Our Romance Book Recommendations

Find your next great read…

We feature romance book recommendations listed by subgenre, Book Club picks from our Episodes so you can read and listen along, and select Romance Indie Author Spotlight debuts to discover up and coming authors!

We hope you find the love story you’re looking for!

Indie Author Spotlight

  • Memories of You by J.M. Zamudio

    Regency Historical Romance

    found family, forced proximity, forbidden love, brother’s best friend.

    Available on KU

  • The Daggers Curse by Riley DeSpain

    Romantasy

    enemies to lovers, slow burn, battle ready FMC, immaculate world building, lies and deceit.

    Available on KU

  • Through The Glory And The Mess by Aya Winter

    Contemporary Rockstar Romance

    friends to lovers, Golden Retriever MMC, mutual pining, teasing banter, dual POV, open door spice.

    Releasing June 25, 2025, Available on KU

  • The Songbird Setup by Maggie Linn Sharpe

    Contemporary Sports Romance

    Baseball, fake dating, he falls first, reverse grumpy/sunshine, found family, open mic shenanigans.

    Available on KU

  • Beneath A Desert Moon by S.R. Hawkins

    Romantasy

    forced proximity, slow burn, unique creatures and world building, one horse, banter, good boy turned bad boy.

    Releasing May 1st, 2025, Available on KU

  • Two Worlds Apart by Lenora Cade

    Contemporary Romance

    strangers to lovers, opposites attract, one bedroom, slow burn, New-ish adult, European roadtrip.

    Available on KU

  • Behind the Bench by Jillian Arly

    Contemporary Hockey romance

    enemies to lovers, workplace romance, slow burn, female NHL coach, secret relationship, childhood rivals.

    Releasing June 3, 2025, Preorder on Amazon

  • Dominion by Memoh

    High Fantasy Web comic

    Black cat/Golden retriever, enemies to reluctant allies, female John Wick, forced proximity, slow burn, he falls first, unique magic system.

    Releasing May 2025, Read here

Supporting Romance Indie Authors and their upcoming debut novels! These books landed on our TBR for this year, check the B&B Goodreads to see which ones we have read and what we recommend!

Book Recs

Ready to stuff your shelves? Check out our book recommendation list organized by subgenre! See our heart stamps of approval if we’ve read it and think you should too!

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B&B Book Club Recs

Looking for the books we talked about on the show? We list the books from our episode’s TBR segment, including the books we recommend and books we want to read next. We also include any other books mentioned during the episode.