Best Contemporary Romance Books
Modern love stories set in the present day with relatable characters and situations.
Top Contemporary Romance Books
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman
No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.
Corrupt
by Penelope Douglas
Dreams are desires of the heart; Nightmares, my obsession. Erika When I have it close to me, I tremble. Of fear and desire. Michael Crist, my ex-boyfriend's older brother, is like one of those movies that, even though it's scary, you can't stop watching. Handsome, strong, and intimidating, I've watched him for years, wishing I was closer to see if what is said about him is true. He's the star of his university's basketball team, he'd never noticed me and he'd barely looked at me... Until now. He's got something on his mind, I can feel it, I can almost taste it but, knowing everything I know, do I really want to find out what he has planned? Michael I want to get revenge. Almost as much as owning it. Her name is Erika Fane, but everyone calls her Rika. You could say he grew up in my house, he's always been around. She looks away when I walk into a room and stays still when I'm around. I can feel the tension he gives off, his desire for more; I don't have his body but I know I've caught his mind. And now, the opportunity to avenge what happened a few years ago is too good to be true. I've been patient. I've waited for the moment. Every last of your nightmares will come true. When passion and danger mix, anything can happen.
The Bromance Book Club
by Lyssa Kay Adams
Gavin Scott, jugador de béisbol profesional, tiene una carrera de primera, pero es un marido más bien de segunda. Cuando descubre que su mujer lleva toda la vida fingiendo en la cama, pierde los papeles de mala manera. Y Thea, su mujer, que está harta de amoldarse a él, le pide el divorcio. Por fin se da cuenta de lo mal que se ha estado portando y decide que hará cualquier cosa para recuperarla, incluso pedir consejo a sus amigos. Lo que no se espera es una críptica invitación a un club secreto… El Club de lectura para caballeros reúne a atletas de todo Nashville que dedican su tiempo a leer, analizar y aprender de novelas románticas. Gracias al club y a la adictiva lectura de Cortejando a la condesa, Gavin elaborará una estrategia llena de declaraciones floridas y gestos llamativos para cautivar al amor de su vida… Pero este Romeo tiene más mano con el bate que con los ramos de flores y pronto descubrirá que recuperar a Thea será más complicado de lo que espera. Adéntrate en el mundo de Bromance, donde los príncipes azules tienen mucho que aprender, las heroínas mucho que decir y las páginas no dejan de volar.
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