper Book
#1 Indie Next Pick! A Hall of Fame LibraryReads pick! One of People's Best Books to Read in February A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the...
All's fair in love and war : a novel
Heath, Virginia
Paper Book
In the first installment of a Regency romp of a series, a governess who believes in cultivating joy in her charges clashes with the children's uncle who hired her, only to find herself falling in love. When Harry Kincaid's flighty older sister decides to join her husband on an...
Funny story
Henry, Emily
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024 Named a Must-Read Book of 2024 by...
The prospects : a novel
Hoffman, KT
Paper Book
"A queer sports romance and a triumphant debut . . . a heartstring-pulling tale of two minor-league baseball rivals who realize they play much better together."--Elle, The Best (and Most Anticipated) Romance Books of 2024, So Far "I completely adored it."--Casey...
Old flames and new fortunes : a novel
Hogle, Sarah
Paper Book
A small, magical town tucked away in rural Ohio, Moonville is the perfect place for flora fortunist Romina Tempest to expand her shop, where she uses the language of flowers to help the hopeful manifest their love lives. After giving up on her own big romance eleven years ago, at least she can bask...
The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love: Love's Academic Series Book 1
Holton, India.
Paper Book
Two rival ornithologists. Seeking one dangerous, beautiful bird. Is the hunt of their lives also how they find the love of their lives? Professor Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare Deathwhistler bird when Professor Devon Lockley...
The Striker
Huang, Ana.
Paper Book
The new must-read steamy sports romance from Ana Huang, the bestselling author of the Twisted and Kings of Sin series. She's the only woman he wants . . . and the only one he can't have. Asher Donovan is a living legend - the darling of...
The big fix
James, Holly (Novelist)
Paper Book
Katherine Center's The Bodyguard meets The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling in a modern blend of screwball action and romantic attraction when a case of mistaken identity lands a college professor on the run with a mysterious--and dangerously hot--fixer . . . When...
Just for the summer
Jimenez, Abby
Paper Book
'No one does funny, emotional, life-affirming love stories quite like Abby Jimenez. She just keeps outdoing herself' EMILY HENRY 'Funny and poignant, relatable and aspirational, heart-tugging and satisfying. It is, in a word, perfect' CHRISTINA LAUREN 'Abby...
The ex vows
Joyce, Jessica
Ebook
Ana Mari?a and the fox
De la Rosa, Liana
Paper Book
Ana Maria Luna Valdes has strived to be the perfect daughter, the perfect niece, and the perfect representative of the powerful Luna family. So when Ana Maria is secretly sent to London with her sisters to seek refuge from the French occupation of Mexico, she experiences her first taste of freedom...
The paradise problem
Lauren, Christina
Paper Book
Christina Lauren, the instant New York Times bestselling and "reigning romance queens" (PopSugar) of modern classics such as The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words, returns with a swoonworthy novel following the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free...
My roommate is a vampire
Levine, Jenna
Ebook
A shore thing
Lowell, Joanna
Ebook
"Glorious.... Every scene in this book is a treasure."--The New York Times "A Victorian queer love story that will have you giggling and blushing... This book is full of charm and low-stakes adventure, just the warm and soft romance many of us are looking for."--NPR...
Love at first book
McKinlay, Jenn
Paper Book
When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing she expects is to fall for the author's prickly son... until their story becomes one for the books, from the New York Times bestselling author of Summer Reading. Emily...
Psyche and Eros : a novel
McNamara, Luna
Paper Book
 "A pure delight . . . Romantic, poignant, and spellbinding."-- REBECCA ROSS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals "Fiercely feminist and deeply romantic, Psyche and Eros has the allure of an old fable and the epic quality of ancient myth, tinged with a provocative,...
The pairing
McQuiston, Casey
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston's delicious romantic comedy The Pairing. Theo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, lovers and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on a...
Summer romance
Monaghan, Annabel
Paper Book
Benefits of a summer romance: it's always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken. There aren't enough labeled glass containers to contain the mess that is Ali Morris's life. Her mom died two years ago, then her husband left, and she hasn't worn pants with a zipper in longer than she...
A novel love story
Poston, Ashley
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fiction . . . literally, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip and The Dead Romantics. Eileen Merriweather loves to get lost in...
I did something bad
Pyae Moe Thet War
Paper Book
A WASHINGTON POST BEST ROMANCE NOVEL OF THE YEAR In this smart and swoony adventure rom-com, a journalist and a movie star find themselves teaming up to cover up a murder...and falling for each other in the process. When freelance journalist Khin Haymar is...
Cold-blooded liar
Rose, Karen
Paper Book
Brace yourself for a scorching new series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose, where San Diego means sun, surf, sand...and serial killers.   Sam Reeves is a kindhearted psychologist who treats court-ordered clients. After one of his...
Last call at the Local
Ruiz, Sarah Grunder
Paper Book
Raine Hart is used to the challenges of living with ADHD. It's why she ditched her life in Boston to busk around Europe as a traveling musician. No boss. No schedule. No one to disappoint but herself. But when a careless mistake in Ireland leaves her unable to perform, she sees no other option but...
Gothikana
RuNyx
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--featuring beautiful purple sprayed edges, a foil case stamp, gorgeously detailed endpapers, an updated map and deliciously moody art throughout. Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! The eternal romance of Beauty and...
Done and dusted
Sage, Lyla
Paper Book
'A sweet slow burn . . . sunshine in written form' - Lana Ferguson, USA Today bestselling author She's off-limits, but he's never been good at following the rules . . . For the first time in her life, Clementine 'Emmy' Ryder has no idea what she's...
You should be so lucky
Sebastian, Cat
Ebook
Phantasma: A dark fantasy romance
Smith, Kaylie.
Paper Book
Welcome to Phantasma. There are only two rules to the game. Stay alive. And don't fall in love. When Ophelia's sister disappears, there is only one way to save her. Ophelia must enter Phantasma, a deadly contest inside a haunted...
Not another love song
Soto, Julie
Ebook
An instant USA Today bestseller! 'I'll never look at a cello quite the same way...' Jodi Picoult #1 New York Times bestseller 'Sexual tension so palpable, it'll snag you by the chin and call you a good girl' Ashley Posten, The Dead Romantics Gwen Jackson is a musical...
The stranger I wed
St. George, Harper
Paper Book
Cora Dove and her sisters' questionable legitimacy has been the lifelong subject of New York's gossipmongers and a continual stain on their father's reputation. So when the girls each receive a generous, guilt-induced dowry from their dying grandmother, the sly Mr. Hathaway vows to release their...
Lightning in her hands
Vasquez Gilliland, Raquel
Ebook
Gifted--or cursed--with the power to influence the weather, one woman must embrace her wild heart in the next electric romance from the author of Witch of Wild Things. Teal Flores is desperate for two things--control over her gift of weather, and a date to her ex's wedding...
Butcher & Blackbird
Weaver, Brynne
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling series and USA Today Bestseller "I want to ruin her so that she's mine, my beautiful disaster. My wild creature. My goddess of chaos." The viral TikTok friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and...
A love song for Ricki Wilde : a novel
Williams, Tia
Paper Book
In this sexy modern-day fairytale from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician share a soul mate connection told through the history, art, and the magic of Harlem. A ...
Under your spell
Wood, Laura
Ebook
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