2025 Genre Challenge - hosted by angh

February: Romance
A romance novel primary focuses on the relationship and romantic love between two people, typically with an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending.

Romance novels encompass various subgenres, such as Fantasy or Romantasy, Dark Romance, Contemporary, Historical Romance, Paranormal Fiction, Science Fiction, YA, and more, but the focus is always on the romantic relationship.

Romance books are also associated with different tropes like Love Triangles, Friends/Rivals/Enemies to Lovers, Second Chance, Forbidden Love, and more.
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The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting

The Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune #1

KJ Charles

312 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest

The Neighbor Favor

Greene Sisters #1

Kristina Forest

403 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by KJ Charles

The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal

The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal

KJ Charles

7 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2015

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ mystery romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Ready or Not by Cara Bastone

Ready or Not

Cara Bastone

10 hours, 50 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
In Every Life by Rea Frey

In Every Life

Rea Frey

368 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional sad slow-paced
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

White Nights

Fyodor Dostoevsky

80 pages • hardcover • 1848

fiction classics romance emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel García Márquez

348 pages • paperback • 1985

fiction classics historical literary magical realism romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield

Time and Time Again

Chatham Greenfield

336 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ romance speculative fiction young adult emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

Part of Your World

Part of Your World #1

Abby Jimenez

400 pages • digital • 2022

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez

The Next Best Fling

Librarians in Love #1

Gabriella Gamez

377 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced