These are the best romance books of 2025

A horrific accident ends Stella’s tennis career and her relationship with her fiancé. An offer to buy half a property in the rural town she grew up in seems the perfect opportunity to heal… until Stella finds out the person who owns the other half is the man who broke her heart.

Mitchell had fame and fortune as an NFL quarterback, but it couldn’t compensate for a toxic marriage. He’s glad to give it up to raise his son in a place that always brought peace. Encountering Stella again is a complication he doesn’t need — but one he finds himself wanting.

But when the press gets wind of their romance, they descend on Hope Creek, and Mitchell’s ex-wife is not far behind.

Mia is in Bali for a solo holiday. She’s re-entering the world for the first time after her mother’s death and attempting to forge a new career path. Romance is far from her mind.

Single-dad Aiden has been gifted a child-free holiday after his divorce, so he can remember how to have fun again and be a better father. He has no plans to fall in love again.

As Bali helps Mia face her fears and brings Aiden his forgotten happiness, the walls around their hearts begin to crumble.

Vivianne Chevalier is done with dukes. The dancer and courtesan vows to walk away from the competition, the manipulations of European nobility, and heartless people who’ll do anything to get ahead. She craves a simple life.

As Duke of Osborne, Arley West is familiar with the traps and trappings of a dukedom. Constant demands, false friends wanting money, and never being sure if people respect him or his title. Is it any wonder he has become a recluse?

Travelling to Paris incognito, he meets the vibrant Vivianne. After a whirlwind romance and a proposal, he can’t wait to tell her who he is. After all, doesn’t every woman want to be a duchess?

Leaving little ones with their menfolk, the women of a newly-formed book club share laughter along with hopes, dreams, secrets and fears. Over one year, twelve books are read, four babies are born, relationships grow, businesses change, and newcomers arrive. But when tragedy strikes, their small-town world is spun off its axis, and the book club becomes more important than ever.

Note: This book is best read as part of the Barrington series.

Five years ago, Tilly’s father did something that cost Tilly her home, friends, and all the trust she’d earned. Now she’s back and ready to prove she’s nothing like him. Unfortunately, Misty Peak doesn’t forgive or forget so easily. When a murder occurs at Tilly’s new workplace, proving her innocence gets harder.

Kayden likes his solitude. When a woman he doesn’t trust is hired to work with him, he doesn’t want to let her close. But he can’t get her sad green eyes out of his head, and he finds himself playing saviour to the last woman he should want to protect.

Someone doesn’t want Tilly here … and they’ll go to great lengths to make sure she’s gone.

Three years ago, Aimon almost died. Becoming a werewolf has given him another chance at life, but now the pack who rescued him is under threat. When he encounters a female werewolf, something believed extinct, he vows to protect her.

As a daughter of a minor chevalier, Kathryn has spent most of her life in France in the shadows of the Langeais nobility. But Kathryn has a secret that threatens everything. Then her powerful cousin vanishes, and the Count of Anjou bestows his estate to her family to use Kathryn as bait.

Kathryn has more to lose than her secret, and her protector may prove to be as dangerous as her enemies.

Note: This book is best read as part of The Wolves of Langeais series.

Angela comes to Yindi Creek to restore her late mother’s opal earring, but the opal dealers are closed for summer.

Robbie spends his days with his sheep, determinedly ignoring the white cross planted by his property.

But the locals reckon he’s grieved long enough, and they hatch a devious, yet romantic, plan …

Note: This novella was originally published in the A Country Farm Christmas anthology.

Tenika doesn’t open her heart to anyone. Adopted at birth and bullied through school, she’s on a journey of self-discovery. An upcoming school reunion on Maritimo Island could help her find closure.

Fun-loving Hamish’s life has taken an unexpected turn. His late mother left a letter with a final wish: That he and his brothers travel to Maritimo Island to learn about their father.

Tenika and Hamish are drawn into each other’s journey, but a letter from Hamish’s mother threatens to undo their new connection.