Sultry reads and fairy-tale retellings abound.
Need a bit of summer loving?
If you still need that perfect beach read, here’s our six favorite romance novels of summer 2023.
Avon
Throughout the series, the two have made sparks any time they’ve come near each other.
Now their story gets to roar to a full-throated blaze.
Imogen is a marvel, a girl with a sharp mind and a remarkable understanding of explosives.
Forever
MacLean burrows into Imogen’s hurt and sense of muchness with a keenly felt sense of empathy.
MacLean ensures that one never negates the other.
His roughness and overwhelming masculinity is what makes him irresistible to Imogen (and to readers).
Berkley
Quite simply no one does historical romance like her.
She is not just the belle of the ball but the queen too.
Quito Cruz dreams of writing big Broadway musicals, but he pays the bills working at a piano bar.
Canary Street Press
Emmett and Quito were unlikely friends in high school, but they haven’t spoken in years.
To make matters worse, the sex was BAD.
Reviewing books for EW might be my business, but reading this novel was nothing but a pleasure.
Forever
InTheSecret to a Southern Wedding,she tackles the attraction to your stepbrother trope with panache.
Imani is still recovering from the trauma of her father’s mistress attempting to kill her mother years before.
The climax is handled a smidge too swiftly, but it doesn’t make the story any less engaging.
Hyperion Avenue
Aaron is meant to seek out blackmail materials to ensure such a thing could come to pass.
Isabelle’s luxurious gowns and Aaron’s moral code make for pure reader catnip.
Zoraida Cordova has a playful writing style full of clever nods to everything fromLittle Mermaidcharacters to the cherished dinglehopper.
Heat Rating:
Grade: A
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