Romance novels transport readers on a captivating and richly informative sentimental adventure. This literary genre has produced a plethora of works that meet the needs of millions of readers fascinated by the style. So, you can find stories to your liking, no matter what your preferences are: whether you are a fan of historical, fantasy or erotic stories, you will not be disappointed. Here is a list of 32 romance novels selected especially to help you make your choice.
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Jane Austen is one of the most important authors of romance novels. In this work, the author tells the story of Elinor and Marianne, two young women deprived of their inheritance by their stepmother. This novel describes the heartbreak experienced by the two sisters in the local bourgeoisie of Barton Cottage in Devonshire.
Madame Bovary is one of the classics of literature that should be read at least once in a lifetime. In this work, Gustave Flaubert tells the love story between Charles and Emma Bovary, focusing on Madame Bovary's romantic dreams, taste for beautiful things and extramarital relationships.
Here is another love novel to discover. It's a funny, gritty, fascinating love story written by a young author. It takes place in the Jazz and Science Fiction era and the author alternates the happy, the tragic and the fairy tale and highlights the only two things that remain: love and black American music.
Anna Karenina is a splendid woman with a strong moral compass who has devoted her entire life to Vronsky, the love of her life. Anna attacks hypocritical society through her love affair and a profound disregard for the prevailing social conventions, all of which is sublimated by Leo Tolstoy's exceptional pen.
In this work set in 1930 China, Marguerite Duras describes in her own prosody the romance between a wealthy Chinese man and a 15 year old white girl. If you are looking for a love novel to give for Christmas, add this Duras classic to your wish list, it is well worth it.
If you want to dive into a love story set in the American South on the eve of the Civil War, discover the life of Scarlett O'Hara, a wealthy heiress of a cotton plantation in Georgia. To escape the grief of seeing her lover marry another, the young girl moves to Atlanta to discover the joys of a big city where she meets a certain smuggler named Rhett Butler.
In this book, Gaspard Sauvage, a provincial notary, decides to resurrect the love he had with his wife, 15 years after their marriage. To achieve his goals, he uses comical and often rocky stratagems whose objective is to make Camille understand that he wants to remain her lover as in the early days.
Describing love in its most complex reality, this work is a masterpiece of contemporary romantic literature. Writing airy, simple and concise, this novel interacts with the philosophy of Nietzche and the music of Beethoven. In short, discover this work without delay.
On a jazz tune, a glass of champagne in hand, Francis Scott Fitzgerald describes the parties organized by Jay Gatsby, in his Long Island property. The latter has only one objective: to seduce Daisy Buchanan. Rich, elegant and dazzling, she is however married to a millionaire heir. Note that this book was translated by Jacques Tournier.
During the dances organized in the Sharston Asylum, Ella Fay meets John, a melancholic Irishman. A few dance lessons are enough to bring the two residents together, but the bill on the control of the weak-minded threatens to put an end to this budding romance between the two.
Two other Bridgertons are on the wedding market this year: the elusive Benedict and the impudent Colin. They hate marriage, but now Benedict is charmed by a mysterious masked stranger who disappears when midnight strikes. And a pretty debutante is weaving her pretty webs around poor Colin.
Noah Yates is a man with a checkered and lonely past who made his fortune by the sea. He loves his life and the sea is his only refuge. But when a woman leading a gang of smugglers steals his boat, his life is turned upside down. He vows to take revenge on this woman. And he will have his revenge, Pilar has only to keep well.
Despite the conventions of the time, Lady Henrietta rebels. She wants to run her life as she sees fit, and challenge her world by running her father's shipping company. But she has to convince Saviour Whittington to work with her. A dangerous man, without honor but so fascinating that she longs to be disgraced.
The plot is set during the bloody war between the Redcoats and the Scots in 1746. The author tells of the violence and horror of the war, and in the midst of it the passion between the Highlander Brice Sutherland with a chivalrous spirit and the unknown Diaphanous woman with a tortured spirit who is, moreover, an English enemy.
When Margaret MacDonald catches her fiancé in bed with her best friend, her life is turned upside down. No more marriage for her. And it all changes again when a horde of bloodthirsty Vikings attacks her village, and then she meets a huge Celtic warrior with golden hair. A soothsayer had predicted it for her!
Anabelle Peyton is looking for a husband. She has no dowry, which is a heavy handicap, she will have to deploy a lot of ingenuity to find a rich husband, member of the aristocracy, of course. Not Simon Hunt, therefore, a simple impudent commoner, and his colossal fortune will not change her opinion of him.
Discover the secrets of Magdalena, Anaïs' grandmother. This baker lived a peaceful existence in Mallorca in 1935 until the Spanish Civil War broke out. Passions, intoxicating scents and a fascinating past, this is simply an irresistible book that won the 2018 Romantic Book Award.
Alice is a sought-after, whimsical psychologist, but she knows how to keep a secret, even the most unmentionable one. And, she is also rather resentful. Thus, when the commander Xavier Capelle, the one who humiliated her sixteen years earlier, comes to see her to get information on a patient, she sends him "nicely" on the roses.
Emma is a whimsical and bubbly thirty-something. She loves life and lets her readers know it in her column in the women's magazine Crushmind. And we love her in return: the "Emma 2.0" concept is going viral. So it's no surprise that she has a secret admirer who sends surprise packages to her home.
Phoebe can't get over her breakup with a lover, she hates being single. Tired of her loneliness, she decides to take her life in hand by making a list of the practices she has always wanted to try in bed but never had the courage to act on. If she can't have sex, she will at least have pleasure...
At 38, Emily thought she was done with prying questions about her love life at Christmas. But then that bastard Robert dumps her just before Christmas! To get out of this nightmare, she decides to ask her troublesome neighbor!
After spending five years in prison because of a crooked businessman who stole his diamond mine, Damian has nothing left that he cares about, nothing but his revenge. And to achieve it, he'll use the beautiful and mentally unstable Angelina Dalton-Clarke, his enemy's daughter!
Two friends are dumped like old socks by their respective husbands. If Charlotte consoles herself with her sex toys to better fall into the arms of her new boss, Valentine rises from her ashes by seeing her childhood love again. A work to be savored without moderation.
Romeo and Juliet meet again. He is a tough firefighter who narrowly survived an eight-story fall and she is a nurse who cares for people with great passion even though her partner mistreats her. Romeo and Juliet will then cross paths and reach out to each other.
Having completed her studies in journalism, Manon, an ambitious young woman, wonders what she will do with her life. Then one morning, a woman's voice and gaze will make her lose all her means and make her fall backwards.
Mia Tremblay is a music student who has become a talented violinist, while Ashley is a beautiful cowgirl. They live in two quite different worlds until fate brings them together during a strange set of circumstances.
Having suffered from obesity and social ridicule, Ulrich doesn't want to let the pain of the past haunt him until this bad-mouthed woman bursts back into his life. She represents nothing of his past conquests, but ultimately Ulrich desires this woman of character.
It all starts with a prank, a set up that Kaya should accept the role of Ethan's girlfriend, an insufferable man until the couple realizes that finally it is a passionate love story that is just beginning.
In this book, Nina Badraoui takes us into the world of Nina, a young woman who saw herself spending the rest of her life with Paul. After their breakup, she tries to forget this failure by staying in an inn. This stay will change forever her conception of life thanks to the people she will meet.
Discover the world of Marion Verrier alias Fendie Miller, a journalist who tries to escape from her life punctuated by a frenetic quest for sensationalism. During a stay in the nature in an ecolodge, she meets a mysterious and solitary man to isolate himself from the world. Numerous chances made that they meet very often.
A clueless, misogynistic, homophobic and racist man meets a young girl who is the complete opposite of him. When he discovers the confidence of this girl, he sets himself a goal of 30 days to sleep with her, but an event as funny as unexpected will disrupt his plans.
Nina, a 17-year-old high school student, has difficulty accepting her curves and shuns others, especially boys. Her daily life is turned upside down when she meets Greg, a smiling young man who helps her pick up her things by being courteous and smiling. Despite the girl's reluctance, Greg will not give up easily.
At 73, Véronique Bure's mother confides in her following a chance meeting with her first love, whom she has not heard from in 50 years. Very quickly, an old-fashioned course recalling the loves born around the bridge tables is set up by mixing old-fashioned courses, sweet bills and emotional reunions.
In this book, Virginie Grimaldi describes the moments that will forever change lives by generating waves of emotion that sweep everything in their path. She tells the story of a woman who has just given birth to a baby girl and another who must manage a new life without her son and her wacky dog.
An old man accustomed to the depths of the Amazonian forest must leave the world of his romance novels when his hosts are accused of the murder of a white hunter. He must dive back into the forest to find the real culprit of the murder, who is none other than a majestic panther.
The author was inspired by his own story to tell the secrets of a world often inaccessible, where luxury is mixed with lust. Forget your preconceived ideas about the world of BDSM, domination and submission. Before being a sexual game, it is a unique and powerful bond that unites two beings.
The author delivers a breathtaking game of seduction! The characters will stop at nothing to get what they want: blackmail, defiance, nothing. Skylar is a ruthless businessman, ready to negotiate anything while Chloe is a young woman who knows what she wants. But in front of the handsome Skylar, she loses all her means!
Eric, a wealthy casino owner, loves to gamble and especially to seduce. He wants Isabelle, his best dealer. To get her, he organizes a cruise for two with games as sensual as any other. But Isabelle is tough, she won't let herself be taken easily. May the best man win!
The novel is sexy as can be. The sex scenes are hot and not at all vulgar. The author tells the story of a wounded woman who has become suspicious of love and a man who wants to break the "friend zone". Will he succeed? Will Mia give in? The characters are modern and the chemistry between them is exciting.
There are no worse enemies than Jason and Mel. When their eyes meet, they either tear each other apart or end the night together. But despite their passionate, steamy exchanges, they refuse to admit their mutual attraction. They are convinced that they hate each other. And yet everyone knows it: between love and hate...
This book tells the story of an ambitious, strong-willed girl with her life already mapped out. But the arrival of the sexy, tattooed bad boy Hardin turns everything upside down. Rude, defiant and cruel, Tessa should have hated him, she wants to hate him, but his caresses and kisses make her melt... and he loses all control when she is with him.
Lucian West is an arrogant (and so sexyyy!) jerk that no one wants as a husband and especially not Gypsy. She abhors him, she shuns him like the plague. But this ruthless lawyer has a reputation for being more persistent than a tick that hangs onto its last meal when it wants something, and he's decided he wants Gypsy.
Charlie has always hated Eliza, and it's mutual: they can't spend two minutes in each other's presence without falling out. And yet, here they are, obliged to walk together: the two best enemies go from trouble to trouble, with only one objective: to return to Paris and never see each other again! Unless desire gets in the way.
All it took was one night in a gay club to make Jax and Liam fall madly in love. A torrid moment in the bathroom awakened in Liam the crazy love he feels for Jack, a lonely man who will later do everything to see him again.
Gabriel is a killer in the service of the underworld: crushing others is in his blood, until the day he is assigned to liquidate Valentina and her brother. One look at her and he knows he is lost. Yes, lost! Then begins an adventure full of twists and turns.
Sergio is a worthy heir of the mafia: determined and ruthless. A man destined to rule, but his life is turned upside down by Natalie. He wants her, he wants her, and it's mutual. But he is no hero and no good man. In a last gasp of humanity, he gives her a chance to leave, but she refuses. And now it's too late!
Maybe my father was not wrong: I am not very smart. How could I have become Stefan's pawn after having been my father's for so long? The only difference is that I have a ring the size of a rock on my finger and a husband I don't want. A husband who is powerful and ruthless, but who takes care of what is his.
Michael Crist is handsome, rich and adored, but I can see a darkness underneath that golden shell. And that attracts me more than anything else! The violence in his hazel eyes. His contempt for rules, laws, morals. This permanent mirror of all that is black and dark inside me. He attracts me, and terrifies me... I am conquered.
Based on the story of a forgotten hero, Pino Lella led a harmonious life until the day he had to live as an illegal immigrant. A life that led him to Anna, a young widow to whom he entrusted his heart. However, his parents force him to join the army to keep him safe. He will then run all the dangers to return to the arms of his beloved.
Determined to escape his grip, Mia becomes a consultant for the army while John wants to serve his country in the same base to make him give up everything. However, this confrontation allows them to seize the last chance that life offers them. A perfect gift to give to a lover of good books.
Fresh out of college, Penelope Jolival enters the world of event management where her destiny will cross with that of an irresistibly sexy man. Torn between remaining faithful to a boyfriend who bores her and this much older man who attracts her, Penelope must make a choice.
Suffering from Asperger's syndrome, Hervé has great difficulty interacting with other people while Luc has been seriously injured in the face and avoids the mocking looks of others. Fate then played a trick on them, uniting these two scorched of life.
The death of her husband has turned Cassie into a bitter and depressed woman. One evening after work, a client leaves her diary where she discovers the address of a coaching agency. A discovery that will allow her to live again and awaken the young woman full of life that she was.
Ella's life was all about sex, booze, and cubicles until she met Stefan, a dark-haired, ultra-sexy young man who wants nothing to do with her. To seduce him, she will have to leave her shell to get drunk in a love full of desire and sensuality.
The author was inspired by his own story to tell the secrets of a world often inaccessible, where luxury is mixed with lust. Forget your preconceived ideas about the world of BDSM, domination and submission. Before being a sexual game, it is a unique and powerful bond that unites two beings.
At the end of the Second World War, Claire Beecham goes to Scotland to rejuvenate with her husband. A second honeymoon that is supposed to help them forget the horrors of the past few years. But everything does not go as planned: Claire is caught by a strange megalith and finds herself propelled back to 1743, in the middle of a bloody war.
Gwendolyn thinks she's just another teenager with a crazy family: a great aunt who has premonitions and a cousin who believes she can travel through time... Until the day she jumps back in time and finds herself projected to the beginning of the last century.
Having never been able to mourn her missing daughter, a distraught mother must come to terms with her loss. Just as she finally finds solace in the arms of Floyed, a charming single father, she meets her daughter and the past comes back to haunt her.
After being dumped by her boyfriend Eric, the beautiful writer for whom she would have given everything, Camille returns on the networks with a new identity in order to play a trick on him, to humiliate him and to make him her new toy.
The mysterious Elzbieta lives in solitude and avoids any contact with others while she seduced Silas at first sight, who will then do everything in his power to conquer and tame her. From hate to love, there is only one step that Silas is determined to take.
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