Summer Reads

I’m not sure about you, but I always read more contemporary romance in the summer. I don’t know if it’s because so many rom coms are set on the beach or if it’s because I just need a palette cleanser after reading so many historical romance novels.

What are you reading this summer? You can leave a comment directly on this post (just open in your web browser) to share your recommendations with the rest of us.

 💃 Romance Recommendations

A Love Like the Sun

Internet famous Isaac returns to his hometown for the summer and decides to help his childhood best friend’s business succeed…by pretending to date her. This is also the Threads Book Club pick for July!

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

All Cinnamon wanted was to improve her spice farm. But after she saves the life of demon Fallon, she gets dragged along on an adventure to kill an evil witch. A fun fantasy!

Funny Story

A lot of you mentioned reading Emily Henry, so I decided to read her work for the first time. Funny Story is hilarious! After Daphne’s fiancé leaves her for his childhood best friend Petra, she has to move in with Petra’s ex, Miles. They go from being strangers to roommates to something more.

The Unhoneymooners

Christina Lauren has a goldmine of summertime favorites, but I especially love The Unhoneymooners. After the wedding party gets food poisoning, Olive has to take her sister’s place on her free honeymoon. Unfortunately, she has to take best man Ethan so they can convincingly pretend to be newlyweds.

A Week to be Wicked

If you haven’t tried Tessa Dare yet, the Spindle Cove series is a good place to start. Minerva would much prefer to be reading a book or studying fossils. To save her sister from marrying a rogue (and attend a geology convention) she hires her least favorite British lord to pretend to elope to Scotland with her.

In a Jam

I love a good rom com, and this one is super cute. Shay inherits her grandmother’s tulip farm with one catch: she has to be married within a year. Luckily, Noah’s there to help. The real star of the show is six-year-old Gennie.

Hook, Line, and Sinker

Did you enjoy watching Penelope try to land Lord Debling in Bridgerton? Me too! Hannah’s crushing hard on her colleague and ladies man Fox is the perfect person to help jump start her love life. But as Hannah and Fox spend more time together, Fox starts to realize that he’s helping her land the wrong man.

Just for the Summer

Justin’s cursed. Every woman he dates falls in love with their soul mate right after they break up. When Emma slides into his DMs with a proposal to date to cancel out the curse, he’s all in. It’s a perfect summer fling.

 🎉 Romance Releases Out Now!

Contemporary

The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez

The Game Changer by Lana Ferguson

If You Want Me by Helena Hunting

Seas and Greetings by Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone

Heir, Apparently by Kara McDowell

The Five Stages of Courting Dalisay Ramos by Melissa de la Cruz

The Summer Pact by Emily Griffin

The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey

Business Casual by B.K. Borison

Fantasy

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen

The Duskfire Dragon's Mate by Zoe Chant

Beneath These Cursed Stars by Lexi Ryan

Reckless by Lauren Roberts

Lake of Sorrow by Lindsay Buroker

Bound to the Shadow Prince by Ruby Dixon

Married to the Alien Cowboy by Ursa Dax

Romancing Rem’eb by Ruby Dixon

The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller

Historical

The Meriwell Legacy by Stephanie Laurens

💌 Romancelandia News

💫 Subscribe to Not Controversial

Not Controversial is Nia's weekly newsletter, in which she explores topics we all think about but don't mention aloud — the mental load on women, the lack of pay transparency in corporate culture, the dwindling of third spaces, the difficulty of dealing with friendship breakups, and more. 💌 

Subscribe for free here!

Here’s a few of my favorites from Not Controversial:

🤩 Free Romance Novels

I include affiliate links to Bookshop.org and Amazon in these editions and can make a commission off your purchases.

How do you feel about today’s issue?

You can add more detailed feedback after you get this party started!

Login or Subscribe to participate in polls.

Reply

or to participate.