Love is in the air at the library! To celebrate Library Lover's Day, our staff have found the best contemporary and historical romance reads from our collection.
Pack your beach bag and escape into romance with titles from a new generation of authors such as Elena Armas, Abby Jimenez and Casey McQuiston.
Prefer to step back in time? Settle in with a series from favourite authors Mary Balogh, Eloisa James or Julia Quinn.
Visit us during February to pick up one of our romance reads bookmarks, and you can always ask staff for tips on finding titles you will love.
Contemporary romance authors
- Elena Armas, The Spanish love deception*, The American roommate experiment*
- Tessa Bailey, Bellinger sisters* (series), My killer vacation
- Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the stars (series)
- Alison Cochrun, The charm offensive*, Kiss her once for me*
- Sonali Dev, Rajes (series)
- Akwaeke Emezi, You made a fool of death with your beauty*
- Ali Hazelwood, The love hypothesis* (series)
- Emily Henry, Book lovers*, You and me on vacation*
- Talia Hibbert, Brown sisters (series)
- Helen Hoang, The kiss quotient* (series)
- Abby Jimenez, Part of your world, Friend zone (series)
- Elle Kennedy, Briar U* (series), Off campus* (series)
- Christina Lauren, The soulmate equation, The honey don't list
- Mhairi McFarlane, If I never met you*, Mad about you*
- Casey McQuiston, Red, white and royal blue*, One last stop*
- Mandy Magro, Back to the country*, Jillaroo from Jacaranda
- Ashley Poston, The dead romantics*
- Nalini Singh, Guild Hunter (series), Psy-changeling (series)
- Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein makes her match, Second first impressions
Historical romance authors
- Mary Balogh, A Westcott novel (series), Ravenswood (series)
- Grace Burrowes, True Gentlemen (series), Rogues to riches (series)
- Manda Collins, Studies on scandal (series), A lady’s guide to mischief and mayhem (series)
- Evie Dunmore, League of extraordinary women (series)
- Anne Gracie, Brides of Bellaire Gardens (series), Chance sisters (series)
- Anna Harrington, Lords of the armory* (series)
- Lorraine Heath, Hellions of Havisham* (series)
- Elizabeth Hoyt, A Greycourt novel (series) Maiden Lane (series)
- Sophie Irwin, A lady’s guide to fortune-hunting
- Eloisa James, Would be wallflowers (series), The Wildes of Ludlow Castle (series)
- Sophie Jordan, Duke hunt* (series),
- Lisa Kleypas, Wallflowers (series), The Ravenels (series)
- Stephanie Laurens, Cavanaughs (series)
- Julia Quinn, Bridgerton* (series)
- Sarah Maclean, Hell's belles (series)
- Martha Waters, Regency vows (series)
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Titles with an asterisk (*) are also available from our eBook collection. Learn more about this collection on our eBooks and audiobooks page.
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