Best Romance Novels

Welcome!

Are you looking for a great romance novel to read? This blog, in association with the website Best Romance Novels Today, is dedicated to posting the best romance novels we can find anywhere on the internet.

We scour the web, searching independent review sites for the best romance novels. We consider books from large publishers, and also gems from the small presses. Each book posted has earned a five star review from a respected reviewer. In addition, we check that novel's average star ranking on Amazon. If a book earns 5 stars from both sources (or averages 4 1/2 stars with at least 20 reviews on Amazon), we post it here. Enjoy!

How to Bake a Perfect Life
Barbara O’Neal
Bantam, 2010
Contemporary fiction, with romantic elements

In a novel as warm and embracing as a family kitchen, Barbara O’Neal explores the poignant, sometimes complex relationships between mothers and daughters—and the healing magic of homemade bread.

Professional baker Ramona Gallagher is a master of an art that has sustained her through the most turbulent times, including a baby at fifteen and an endless family feud. But now Ramona’s bakery threatens to crumble around her. Literally. She’s one water-heater disaster away from losing her grandmother’s rambling Victorian and everything she’s worked so hard to build. More...

“A Perfect 10” – Robin Lee, Romance Reviews Today …full book review

Available at Amazon


Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio
Serena B. Miller
Summerside Press, 2010
Inspirational romance

A mysterious outsider casts a long shadow on Ohio's Amish country. Policewoman Rachel Troyer has always looked after her three elderly Amish aunts, proprietors of a farmhouse inn near Sugarcreek, Ohio. The idyllic town is popular with tourists, who come to sample its famous Amish goods. But one thing is clear to Rachel - Joe Matthews is no tourist. More...

“...a fantastic addition to the...series.” – Robyn, Once Upon a Romance …full book review

Available at Amazon

Best Romance Novels

Welcome!

Are you looking for a great romance novel to read? This blog, in association with the website Best Romance Novels Today, is dedicated to posting the best romance novels we can find anywhere on the internet.

We scour the web, searching independent review sites for the best romance novels. We consider books from large publishers, and also gems from the small presses. Each book posted has earned a five star review from a respected reviewer. In addition, we check that novel's average star ranking on Amazon. If a book earns 5 stars from both sources (or averages 4 1/2 stars with at least 20 reviews on Amazon), we post it here. Enjoy!

Bathsheba
(The Wives of King David)
Jill Eileen Smith
Revell, 2011
Inspirational romance, historical

Bathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her devout husband away fighting the king's wars for many months at a time, discontent and loneliness dog her steps--and make it frighteningly easy to succumb to King David's charm and attention. Though she immediately regrets her involvement with the powerful king, the pieces are set in motion that will destroy everything she holds dear. Can she find forgiveness at the feet of the Almighty? Or has her sin separated her from God--and David--forever? More...

“... magnificent!” – Lindy J. Swanson, RT Book Reviews …full book review

Available at Amazon


Deadly Lies
Cynthia Eden
Forever, 2011
Romantic suspense

She wants to hide the past

FBI Special Agent Samantha Kennedy is haunted by memories of the serial killer who abducted her. To keep the darkness at bay, she pretends to be a different, more confident woman. This Samantha doesn't fear every unknown face. So she throws caution to the wind and shares a night of unbridled passion with a handsome stranger. More...

“...a yummy and suspenseful novel...!” – Danielle, Coffee Time Romance & More …full book review

Available at Amazon

Best Romance Novels

Welcome!

Are you looking for a great romance novel to read? This blog, in association with the website Best Romance Novels Today, is dedicated to posting the best romance novels we can find anywhere on the internet.

We scour the web, searching independent review sites for the best romance novels. We consider books from large publishers, and also gems from the small presses. Each book posted has earned a five star review from a respected reviewer. In addition, we check that novel's average star ranking on Amazon. If a book earns 5 stars from both sources (or averages 4 1/2 stars with at least 20 reviews on Amazon), we post it here. Enjoy!

Dreams of a Dark Warrior
(Immortals After Dark Series, Book 9)
Kresley Cole
Pocket, 2011
Paranormal romance

He vowed he’d come for her...
Murdered before he could wed Regin the Radiant, warlord Aidan the Fierce seeks his beloved through eternity, reborn again and again into new identities, yet with no memory of his past lives.

She awaits his return...
When Regin encounters Declan Chase, a brutal Celtic soldier, she recognizes her proud warlord reincarnated. But Declan takes her captive, intending retribution against all immortals—unaware that he belongs to their world. More...

Recommended Read
“...paranormal romance at its absolute finest.” – Tara, Fallen Angel Reviews …full book review

Available at Amazon


Fatal Judgment
(Guardians of Justice, Book 1)
Irene Hannon
Revell, 2011
Inspirational romance, suspense

U.S. Marshal Jake Taylor has seen plenty of action during his years in law enforcement. But he'd rather go back to Iraq than face his next assignment: protection detail for federal judge Liz Michaels. His feelings toward Liz haven't warmed in the five years since she lost her husband--and Jake's best friend--to possible suicide. More...

“The suspense...is nonstop...” – Laura, A Romance Review …full book review

Available at Amazon

Best Romance Novels

Welcome!

Are you looking for a great romance novel to read? This blog, in association with the website Best Romance Novels Today, is dedicated to posting the best romance novels we can find anywhere on the internet.

We scour the web, searching independent review sites for the best romance novels. We consider books from large publishers, and also gems from the small presses. Each book posted has earned a five star review from a respected reviewer. In addition, we check that novel's average star ranking on Amazon. If a book earns 5 stars from both sources (or averages 4 1/2 stars with at least 20 reviews on Amazon), we post it here. Enjoy!

My One and Only
Kristan Higgins
HQN Books, 2011
Contemporary romance

Divorce attorney Harper James can't catch a break. Bad enough that she runs into her ex-hubby, Nick, at her sister's destination wedding, but now, by a cruel twist of fate, she's being forced to make a cross-country road trip with him. And her almost-fiancé back at home is not likely to be sympathetic. More...

Recommended Read
“... full of fun yet heartbreakingly poignant.” – Grace, Manic Readers/The Reader’s Roundtable…full book review

Starred Review from Publishers Weekly

Available at Amazon


Wicked Highlander
(A Dark Sword Novel)
Donna Grant
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2010
Historical romance
Paranormal romance

The most reckless and fierce of the MacLeod brothers, Quinn is a prisoner of the god inside him, tormented by his inability to save his family from slaughter. His fury governs him, and day by day he loses himself to the darkness in his soul. But Quinn has a profound yearning for a woman’s love….

Raised by Druids, the achingly beautiful Marcail is as spellbinding as the ancient magic that surges through her body. To Quinn, she is most desirable woman he has ever known. More...

“...a great tortured, alpha hero...” – Marlene, Once Upon a Romance …full book review

Top Pick
“...superbly written story...” – Kathe Robin, RT Book Reviews …full book review

Available at Amazon