Reading: Romance

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 and talking about their personal lives. When Lincoln applied to be an Internet security officer for this company, 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. Fiction. 323 pages. Disponible en español.

A witty romance where a no-nonsense literary agent, Nora, finds herself reluctantly tangled in small-town antics, and banter with her professional nemesis brings unexpected sparks. Fiction. 377 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

Chess whiz Mallory Greenleaf is done with the game that destroyed her family, but then agrees to one last game at a charity tournament, where she is sucked into a fierce competition and attraction with the Bad Boy of chess. Young adult fiction. 352 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

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.This is the first book of a trilogy. 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

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.

A heartwarming rom-com where two jilted exes, Daphne and Miles, team up for a fake relationship to make their former partners jealous, only to discover unexpected chemistry, quirky small-town adventures, and a "funny story" of their own.Fiction. 535 pages. Available as audiobook

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.

A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children's team in this small-town love story. Fiction. 376 pages. Disponible en español.

Set in the Harlem Renaissance, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is a swoon-worthy love story of two passionate artists drawn to the magic, romance, and opportunity of New York, and whose lives are uniquely and irreversibly linked. Fiction. 342 pages

They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life--steady boyfriend, close family--who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Fiction. 369 pages.

A super-sexy fantasy novel that reimagines the myth of Persephone and Hades in a modern setting. Fiction. 369 pages. Available as ebook

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.

Are they truly the same people they were when they got married at nineteen? In a desperate attempt to fix what they fear is near breaking, Sarah and Caleb make the spontaneous decision to join a grueling hiking trip intended to guide couples through rough patches. Fiction. 319 pages

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. Young adult fiction. 360 pages. Available as ebook

Jane Austen's classic novel about a spirited young woman, Elizabeth Bennet, who copes with upper class snobbery and the antic of her sisters as she holds on to her commitment to marrying for love. Fiction. 281 pages. Available as audiobook

Jeanie Ellis inherits her aunt's beloved café in small-town Dream Harbor, but what will happen when the high-energy city girl meets that the grumpy-but-gorgeous local farmer, Logan? Fiction. 373 pages.

Alex Claremont-Diaz, son of the President of the United States, finds himself drawn in a whirlwind romance with Prince Henry, heir to the British throne, which could derail his mother's re-election campaign and upend two nations. Young Adult Fiction. 421 pages. Available as audiobook.

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

A dark romantic fantasy where two rivals must collaborate to uncover the truth about a mysterious author, all within a crumbling gothic manor by the sea, with sinister forces—both mortal and magical—conspiring against them. Young adult fiction. 376 pages.

From award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone comes an enthralling, romantic novel spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. Fiction 198 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

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

A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family—and a new love—changes the course of her life. Fiction. 318 pages

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.