Staff Picks - Romance

It Happened One Summer

A Novel

By: Tessa Bailey
Narrated by: Charlotte North
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

“This story opened its broad arms and admitted me into the recharging station that I needed so badly in 2021. It was cute. It was sweet. It was heart-wrenching. It was steamy. It was everything! Read more

Secretly Yours

A Novel

Vine Mess: Book #1

By: Tessa Bailey
Narrated by: Callie Dalton
Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Tessa Bailey—#1 New York Times bestselling author, TikTok favorite, and ""the Michelangelo of dirty talk"" (Entertainment Weekly)—comes a spicy small town rom-com about a grumpy professor and the bubbly neighbor he clashes with at every turn...Hallie Welch fell hard for Julian Vos at fourteen, after... Read more

The Bromance Book Club

Bromance Book Club: Book #1

By: Lyssa Kay Adams
Narrated by: Andrew Eiden & Maxwell Caulfield
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

“In just a few short years, Gavin and Thea have gone from starry-eyed young lovers to married with twins. Gavin is at the top of his career in baseball, but Thea is feeling like she’s lost who she is—there is definitely trouble in paradise, and Thea wants out! But Gavin’s teammates invite him to join a book club that just might reignite that... Read more

Beach Read

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

“What do you get when you cross a disillusioned romance author with a Hemingway wannabe? A compulsively readable book where you kind of hope for your train to be delayed so you can spend a few more minutes with January and Gus. These two, saddled with writer’s block, make a pact to write the other’s genre. Literary snobbery is (rightfully) called... Read more

For the Love of the Bard

A Bard's Rest Romance: Book #1

By: Jessica Martin
Narrated by: Gilli Messer
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

“Perfect to read on the beach.” –The Boston Globe

To go for it or not to go for it? That is the question when two former high school flames return to their Shakespeare-obsessed hometown for a summer of theater and unexpected romance, in a laugh-out-loud rom-com from debut author Jessica Martin.

Literary agent and writer Miranda Barnes rolls into... Read more

The Neighbor Favor

The Greene Sisters: Book #1

By: Kristina Forest
Narrated by: Keylor Leigh & Malik Rashad
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

“A sweet romance with an anonymous correspondence premise a la You've Got Mail. I especially loved the peeks into the publishing industry and the hero's book. Read more

The Dane of My Existence

A Bard's Rest Romance: Book #2

By: Jessica Martin
Narrated by: Gilli Messer
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

When the history and character of her Shakespeare-obsessed hometown is threatened, a powerhouse lawyer goes toe to toe with a commercial developer in a hilarious rom-com from the author of For the Love of the Bard.

Portia Barnes is the youngest managing partner in her law firm’s history, and she and her stilettos are poised to step into the role... Read more

Better Hate than Never

The Wilmot Sisters Series: Book #2

By: Chloe Liese
Narrated by: Stephen Dexter & Charlotte North
Length: 11 hours 34 minutes

“I love, love, love the representation in this book! One main character is neurodivergent and demisexual and one main character has a chronic, invisible illness. Childhood enemies turn lovers in this spicy romance (emphasis on SPICY). Overall, I really enjoyed this book and it was a wonderful escape. This was also a good audio book! Read more

Happiness for Beginners

A Novel

By: Katherine Center
Narrated by: Ellie Kemper
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

"Center’s many fans will be delighted, and those who enjoyed the movie will love hearing Kemper narrate the audio. An emotionally narrated novel, full of heart and hope."—Library Journal

As seen on Netflix—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bodyguard and Hello Stranger

The audiobook is read by Ellie Kemper, who starred in the screen... Read more

Hello Stranger

A Novel

By: Katherine Center
Narrated by: Patti Murin
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

“This fun and quirky audiobook is the perfect listen for summertime. I can always count on Katherine Center to deliver a great “beach read” and this one is no different. When a portrait artist all of a sudden finds herself unable to see faces - including her own! - her entire life gets spun upside down. Great narrator, too! Read more

Terms and Conditions

Dreamland Billionaires: Book #2

By: Lauren Asher
Narrated by: Morae Brehon & Jason Clarke
Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Declan



I'm destined to become the next CEO of my family's media empire. The only problem? My grandfather's inheritance clause. Fulfilling his dying wish of getting married and having an heir seemed impossible until my assistant volunteers for the job.



Our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem. But the more we act... Read more

Twisted Love

Twisted: Book #1

By: Ana Huang
Narrated by: Cindy Kay & Aiden Snow
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

He has a heart of ice . . . but for her, he'd burn the world.



Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape. Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart.



But when he's forced to look after... Read more

Neon Gods

Dark Olympus: Book #1

By: Katee Robert
Narrated by: Zara Hampton-Brown & DNU - Alex Moorcock - DNU
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

He was supposed to be a myth. But from the moment I crossed the River Styx and fell under his dark spell... he was, quite simply, mine. Society darling Persephone Dimitriou plans to flee the ultra-modern city of Olympus and start over far from the backstabbing politics of the Thirteen Houses. But all that's ripped away when her mother ambushes... Read more

Something Wild & Wonderful

Nashville Love: Book #2

By: Anita Kelly
Narrated by: Mark Sanderlin
Length: 10 hours 34 minutes

From the author of Love & Other Disasters comes a sparkling sullen-meets-sunshine romance featuring two men's sweeping journey across the Western wilderness. 

Alexei Lebedev’s journey on the Pacific Crest Trail begins with a single snake. And it is angling for the hot stranger who seemed to have appeared out of thin air. Lex is prepared for... Read more