Seeds of Love: Romance

Ah, the seeds of love! When they're planted, what will grow? Infatuation, connection, passion, romance, and maybe even true and lasting love. Swoon away, fellow readers! Plant a seed, read!

Updated May 27, 2026
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Seeds of Love: Romance

Ah, the seeds of love! When they're planted, what will grow? Infatuation, connection, passion, romance, and maybe even true and lasting love. Swoon away, fellow readers! Plant a seed, read!

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I was told there would be romance
Arnold, Marie
Paper Book
For fans of Never Have I Ever and To All the Boys I've Loved Before comes a hilarious and heartfelt novel about a young Haitian girl navigating high school, friendship, and crushes. Fifteen-year-old Fancy Augustine is a Haitian American girl with...
Pride and prejudice
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' 'The best-loved book by our best-loved novelist' Independent With its 'light and bright and sparkling' dialogue, its romantic denouement and its lively heroine, Pride and Prejudice is Jane...
In love : a memoir of love and loss
Bloom, Amy
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A powerful memoir of a love that leads two people to find a courageous way to part--and a woman's struggle to go forward in the face of loss--that "enriches the reader's life with urgency and gratitude" (The Washington Post) "A pleasure to...
Banished : an Amish romance
Byler, Linda
Paper Book
The first book in The Long Road Home trilogy, a unique and gripping Amish romance set in the South at the turn of the century. It was the early 1900s when Obadiah (Oba) and Merriweather's (May's) parents died tragically, leaving them orphans at ten and eleven years old. When none...
Romance
Beaton, M. C.
Paper Book
As one of the two remaining unmarried Beverley sisters, Belinda considers herself the last hope for Mannerling. Each of her four elder sisters had hoped and schemed to marry one of Mannerling's successive owners. But all have chosen true love over their ancestral home. Practical Belinda will woo and...
Payal Mehta's romance revenge plot
Chhibber, Preeti
Paper Book
This laugh-out-loud debut romance introduces perfectly imperfect Payal Mehta, whose plan to get her longtime crush to finally notice her is destined for success, but only if she ignores her budding feelings for her archnemesis... Payal Mehta has had a crush on popular, athletic,...
Healing hearts
Eden, Sarah M.
Paper Book
Wyoming Territory, 1876As the only doctor in the frontier town of Savage Wells, Gideon MacNamara knows his prospects for a bride are limited. The womenfolk in town are either too young, too old, or already spoken for. So, being a practical man, he decides to take advantage of the matchmaking service...
The color of always : an LGBTQIA+ love anthology
Fisher, Brent
Paper Book
The flutter of first dates, the thrill of a text-back, the heart-stopping seconds before coming out, and the rush when finally discovering who you truly are - all of these life-changing moments across the full spectrum of LGBTQIA+ experience are ready to explore in this bright and inspiring comics...
My mechanical romance
Follmuth, Alexene Farol
Paper Book
Opposites attract in this nerdy YA romance from the NYT best-selling author of The Atlas Six! A Mathical Book Prize Honor Book "It's rom-com perfection."--Adiba Jaigirdar, author of The Henna Wars Bel doesn...
The neighbor favor
Forest, Kristina
Paper Book
A shy bookworm enlists her charming neighbor to help her score a date, not knowing he's the obscure author she's been corresponding with, in this sparkling and heart-fluttering romance by Kristina Forest. Shy, bookish, and admittedly awkward, Lily Greene has always felt...
Behind enemy bylines : a novel
Fuller, Kathleen
Paper Book
Full of small-town charm, this latest cozy, low-spice romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Kathleen Fuller offers a second chance at love for one local reporter and his big-city accountant ex. Little Rock, Arkansas, 1995: Jade Smith's life has never been entirely stable....
Truly madly : Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and the romance of the century
Galloway, Stephen (Journalist)
Paper Book
A sweeping Hollywood biography of the passionate, turbulent marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh based on new research, including exclusive access to uncovered correspondence and interviews.In 1934, a friend brought fledgling actress Vivien Leigh to see Theatre Royal, where...
False colours
Heyer, Georgette
Paper Book
The Honourable Christopher Fancot is forced into an outrageous masquerade by the tangled affairs of his wayward family.
The geographer's map to romance
Holton, India
Paper Book
Professor Elodie Tarrant is an expert in magic disasters. Nothing fazes her-except her own personal disaster, that is- Professor Gabriel Tarrant, the grumpy, unfriendly man she married for convenience a year ago, whom she secretly loves. They've been estranged since their wedding day...
Somehow : thoughts on love
Lamott, Anne
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of Publishers Weekly's Best Religion Books of 2024 "Anne Lamott is my Oprah." --Chicago Tribune From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow, a joyful celebration...
The 100 best romance novels : from Pride and prejudice to Twilight, books to fall in love -- and lust - with
Lawler, Jennifer
Love across borders : passports, papers, and romance in a divided world
Lekas Miller, Anna
Paper Book
We are told that love conquers all, but what happens when you don't have the right passport? With deep empathy, rigorous reporting, and the irresistible perspective of a true romantic, journalist Anna Lekas Miller tells the stories of couples around the world who must...
My roommate is a vampire
Levine, Jenna
Paper Book
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! A September Indie Next Pick One of Amazon's Best Romances of September One of Apple's Best Books of September True love is at stake in this charming, debut romantic comedy. Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist...
A rare find
Lowell, Joanna
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! When an aspiring archaeologist teams up with her childhood enemy for a treasure hunt, they find it impossible to bury their growing feelings, in a charming queer historical romance from the author of A Shore Thing. Elfreda...
How to sell a romance
Martin, Alexa
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Romance is the biggest scheme of them all in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from beloved author Alexa Martin. Emerson Pierce loves everything about being a kindergarten teacher except the painfully low salary. It isn't...
Kissing kosher
Meltzer, Jean
Paper Book
"An unflinchingly honest romance." --Kirkus, starred review From the author of THE MATZAH BALL and MR. PERFECT ON PAPER comes this hilarious and emotional rivals-to-lovers romance. Step 1: Get the secret recipe. Step 2: Don't fall in love......
No fault : a memoir of romance and divorce
Mlotek, Haley
Paper Book
One of NPR's 2025 "Books We Love" A Vogue & Vulture Best Book of the Year (So Far) "Enigmatic, opalescent, so precise." --Jia Tolentino "An investigation, an invocation, a mood." --Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post ...
Renegade girls : a queer tale of romance and rabble-rousing
Neus, Nora
Paper Book
"Direct but not too heavy, bright with color and gentle in tone, Neus's graphic novel is an absolute dream of an afternoon read." --The New York Times A swoonworthy queer romance set against a riveting story of social change in the 1880s, this...
Adam & Evie's matchmaking tour
Nguyen, Nora
Paper Book
'Cinematic, spicy and emotionally wise' Annabel Monaghan 'Contemporary Romance at its best' Sarah Adler 'Romantic, funny, tender, sexy' Meg Shaffer 'The perfect match for any Romance lover' Jamie Harrow A...
The pharisee's wife
Oke, Janette
Paper Book
From the beloved author of Love Comes Softlycomes an inspiring work of historical fiction about a young Jewish woman, plucked from obscurity and thrust on a perilous journey, only to witness the world's most life-changing story. Like most young women in ancient Israel, Mary...
Heartstopper. Volume 1
Oseman, Alice
Paper Book
*FALL IN LOVE WITH THE FINAL CHAPTER - PRE-ORDER HEARTSTOPPER VOLUME 6 NOW* *Read it before you see it: Heartstopper Forever movie coming July 17 from Netflix* Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic...
You should be so lucky : a novel
Sebastian, Cat
Paper Book
An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance for fans of Evvie Drake Starts Over, about grief and found family, between the new star shortstop stuck in a batting slump and the reporter assigned to (reluctantly) cover his first season--set in the same universe as...
Code word romance
Walker, Carlie
Paper Book
'If you read any book in 2025 then please let it be this! Dreamy!' 5* Reader Review With enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating and undercover agents, Code Word Romance is an escapist romcom that is Red, White and Royal Blue meets The Lizzie McGuire Movie....
How to love better : the path to deeper connection through growth, kindness, and compassion
Yung Pueblo (Writer)
Paper Book
'YUNG PUEBLO IS THE REAL DEAL - A MODERN SAGE AND GUIDING LIGHT' - VEX KING The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lighter offers a blueprint for deepening your compassion, kindness and gratitude so you can truly grow in harmony with another person and build...
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