Like everyone else, I’m a sucker for romance. So here is a list of books that have a really good love story in them – whether it’s the main point of the story, or a subplot.

Series

• Shadows by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Lux #0.5)
• Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Lux #1)
• Unremembered by Jessica Brody (Unremembered #1)
• Unstolen by Jessica Brody (Unremembered #1.1)
• The Selection series by Kiera Cass
• Bitterbynde series by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series by Jenny Han
• Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic #2)
• The Last Herald Mage series by Mercedes Lackey
• Montague Siblings series by Mackenzi Lee
• Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
• Silver Bells by Debbie Macomber (Those Manning Men #5)
• Cuttersville series by Erin McCarthy
• Vegas Vampires series by Erin McCarthy
• Blade’s Escape by Bec McMaster (London Steampunk #0.5)
• North Child by Edith Pattou (East #1)
• West by Edith Pattou (East #2)
• Christmas for One by Amanda Prowse (No Greater Love #5)
• Kissing Tolstoy by Penny Reid (Dear Professor #1)
• Bridge of Snow by Marie Rutkoski (The Winner’s Trilogy #0.5)
• The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson (The Wren Hunt #1)

Short story collections

• My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding edited by P.N. Elrod
• Lover Beware by Christine Feehan, Katherine Sutcliffe, Fiona Brand & Eileen Wilks
• Out of the Light, Into the Shadows by Lori Foster & Erin McCarthy
• Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle
• The Mammoth Book of Irish Romance edited by Trisha Telep
• The Mammoth Book of Time Travel Romance edited by Trisha Telep

Standalones – Novels

• Emma by Jane Austen
• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
• Persuasion by Jane Austen
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
• Reinventing Ruby by Deborah Blake
• The Siren by Kiera Cass
• The Nutcracker by Alexandre Dumas
• A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
• Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson
• The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson
• The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson
• A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson
• Beowulf for Cretins: A Love Story by Ann McMan
• Attachments by Pat Murphy
• Cold Feet by Brenda Novak
• To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker
• The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
• Oceans Between Us by Helen Scott Taylor

Standalones – Novellas

• After Midnight by Fiona Brand
• A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle by John Green
• The Widow’s Auction by Sabrina Jeffries
• Gifts of the Magi by Jean Johnson
• The Jubilee Express by Maureen Johnson
• Thinner than Water by Justine Larbalestier
• The Irish Duke by Cathy Maxwell
• The Christmas Curse by Ruby Moone
• The Patron Saint of Pigs by Lauren Myracle
• Animal Magnetism by Maggie Shayne
• Hot August Moon by Katherine Sutcliffe
• The Beast of Blackmoor Bog by Milla Vane
• Stupid Perfect World by Scott Westerfeld

Standalones – Short stories

• Wolfish in Sheep’s Clothing by Marta Acosta
• The Trials of Bryan Murphy by Cat Adams
• To Ease the Rage by C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp
• The Celebrated Carousel of the Margravine of Blois by Megan Arkenberg
• Shifter Made by Jennifer Ashley
• Catch the Lightning by Madeline Baker
• Monster Crush by Anna Banks & Emmy Laybourne
• Some Kind of Wonderland by Richard Bowes
• Ashes on Her Lips by Edward Bryant
• The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
• The Courtship of Mr Lyon by Angela Carter
• The Tiger’s Bride by Angela Carter
• The Key to Happiness by Gwyn Cready
• On Inishmore by Ciar Cullen
• The Glass Casket by Jack Dann
• The Ballad of Rosamunde by Claire Delacroix
• The Eye of the Storm by Kelley Eskridge
• Persephone, or Why the Winters Seem to be Getting Longer by Wendy Froud
• Compeer by Roberta Gellis
• Daughter of the Sea by Kathleen Givens
• The Pagan Bride by Patricia Grasso
• Beloved Beast by Lois Greiman
• The Detox Factor by Traci Harding
• A Piece of Time by Traci Harding
• Time Trails by Colby Hodge
• Quicksilver by Cindy Holby
• Forever Knight by Jackie Ivie
• Curse Me Wicked by Elle Jasper
• Steam by Jean Johnson
• The Blue Pebble by Shirley Kennedy
• Flotsam by Caitlin R. Kiernan
• The Steamdancer (1896) by Caitlin R. Kiernan
• The Wildflowers by Dorothy Koomson
• I Can See the Ending by Will Kostakis
• Going Ashore by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Rolling Steel: A Pre-Apocalyptic Love Story by Jay Lake & Shannon Page
• Last Thorsday Night by Holly Lisle
• Stepping Back by Sara MacKenzie
• Eleventh Hour by Michelle Maddox
• Oracle by Margo Maguire
• Highland Heart by Heather McCollum
• By the Light of My Heart by Pat McDermott
• Lost and Found by Maureen McGowan
• Future Date by A.J. Menden
• The Gloaming Hour by Cindy Miles
• Nia and the Beast of Killarney Wood by Cindy Miles
• The Skrying Glass by Penelope Neri
• The Houndmaster by Sandra Newgent
• Into the Sky by Joseph Ng
• The Troll Bridge by Patti O’Shea
• The Silk Blade by Natalie C. Parker
• Dragonfire is Brighter than the Ten Thousand Stars by Mark Robert Philips
• Clockwork Fairies by Cat Rambo
• Beyond the Veil by Patricia Rice
• The Heart is Always Right by Lilith Saintcrow
• Pilot’s Forge by Patrice Sarath
• The Phoenix’s Fault by Cynthia So
• The Pavilion on the Links by Robert Louis Stevenson
• This Evening’s Performance by Genevieve Valentine
• Like a Red, Red Rose by Susan Wade
• Rats by Marlee Jane Ward
• The Seventh Sister by Sue-Ellen Welfonder
• A Wish to Build a Dream On by Michelle Willingham
• Stronger Than Time by Patricia C. Wrede

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