Alex Volkov is a man with a dark past and an even darker heart. His past is filled with trauma and tragedy that forced him to be closed off. However, when he is forced to look after his best friend’s sister, he begins to feel foreign emotions. Ava Chen tries to see the good in everyone, even a man who never shows kindness. They shouldn’t want each other, but they cannot resist. Secrets unravel and the past threatens to pull them apart.
After her trust is shattered, Evangeline Fox swears to herself that she will never trust Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, again. However, fate has other plans. When a new curse threatens Evangeline, she has no choice but to work with the Prince of Heart risking her heart and soul. Together they will battle new challenges and magic that seem to make this an impossible mission.
Iris Winnow is a journalist who is fighting for the same position as Roman Kitt, her rival. Her mother is suffering from addiction while her brother seems to be lost at war. Tension rises as she begins writing letters to her brother and slipping them under the door. Unbeknownst to her, the letters are sent to the very rival she despises, Roman Kitt, through her enchanted typewriter. As war encroaches and secrets unravel, their connection deepens leading her all the way to the front lines.
Shannon is a quiet girl who is severely bullied at her school. She is forced to move to a new school where she is promised a new start. However, her world has taken a turn when she meets Johnny Kavanagh, Ireland’s golden boy. Johnny’s whole life is planned out with the center of it being rugby. So, when he meets Shannon, his feet are knocked out from under him and he is trying his hardest to stick to his life’s path. Past traumas and dangers are threatening to pull them apart as they try to understand this new world they have created for each other.
When book publicist Clementine inherits her late aunt’s apartment, she notices its strange anomaly— the apartment will occasionally slip back seven years in the past. One day, she walks into her apartment, stuck in the past, and meets a charming, mysterious man who might be her perfect match. But as the lines between past and present blur, she must decide whether love can defy time or if some things are better left alone.
When new nurse, Tate Collins, meets an airline pilot while visiting her brother, the pair are forced to get along. They start a no-string attached agreement, but even with that in place, feeling begin to grow. As this happens, Tate discovers Mile’s past and why he says he is not emotionally available. Do Tate and Miles have a future? Or will that complicate their lives too much? I really enjoyed this book. It was a light-hearted, easy romance read. A perfect book to take on a trip or read at the end of your day. It is very easy to connect to both Tate and Mile’s varying perspectives.
The Davenports is a historical romance novel set in 1910s Chicago, following the lives of four young Black women navigating love, ambition, and societal expectations. The story is about the wealthy Davenport family who built their wealth through a carriage business and was one of the few Black elites of the era. Olivia Davenport, the eldest daughter, is expected to marry well but finds herself in love with a civil rights activist. Helen, her younger sister, is more interested in mechanics than debutante balls.
It is a second-chance romance, where the two main characters have matured since they have last met. In If the Sun Never Sets, the story is between Blake and Farrah, and when their paths cross five years later. They are both successful businesspeople with different career paths. They reunite through Blake’s friend when he contracts Farrah to be Blake’s new interior designer. Blake gets a second chance with the woman that he has loved since he met her.
Freshly out of college, a couple who used to be engaged is forced to spend the week together with friends against their will. The catch: their friends do not know about the broken off engagement. What will happen? Is there still love there or is this friend group bound to break apart? This was the BEST book I have ever read. If you are in search of the perfect beachy romance novel, I could not recommend a book more. Emily Henry submerges you into a book, making you not want to put it down. This was the perfect romance book and I could not love it more.
In this romance novel, Lily falls in love with an abusive man. Does she break it off or continue? What from her past will resurface? It Ends With Us was a good read. If you want a fast-paced, emotional, full circle read, I would recommend this book. I would not say that this would be a novel I would want to read again, once was enough. Colleen Hoover did a good job leaving you at the edge of your seat towards the end of the book.
