7 Best Romances of 2025

If you’re looking for the best romance books of 2025, you’re going to love this list. I’ve been a romance reader for as long as I can remember calling myself a bookworm. I love all kinds of romance, from sweet stories with adorable meet-cutes to spicy romances and everything in between.
In this list, you’ll find romance books readers couldn’t stop talking about in 2025. From slow-burn romances and enemies-to-lovers stories to small-town romance, sports romance, and second-chance love stories, these books are must-read for book lovers.

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Best Romances of 2025

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

Great Big Beautiful Life is one of the most anticipated romance novels of 2025. The story follows Alice Scott, a writer who finally gets the chance to land her big break. She travels to a small island to compete for the chance to write the biography of the mysterious heiress Margaret Ives. But another writer, the famous and brooding Hayden Anderson, is competing for the same story. As Margaret slowly reveals pieces of her past to each of them, Alice realizes the truth about Margaret’s life may be far more complicated than it seems. Also read 28 Highly Anticipated Romances of 2026

Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years–or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century.

When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game.

One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over.

Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication.

Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition.

But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.

And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad… depending on who’s telling it.

Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry.

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Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez

Say You’ll Remember Me is an emotional romance about timing, family, and unforgettable connections. Samantha and Xavier share one incredible date that feels like the start of something real. But Samantha’s family is going through a serious crisis, leaving no room for a relationship. Even though she asks Xavier to forget her, their connection proves much harder to leave behind. Also read Feel-Good Romance Books To Read On a Long Weekend

There’s no such thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes—all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediate yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong. Of course, there’s nothing Samantha loves more than proving an asshole wrong … unless, of course, he can admit he made a mistake.

But after one incredible and seemingly endless date, Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be. Only no amount of distance or time is enough to forget what’s between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life—and even a love—worth remembering.

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One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

One Golden Summer is a nostalgic summer romance set in a peaceful lakeside town. Alice returns to the place where one summer changed her life years ago while caring for her injured grandmother. There she reconnects with Charlie, the boy from an old photograph she once took. As long sunny days and quiet lake nights pass, Alice begins to realize this summer might change her life all over again. Also check out Swoon-Worthy Romance Audiobooks To Listen To

Good things happen at the lake. That’s what Alice’s grandmother says, and it’s true. Alice spent just one summer there at a cottage with Nan when she was seventeen—it’s where she took that photo, the one of three grinning teenagers in a yellow speedboat, the image that changed her life.

Now Alice lives behind a lens. As a photographer, she’s most comfortable on the sidelines, letting other people shine. Lately though, she’s been itching for something more, and when Nan falls and breaks her hip, Alice comes up with a plan for them both: another summer in that magical place, Barry’s Bay. But as soon as they settle in, their peace is disrupted by the roar of a familiar yellow boat, and the man driving it.

Charlie Florek was nineteen when Alice took his photo from afar. Now he’s all grown up—a shameless flirt, who manages to make Nan laugh and Alice long to be seventeen again, when life was simpler, when taking pictures was just for fun. Sun-slanted days and warm nights out on the lake with Charlie are a balm for Alice’s soul, but when she looks up and sees his piercing green gaze directly on her, she begins to worry for her heart.

Because Alice sees people—that’s why she is so good at what she does—but she’s never met someone who looks and sees her right back.

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Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

Deep End is a steamy college romance set in the intense world of competitive sports. Scarlett, a focused college diver, is determined to recover from an injury and reach her goals. When she begins a secret arrangement with Lukas, the disciplined swim team captain, their chemistry quickly grows stronger than either of them expected. Also check out 19 Hot &Sexy workplace Romance Books to Read

A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.

Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships—at least, that’s what she tells herself.

Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy, Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It’s how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus, with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes.

So they start an arrangement. And as the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship. It was supposed to be just a temporary, mutually satisfying fling. But when staying away from Lukas becomes impossible, Scarlett realizes that her heart might be treading into dangerous water

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The Favorites by Layne Fargo

The Favorites is a dramatic story about ambition, fame, and the price of success. Katarina Shaw and Heath Rocha rise from difficult childhoods to become one of the most famous ice dancing pairs in the world. But after a shocking incident at the Olympics ends their partnership, rumors and secrets follow them for years.

She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family’s support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating—and each other—to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating the world with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style, and roller-coaster relationship.

Until a shocking incident at the Olympic Games brings their partnership to a sudden end.

As the ten-year anniversary of their final skate approaches, an unauthorized documentary reignites the public fascination with Shaw and Rocha, claiming to uncover the “real story” through interviews with their closest friends and fiercest rivals. Kat wants nothing to do with the documentary, but she can’t stand the thought of someone else defining her legacy. So, after a decade of silence, she’s telling her story: from the childhood tragedies that created her all-consuming bond with Heath to the clash of desires that tore them apart. Sensational rumors have haunted their every step for years, but the truth may be even more shocking than the headlines.

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First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison

First-Time Caller is a cozy romance inspired by classic love stories. A radio host who secretly no longer believes in love finds his life turned upside down when a young girl calls his show asking for dating advice for her mom, Lucie. As the moment goes viral, Lucie and Aiden unexpectedly find themselves at the center of a love story. Also read 62 Best Slow-Burn Romance Novels To Read

Aiden Valentine has a secret: he’s fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore’s romance hotline, that’s a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight.

Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an incredible family; and a smart, slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life—or lack thereof—she begins to question if she’s as happy as she thought. Maybe a little more romance wouldn’t be such a bad thing.

Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending… even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final call between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her.

A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle-inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison.

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Scythe & Sparrow by Brynne Weaver

Scythe & Sparrow blends romance with dark humor and suspense. Doctor Fionn Kane moves to a quiet town hoping for a peaceful life after heartbreak. But things change when Rose Evans, a circus motorcycle performer with a dangerous secret, ends up injured and staying in his home. As their lives become tangled together, both must face the past they tried to leave behind. Also read 20 Highest Rated Spicy Dark Romance Books 2025

Doctor Fionn Kane is running from a broken heart, one he hopes to mend in small-town Nebraska, far away from his almost-fiancé and his derailed surgical career. It’s a simpler life: head down, work hard, and absolutely no romantic relationships. He wants none of the circus he left behind in Boston.

But then the Silveria Circus finds him.

Motorcycle performer Rose Evans has spent a decade on the road with Silveria, and it suits her just fine, especially when she has the urge to indulge in a little murder and mayhem when she’s not in the spotlight. But when a kill goes awry and she ends up with a broken leg, she finds herself stuck in Nebraska at the home of the adorably nerdy town doctor.

The problem is, not every broken heart can be sewn back together.

. . . And the longer you stay in one place, the more likely your ghosts are to catch up.

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