DH Wholesome Romance Recommendations

Updated April 14, 2026
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Sussex County Library System (NJ)
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The love haters
Center, Katherine author.
Ebook
Close knit a novel
Colgan, Jenny author.
Paper Book
Follow Gertie MacIntyre from knitting circle to air stewardess in this glorious romantic comedy, a feel-good summer novel set in Scotland's windswept Northern isles, by beloved New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan. In the northernmost reaches of Scotland, where a...
Look on the bright side
Higgins, Kristan author.
Paper Book
From the author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unexpected rewards that come from life's detours. Lark Smith has always had a plan for her life: find a fantastic guy, create a marriage as blissful as her parents', pop out...
My beloved a Mitford novel
Karon, Jan, 1937- author.
Paper Book
When Father Tim's wife, Cynthia, asks what he wants for Christmas, he pens the answer in a love letter that bares his most private feelings. Then the letter goes missing and circulates among his astonished neighbours. So much for private. Can a letter change a life? Ask Helene, the piano teacher who...
Just once a novel
Kingsbury, Karen author.
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestselling author "known for her deeply heartfelt novels" (Woman's World) and the Baxter Family novels writes a sweeping World War II love story about a young woman torn between two brothers. In 1941, beautiful Irvel Holland is too focused on...
The siren of Sussex
Matthews, Mimi author.
Paper Book
As an incurable bluestocking from a family tumbling swiftly toward ruin, Evelyn knows she'll never make a match in a ballroom. Her only hope is to distinguish herself by making the biggest splash in the one sphere she excels: on horseback. In haute couture. But to truly capture London's attention...

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