Reading: Romance

Logan Witherspoon is attracted to a new student at his small-town high school, Sage, who is tall, unconventionally pretty, and a much-needed friend. One day, Logan kisses her, and then Sage discloses a secret: biologically, she's a boy. Young Adult Fiction. 360 pages. Available as ebook

Nina Askew, newly forty and divorced, wants a puppy, but what she gets is Fred, an overweight, somewhat smelly middle-aged dog ... and an introduction to the gorgeous downstairs neighboor. Fiction. 224 pages.

In this Cinderella story, Ash grows up believing in the fairy realm that the king and his philosophers have sought to suppress, until one day she must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King's Huntress whom she loves. Young Adult Fiction. 264 pages.

Beth and Jennifer know their company monitors their office e-mail, but they still spend all day sending each other messages, gossiping about their coworkers at the newspaper and baring their personal lives like an open book. When Lincoln applied to be an Internet security officer, he never imagined he'd be reading personal emails like some Peeping Tom, but here he is, falling in love with someone he's never met. You'll want to read this sparkling, laugh-out-loud funny book over and over again. Fiction. 323 pages.

A sudden and powerful romance blossoms between an adolescent boy and a young man who is a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Nonfiction. 248 pages.

The powerful bond between two brothers--one alive and the other killed in a terrible accident--unexpectedly transcends the barriers of life and death, and it is up to one enchanting woman to make their world right. Heartwarming and moving. Fiction. 306 pages.

John, a high school dropout, enlists in the Army not knowing what else to do with his life. While in the Army he meets Savannah, the girl of his dreams. They fall in love and she awaits his return from the Army. Then 9/11 changes everything. Fiction. 278 pages.

Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, she falls in love. Young Adult Fiction. 441 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

Money can't buy a good first impression. Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers learned early that the rich are not to be trusted. Enter Xander Spence--he's tall, handsome, and oozing rich. Despite his charming ways and the fact that he seems to be one of the first people who actually gets her, she's smart enough to know his interest won't last. Or will they? Fiction. 320 pages. Available as ebook

Imaging waking up every morning in a different body. This is the only life A has ever known. A has developed rules over time to avoid attachments and causing problems for the person whose body A inhabits that day. And it works until A ends up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend Rhiannon. Now A struggles in every body to find a way to reconnect with Rhiannon. Can A make it work and could Rhiannon really love someone who is going to change every day? Young Adult Fiction. 324 pages. Available as ebook

As violence and unrest looms over their country, Nadia and Saeed embark on a furtive love affair.. As the violence escalates, Nadia and Saeed leave their homeland and begin their life as refugees. Described as "spellbinding" and "all too relevant." Fiction. 231 pages. Available as ebook

Hazel,a 16-year old girl with stage IV thyroid cancer. To help her deal with her clinical depression, her doctor sends her to a weekly support group where she meets "hottie" Augustus Waters, a fellow cancer survivor. Irreverent, raw, and unforgettable. Young Adult Fiction. 318 pages. Available as ebook

Seventeen-year-olds Stella and Will, both suffering from cystic fibrosis, realize the only way to stay alive is to stay apart, but their love for each other is slowly pushing the boundaries of physical and emotional safety. Young Adult Fiction. 281 pages.

Thom Creed, the gay son of a disowned superhero, finds that he, too, has special powers and is asked to join the very League that rejected his father, and it is there that Thom finds other misfits whom he can finally trust. Young Adult Fiction. 428 pages.

Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian. The attraction is immediate. As Tala’s wedding day approaches, the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself. Fiction. 204 pages.

When popular high school senior Holland Jaeger meets "out and proud" lesbian Cece Goddard, an instant spark leads to flirtation, and Holland comes to realize that "the man of her dreams is a girl." Young Adult Fiction. 250 pages. Available as ebook

Stella, a math whiz, has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. So she hires a professional, Michael Phan, a Vietnamese and Swedish stunner, for a no-nonsense partnership, and learns that love is the best kind of logic. Fiction. 317 pages.

Resentful and rebellious, Veronica “Ronnie” Miller is angry about having to leave New York City to spend time with her divorced father in Wilmingon. Butsoon Ronnie meets Will, the town's local heartthrob and the last person she thought she'd ever be. Fiction. 413 pages.

Coming into the possession of a photograph of a smiling woman he has never met, a man experiences a chain of fortuitous events that causes him to regard the photograph as a lucky charm, a belief that prompts a heartfelt search for the woman. Fiction. 332 pages.

All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, and whom to marry. But if she is Matched to Xander, why is she thinking about Ky? Young Adult Fiction. 369 pages. Available as ebook

"Funny, surprising, and heartbreaking... A thought-provoking, thoroughly entertaining novel that captures the complexity of love." (review from People). Fiction. 369 pages.

A 36-year-old single mother finds a bottle containing a love letter written only three weeks earlier by a man declaring his love to his darling Catherine. She decides to try to make contact with the man in hopes of changing both their lives. Fiction. 342 pages.

High school student Nick O'Leary, member of a rock band, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart. Hang on for an epic night of adventure in Manhattan. Young Adult Fiction. 183 pages.

A poor and passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom. Will their social differences divide them? Fiction. 239 pages. Available as audiobook

Tough guy Alex is primarily known by his classmates as a dangerous member of the Latino Bloods gang. He's not exactly thrilled when Brittany Ellis, the school's seemingly perfect beauty queen, is assigned as his lab partner and the feeling is more than mutual. Sparks fly in this smoldering romance. Fiction. 360 pages. Available as ebook

Drafted against her will to serve the regime of Vladimir Putin as an intelligence seductress, Dominika Egorova engages in a charged effort of deception and tradecraft with first-tour CIA officer Nathaniel Nash before a forbidden attraction threatens their careers. Fiction. 434 pages.

Brad Cutler seems to have the perfect life and is about to marry his dream girl, but memories of an old high school girlfriend disrupt his plans. A heartwarming novel from the Christian Fiction genre. Fiction. 333 pages. Available as audiobook

In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity. A Romeo and Juliet plot - with werewolves. Young Adult Fiction. 392 pages.

When infertility ends Max and Zoe’s marriage, Max turns to drinking – then religion – while Zoe falls in love with Vanessa, a school counselor. When Vanessa offers to carry one of Zoe and Max's fertilized embryos, Max sues for custody. Fiction. 466 pages.

Two teens--Daniel, the son of Korean shopkeepers, and Natasha, whose family is here illegally from Jamaica--cross paths in New York City on an eventful day in their lives--Daniel is on his way to an interview with a Yale alum, Natasha is meeting with a lawyer to try and prevent her family's deportation to Jamaica--and fall in love. Young Adult Fiction. 344 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

"Provocative and insightful, this gender-bending novel will make readers question what it means to be a man or a woman, and how strongly these identities are influenced by biological and cultural pressures." (Booklist). Fiction. 352 pages.

When the spirit of Lara's feisty great-aunt Sadie mysteriously appears, she has one last request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in Sadie's possession for more than seventy-five years, and Sadie cannot rest without it. Fiction. 435 pages.

When Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human. Young Adult Fiction. 498 pages. Available as ebook

Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them hope. Fiction. 350 pages. Available as ebook

Abandoned by her boyfriend at a Wal-Mart in Oklahoma, Novalee Nation, 17 years old and seven months pregnant, soon discovers the treasures hiding in this small Southwest town. Fiction. 376 pages.