Romance

Romance novelsOur romance genre posts and articles pay homage to the extraordinary romance writers who have captured readers’ hearts worldwide. With tales of passion and love, romance novels provide a steamy escape from everyday life.

Tackling themes of true love, second chances, forbidden love, and happily ever after, romance writing speaks from our innermost desires. Begin by reading our guide with the top romance author bestsellers.

Our writers have created inspiring romance articles and guides crafted to help you pick up your next heart-racing read. Our guides cover everything from authors like Colleen Hoover for fans of steamy romance to authors like Charlotte Byrd for dark romance lovers!

Authors like Julia Quinn

15 Best Authors Like Julia Quinn if You’re Looking for Your ‘Bridgerton’ Fix

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If you can’t get enough of the Bridgerton series, you’ll love the historical romance fiction writers on our list of authors like Julia Quinn.  Born Julia Pottinger, Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame inductee Julia Quinn is best known for her Bridgerton books, adapted to the hit Netflix series Bridgerton. Quinn started the Bridgerton series with 2000’s The Duke and …

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Best gay romance novels

18 Best Gay Romance Novels: Romantic Reading You’ll Love

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Get ready to curl up and snuggle with one of the best gay romance novels from our list, and discover the best male/male (MM) love stories with exciting plots. On our list, you will find some classic gay romance books from Forster, Baldwin, and Miller mixed with some recently-published new books that are sizzling-hot page-turners by Frank, …

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Best Tessa Bailey books

12 Best Tessa Bailey Books That Will Ignite Your Love for Contemporary Romance

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Check out our thoughtfully collected list of the best Tessa Bailey books that will guide your exploration into the steamy world of contemporary romance. Tessa Bailey loves putting hard-working, stubborn men into her fictional contemporary romance novels. Her first published novel was back in 2012, called Staking His Claim. Readers were so taken with the compelling characters …

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Authors like Olivia Cunning

10 Best Authors Like Olivia Cunning Who Take Being a Groupie to a Whole New Level

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Discover our list of authors like Olivia Cunning, who have realistically captured the erotic appeal of rock stars and other kinds of alpha males in novels. Rockstars in real life seem to ooze a kind of sexuality that mere mortals can only dream about. There’s something about their presence on stage that makes them larger …

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Authors like Onley James

10 Best Authors Like Onley James: Page-turning Steamy Gay Romance Novels

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Discover our list of the best authors like Onley James. Each one features strong male characters who are looking for love and find it. Onley James is the pen name of writer Martina McAtee. James is a  North Carolina native, who writes paranormal romance novels for young adults and gay romance novels. In her free time, …

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