Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Title: Her Royal Highness
Author: Rachel Hawkins
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

Is there any group of people who live their lives more steeped in tradition than the royal families? I can think of few others. This book (along with its companion book, The Royals) shows just what might happen as the rules passed down which govern their lives are forced to confront modern understandings - for example, what happens when the princess not only falls in love with a commoner, but one who also happens to be another girl?

This book is a delightful twist of a common premise: what happens when if, while trying to have a normal college experience, you just happen to be assigned a princess as a roommate, become instant enemies, are thrown together in multiple ways, and just happen fall in love with that princess along the way? And, perhaps even more importantly, what happens when her family - and the public! - find out all about it?

-Katrina

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The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

Title: The Bodyguard
Author: Katherine Center
Genre: Romance

Hannah Brooks is very career oriented. When her boyfriend breaks up with her days after her mom dies, and she gets taken off an important job, she is willing to do just about anything to show her boss how ready she is to be back being an Executive Protection Agent. Anything except pretend to be the girlfriend of A-list actor Jack Stapleton while he visits his family in Texas.

Of course, no one will believe that Hannah is his girlfriend when he is linked to women like Kennedy Monroe, his perfect, beautiful costar. In fact, even Jack thinks she is the cleaning lady at first. Over time, the line between pretend and real starts to blur. There is no way Jack could feel anything for her. It’s all acting, right?

Light and breezy, The Bodyguard by Katherine Center belongs in beach bags and travel totes as a fun summer read.

- Katie H.

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The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

Title: The Royal We

Author: Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan 

Genre: YA Romance

Similar to the movie "The Prince & Me", the main character meets the Prince of England in college. Although the girl is American, she is studying abroad in England, and the Prince has a collection of close friends that provide both social outlets and protection for him while there, and the American is quickly a part of this crowd. Follow the drama as a romance that doesn't tick any of the upper class boxes that the Royal family looks for goes public, and see if it is able to survive!

- Katrina 

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The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

Title: The Right Swipe

Author: Alisha Rai

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Rhiannon Hunter is a woman with her finger on technology, literally. After leaving her nightmarish stint at a dating app company, Rhi started her own more woman-friendly version called Crush, and now that it's established she's ready to expand.

Sampson Lima, at a cross-roads after leaving a lucrative football career, decides to help his elderly aunt out by promoting her dating service. Sure, her method is not as flashy as the services with the online apps, but she swears by her tried and true questionnaire and the matches it produces.

When both Rhiannon and Sampson end up being interviewed as competitors for a talk show, they both struggle to ignore the sparks from a long ago meet up on Crush. Can Sampson ever be more than a ghost from Rhiannon's past? Read The Right Swipe to find out.

- Sarah R.

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The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

Title: The Duke and I

Author: Julia Quinn

Genre: Historical Romance

If you have already enjoyed the Netflix series, Bridgerton, then this story will sound very familiar - but not exactly the same. This book is the first in the Bridgertons series.

The Duke is back in London after traveling abroad just in time to join the courting season in full bloom. Daphne is single and being pressured to find a husband. They find each other and start a scheme to keep unacceptable would-be mates from hurling themselves at the pair and in the process come to appreciate each other. Gossip, scandals, too much drink, and pistols at dawn make for a lively tale.

If you enjoy a good Regency romance, give this book a whirl.

- Sarah R.

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Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

Title: Spoiler Alert

Author: Olivia Dade

Genre: Romance

Based on a series of fantasy books, the series "Gods of the Gates" is finally coming to an end. Actor Marcus Castor-Rupp is ready to move on, but after years of playing the affectionate dumb actor will he be able to be himself, or will he need to keep playing the smiling pretty boy? The place he feels most comfortable is in the world of fan fiction, where he is able to express his opinions about his show character under the name, Book!AeneasWouldNever (BAWN), away from the watchful eye of show executives.

April Whittier is ready to move on from a fast paced consulting job, to a less paying but better civil service job testing field sites for soil contamination. If there’s something she loves more than finding out what’s beneath the soil, it’s the world of fan-fiction around "God of the Gates", the books, the show, and the mythology she loves.

As UnapologeticLaviniaStan, April rules the fan forums, but her best online friend is Book!AeneasWouldNever. With her new job, April is ready to be her true self, and hopefully meet up with her online friends, and maybe start something with BAWN.

When April posts her Lavinia cosplay picture online she gathers a lot of attention, not all positive. Marcus sees the picture, and asks her out, thinking a lucky fan will get the date of a lifetime. What he doesn’t expect is that April is UnapologeticLaviniaStan, the woman he feels the most connected to online. Not wanting to out himself as BAWN, he quickly shuts down his fan account, and hopes to connect to April in real life. Of course, it’s hard to not admit how he knows so much about April, and the longer he hides who he really is, the harder it is to tell her.

A fan fiction writers dream, Spoiler Alert is for anyone who has ever wondered, what would it be like for my favorite actor to fall in love with me, just as I am? Fans of romance will appreciate the steamy scenes between the characters, and if you’ve ever complained about how a TV or movie series ended, you will love the way the characters write their own versions of the story.

- Katie

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Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

Title: Midnight Sun

Author: Stephenie Meyer

Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance

Stephanie Meyer (Twilight series) has pulled an E.L. James and reproduced her most popular story from the male point-of-view. In Midnight Sun, the meeting of Bella is told from Edward's perspective and thus fleshes out more of his history and feelings. It is long and doesn't have as many surprises if you're already familiar with their love story, but it does add enough new material that if you are a fan of these sun-crossed lovers then you will appreciate the added nuances to their complicated romance.

- Sarah R.

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Hideaway by Nora Roberts

Title: Hideaway

Author: Nora Roberts

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Members of the Sullivan family have been big names in the entertainment industry for generations. Caitlyn Sullivan grew up in the business as a child actor. At 10 she is kidnapped, but when the job doesn't go as planned, the lives of all involved will never be the same. A tale of jealousy, revenge, love and family ties plays out against the backdrops of California, New York, and Ireland.

- Sarah R.

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Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Title: Dash and Lily's Book of Dares

Author: Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Holiday

In this holiday meet-cute by authors David Levithan and Rachel Cohn, pessimistic, Christmas curmudgeon Dash (short for Dashiel) and holiday hype-queen Lily meet through a "book of dares" she strategically places in the Salinger section of the Strand bookstore in New York. With the help of various extended family members, Dash and Lily exchange their book of dares, each time adding a new entry, and getting to know each other only through their words, and their respective holiday thoughts, anxieties and dreams. 

With a couple of surprise turns, as narrated in Levithan and Cohn's typical camp and melodrama style, this book is sure to bring a smile, even to the Dashiels of the world. Witty, smart, and fun, this Rudolph romp was recently turned into a Netflix miniseries, and also possesses two sequels, The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily and Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily, which all provide hours of NYC holiday cheer, enchantment, and humor for the hearthside reader- even if, like most New Yorkers (except for Lily's eccentric great-aunt) we Milwaukeeans must instead settle for a space heater and hot chocolate as we revel in the trials, tears, and triumphs of first love in an urban wonderland. But a boy can dream- and Dash and Lily's adventures give much to dream about.

- Adam

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The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

Title: The Bromance Book Club

Author: Lyssa Kay Adams

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Hey guys, have you ever looked at romance novels as the way to a gal's heart? The book club founded by a few of the Nashville Legends baseball team members does just that. When your marriage is on the rocks or your girlfriend has had enough, these sports-minded guys discuss romance novels to up their game.

When they find their second baseman in a cheap hotel drinking his feelings they decide to let him in on their secret. Gavin is skeptical at first, but decides he has too much to lose not to give their unorthodox methods a shot. His wife, Thea, has asked for a divorce and Gavin has precious little time to win her back before she takes their twin girls and moves on with her life without him. Can Gavin be coached to the most important win of his life by a paperback novel and a handful of teammates?

- Sarah R.

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Husband Material by Emily Belden

Title: Husband Material

Author: Emily Belden

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Charlotte Rosen is no stranger to tragedy. She buries herself in work and trying to create a dating app to avoid thinking about her past. Then one day, her past lands in her lap in the form of an urn. Yep, the kind with someone in it. Now the mother of the urn is trying to take it back, the best friend of the urn is repeatedly turning up in Charlotte's life, and Charlotte is starting to lose it. Will the urn find a final resting place? Will Charlotte get her dating app off the ground? What secret did the person in the urn take to their grave? Read Husband Material to find out.

- Sarah R.

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Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

                                             

Title: Take a Hint, Dani Brown

Author: Talia Hibbert

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Dani Brown is driven professionally, academically, and hormonally. She is not up for a relationship, but she is very interested in having a friend with benefits. Zafir Ansari is recovering from a long-ago tragedy. One that was so bad he gave up his professional rugby career and is now a security guard at a college. Therapy, romance novels, and his own start-up to help children get in touch with their feelings have given him the strength to tackle life. After months of exchanging coffee and breakfast bars, these two are going to be flung together for a noble reason, but will it ruin any chance they have to find a happy ending?

If you like the fake dating trope, this is for you. If you don't like raunchy talk and detailed descriptions of intimacy, this isn't for you.

- Sarah R.

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