Romance Staff Picks

Servant To The Spidae

Aspect and Anchor: Book #4

By: Ruby Dixon
Narrated by: Ja'Air Bush
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

All my life I have served. One lord after another, I have given them my time, my body, and my soul. My newest lord, however, is not one but three.

I have become the anchor to the three Aspects of Fate, the mortal chosen to teach the gods humanity. It seems an impossible task for any mortal to satisfy a god's wishes and I must serve... Read more

Check & Mate

By: Ali Hazelwood
Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

“The DRAMA of the international chess scene, a reluctant heroine SLAYING the game, and a demisexual KING who only has dark eyes for her?? This romance between a chess prodigy who gave up the game years ago and the bad boy™? World Champion she trashes at her first game back…it checkmated my heart and made me absolutely rabid to read more! Have you... Read more

Hooked

The Never After Series

By: Emily McIntire
Narrated by: Felicity Munroe & Rupert Hawthorne
Length: 9 hours

He wants revenge, but he wants her more.Once upon a time, there was a little boy.His belly full of laughter, his life full of joy.Until one day, something changed; stripped his innocence away.The hole inside making space for the devil to come and play.His dreams gone forever, he grew up way too fast.An endless night of crocodiles, and watches... Read more

Wretched

The Never After Series

By: Emily McIntire
Narrated by: Vivian Bradford & Robert Hatchet
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Once Upon A Time,there was a wicked girl.She lost everything that mattered,causing darkness to unfurl.Impulsive and intelligent,she helped her family name grow strong.But then one day a man without a heart came along.An undercover agent, meant to spy and bring back tips.Following down her hidden path of faded yellow bricks.She hated him, he... Read more

The Foxglove King

By: Hannah Whitten
Narrated by: Emily Ellet
Length: 16 hours 8 minutes

In this lush, romantic epic fantasy series from a New York Times bestselling author, a young woman’s secret power to raise the dead plunges her into the dangerous and glamorous world of the Sainted King’s royal court. When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. And in the ten years since, she’s lived... Read more

The True Love Experiment

By: Christina Lauren
Narrated by: Jonathan Cole & Cindy Kay
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Sparks fly when a romance writer and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the ultimate Hollywood love story—but only if they can keep the chemistry between them from taking the whole thing off script—from the “divine” (Jodi Picoult) New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation and The Unhoneymooners.

Felicity “Fizzy” Chen... Read more

Rhapsodic

The Bargainer Series: Book #1

By: Laura Thalassa
Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens
Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she’s received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear. Everyone knows that if... Read more

Every Summer After

By: Carley Fortune
Narrated by: Aj Bridel
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

"A radiant debut."—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

Named One of the Hottest Reads of Summer 2022 by Today ∙ Parade ∙ PopSugar ∙ USA Today ∙ SheReads ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ BookBub ∙ Bustle ∙ and more!

Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.
 
They say you... Read more

Part of Your World

By: Abby Jimenez
Narrated by: Julia Whelan & Zachary Webber
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

A refreshingly modern fairy tale and instant New York Times bestseller that Love Hypothesis author Ali Hazelwood hails as "an uplifting, feel-good, romantic read." 

After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery has had her world turned upside down. The cause: Daniel Grant, a ridiculously hot... Read more

Fourth Wing

Empyrean: Book #1

By: Rebecca Yarros
Narrated by: Rebecca Soler & Teddy Hamilton
Length: 20 hours 43 minutes

“Author Rebecca Yarros brings the reader right into the Rider's Quadrant of Bagsiath War College to follow candidate Violet Sorrengail as she fights tooth and nail to prove herself worthy to ride a dragon despite only ever preparing to join the Scribe Quadrant. This book is full of deadly games, hilariously smart dragons, and sexual tension so... Read more

My Magnolia Summer

A Novel

By: Victoria Benton Frank
Narrated by: Dorothy Dillingham Blue
Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

“[B]y writing My Magnolia Summer, a novel of low country food, family drama, and just the right amount of romance, Victoria Benton Frank shows that she is the rightful heir to the crown of summertime storytellers. Her mother would be so proud.” — Ann Patchett Escape to the South Carolina Lowcountry, where family bonds and hidden secrets run... Read more

Unfortunately Yours

A Novel

Vine Mess: Book #2

By: Tessa Bailey
Narrated by: Callie Dalton
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

“Natalie and August are so Willow by Taylor Swift. Like, you're kidding me with them, right, Tessa? They're perfect. I'm utterly obsessed with this book and every beautiful, sweet, snappy, spicy part of it. THIS is the kind of love I want, and now I have a guide book to toss at anyone who asks. Read Unfortunately Yours and be swept away by the... Read more

Happy Place

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

“This is, to me, Emily Henry's best work. There's a mastery of longing here that is hard to describe, but is deeply heartfelt all the same. Her ability to show life and relationships being made of all the small moments and not just big aspirations was deeply relatable. Julia Whelan soars again with an emotive performance. Read more

Meet Me at the Lake

By: Carley Fortune
Narrated by: A.J. Bridel & Carley Fortune
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

A Most Anticipated Book by Today ∙ Oprah Daily ∙ Katie Couric Media ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ SheReads ∙ Zibby Mag ∙ PopSugar ∙ BookRiot ∙ Culturess ∙ Her Campus ∙ The Everygirl ∙ and more!

A random connection sends two strangers on a daylong adventure where they make a promise one keeps and the other breaks, with... Read more

Ignite Me

Shatter Me: Book #3

By: Tahereh Mafi
Narrated by: Kate Simses
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

The heart-stopping third installment in the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Hollow City, called "a thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love."With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn't know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam... Read more

Book Lovers

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

“How can Emily Henry keep outdoing herself like this? Book Lovers is not only an homage to all book lovers, but presents an unconventional, fresh, and self-aware addition to the classic romance canon. Nora and Charlie’s on-the-page chemistry is so intense I thought my book would catch fire, yet at the same time their slow-burn path to love was a... Read more

The Love Hypothesis

By: Ali Hazelwood
Narrated by: Callie Dalton & Teddy Hamilton
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

“Ali Hazelwood's debut is a HIT! This book has it all. On the serious side, we've got valuable conversations of asexuality and a focus on women in STEM and the realities of the academic world. On the tropey side, we've got fake dating, a bit of the grump/sunshine dynamic, and a hilarious play on "there was only one bed"! This book has so many... Read more

Electric Idol

Dark Olympus: Book #2

By: Katee Robert
Narrated by: Alex Moorcock & Zara Hampton-Brown
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

“Electric Idol is Katee's modern take on Eros and Psyche and my first ever retelling of these two. I've read my fair share of Hades retellings, but never one of Eros, aka- Greek god of love and sex. You will know him from his Roman counterpart: Cupid (desire). I liked drawing cupids as a teen, so I knew of Cupid and Eros, but I knew close to... Read more

Wicked Beauty

Dark Olympus: Book #3

By: Katee Robert
Narrated by: Alex Moorcock & Zara Hampton-Brown
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

“I think I am in my Katee Robert Era! I've read/listen to ten of her books so far this year. I love the Dark Olympus series. She's created a fascinating modern Olympus world. Katee knows how to write a SPICY book. The scenes are written with intention, care and respect. Wicked Beauty is my favorite book from the series. The majority of the story... Read more

Radiant Sin

Dark Olympus: Book #4

By: Katee Robert
Narrated by: Zara Hampton-Brown & Alex Moorcock
Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

“Katee Robert’s version of a slow burn romance almost killed me. The TENSION! The ANTICIPATION! Cassandra and Apollo’s chemistry is exquisite. If you are looking for a spicy romance set in a world of increasingly complex and suspenseful political intrigue, the Dark Olympus series should move right to the top of your TBR! Read more