S.T.E.A.M.-y Romance

Updated April 14, 2026
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Lambton County Library Summer Reading Challenge 2026
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For Human Use
Pierce, Sarah G
Paper Book
An unforgettable debut, For Human Use is a twisted tale of modern love that bends every genre, sears itself into your brain, and presents a horrific romantic comedy unlike anything you've ever read before. ★ "An utterly ingenious horror-romcom,...
Under One Roof
Hazelwood, Ali.
Ebook
A USA Today Bestseller! From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new steamy, STEMinist novella... A scientist should never cohabitate with her annoyingly hot nemesis--it leads to combustion. Mara,...
Dating after the end of the world
Rose, Jeneva
Paper Book
There's nothing like the undead to bring the living together in an action-packed and apocalyptically romantic genre-shattering novel by a #1 New York Times bestselling author. Casey Pearson grew up with a doomsday-prepping father. At eighteen, tired of living an...
The Ministry of Time A Novel
Bradley, Kaliane.
Ebook
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 * A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL * WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE<...
Cassandra in Reverse
Smale, Holly.
Ebook
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK from the author of the GEEK GIRL series, now on NETFLIX!  "Fascinating...witty...self-deprecating...We meet Cassandra on the worst day of her life. She's getting fired, her boyfriend dumps her, and her roommates hate her. On that same day, she...
Klara and the sun
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, THE GUARDIAN, ESQUIRE, VOGUE, TIME, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE TIMES (UK),...
This is how you lose the time war
El-Mohtar, Amal
Paper Book
HUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLA NEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters--and fall in love...
The chai factor
Heron, Farah
Paper Book
Amira Khan has no plans to break her no-dating rule. Thirty-year-old engineer Amira Khan has set one rule for herself: no dating until her grad-school thesis is done. Nothing can distract her from completing a paper that is so good her boss will give her the promotion she deserves...
A Lady's Formula for Love
Everett, Elizabeth
Ebook
What is a Victorian lady's formula for love? Mix one brilliant noblewoman and her enigmatic protection officer. Add in a measure of danger and attraction. Heat over the warmth of humor and friendship, and the result is more than simple chemistry--it's elemental. Lady Violet is...
Girlfriend on Mars : a novel
Willis, Deborah
Paper Book
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 STEPHEN LEACOCK MEMORIAL MEDAL FOR HUMOUR* *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE* *LONGLISTED FOR THE FOREST OF READING EVERGREEN AWARD* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 ALBERTA LITERARY AWARDS GEORGES BUGNET AWARD FOR FICTION* "A...
Give Me Butterflies
Meadows, Jillian
Ebook
"FANS OF ALI HAZELWOOD WILL CHEER." --Grace Reilly, USA Today bestselling author "THE OPPOSITES ATTRACT LOVE STORY OF MY DREAMS." --B. K. Borison, USA Today bestselling author A swoony, steamy, workplace romance in which two curators at a science...
The kiss quotient
Hoang, Helen.
Ebook
A Cosmic Kind of Love
Young, Samantha
Ebook
One of Amazon's Best Romances of October! Space is the last thing an event planner and an astronaut need in this charming new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young. When event planner Hallie Goodman receives party-inspiration...
The housekeeper and the professor
Ogawa, Yōko
Paper Book
Yoko Ogawa's The Housekeeper and the Professor is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family. He is a brilliant math professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he...
Principles of (e)motion
Read, Sara
Paper Book
A smart, poignant novel perfect for fans of Lessons in Chemistry "An incredible STEMinist read."--The Honey Pop Mathematical genius Dr. Meg Brightwood has just completed her life's work--a proof of a problem so impenetrable it's nicknamed the Impossible...
The helpline : a novel
Collette, Katherine
Paper Book
A charming, big-hearted debut novel in the vein of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and The Rosie Project about an oddball heroine named Germaine Johnson who is great with numbers but not so great with people. Germaine Johnson doesn't need a lot of friends. She...
One plus one
Moyes, Jojo
Paper Book
One single mom. One chaotic family. One quirky stranger. One irresistible love story from the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes   Suppose your life sucks. A lot. Your husband has done a...
Unloved A Novel
Corinne, Peyton.
Ebook
The USA TODAY bestselling follow-up to Peyton Corinne's "unputdownable and unforgettable" (Bal Khabra, author of Collide) TikTok sensation Unsteady follows hopeless romantic Ro and player--on and off the ice--Freddy as they forge an unexpected bond that slowly turns into a...
Shadow of night
Harkness, Deborah E.
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestselling second installment in the All Souls series, from the author of The Discovery of Witches and The Black Bird Oracle. Look for the hit series "A Discovery of Witches," now streaming on AMC+, Sundance Now, and Shudder!
Where we end & begin
Igharo, Jane
Paper Book
"Fans of Sonali Dev and Helen Hoang will find this just their style."-The New York Times Star-crossed lovers get a second chance at romance when they're reunited at a wedding in Nigeria, in a heartfelt novel from the acclaimed author of The Sweetest Remedy. ...
Christa comes out of her shell
Waxman, Abbi
Paper Book
Just when she thought she'd gotten far enough away . . . a life-changing phone call throws an antisocial scientist back into her least favorite place--the spotlight. A hilarious and insightful new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill.
Stone cold heart
Griffin, Laura
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin "delivers another top-notch thriller" (RT Book Reviews) in her beloved Tracers series, about a leading forensic anthropologist who uncovers eerie clues in a high-stakes case that threatens to deliver her to the doorstep of a...
The ripple effect : a novel
North, Maggie
Paper Book
A grumpy burnt out physician and a sunshine psychologist must fake an engagement to save his whitewater canoeing/ relationship therapy startup in Maggie North's sparkling second novel about starting over. Burned-out former ER doc Stellar J Byrd can solve any crisis except her...
Deep in the valley
Carr, Robyn
Paper Book
Welcome to Grace Valley, where blood runs thicker, ties are stronger and love is all the more sweet. Nestled in the heart of rural California, this small town entrances visitors with its picturesque beauty and the warm hospitality of its inhabitants: unlocked doors, home-baked pies,...
Much ado about Nada : a novel
Jalaluddin, Uzma
Paper Book
A sparkling second-chance romance inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion Nada Syed is stuck. On the cusp of thirty, she's still living at home with her brothers and parents in the Golden Crescent neighbourhood of Toronto, resolutely ignoring her mother's unsubtle pleas to get married already...
Technically yours
Williams, Denise
Paper Book
"You'll laugh, you'll swoon, and you'll root for Pearl and Cord's happy ending."--New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune LibraryReads Pick Eight years ago, he fell in love with a stranger he couldn't have--today, she's back in his life and the sparks...
Crazy stupid bromance
Adams, Lyssa Kay
Paper Book
"[A] catchy premise with surprising wisdom and specificity."--New York Times Book Review on The Bromance Book Club A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Title  A hacktivist and a cat café owner decode the friend zone in this romantic comedy from the author of...
Ex appeal
Yardley, Cathy
Paper Book
A hacker and a fixer--who just happen to be high school exes--reunite to help each other out in this witty second-chance romance from the author of Love, Comment, Subscribe. Vinh Doan has a problem. Ten million of them, in fact. He's a high-level fixer for global...
Husband Material
Belden, Emily.
Ebook
"By turns heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny."--Kristin Rockaway, author of How To Hack a Heartbreak Sometimes love is unpredictable... in this witty and thought-provoking novel about a millenial widow whose life is thrown into disarray, with often hilarious...
Written in the Stars A Novel
Bellefleur, Alexandria.
Ebook
"I was hooked from the very first page!" - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of In a Holidaze "This book is a delight." - New York Times Book Review A National Bestseller and winner of the Lambda Literary Award for...
Atmosphere : a love story
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go...
One in a million
Kelk, Lindsey
Paper Book
"Delightful...As soul-warming as curling up with a cup of tea" Entertainment Weekly "Very, very funny... a balm on my troubled soul" Marie Claire Everyone wants that special someone.... Annie Higgins has one...
Lost and Found in Paris
Dolan, Lian.
Ebook
"Fast-paced and colorful, with hints of The Goldfinch and Malibu Rising, and more than one pitch-perfect love story--Lost and Found in Paris sparkles like the City of Light itself and will have you flipping the pages quickly as you're drawn deeply into its mysterious...
Perfect distraction
Ashley, Allison
Ebook
Lauren Taylor isn't thinking about love, especially not with the impossibly attractive man she accidentally spilled coffee all over. For one thing, he's out of her league and for another, she's focused on finishing her oncology pharmacy residency. And she's sworn off men who are too handsome for...
The Curator's Daughter
Dobson, Melanie.
Ebook
A young girl, kidnapped on the eve of World War II, changes the lives of a German archaeologist forced into the Nazi Party and--decades later--a researcher trying to overcome her own trauma. 1940.Hanna Tillich cherishes her work as an archaeologist for the Third Reich,...
The last summer
Swan, Karen (Writer)
Paper Book
A GLOBE AND MAIL AND TORONTO STAR BESTSELLERAn epic, sweeping historical novel from Canadian bestseller Karen Swan, The Last Summer is set on the Scottish island of St Kilda, and is the first novel in a brand-new series.When the residents of St Kilda ask to be evacuated from...
You made a fool of death with your beauty : a novel
Emezi, Akwaeke
Paper Book
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick, a Best Romance of 2022 by The New York Times and The Washington Post, and a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily, Vulture, Harper's Bazaar, Thrillist,...
An overdue match
Monzon, Sarah
Paper Book
Can a librarian's matchmaking mischief lead to a love that rewrites their stories? If the covers of every romance book ever published didn't convince librarian Evangeline Kelly that she isn't heroine material, her fiancé calling off their wedding when she lost her hair to alopecia...
Both Things Are True
Barber, Kathleen
Paper Book
For two exes who meet again, moving on is harder than ever in a funny and heartfelt romantic comedy about starting over by the author of Truth Be Told, now a major Apple TV+ series. Vanessa is a yoga influencer living high in New York. But after her crypto-entrepreneur fiancé...
Weather girl
Solomon, Rachel Lynn
Ebook
One of... Amazon's Best Romances of January Apple Books' Best Books of January Goodreads' Hottest Romances of January Buzzfeed's Most Anticipated Books of 2022 Popsugar, Parade.com, The Nerd Daily, and Fangirlish's Most Anticipated Books of 2022 A TV...
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