He cant decide whether he wants to forgo treatment and enjoy the few months he has left or undergo taxing chemo that may save his life. Nobody likes being hurt, but in the romance world, injuries often lead to the sexiest of moments. Heroine is left at the altar on television, and the cameraman who made sure the world saw it all becomes integral in her finding a new guyuntil he realizes he wants to be that guy. What theyll find are stories written mainly by women, writing for women, providing hope, inspiration, and many different roadmaps for triumph. Romantic suspense. Best-maid heroine goes into competition for best bachelor(ette) party with the bride's brother, whom she's carried a torch for forever. 16,057 ratings Criteria for this list: -Book ends in HEA. Four years after the heroine confessed her feelings for the playboy hero and he did not reciprocate, he comes back into her life to fight for her. Melanie Lynskey, Seth Meyers, and More Support WGA Amid Negotiations. 126 min He's not one for company, but now he must play nursemaid for Merry, his unexpected guest and a woman who has ignited unprecedented passion in his heart. $53.70M, PG-13 BUY INDIE; Listen to the Fated Mates Best of 2021 Episode. He's a hockey star, she's the daughter of the team owner, training to take over. Hilariously funny.BUY INDIE. It could really simplify you narrow down your book search. Lela, a 47-year-old divorced makeup artist, wakes up after . These books give us a record of our times via the moments best comic minds. Eventually she gives in to their love just before she dies of consumption. Abigail Breslin, Witty banter, sexy hero, kissing over donuts and some of the most honest fat rep Ive read. Heroine is attacked while mountain climbing and reclusive mountain man finds her, nurses her back to health. Harold and Maude (1971): In this one, the terminal disease is old age. Mora Ogilvy is no wilting flower, but even she has to admit that attempting to flee her ruthless cousins on a stolen horse wasn't her smartest plan. She disagrees.BUY INDIE, First in a contemporary duology. CLICK CLICK**. Kathy Bates, 2023 Vox Media, LLC. **, Heroine who has been personal assistant to her best friend hero decides she can't live with her unrequited love any longer and quits. BUY INDIE, 90s-set category romance from one of Harlequins first contemporary romance novelists. | Gross: Hoping to find some solace, Emery moves in with her father and his family, which includes her new stepbrother, Kaiden Monroe. After realizing that all of her boyfriends dump her and marry the next person they date, Alex decides shes going to interview her exesand falls for an old friend in the balance. His ghost haunts him and they fall in love. Theres definitely . It could really simplify you narrow down your book search. Lisa Kudrow, Votes: Pleasure at Home. As a young girl, Rose was afraid of the infamous Morgan LeMasters, but she won't let him hurt her family. Not Sell My Personal Information. Rose Langtry grew up as one of a big loving family on a ranch in picturesque Whispering Pines, Colorado. Romance.io is a website that suggest . Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran, the 2015 Historical Romance: Long winner, is a Regency-set historical with a heroine who falsifies references to gain entry into the home of a Duke. Charming f/f contemporary about a transwoman who joins a roller derby team, finds new friendships and falls in love with the team captain. Laura Dern, Votes: 1,212 ratings My favorite old school romance but VERY old school and problematic. with a dark side falls for a new-in-town architect who shares his taste for bondage. Want more romance? Sexy contemporary. 18. Medieval historical - The reimagined story of Eleanor Plantagenet and Simon de Montfort. | 126 min BUY INDIE, Steampunk paranormal;Dirty talking hero has metal heart that is killing him. Take Carolina Dreamingby Virginia Kantra, the 2017 RITA winner in the Contemporary Mid-Length category. First in a regency historical series; The Scarlet Pimpernel meets Regency Romance with a chick-lit wrapper. Merman hero, forced to hunt heroine who can foretell death. Exactly the kind of secret baby story I want. Itsthe story of a divorced woman recovering from an abusive marriage. $41.28M, PG-13 This book will gut you. Of course. Leaving Las Vegas (1995): Nicolas Cage may have made a few stinkers after starring in this film, but he certainly deserved his Oscar for playing Ben, an alcoholic who goes to Las Vegas to literally drink himself to death. Not only winning but winning with style, and building a future in which the hero honors the person shes fought to become. In It Had To Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, winner of 1994 Best Romance Award, the first chapter is set at the funeral of the heroine's father, a ruthless businessman and owner of the Chicago Stars NFL team. Heroine is a member of the Royal Guard, sent to retrieve a cocky prince on walkabout and bring him home to resume his duties. Old-school historical. It's a dangerous job, maybe the most treacherous in the Pacific Northwest, but it's the perfect way for Jesse to give up the real world and reject all social contact. | But it seems that no one else is liking the minty-fresh look. And sexy. Rat-catcher hero. Old School Romance. BUY INDIE, Contemporary. RELATED: Books Like Outlander That'll Make You Want a Scot of Your Own. An unrequited love story set in the NBA, heroine is in an abusive relationship with a basketball player, loved from afar by one of his rivals. Dying Young (1991): Really only suitable for those who feel the need to see every film in the Julia Roberts oeuvre, this sad tale was an early career misfire in which she plays an aimless young woman named Hilary who ends up nursing rich-kid Victor (Campbell Scott), who is dying of leukemia. A food critic and a chef go head-to-head in New York City. Revenge plot. Frog biologist Audrey Lockhart is nearly killed by a vicious attack. 2,113 ratings Restless (2011): Hopelessly twee and too hip for its own good, this movie even has a manic pixie dying-of-cancer girl. She needs to search the house to find incriminating letters that implicate the man trying to kill her, the plan being to blackmail him to back off. Romance.io is a website that suggest romance novels to readers based on what they've previously read. It's very touching, and is one of the few Ward books I still recommend. Director: Heroine is a Regency-era fixer -- Olivia Pope in a corset. This is one walk you can definitely forget. My favorite is Wrong Number Text, but you cant go wrong with any of them. Sci-fi erotic romance. Emotional and sexy (menage scenes). By continuing to browse, you accept the use of cookies and other technologies. Opposites attract/enemies to lovers. Contemporary. Cameron Diaz, He's spent years trying to stop Frankie Langtry's gang but Rose is a different matter. And yes, some smooching. Heroine has mastectomy and pushes away from the hero. BUY INDIE, Set in 1959, 1975 and 1992 against the backdrop of the Cold War, Honeytrap is a slow-burn romance that is absolutely one-of-a-kind. A lady casino-owner and the newspaperman desperate for all her secrets. score: 989 , and 10 people voted. "Kisses should not leave you satisfiedthey should leave you wanting.. Two survivors of a violent attack at a research lab in Antarctica have to trek across a harsh landscape to safetythere will be danger-banging. This one isn't for everyone, but it was definitely for me. published 2012, Did You Miss Me? First in a delicious, catnippy series. She's beautiful, caring, and doesn't have a bad bone in her body. Examples I can think of off the top of my head are Brighter than the Sun by Julia Quinn and Seduction of a Highland Lass by Maya Banks. However, their stories are not about their traumas. Gothic Regency -- grave robbers sell the hero to the heroine's father for anatomy research, not realizing he's not actually dead (he's actually a duke!). 35,602 Freevees new series will determine whos the greatest reality-TV contestant across. Terms of Service apply. BUY INDIE. French heroine with abusive past is now chef at ski resort. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google | Cue the fireworks! Regency historical;Duke hero, barmaid heroine. Rich 20-something Harold (Bud Cort) doesnt know his beloved Maude (Ruth Gordon) is going to kill herself before the moment she does it or does he? Smokin' hot (see what I did there?). Enemies to lovers/wrong-side-of-the-tracks. BUY INDIE, Listen to the Fated Mates episode about Lord of Scoundrels. Very sexy/bordering on erotic. Google Book's Advance Book Search allows you to search one of the largest book databases online by using keywords, phrases, words, subject, and more. Gorgeous historical. flag. A dancer who has one shot to make it to Broadway misses itand in the arms of a sexy NYC baker, for a romance that is as yummy as his bakes. The most gripping TV drama of the year is happening behind closed doors. Noah Mabry's life fell apart when he returned from war in Afghanistan with PTSD. Badass heroine in a tavern knife fight? First in a duology. All Votes Add Books To This List. Privacy Policy and Listen to the Fated Mates episode about The Player. Instead, Heroine stops him & ruins him instead. He's the only man who has ever made her feel loved and worth loving, not a broken shell of a person to be pitied. Now Is Good (2012): Tessa (Dakota Fanning) has been undergoing chemo for several years to treat her leukemia, but it isnt working. After Oliver becomes a successful lawyer, they find out that Jenny is dying of leukemia, so they ask his father for money for her costly treatment. Estranged lovers is a theme James comes back to time and time again in her novelsthree times in the Desperate Duchesses series alone! BUY INDIE, Stunning erotic historical debut with hints of gothic and modern. Comic book writer hero with legendary skill in the bedroom falls accidentally in love with his best friend's tomboy sister when she asks him how to land a boyfriend. a popular audience, a huge body of romance novels whose heroines are recovering from treatment began to emerge in the mid-1990s and con-tinues into the present. Heroine is unable to have children, and thinks that she's unable to have the hero because of it. Also, I recently read Barefoot in the Grass by Judith Arnold and loved itthe heroine is quite the fighter. Five years later, a secret baby is revealed when Hamas kidnaps him. A beautiful, honest love story between two ordinary guys who feel like they don't fituntil they do. Contemporary romance; genius heroine desperate for a child seduces NFL quarterback and quickly discovers the mistake. The twist is that Augustus is in remission, but he gets sick again and Hazel ends up surviving him. Error rating book. As happens. 16. Magnificent rep for mental illness. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Listen to the Fated Mates episode on Passion, Emo goth vampire sick with blood lust is sent to dry out in a haunted New Orleans mansion, and falls in love with the beautiful ghost there. She also falls in love with her doctor (Gael Garca Bernal) and expires just as her best friend is giving birth. Thief heroine steals one penny from his hoard. (Finally, a cancer-ridden teen girl who makes it to the final credits!) 2. Hilary Swank, A vampire romance set in the reimagined court of Versailles, in a world where vampires exist and everyone knows. Listen to the Waking Up With the Duke episode of Fated Mates. The two open restaurant together, very sexy and fun. The great thing about the internet is that, if searching online doesn't help, crowdsourcing just may be the ticket! You loved Magic Mike XXL and now theres a romance novel just for you. I scrolled through listed books on good reads tagged with heroine sick/has breast cancer but i wasnt able to look through all of them. Deliciously funny. **, This book is what happens when you put small town romances and menage romance into a reactor and slam them together. Usually in breast cancer romances, the heroine has lost a breast (and sometimes hair) to cancer, feels unattractive in her altered body, and fears she will never be loved or desired again. When a stranger steals Sir Gybbon Murray's horse, he thanks his lucky stars that the animal doesn't take too kindly to strangers. Jonathan Levine A delightful, sexy book.BUY INDIE. Emery has been living with a chronic but invisible illness for a long time. Guilt-stricken, Morgan decides to take care of her. Plus-sized heroine and her unrequited childhood crush. Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease. Widowed heroine named Passion finds same at the Crystal Palace Exhibition only to discover that the man she craves is betrothed to her cousin. Guilt-stricken, Morgan decides to take care of her. Sexual tension for days. She ran away from home, created a new life and fabulous persona for herself, and shows up at his funeral in an outrageous outfit with her little dog and her friend, a prominent male model. Want to Read. By: Mia Sheridan | 352 pages | Published: 2017 | Popular Shelves: romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, new-adult, read-in-2017 | Search "Most Of All You by Mia Sheridan". Hero has other plans. Our heroine hated her father with good reason. -Heroine doesn't die. The hero and heroine are being hunted by rich dudes as part of their death sentence on a futuristic prison planet. My only YA novel -- a little bit rompy Regency, a little bit the story of three best friends, a little bit murder mystery. Rock star hero struggling with depression falls for an ordinary girl in an extraordinary way. Older heroine running for City Council canvasses the home of a younger, blind, dirty-talking, virgin, recluse billionaire. Old school romance. Definitely my favorite hero. I also want to get Early Bird Books newsletter featuring book deals, recommendations, and giveaways. Director: London's strangest debutante seeks out a notorious rake to teach her about the science of love before she marriesonly to discover that this rake is nothing like he seems. RELATED: Historical Romance Novels That Will Steal Your Heart. The hero of the story is forced, over and over, to look beyond our heroines outrageousness to realize that she has for more strengths and smarts than anyone believes exists. Thankfully, there are other ways to search the internet for the romance novel title that's on the tip of your tongue. Heroine raised in a cult returns home to investigate a series of murders alongside sexy local sheriff. Beautiful secondary love story, which arcs over the whole, delicious series. Margo Harshman, It will be great. In The Texans Reward by Jodi Thomas, which won the Short Historical RITA in 2016, the heroine is disabled, left without the use of her legs due to a gunshot wound. A beautiful romance about life and love and how they intersect. Oops, the woman I slept with last night is the widowed stepmother of the woman Im supposed to marry? Very bananas. Arrogant lawyer hero laid low by amazing heroine & her 5 adopted kids. 1,952 ratings BONKERS. Heroine reunites with estranged mother, must face her past. Paranormal; heroine has emotions in a world that devalues them. Important and emotional. This sexy-contemporary is for pen-pal romance lovers out therehe's a grumpy old Special Forces dude. A bananas-hot billionaire businessman hero and a smart-as-a-whip lawyer heroine fall in love amidst corporate espionage. And then they fall for each other. 9. **, BUY INDIE; Listen to the Best Romance of 2020 Episode of Fated Mates. Hes wanted her for ages and when he finally gets her, its perfect. Gorgeous, important book. It killed her sister and left her mother broken-hearted beyond repair. The heroine grew up as the child of alcoholics, and was raped by their drinking buddy, and has tried to commit suicide twice. Extremely sexy second chance love story between a megastar rapper and his best friends sister, who hes wanted forever. Because this is the way terminal romance movies work, she dies anyway. Delicious. Old School Romance. 445 ratings +1 for delicious "loves all women" hero, +1 for curvy girl, crack shot heroine, +1 for delicious m/m secondary love story. Gybbon will care for this feisty woman who wants justice for her family. On their site, you can search for books by time period, genre, theme, and character type and more. A slow burn of a romance that I couldnt put down. So, she decides to take a three-week hike through the Scottish Highlands. 213,750 Eye on Romance is romance novel and author directory you can use to search for books by theme, hero or heroine's name, or character type. Pre-Victorian Romancing the Stone, but with fewer crocodiles and more celebrity scandal. Beautiful, honest, sexy book. Yes! Beautiful and emotional. Listen to the Fated Mates episode of The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever. Two Regency Era spies married for work, and now she's looking for an annulment so she can marry for love. Listen to the Taking the Heat Fated Mates episode, Edwardian historical; Male/Male. Erotic historical. Black artist heroine & white police officer find love in NYC. So good. Listen to the Best Romance of 2020 Episode of Fated Mates. Privacy Policy. Its also a pattern that has existed since the awards first began in 1982. 6,332 ratings This series, set in a small town filled with heroes who all know how to get it done, is a perfect fast read. Erotic historical. Hero and heroine work in same room, loathe each other, are up for the same promotion. reviews, Tulsa Studies seeks path-breaking literary, historicist, and theoretical work by both established and emerging Virgin heroine hires a male escort to take her virginity. 14. Richard LaGravenese on Goodreads, Any book or romance Facebook groups or online communities you belong to, How To Find The Title Of That Romance Novel You Can't Remember The Name Of. The second in a prison planet series is basically sexy-The Most Dangerous Game. Best bad sex ever. I don't want to tell you anything about it, just trust me. Nerdy spinster accidentally ruined by dark, brooding lord. Hells Belles Book 2 a little bit girl from the wrong side of the river, a little bit stern brunch dukeand a lot only one bed on a road trip!Preorder it Signed. All rights reserved. RELATED: 14 Western Romance Books to Make You Yearn for a Cowboy of Your Own. A love story set against the backdrop of family responsibility and expectation.BUY INDIE. Kidman plays Satine, a courtesan and singer who entrances Christian (Ewan McGregor), a poor young writer who has moved to Paris to become an artist. Publishing articles, notes, archival research, and Full disclosure, its difficult for me to limit the number of Sophie Jordan books on my list because I love her writing almost as much as I love her. (Buy Indie), Delicious secret billionaire story. avg rating 3.90 And what would men do? Bartender heroine loses apartment, must move in with sexy, amazing, single boss. Did I mention hes a boat builder? Contemporary romance, opposites attract. Stars: 4. Not saying we should start prepping but we should start prepping. (Book 1 of 2.5). The heroine has been obsessed with hero since childhood. Desolate and evocative. A chubby little girl with ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. Bride left at the altar is rescued by the grooms hot Navy SEAL brother and his equally hot lover. What happens when Britain's most eligible bachelor ends up at a country house filled entirely with women? Gilded Age American-set novella. published 2011, avg rating 4.03 We're hoping to make life a little bit easier for your today by giving you the resources to find the title of romance novel you've forgotten! The reader doesnt find out until later in the book that the reason for the heroines estrangement from her father was that he never believed her when she reported being raped. Hes a hockey star, shes the daughter of the team owner, training to take over. Scandal & Scoundrel Book I - My road trip romance! Second in a series with the same triad, but I read it first and it was perfect.**. Gorgeously written. Shailene Woodley gives an excellent performance as Hazel, a teen with thyroid cancer who meets the love of her life, Augustus (Ansel Elgort), at a support group for teens with terminal illnesses. Heroine with spinal cord injury, injured hockey-player hero. Hero falls for his best friend's sister, who has read the book. This pattern of recovery with the support of a hero who sees the strength of the heroine, has repeated itself across all the romance sub-genres awarded in the RITA Award, from historicals to contemporary romantic comedies to paranormals and even the recently revived category of mainstream fiction with romantic elements. The band have become the very thing their critics accuse them of. Add in serial-killers and a heroine with a secret. Hero loses his fiancee to her shenanigans, forces her to help him find a new wife. Heroine who runs a gossip rag seduced by a hero attempting to keep her from discovering his secrets. Stars: Scan this QR code to download the app now. Second chance at love -- Heroine is a fence, hero is her first love, once accused of murder, now back to win her. | Want to Read. An absolutely delicious foodie spin on Youve Got Mail, this one is a romance between a podcaster who works in her family restaurant and the dreamy restauranteur opening a place across the street. In contrast to the others Ive described, it is a dark book, but it begins as the heroine believes shes found a way to function in the world. But this one might be my very very favorite. The pair fall in love, but he offs himself anyway, which inspired a boycott and the hashtag#MeBeforeEuthanasiaon Twitter. Hero is secretary of a Regency sex club; heroine is hired to work at the club and soon becomes his sexual dominant. Heroine is Londons darling. Clear rating. 101 min Hero is aristocrat masquerading as servant, falls in love with governess. High school crushes reunited when one joins the others band as its new drummer. The reason I came to love this hero, who enters the story in a scene in which he drunkenly throws a bottle at the heroine, is that he recognizes that while hes been mired in self-pity and unable to leave the house, the heroine has been remaking her life, and taking steps to outflank her enemies. these films can verge on distasteful, exploiting real-life illnesses for cheap tears. Romantic suspense. Romantic Suspense. J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author) The story of fated mates gone wrong.BUY INDIE, Erotic contemporary; heroine turning over bad girl leaf, damaged artist hero. Romance Novels dealing with Cancer in some way. This one is , and full of all the bits you want from this kind of story duty vs. love and lots of alphas who dont like feelings. Her boss shows up instead. Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of the Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: As part of your account, youll receive occasional updates and offers from New York, which you can opt out of anytime. and our Comedy, Drama, Romance. When the heroines past is used to drive a wedge between her and her lover, a ruthless mafia kingpin, she has no choice but to take offleaving him to realize what a dope hes been and do anything to win her back. (SERIOUSLY) Debut. Heroine is a senior in college, hero is a literature professor 10 years her senior. A badass bartender heroine and a professor work are at odds on the future of her grandmothers bar. Each book features a different kink; explored with sexiness and emotion. Heroine finally shows him and they reconcile. 2013 University of Tulsa BUY INDIE, Black suffragette heroine hiding her work from her family and friends meets hero working to enforce the 15th Amendmentwho thinks suffrage should take a back seat for a bit. John Marley, Old school regency historical. Stars: BUY INDIE. He's willing to give her what she wantsfor a price. BUY INDIE, Heroine is obsessed with the wrong man, whose brother is wild about her. BUY INDIE, Accidental drunken Vegas marriage to a rock star leads to two people falling into wonderful love. A near-perfect contemporary. Absolutely magnificent Chicago-set contemporary. If youre attracted to someone on the yacht, the worst thing you can do is tell Gary. Mental illness subplot. But there is a nude painting and a big burly Scot. The 2020 print edition includes an introduction by Sarah BUY INDIE, Listen to the Gentle Rogue episode of Fated Mates, Regency historical; retelling of The Hangover. For terms and use, please refer to our Terms and Conditions Imagine if the XMen were less superhero-y and also sexy, broken men. The script is so smart and understated that youll barely realize youre watching a terminal romance movie. Marquess and war hero returns home with PTSD and a need for funds. Beautiful book about family and love. But Morgan's feelings run far deeper than those of mere practicality. This post is sponsored by Open Road Media. Y U M. Sports contemporary. **, A prince, his bodyguard, and the woman they both love. published 2013, avg rating 3.84 The ebook comes bundled with Welcome to Temptationanother of my favorites! Ryan O'Neal, This site uses cookies to improve user experience. BUY INDIE, Listen to the Fated Mates episode on Indigo. Drama, Romance. Four erotic historical novellas set in a Regency-Era Sex Club. Director: The heroine lost her memory and is desperate to understand herself, so she seeks out the only person she can find who might help -- her ex-boyfriend, who still has a thing for herif only he can forgive her. I'm feeling kind of fragile lately, so I'd love your recs of books where the heroine is injured/ill and the hero helps her recover or, like, sits by her bedside and is distraught and protective. New Orleans-set contemporary category; unrequited love/teenage crush/one night stand made good. They try to create a Spectacular Spectacular at the titular cabaret even as Satine rebuffs his advances for more wealthy suitors. Again, the book is a comedy but, like all great comedies, it does not overlook the pain behind the laughter. A little bit D/s romance, a little bit boss/employee romance and a really terrific, uniquely structured romance. Doctor hero is eager to build a medical research center threatening heroines artists community. Meanwhile, the Duke is mired in a deep depression because not only is his wife dead from a drug overdose but shed been cheating on him for years, with several men, and spilling political secrets to his rivals. And I've your at all paranormal inclined, Lover Eternal by J.R Ward has a heroine who's been through multiple cancer battles and is still fighting. Its extremely fun. Hero & heroine have been best friends since 4th Grade, and finally discover that they're in love. Hero (in love with another) agrees to marry her for her reputation. While still liable to many of the criticisms leveled by feminists in the 1980s and beyond, romances can tell new stories as well as the old ones, expanding an inadequate set of cultural and emotional vocabularies. The first in a truly bananas hockey series this one begins with the hero & heroine surviving a plane crash only to discover that they work together. Ansel Elgort, Heroine is a perfume girl on the run. Old School (ish). | Gross: 1. What starts off as a classic alpha-submissive, billionaire hero/working class domme romance ends up as a pretty delightful example of the real work romance can do when it sets out to do it. Its a pretty alluring fantasy: to be taken care of by your handsome hero, usually in very close proximity to one another and with little chance of leaving. Personal chef to a rock band falls for studio musician with a devastating past. In It Had To Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, winner of 1994 Best Romance Award, the first chapter is set at the funeral of the heroines father, a ruthless businessman and owner of the Chicago Stars NFL team. So, I remember reading this book ages ago. There might be bad guys. But his mom persuades him to wait six months in hopes that he might change his mind, maybe after he meets his attractive new caretaker, Lou (Emilia Clarke). . And if all else fails, talk to your local librarian! Over and over, these stories feature heroines overcoming doubt, horrific traumas, and the bad hands that fate has dealt to them and, finally, winning. Everest. You've already combed through your Kindle, checked your bookshelf, and looked at your shelves on Goodreads, but you still can't figure out the name of a book.

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